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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Jamie (@Vault Dweller) review both the Everton and Bodø/Glimt victories at Old Trafford. Listen to the guys discuss 2 wins and 7 goals in the last week, analyse of the Amorim formation, focus on Amad and how he is playing, and also take a look at Hojlund, Rashford & Zirkzee – who starts v Arsenal?
The sexual tension is off the charts.Apollo's face when they touch gloves is brilliant though
A Ghost Story (2013). Casey Affleck, Wayne Rooney.
We watched this the other night. Not as emotional as was fearing, as some of you softies led me to believe it was going to be. Amazing example of small scale filmmaking, available light, long takes, sparse coverage. More of a poem than a movie. Also, ghosts can get fecked. Even in a sheet with cartoon eyes they are scary. feck them.
8/10
We watched this the other night. Not as emotional as was fearing, as some of you softies led me to believe it was going to be. Amazing example of small scale filmmaking, available light, long takes, sparse coverage. More of a poem than a movie. Also, ghosts can get fecked. Even in a sheet with cartoon eyes they are scary. feck them.
8/10
They say he is a legend.
The white Pele, no less.
The Arctic Convoy A Finnish WW2 film about a ship in a convoy trying to get supplies to Russia via the North Atlantic. The plot had potential yet it was far duller and more pedestrian than it should have been. A subtitled version might have been better than the dubbed version I watched but probably not by much. The end in particular was meh 5/10
New Goal Wins Based on truth story of a US coach going to American Samoa to coach the National side, who were ranked last in the world and lost 31-0 to Australia. Started slowly but in the end was a lovely feel good movie. Don't expect much and most port/football fans with emotional intelligence will be glad they watched it. 7/10
Stillwater. A 2021 psychological drama by Tom McCarthy about a guy from Olkahoma (Matt Damon) whose daughter is in jail in Marseille for the murder of her girlfriend, while claiming innocence. When she brings up a possible new lead and her lawyer declines to reopen the case, the dad gets going herself. That sounds like a thriller of sorts, and the trailer did make it look that way, it's really a psychological drama about a guy wrestling with the errors of his pasts, and trying to make up for a lost relationship with his daughter while finding a new balance - even if sometimes clumsily and misdirected. Seen from that perspective, the film is pretty good, even if still not amazing. Damon is great in this, the other actors are also strong, and I liked the overall mood. The film does spend a while finding its voice though; or at least, I felt it strongly suggests the thriller direction for while, until it settles for psychological drama. Or maybe that was just my expectations getting in the way. 7/10
Real Steel. A 2011 sports film by Shawn Levy, where Hugh Jackman is a former boxer that now participates in robot boxing, but mostly as a fast-talking failure that owes money to everyone. When his son comes back into his life, he tries to fast-talk his way out of that situation as well, but eventually they go on the road together, and so on. It's a mess of a film. It's good some of the usual rhythm and feelgood highs of a sports film, but all truncated into the main bits, with a lack of proper development. The characters are also too convenient, as is much of the plot. That's common of course, but not fitting for this film/genre in this way. I can't remember last time my wife were criticizing a film that much while it's running. 3/10
Hot Frosty. Speaking of dumb crap, yes, it's Christmas romcom season. This makes zero sense as soon as you start thinking about any plot point (in short: a snowman comes to live and is a hot dude that wants to help everyone and thaw the leading woman's heart), but of course you shouldn't. Some of the set pieces are really fun though, like the interaction between the two cops, and it was shot recognizable in a place we visited. So let's say 5/10.
Real Steel. A 2011 sports film by Shawn Levy, where Hugh Jackman is a former boxer that now participates in robot boxing, but mostly as a fast-talking failure that owes money to everyone. When his son comes back into his life, he tries to fast-talk his way out of that situation as well, but eventually they go on the road together, and so on. It's a mess of a film. It's good some of the usual rhythm and feelgood highs of a sports film, but all truncated into the main bits, with a lack of proper development. The characters are also too convenient, as is much of the plot. That's common of course, but not fitting for this film/genre in this way. I can't remember last time my wife were criticizing a film that much while it's running. 3/10
Hot Frosty. Speaking of dumb crap, yes, it's Christmas romcom season. This makes zero sense as soon as you start thinking about any plot point (in short: a snowman comes to live and is a hot dude that wants to help everyone and thaw the leading woman's heart), but of course you shouldn't. Some of the set pieces are really fun though, like the interaction between the two cops, and it was shot recognizable in a place we visited. So let's say 5/10.
Moana 2: Some movies shouldn't have a sequel, especially if you're just making one to capitalise on hype and don't have any idea where you want to take the plot. Shite. 3/10.
Emilia Perez by Jacques Audiard. Masterpiece.
Reading between the lines here but this list sounds like a coded cry for help.
I watched Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. the other day. Simultaneously one of the funniest and most affecting films of last year. Just all around a great watch. 2023 was a really strong year for movies indeed. 8/10
Animation isn't something I usually enjoy but I watched Flow last night. It's absolutely beautiful and entrancing from start to finish. 9/10.
I'm afraid you'll have to spell that one out for me.
Stillwater, Real Steel, Hot Frosty. You started out with a psychological thriller, a film for thinking people. Then somehow nosedived into a Hugh Jackman movie about robots boxing. This led to the absolute nadir of your existence, a Christmas Netflix romcom about a snowman banging the hot chick and then dying in a sexy hot tub scene*. There is nowhere left to go. I’m worried about you.
*I’m guessing this is how he dies.
Gladiator 2: shite
Mescal did a good job in a role he isn't really suited to, and Denzel was good as Denzel
but deary me what a piece of crap that was
Mescal did a good job in a role he isn't really suited to, and Denzel was good as Denzel
but deary me what a piece of crap that was
You underestimate me: I'm rewatching Grave of the Fireflies next.
That's a beautiful film.
Amazing. But not a great idea if your life has already hit rock bottom.
There’s always a new low.
Emotionally, that's Grave of the Fireflies.
OK, artistically, there stuff like EuroTrip or most Hallmark movies, but I'd rather think about Grave of the Fireflies.
EuroTrip is a classic!