Films I watched this week (NO SPOILERS) (Vol 3)
Discussion
The Mauritanian
7/10. Exploring the operation of Guantanamo Bay. Naturally a BBC film as no American studio would touch such a topic depicting the US as the bad-guy.
Would honestly have been better without BenderCumberbot as a lead with the forced Alabama accent, which just distracted.
Great performance by Jodi Foster as you'd expect. Proper eye-opener for the american fam.
On the plus side cinema was about 10-15% capacity and nice to have others in there with us.
7/10. Exploring the operation of Guantanamo Bay. Naturally a BBC film as no American studio would touch such a topic depicting the US as the bad-guy.
Would honestly have been better without BenderCumberbot as a lead with the forced Alabama accent, which just distracted.
Great performance by Jodi Foster as you'd expect. Proper eye-opener for the american fam.
On the plus side cinema was about 10-15% capacity and nice to have others in there with us.
ks. Truly the worst film I have seen recently, no real storyline or plot, nothing much happens for most of the film, and then it ends just as bizarrely.Not a recent film, but I watched Passengers in Amazon prime last night.
It got pretty poor reviews when it came out but I don't know why as I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a big budget sci-fi with the usual plot holes aplenty, but it looks great, had some interesting moral dilemmas and has Jennifer Lawrence in a bikini. What's not to like?
It got pretty poor reviews when it came out but I don't know why as I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a big budget sci-fi with the usual plot holes aplenty, but it looks great, had some interesting moral dilemmas and has Jennifer Lawrence in a bikini. What's not to like?
Legacywr said:
Empire of the Sun.
Time has taken it from an 8/10 to a 6/10 IMO.
Still a watchable film though
Interesting. I seem to remember it getting so-so reviews when it came out but I've watched it several times over the years and it gets better with every viewing. Underrated I think, unusually for a Spielberg movie. Time has taken it from an 8/10 to a 6/10 IMO.
Still a watchable film though
Brother D said:
Nomadland
3/10
V Depressing film about lady who's husband dies and has to live in a van scraping jobs to get by.
Somehow got best drama at golden globes?!?
Award winners often don't make sense if you are looking for objective results. It's often the political message that matters.3/10
V Depressing film about lady who's husband dies and has to live in a van scraping jobs to get by.
Somehow got best drama at golden globes?!?
antipodes40 said:
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
I knew pretty much nothing about this film but thought I'd give it a go.
Long, quite low-key, and quite slow, but kept me engaged the whole way through. Masterfully put together IMHO. 9/10.
This is all i need to know . . .I knew pretty much nothing about this film but thought I'd give it a go.
Long, quite low-key, and quite slow, but kept me engaged the whole way through. Masterfully put together IMHO. 9/10.
Cinematography: Roger Deakins.
Also what service did you watch this on?
eta - appears to be available on Amazon although not free with Prime
Edited by Digger on Monday 1st March 08:53
When Harry Met Sally (DVD)
Two really annoying people meet and gradually get slightly less annoying as they get older. Actually surprisingly watchable, and way older than I thought (1989! I'd have placed it mid nineties). Carrier Fisher and very young Meg Ryan make it 5/10.
Two really annoying people meet and gradually get slightly less annoying as they get older. Actually surprisingly watchable, and way older than I thought (1989! I'd have placed it mid nineties). Carrier Fisher and very young Meg Ryan make it 5/10.
Edited by RizzoTheRat on Monday 1st March 09:22
Digger said:
Doofus said:
The repeated requests to tell others where the films were found are quickly forgotten.
Indeed.I don't know if it will help but there's an app and website Just Watch which I find really useful for sorting out what I can watch on the few different services I have available.... and I am always forgetting where I started watching a series too, so this can be helpful as well as flagging up all new releases (again, limited just to the subs I currently have) ....
Digger said:
antipodes40 said:
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
I knew pretty much nothing about this film but thought I'd give it a go.
Long, quite low-key, and quite slow, but kept me engaged the whole way through. Masterfully put together IMHO. 9/10.
This is all i need to know . . .I knew pretty much nothing about this film but thought I'd give it a go.
Long, quite low-key, and quite slow, but kept me engaged the whole way through. Masterfully put together IMHO. 9/10.
Cinematography: Roger Deakins.
Also what service did you watch this on?
eta - appears to be available on Amazon although not free with Prime
Edited by Digger on Monday 1st March 08:53
K12beano said:
Digger said:
Doofus said:
The repeated requests to tell others where the films were found are quickly forgotten.
Indeed.I don't know if it will help but there's an app and website Just Watch which I find really useful for sorting out what I can watch on the few different services I have available.... and I am always forgetting where I started watching a series too, so this can be helpful as well as flagging up all new releases (again, limited just to the subs I currently have) ....
Digger said:
Doofus said:
The repeated requests to tell others where the films were found are quickly forgotten.
Indeed.Likewise if you Google for "define" followed by a word, it will give you the dictionary definition for it.
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