Films I watched this week (Vol 2)

[Pesty]

Halb said:

Excellent, love the Guard! Also really like ALex Skarsgård (bene a fan of his soft tones since True Blood). Wasn't excited with Cavalry (like I was the Guard) but I wanna see more of that directors work.

Then you should like this. Well worth checking out. It’s not perfect. I don’t think penna character fit too well and some of his lines were a bit off.

8.5/10 for me.

rider73 said:

never thought to head to Netflix USA visa my vpn. just using it for Disney......

There are Usually a few different movies. I looked for this couldn’t find it anywhere. Then googled where I could watch then it said Netflix. Penny dropped vpn. Then bang it was there.

[NoVetec]

After The Sunset

Didn't know this film existed. From 2004 with Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek and Woody Harrelson.

A cops and robbers type of thing set after the main heists of the robber's career.

Apparently a failure commercially and critically, IMO it had elements of good writing here and there against a backdrop of meh. Though the pacing was easygoing, with a few funny moments, the story was dull, even with a very small, somewhat predictable twist at the end.

6.5 Cocktails out of 10 Caribbean Islands. The half point is awarded on account of SH's summer dresses and bikinis.

[Halb]

It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
recorded it in august, watched it today.
just marvellous, so many laughs, so many. ANd I had forgotten all the cameos! SOme came as a real surprise/treat

• "Now look! We've figured it seventeen different ways, and each time we figured it, it was no good, because no matter how we figured it, somebody don't like the way we figured it! So now, there's only one way to figure it. And that is, every man, including the old bag, for himself!"
• "So good luck and may the best man win!"
• "Except you lady, may you just drop dead!"

[Halb]

Calvary mentioned earlier, starring Brendan Gleeson is on tonight

[anonymous-user]

A few this week, a bit older in recent terms but definitely some future classics:

Hell or High Water - love it, Jeff Bridges, gas station scene with the lime green Camero was splendid.

Inside Llewyn Davis - Oscar Isaacs & Coen Bros classic

Blue Ruin - really good and totally unexpected, probably my favourite of the week

Nebraska - Bruce Dern, (aka ‘Burbs guy) definitely a masterpiece (imo)..

Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 6th December 22:19

[Pesty]

Never heard of blue ruin. Looks good I’ll seek it out

[Ace-T]

Drihump Trolomite said:

toon10 said:

I watched Hobbs and shaw last night.

I wasn't expecting to like it to be fair as it's not my sort of thing but I had a spare couple of hours and wanted brain out action movie. It was even worse than I was expecting. Wow, what a steaming pile of poo. I suspect even fans of the Fast and Furious franchise less believable plots would struggle with this one.

Me and the missus went, as fans of F&F. It was not at all what we were expecting but it was brilliant and funny. I didnt fall asleep (something I am known for doing).

I'd give it a solid 8/10.

Just watched it. Not seen any F&F so didn't know what to expect. It's a very silly brain out film and doesn't take itself seriously at all. I really liked it.

6 wrestling Samoans out of 10 giant Haystacks.

[ajprice]

Gremlins. In the cinema for 35 year anniversary. Still really really good, and the puppets/animation still stand up now. CGI Gremlins wouldn't work.

[Mothersruin]

ajprice said:

Gremlins. In the cinema for 35 year anniversary. Still really really good, and the puppets/animation still stand up now. CGI Gremlins wouldn't work.

Phoebe Cates - oh yeah.

[Pesty]

Schmed said:

A few this week, a bit older in recent terms but definitely some future classics:

Hell or High Water - love it, Jeff Bridges, gas station scene with the lime green Camero was splendid.

Inside Llewyn Davis - Oscar Isaacs & Coen Bros classic

Blue Ruin - really good and totally unexpected, probably my favourite of the week

Nebraska - Bruce Dern, (aka ‘Burbs guy) definitely a masterpiece (imo)..

Edited by Schmed on Friday 6th December 22:19

Couldn’t find blue ruin so watched hell or high water.

What’s going on, not like their other films that was pretty much a happy ending.

Shame about the full auto AR and the sherif taking the shot like that. Otherwise interesting film. Much preferred wind River.

[nonsequitur]

Halb said:

It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
recorded it in august, watched it today.
just marvellous, so many laughs, so many. ANd I had forgotten all the cameos! SOme came as a real surprise/treat

• "Now look! We've figured it seventeen different ways, and each time we figured it, it was no good, because no matter how we figured it, somebody don't like the way we figured it! So now, there's only one way to figure it. And that is, every man, including the old bag, for himself!"
• "So good luck and may the best man win!"
• "Except you lady, may you just drop dead!"

Saw it in CINERAMA IN Soho on release. I've only got Mickey Rooney from the picture, who are the others?

[CooperD]

nonsequitur said:

Saw it in CINERAMA IN Soho on release. I've only got Mickey Rooney from the picture, who are the others?

Jonathan Winters is the guy in the baseball cap. Sid Caesar is the chap in the grey jacket. The great Ethel Merman is the older lady. Milton Berle is the guy next to Mickey Rooney and the other younger lady is Edie Adams. I always remember this film being shown every year around Christmas Time. I must have seen it at least 20 times but still enjoy it.

[Halb]

It also had Buster Keaton, Jerry Lewis and the three stooges in blink and you miss them spots, and many more.
Just out of shot is Buddy Hacket who delivers that killer line, drop dead.'

[phazed]

Yep, saw this at the cinema on its release and loved it.

As said before, watched it many times afterwards, usually round the Christmas time, always was a treat!

[GetCarter]

Once upon a time in Hollywood.

The plot is as thin as a thin thing, but the rest of it is a joy - especially if you are +/- the same age as Tarantino (and me) and grew up with 1960's yank TV and film.

Plot aside, 7.5 L.A's / 10

[anonymous-user]

Once upon a time in Hollywood.

Seems like a circle jerk for Tarantino, didn't enjoy it, boring, tedious and doesn't really go anywhere

3/10

[anonymous-user]

Thesprucegoose said:

Once upon a time in Hollywood.

Seems like a circle jerk for Tarantino, didn't enjoy it, boring, tedious and doesn't really go anywhere

3/10

I felt the same, i usually enjoy his films but i found this one dull.

[anonymous-user]

jsf said:

I felt the same, i usually enjoy his films but i found this one dull.

i find it takes a few watches to get them, but i felt like it was just QT doing a film about film techniques and forgot about the story having to work. the acting is good, and the bruce lee scene is probably best bit of the film, but it is just really dull.

[GetCarter]

jsf said:

Thesprucegoose said:

Once upon a time in Hollywood.

Seems like a circle jerk for Tarantino, didn't enjoy it, boring, tedious and doesn't really go anywhere

3/10

I felt the same, i usually enjoy his films but i found this one dull.

IMDB give it 7.9/10 (more than I did), but I did say you had to be old enough to 'get it'.

You'll (completely understandably) not get it unless you watched Hollywood in the 1960s. Annoying I know, but there are SO many in- jokes. If you weren't laughing, you may well have missed the 1960's references that us old hippy folk got

Edited by GetCarter on Saturday 7th December 18:57

[anonymous-user]

GetCarter said:

IMDB give it 7.9/10 (more than I did), but I did say you had to be old enough to 'get it'.

You'll (completely understandably) not get it unless you watched Hollywood in the 1960s. Annoying I know, but there are SO many in- jokes. If you weren't laughing, you may well have missed the 1960's references that us old hippy folk got

Edited by GetCarter on Saturday 7th December 18:57

I'm into all era's of film, just finished David Niven's autobiography, The Moon's a Balloon (which is a brilliant read). I'm not exactly a spring chicken at 54.