Films I watched this week (Vol 2)

[phazed]

Just saw 28 Days Later for the first time.

What can I say, maybe just a minor yawn. It seems that when you watch films that are a few years old you can't help but draw the conclusion that acting wasn't as good then.

Makes World War Z seem epic!

[anonymous-user]

lowlife, stopped halfway as not sure what i'm watching will come back to it.

[ajprice]

It Follows (2014)

I had this recorded from last time it was on TV, it's on Film4 tonight.

2 hours I won't get back, and I'm a bit confused. This was supposed to be good, it's had good reviews and ratings (96% rotten tomatoes, 83% metacritic). Get Out was good, A Quiet Place was good, Hereditary was good. With this I was just bored. 2 slow walking invisible people/10 (for occasional boobs). I don't get it.

Edited by ajprice on Saturday 5th January 23:24

[Blib]

Just watched the new Coen Brothers film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs on Netflix.

Six, unconnected, cowboy tales.

Very enjoyable in a slightly uncomfortable way. Oh so Coeney!

IMO worth watching.

[Fermit and Sexy Sarah]

phazed said:

Just saw 28 days later for the first time.

What can I say, maybe just a minor yawn and it seems that when you watch films that are a few years old you can't help but draw the conclusion that acting wasn't as good then

If ever there was a film which promised much yet delivered little, then this is it. Also add the Tom Cruise War Of The Worlds to that list.

[phazed]

Although WotW was better imo.

Edited by phazed on Saturday 5th January 23:57

[Halb]

Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:

If ever there was a film which promised much yet delivered little, then this is it. Also add the Tom Cruise War Of The Worlds to that list.

I thought it was excellent, and the sequel, not sure which would go in my top five. I thought Cruise's WotW was tedious however, and didn't make sense.

[phazed]

Halb said:

I thought it was excellent, and the sequel, not sure which would go in my top five. I thought Cruise's WotW was tedious however, and didn't make sense.

Made reasonable sense and followed the original reasonably well. Saw that at the ABC cinema, Broad Green, Croydon when I was about 14 with Psycho as the accompanying B film.

Never been this same since.........

[Adam B]

Bird Box

The Bullock = Jacko comment was spot on due to her Botox skin which could not be unseen.

It’s basically A Quiet Place but not looking rather than not making noise, and lower budget. Was the only movie me and her could agree on and she has a pillow over her eyes for half the movie (irony not lost).

Worth a watch but no better than 6/10

Edited by Adam B on Sunday 6th January 14:59

[ukaskew]

ajprice said:

It Follows (2014)

I had this recorded from last time it was on TV, it's on Film4 tonight.

2 hours I won't get back, and I'm a bit confused. This was supposed to be good, it's had good reviews and ratings (96% rotten tomatoes, 83% metacritic). Get Out was good, A Quiet Place was good, Hereditary was good. With this I was just bored. 2 slow walking invisible people/10 (for occasional boobs). I don't get it.

It's odd, it felt like it was universally popular at the time but all the comments I've seen lately have been very negative. We have been blessed with some really good, inventive mainstream horror since it was released, so maybe that has worked against it.

There are only a couple of horror films that I'm fairly sure I'll never forget or never stop thinking 'if that was me', It Follows is one of them. I love how it's seemingly an easy situation to avoid, but when you think about it a bit more it's almost a perfect threat just through the sheer relentless nature of it.

[wjb]

John Wick

Sunday funday morning movie

Not everyone's cup of tea but I love this, not seen it for a few years.

9 coins out of 10.

[Black can man]

Halb said:

Finally watched TRain to Busan. Wow, what a ride. Brilliant. Best zomb film I've seen for years.

there was a bit in the middle, and because this is a korean film, I genuinely didn't know what would happen, but thankfully korean tom jones was there to make the save. excellent. It kept me entranced all the way through

probably in my top 5 zomb films

Terrific isn't it.

[Halb]

phazed said:

Made reasonable sense and followed the original reasonably well. Saw that at the ABC cinema, Broad Green, Croydon when I was about 14 with Psycho as the accompanying B film.

Never been this same since.........

aliens depositing machines millions of years ago and then travelling by lightning to them didn't make sense, and was a stupid change from the the book.

[phazed]

Halb said:

aliens depositing machines millions of years ago and then travelling by lightning to them didn't make sense, and was a stupid change from the the book.

There isn’t anything that makes perfect sense, Is there? In the realms of films, it really doesn’t worry me if the premise is a bit odd. If I’m worried about that then I probably wouldn’t see too many films. These sort of films I watch only for entertainment value.

Certainly made more sense then Bird Box!

[RizzoTheRat]

One of our dinosaurs is missing. Hilariously cringworthy stereotypes of Chinese characters played by British actors (especially Peter Ustinov). In fairness the nannies and British aristocracy are also caricatures, but you've never get away with making it these days.

6 Velociraptors out of a Diplodocus.

[Halb]

phazed said:

There isn’t anything that makes perfect sense, Is there? In the realms of films, it really doesn’t worry me if the premise is a bit odd. If I’m worried about that then I probably wouldn’t see too many films. These sort of films I watch only for entertainment value.

The original, 'meteor lands...oops, it's not a meteorite it's actually an alien ruse' was changed, that was logical. Changing it to burying stuff millions of years ago was illogical.

[anonymous-user]

ukaskew said:

ajprice said:

It Follows (2014)

I had this recorded from last time it was on TV, it's on Film4 tonight.

2 hours I won't get back, and I'm a bit confused. This was supposed to be good, it's had good reviews and ratings (96% rotten tomatoes, 83% metacritic). Get Out was good, A Quiet Place was good, Hereditary was good. With this I was just bored. 2 slow walking invisible people/10 (for occasional boobs). I don't get it.

It's odd, it felt like it was universally popular at the time but all the comments I've seen lately have been very negative. We have been blessed with some really good, inventive mainstream horror since it was released, so maybe that has worked against it.

There are only a couple of horror films that I'm fairly sure I'll never forget or never stop thinking 'if that was me', It Follows is one of them. I love how it's seemingly an easy situation to avoid, but when you think about it a bit more it's almost a perfect threat just through the sheer relentless nature of it.

I enjoyed it. Thought provoking I found. A solid example of survival overriding all the human conditioning we have established as "civilised" creatures. If forced to, we would revert back to primitive animal instincts in a kill or be killed predicament in order to survive as a species and by all means necessary. I think it's pretty well on the mark.

If you want to be spoon fed all the answers then maybe it's not the movie for you.

[mooseracer]

Adam B said:

My take was - had she really won? That gloomy last act reminding her of the price she pays for “winning”. Rachel Weisz parting comment was something about “playing the long game” and she is free from the obligation so maybe she won.

Great film

Edited by Adam B on Saturday 5th January 19:58

Yes you're right - she might have won the battle but certainly not the war was I think what it was saying. Great film considering we only watched it as it was the only thing on I didn't not want to watch.

[zygalski]

DoubleTime said:

ukaskew said:

ajprice said:

It Follows (2014)

I had this recorded from last time it was on TV, it's on Film4 tonight.

2 hours I won't get back, and I'm a bit confused. This was supposed to be good, it's had good reviews and ratings (96% rotten tomatoes, 83% metacritic). Get Out was good, A Quiet Place was good, Hereditary was good. With this I was just bored. 2 slow walking invisible people/10 (for occasional boobs). I don't get it.

It's odd, it felt like it was universally popular at the time but all the comments I've seen lately have been very negative. We have been blessed with some really good, inventive mainstream horror since it was released, so maybe that has worked against it.

There are only a couple of horror films that I'm fairly sure I'll never forget or never stop thinking 'if that was me', It Follows is one of them. I love how it's seemingly an easy situation to avoid, but when you think about it a bit more it's almost a perfect threat just through the sheer relentless nature of it.

I enjoyed it. Thought provoking I found. A solid example of survival overriding all the human conditioning we have established as "civilised" creatures. If forced to, we would revert back to primitive animal instincts in a kill or be killed predicament in order to survive as a species and by all means necessary. I think it's pretty well on the mark.

If you want to be spoon fed all the answers then maybe it's not the movie for you.

I thought it was a very solid film.
8/10 for me.

[motorizer]

He never died.

Henry Rollins sucks all the glamour out of immortality.

6/10