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Farewell, My Lovely - A rather unloved noir. I can see why...lethargic, didn't really pack any new punches but I thought it was an enjoyable enough pastische that suited the delightful lethargicness of Robert Mitchum, a completely effortless performance as a tired and weary Phillip Marlowe, the less interested he is in acting, the better he always gets. A perfect casting and mid 70's Charlotte Rampling was also sensible casting as the femme fatale.
 
Dirty Schwein said:
With the wife and baby suffering a horrendous cold, we stayed in and watched a ton of movies.

Deepwater Horizon
Not a bad movie at all. very dramatized and hard to follow once the shit hits the fan, but I guess that's the point of the film. Mark Wahlberg still isn't convincing in a serious role... Kurt Russell on the other hand is a don 7/10
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Probably the most surprised I was by a film last year... I thought it was going to be shite, but ended up thoroughly enjoying it.
 
La la land Shit songs. Incoherent pointless plot. It aint no Sound of Music/Mary Poppins/Bugsy Malone. Meh/10
 
RedPed said:
Didn't you guys find how she was able to decipher the alien language without any reference points in such a relatively short space of time off-putting and completely implausible. Kind of ruined the film for me but I still gave it a good rating. Amy Adams is so lush though.
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No, not really. Because:

For the premise of the film, we've gladly accepted the following

- huge weirdly shaped alien starships suddenly appear and hover above ground around the Earth
- said ships are driven there by big squid aliens that jizz out ink as a form of communication
- their form of communication is a key to a non linear perception of time

So I am perfectly fine with accepting that she might be some language savant that can decode it fast. Especially after Squid #2 gave her a 1 on 1 special sesh in the fog there.
 
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R.N7 said:
Yes.

Farewell, My Lovely - A rather unloved noir. I can see why...lethargic, didn't really pack any new punches but I thought it was an enjoyable enough pastische that suited the delightful lethargicness of Robert Mitchum, a completely effortless performance as a tired and weary Phillip Marlowe, the less interested he is in acting, the better he always gets. A perfect casting and mid 70's Charlotte Rampling was also sensible casting as the femme fatale.
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Thought you were talking about the 40s version for a second, was about to get angry.

70s Rampling though...
 
RedPed said:
Didn't you guys find how she was able to decipher the alien language without any reference points in such a relatively short space of time off-putting and completely implausible. Kind of ruined the film for me but I still gave it a good rating. Amy Adams is so lush though.
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She was particularly talented with languages in the first place and was interacting with the visitors and the language constantly so she would have been able to think in the language first. Once she could think in the language time became differen so I don't think that you are meant to trust the timeline as being linear after that.

I also think there was a hint or rwo that her almost direct connection with the aliens sped things up in some way.

The strength of this film was that they didn't over explain as that invariably means you can find fault with the locic of the plot. Why Interstellar descenced into silliness and why the original cut of Donnie Darko was much better than the Director's Cut.
 
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - amazing on the big screen, 35mm print. Gets better each time.

The drawing room scene is all kinds of perfect as is the finale. I've only seen Paul Schneider in this and Bright Star but he was great in both.
 
Archie Leach said:
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - amazing on the big screen, 35mm print. Gets better each time.

The drawing room scene is all kinds of perfect as is the finale. I've only seen Paul Schneider in this and Bright Star but he was great in both.
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The only thing I have against this masterpiece is that the 2 hour 40 minute running time did seemed like the longest 2 : 40 of my life. Also
 
All Thought The House.

A deranged masked Santa-Slayer comes to town for some yuletide-terror. He leaves behind a bloody trail of mutilated bodies as he hunts his way to the front steps of the town's most feared and notorious home.
Its a slasher film and its not going to win any prizes.
The acting was not goodm the story was weak, but like all slasher films plenty of bodies and lots of blood.

4/10
 
Grinner said:
Is this a joke?

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Might be an alternative fact.
 
The Evil in Us

While on a fourth of July holiday, six best friends fall victim to the insidious plan of a mysterious organization when they are unknowingly transformed into bloodthirsty cannibals.
It was the normal Zombie stuff.
Watchable but nothing to get ecited about.

4/10
 
Archie Leach said:
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - amazing on the big screen, 35mm print. Gets better each time.

The drawing room scene is all kinds of perfect as is the finale. I've only seen Paul Schneider in this and Bright Star but he was great in both.
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I also enjoyed Paul Schneider in those films, such a shame that his character on Parks and Rec was so pointless, seems to be the role people generally associate him with.
 
R.N7 said:
I also enjoyed Paul Schneider in those films, such a shame that his character on Parks and Rec was so pointless, seems to be the role people generally associate him with.
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I have to say I'm guilty of that, didn't even remember he was in The Assassination of Jesse James :lol:
 
I saw the films before watching the show and remember being surprised at seeing him in it, never struck me as a comedic actor, more a brooding character actor, and he turned out to be pretty miscast, didn't really help that the character he played was pretty superfluous though.
 
Fences - Denzil directing himself, which would have worked better on the stage, saying that, he oozes charisma and the cast were superb. 8-10

Moonlight- OMG, i loved this film, don't know why, could have been the cinematography, the performances, the beautiful soundtrack, the sound, the colour....i cant put my finger on it, i just know i loved it. 10

I Daniel Blake - having worked within this field, i can honestly say I've seen this story play out many times. Decent performances, should be should shown on channel five every night for a week to counter balance their obvious hatred towards people claiming benefits. 6.5/10

La la Land - i tried to like it, i appreciate the work that has gone in to it, but i regrettably just do not get the hype surrounding it. 6/10
 
CircusMonkey said:
Fences - Denzil directing himself, which would have worked better on the stage, saying that, he oozes charisma and the cast were superb. 8-10

Moonlight- OMG, i loved this film, don't know why, could have been the cinematography, the performances, the beautiful soundtrack, the sound, the colour....i cant put my finger on it, i just know i loved it. 10

I Daniel Blake - having worked within this field, i can honestly say I've seen this story play out many times. Decent performances, should be should shown on channel five every night for a week to counter balance their obvious hatred towards people claiming benefits. 6.5/10

La la Land - i tried to like it, i appreciate the work that has gone in to it, but i regrettably just do not get the hype surrounding it. 6/10
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I had I, Daniel Blake as an easy 7.5 or maybe 8 so I really need to see fences and moonlight. I'll eventually tick off all the Oscar nominated films but have to say several of them like hidden figures look like they were made for one reason.
 
Lion - The first half of this movie, all set in India, is fantastic. The little kid who plays young Saroo is so bloody charming, you can't help but feel for him. It didn't go full Slumdog at any point, but still provided a good glimpse of how a boy could easily get lost in India, and what it would be like. The second half all based in Australia is less assured (though Dev Patel is excellent) and does drag a bit in parts, but I can see why it all had to be in ther, plus it is based on a true stroy afterall... and it worked to an ending that made me actually shed some tears in a cinema, which is something I can't ever recall doing, so I have to give it props for that.
 
Sweet Square said:
The only thing I have against this masterpiece is that the 2 hour 40 minute running time did seemed like the longest 2 : 40 of my life. Also
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That sounds like a fairly significant if not insurmountable flaw, no? I couldn't get through it, I can deal with a slow burner but there's surely a point where there are so many scenes that are there for tone or character building rather than dramatic tension that the whole thing should just be called off.
 
The Greasy Strangler
A father and son compete for a woman's affections and in the meantime, an oiled up strangler enters the town and prowls the streets. This was bloody sick. It was labelled as a horror comedy but wasn't funny or scary, just disgusting. I had to go have a shower after watching it. Yuck 1/10
 
Annihilate Now! said:
Lion - The first half of this movie, all set in India, is fantastic. The little kid who plays young Saroo is so bloody charming, you can't help but feel for him. It didn't go full Slumdog at any point, but still provided a good glimpse of how a boy could easily get lost in India, and what it would be like. The second half all based in Australia is less assured (though Dev Patel is excellent) and does drag a bit in parts, but I can see why it all had to be in ther, plus it is based on a true stroy afterall... and it worked to an ending that made me actually shed some tears in a cinema, which is something I can't ever recall doing, so I have to give it props for that.
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Dude, you should go see Monster Calls. That would get tears out of a stone.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
Dude, you should go see Monster Calls. That would get tears out of a stone.
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Noted... will try catch it before it goes out of cinemas

I've never cried at films, - not that they didn't move me, but it's never been enough to get actually tears out of me. I blame turning 30.
 
Only a few films gave me that lump in the throat:

The Champ
Con Air
Grave of the Fireflies
Blue Valentine
Furious 7
Fox and the Hound
 
I cry at tv and films all the time. Sad moments, epic moments, tears of joy, tears of sadness. All of it.

Probably just letting it out because I'm such a hard cnut the rest of the time.
 
Dirty Schwein said:
Only a few films gave me that lump in the throat:

The Champ
Con Air
Grave of the Fireflies
Blue Valentine
Furious 7
Fox and the Hound
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I defy anyone not to shed a tear at The Champ!

Some other honourable mentions:

Seven Pounds
The Green Mile
The Color Purple
A Time to Kill
It's a Wonderful Life
Miranda Richardson's breakdown in 'Damage'
 
RedPed said:
I defy anyone not to shed a tear at The Champ!

Some other honourable mentions:

Seven Pounds
The Green Mile
The Color Purple
A Time to Kill
It's a Wonderful Life
Miranda Richardson's breakdown in 'Damage'
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This probably would have made me cry but my mom called me down to drive her to Sainsbury's as soon as 'the' scene started. When I got back to it, it wasn't the same :mad:
 
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