Films I watched this week (Vol 2)

[Drihump Trolomite]

ukaskew said:

rider73 said:

Duel is awesome - hardly ever on TV!

I love Duel. If I remember correctly they accidentally released it on DVD once upon a time but quickly pulled it (I can't remember why) so only those with pre-orders with certain companies received it. It was worth quite a bit but I wouldn't part with mine.

The first time I saw it, I must have been 12 or so and caught it one one of those late BBC showings. It was great and it stuck with me, I've not watched it many times and I think this was the first time I'd seen it in full. It really is a masterclass in direction and acting.

I'm surprised they pulled the DVD, I'm going to see if I can find it. As much as I love Prime, I'm nervous purchases may be pulled due to licensing etc - I'm sure some of my previous content has gone

[ajprice]

Drihump Trolomite said:

£5.99 on Amazon, so why not... Duel. One of my all time favourite films and still brilliant today.

Its still so gripping, the acting from Dennis Weaver is timelessly good. You can't put a score on something this good.

Duel does come around on the Horror channel, it will have the ad breaks though.

Edited by ajprice on Wednesday 11th December 12:52

[vxr8mate]

Margin Call

I miss Kev

[Alex]

A Christmas Prince (Netflix)

My wife wanted to watch a "cheesy American Christmas film". This certainly fitted the bill. It was totally predictable, but quite sweet.

My wife enjoyed it.

4/10

[rider73]

Alex said:

A Christmas Prince (Netflix)

My wife wanted to watch a "cheesy American Christmas film". This certainly fitted the bill. It was totally predictable, but quite sweet.

My wife enjoyed it.

4/10

Ah yes - i started on that one for same reasons - didnt make it through to the end - but like "A knight before christmas" too

[popeyewhite]

Halb said:

I love Bennett's stringy arms and his crocheted top

'whasamadta JOn?'

All of that is overshadowed by the fact 'our Vernon' is the frankly terrifying Wez in Mad Max 2.

[Halb]

Me Before You


ffaaaacccckkkkkk, why do they make films like this!?!

glad I watched this as a pic-me-up
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World - Location Comparison
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https://youtu.be/lwCcownGNYM

[Halb]

On retro movies now there's a film called Fistful of Lead starring Charles Southwood

[phazed]

Tried Oldboy

Couldn’t get on with it and couldn’t see the point.
switched off halfway through. Falls well short of being entertainment in my opinion.

[SlimJim16v]

phazed said:

Tried Oldboy

Couldn’t get on with it and couldn’t see the point.
switched off halfway through. Falls well short of being entertainment in my opinion.

Which version, original Korean, or American remake? The original is excellent, not bothered seeing the remake.

[traffman]

im still watching the " Irishman" on Netflix. So far its taken me two weeks.

[Pesty]

phazed said:

Tried Oldboy

Couldn’t get on with it and couldn’t see the point.
switched off halfway through. Falls well short of being entertainment in my opinion.

Origional is an awesome film.

Must have been the remake. It missed the mark.

[anonymous-user]

popeyewhite said:

Halb said:

I love Bennett's stringy arms and his crocheted top

'whasamadta JOn?'

All of that is overshadowed by the fact 'our Vernon' is the frankly terrifying Wez in Mad Max 2.

His crowning glory was weird science.

[phazed]

SlimJim16v said:

phazed said:

Tried Oldboy

Couldn’t get on with it and couldn’t see the point.
switched off halfway through. Falls well short of being entertainment in my opinion.

Which version, original Korean, or American remake? The original is excellent, not bothered seeing the remake.

The original........Again. Seemed a bit ham.

Maybe I’m setting my sights a bit high

[thebraketester]

Dirty grandpa. What a load of bks. A few Funny moments but, generally terrible.

[waynedear]

Siege of Jadotville (again)
Thought I would watch it and see if I enjoyed it as much.
Certainly did.

[phazed]

thebraketester said:

Dirty grandpa. What a load of bks. A few Funny moments but, generally terrible.

De Niro sunk to an all time low in this.

[phazed]

[redacted]

[Alex]

traffman said:

im still watching the " Irishman" on Netflix. So far its taken me two weeks.

I found it tedious, overlong, and De Niro's performance was poor in my opinion, but I enjoyed Pacino, and Pesci was nuanced.

[phazed]

Agree it was a touch on the long side.

Going to see, Knives Out this afternoon, wish me luck!