Films I watched this week (Vol 2)
Discussion
LuS1fer said:
phazed said:
I loved watching Bob Hopes Road films in the 60's, top entertainment at the time.......
Painful now. There again, I never found any of his films funny, more personal ego trips.I read somewhere, sometime ago that as great a comedian as he was he never did write any of his own gags!
The Jackal (1997) iPlayer
Pro-hitman’s contracted by Russki mobsters to take out the head of the FBI following killing of their mate.
Dour remake of the much superior The Day Of The Jackal despite a decent cast. Few good locations used – Montreal Metro, and a couple of bonus points for spots of Sikorsky CH53’s, Lada Samara & a Yak-40 on the tarmac at a Finnish airport.
Pro-hitman’s contracted by Russki mobsters to take out the head of the FBI following killing of their mate.
Dour remake of the much superior The Day Of The Jackal despite a decent cast. Few good locations used – Montreal Metro, and a couple of bonus points for spots of Sikorsky CH53’s, Lada Samara & a Yak-40 on the tarmac at a Finnish airport.
TCEvo said:
The Jackal (1997) iPlayer
Pro-hitman’s contracted by Russki mobsters to take out the head of the FBI following killing of their mate.
Dour remake of the much superior The Day Of The Jackal despite a decent cast. Few good locations used – Montreal Metro, and a couple of bonus points for spots of Sikorsky CH53’s, Lada Samara & a Yak-40 on the tarmac at a Finnish airport.
If I recall. Richard Gear with some kind of awful Oirish accent, Bruce Willis kisses a man which caused all sorts of gasps from the audience back in the day and Jack Black loses an arm? Pro-hitman’s contracted by Russki mobsters to take out the head of the FBI following killing of their mate.
Dour remake of the much superior The Day Of The Jackal despite a decent cast. Few good locations used – Montreal Metro, and a couple of bonus points for spots of Sikorsky CH53’s, Lada Samara & a Yak-40 on the tarmac at a Finnish airport.
Can't have aged well.
P-Jay said:
TCEvo said:
The Jackal (1997) iPlayer
Pro-hitman’s contracted by Russki mobsters to take out the head of the FBI following killing of their mate.
Dour remake of the much superior The Day Of The Jackal despite a decent cast. Few good locations used – Montreal Metro, and a couple of bonus points for spots of Sikorsky CH53’s, Lada Samara & a Yak-40 on the tarmac at a Finnish airport.
If I recall. Richard Gear with some kind of awful Oirish accent, Bruce Willis kisses a man which caused all sorts of gasps from the audience back in the day and Jack Black loses an arm? Pro-hitman’s contracted by Russki mobsters to take out the head of the FBI following killing of their mate.
Dour remake of the much superior The Day Of The Jackal despite a decent cast. Few good locations used – Montreal Metro, and a couple of bonus points for spots of Sikorsky CH53’s, Lada Samara & a Yak-40 on the tarmac at a Finnish airport.
Can't have aged well.
The accent's funny for a couple of seconds & the arm shot's pretty decent effects.
Ad Astra
Enjoyed it not sure why, probably just because space and pacing. He sure is one unlucky chap. Actuall he’s lucky every f
ker else though.
6 that ain’t rights out of 10 physics wtf
Logan lucky.
Liked the characters, usually would have loved this but the writing was off. There was no tension, never was it in doubt that they would pull it off. All too slick worked too well. The ‘twist’ the pay off for the prisoner who helped them, the timing of it all.
Went from thick as fk hillbillies to genius level intricate planners With every single detail covered.
Hmm
4/10
Enjoyed it not sure why, probably just because space and pacing. He sure is one unlucky chap. Actuall he’s lucky every f
ker else though. 6 that ain’t rights out of 10 physics wtf
Logan lucky.
Liked the characters, usually would have loved this but the writing was off. There was no tension, never was it in doubt that they would pull it off. All too slick worked too well. The ‘twist’ the pay off for the prisoner who helped them, the timing of it all.
Went from thick as f
k hillbillies to genius level intricate planners With every single detail covered.Hmm
4/10
Snatch
I hadn't seen it for a while and really enjoyed it. Obviously full of classic lines but I noticed one I hadn't spotted before. Tommy is explaining to Turkish that he shouldn't be drinking milk, and describes cows as "running around mad as lorries".
No idea if that is just a line in the film or a genuine saying.
I hadn't seen it for a while and really enjoyed it. Obviously full of classic lines but I noticed one I hadn't spotted before. Tommy is explaining to Turkish that he shouldn't be drinking milk, and describes cows as "running around mad as lorries".
No idea if that is just a line in the film or a genuine saying.
Absolutely Anything
Simon Pegg, a failed writer and school teacher is given the ability to do anything with a wave of his hand by a set of superior being aliens.
They use this as a judgement to see if Earth should be destroyed or not - if Pegg uses the powers only for good Earth is saved, if he used them for his own benifit then the planet will be destroyed.
Light hearted, daft movie but one that completely passed me by when it came out five years ago.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1727770/?ref_=nm_flmg...
Simon Pegg, a failed writer and school teacher is given the ability to do anything with a wave of his hand by a set of superior being aliens.
They use this as a judgement to see if Earth should be destroyed or not - if Pegg uses the powers only for good Earth is saved, if he used them for his own benifit then the planet will be destroyed.
Light hearted, daft movie but one that completely passed me by when it came out five years ago.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1727770/?ref_=nm_flmg...
Vertigo
Tale of a man’s obsession with a fantasy woman. Possibly it’s about Hitchcock’s own obsession with trying to turn his female lead into his fantasy of perfection.
Not my favourite from Hitchcock. Bit too experimental and arty for my taste. Buy I can’t get it out of my head.
I think I need to watch it again.
Tale of a man’s obsession with a fantasy woman. Possibly it’s about Hitchcock’s own obsession with trying to turn his female lead into his fantasy of perfection.
Not my favourite from Hitchcock. Bit too experimental and arty for my taste. Buy I can’t get it out of my head.
I think I need to watch it again.
Pesty said:
Ad Astra
Enjoyed it not sure why, probably just because space and pacing. He sure is one unlucky chap. Actuall he’s lucky every fker else though.
6 that ain’t rights out of 10 physics wtf
Watched it last night and started to realise it was Apocalypse Now in space, but turned out not to be.Enjoyed it not sure why, probably just because space and pacing. He sure is one unlucky chap. Actuall he’s lucky every f
ker else though. 6 that ain’t rights out of 10 physics wtf
Thought it was OK, held my interest but ultimately it was quite depressing.
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