Films I watched this week (Vol 2)

[popeyewhite]

TCEvo said:

Leon - Directors Cut (1994)
Blu-ray

Unpleasant circumstances bring hired gun & errant teen together until history catches up.

She was 12. Might have caused a bit of a kerfuffle today!

[anonymous-user]

popeyewhite said:

She was 12. Might have caused a bit of a kerfuffle today!

Seemed to be a father daughter dynamic to me, just as his nurturing of his pot plant was along a similar protective narrative for the character.

[phazed]

jsf said:

popeyewhite said:

She was 12. Might have caused a bit of a kerfuffle today!

Seemed to be a father daughter dynamic to me, just as his nurturing of his pot plant was along a similar protective narrative for the character.

^^^^^^

Never thought anything else.

Great film though. I have handed it down to the next generation and it is one of the favourites of my 4 children.

[Pesty]

phazed said:

jsf said:

popeyewhite said:

She was 12. Might have caused a bit of a kerfuffle today!

Seemed to be a father daughter dynamic to me, just as his nurturing of his pot plant was along a similar protective narrative for the character.

^^^^^^

Never thought anything else.

Great film though. I have handed it down to the next generation and it is one of the favourites of my 4 children.

They cut other scenes iirc the director imagined it that he fell in love with her etc.

Been a while since I read about it but wasn’t father daughter thing.

[Halb]

I can recall that the girl makes a joke about her relationship to the landlord...and then Leon comes back and they're shown the door. I'd have to watch it again (not seen it for years) to comment further.

[Davie_GLA]

My Cousin Vinnie. Just a classic.

[TCEvo]

Halb said:

I can recall that the girl makes a joke about her relationship to the landlord...and then Leon comes back and they're shown the door. I'd have to watch it again (not seen it for years) to comment further.

She does & he (Manager) does.

I watched the DC version, it's maybe 15 mins longer; the extra scenes mostly expand on the relationship - although it's years since I'd watched the original (which I still have on VHS) so difficult to compare.

[glazbagun]

Pesty said:

They cut other scenes iirc the director imagined it that he fell in love with her etc.

Been a while since I read about it but wasn’t father daughter thing.

I think Reno said he deliberately played Leon as a little simplistic/autistic as a means of reducing the creepiness of the whole thing. Likewise Oldman hamming it up to the max vs Leon being so straight.

The original script had them more romantically connected.

[Fermit and Sexy Sarah]

Bad Santa 2.

I loved the first one. If you did too, then you're in for a treat. It's even more depraved than the first.

Great stuff.

Edited by Fermit and Sexy Sarah on Saturday 14th December 21:33

[Pesty]

glazbagun said:

I think Reno said he deliberately played Leon as a little simplistic/autistic as a means of reducing the creepiness of the whole thing. Likewise Oldman hamming it up to the max vs Leon being so straight.

The original script had them more romantically connected.

Yep.

I’m guessing the studio made him cut it to tone it down.

[ukaskew]

Jumanji: The Next Level

Enjoyable enough but for me nowhere near as fun as the last one. It takes a while to get going and Kevin Hart aside I don't think the new swaps work as well this time.

[Halb]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

Because remaking films is TIGHT!

I was watching the Home ALone 3 one yesterday, so brilliant. I started to wonder how any catchphrases I know from that thing now.

[SydneyBridge]

Home Alone at the cinema yesterday

I loved, my 8 year old loved the last 20 mins, the rest not so much

[ukaskew]

SydneyBridge said:

Home Alone at the cinema yesterday

I loved, my 8 year old loved the last 20 mins, the rest not so much

Our local Odeon sold out. Worth watching the excellent making of documentary on Netflix.

[vixen1700]

Once Up on a Time in Hollywood

Don't think I've ever been bored by a Tarrantino film, but I just found this boring and quite pointless. Dissapointing as I'd been looking forward to it coming on Sky

Enjoyed the period detailing (cars etc) and the overall look of it, but the story and lack of any Tarrantino-esque dialogue really let it down.

5/10.

[ajprice]

ukaskew said:

SydneyBridge said:

Home Alone at the cinema yesterday

I loved, my 8 year old loved the last 20 mins, the rest not so much

Our local Odeon sold out. Worth watching the excellent making of documentary on Netflix.

Watched it yesterday too. Haven't seen the documentary, but this is a doctor's and nurses injury analysis of the film. In short, they would be dead or a vegetable several times over
https://youtu.be/sAyNfRGtrOc

[phazed]

I saw Rockandrolla when it first came out, great film.

Saw again last night and probably enjoyed it even more! Something about these tongue in cheek British London crim type films that are so more-ish.

7.9 bent councillors/ 10 rich Russian crims

[Halb]

ajprice said:

Watched it yesterday too. Haven't seen the documentary, but this is a doctor's and nurses injury analysis of the film. In short, they would be dead or a vegetable several times over
https://youtu.be/sAyNfRGtrOc

when one looks at it in 2019 eyes, it does look insane. Makes me wonder how pissweak the remake will be

[zygalski]

Glass.
What a festering pile of ste.
4 plot holes out of 10.

[Mothersruin]

Tron Legacy just finishing up on BBC2.
Wow! Forgotten what a stunning film it is.

Even the de-aging CGI seems better than the current use stuff.

Olivia Wilde is also extremely easy on the eye.

The only main flaw is the kid that pays the son isn't the greatest of actors.