I’m almost ashamed to say, I quite enjoyed the new Baywatch film this afternoon, quite funny in places.
'Last Flag Flying' enjoyable drama and Bryan Cranston was excellent - a few good laughs along the way, as well as critical reflection on war and religion
I’m almost ashamed to say, I quite enjoyed the new Baywatch film this afternoon, quite funny in places.
Cheers..
Jase
I didn’t like Baywatch. They could do better movie.
I finally managed to see Darkest Hour and I thought it was very good indeed with fine acting all round.
Elle great movie
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3716530/
Really enjoyed Darkest Hour
Gary Oldman was superb
I took the boy to see Black Panther yesterday,a film we have both been looking forward to. I think it's fair to say that it didn't live up to its hype as far as we were concerned.
We both agreed the first half was better than the second half and that the ending became a bit disjointed and,dare I say it for a Marvel film,daft.
Don't get me wrong,it was an enjoyable couple of hours of nonsense if you like Marvel films and we would still class it as a 'good' film....say 6/10
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I saw 'Son Of Saul' last night on Netflix. Harrowing and slightly frustrating in places (I started to get a little bemused by the actions of the lead character). Well worth a watch though. Interesting use of shallow focus and 4:3 aspect ratio to make the experience claustrophobic and personalised.
Watched God Bless America earlier this week on Netflix, it’s a dark comedy / satire about the self absorbed celebrity culture prevalent in North America, well worth a watch.
Land of Mine. A Danish/German film on Amazon.
A tough, well-made war movie – sometimes shockingly violent – about a little known and very grim moment at the end of the second world war. After the Nazi surrender in 1945, thousands of German PoWs were forced to clear the Danish coastline of the mines that Hitler had ordered be placed there, made to crawl through the sand, gently easing thin metal wands into it to find the evil devices. This terrifying and suicidally dangerous job was technically proscribed for captured enemy combatants under the Geneva Conventions but the Danish authorities thought it was what the Germans deserved.
Personally, unlike most of modern films you simply watch and forget, I found this a thought provoking insight into a moment in history I genuinely knew nothing about.
Cheers,
Gary
I saw Murder on the Orient Express on the plane the other day - really enjoyed Kenneth Branagh's performance as Poirot.
Passport to Pimlico again the other night.
Never tire of it.
Watched Sneakers this evening starring Robert Redford, Ben Kingsley and Dan Aykroyd. Never tire of it as it reminds me of some funny times I had when I was much younger.
Just watched "In Time" very good.
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Black panther is as good expected, brilliantly made
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3BOEM was very good in parts but not excellent as I'd hoped. Can see why some have likened the style to No Country For Old Men.
The Post was watchable too but only ok in my book.
Watched Acts of Violence tonight, ok for a brain-out type action movie - Bruce Willis was wasted in his role though.
I went to see Jennifer Lawrence in the new spy thriller, Red Sparrow. It was excellent! And I got to see a lot more of Ms. Lawrence than I expected to see! Very well done, great plot and characters. It's based on the first book of a trilogy by Jason Matthews. I happened to pick up and start reading the third installment before realizing it was the third of three. I put the book away, bought #2, and promptly went out and SAW #1. Very glad I did!
Wind River
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93zMKs8C2kc
[QUOTE=beechcustom;4658505]I watched 'Three Billboards Outide Ebbing, Missouri last night. It is one of the best films I have ever seen at the cinema. I don't say that lightly. Utterly utterly superb.[/QU
Watched it last night, terrific performances all round and much better than "The Shape of Water".
The Killing of the Sacred Deer - I thought this was brilliant (but can see how it might end up in the rubbish movies thread). It was more accessible than The Lobster or Dogtooth, but still pretty weird. Lanthimos is clearly a couple of sandwiches short of a picnic, but makes really interesting films.
Thor Ragnarok was surprisingly entertaining as well.
Death of Stalin was superb, in true Armando Iannucci style.
(I also watched The Party - which tried to be far too clever for its own good IMO, and ended up like bad Woody Allen).
Watched Nymphomaniac Vol 1 last week. It was good but not great, I found some of the dialogue between the two main characters in the 'present' a bit contrived and poorly acted. Still enjoyable but not quite inclined to watch Vol 2 yet.
Watched 'Norman' last night.
Quite an enjoyable tale.
Richard Gere was excellent in the title role.
Started watching Wonder Woman, but that was pants, and thought I better turn it off before Mrs GB caught me.
Finally had a chance to see Three Billboards and I can only add to what has already been said .
It's simply one of the best movies I have ever watched.
The acting is just amazing. If you asked me who the lead character is, I couldn't say. Sam Rockwell is just too good for words. You hate him, you pity him and you love him.
It's hilarious, heartbreaking, moving, sad and gobsmackingly good.
Watch it, its brilliant.
I saw The Greatest Showman today and it wasn’t absolutely incredible.
Just watched john carpenter's (first ??) film - Dark Star
Parody of 2001 a space odyssey and forteller of star wars movies ...........What a larf............good fun.
B
I just finished watching Once Upon A Time In The West for about the 20th time. I think it's the greatest American Western ever made (thanks Sergio Leone!).
I watched three billboards last night on the fire stick. It was a cracking film. Both myself and Mrs Motman ALWAYS falls asleep when we are watching anything past 9.00 on the telly. This didn’t finish until 11:00 and we both stayed awake all through it! Best film I’d seen for a long time although the ending was sort of left open.
Watched Thor Ragnarok last night, deffo the best of the three movies and that Korg character deserves a movie of his own, very very funny quips from him...
Watched Darkest Hour last night, wow excellent film, not many films I watch that I wish it had gone on longer, I was engrossed.
I enjoyed it, but, didn’t think it was great…. Lead actress was incredible and well worthy of her Oscar…
It was a bit of a limp ending…
Enjoyed it, but, not a great film…. Scene on the tube was cringeworthy in the extreme
Best film of seen this year was the shape of water…. Amazing creation! Del Toro is a genius
Mrs Brown in the nuddy was a little disconcerting!
Agreed…. An exceptional performance, but, I can’t argue with McDormand getting the nod…. Bad timing for her to pull out a stellar performance!
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Game Night.....I thought it was quite funny and enjoyed it. The rest of the cinema seemed to as well if the laughter was anything to go by.
Deadpool, now on Netflix. Have been waiting for it to appear for a while and I really enjoyed it.
Just watch the first 13 minutes (basically the opening sequence) and see what you think.
I know it’s been out for a bit, but we just watched Blade Runner 2049.
I have to to say that they were bold in their faith to the original movie, as well as the whole Phillip K Dick “what is/who is real?” recurring themes. They could’ve turned out a generic action movie, but instead they produced a very clever, and beautiful-looking piece of work. Definitely not an accessible, popcorn movie though.
My my wife found it a bit too slow and ponderous, but I thought it was brilliant. (Although they could still have cut 30min from it and it’d still be brilliant imo.
Just watched Annihilation on Netflix which is the new Alex Garland movie. Thoroughly enjoyed it and definitely worth a watch.