Films I watched this week (Vol 2)
Discussion
vixen1700 said:
With Carter's assassin sitting opposite him in the carriage
Something I only found out quite recently.
So please don't say it's something everybody knows!
Train scene here. You only catch a very small glimpse of his assassin at the end not full face.Something I only found out quite recently.
So please don't say it's something everybody knows!
https://youtu.be/jhisIT_CuQ8
Edited by Pesty on Wednesday 13th May 16:47
Zombieland 2: More of the same really, so can't complain. Think I was expecting too much when it comes to the evolved zombies, a bit meh. 6 Undead Corpses out of 10 Melee Weapons.
Hotel Mumbai: Wow. I have no idea if this film done what happened in reality justice, but it was a thrill of a film where I was actually routing for some of the characters. 7.5 grenades out of 10 cancelled hotel bookings.
Hotel Mumbai: Wow. I have no idea if this film done what happened in reality justice, but it was a thrill of a film where I was actually routing for some of the characters. 7.5 grenades out of 10 cancelled hotel bookings.
Pesty said:
Train scene here. You only catch a very small glimpse of his assassin at the end not full face.
https://youtu.be/jhisIT_CuQ8
And at the start. 24 seconds to be exact. https://youtu.be/jhisIT_CuQ8
Edited by Pesty on Wednesday 13th May 16:47
Cheers for posting, I wanted to check for the distinctive ring but didn't notice it last night, but you can see it at 24 seconds when he's smoking a fag.
After reminiscing about it on the film locale thread, I decided to watch The Goonies again on Blu-ray.
I must have watched this a million times from being a kid to adult and it never gets old.
You can keep your E.T.s, Neverending Stories, Harry Potter's and anything else.
The is the definite kids film, fun all the way.
Also realised I had Big Trouble in Little China, another fun action adventure movie from the 80s by John Carpenter with Kurt Russell, absolute silliness in story and plot but just non stop fun.
I must have watched this a million times from being a kid to adult and it never gets old.
You can keep your E.T.s, Neverending Stories, Harry Potter's and anything else.
The is the definite kids film, fun all the way.
Also realised I had Big Trouble in Little China, another fun action adventure movie from the 80s by John Carpenter with Kurt Russell, absolute silliness in story and plot but just non stop fun.
Radec said:
After reminiscing about it on the film locale thread, I decided to watch The Goonies again on Blu-ray.
I must have watched this a million times from being a kid to adult and it never gets old.
You can keep your E.T.s, Neverending Stories, Harry Potter's and anything else.
The is the definite kids film, fun all the way.
Also realised I had Big Trouble in Little China, another fun action adventure movie from the 80s by John Carpenter with Kurt Russell, absolute silliness in story and plot but just non stop fun.
And a rather stunning green eyed kim cattrall I must have watched this a million times from being a kid to adult and it never gets old.
You can keep your E.T.s, Neverending Stories, Harry Potter's and anything else.
The is the definite kids film, fun all the way.
Also realised I had Big Trouble in Little China, another fun action adventure movie from the 80s by John Carpenter with Kurt Russell, absolute silliness in story and plot but just non stop fun.
Watched a couple on the Horror channel last night.
Radius - low budget but interesting film, a couple have a car accident together, any living thing that is within certain radius of the bloke dies, if the women is with the man then nothing dies. They both have amnesia and try to work out what's happened and who they are. It had a decent twist at the end I thought.
The Toybox - Denise Richards and Mischa Barton in the same film, can't be bad I thought.
Wrong..one of the dumbest films going.
Haunted caravan kills it's occupants, good thing too as every character was a idiot.
Although it needs to be watched just for how terrible it is.
Radius - low budget but interesting film, a couple have a car accident together, any living thing that is within certain radius of the bloke dies, if the women is with the man then nothing dies. They both have amnesia and try to work out what's happened and who they are. It had a decent twist at the end I thought.
The Toybox - Denise Richards and Mischa Barton in the same film, can't be bad I thought.
Wrong..one of the dumbest films going.
Haunted caravan kills it's occupants, good thing too as every character was a idiot.
Although it needs to be watched just for how terrible it is.
Late to the party but Once upon a time in Hollywood.
I understand the 'nothing happens, no plot' criticism of this but not everything needs a complex interwoven narrative.
It looked great, good selection of classic cars, pretty girls, great dialogue, good soundtrack, extreme violence. I know he plays around with alternate histories but the ending still took me by surprise.
Typical QT basically.
I enjoyed it. 8/10
I understand the 'nothing happens, no plot' criticism of this but not everything needs a complex interwoven narrative.
It looked great, good selection of classic cars, pretty girls, great dialogue, good soundtrack, extreme violence. I know he plays around with alternate histories but the ending still took me by surprise.
Typical QT basically.
I enjoyed it. 8/10
sinbaddio said:
Watched The Big Short for only the second time last night. Absolutely brilliant, fascinating film. I think on the whole it's fairly close to the truth too. 9/10.
Been trawling through the guides for something to watch tonight, might give this another go as nothing else catches my fancy.Spacewalker (2017)
aka "Spacewalk", aka "The Spacewalker", aka "The Age of Pioneers" (Russian: Время первых, romanized: Vremya Pervykh)
7.3/10 on IMDB
Currently available on Amazon Prime
A Russian-language film with English subtitles about the race in the 1960's for the first spacewalk, with about two thirds of the film being of the space mission itself, and how close it came to failure at several points.
Sort of a Russian "Apollo 13", with a little black humour thrown in (although it's not a comedy) and has a gentle charm to it in the early part of the film. However, it gets more tense as the film progresses.
At 2hr17, I felt it dragged a little in places and might have benefited from tighter editing, but overall it was enjoyable.
aka "Spacewalk", aka "The Spacewalker", aka "The Age of Pioneers" (Russian: Время первых, romanized: Vremya Pervykh)
7.3/10 on IMDB
Currently available on Amazon Prime
A Russian-language film with English subtitles about the race in the 1960's for the first spacewalk, with about two thirds of the film being of the space mission itself, and how close it came to failure at several points.
Sort of a Russian "Apollo 13", with a little black humour thrown in (although it's not a comedy) and has a gentle charm to it in the early part of the film. However, it gets more tense as the film progresses.
At 2hr17, I felt it dragged a little in places and might have benefited from tighter editing, but overall it was enjoyable.
Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Friday 15th May 21:05
Bullett said:
Late to the party but Once upon a time in Hollywood.
I understand the 'nothing happens, no plot' criticism of this but not everything needs a complex interwoven narrative.
It looked great, good selection of classic cars, pretty girls, great dialogue, good soundtrack, extreme violence. I know he plays around with alternate histories but the ending still took me by surprise.
Typical QT basically.
I enjoyed it. 8/10
Things do happen it's just probably a bit moody. If you know the history before viewing then as you say, background, props, dialogue and acting all follow through very nicely and tie it all together, (Or was that The Big Lebowski I understand the 'nothing happens, no plot' criticism of this but not everything needs a complex interwoven narrative.
It looked great, good selection of classic cars, pretty girls, great dialogue, good soundtrack, extreme violence. I know he plays around with alternate histories but the ending still took me by surprise.
Typical QT basically.
I enjoyed it. 8/10
).Okay, I will shut up about this now but it is such an enjoyable film. Definitely worth a second watch some weeks/months later.
Black Dynamite 2009
Yes, not the lame series but rather a parody of blaxpoitation movies. If you don't know what a blaxpoitation movie is, this will skate over your head.
Filmed 70s style and with some great one-liners and deliberately appalling continuity, this just works with judicious use of mo-fo, cats, brothers and jive. Cracking.
8 b*tches out of 10 righteous mo-fos
Yes, not the lame series but rather a parody of blaxpoitation movies. If you don't know what a blaxpoitation movie is, this will skate over your head.
Filmed 70s style and with some great one-liners and deliberately appalling continuity, this just works with judicious use of mo-fo, cats, brothers and jive. Cracking.
8 b*tches out of 10 righteous mo-fos
Edited by LuS1fer on Friday 15th May 22:25
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