Film Thread (What have you been watching?)

[ivans82]

The football match from Kes is an absolute masterpiece .

[bobbruce]

On 23/07/2022 at 23:07, silverback said:

Just got thru Conjuring 1 and 2, quality movies.

Lots of spin offs around these films. Annabelle,The Nun and Annabelle Comes Home. Even a few more I’m sure. 

[bobbruce]

On 23/07/2022 at 23:07, silverback said:

Just got thru Conjuring 1 and 2, quality movies.

Even got a spin off of my own. 

Edited October 9, 2022 by bobbruce

[OMEGA]

1883 is one of the best series I’ve watched in quite a while, well worth it

[The Hallucinating Goose]

In the abscence of any World Cup games tonight I've treated myself to a couple of classic British crime films. 

I started with Sexy Beast, absolutely legendary performance by Ben Kingsley and a brilliant script. Very funny, very witty. Any film that starts with a boulder almost crushing Ray Winstone and smacking into a swimming pool you know is gonna be good! 

And finished with what I think is one of the best British films ever made, Mona Lisa. One of the tensest, most atmospheric and darkest crime films there is. Such a gripping film, the mood of it just completely drawing you in. Michael Caine appears in one of his most sinister roles ever. 

[Rawschach]

Bob Hoskins is fantastic in Mona Lisa - hilarious and heartbreaking, so out of his depth. All the cast are great.

I watched Mona Lisa a few weeks ago, followed it up with The Long Good Friday

[The Masked Poster]

I can. 

Edited March 17, 2023 by The Masked Poster

[The Hallucinating Goose]

Always a shame when great film directors succumb to drink.

Spielberg saying he thinks sharks are "mad" at him because of the impact Jaws has had on their image. 

I can understood the negative impact the image of sharks has had in their population being destroyed by big game hunters and other evil ##### like that but I don't think the sharks themselves actually hold a grudge against you Mr. Spielberg! You know, because they're sharks ard can't comprehend their own existance!

[Futtocks]

 

[Bedford Roughyed]

Everything Everywhere All At One.

Stunning movie.  Absurd, sweet, heartfelt, funny.  

Also to see such a comeback for Ke Huy Quan, outstanding.  

[The Hallucinating Goose]

Just watched Spinal Tap on iplayer. Absolute classic!

[Bedford Roughyed]

I'm sold!

 

[DavidM]

The Pale Blue Eye . Not bad but could have been a lot better 

[gingerjon]

If you have access to Mubi, then the short Icelandic film, "Nest" is ridiculously lovely. Three children build and play in and around a treehouse over the course of a year. The whole thing filmed by a static camera on 35mm film.

(Caveats that it might turn off people with a "Euro arthouse cinema but no nudity to counteract that" phobia)

[soulboy]

A few weeks ago I watched Billy Liar on DVD . It’s a hoot and quite sad at the same time . A superb film.

Last film I watched at the pictures was ‘ Till ‘, which was deeply unpleasant.

Edited January 31, 2023 by soulboy

[Gerrumonside ref]

Three Colours White by Krzysztof Kieślowski is a 1990s Euro classic to me.

Saw it at Manchester’s now defunct Cornerhouse cinema.

A bittersweet dark comedy with plenty of twists and turns.

 

Edited January 31, 2023 by Gerrumonside ref

[Adelaide Tiger]

Last night at random I watched the film ‘Bull’ on Netflix.  Strewth, it was a bit lively!!   Not really come across Neil Maskell before but he gave a cracking performance and I always enjoy watching David Hayman.  An enjoyable 90 minutes or so with an ending that was totally unpredictable - well for me it was!

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

The Martian with Matt Dillon 

Missed it originally ....enjoyed most of it but fast forward the last third a bit (predictable).....growing potatoes on Mars... Who'd have thought?

[Phil]

Banshees of Innisheeran

just abso bloody lutely fantastic, what’s it about? The nature of male friendship? The claustrophobic life on a small island? The tragedy of unrequited love?

All of the above and more

I think it’s going to be a bit marmite but I loved it 

[Futtocks]

The Thief and the Cobbler (re-cobbled edition). An animated adventure started in the 1960s and plagued by delays for decades. It was never properly finished, but badly-edited versions (with different titles) were released by Allied and Miramax over the years. Most of the creators and cast are dead now, and a genuinely complete release isn't going to happen.

However, there's a "re-cobbled" fan-edit available that retains the original vision and fills in the gaps with sketch-work. And some of the artistic style is genuinely astonishing. Take a look...

 

Edited February 3, 2023 by Futtocks

[Bedford Roughyed]

All Quiet on the Western Front - Brutal, numbing and ultimately a tragedy.  Hard to say I loved it, because of the subject, but it was very good.  Not one for a romantic night in.  

[Futtocks]

2 minutes ago, Bedford Roughyed said:

All Quiet on the Western Front - Brutal, numbing and ultimately a tragedy.  Hard to say I loved it, because of the subject, but it was very good.  Not one for a romantic night in.  

I assume you're talking about the new one with all the nominations. How many novels have had three movie adaptations (1930, 1979 & 2022) that were as good as this?

It can't be very common, and I'm not talking about different stories with only a title character in common, such as Dracula.

[Dave Naylor]

Dipping my toe in here.

The Last of Us

Zombie apocalypse genre (but they're not really zombies).  Its source is a much loved PlayStation game

It's really good.  Drip-fed week-to-week and we're currently on episode  3.

[Bedford Roughyed]

1 hour ago, Futtocks said:

I assume you're talking about the new one with all the nominations.

Yes the one from Netflix.  

[Futtocks]

Tomorrow (8/2/2023) evening on Film4 at 9pm - The Lighthouse. 

Starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson who's come a LONG way from his sparkly vampire pin-up days.

Apart from saying it is in B&W and a 4:3 ratio, I'm not preparing anyone for this. I first watched it with virtually zero pre-knowledge, and that's very much the best way.