What films have you watched recently?

guitartango

LastMantra said:

Haych said:

Spaceballs. Love this movie. If I had a tenner for every time I’d seen it I’d have a new (expensive) guitar by now. 

Yes the plot is non-existent. Yes the acting is bad. But it’s still a brilliant movie. 

I watched "high anxiety" for the first time the other night. Not bad but certainly not my favourite MB. 

I got it, I ain't got it

EricTheWeary

My youngest son watched Long Shot and I ended up watching chunks of it. Kind of a feminist movie if feminism means it still stars a man, the man gets most of the laughs, women can be strong and independent but also must still look hot and getting the right bloke is more important than world peace. It's Seth Rogan going 'look I can be right on' but getting it wrong.

He also had Shark Tale on in the afternoon which is a film of his childhood but it's awful at so many levels. The stereotype rastas always seem particularly wince inducing so it's always a bit of a shock to be reminded that one of them is played by Ziggy Marley.     

Semi watched Spectre on NYE. The pre watershed cuts made by ITV didn't help but it stomps along. In the Craig era Bond films you reach a point where the older Bond films would have ended but no there's another 30 minutes of stomping around and product placement. More holes in the plot than in the jumpers my granny used to make me. It does what it says on the tin I guess.     

fretmeister

Mortal Engines.

Loved the idea and the set design. The script was just a bit too predictable unfortunately, and aside from 1 or 2 the cast weren't very good.

5.5/10. 


Lego Movie 2.
None of the charm of the first one. 2/10

ICBM

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

Steven Spielberg motion-capture animation of Hergé’s classic character.

Very interesting visually, and with a plot that’s almost Hergé meets Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Some of the animation is almost ‘uncanny valley’ (Tintin himself and Sakharine especially), some less so (Captain Haddock and the Thompsons), but overall it works... just. There’s a slight sensation of constantly balancing on a fine line between surreality and cartoon which sometimes jars a bit. I don’t know if kids would see it less critically, but I’m also not convinced it’s aimed at them - I thought it was more likely to be for adults with nostalgia for the books. And after watching it I’m still not sure...

7/10

I think

LastMantra

guitartango said:

LastMantra said:

Haych said:

Spaceballs. Love this movie. If I had a tenner for every time I’d seen it I’d have a new (expensive) guitar by now. 

Yes the plot is non-existent. Yes the acting is bad. But it’s still a brilliant movie. 

I watched "high anxiety" for the first time the other night. Not bad but certainly not my favourite MB. 

I got it, I ain't got it

  

Snap

The Shallows - alright, predictable nonsense, but alright.
Spider Man Far From Home - shite. Made the first one (also shite), look good. They've ruined Spidey for me. Too young, too High School Musical. Really piss poor. 

lovestrat74

The Irishman - bloody good, especially if you can take a break and resume play when it suits you. Imagine it might cause a few pins and needles at the cinema.

Highwaymen - another good watch. An alternative look at Bonny and Clyde from the cops perspective as opposed B&C

HAL9000

JoJo Rabbit. Decent thought-provoking black comedy/satire about discrimination, blind fanaticism, and the difference between Germans and Nazis. Starts off a bit poorly but actually pretty good once it hits its stride. 6.5/10 from me.

boogieman

ICBM said:

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

Steven Spielberg motion-capture animation of Hergé’s classic character.

Very interesting visually, and with a plot that’s almost Hergé meets Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Some of the animation is almost ‘uncanny valley’ (Tintin himself and Sakharine especially), some less so (Captain Haddock and the Thompsons), but overall it works... just. There’s a slight sensation of constantly balancing on a fine line between surreality and cartoon which sometimes jars a bit. I don’t know if kids would see it less critically, but I’m also not convinced it’s aimed at them - I thought it was more likely to be for adults with nostalgia for the books. And after watching it I’m still not sure...

7/10

I think

I think you’re right.  I saw it with my kids who were teenagers at the time. They didn’t get it at all. I thought it was an odd film but could see what the makers were trying to do, but then I had the benefit of nostalgia from the tv cartoons. 

boogieman

LastMantra said:

Haych said:

Spaceballs. Love this movie. If I had a tenner for every time I’d seen it I’d have a new (expensive) guitar by now. 

Yes the plot is non-existent. Yes the acting is bad. But it’s still a brilliant movie. 

I watched "high anxiety" for the first time the other night. Not bad but certainly not my favourite MB. 

Have you seen The Twelve Chairs? One of Brooks’ early efforts (if not his first?). I saw it in the 70s so can’t remember an awful lot but do recall one hysterical laugh out loud moment. He reached his peak with Young Frankenstein for me. 

lovestrat74

Eddie the Eagle - that man had serious balls!

ICBM

ICBM said:

Arrival

Interesting and quite original - although I did think there were some parallels with Interstellar, it was better realised and more believable.

I think I need to watch it again, and that it will stand a repeat viewing without spoiling it...

8/10

That was posted two years ago but I finally got around to re-watching it... I was right. It's even better the second time, even when you know the twist. Or ironically, perhaps exactly because you know the twist, which makes the concept even more powerful. A very unusual and imaginative film.

Sassafras

ICBM said:

ICBM said:

Arrival

Interesting and quite original - although I did think there were some parallels with Interstellar, it was better realised and more believable.

I think I need to watch it again, and that it will stand a repeat viewing without spoiling it...

8/10

That was posted two years ago but I finally got around to re-watching it... I was right. It's even better the second time, even when you know the twist. Or ironically, perhaps exactly because you know the twist, which makes the concept even more powerful. A very unusual and imaginative film.

Yes, I re-watched it a few weeks ago.
Science fiction at its best. Raises a lot of thought provoking points rather than the mindless Hollywood brain softening bubble gum. Quietly understated and all the more impressive for it. And Amy Adams is quite believable in her role.

Snap

ICBM said:

ICBM said:

Arrival

Interesting and quite original - although I did think there were some parallels with Interstellar, it was better realised and more believable.

I think I need to watch it again, and that it will stand a repeat viewing without spoiling it...

8/10

That was posted two years ago but I finally got around to re-watching it... I was right. It's even better the second time, even when you know the twist. Or ironically, perhaps exactly because you know the twist, which makes the concept even more powerful. A very unusual and imaginative film.

I watched this on a plane, a long way from my wife and kids and spent the first few minutes of the film blubbing and trying to hide my sniffles, unsuccessfully. Then did the same at the end! Apart from that I really enjoyed it. Will watch again, with my wife and kids and will probably bawl all over again. 

I am finding as I get older, I am becoming more of a film and TV bawler actually. 

tony99

Sassafras said:

ICBM said:

ICBM said:

Arrival

Interesting and quite original - although I did think there were some parallels with Interstellar, it was better realised and more believable.

I think I need to watch it again, and that it will stand a repeat viewing without spoiling it...

8/10

That was posted two years ago but I finally got around to re-watching it... I was right. It's even better the second time, even when you know the twist. Or ironically, perhaps exactly because you know the twist, which makes the concept even more powerful. A very unusual and imaginative film.

Yes, I re-watched it a few weeks ago.
Science fiction at its best. Raises a lot of thought provoking points rather than the mindless Hollywood brain softening bubble gum. Quietly understated and all the more impressive for it. And Amy Adams is quite believable in her role.

It is good, it's very good in fact, and if you're into any branch of linguistics, be it semiotics, pragmatics or even orthographic stylistics, then there are those extra layers that make it an absolute must see.

However it pales in insignificance next to true sci-fi like Independence Day as it doesn't have Randy Quaid flying in at the end to fire a missile up the alien's bumbum.

LastMantra

boogieman said:

LastMantra said:

Haych said:

Spaceballs. Love this movie. If I had a tenner for every time I’d seen it I’d have a new (expensive) guitar by now. 

Yes the plot is non-existent. Yes the acting is bad. But it’s still a brilliant movie. 

I watched "high anxiety" for the first time the other night. Not bad but certainly not my favourite MB. 

Have you seen The Twelve Chairs? One of Brooks’ early efforts (if not his first?). I saw it in the 70s so can’t remember an awful lot but do recall one hysterical laugh out loud moment. He reached his peak with Young Frankenstein for me. 

No not seen that one. Will see if I can find it, thanks   

Moominpapa

Jamon Jamon - a 1992 Spanish film starring a young Penelope Cruz (in her first film) and a young Javier Bardem (this is years before these two became an item).  A funny, offbeat black comedy: recommended. 7/10

tony99

Moominpapa said:

Jamon Jamon - a 1992 Spanish film starring a young Penelope Cruz (in her first film) and a young Javier Bardem (this is years before these two became an item).  A funny, offbeat black comedy: recommended. 7/10

la viste en espanol?

Sassafras

Hunger Games Mockingjay 2.
It's OK as an action/adventure film but the soppy bits were really grating. Typical scmaltzy Hollywood CGI fare.
It would've been greatly improved by a sex scene with Natalie Dormer down to her scanties.

Sassafras

Suburbicon..
It got panned by the critics but I didn't think it was all that bad. Joel & Ethan Coen took care of the screenplay and it bears a few of their hallmarks. There were some dark humorous bits too.
All in all, not too shabby.