What films have you watched recently?

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Polar - a cracking over the top violent romp. Loved it. Mads Mikkelson is the dog's in it too. Dude.

shuikit

JezWynd said:

thumpingrug said:

Wife took me to see Ad Astra tonight.  We both like sci-fi so were looking forward to it.  Utter pile of shit from start to end. 

Oh dear. Booked to see it next Monday.

To make the most of your time, I would advise taking a pillow...

Philly_Q

@BigBearKris Interesting.  Of the four I mentioned, I liked Arrival the best, for the philosophical stuff more than the SF aspects.  I also think Amy Adams can do no wrong (well probably, if I went through her filmography I'm sure there'd be things I hate).

I also really liked The Martian, I don't care about scientific accuracy (or any lack thereof) and I don't dislike Matt Damon.  I think it's a rattling good yarn, in quite an old-fashioned way.

Interstellar I loathed, it looked like it was going to be serious then it got all swamped in sub-Spielberg sentimental bollocks.  And I wanted to smother Michael Caine's whiny tearful old twat of a character with a pillow.  (In the interests of full disclosure, I find Matthew McConaughey unbearable in most things.)

For what it's worth I didn't much like Annihilation either, I think it's an ugly-looking film with underdeveloped ideas and pretentious in a bad way.

So, I dunno…. on balance I think I probably won't like Ad Astra.  But I'll watch it eventually.

earwighoney

Philly_Q said:

Interstellar I loathed, it looked like it was going to be serious then it got all swamped in sub-Spielberg sentimental bollocks.  And I wanted to smother Michael Caine's whiny tearful old twat of a character with a pillow.  (In the interests of full disclosure, I find Matthew McConaughey unbearable in most things.)

Like yourself I wasn't a fan of Interstellar.  

I've got no problem with Matthew Mahogany, I think he's had some superb roles (eg True Detective & Frailty) but I found something which is becoming more and more an issue with Chris Nolan's films is the narrative structures and the complete lack of restraint, and add to that the Spielberg sentimentality and it seemed like a film that didn't seem to know what it really wanted to do.  IMO, I think Nolan's films are at their best when they have a bit more rigidity in narrative eg The Prestige. 

In addition, I thought it was a bloated take on a Simpsons Treehouse of Horror segment, when Homer Simpson discovers 'The 3rd Dimenson'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7824c5YAsEA

Philly_Q

I'd actually forgotten Interstellar was Chris Nolan.  He definitely shouldn't be doing sentimental, he strikes me more as a somewhat cold, detached kind of character - as a director, anyway.  I liked all his early films but I do find it increasingly a chore to watch his recent stuff, it's all a bit bloated.

I did like Frailty, no argument there.  And you're right about Homer.

earwighoney

Philly_Q said:

I'd actually forgotten Interstellar was Chris Nolan.  He definitely shouldn't be doing sentimental, he strikes me more as a somewhat cold, detached kind of character - as a director, anyway.  I liked all his early films but I do find it increasingly a chore to watch his recent stuff, it's all a bit bloated.

I did like Frailty, no argument there.  And you're right about Homer.

I agree about the cold observation. 

I think he should make a rom com with Jack Black.  When he travels back in time and kills his dad before he meets him mum, and some alien come along and tells him what the Matrix is really about but is it an alien or Jack Black in prosthetics?  Whilst Michael Caine is a crazy scientist who advises him against time travel.  Is it really Michael Caine or Jack Black wearing prosthetics? 

TTBZ

breakstuff said:

TTBZ said:

Not a film but I don’t see a series thread so... we’ve just started Marianne on Netflix. Pretty good so far, proper creepy type of horror rather than all build up and jump scares.

I'm watching episode three at the minute, but I'm finding the lead character so utterly unlikeable that it's quite hard to carry on. 

Please tell me she has some redeeming features because I'm very close to giving up.

I know what you mean. We’re 5 in and she’s still a knob, but I’m still enjoying it regardless.

EricTheWeary

The Snowman ( 2017 on Netflix).

Apparently a troubled production which rather shows in a convoluted and meandering plot. Val Kilmer is in it but was recovering from cancer at the time and all his lines are overdubbed after and occasionally badly.
Michael Fassbender plays a detective who is hopeless at asking questions or even spotting the bleeding obvious. 
Some nice scenery and an incredibly unlikely police station. 
Possibly worth watching if you like aerial shots of Norwegian bridges. 

Heel

Saw The Straight Story in 35mm today. Was great. 

Heel

Sassafras said:

Been binge watching David Lynch films all weekend.
Wild at Heart.
Inland Empire.
Mullholland Drive.
Lost Highway.
And I've still got Dune to watch later on!
Understandably, my brains are a bit scrambled after all that weirdness.
He doesn't so much make films as a succession of pieces of art.
And he does an atmosphere of dark menace better than any other director.
I love the way he blends the surreal with the banal so it seems all the more believable and unsurprising.

Weirdest interpretation of Lynch I’ve ever heard. 

Philly_Q

Kingsman: The Golden Circle
I liked the first Kingsman film.  This is very similar, big and spectacular and noisy but somehow completely uninvolving.  I wasn't bored though.

jonnyburgo

Long Shot with Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron. Should have been called Long Shit. Crappy story that just sort of rambled along getting more and more silly until the shitty ending. Embarrasing all round for the actors and the viewers. Hollywood really seems to think that it force feed us eat shit and we'll like it.

2/10 and no thumbs up.

munckee

Philly_Q said:

Kingsman: The Golden Circle
I liked the first Kingsman film.  This is very similar, big and spectacular and noisy but somehow completely uninvolving.  I wasn't bored though.

I watched the first film can’t bring myself to watch the second. I cringed more times during that film than I can remember for a film apart from Austin powers. 

Sassafras

Heel said:

Sassafras said:

Been binge watching David Lynch films all weekend.
Wild at Heart.
Inland Empire.
Mullholland Drive.
Lost Highway.
And I've still got Dune to watch later on!
Understandably, my brains are a bit scrambled after all that weirdness.
He doesn't so much make films as a succession of pieces of art.
And he does an atmosphere of dark menace better than any other director.
I love the way he blends the surreal with the banal so it seems all the more believable and unsurprising.

Weirdest interpretation of Lynch I’ve ever heard. 

You need to watch a few more of his films.

boogieman

fretmeister said:

The Starving Games.

Ultra low budget parody of The Hunger Games.
Kantmiss Evershot takes on President Snowflake.

Generally poor but with a couple of genius moments that really had me laughing.

4/10

Was it a porno? 

EricTheWeary

boogieman said:

fretmeister said:

The Starving Games.

Was it a porno? 

That sounds like the title of a particularly depressing porn movie. 

Sassafras

EricTheWeary said:

boogieman said:

fretmeister said:

The Starving Games.

Was it a porno? 

That sounds like the title of a particularly depressing porn movie. 

One involving Russian tramps.

notanon

I don't feel at home in this world anymore

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/i_dont_feel_at_home_in_this_world_anymore

Stick with it, worth watching I wouldn't watch any trailers. Just a few of the scenes make the movie. We really enjoyed it.

7/10 but that I think is fussy score. Recommended.

fretmeister

X-Men Dark Phoenix 

2/10

An awful end to the franchise.

sinbaadi

The man who shot Hitler and then the Bigfoot.

On one hand a look at PTSD and its impact on veterans as they grow old, regrets, lost loves ...  on the other hand a b-movie about killing an ape-man to prevent mass global extinction.  I like the former, flashbacks tell the story quite well and you can almost imagine a "what if there was a guy who had to carry that around with him?" real life scenario, but the latter is laughable at times.