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Pattinson should have played Fawcett. He's got far more character than sentient clay figurine, Charlie Hunnam.

20th Century Women - I remember Mike Mills' Beginners as being immensely big-hearted and funny, tapping into a vein that only semi-autobiographical art can regularly access. He goes back to the well with 20th Century Women, and while I can't fault anything in particular - it looks great, has a wonderful cast, shot in pretty 70s Santa Barbara - I didn't come out of this feeling much. It feels more put together but not in a good way.
 
I enjoyed 'I Am Mother'. Thought it was a bit odd at the end though when
she had the girl shoot her, seconds after explaining that her consciousness wasn't tied to a single robot host though

Also a bit eurgh with the thought that
re-populating the planet is going to mean her getting it in on with her 'brother' who would realistically be more like a son to her by the time he's started coughing his cocoa. Although I guess she could unfreeze some more embryo's if she has the know how

But yeah definitely worth a watch, especially so for Sci-Fi fans and people who like end of world drama.
 
Wolf Creek

Horror about a bunch of hippies that go out into the Australian Outback and get what's coming to the.... I mean some youths run afoul of a charismatic pyschopath in the outback who tortures and kills them. The guy that plays the killer is fantastic and it spawned more films and a TV series based off him. Overall it's a very good horror that's aged well.

Although the male hippy reminded me of the terrifying time Hollywood tried to make Sam Worthington a huge star and cast the generic fecker in everything. Chilling times.

8/10

The Lost Coast Tapes

Horror about some people that go out into the woods to film a documentary about a guy that claims to have a Bigfoot corpse. It was fairly pants, but made watchable by the crazy of the grid guy putting in one hell of a performance. It was magnificent. There was huge plot holes and it wasn't scary, but strangely not awful either. I think I might have just been staring at the female lead who was gorgeous.

4/10

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

Strangely it's not a porno. A mid 80's sci fi film that I suspect was trying to capture some of that Star Wars magic and it wasn't bad. It was inventive with it's vehicles and set pieces. The ending looked like the inspiration for the Crystal Maze and Robot Wars. The performances were decent and it was just a good solid adventure film. If you ever wanted to see Molly Ringwald in space this is the film for you.

It also had Michael Ironshide as a robot/mutant villain on a crane arm with big claw hands who needed to suck the life force from nubile females for some reason. It also had Ernie Hudson, Winston from Ghostbusters himself.

7/10
 
Midsommar. Pretty good but kind of frustrating in the end.

Much like Hereditary, this pleased me for so long with really stylish, precise directorial decisions, really convincing human drama that allowed the film to use horror as an influential backdrop as opposed to it being the driver of the main conflict, and really intriguing ideas that added quite a lot of intricate depth to the environment and the make-up of the overall story. But when you want answers to its various questions, and when you want it to establish a confident throughline that brings every one of its ideas together in a way that leads you to a big revelation, it instead continues and continues to tease you in ways that ultimately expose all the little details to be little more than incidental dressing. It's great to look at, Florence Pugh continues to be a complete star in every role she plays, and the length didn't really bother me when I was worried it would, but yeah, just frustrating - if only because of how fantastic this could have been.

7/10.
 
True Story
When disgraced New York Times reporter Michael Finkel meets accused killer Christian Longo - who has taken on Finkel's identity - his investigation morphs into a game of cat-and-mouse. I enjoyed it at the start but as the film goes on, it becomes more and more flat. It just felt empty and it's hard to buy Franco in the role of a smart killer 4/10

Midsommar
Was really excited by this one. I loved the first two acts. Very tense, without too much "horror" on screen (apart from a mid-point shocker)... just alludes to something sinister going on and it had me on the edge of my seat. It also was surprisingly really funny in parts. The cinematography was a class above most horrors. However, a lot of the characters did a lot of dumb shit, felt like they were just trying to move the plot forward. It's a pet-peeve of mine. Also, the final act became too silly, half the cinema were laughing at things that should have been disturbing. It's good, but not a patch on Hereditary in my opinion 7/10
 
That's how I felt about the final part of Hereditary, tbh.
 
Archie Leach said:
@Art Vandelay John Jarratt (the killer) is currently on trial for rape and Sam Worthington has four Avatar films coming out in the next six years. Chilling times, indeed.
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Well he did come across as a bit of a wrong'un in the film. I forgot Avatar was still a franchise, I found it boring and a rip off of other films.

Spiderman: Far from Home

The Marvel bubble has burst for me, Captain Marvel was an absolute bag of shite and I felt like I was done after Endgame except for Spiderman and maybe Guardians of the Galaxy. I don't think I'll bother with any more Spiderman films either now unless they are on Netflix or something. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't good either and not worth the hell that is the cinema. It was all a bit pointless and that girl that's not Mary Jane is just weird. It all just felt so contrived and meh. The mid credits scene was good, but all drama is removed from it because it asks you to suspend your disbelief way too much.

JJ Jameson turns up and reveals to the world that Spiderman is Peter Parker. Two high school kids have already figured this out. He has spent several films introducing himself as Peter Parker to people, he has more scenes with the mask off but suit on than he does with the mask on. He Spidermans about in civilian clothes. Anyone that doesn't already know he's Spiderman is a moron so this being used as tension building drama is just pointless.

All in all it's just average at best. I know this is a better film than Lost Coast Tapes, but I probably enjoyed that more and it didn't take up 2 hours. Why are all Marvel films over 2 hours now? Also these post credit and mid credit scenes can feck right off. If it's not in the film then you can shove it up your arse. Over 2 hours long and expecting people to sit through credits too? Eat shit Hollywood. I dunno why post credits scenes have started triggering me but they have.

5/10

Post review point: JB Smoove was very under used in this. See? What's the point of putting this here?
 
Wolf Creek is just a horrible movie, regardless of its qualities as a film (IMO).
 
Maybe it's just too bleak for me.
 
Dirty Schwein said:
Midsommar
Was really excited by this one. I loved the first two acts. Very tense, without too much "horror" on screen (apart from a mid-point shocker)... just alludes to something sinister going on and it had me on the edge of my seat. It also was surprisingly really funny in parts. The cinematography was a class above most horrors. However, a lot of the characters did a lot of dumb shit, felt like they were just trying to move the plot forward. It's a pet-peeve of mine. Also, the final act became too silly, half the cinema were laughing at things that should have been disturbing. It's good, but not a patch on Hereditary in my opinion 7/10
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In the moment I didn't really have much of a problem with the main characters acting like idiots to move the plot forward. Slasher films based around a bunch of teens/young adults going to some uncivilised location and being gradually picked off is a recipe as old as it is effective. But when a horror film that's as haughty and 'prestige' as Midsommar does it? I'm not sure it translates quite so effectively.
 
robinamicrowave said:
In the moment I didn't really have much of a problem with the main characters acting like idiots to move the plot forward. Slasher films based around a bunch of teens/young adults going to some uncivilised location and being gradually picked off is a recipe as old as it is effective. But when a horror film that's as haughty and 'prestige' as Midsommar does it? I'm not sure it translates quite so effectively.
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I was going to respond to the first part of your comment with the second part. Normally, yes, I can let it pass but not on this occasion.
 
Little Monsters
A washed-up musician teams up with a teacher and a kids show personality to protect young children from a sudden outbreak of zombies. Not a fan of comedy-horrors in general but saw a screening of this for free. Low budget Aussie movie. It delivers in the comedy part. The opening act was really funny, and although there's less comedy later on in the movie, the opening gives the film so much bank that you keep watching to see if it gets funny again. It does from time to time and there were a few occasions where I laughed out loud. The film falls on its' face in the horror department. It was just a generic zombie flick. Which is a shame. Could have been much better if they tried something original there. Not sure how they got Lupita Nyongo to act in this but she was class 6/10
 
Dirty Schwein said:
Little Monsters
A washed-up musician teams up with a teacher and a kids show personality to protect young children from a sudden outbreak of zombies. Not a fan of comedy-horrors in general but saw a screening of this for free. Low budget Aussie movie. It delivers in the comedy part. The opening act was really funny, and although there's less comedy later on in the movie, the opening gives the film so much bank that you keep watching to see if it gets funny again. It does from time to time and there were a few occasions where I laughed out loud. The film falls on its' face in the horror department. It was just a generic zombie flick. Which is a shame. Could have been much better if they tried something original there. Not sure how they got Lupita Nyongo to act in this but she was class 6/10
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I thought you meant this one.

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The Forsaken

Early 2000's horror about vampires. Some guy has to take a car from LA to Miami for some reason and keeps going on about his sisters wedding, I couldn't quite hear what they were saying. Anyway off he goes in the fancy car and he runs afoul of vampires and a vampire hunter. It was kind of a mixture of Near Dark and John Carpenter's Vampires while being much shitter than both. I liked that the vampires actually had a familiar to do their driving during the day while they slept in the boot and it stuck close to vampire lore, there was no glittering. It's a bit weird seeing vampires with guns though.

My main thought when the film ended was why did that vampire insist on going for the neck of a guy that was already dead to drink his blood? Vampires are supposed to bite the jugular or the vein in your inner thigh because a lot of blood gets pumped through those arteries and it's easier to feed, but if the guy is already dead and on his back on the ground then surely it's pointless going for the neck as the blood wouldn't be pumping and it would have just pooled somewhere. This is the kind of place my mind just wandered off to while watching this.

It actually had some good ideas, it just wasn't a very good film.

Also the nu metal soundtrack was shit and really out of place.

3/10
 
Free Solo (2018)

It's incredible - not just for the unparalleled climbing but also for the insights into Alex's psychology and upbringing, which I found really interesting. A tremendous documentary.

9.5/10
 
SteveJ said:
Free Solo (2018)

It's incredible - not just for the unparalleled climbing but also for the insights into Alex's psychology and upbringing, which I found really interesting. A tremendous documentary.

9.5/10
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It's superb. Check out The Dawn Wall and Meru as good follow up. @Snowle Gunnar Solskjær will back me up on this
 
White Space

I don't think I've ever seen another film that was such a mix of random elements and plot points. The special effects were fantastic, the set was very good, yet they are running around with M1911 pistols firing lazers like they couldn't afford actual props. It was Moby Dick in space with a guy going after a giant space whale and risking everything, he had some sort of reason involving his dad but there was so much nonsense going on I lost track. The giant space whale jumps through to something they believe is called white space which is essentially heaven or can cure all diseases, so there's a secret agent with cancer involved. She decapitates a man using an old saber at one point. Oh yeah there's a woman with a husband and a frying pan, then there's a pilot woman and she's banging the woman's husband, but not the frying pan. There's a guy that gets infected with a parasite seemingly just to make him unavailable to fix things, which they could have achieved by having the space pirates shoot him. There's space pirates! They serve no purpose except the giant space whale takes out their ship and one of them says "Don't go down without a fight!" so the other one starts firing an assault rifle around the inside of the cockpit, the giant space whale is outside. Also there's various sections which are just rip offs of that show that used to be on the Discovery channel about people in trawlers fishing for crabs.

If that seemed like a huge blurb of me just firing out random elements of the film then you know how I felt watching the fecking thing. It didn't even really have an ending to speak of. There was no real resolution to anything. If Phil Jones made a film this would be it. It has dialogue that explains things then gets contradicted within minutes, which makes everyone look like a moron. It was just fecking bizarre. Maybe I imagined it all.

I dunno what the hell I watched/10
 
Nobody Knows (Dare mo Shiranai): ★★★★½
Brightburn: ★½
The Florida Project: ★★★★
Loveless (Nelyubov): ★★★★
Upgrade: ★★★
Little Accidents: ★★★
Destroyer: ★★★½
Love at First Fight (Les Combattants): ★★½
 
The Wicker Man (1973)

Available on NOW TV. Great bit of British movie making from the 70s and considered to be a classic and not to be confused with the Nicolas Cage remake which messes around with the original story a little bit and which will always forever be in the shadow of this original film. It might have been touted as a horror but there are no gruesome murders, gratuitous violence or creepy monsters to freak you out. What we have is more of a chiller with substance, with a very satisfying sub 90 minute running time. There are some extended versions floating around out there though.

The film stars some big names of the era Edward Woodward (no not our chairman Ed, the other one, the Equaliser guy), Christopher Lee and Britt Eklund and tells the simple story of a devout police officer who gets more than he bargained for when investigating the disappearance of a young girl in a remote part of Scotland. From the moment he lands his plane in the harbour he should have realised it was probably better to just turn that plane around and go back home. Straight away, you know that something isn't quite right with the local folk.

The poor copper played by Woodward soon finds that his religious convictions and patience are being pushed to the limit as he discovers that the local community are not too fussed about the missing girl Rowan but seemingly more engrossed in their pagan beliefs and customs that become increasingly bizarre as his time there goes on. Overtly sexual in nature, the language and behaviour of these people really jar with Woodward's strict religious beliefs as he struggles to stay focused on the job in hand which is to find the missing girl, whilst questioning why these people could be so morally corrupt and bereft of any decency, especially with children being taught sexual stuff and bawdy songs in school and young girls frolicking naked at every opportunity. However, it soon becomes apparent that he is fighting a losing battle as everything is not as it seems on this sleepy island of Summerisle governed by the mysterious lord of the same name, played by Christopher Lee.

The characters are played really well and the film is beautifully shot in places. The poignant music really adds to the feel of the film. The Willow's Song sequence with Britt Eklund is just captivating. It's nothing special really visually (apart from the naked cavorting) but it just drifts into the film like some abstract musical interlude then it's over but it stays with you long after the film has finished. The song is just beautiful. Woodward plays the tormented cop brilliantly and the supporting cast make for a very believable wacky commune. Eklund does get to have a butt double and a perfectly dubbed Scottish accent but is great as the carefree Willow.

The Wicker Man is probably most famous for it's ending when the titular edifice makes it's chilling appearance but as the film is quite short it doesn't mess about in getting to the point. I'd be interested to see the other versions though. It's great in it's simplicity, avoids pointless and lengthy monologue and just lets the story speak for itself. I need to do a direct comparison with the Nic Cage version now as I've only seen it once before.

I'm giving this an 8.5/10.
 
Spiderman: Far From Home

Well, what a jumbled mess of a film this was. I get that we have to leave reality at the door and just go along with the ride but sorry I just wasn't feeling it for Spidey this time round. The MCU has become so big now that standalone Marvel movies can never reconcile the threat of impending global terror with the convenient absence of the other Marvel heroes. It just doesn't work anymore, especially when said heroes are actually referenced in the film. Just saying "....unavailable!" is simply not going to cut it every time.

This film is just wrong on so many levels. It has to be the most ridiculously contrived plot of any superhero movie that I can remember, well perhaps apart from Superman IV: Quest for Peace. The story is bad, the dialogue is bad, the acting is bad, the actors are poorly cast as characters that are for the most part very irritating, the love interests are just downright cringeworthy, the plot twist is predictable but so poorly executed. It's at this point that the film spirals out of control into an incoherent, incredulous mess. Mysterio's rambling in the bar has to be one of the worst monologues of all time.

I had great hopes for the new Spiderman when he made his appearance in Civil War but I fear they've already lost their way with this incarnation already. Time for yet another reboot? Possibly. Sorry, but MJ and Ned have to go. I'm guessing Gyllenhaal will probably not view this as one of his finest moments on the silver screen though his character certainly had a lot of potential.

I can't even praise the effects in this movie because although pretty decent, they kinda contributed to the absurdity of the film. If you've seen it, hopefully you'll understand what I mean. Some interesting post credit reveals at the end (of which there two!) if you're prepared to wait but you'll probably feel as if you've been punished enough. Very disappointing.

I'm giving this a 4/10.
 
RedPed said:
The Wicker Man (1973)

Available on NOW TV. Great bit of British movie making from the 70s and considered to be a classic and not to be confused with the Nicolas Cage remake which messes around with the original story a little bit and which will always forever be in the shadow of this original film. It might have been touted as a horror but there are no gruesome murders, gratuitous violence or creepy monsters to freak you out. What we have is more of a chiller with substance, with a very satisfying sub 90 minute running time. There are some extended versions floating around out there though.

The film stars some big names of the era Edward Woodward (no not our chairman Ed, the other one, the Equaliser guy), Christopher Lee and Britt Eklund and tells the simple story of a devout police officer who gets more than he bargained for when investigating the disappearance of a young girl in a remote part of Scotland. From the moment he lands his plane in the harbour he should have realised it was probably better to just turn that plane around and go back home. Straight away, you know that something isn't quite right with the local folk.

The poor copper played by Woodward soon finds that his religious convictions and patience are being pushed to the limit as he discovers that the local community are not too fussed about the missing girl Rowan but seemingly more engrossed in their pagan beliefs and customs that become increasingly bizarre as his time there goes on. Overtly sexual in nature, the language and behaviour of these people really jar with Woodward's strict religious beliefs as he struggles to stay focused on the job in hand which is to find the missing girl, whilst questioning why these people could be so morally corrupt and bereft of any decency, especially with children being taught sexual stuff and bawdy songs in school and young girls frolicking naked at every opportunity. However, it soon becomes apparent that he is fighting a losing battle as everything is not as it seems on this sleepy island of Summerisle governed by the mysterious lord of the same name, played by Christopher Lee.

The characters are played really well and the film is beautifully shot in places. The poignant music really adds to the feel of the film. The Willow's Song sequence with Britt Eklund is just captivating. It's nothing special really visually (apart from the naked cavorting) but it just drifts into the film like some abstract musical interlude then it's over but it stays with you long after the film has finished. The song is just beautiful. Woodward plays the tormented cop brilliantly and the supporting cast make for a very believable wacky commune. Eklund does get to have a butt double and a perfectly dubbed Scottish accent but is great as the carefree Willow.

The Wicker Man is probably most famous for it's ending when the titular edifice makes it's chilling appearance but as the film is quite short it doesn't mess about in getting to the point. I'd be interested to see the other versions though. It's great in it's simplicity, avoids pointless and lengthy monologue and just lets the story speak for itself. I need to do a direct comparison with the Nic Cage version now as I've only seen it once before.

I'm giving this an 8.5/10.
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Great review. I watched this again about a month ago and it's amazing how well it holds up despite how much the world has changed since it was made. A mixture of the performances and the sense of place just still works.

RedPed said:
Spiderman: Far From Home

Well, what a jumbled mess of a film this was. I get that we have to leave reality at the door and just go along with the ride but sorry I just wasn't feeling it for Spidey this time round. The MCU has become so big now that standalone Marvel movies can never reconcile the threat of impending global terror with the convenient absence of the other Marvel heroes. It just doesn't work anymore, especially when said heroes are actually referenced in the film. Just saying "....unavailable!" is simply not going to cut it every time.

This film is just wrong on so many levels. It has to be the most ridiculously contrived plot of any superhero movie that I can remember, well perhaps apart from Superman IV: Quest for Peace. The story is bad, the dialogue is bad, the acting is bad, the actors are poorly cast as characters that are for the most part very irritating, the love interests are just downright cringeworthy, the plot twist is predictable but so poorly executed. It's at this point that the film spirals out of control into an incoherent, incredulous mess. Mysterio's rambling in the bar has to be one of the worst monologues of all time.

I had great hopes for the new Spiderman when he made his appearance in Civil War but I fear they've already lost their way with this incarnation already. Time for yet another reboot? Possibly. Sorry, but MJ and Ned have to go. I'm guessing Gyllenhaal will probably not view this as one of his finest moments on the silver screen though his character certainly had a lot of potential.

I can't even praise the effects in this movie because although pretty decent, they kinda contributed to the absurdity of the film. If you've seen it, hopefully you'll understand what I mean. Some interesting post credit reveals at the end (of which there two!) if you're prepared to wait but you'll probably feel as if you've been punished enough. Very disappointing.

I'm giving this a 4/10.
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Yeah, the more I think about it since seeing it I think giving it a 5/10 was a bit much. It's just a nothing film, it's a waste of time. Of the random shite I've spent the last week watching it's probably the film I've got the least enjoyment from. The comedy didn't work, the action meant nothing and nothing that really happened meant anything. That girl that plays MJ is awful to top it off.

Annoying since I really enjoyed the first one. I mean the third first one, not the first first one or the second first one. If they reboot it again they can complete the quartet of first Spiderman films. If it's a success we can get the quartet of Spiderman 2's. It's obviously not complete with only a trilogy of Spiderman 2's.
 
Toy Story 4

Weakest of the franchise by far but a strong outing nonetheless. We see the Toy Story family expanding further with new characters such as Forky and Gabby with her very creepy henchmen dummies. What this unfortunately means is that some of the original stalwarts are effectively reduced to bit part players....the gang are still all there though. Don't expect too much from Forky though. Bit of a disappointment, that's all I'll say.

The animation is more slicker and clearly benefiting from advancements in technology but what Toy Story has always done and done extremely well for that matter, is primarily focusing on a great story with strong values of friendship, courage, loyalty and love.

Toy Story 4 is no different but how many times can they realistically face the same types of peril before it gets too predictable and stale. It's hard to believe that Toy Story is 25 years old next year. There'll probably be some anniversary release next year or something but it's difficult to see where next they can go with Woody and the gang. They've had a great run though.

I'm giving this a 8/10.
 
Art Vandelay said:
Great review. I watched this again about a month ago and it's amazing how well it holds up despite how much the world has changed since it was made. A mixture of the performances and the sense of place just still works.
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Did you understand what I meant about Willow's song? I must have played it back about 10 times. Not for the nudity, honestly. I just found it hauntingly compelling. I couldn't understand why they dedicated so much time to it as it just comes up on you out of nowhere then it's as if nothing happened the morning after. Perhaps it was there to highlight how far from reality/normality the locals were?

What do you think?
 
RedPed said:
Did you understand what I meant about Willow's song? I must have played it back about 10 times. Not for the nudity, honestly. I just found it hauntingly compelling. I couldn't understand why they dedicated so much time to it as it just comes up on you out of nowhere then it's as if nothing happened the morning after. Perhaps it was there to highlight how far from reality/normality the locals were?

What do you think?
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I'll be honest, I played it back several times entirely for the nudity. But yeah, it was like a fever dream for him and he's pretending the next day it didn't happen. It was haunting and felt like the point there was no turning back from how far these people were going to push him. Wasn't it right before he ended up in the field with everyone going at it?

I remember when I did re-watch it I was surprised how many musical numbers were going on around him, I had completely forgotten that. It's almost like a weird musical where they are celebrating their paganism through song to rattle him and it builds up to that. Even Summerisle got in on the music.
 
Art Vandelay said:
I'll be honest, I played it back several times entirely for the nudity. But yeah, it was like a fever dream for him and he's pretending the next day it didn't happen. It was haunting and felt like the point there was no turning back from how far these people were going to push him. Wasn't it right before he ended up in the field with everyone going at it?

I remember when I did re-watch it I was surprised how many musical numbers were going on around him, I had completely forgotten that. It's almost like a weird musical where they are celebrating their paganism through song to rattle him and it builds up to that. Even Summerisle got in on the music.
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At least you're honest! :lol: Of course, the nudity was a bonus and I did find myself straining to see more flaps but Willow was the one who acted more like nothing had happened the next morning? I thought he saw the couples copulating in the field before that as he had gone outside for a walk before retiring for the night. When he went back inside the pub folk sang that bawdy song about Willow, which pissed him off even more.

It was quite early into the film after he'd settled for the night in the Green Man Inn. It did have a 'mermaid/siren' like feel to it as if she was calling out to him, enticing him to come to her chamber like the sirens captivate the sailors with their songs, luring them to their doom? Perhaps it was meant to symbolise struggle he was having and the power of the pagan vs the power of the Christ? I dunno.
 
RedPed said:
At least you're honest! :lol: Of course, the nudity was a bonus and I did find myself straining to see more flaps but Willow was the one who acted more like nothing had happened the next morning? I thought he saw the couples copulating in the field before that as he had gone outside for a walk before retiring for the night. When he went back inside the pub folk sang that bawdy song about Willow, which pissed him off even more.

It was quite early into the film after he'd settled for the night in the Green Man Inn. It did have a 'mermaid/siren' like feel to it as if she was calling out to him, enticing him to come to her chamber like the sirens captivate the sailors with their songs, luring them to their doom? Perhaps it was meant to symbolise struggle he was having and the power of the pagan vs the power of the Christ? I dunno.
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I thought it was a bit later on in the film and the song lead to him going for the walk. The whole film has that kind of feel to it for me, like I can remember the scenes but not the order. I know when I did watch it again I thought the scene with the candle to put him to sleep was much earlier than it actually was. I also don't really remember him reacting much the next day, but I may have just forgotten. I'll definitely watch it again now, I bought it for £1 on Amazon and I'm annoyed I can't remember it scene for scene. Although I also have Highlander I was planning to re-watch tonight.

The song that gets stuck in my head when I watch it is the one that seems to be about creation and nature. "And on that tree there was a branch and on that branch there was a..."
 
Tumbbad. A good Indian folk horror.
The telling is a bit languid and the production values are quite basic but it's got a great little folktale at the centre, with a well designed monster.
 
Art Vandelay said:
I thought it was a bit later on in the film and the song lead to him going for the walk. The whole film has that kind of feel to it for me, like I can remember the scenes but not the order. I know when I did watch it again I thought the scene with the candle to put him to sleep was much earlier than it actually was. I also don't really remember him reacting much the next day, but I may have just forgotten. I'll definitely watch it again now, I bought it for £1 on Amazon and I'm annoyed I can't remember it scene for scene. Although I also have Highlander I was planning to re-watch tonight.

The song that gets stuck in my head when I watch it is the one that seems to be about creation and nature. "And on that tree there was a branch and on that branch there was a..."
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Just watched that bit again...I wasn't too far off. It's about 15 mins into the film.

The copper goes for a walk and comes across the couples doing their thing on the grass. He also walks past the naked woman crying at the tombstone. He goes back into the pub where they're larking about. He's had enough and goes to his room. He offers up a prayer before going to bed and that's when Willow sings her song enticing him to her room. The next morning they briefly talk about it then the film immediately cuts to the song you're referring to with the boys at the maypole.
 
RedPed said:
Spiderman: Far From Home

Well, what a jumbled mess of a film this was. I get that we have to leave reality at the door and just go along with the ride but sorry I just wasn't feeling it for Spidey this time round. The MCU has become so big now that standalone Marvel movies can never reconcile the threat of impending global terror with the convenient absence of the other Marvel heroes. It just doesn't work anymore, especially when said heroes are actually referenced in the film. Just saying "....unavailable!" is simply not going to cut it every time.

This film is just wrong on so many levels. It has to be the most ridiculously contrived plot of any superhero movie that I can remember, well perhaps apart from Superman IV: Quest for Peace. The story is bad, the dialogue is bad, the acting is bad, the actors are poorly cast as characters that are for the most part very irritating, the love interests are just downright cringeworthy, the plot twist is predictable but so poorly executed. It's at this point that the film spirals out of control into an incoherent, incredulous mess. Mysterio's rambling in the bar has to be one of the worst monologues of all time.

I had great hopes for the new Spiderman when he made his appearance in Civil War but I fear they've already lost their way with this incarnation already. Time for yet another reboot? Possibly. Sorry, but MJ and Ned have to go. I'm guessing Gyllenhaal will probably not view this as one of his finest moments on the silver screen though his character certainly had a lot of potential.

I can't even praise the effects in this movie because although pretty decent, they kinda contributed to the absurdity of the film. If you've seen it, hopefully you'll understand what I mean. Some interesting post credit reveals at the end (of which there two!) if you're prepared to wait but you'll probably feel as if you've been punished enough. Very disappointing.

I'm giving this a 4/10.
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Every single one of your points I disagree strongly.

But opinions I guess.
 
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