What films have you watched recently?

bingefeller

EricTheWeary;605100" said:

Lucy.

I think the moral of the story was Chinese people are not to be trusted. Possibly.

I thought Lucy was shit. I think Scarlett Johansson is a shit actress too.

ICBM

bingefeller said:

I think Scarlett Johansson is a shit actress too. 

Terrible actress, but… does it matter?

I've got a very odd album which is her singing a lot of Tom Waits covers. She can't sing either, but it's strangely compelling too .

Tone71

Fury - Utter pants

Col_Decker

Tone71 said:

Furry otter pants

ummm they sound comfy

joneve

Fazer said:

bingefeller said:

Fazer said:

this is a still from the going clear documentary - thats not a film set, but 'real' life

Just googled that and it's not allowed to be broadcast in Northern Ireland because of Northern Irish libel laws.  I'm gonna have to see it now.

the scientologists are taking over northern ireland!
i havent gotten around to watching this other one yet

Incidently, Leah Remini (the lady on the screen cap of that video before you start playing it) and her Husband left the Church of Scientology and are now forbidden to speak to anyone within the 'religion' as they are now considered outcasts. 

(I know this because she has a show on TLC that my wife watches and I er...happened to be in the room at the same time). 

Gassage

Thanks for the recommendation on the Imitation Game...loved it

robinbowes

Going to Blade Runner - The Final Cut on the big screen tonight. Yay!

http://www.bfi.org.uk/whats-on/bfi-film-releases/blade-runner-final-cut

not_the_dj

robinbowes said:

Going to Blade Runner - The Final Cut on the big screen tonight. Yay!

http://www.bfi.org.uk/whats-on/bfi-film-releases/blade-runner-final-cut

I've lost track of all the various cuts of that film!

jd0272

Tone71;605774" said:

Fury - Utter pants

Just goes to show, I thought it was great!

jd0272

joneve;605882" said:

Fazer said:



bingefeller said:



Fazer said:

this is a still from the going clear documentary - thats not a film set, but 'real' life














Just googled that and it's not allowed to be broadcast in Northern Ireland because of Northern Irish libel laws.  I'm gonna have to see it now.





the scientologists are taking over northern ireland!

i havent gotten around to watching this other one yet












Incidently, Leah Remini (the lady on the screen cap of that video before you start playing it) and her Husband left the Church of Scientology and are now forbidden to speak to anyone within the 'religion' as they are now considered outcasts. 



(I know this because she has a show on TLC that my wife watches and I er...happened to be in the room at the same time). 

Where's this doc to be found anyhoo?

stickyfiddle

robinbowes said:

Going to Blade Runner - The Final Cut on the big screen tonight. Yay!

http://www.bfi.org.uk/whats-on/bfi-film-releases/blade-runner-final-cut

Jealous!!

holnrew

Avengers: Age of Ultron, bloody brillliant. No need for exposition, the characters really get fleshed out. I'm glad I avoided any trailers.

EricTheWeary

bingefeller said:

EricTheWeary;605100" said:

Lucy.

I think the moral of the story was Chinese people are not to be trusted. Possibly.

I thought Lucy was shit. I think Scarlett Johansson is a shit actress too.

I think films should follow their own internal logic. They don't have to be realistic or based on fact they just have to follow their own internal logic. Bladerunner is an example, I think, which is why you can have conversations about it, you just need to extrapolate from the version of logic and reality as it exists in the film. In Lucy it contradicted itself at so many points you were constantly taken out of the film and it made it difficult to follow. Some elements I quite liked but it didn't work. In a film largely based in China with a lot of Chinese actors it lacked one sympathetic Chinese character ( accompanied by a cartoon English baddy) so if someone found it to be racist I wouldn't disagree. Given the cost of making a film I just find it suprising that no one seems to have read through and altered all the issues with the script.

Danny1969

MR. Turner

Enjoyable biopic about the last years of JMW Turner

Timothy Spall is superb in this role

jd0272

The Hobbit No 3. V good it was too. I now feel the urge to commence the LOTR Trilogy at once. Again.

jd0272

The new Avengers Ensemble thing. Cracking watch as it goes.

ennspek

Gone Girl. Slow start but well worth sticking with. NOT a date movie though. You have been warned!

jd0272

ennspek;610138" said:

Gone Girl. Slow start but well worth sticking with.

NOT a date movie though. You have been warned!

Yeah belting film. I've got the book to get through when I get the time.

Guitar_Slinger

Saw Almost Famous on TV the other night and wish I'd seen I at the cinema, just for some of the musical and scenic bits.

EricTheWeary

Wreck it Ralph. Pretty dull TBH.

Barbarella. The film that gave us the name of a nightclub in Birmingham and the band that played there. Lots of great moments but it's an effort to watch the whole thing. Being remade as a series for Amazon TV apparently.