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pauldyson1uk said:
correct it was , as advert go , that is pretty scary.

http://theseventhart.org/jonathan-g...late-bars-starring-denis-lavant-as-the-devil/
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That is like a cross between a Peter Greenaway film and hardcore chocolate porn....

In a way it's the perfect update to the original 70's Flake adverts. They were soff focus and floaty like the soft core adult entertainment in the era.

Did they do a series? I'm just curious what these women would do if he whipped out some Cadbury's Fingers?
 
I think I'm gonna make an effort to catch up with some of this year's films.

On my watchlist: Raw, Personal Shopper, Get Out, The Other Side of Hope, Good Time

And whenever they become available: The Florida Project, Call Me By Your Name, Wonderstruck, The Death of Stalin, Faces Places, The Disaster Artist

Any more suggestions?
 
R.N7 said:
I think I'm gonna make an effort to catch up with some of this year's films.

On my watchlist: Raw, Personal Shopper, Get Out, The Other Side of Hope, Good Time

And whenever they become available: The Florida Project, Call Me By Your Name, Wonderstruck, The Death of Stalin, Faces Places, The Disaster Artist

Any more suggestions?
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Fast and Furious 8
 
R.N7 said:
I think I'm gonna make an effort to catch up with some of this year's films.

On my watchlist: Raw, Personal Shopper, Get Out, The Other Side of Hope, Good Time

And whenever they become available: The Florida Project, Call Me By Your Name, Wonderstruck, The Death of Stalin, Faces Places, The Disaster Artist

Any more suggestions?
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Loveless and A Fantastic Woman. Lost City of Z, A Ghost Story, Gemini, Logan Lucky are all good in their own way but not be so much up your alley.
 
The Killing of a Sacred Deer - immaculately made and fairly sadistic film. Reminded me of Haneke's Funny Games, a smug and nihilistic deconstruction of horror/thriller tropes. It's admirable in its construction but I don't know, doesn't sit right with me. Also Lanthimos has his actors doing their "on the spectrum' schtick, like maudlin Wes Anderson characters. Nicole Kidman is great though.

My girlfriend bought me some Criterion collections so I've started with Five by Cassavetes:

Shadows - rough as a dog's guts but love the on the street footage of New York in the late 50s. Beat generation, reminds me a lot of a James Baldwin novel. I know it was changed from the original and Leila's relationship with Anthony Ray seems to have been lost in the editing room. I enjoyed this a lot.

Faces - could be more accurately titled gorgeous women hang with hideous men who treat them like shit. This was long and pretty dull, although some of the interactions had an impressive life to them, especially when John Marley is involved.
 
Archie Leach said:
Loveless and A Fantastic Woman. Lost City of Z, A Ghost Story, Gemini, Logan Lucky are all good in their own way but not be so much up your alley.
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Hadn't heard of A Fantastic Woman. Interesting.

I'll be avoiding The Killing of a Sacred Deer like the plague.

Those are probably my two least favourite Cassavetes' in that collection, though Shadows could use a rewatch from my part.
 
Archie Leach said:
That’s promising. Shadows is a total mess but the siblings are kind of charming and it has a good energy. Faces was really hard work.
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Cassavetes is hard work, I thought Faces was too much though. Normally his films are exhaustive and draining, but in a good way. You don't get that gritty seediness and emotional nakedness from anywhere else.
 
R.N7 said:
I think I'm gonna make an effort to catch up with some of this year's films.

On my watchlist: Raw, Personal Shopper, Get Out, The Other Side of Hope, Good Time

And whenever they become available: The Florida Project, Call Me By Your Name, Wonderstruck, The Death of Stalin, Faces Places, The Disaster Artist

Any more suggestions?
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The Square, Lady Bird, Columbus, The Breadwinner, Thoroughbreds, Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja (On the beach at night alone)
 
Other said:
I never understood why the battle of the sexes was hailed as a win for women. Didn't she beat a middle aged man?
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True, an ex-champion and exhibition player.
Yet he made the offer to play the women's champ initially to BJK who turned it down as a gimmick. The problem was that she duly lost the No.1 ranking to a competitor and he then approached the new No.1 and beat her in straight sets.

He then tripled the prize money and challenged any woman?

BJK had been campaigning for women's equality in tennis and then felt if she didn't now take the challenge her movement for equality would take a step backwards.

There is more I could say yet I risk spoiling it.
 
Archie Leach said:
My girlfriend bought me some Criterion collections so I've started with Five by Cassavetes:

Shadows - rough as a dog's guts but love the on the street footage of New York in the late 50s. Beat generation, reminds me a lot of a James Baldwin novel. I know it was changed from the original and Leila's relationship with Anthony Ray seems to have been lost in the editing room. I enjoyed this a lot.

Faces - could be more accurately titled gorgeous women hang with hideous men who treat them like shit. This was long and pretty dull, although some of the interactions had an impressive life to them, especially when John Marley is involved.
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I felt similarly, although a catharsis at the end of Faces really won me around. Shadows is great portraiture.

I find Chinese Bookie his most accessible and Woman Under the Influence is an incredible monument to his approach to cinema and American independent film in general. Yet to see the fifth film.
 
Badlands - visually striking but ultimately kind of empty. I don't know if it's aged poorly, but there's something irritatingly adolescent in Malick's framing of Kit. I guess in the years after Manson well-styled psychopaths had a certain mystery but through a modern lens he's a bit of a joke. Maybe because he's a little too Fonz.
 
Kingsmen: Golden Circle More of the same but with even less plot and much less charm. Far too long, far too much Elton John and nearly an hour too long. Not a total disaster but not a patch on the original. 5/10
 
Adam's Apples (2005) - Danish movie, simply brilliant dark comedy (was literally crying at times) with excellent drama elements. 9/10
 
Villainness

Absolutely fecking brilliant. A hyperviolent South-Asian action flick on the level of The Raid 1&2, but only with more depth and story. The camerawork is out of this world, how it changes between first persion view and traditional view is great. Also the acting is superb. The story is centered around a female assasin who gets recruited by a shadow branch of the Thai secret service, and how she tries to balance the remnants of her personal life with her role. The story is both a drama, love story and classical revenge style non-stop action. The choreography is great, and almost on par with The Raid.

Some of the best stuff I've seen lately.

9/10
 
Rajma said:
Adam's Apples (2005) - Danish movie, simply brilliant dark comedy (was literally crying at times) with excellent drama elements. 9/10
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I second this recommendation. It's a very good movie. Pretty dark at times though, but if you can appreciate dark humor you'll love it.
 
The Babysitter

Great horror comedy about a young boy who finds out his babysitter is part of a satanic cult. One of the better horror comedies I've seen the last years. Brilliant acting also, especially by the kid. Classic over the top gore and blood spraying by the liters. Highly recommended.

7,5/10

@pauldyson1uk , @Dirty Schwein - Get on it, you'll love it.
 
SwansonsTache said:
The Babysitter

Great horror comedy about a young boy who finds out his babysitter is part of a satanic cult. One of the better horror comedies I've seen the last years. Brilliant acting also, especially by the kid. Classic over the top gore and blood spraying by the liters. Highly recommended.

7,5/10

@pauldyson1uk , @Dirty Schwein - Get on it, you'll love it.
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Yep agree, reviewed it earlier in this thread. Very good movie.
 
Better Watch Out

Very entertaining alternative spin on the classic home invasion horror\thriller. Really can't write anything about what goes on since it will ruin the surprise. Kept me entertained throughout though, and the acting was very good.

Not as entertaining as The Babysitter, but still very much worth a watch.

6,5/10
 
Dunkirk (2017)

As usual a movie by Nolan is immensely overrated. A lot of style with fantastic sound design but very little substance. I was expecting an epic and big evacuation movie but it was so underwhelming. 30 minutes into the movie I wouldn't be surprised if only 30 sentences were said at that point. Every scene was stretched to the milisecond, it was genuinely boring to sit through. I don't think there's a single scene which will stand by me for years. SVP's Omaha Beach scene on its own was more impactful and interesting than this whole movie.

I am really surprised at the immense praise Dunkirk initially received.
 
VorZakone said:
Dunkirk (2017)

As usual a movie by Nolan is immensely overrated. A lot of style with fantastic sound design but very little substance. I was expecting an epic and big evacuation movie but it was so underwhelming. 30 minutes into the movie I wouldn't be surprised if only 30 sentences were said at that point. Every scene was stretched to the milisecond, it was genuinely boring to sit through. I don't think there's a single scene which will stand by me for years. SVP's Omaha Beach scene on its own was more impactful and interesting than this whole movie.

I am really surprised at the immense praise Dunkirk initially received.
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Agreed. Watched it last night and I was unimpressed. Wouldn't get into my war movies top 10.

5/10
 
VorZakone said:
Dunkirk (2017)

As usual a movie by Nolan is immensely overrated. A lot of style with fantastic sound design but very little substance. I was expecting an epic and big evacuation movie but it was so underwhelming. 30 minutes into the movie I wouldn't be surprised if only 30 sentences were said at that point. Every scene was stretched to the milisecond, it was genuinely boring to sit through. I don't think there's a single scene which will stand by me for years. SVP's Omaha Beach scene on its own was more impactful and interesting than this whole movie.

I am really surprised at the immense praise Dunkirk initially received.
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It’s horribly edited. Also I kept wondering what in the world Nolan wanted to say. The movie doesn’t serve any purpose at all. It’s just there. Such a pointless movie.
 
VorZakone said:
Dunkirk (2017)

As usual a movie by Nolan is immensely overrated. A lot of style with fantastic sound design but very little substance. I was expecting an epic and big evacuation movie but it was so underwhelming. 30 minutes into the movie I wouldn't be surprised if only 30 sentences were said at that point. Every scene was stretched to the milisecond, it was genuinely boring to sit through. I don't think there's a single scene which will stand by me for years. SVP's Omaha Beach scene on its own was more impactful and interesting than this whole movie.

I am really surprised at the immense praise Dunkirk initially received.
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For once i agree. Boring movie.
 
Just back from seeing the Disaster Artist. It is fecking hilarious - don't think I've ever laughed as much at the cinema.

Franco is amazingly good in it. Brilliant, brilliant film!
 
At The Devil's Door
A real-estate agent finds herself caught up in something sinister when she has to sell a house with a dark past and meets the troubled teen who used to live there. I seen this before but didn't remember that until about half way into the film, which says a lot. Very forgettable horror with some good performances from three beautiful lead actresses but there is a severe lack of tension and the film is very predictable 4/10

The Foreigner
A humble businessman with a buried past seeks justice when his daughter is killed in an act of terrorism. A cat-and-mouse conflict ensues with a government official, whose past may hold clues to the killers' identities. Jackie Chan's turn on doing his version of Liam Neeson's Taken. Good to see JC in a role like this, really suits him in his older years and there is quite a few cool action scenes and set pieces. The film doesn't try anything new and Pierce Brosnan's "Irish" accent that sounds Scottish is really off-putting. Overall, it was a fun action/revenge flick 7/10

Justice League
What a pile of incoherent mess. I can go on for hours about why I hated this but a few points are too much CGI, awful villain, too much character establishment, probably edited by an intern, uninspired score, Batman comes across as a dumb shit, Ezra Miller was annoying, Jason Mamoa was just a dude-bro and even Wonder Woman was bland. The grainy look was off putting and the whole film was just god awful except a handful of scenes 3/10

Thor: Ragnarok
Watched this to get the bad taste of Justice League out and this was great, one of Marvel's best efforts. Was a genius idea to bring Waititi on board as he killed it in the direction and with his cameo/role in the film. So many memorable scenes and funny moments but the action was also kick ass when it needed to be. I didn't really like any of the Thor solo films so this was such a nice surprise. Goldblum is a gift to cinema, he really his amazing. The look was awesome, the 80s feel was great, the soundtrack was immense, just everything about this was excellent. I loved the villain also, just wish we got a bit more on her backstory. Still, one of the best superhero films I've seen. Just so much fun, which is what superhero films should be 8.5/10
 
HTG said:
It’s horribly edited. Also I kept wondering what in the world Nolan wanted to say. The movie doesn’t serve any purpose at all. It’s just there. Such a pointless movie.
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The going back and forth threw me. I wasn't sure whether I was watching something new or just from someone else's perspective.
 
HTG said:
It’s horribly edited. Also I kept wondering what in the world Nolan wanted to say. The movie doesn’t serve any purpose at all. It’s just there. Such a pointless movie.
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Probably that it's not nice to die by drowning. Some positives: there are some interesting situations, for example when these 'highlanders' are trapped in that other boat and find out that this guy is french, or when Cilian Murphy kills the kid. The best thing about the movie has to be the filming, especially the scenes with the planes.

Still hugely overrated. The 'anti-war' tag isn't big enough, with all the tantrum around Nolan people go in expecting an epic watch but get nothing bot those poor bastards getting bombed until they finally get evacuated. I even payed for that.

Edit: It's telling that after the fanboys watched the movie it was rated 8.9 on imdb.com and now is at 8.3.

Wouldn't put it above 7.5 (for cinematic reasons mainly) tbh.
 
VorZakone said:
Dunkirk (2017)

As usual a movie by Nolan is immensely overrated. A lot of style with fantastic sound design but very little substance. I was expecting an epic and big evacuation movie but it was so underwhelming. 30 minutes into the movie I wouldn't be surprised if only 30 sentences were said at that point. Every scene was stretched to the milisecond, it was genuinely boring to sit through. I don't think there's a single scene which will stand by me for years. SVP's Omaha Beach scene on its own was more impactful and interesting than this whole movie.

I am really surprised at the immense praise Dunkirk initially received.
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I finally got the chance to see Dunkirk last weekend at a 70mm location. I finished the movie feeling underwhelmed to say the least, given all the praise from the press. Maybe I need to watch it again.
 
adexkola said:
I finally got the chance to see Dunkirk last weekend at a 70mm location. I finished the movie feeling underwhelmed to say the least, given all the praise from the press. Maybe I need to watch it again.
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Good luck with that. I'll never give Dunkirk a 2nd viewing, there's simply not enough happening to keep me engaged.
 
The one thing I wondered most about Dunkirk is which character I was supposed to care about. They were all completely interchangable. I remained completely untouched by the movie. I just didn't care about anything.
It's just not a good movie. Average at best.
 
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