What films have you watched recently?

ICBM

Lightyear

Pixar retroactive origin story for the Buzz Lightyear toy Andy had in Toy Story. I wasn't sure about this at first and it's been sitting on my Disney+ watch list for years, but finally got around to it when we were looking for something fairly lightweight last night. It's actually very well done, although it's so complex and detailed it's possibly not really a kids' film - at least not to get the best out of it - the homages and steals from everything from Star Wars to Interstellar to Disney's original Fantasia - even Terminator - are brilliant, and you spend most of it just trying to keep up with it all... as usual for Pixar, the quality of the animation is stunning, and gets close to almost forgetting it's not live action in a few places.

It's at least as good relative to the original Toy Story franchise as some of the Star Wars spin-offs like Solo are, if that makes sense - although not quite up there with Rogue One. If there's one major criticism, it's that a key plot point makes one of the best lines in Toy Story 2 (in fact, in the entire history of cinema ) no longer work... without that, I'd give it another point.

7/10

(Disney+)

Dominic

League of Ungentlemanly Warfare 
Guy Ritchie's rollicking Boys Own WW2 warfilm .........jolly jape light entertainment based on a true story

EricTheWeary

Timcito said:

Westworld was on while I was cooking dinner this afternoon. Great film and quite topical for the A.I. times we find ourselves in.

Some of these old films are interesting for the ways in which behavioral norms have changed. The two supposedly average young American guys indulge in a Western cowboy fantasy and drink large amounts of whisky during a staged brawl. When they wake up, they both have filthy hangovers. I somehow doubt that two such average guys in a film like this today would do such a thing.

Anyway, amazing to think I saw that film for the first time at a cinema in Oldham soon after it came out. I must have been 15 or so.

One of my favourites, early Michael Crichton I think. I love 1970s pre Star Wars sci-fi. 
The remake as a series went well for one season and is probably best left there. Also gave us the brilliant song Do You Believe in the West World by Theatre of Hate. 

Timcito

EricTheWeary said:

Timcito said:

Westworld was on while I was cooking dinner this afternoon. Great film and quite topical for the A.I. times we find ourselves in.

Some of these old films are interesting for the ways in which behavioral norms have changed. The two supposedly average young American guys indulge in a Western cowboy fantasy and drink large amounts of whisky during a staged brawl. When they wake up, they both have filthy hangovers. I somehow doubt that two such average guys in a film like this today would do such a thing.

Anyway, amazing to think I saw that film for the first time at a cinema in Oldham soon after it came out. I must have been 15 or so.

One of my favourites, early Michael Crichton I think. I love 1970s pre Star Wars sci-fi. 
The remake as a series went well for one season and is probably best left there. Also gave us the brilliant song Do You Believe in the West World by Theatre of Hate. 

Did you ever see Zardoz? That was another film I saw as a teenager at the cinema soon after its release. It was panned by the critics, apparently, but I remember quite enjoying it. It seemed odd, quite off-beat, but there was enough in it to keep me intrigued. That one I've never had the chance to revisit.

ICBM

Timcito said:

Did you ever see Zardoz? That was another film I saw as a teenager at the cinema soon after its release. It was panned by the critics, apparently, but I remember quite enjoying it. It seemed odd, quite off-beat, but there was enough in it to keep me intrigued. That one I've never had the chance to revisit.

I think it's a very good film. It may not have been helped by having Sean Connery in a red leather mankini though...

EricTheWeary

Timcito said:

EricTheWeary said:

Timcito said:

Westworld was on while I was cooking dinner this afternoon. Great film and quite topical for the A.I. times we find ourselves in.

Some of these old films are interesting for the ways in which behavioral norms have changed. The two supposedly average young American guys indulge in a Western cowboy fantasy and drink large amounts of whisky during a staged brawl. When they wake up, they both have filthy hangovers. I somehow doubt that two such average guys in a film like this today would do such a thing.

Anyway, amazing to think I saw that film for the first time at a cinema in Oldham soon after it came out. I must have been 15 or so.

One of my favourites, early Michael Crichton I think. I love 1970s pre Star Wars sci-fi. 
The remake as a series went well for one season and is probably best left there. Also gave us the brilliant song Do You Believe in the West World by Theatre of Hate. 

Did you ever see Zardoz? That was another film I saw as a teenager at the cinema soon after its release. It was panned by the critics, apparently, but I remember quite enjoying it. It seemed odd, quite off-beat, but there was enough in it to keep me intrigued. That one I've never had the chance to revisit.

I have done but it’s been a long time. 

VimFuego

ICBM said:

Timcito said:

Did you ever see Zardoz? That was another film I saw as a teenager at the cinema soon after its release. It was panned by the critics, apparently, but I remember quite enjoying it. It seemed odd, quite off-beat, but there was enough in it to keep me intrigued. That one I've never had the chance to revisit.

I think it's a very good film. It may not have been helped by having Sean Connery in a red leather mankini though...

with modern CGI there is no excuse for not doing something about the mankini. 

Philly_Q

VimFuego said:

ICBM said:

Timcito said:

Did you ever see Zardoz? That was another film I saw as a teenager at the cinema soon after its release. It was panned by the critics, apparently, but I remember quite enjoying it. It seemed odd, quite off-beat, but there was enough in it to keep me intrigued. That one I've never had the chance to revisit.

I think it's a very good film. It may not have been helped by having Sean Connery in a red leather mankini though...

with modern CGI there is no excuse for not doing something about the mankini. 

I don't know if John Boorman is into George Lucas/William Friedkin style tinkering with his films.

Offset

I loved Shun Canary but this was never his best look, agreed.

Timcito

Offset said:

I loved Shun Canary but this was never his best look, agreed.

It was the mid-70s. They did things differently back then!

Emp_Fab

Troy - the one with Brad Pitt & Orlando Bloom & Peter O'Toole.

and Sean Bean.

and Brian Cox.

and Brandan Gleeson.

and Trevor Eve.

and the bloke out of Highlander and Braveheart, James Cosmo.

It was pretty shit.

sinbaadi

ICBM said:

Lightyear

Pixar retroactive origin story for the Buzz Lightyear toy Andy had in Toy Story. I wasn't sure about this at first and it's been sitting on my Disney+ watch list for years, but finally got around to it when we were looking for something fairly lightweight last night. It's actually very well done, although it's so complex and detailed it's possibly not really a kids' film - at least not to get the best out of it - the homages and steals from everything from Star Wars to Interstellar to Disney's original Fantasia - even Terminator - are brilliant, and you spend most of it just trying to keep up with it all... as usual for Pixar, the quality of the animation is stunning, and gets close to almost forgetting it's not live action in a few places.

It's at least as good relative to the original Toy Story franchise as some of the Star Wars spin-offs like Solo are, if that makes sense - although not quite up there with Rogue One. If there's one major criticism, it's that a key plot point makes one of the best lines in Toy Story 2 (in fact, in the entire history of cinema ) no longer work... without that, I'd give it another point.

7/10

(Disney+)

I'm of the same opinion regarding this. 
It got some heavy criticism and a bit of it missing the point a bit. 

Curious as to the TS2 line that is scuppered.

Stratavarious

Timcito said:

EricTheWeary said:

Timcito said:

Westworld was on while I was cooking dinner this afternoon. Great film and quite topical for the A.I. times we find ourselves in.

Some of these old films are interesting for the ways in which behavioral norms have changed. The two supposedly average young American guys indulge in a Western cowboy fantasy and drink large amounts of whisky during a staged brawl. When they wake up, they both have filthy hangovers. I somehow doubt that two such average guys in a film like this today would do such a thing.

Anyway, amazing to think I saw that film for the first time at a cinema in Oldham soon after it came out. I must have been 15 or so.

One of my favourites, early Michael Crichton I think. I love 1970s pre Star Wars sci-fi. 
The remake as a series went well for one season and is probably best left there. Also gave us the brilliant song Do You Believe in the West World by Theatre of Hate. 

Did you ever see Zardoz? That was another film I saw as a teenager at the cinema soon after its release. It was panned by the critics, apparently, but I remember quite enjoying it. It seemed odd, quite off-beat, but there was enough in it to keep me intrigued. That one I've never had the chance to revisit.

Zardoz is certainly different but it’s actually one of my all time favourite movies.

Another is the original Andromeda Strain.

ICBM

sinbaadi said:

Curious as to the TS2 line that is scuppered.

[Spoiler alert if you're one of the tiny number of people who've never seen it!]

EricTheWeary

Stratavarious said:

Timcito said:

EricTheWeary said:

Timcito said:

Westworld was on while I was cooking dinner this afternoon. Great film and quite topical for the A.I. times we find ourselves in.

Some of these old films are interesting for the ways in which behavioral norms have changed. The two supposedly average young American guys indulge in a Western cowboy fantasy and drink large amounts of whisky during a staged brawl. When they wake up, they both have filthy hangovers. I somehow doubt that two such average guys in a film like this today would do such a thing.

Anyway, amazing to think I saw that film for the first time at a cinema in Oldham soon after it came out. I must have been 15 or so.

One of my favourites, early Michael Crichton I think. I love 1970s pre Star Wars sci-fi. 
The remake as a series went well for one season and is probably best left there. Also gave us the brilliant song Do You Believe in the West World by Theatre of Hate. 

Did you ever see Zardoz? That was another film I saw as a teenager at the cinema soon after its release. It was panned by the critics, apparently, but I remember quite enjoying it. It seemed odd, quite off-beat, but there was enough in it to keep me intrigued. That one I've never had the chance to revisit.

Zardoz is certainly different but it’s actually one of my all time favourite movies.

Another is the original Andromeda Strain.

More Michael Crichton, I read the Andromeda Strain novel a few years ago although again I'm struggling to remember the film. Shame that streaming services don't really carry these unless you pay an extra few quid for a download. 

Timcito

Emp_Fab said:

Troy - the one with Brad Pitt & Orlando Bloom & Peter O'Toole.

and Sean Bean.

and Brian Cox.

and Brandan Gleeson.

and Trevor Eve.

and the bloke out of Highlander and Braveheart, James Cosmo.

It was pretty shit.

I agree. And that's coming from someone who is favorably disposed to historical fiction. A prime example of how the Hollywood treatment can turn even the best ideas into a glossy magazine. Let's make Brad Pitt a superhero and dress him up in one of those cute little Roman soldier costumes!    

racefaceec90

like 80's classic horror from itallian legends in a double bill with kick ass soundtracks.

https://youtu.be/HwqMouXpwKY?si=R9FhZA9k-TW39eI1

bloody classic films 9/10  

Philly_Q

^^ Nice one.

racefaceec90

just watched the director's cut of doctor sleep. 

i have to say i thought the film was great and did a good job of continuing from the shining too. 

9/10

also watched the colour out of space (based on an hp lovecraft short story) with nicholas cage.

i enjoyed the film and would give that   a  7/10 some good sfx in it.

 

Brio

Just seen Deadpool/Wolverine.
I laughed nonstop. So many Easter eggs in there. Loved seeing  xxxx again. Had no idea xxx and xxxx xxxx would be in there.
Brilliant. First cinema visit since Maverick and well worth it.