dilligaf Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 2 minutes ago, paswt said: Was offered tickets for this and went this afternoon . I appreciate it may have helped to have seen all the others but I hadn't got a clue as to what the film was about before during or after . I think the "goodies" , the few who were left, lived to fight another day but I could be completely wrong. No, you were right. The whole star wars thing is bollocks if you are over 12 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Watched War Dogs last night, though it was pretty good. Jonah Hill is really maturing into a good actor/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Wonder. It is defiantly a tear-jerking sentimental movie, but at the same time the relationship between the parents and also the sister and her best friend adds to the standard story of exclusion ending in acceptance. Good, thoughtful, enjoyable movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDruid-3X3 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 On 11/20/2017 at 3:45 AM, TheTeapot said: Watched Predator the other night for the first time in 20 odd years. It's still ace. The Sequel with Danny Glover Sucked though. 3X3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 About Time Very Richard Curtis. Some of the 4 Weddings and a Funeral/Love Actually/Notting Hill tropes were a bit laboured but overall I enjoyed it. The father son emphasis was well done and made the movie. 7/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 I watched The Shape of Water last night and was surprised how much I enjoyed it. You have to suspend disbelief (obviously) but a good yarn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Watched Jurassic World the other night. Okay but leads to the inevitable follow on film Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Watched the Cruel Sea last night and enjoyed it. Some of the "special effects" were rather glue and string, but the real footage of the ships in heavy seas and the air raids on the Russian convoys were simply incredible. It's simple, direct story telling with the horror and toll of war presented in a very matter of fact way. Rather British class based, but that was the reality of it. What the Navy went through facing the U-boats in the North Atlantic is, to me, almost beyond comprehension, but the mental toll it took is acknowledged throughout the film. Thinking about what it must have been like to not only fight nature at its rawest but to be then torpedoed and left in the water hoping against hope for rescue and then to be sent out again and again with the death toll and horror of seeing ships blown to kingdom come. Such are the horrors of war. "It's the bloody war" ... was a phrase used a number of times. That very British sentiment, tied up within the reality of killing and death, makes the film, for me, one of the most powerful war films documenting the terrible consequences that war has on humanity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Red Sparrow, it's quite good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langweilig Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 (edited) Arrival. Are the aliens helpful or hostile? Did something get lost in translation? Will there be a war? It was okay. But not in my view "The best sci-fi film in years". Edited October 16, 2018 by Langweilig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Bobster Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 48 minutes ago, Langweilig said: Arrival. Are the aliens helpful or hostile? Did something get lost in translation? Will there be a war? It was okay. But not in my view "The best sci-fi film in years". Better than OK, I thought, but not quite up to the hype. Didn't figure out the, ahem, order of service, until quite late on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Bobster Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 First Man. Not your traditional human spaceflight movie. From the focus on grief and death, through the scary Captain Shakycam (not a criticism) flight and launch sequences it's not a popcorn movie. Given the amount of attention Apollo in general and Apollo 11 in particular have garnered over the years, I was mildly (yet perversely pleasantly) disappointed that it didn't focus on the technology or indeed the events, but instead is an intensely human and personal movie. With all the baggage that comes with the man and the event. I think it was an inspired treatment. There are some fantastic artistic choices. The repeated tight framing on faces and the almost purely in-cockpit and in-capsule flight sequences gives it a claustrophobic air. The director and DP used different film stock effectively to capture the feel of different scenes - 16mm and 35mm for most of the movie transitioning to a breathtaking full-fat IMAX 70mm in absolute silence for the "magnificent desolation" of the lunar landscape (there was not a peep from anyone in the busy theatre for this sequence). There is an almost frame-by-frame re-creation of several events, including the pre-flight press conference and the suited walk to the crew bus, and this gives parts of the movie a documentary feel as a breather from the human emotions. Claire Foy absolutely knocks it out of the park. Ryan Gosling has a tough job to do and does it very well, but I think didn't capture Armstrong's humorous side. I'm sure it will stand up to a repeated watch. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 '''''last film I saw? Snow White, first Disney film I think in the 1950s..........the witch was soooo scary I never watched another film........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Bobster Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 12 hours ago, Bobbie Bobster said: First Man. Not your traditional human spaceflight movie. From the focus on grief and death, through the scary Captain Shakycam (not a criticism) flight and launch sequences it's not a popcorn movie. Given the amount of attention Apollo in general and Apollo 11 in particular have garnered over the years, I was mildly (yet perversely pleasantly) disappointed that it didn't focus on the technology or indeed the events, but instead is an intensely human and personal movie. With all the baggage that comes with the man and the event. I think it was an inspired treatment. There are some fantastic artistic choices. The repeated tight framing on faces and the almost purely in-cockpit and in-capsule flight sequences gives it a claustrophobic air. The director and DP used different film stock effectively to capture the feel of different scenes - 16mm and 35mm for most of the movie transitioning to a breathtaking full-fat IMAX 70mm in absolute silence for the "magnificent desolation" of the lunar landscape (there was not a peep from anyone in the busy theatre for this sequence). There is an almost frame-by-frame re-creation of several events, including the pre-flight press conference and the suited walk to the crew bus, and this gives parts of the movie a documentary feel as a breather from the human emotions. Claire Foy absolutely knocks it out of the park. Ryan Gosling has a tough job to do and does it very well, but I think didn't capture Armstrong's humorous side. I'm sure it will stand up to a repeated watch. Turns out that Michael Collins was played by Lukas Haas who you may all remember as the kid in the 1985 Amish movie Witness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Bohemian Rhapsody, the Freddie Mercury/Queen biopic, at The Broadway last night. Very well done, sounded great, the actors playing the band, particularly Brian May, were excellent. The filming of the ‘live aid’ sequence at the end was very clever - presumably a mash up of a set, original footage, and CGI. Some chronological errors which if you’re a Queen nerd like me will grate a little, but definitely worth seeing. I’m sure I saw @Declan there last night - dressed up as Freddie. Chap on the door said he’s been in every night so far 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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