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My Octopus Teacher
Beautiful documentary about film maker Craig Foster who decided to go back to his childhoot roots of free diving in shallow water. There he comes across a thing he hadn't seen before but turns out to be an octopus that had "armadilloed" itself. After seeing the same octopus a few more times he decides to go see it every day. Some great pictures, new discoveries and quite the bond he makes with the octopus. The whole relationship was an emotional journey for him and changed him as a man and the outlook he had on life and nature.
Beautiful documentary about film maker Craig Foster who decided to go back to his childhoot roots of free diving in shallow water. There he comes across a thing he hadn't seen before but turns out to be an octopus that had "armadilloed" itself. After seeing the same octopus a few more times he decides to go see it every day. Some great pictures, new discoveries and quite the bond he makes with the octopus. The whole relationship was an emotional journey for him and changed him as a man and the outlook he had on life and nature.
Now that is why I keep checking this thread every time it’s bumped. Sounds right up my alley and no chance I would have stumbled across otherwise. Definitely going to watch this.
I've actually seen it cause it's advertized a lot in my kids' profiles!
The trailer didn't really appeal to me, but the @Snow's review makes it sound interesting again.Never came across it on Netflix myself (always the same shit being peddled) but I was watching Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel (comedians) doing a charity thing on Twitch for the wildfires and Rob Huebel named that movie as something to watch when they were talking about recommendations.I've actually seen it cause it's advertized a lot in my kids' profiles!
It was not bad - very well shot and the parallels between the guy's personal turmoils and what he was getting out from the relationship with the octopus (seems really weird writing this) were nicely done. Maybe would've been better as a short rather than a feature length film tough.
Still, it was a nice documentary I don't regret having watched.
Rewatched Beau Travail and I liked it and all but I'd still place it in the mid-tier of my favourite Denis films. Vendredi Soir rules supreme with J'ai pas sommeil not far off.
The Sound of Music - So this film is telling me that My Favorite Things isn't an original song by Big Brovaz? Main takeway was the hotness of middle-aged Eleanor Parker, def would have picked her over Julie Andrews.
The Sound of Music - So this film is telling me that My Favorite Things isn't an original song by Big Brovaz? Main takeway was the hotness of middle-aged Eleanor Parker, def would have picked her over Julie Andrews.
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Project Power
Dumb, fun action movie. Would watch a sequel if there was one. A typical Netflix action flick 6/10
Dumb, fun action movie. Would watch a sequel if there was one. A typical Netflix action flick 6/10
Enola Holmes
Fun movie with el from stranger things. Think this suits her much much more than something like the Godzilla movie
Has Cavill too
It's a bit predictable in places but that's not a bad thing. Fun Netflix movie
Fun movie with el from stranger things. Think this suits her much much more than something like the Godzilla movie
Has Cavill too
It's a bit predictable in places but that's not a bad thing. Fun Netflix movie
3 Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Why is this so highly rated? I mean, it was worth 1 watch but it's nothing special. And that ending was weird.
Why is this so highly rated? I mean, it was worth 1 watch but it's nothing special. And that ending was weird.
A truly awful, hateful piece of infantile trash.
Battleship Potemkin(Pet Shop Boys Remix)
There's a fully sync 1080p English version up on youtube. Go watch it now because it's fecking brilliant.
There's a fully sync 1080p English version up on youtube. Go watch it now because it's fecking brilliant.
Basically if you like Guy Ritchie movies, you’ll probably like this which I did, it was fun not taking its self to seriously.
Well, I enjoyed it. A bit derivative of his earlier work and clearly not as good, and the whole Hugh Grant angle/dynamic/mechanism didn't work very well for me; but I had fun watching it.
Not sure why you're going full anglophone-critic-mode on this one specifically. I mean, if you want to watch seriously bad shit, watch Pets United, which I had the misfortune to watch with my kids last evening. Nothing works in that film, including the story, animation, voice acting, or even just any of the jokes. (And that's not because I'm too old to get it.) In comparison, The Gentlemen is a roaring success of its genre. Is it because Richie pretends or aspires to something it really isn't? Or did he steal your favorite dvd? (It sounds almost personal with the Mr. ex-Madonna bit.)
The movie or the review?
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Sweetheart
A woman who looks exactly like Bruno Mars washes up on a deserted island but soon realises there's a fierce beast lurking the island after the sun goes down. Solid first half, really had me hooked but the second half was just generic and flat 6/10
A woman who looks exactly like Bruno Mars washes up on a deserted island but soon realises there's a fierce beast lurking the island after the sun goes down. Solid first half, really had me hooked but the second half was just generic and flat 6/10
Watched this last night. It's great. Thoroughly enjoyed it, and I want an octopus friend now.
@R.N7 I saw Leos Carax today in a bistrot
Were you tempted to walk up to him and talk about how much you love Cinéma du look?
I was tempted to go up and ask him to take a pic for my friend Nilssy from the Caf but I respected his privacy and also was worried he'd talk to me for hours about his boring films and I had a plane to catch
You should have walked up and mistaken him for Besson, bet he's sour about being grouped together with other Cinéma du look directors when he probably sees himself as a mini Godard.
a missed opportunity for sureLook how choked up he got at the end. They only live for about a years
Needs its own thread really, to bring more attention to it. I can't be arsed though.Look how choked up he got at the end. They only live for about a years
Enola Holmes (Netflix)
What a shambles of a movie. If you're a fan of Sherlock books, you'd cry your heart out at this abomination.
A mish mash that wants to show Enola grow into her own, find her freedom from the oppressive time period, solve some mysteries....and failed pretty much in all of them. Nancy Drew solved better mysteries than this. The budding romance with the first boy she meets in real world just adds more misery on viewer. If you're looking at a strong, enabled female detective with a sharp mind....look elsewhere.
What a shambles of a movie. If you're a fan of Sherlock books, you'd cry your heart out at this abomination.
A mish mash that wants to show Enola grow into her own, find her freedom from the oppressive time period, solve some mysteries....and failed pretty much in all of them. Nancy Drew solved better mysteries than this. The budding romance with the first boy she meets in real world just adds more misery on viewer. If you're looking at a strong, enabled female detective with a sharp mind....look elsewhere.
Star Wars: Last Jedi
I don't care for Star Wars but I have been asked to watch the latest trilogy by a work colleague. When I watched Force Awakens years ago it basically cemented my view that they were just milking the franchise copying the screenplay from A new hope. With Last Jedi, The script is so dumbed down it's boring. I do like Adam Driver as Kylo Ren and it is a pretty looking film with it's art direction, but that's about it. Almost dozed off half way through so there's like a 10 minute gap where I missed what was happening. Enough with the Deus ex machina, takes away any sort of tension in the action scenes. Well onto the last one I guess, get this over with.
I don't care for Star Wars but I have been asked to watch the latest trilogy by a work colleague. When I watched Force Awakens years ago it basically cemented my view that they were just milking the franchise copying the screenplay from A new hope. With Last Jedi, The script is so dumbed down it's boring. I do like Adam Driver as Kylo Ren and it is a pretty looking film with it's art direction, but that's about it. Almost dozed off half way through so there's like a 10 minute gap where I missed what was happening. Enough with the Deus ex machina, takes away any sort of tension in the action scenes. Well onto the last one I guess, get this over with.
Body Cam
After her partner is killed during a routine traffic stop and search, a grieving female cop and her rookie partner attempt to solve this case. They soon find themselves entangled with a supernatural entity that only the woman cop can see for some reason. I liked the setup and appreciate that it didn't just follow the standard horror tropes but it ran out of ideas by the final act. Not bad but had the potential to be really good, which is a shame it isn't 6/10
After her partner is killed during a routine traffic stop and search, a grieving female cop and her rookie partner attempt to solve this case. They soon find themselves entangled with a supernatural entity that only the woman cop can see for some reason. I liked the setup and appreciate that it didn't just follow the standard horror tropes but it ran out of ideas by the final act. Not bad but had the potential to be really good, which is a shame it isn't 6/10
Great little interview.
Reminds me of Italian American which is still my favourite Scorsese film. Really underrated and beautiful piece of cinema.
Calibre
Two friends go deer hunting in a tight-nit Scottish town. One of them accidentally shoots a young boy and everything quickly spirals out of control.
This is the first film I've actually enjoyed since lockdown began. Gritty, British thriller with so much fecking suspense, it nearly killed me! I absolutely loved everything about this and it's on Netflix so no excuse not to watch it 8.5/10
Two friends go deer hunting in a tight-nit Scottish town. One of them accidentally shoots a young boy and everything quickly spirals out of control.
This is the first film I've actually enjoyed since lockdown began. Gritty, British thriller with so much fecking suspense, it nearly killed me! I absolutely loved everything about this and it's on Netflix so no excuse not to watch it 8.5/10
Circle
Anyone else seen this on Netflix? Super low budget, kind of awful film but with its own charm. I actually kind of enjoyed it.
Something I admit to finding odd, is how people give an unborn child’s life more value, or even similar value to a young child. Surely someone with all their life still ahead of them, but who has also had a significant amount of time put into their upbringing and education, is a bigger loss than an unborn child? They have way more to lose. Not to mention - they have to deal with coming to terms with their own potential death, where the unborn child has no clue. For this reason I think the child should have been placed ahead of the preggers woman by the group, not on similar standing. I’d also put anyone up to their late twenties ahead of em, if I’m being honest, for the same reasons
Anyone else seen this on Netflix? Super low budget, kind of awful film but with its own charm. I actually kind of enjoyed it.
Something I admit to finding odd, is how people give an unborn child’s life more value, or even similar value to a young child. Surely someone with all their life still ahead of them, but who has also had a significant amount of time put into their upbringing and education, is a bigger loss than an unborn child? They have way more to lose. Not to mention - they have to deal with coming to terms with their own potential death, where the unborn child has no clue. For this reason I think the child should have been placed ahead of the preggers woman by the group, not on similar standing. I’d also put anyone up to their late twenties ahead of em, if I’m being honest, for the same reasons
Not that it mattered in the end anyway.
Primal Fear
OK movie, a bit meh and all that, etc. No idea why it was called Primal Fear though.
OK movie, a bit meh and all that, etc. No idea why it was called Primal Fear though.
I really enjoyed that film. Ridiculous but fun.Circle
Anyone else seen this on Netflix? Super low budget, kind of awful film but with its own charm. I actually kind of enjoyed it.
Something I admit to finding odd, is how people give an unborn child’s life more value, or even similar value to a young child. Surely someone with all their life still ahead of them, but who has also had a significant amount of time put into their upbringing and education, is a bigger loss than an unborn child? They have way more to lose. Not to mention - they have to deal with coming to terms with their own potential death, where the unborn child has no clue. For this reason I think the child should have been placed ahead of the preggers woman by the group, not on similar standing. I’d also put anyone up to their late twenties ahead of em, if I’m being honest, for the same reasons
Not that it mattered in the end anyway.
#Alive
A man is trapped alone in his flat during a zombie outbreak. The last two zombie films I've seen were Train To Busan and One Cut Of The Dead, so this needed to match those for me to enjoy it. Sadly, it didn't. Whilst there were good bits in it and some tense scenes as well as some touching moments, it just didn't do enough to differentiate from a million other films like it 5.5/10
Assault On Precinct 13
Night of the living dead but with LA gangs. Enjoyable enough(The soundtrack is great)and it's nice to see the beginnings of Carpenter style.
7/10
Night of the living dead but with LA gangs. Enjoyable enough(The soundtrack is great)and it's nice to see the beginnings of Carpenter style.
7/10
Terrific movie. Great soundtrack and the late Frank Doubleday scene-stealing.
Snowpiercer
Finally got round to watching this last night. It's very watchable, although I'm not sure the plot holds up to close scrutiny.
I liked the way Bong Joon-ho had the Korean characters stealing the show, with Tilda Swinton great and adding a surreal twist.
It weirdly reminded me of the Matrix, with the cod Eastern philosophy about the balance of the train, the cartoon violence and how he is basically 'the one', leading the rebellion.
7/10
Finally got round to watching this last night. It's very watchable, although I'm not sure the plot holds up to close scrutiny.
I liked the way Bong Joon-ho had the Korean characters stealing the show, with Tilda Swinton great and adding a surreal twist.
It weirdly reminded me of the Matrix, with the cod Eastern philosophy about the balance of the train, the cartoon violence and how he is basically 'the one', leading the rebellion.
7/10
This was brilliant i thought. Must have watched it about five years ago. Seriously scary as well.
Prayers for Bobby
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1073510/
Very sad film which should be required watching for all parents religious or otherwise. It's on Prime.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1073510/
Very sad film which should be required watching for all parents religious or otherwise. It's on Prime.