Films I watched this week (NO SPOILERS) (Vol 3)

[phazed]

Frimley111R said:

Banshees of Inershwinwhatever

Christ, dull and weird. Two guys in a tiny island, off the coast of Ireland stop being friends in the 1920s. You can imagine how exciting life is on that island, well after that it is just weird and slow and depressing.

Arty types might think its great but if that's not you save yourself 2hrs of your life.

For a balanced view. I am not an arty type and thoroughly enjoyed it. Great acting, great story and great scenery, just go together to make an enjoyable watch.

Give it a go…

[Raccaccoonie]

Frimley111R said:

Banshees of Inershwinwhatever

Christ, dull and weird. Two guys in a tiny island, off the coast of Ireland stop being friends in the 1920s. You can imagine how exciting life is on that island, well after that it is just weird and slow and depressing.

Arty types might think its great but if that's not you save yourself 2hrs of your life.

I'm all weary of the gushing reviews on the web as usually the films end up being dull (you don't get it types)

Seen it might give it a miss.

[e600]

Raccaccoonie said:

Frimley111R said:

Banshees of Inershwinwhatever

Christ, dull and weird. Two guys in a tiny island, off the coast of Ireland stop being friends in the 1920s. You can imagine how exciting life is on that island, well after that it is just weird and slow and depressing.

Arty types might think its great but if that's not you save yourself 2hrs of your life.

I'm all weary of the gushing reviews on the web as usually the films end up being dull (you don't get it types)

Seen it might give it a miss.

I think the arty types who vote at the Oscars also gave it a body swerve. How can you make such a dull movie with not one, but two great actors? If you haven’t seen it, spend your time more enjoyably by watching the grass grow for 2 hours.

[Lordbenny]

Frimley111R said:

Banshees of Inershwinwhatever

Arty types

would love to know what you’re favourite films are!

[phazed]

We tried the Everything et cetera film last night.

We really tried, eventually after 40 minutes switched it off. Couldn’t imagine nearly another two hours of the same stuff. Just couldn’t see what all the hype was about.

Maybe, just maybe if you really haven’t got anything else better to do then possibly you could sit through it but all the time you would ask yourself, why?

[Doofus]

phazed said:

Maybe, just maybe if you really haven’t got anything else better to do then possibly you could sit through it but all the time you would ask yourself, why?

Doesn't that apply to any movie? It's just entertainment, after all.

[Frimley111R]

Lordbenny said:

Frimley111R said:

Banshees of Inershwinwhatever

Arty types

would love to know what you’re favourite films are!

well all sorts really, nothing specific, everything from Life of Brian to Alien vs Predator to Forrest Gump to animated movies. Banshees film title massively oversold it IMO. It needed a title that reflected it better, such as Weird dull friends or Boring Island Oddballs or A solution for insomniacs

[phazed]

Doofus said:

phazed said:

Maybe, just maybe if you really haven’t got anything else better to do then possibly you could sit through it but all the time you would ask yourself, why?

Doesn't that apply to any movie? It's just entertainment, after all.

You are quite correct, but there are also levels of enjoyment. There are many films out there that I want to see again and really look forward to the experience. If I managed to sit through Anything, there would never be a time that I would want to watch it again. Therefore it wasn’t an experience I would want to repeat.

You may have enjoyed the film, that is fine, we all have different tastes. For me, it was as pointless as watching John Wick!

[Kes Arevo]

Mars said:

Most car chases these days look like they're only going about 30mph.

Anyway - partway through The Cannonball Run and DAMN Farrah Fawcett was beautiful.

[Edit] Finished - the outtakes alone are worth the effort.

Edited by Mars on Monday 13th March 22:00

These rosemary bleeds?

[Mars]

Kes Arevo said:

Mars said:

Most car chases these days look like they're only going about 30mph.

Anyway - partway through The Cannonball Run and DAMN Farrah Fawcett was beautiful.

[Edit] Finished - the outtakes alone are worth the effort.

Edited by Mars on Monday 13th March 22:00

These rosemary bleeds?

They must have all had such great fun during filming.

I've never seen Cannonball II. I read the Wiki synopsis last night and I never want to watch it now.

[Kes Arevo]

Mars said:

They must have all had such great fun during filming.

I've never seen Cannonball II. I read the Wiki synopsis last night and I never want to watch it now.

II is definitely crapperer. The unofficial 3rd with John Candy is even worse.

Cannonball Run was what I watched repeatedly as a kid. Must have been hundreds of views in the same way kids rewatch Frozen nowadays.

Could literally recite the lines as they went!

[ZedLeg]

Lordbenny said:

Frimley111R said:

Banshees of Inershwinwhatever

Arty types

would love to know what you’re favourite films are!

Police Academy 1 to 6 and Porky's

[toasty]

phazed said:

Frimley111R said:

Banshees of Inershwinwhatever

Christ, dull and weird. Two guys in a tiny island, off the coast of Ireland stop being friends in the 1920s. You can imagine how exciting life is on that island, well after that it is just weird and slow and depressing.

Arty types might think its great but if that's not you save yourself 2hrs of your life.

For a balanced view. I am not an arty type and thoroughly enjoyed it. Great acting, great story and great scenery, just go together to make an enjoyable watch.

Give it a go…

To counterbalance, I wanted to like it (I've enjoyed many films with the lead actors) but the Irish quirkiness lost its appeal after 15 mins or so. Weird, slow and depressing sums it up well. It's clearly a "good" film, well acted and shot, but not really an enjoyable one.

[beagrizzly]

Mars said:

Kes Arevo said:

Mars said:

Most car chases these days look like they're only going about 30mph.

Anyway - partway through The Cannonball Run and DAMN Farrah Fawcett was beautiful.

[Edit] Finished - the outtakes alone are worth the effort.

Edited by Mars on Monday 13th March 22:00

These rosemary bleeds?

They must have all had such great fun during filming.

I've never seen Cannonball II. I read the Wiki synopsis last night and I never want to watch it now.

Love, love, love The Cannonball Run.

Cannonball II - no thanks. As with many other sequels - they should have left well alone imo.

[Carl_Manchester]

I watched 'Everything, Everywhere, All At Once' (4k Bluray Disc)

I thought it was solid but I thought Kung Fu Hustle (2004) was quite a bit better.

8/10 karate chops from me.

[272BHP]

Carl_Manchester said:

I watched 'Everything, Everywhere, All At Once' (4k Bluray Disc)

I thought it was solid but I thought Kung Fu Hustle (2004) was quite a bit better.

8/10 karate chops from me.

Kung Fu Hustle is an absolutely magnificent movie it has to be said.

[Ace-T]

272BHP said:

Carl_Manchester said:

I watched 'Everything, Everywhere, All At Once' (4k Bluray Disc)

I thought it was solid but I thought Kung Fu Hustle (2004) was quite a bit better.

8/10 karate chops from me.

Kung Fu Hustle is an absolutely magnificent movie it has to be said.

I feel they are both in the 'bonkers but brilliant' bucket.

Genuinely surprised at the EEAAO Oscar glory though. Pleased for them.

[Raccaccoonie]

Shattered on Prime

Gets very low reviews, but I actually enjoyed it. It is a cheesy booby(Seems a common theme with films nowadays) sort of film, don't want to say too much.

John Malkovich as a seedy apartment owner is brilliant, really worth a watch if you don't take yourself too seriously and don't expect a lot besides low budget acting and a dollop humour with a bit of a rip of of another film.

[mat205125]

beagrizzly said:

Mars said:

Kes Arevo said:

Mars said:

Most car chases these days look like they're only going about 30mph.

Anyway - partway through The Cannonball Run and DAMN Farrah Fawcett was beautiful.

[Edit] Finished - the outtakes alone are worth the effort.

Edited by Mars on Monday 13th March 22:00

These rosemary bleeds?

They must have all had such great fun during filming.

I've never seen Cannonball II. I read the Wiki synopsis last night and I never want to watch it now.

Love, love, love The Cannonball Run.

Cannonball II - no thanks. As with many other sequels - they should have left well alone imo.

Exactly the same with the Smokey and the Bandit films. Only the first of each remain watchable.

The direct involvement of Hal Needham and Brock Yates in the original, and the close parallels to the real sea to shining sea memorial trophy races is something truly special, and unrepeatable.

[President Merkin]

Super tough working out the themes in Banshees, what with all the explosions & gunfire going on in the background and all while the two protagonists play out their own what's the word? Oh yeah, conflict.