Films I watched this week (NO SPOILERS) (Vol 3)
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Captain Phillips last night on Netflix.
Tom Hanks as a Maersk container ship captain who risks all by sailing through waters infested by Somali pirates, and soon reaps the consequences.
Based on a true story it's slow to get moving but genuinely gripping later on. Hanks, as usual, gives it his all, and the breakdown of the pirate group is very well done. It's a bit of a shame that following his family back home during the ordeal was cut for film length reasons.
Nominated for several Academy Awards and a good mid-week movie.
Tom Hanks as a Maersk container ship captain who risks all by sailing through waters infested by Somali pirates, and soon reaps the consequences.
Based on a true story it's slow to get moving but genuinely gripping later on. Hanks, as usual, gives it his all, and the breakdown of the pirate group is very well done. It's a bit of a shame that following his family back home during the ordeal was cut for film length reasons.
Nominated for several Academy Awards and a good mid-week movie.
generationx said:
Captain Phillips last night on Netflix.
Tom Hanks as a Maersk container ship captain who risks all by sailing through waters infested by Somali pirates, and soon reaps the consequences.
Based on a true story it's slow to get moving but genuinely gripping later on. Hanks, as usual, gives it his all, and the breakdown of the pirate group is very well done. It's a bit of a shame that following his family back home during the ordeal was cut for film length reasons.
Nominated for several Academy Awards and a good mid-week movie.
The scene at the end with the navy medic is brilliantly done.Tom Hanks as a Maersk container ship captain who risks all by sailing through waters infested by Somali pirates, and soon reaps the consequences.
Based on a true story it's slow to get moving but genuinely gripping later on. Hanks, as usual, gives it his all, and the breakdown of the pirate group is very well done. It's a bit of a shame that following his family back home during the ordeal was cut for film length reasons.
Nominated for several Academy Awards and a good mid-week movie.
jsf said:
generationx said:
Captain Phillips last night on Netflix.
Tom Hanks as a Maersk container ship captain who risks all by sailing through waters infested by Somali pirates, and soon reaps the consequences.
Based on a true story it's slow to get moving but genuinely gripping later on. Hanks, as usual, gives it his all, and the breakdown of the pirate group is very well done. It's a bit of a shame that following his family back home during the ordeal was cut for film length reasons.
Nominated for several Academy Awards and a good mid-week movie.
The scene at the end with the navy medic is brilliantly done.Tom Hanks as a Maersk container ship captain who risks all by sailing through waters infested by Somali pirates, and soon reaps the consequences.
Based on a true story it's slow to get moving but genuinely gripping later on. Hanks, as usual, gives it his all, and the breakdown of the pirate group is very well done. It's a bit of a shame that following his family back home during the ordeal was cut for film length reasons.
Nominated for several Academy Awards and a good mid-week movie.
generationx said:
jsf said:
generationx said:
Captain Phillips last night on Netflix.
Tom Hanks as a Maersk container ship captain who risks all by sailing through waters infested by Somali pirates, and soon reaps the consequences.
Based on a true story it's slow to get moving but genuinely gripping later on. Hanks, as usual, gives it his all, and the breakdown of the pirate group is very well done. It's a bit of a shame that following his family back home during the ordeal was cut for film length reasons.
Nominated for several Academy Awards and a good mid-week movie.
The scene at the end with the navy medic is brilliantly done.Tom Hanks as a Maersk container ship captain who risks all by sailing through waters infested by Somali pirates, and soon reaps the consequences.
Based on a true story it's slow to get moving but genuinely gripping later on. Hanks, as usual, gives it his all, and the breakdown of the pirate group is very well done. It's a bit of a shame that following his family back home during the ordeal was cut for film length reasons.
Nominated for several Academy Awards and a good mid-week movie.
The Foreigner
Blokes only surviving daughter gets killed in an IRA bombing, he goes looking for culprits, everyone underestimates the 60 year old Chinese immigrant until they discover he's a former special forces Vietnam veteran.
Sounds like formulaic Hollywood action movie but I love Jackie Chan and he's great as the grieving father and it's not got the slapstick of his younger films or the invulnerable superhero element of far too many action films.
I may have to dig out Drunken Master and Wheels on Meals for a bit of slapstick now though
Blokes only surviving daughter gets killed in an IRA bombing, he goes looking for culprits, everyone underestimates the 60 year old Chinese immigrant until they discover he's a former special forces Vietnam veteran.
Sounds like formulaic Hollywood action movie but I love Jackie Chan and he's great as the grieving father and it's not got the slapstick of his younger films or the invulnerable superhero element of far too many action films.
I may have to dig out Drunken Master and Wheels on Meals for a bit of slapstick now though
Who's That Girl (1987) DVD
Quirky crim on early release ropes in aspiring brief as she causes chaos in NYC.
Garbage '80's Madge vehicle. Some shots of late '80's Harlem are interesting, destruction of a Rolls Corniche less so.
Surprisingly another spot of a US spec Capri in this one - second in a week after watching Elm St 3.
Quirky crim on early release ropes in aspiring brief as she causes chaos in NYC.
Garbage '80's Madge vehicle. Some shots of late '80's Harlem are interesting, destruction of a Rolls Corniche less so.
Surprisingly another spot of a US spec Capri in this one - second in a week after watching Elm St 3.
Edited by TCEvo on Friday 30th October 20:04
Fastchas said:
Knives Out.
Good fim but, Jesus, what was the point of Daniel Craig's southern US accent? It was awful! He would start a sentence in his London English accent then end it in the drawl of his character.
It is awful isn't it?Good fim but, Jesus, what was the point of Daniel Craig's southern US accent? It was awful! He would start a sentence in his London English accent then end it in the drawl of his character.
The film is OK, predictable ending with the route there 96% obvious. But that accent, just why?!
generationx said:
Captain Phillips last night on Netflix.
Tom Hanks as a Maersk container ship captain who risks all by sailing through waters infested by Somali pirates, and soon reaps the consequences.
Based on a true story it's slow to get moving but genuinely gripping later on. Hanks, as usual, gives it his all, and the breakdown of the pirate group is very well done. It's a bit of a shame that following his family back home during the ordeal was cut for film length reasons.
Nominated for several Academy Awards and a good mid-week movie.
Switched it off halfway through, and I like Hanks. Found it dull and turgid. Tom Hanks as a Maersk container ship captain who risks all by sailing through waters infested by Somali pirates, and soon reaps the consequences.
Based on a true story it's slow to get moving but genuinely gripping later on. Hanks, as usual, gives it his all, and the breakdown of the pirate group is very well done. It's a bit of a shame that following his family back home during the ordeal was cut for film length reasons.
Nominated for several Academy Awards and a good mid-week movie.
ben5575 said:
BurtonLazars said:
zygalski said:
The Lighthouse.
What in the hell did you two just make me watch? 
I have no idea if I love it or hate it. If I love it, I have no idea why because I hate it. Which might be why I love it.
Oh lawd.
I think...
This week
Beetlejuice - still brilliant 8/10
Behind You - Run of the mill Demon possession film 5/10
The Invisible Man - New take on the Invisible man story but really well done 9/10
The Exorcist - Not aged well in a few places but still a classic 8/10
ben5575 said:
It's great isn't it?
I think...
..........Yes, I think it is. I opened this comment to reply ‘I think I admire the quality of the craftsmanship but not the overall result’... ...but even in the time it took to type that, I’m already getting comfortable that the feeling that the film provoked was its intention therefore the result is itself good.I think...
It reminds me of the experience I had with ‘under the skin’. I bloody loved that film.
It Follows (2014)
I took the recommendation from the horror thread. Standard teen movie fare, fairly idiotic premise but was nicely done.
Saw The Lighthouse earlier in the year, great film but tough going at times. IIRC all starts to go to pieces when they start drinking the ‘wick oil’.
I took the recommendation from the horror thread. Standard teen movie fare, fairly idiotic premise but was nicely done.
Saw The Lighthouse earlier in the year, great film but tough going at times. IIRC all starts to go to pieces when they start drinking the ‘wick oil’.
t version on a different channel, I thought it was unintentionally hilarious.Gassing Station | TV, Film, Video Streaming & Radio | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff