Films I watched this week (Vol 2)
Discussion
generationx said:
Otispunkmeyer said:
Apollo
(It might be Apollo 11, but I think the title is just Apollo),
Its out for buy/rent right now and I have it queued for later this week to watch in 4K. I watched it on a flight over to the US and its absolutely chuffing awesome. Almost entirely old, re-mastered archive footage of Apollo 11 mission. All the audio from the module, the control centres, interviews with the astronauts etc. About as close as we'll ever come to actually having watched it live.
I wouldn't say its entertaining as such, but very interesting and totally awe inspiring. Its just a beautiful piece of work.
I watched this last week. It's absolutely fantastic.(It might be Apollo 11, but I think the title is just Apollo),
Its out for buy/rent right now and I have it queued for later this week to watch in 4K. I watched it on a flight over to the US and its absolutely chuffing awesome. Almost entirely old, re-mastered archive footage of Apollo 11 mission. All the audio from the module, the control centres, interviews with the astronauts etc. About as close as we'll ever come to actually having watched it live.
I wouldn't say its entertaining as such, but very interesting and totally awe inspiring. Its just a beautiful piece of work.
A couple of classics,
Terminator - Yes the effects are a bit wobbly but it just works, the terror, the unrelenting pursuit, the robotic acting. One of the all time great Sci-fi films, sticks to its own rules and although simple the plot just works. 9/10
Jaws - We were in Universal Hollywood a few weeks ago and of course the bus tour was attacked by a shark (and king kong and we raced Vin Diesel) so when I noticed this was on Netflix and only a PG we settled down for a family movie. The kids were chuntering away until the first attack on the beech, then they were glued. Everytime the music started the youngest would burry her face in me. Wonderful building of atmosphere, I'd forgotten about the scars monologue on the boat. Ok they laughed at the actual rubber shark but the whole thing was great. 9/10
Found out the wife hasn't seen Shawshank so that might be next.
Terminator - Yes the effects are a bit wobbly but it just works, the terror, the unrelenting pursuit, the robotic acting. One of the all time great Sci-fi films, sticks to its own rules and although simple the plot just works. 9/10
Jaws - We were in Universal Hollywood a few weeks ago and of course the bus tour was attacked by a shark (and king kong and we raced Vin Diesel) so when I noticed this was on Netflix and only a PG we settled down for a family movie. The kids were chuntering away until the first attack on the beech, then they were glued. Everytime the music started the youngest would burry her face in me. Wonderful building of atmosphere, I'd forgotten about the scars monologue on the boat. Ok they laughed at the actual rubber shark but the whole thing was great. 9/10
Found out the wife hasn't seen Shawshank so that might be next.
Cold said:
Midway. As already mentioned, it was a bit rubbish for various reasons but despite that I found it enjoyable enough. I don't think it was meant to be a documentary.
Took myself off to watch it alone as missus hates war movies, she has better taste than me!?The director did Independence Day, White House Down and Godzilla and all are more convincing than this steaming turd.
Makes Pearl Harbour look like Macbeth, the acting and script is truly excruciating. I laughed at a couple of the lines as did others around me. Shonky CGI too
This gets Zeros
Bullett said:
I noticed this was on Netflix and only a PG we settled down for a family movie.
There's a great geeky Simon Pegg story about how his daughter asked him if she was old enough to watch Jaws. He was filming Ready Player One at the time so he said that if Steven Spielberg said that she was old enough, she could watch it. He took her to meet Spielberg and he asked her hold old she was. When she answered 7, he promptly said no and she's never seen it since 
My daughter (10) finally plucked up the courage to watch it last month (the perils of an older brother terrifying her about sharks when they were growing up) and absolutely loved it. It's such a great film to watch and it doesn't get old. Although caution the Simpsons effect.
generationx said:
Otispunkmeyer said:
Apollo
(It might be Apollo 11, but I think the title is just Apollo),
Its out for buy/rent right now and I have it queued for later this week to watch in 4K. I watched it on a flight over to the US and its absolutely chuffing awesome. Almost entirely old, re-mastered archive footage of Apollo 11 mission. All the audio from the module, the control centres, interviews with the astronauts etc. About as close as we'll ever come to actually having watched it live.
I wouldn't say its entertaining as such, but very interesting and totally awe inspiring. Its just a beautiful piece of work.
I watched this last week. It's absolutely fantastic.(It might be Apollo 11, but I think the title is just Apollo),
Its out for buy/rent right now and I have it queued for later this week to watch in 4K. I watched it on a flight over to the US and its absolutely chuffing awesome. Almost entirely old, re-mastered archive footage of Apollo 11 mission. All the audio from the module, the control centres, interviews with the astronauts etc. About as close as we'll ever come to actually having watched it live.
I wouldn't say its entertaining as such, but very interesting and totally awe inspiring. Its just a beautiful piece of work.
popeyewhite said:
Bullett said:
Found out the wife hasn't seen Shawshank so that might be next.
Can anyone explain to me why Shawshank is so feted? Think I've seen it twice just to try to understand what the fuss was about but I remained just as ignorant! Why do people like it so much?And an absolute winner of a happy ending.
Highlander
Still a classic but dodgy in parts.
Roxanne hart is strangely attractive with very nice shaped traits of land that I never noticed before for some reason.
Also she talked to him for three minutes then he makes her stab him and bang it’s a done deal. Women were easy in the 80s I guess.
Some very dodgy animation but something was off with the filming. I think camera work has come a long way.
Can’t say why just a feeling the camera angles etc. It’s like they had one camera or something.
Still a classic but dodgy in parts.
Roxanne hart is strangely attractive with very nice shaped traits of land that I never noticed before for some reason.
Also she talked to him for three minutes then he makes her stab him and bang it’s a done deal. Women were easy in the 80s I guess.
Some very dodgy animation but something was off with the filming. I think camera work has come a long way.
Can’t say why just a feeling the camera angles etc. It’s like they had one camera or something.
toon10 said:
Even know I've seen it and know the plot twists, I can't help but leave it on whenever I'm flicking channels and come across it. It could be 5 minutes in or an hour, I'll still watch the rest of it. Not too many movies that do that with me. Snatch being another notable one.
It's the whole setup really for me. Man trying to keep a little piece of himself sane and refusing to lose himself whilst he's getting beaten down by sadistic barstewards. There seems to be no end to the unrelenting misery and then we get THAT ending. Just wonderful and a hugely uplifting denouement.I managed to watch it before people started to laud it as being one of the great films, and managed to be unaware of how the film ended.
SpeckledJim said:
popeyewhite said:
Bullett said:
Found out the wife hasn't seen Shawshank so that might be next.
Can anyone explain to me why Shawshank is so feted? Think I've seen it twice just to try to understand what the fuss was about but I remained just as ignorant! Why do people like it so much?And an absolute winner of a happy ending.
I might try and give it another go but I wonder if it's just one of those movies I won't 'get'. I suppose everyone has one or two.
Joker. Just back from the cinema seeing it. I really really wanted to like it, but I don't think I do. It was a fine performance from Joaquin Phoenix, he was believable as 'Joker', but the story didn't feel cohesive, and I really disliked the ending - to me, accepting being too long can be a problem in many films, it felt like it needed another 20 minutes to really affirm his transition to Joker. It felt like something so close to being great, but not quite there. The perfect car with naff steering, or a 10/10 stunner with bad breath.
When it comes out in the shops I'll get a copy and watch again, as against such universal acclaim I feel I must have missed something.
When it comes out in the shops I'll get a copy and watch again, as against such universal acclaim I feel I must have missed something.
Edited by Fermit and Sexy Sarah on Wednesday 13th November 21:55
Edited by Fermit and Sexy Sarah on Wednesday 13th November 21:56
You are not alone.
I came out thinking, “was that really great or something else “?
I didn’t feel it was fantastic although I did have thoughts of that I should have thought it was better than I believed it was.
Don’t get me wrong, it was a great film But I just thought there was something that should’ve been better. Can’t put my finger on it but just didn’t have that, “great film feeling “.
10 out of 10 acting by Phoenix.
I came out thinking, “was that really great or something else “?
I didn’t feel it was fantastic although I did have thoughts of that I should have thought it was better than I believed it was.
Don’t get me wrong, it was a great film But I just thought there was something that should’ve been better. Can’t put my finger on it but just didn’t have that, “great film feeling “.
10 out of 10 acting by Phoenix.
phazed said:
You are not alone.
I came out thinking, “was that really great or something else “?
I didn’t feel it was fantastic although I did have thoughts of that I should have thought it was better than I believed it was.
Don’t get me wrong, it was a great film But I just thought there was something that should’ve been better. Can’t put my finger on it but just didn’t have that, “great film feeling “.
10 out of 10 acting by Phoenix.
Another thing, this bugged me far more than it probably should have. On the Murray Franklin show a clip was shown of his stand up. The film, I presume, was set in the late 70's - early 80's, a pre-internet and smartphone era. Where did the footage surface from? I came out thinking, “was that really great or something else “?
I didn’t feel it was fantastic although I did have thoughts of that I should have thought it was better than I believed it was.
Don’t get me wrong, it was a great film But I just thought there was something that should’ve been better. Can’t put my finger on it but just didn’t have that, “great film feeling “.
10 out of 10 acting by Phoenix.
Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:
Another thing, this bugged me far more than it probably should have. On the Murray Franklin show a clip was shown of his stand up. The film, I presume, was set in the late 70's - early 80's, a pre-internet and smartphone era. Where did the footage surface from?
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