The Last Film You Saw....

[Roxanne]

38 minutes ago, Shake me up Judy said:

Noel Coward often wrote small supporting parts for comic working class characters. He knew what he was doing. One of the great post-war films. 

I’m not sure Joyce Carey would appreciate your comment. 😂

[2bees]

I watched Possessor and The Infinity Pool, didn’t really like them due to all the gore but both are very interesting concepts. 

[Chinahand]

Saltburn. Yuck. Only watch if you enjoy storytelling which strips out nuance and ambiguity with shallow and clichéd characterisation, a plot with no moral arc or character growth and imagery fixated on male homoerotic imagery and sexual self-abuse. 

[Passing Time]

15 hours ago, Chinahand said:

Saltburn. Yuck. Only watch if you enjoy storytelling which strips out nuance and ambiguity with shallow and clichéd characterisation, a plot with no moral arc or character growth and imagery fixated on male homoerotic imagery and sexual self-abuse. 

Thanks China, I have this on my “to watch “ list but now removed 

[Passing Time]

watched Killers of the Flower Moon last night. 3 hour film that would have been a lot better compacted into 2 hours. Good story just badly told

[PeachTea]

Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning part one. 

At least an hour too long.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - 

Also an hour too long. Really glad that this was the last instalment as its had its day.  

[Chinahand]

The Sun. On Netflix. It's a Mandarin language Taiwanese film. Quite brilliant. Understated. A bit of a violent beginning as someone has their hand cut off. The rest of the story follows the consequences of this for a son, his brother, mother and father.

It is brilliantly acted. Inarticulate, struggling people trying to comprehend and just carry on as consequences build.

[Passing Time]

Ordinary Angels. True story and good story 

[Chinahand]

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. 

Total and utter rubbish. 

Over stylized and over caricatured cartoon where the true story of operation Postmaster is dumbed down and exaggerated into a story totally lacking in drama, excitement or plot. 

All that remains are one-dimensional hunks (and one particularly beautiful damsel) piling up bodies and instantly and simplistically overcoming any obstacles in their way. 

The portrayal of Churchill is abysmal, the claims of the raid's importance to bring the yanks into the war juvenile. 

Just dreadful.

Typical Guy Richie. 

There is an amazing tale to be told about the huge bravery and sad later demise of the true human beings who undertook the raid and later lost their lives as incredible people reduced in total war to footnotes in history but this one dimensional portrayal is not it. 

Anthropoid and Allied are closer to giving an insight. 

Details of the real raid here. 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Postmaster

 

Edited August 24, 2024 by Chinahand
Forgot name of the movie!!!

[Passing Time]

6 hours ago, Chinahand said:

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. 

Total and utter rubbish. 

Over stylized and over caricatured cartoon where the true story of operation Postmaster is dumbed down and exaggerated into a story totally lacking in drama, excitement or plot. 

All that remains are one-dimensional hunks (and one particularly beautiful damsel) piling up bodies and instantly and simplistically overcoming any obstacles in their way. 

The portrayal of Churchill is abysmal, the claims of the raid's importance to bring the yanks into the war juvenile. 

Just dreadful.

Typical Guy Richie. 

There is an amazing tale to be told about the huge bravery and sad later demise of the true human beings who undertook the raid and later lost their lives as incredible people reduced in total war to footnotes in history but this one dimensional portrayal is not it. 

Anthropoid and Allied are closer to giving an insight. 

Details of the real raid here. 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Postmaster

 

It's a film not a documentary, artistic license prevails... get over yourself

[Chinahand]

The purpose of artistic licence, and I have no problem with it whatsoever, is to enhance the story telling.

In this case, it flattens it, trivialises it and worst of all makes it boring. This was not an exciting film. 

[Declan]

What were you expecting Chinahand?

Surely the title and Guy Ritchie credit points to a half-assed Cockney As inglorious bastards. 
 

 

[Chinahand]

Probably, Declan. I'm not sure what I was expecting. It shows Ritchie isn't a Tarantino. I've enjoyed some of his work but this and The Gentlemen on Netflix have disappointed in my view. 

I fully admit I'm interested in character which the slick genre isn't strong on, but a film like Sexy Beast can do it. 

It's not that big a deal, I just felt it was a crap movie with lots of opportunities to be a bit better. That I suppose is the issue, you could see how it could have been better but they stuck with the lazy option too often. 

[RecklessAbandon]

Civil War (Not the MCU one) - decent portrayal of conflict in action and a good reflection of just how easily America could turn on itself.  I can also see how those who went in to it thinking it was a more traditional war action film based off of the trailer might be disappointed.

Boy Kills World - A funny film that gets darker as it goes on with some really good fight chorography (which is usually the case when anyone from the Raid is involved).

Alien: Romulus - (will try to keep this as spoiler free as it is relatively new) Conflicted on this one.  I liked the attempt to tie the film to Alien, but didn't like the attempt to tie the film to Prometheus/Covenant.  A few too many "remember this" moments that didn't feel earned or organic, but overall it was tense which is ultimately what you want from an Alien movie (although there was some questionable changes to the life cycle).

[Chinahand]

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

On iPlayer. An absolutely fascinating portrayal of empire, war, love and change from the Boer War to World War II. 

The young buck soldier starts with more impulse and more brawn than brains and ages in to an old  warhorse out of kilter with total warfare but honourable and loyal which is reciprocated by those who serve with and against him. 

The most interesting character is the German who fights the duel gets the girl loses the war and loses all to the Nazis, but remains a friend throughout. 

Incredible for a film made in 1943.