Film The Redcafe Movie review thread

[BeforeKeanetherewasRobson]

Wicked
Been avoiding this as I couldn't imagine how it would compare well against the west end play but my daughter kept asking so we went. She loved it and so did I. Great sets, performances, musical numbers... Everything was on point. The scene in the disco pulled at the heart strings even more than in the play and loved the way they did the finale. Just hoped it would be 20 minutes shorter and I'm curious to see how they tackle the second film but on its own, this was fantastic 8/10

Agreed.

It’s tough making a film where people have a clear preconception of how they think it should be (especially when SO loved and SO famous) and I think they managed to replicate all the good bits but add to it in scenes like the disco/Uni grounds/class/Oz with much bigger settings (which films have the advantage to do).

 

[Massive Spanner]

I can’t believe the way you’re distancing yourself from me after all the supportive PM’s you sent me about that post.

The dick pics were just too much.

Tbf Baker has won a ton of awards for this film(It’s got 94% on RT) and it’s also done well at the box office. It’s almost universally loved.

The review I posted is one of the few with a different view(One of the reasons I put in this thread).

You posted it and said “brilliant review” without elaborating on why you thought it was. Not sure why you would not expect people to react to that about a film that, as you say, is almost universally liked.

 

[Wing Attack Plan R]

A Man Called Otto. A 2022 comedy drama (with emphasis on the drama; it takes a while for the upbeat parts to show up) where Tom Hanks plays a grumpy, bitter guy who is done with life, but gets drawn back in by new neighbours (especially a woman played by Mariana Treviño) and ensuing circumstances. The sentimentality is laid on rather thickly, but it's enjoyable enough and works well. 6/10

Have you seen the original version of this, the Swedish film A Man Called Ove? We watched Ove and liked it, and then tried watching this one with Hanks, and he just can't help being Tom Hanks. Bleh/10

I watched a q&a with Sean Baker after the screening of Anora I went to.

He apparently consulted very widely with sex workers, interviewed sex workers, and had on-set consultants throughout filming. In his own words, he made yet another film about sex workers because he “wasn’t seeing any films being made about sex work”. I take this to mean he’s generally disappointed by the lack of representation.

He specifically said in the interview that Anora is not attempting to wholly capture the experience of all sex workers. He attempted to tell an acute, concentrated story about the experience of just one sex worker. From what I gather, he tried his level best to educate and entertain in equal measure. He clearly cares deeply about the subject matter.

The experiences of sex workers are not uniform. Fairly harsh to accuse him of failing to capture the nuances felt by all sex workers all the time. I get the thrust of that review, but can our audiences and critics not be a little charitable?

I have been hiring sex workers for the past few weeks, between training to be a fighter pilot, so that I can properly enjoy Anora. Waiting to hear back if I got accepted into Top Gun or Red Flag.

Wicked
Been avoiding this as I couldn't imagine how it would compare well against the west end play but my daughter kept asking so we went. She loved it and so did I. Great sets, performances, musical numbers... Everything was on point. The scene in the disco pulled at the heart strings even more than in the play and loved the way they did the finale. Just hoped it would be 20 minutes shorter and I'm curious to see how they tackle the second film but on its own, this was fantastic 8/10

Is this a cry for help?

 

[Wing Attack Plan R]

KNEECAP (2024)

Some credit for the verisimilitude because at the end of this film I still didn't know if Kneecap were a real hip hop duo or just something in this film. All 3 members of the band (?) were very believable as themselves, but also as actors. It's not like Lady Gaga dropping big fat cinematic turds. Anyway, I hate hip hop but I liked this movie. Interesting flippancy with regards to the Troubles. Some very dark gallows humor. I spent a few days in Belfast and I've never recovered from it. Car bombs and buildings blowing up played for laughs is a bold move (Cotton).

Always enjoy the views of quotidian life in places like Belfast. How accurate is any of this? Row houses give me the creeps. The girl Georgia was fit but my wife made us fast forward over the humping scenes because of the wee bairns also watching. Overall this was well done, funny, entertaining, lively. Irish is an impossible language.

8/10

 

[Cheimoon]

Have you seen the original version of this, the Swedish film A Man Called Ove? We watched Ove and liked it, and then tried watching this one with Hanks, and he just can't help being Tom Hanks. Bleh/10

I know it exists, but no, I haven't seen it and don't have access to it. But I anyway like Tom Hanks.

 

[Wing Attack Plan R]

I know it exists, but no, I haven't seen it and don't have access to it. But I anyway like Tom Hanks.

Why do you hate the Swedes so much? Ikea? Meatballs? Saab 9-3s? See the original, it's better.

 

[Cheimoon]

Why do you hate the Swedes so much? Ikea? Meatballs? Saab 9-3s? See the original, it's better.

I lived in Finland, it's obligatory.

 

[Wibble]

KNEECAP (2024)

Some credit for the verisimilitude because at the end of this film I still didn't know if Kneecap were a real hip hop duo or just something in this film. All 3 members of the band (?) were very believable as themselves, but also as actors. It's not like Lady Gaga dropping big fat cinematic turds. Anyway, I hate hip hop but I liked this movie. Interesting flippancy with regards to the Troubles. Some very dark gallows humor. I spent a few days in Belfast and I've never recovered from it. Car bombs and buildings blowing up played for laughs is a bold move (Cotton).

Always enjoy the views of quotidian life in places like Belfast. How accurate is any of this? Row houses give me the creeps. The girl Georgia was fit but my wife made us fast forward over the humping scenes because of the wee bairns also watching. Overall this was well done, funny, entertaining, lively. Irish is an impossible language.

8/10

Real and (as you say) they play themselves in the film.

 

[Wibble]

Wicked
Been avoiding this as I couldn't imagine how it would compare well against the west end play but my daughter kept asking so vwe went. She loved it and so did I. Great sets, performances, musical numbers... Everything was on point. The scene in the disco pulled at the heart strings even more than in the play and loved the way they did the finale. Just hoped it would be 20 minutes shorter and I'm curious to see how they tackle the second film but on its own, this was fantastic 8/10

I almost always either love or hate musicals, nothing inbetween, yet something about this one puts me off. I'm not sure if it is Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande playing (or being) simpering besties for the camera all over the place, or just because it is another fecking Wizard of Oz universe bleed them dry film. And how the feck do you make a stage show into 2 films?

 

[utdalltheway]

Waiting for Dali (2023).
Watched this the other night not expecting much but I ended up loving it. Cracking scenery too in the Cadaques area of northern Catalonia, where Dali had a house. Give it a watch especially when you're in need of something not too taxing.

It's mostly in Spanish with subtitles available if that's important.

8.5/10.