What films have you watched recently?

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goldtop said:

Kill Me Three Times (Netflix) - a complete knock-off of an early Tarantino movie. Was it homage or blatant theft? Cinematography (best bit), sound track, schlock-violence. And Simon Pegg mis-cast. Pants. 2/10

Anything with Simon Pegg in it will invariably be either pants, annoying or (most frequently) both.

FastEddie

Wish Dragon. It's on Netflix. 
It was a family movie afternoon. Very good and easy to watch. 

"I wish..........."

Dopesick

One Hour Photo
Hadn’t seen this before but Robin Williams is brilliant as the creepy wannabe uncle of a family he has been spying on for years. Makes me wish he played more bad guy roles (although he wasn’t necessarily bad or ‘evil’, just a misunderstood loner who way overstepped the boundaries of decency). 
8

Pulp Fiction
Hadn’t seen this for about five years but needed a nice familiar watch for a Sunday evening. What else is there to say? An absolute riot from beginning to end. Amongst a glut of mesmerising performances, IMO Harvey Keitel steals the show with his on-the-ball cleaner Winston Wolf.
10

ICBM

Philly_Q said:

I could happily do without sex scenes in most films but the one in Don't Look Now is very powerful, it feels like something "real" and significant.  

A million miles from the standard bit of writhing around in flattering lighting with Kenny G playing in the background

Exactly. It's not especially graphic, you see as much of Sutherland as you do of Christie, and being intercut with them getting dressed makes it much less voyeuristic. I'm not a prude at all, but I find most badly done and gratuitous. If you want that, just watch porn...

Philly_Q said:

Anyway, glad you liked the film.  I've seen it many times but I always find it unsettling, it'll never lose its effectiveness.

Yes. Definitely one to keep and watch again at some point.

Blueingreen

ICBM said:

Dangerous Liasons

Stephen Frears’ 1988 historical sex/power (it’s not romantic really) drama with Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Uma Thurman and Keanu Reeves. And Peter Capaldi, which I’d forgotten.

I’ve seen it before a couple of times, although a long time ago - I’m pretty sure at the cinema when it first came out. I hadn’t actually realized that the original novel it’s based on was written in 1782 - I assumed it was more modern - so it’s actually ‘contemporary fiction’ really, which makes me think it’s probably quite accurate in depicting the attitudes of the time. Still absolutely brilliant - Close in particular is stunning, and Malkovich is excellent. Pfeiffer doesn’t seem quite as good as I remember, but Reeves (despite being heavily slated at time) really isn’t that bad. Capaldi is amusing, but stays just the right side of comic relief...

9/10

It holds the distinction of being the only play/film I've walked out of before the end in both the theatre and cinema.  I've never attempted the book. 

grappagreen

I watched Tarkovsky's Solaris (1972) this weekend.. really enjoyed it. It's a slow paced film but I can see why it garnered such praise..

Haych

There’s Something About Mary

I’d never seen this until this evening. Now I wish I still hadn’t seen it!

Everyone I know who has seen it thinks it’s brilliant. If this is their benchmark of brilliance then I must be more selective about who I accept movie recommendations from. 

A couple of funny moments but otherwise two hours of tedious bollocks. 

sinbaadi

Luca.

Pixar don't do much wrong, do they?  The message isn't subtly delivered here, but it's funny, charming, incredible to look at, and the characters are everything you'd hope for.

8/10

Philly_Q

Xtreme (Xtremo) on Netflix.

Max, an ex-gangster, seeks revenge on the former friends who killed his son and left him for dead two years earlier.  Apparently he's spent those two years hiding out and planning, with the help of his friend/sister(?) Maria, who does martial arts and knows computers and stuff...  Quite what their plan was never really becomes clear, unless it was "kill lots of faceless henchmen, then kill two or three main henchmen, then kill the final boss".

I've seen many Asian films similar to this -- but this one is Spanish and set in Barcelona, although there's still a Japanese martial arts guy and some katanas.  Anyway, Max cold-bloodedly murders dozens of people, but he also, for no apparent reason, befriends an extremely unlikeable teenager, so I guess that proves he's a good guy and we should be on his side. 

(As an aside, Max has some kind of Chibson Les Paul ("Hey, is that a real '73 Gibson?"  No it fucking isn't).  This belonged to his dead son and got all burned up, but he's trying to lovingly restore it - although he hasn't figured out it might be better to take the pickups and hardware off first.) 

The endless fights and needless murders are initially accompanied by inappropriate Spanish dance music, but they drop that after a while and settle for standard action movie music.  There's a great deal of noise and blood but it's all strangely ineffective and totally uninvolving.

I watched this so you don't have to.

HerbieTheRadDorklift

ICBM said:

Our Souls At Night

Robert Redford and Jane Fonda in a fairly gentle romantic drama. Redford plays an elderly widower who is quietly watching TV one evening when his neighbour, a similarly-aged and lonely widow, calls in to ask him whether he would like to sleep with her... he hesitates initially (implausibility alert, even given Fonda was 78 when it was filmed!) but then later agrees and their relationship develops, complicated by Fonda's son and grandson turning up. That's it really - but it's perfectly observed, directed and acted.

7/10

(Netflix)

Lol at the film title

HerbieTheRadDorklift

Dopesick said:

One Hour Photo
Hadn’t seen this before but Robin Williams is brilliant as the creepy wannabe uncle of a family he has been spying on for years. Makes me wish he played more bad guy roles (although he wasn’t necessarily bad or ‘evil’, just a misunderstood loner who way overstepped the boundaries of decency). 
8

Pulp Fiction
Hadn’t seen this for about five years but needed a nice familiar watch for a Sunday evening. What else is there to say? An absolute riot from beginning to end. Amongst a glut of mesmerising performances, IMO Harvey Keitel steals the show with his on-the-ball cleaner Winston Wolf.
10

Check out Insomnia with Al Pacino. A great Robin Williams movie.

Greatape

'Zodiac' - Slow burn. Enjoyed. 

'Godzilla, King of Monsters' - not nearly as bad as expected. Significantly better than 'Justice League.' Fun, even. Points off for gratuitous F-bomb so cannot watch with children. 

An aside: watching 'Loki' on Disney. Mindlessly fucking dull. Don't bother. 

ICBM

HerbieTheRadDorklift said:

Lol at the film title

I wondered if it's intentional - but I don't think so, it's a bit too 'serious' for that. Based on a book of the same name too.

HerbieTheRadDorklift

ICBM said:

HerbieTheRadDorklift said:

Lol at the film title

I wondered if it's intentional - but I don't think so, it's a bit too 'serious' for that. Based on a book of the same name too.

USians wouldn't say it like we do, or like I do as a Northerner "Ar souls at night"

boogieman

HerbieTheRadDorklift said:

ICBM said:

HerbieTheRadDorklift said:

Lol at the film title

I wondered if it's intentional - but I don't think so, it's a bit too 'serious' for that. Based on a book of the same name too.

USians wouldn't say it like we do, or like I do as a Northerner "Ar souls at night"

There was a guy who lived near my old house who had the car reg R50ULS. 

Offset

I'm re-watching Chernobyl.  Absolutely brilliant.  Reality is far more frightening than fiction - one of the scariest things you'll watch and the acting is top-drawer. 10/10.

Greatape

'What Drives Us'

I despise the RHCP, but turns out Flea is a sweetheart. 

Jfingers

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3917118/

That link is to a beautiful film. And a sorry indicator of what is to come for many.It's called 'Hector'

bobblehat

Greatape said:

'What Drives Us'

I despise the RHCP, but turns out Flea is a sweetheart. 

I really enjoyed it , I keep giving Lars the benefit of the doubt but he really is an arsehat of the highest order !

rze99

Hancock 

I got about 20 mins in to watch with my son. Total garbage.