Film Thread (What have you been watching?)

[Route66]

7 hours ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

Last night I was struggling to find something to watch so went on iplayer and picked a random film, said film being The Phantom of the Open, which is a biopic of the worst golfer in history.

I know very little about golf and I have very little interest in golf but I really liked this film! Mark Rylance was brilliant in the main role and the biopic was portrayed in a comedic fashion which put a big smile in my face and kept me very engrossed. 

I highly recommend this film, as I say it's on iplayer.

The underused iPlayer has some gems on it , check out Just a boys game , on under the play for today title a fantastic film of Glasgow working class culture of the late 70s, only on until Saturday though

[EggFace]

I'm really suprised that the movie Rust would get released is there no shame to Alec Baldwin and Tinsel Land.

 

[gingerjon]

19 minutes ago, EggFace said:

I'm really suprised that the movie Rust would get released is there no shame to Alec Baldwin and Tinsel Land.

 

They released The Crow.

Heck, they released the Musketeers film that killed Roy Kinnear.

[EggFace]

4 hours ago, gingerjon said:

They released The Crow.

Heck, they released the Musketeers film that killed Roy Kinnear.

True but Alec Baldwin is quite an annoying luvvie.

[Futtocks]

I just learned today that Qiu Yuen, who played the terrifying landlady in Kung Fu Hustle, was also one of the martial arts schoolgirls who rescued Roger Moore's James Bond in The Man with the golden Gun.

[Father Gascoigne]

Conclave releases on PVOD on November 26. Looks to be one of the few feature films worth watching this year. It can't be any more disappointing than Megalopolis...hopefully. 

 

Edited November 22, 2024 by Father Gascoigne

[The Hallucinating Goose]

The official trailer for Vengeance Most Fowl has been released. I had the biggest smile on my face watching this! I can't emphasise just how excited I am for this film!! I've never been so excited for a film before!!!

 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

I've signed up to Netflix and as a result finally been able to treat myself to Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget , so now I've seen all of Aardman's feature films here is my ranking;

1. Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (predicting top spot )

2. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 

3. Arthur Christmas

4. Chicken Run

5. Early Man

6. Shaun the Sheep Movie

7. Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon

8. Flushed Away

9. Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

10. The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

[Futtocks]

I have a dormant Netflix account - is Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget any good at all?

[The Hallucinating Goose]

15 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

I have a dormant Netflix account - is Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget any good at all?

It is very good but nowhere near the perfection of the first film. 

The premise of the story is pleasantly simple enough as you would want from an animation but it does seem to be over complicated by the amount of over the top action sequences. There are a few aspects of the story that could be explained and explored much more deeply as well. 

As a standalone film, it is very good but you're inevitably gonna compare it to the original film which is an absolute classic so this one obviously isn't gonna stand up to that original standard.

[Father Gascoigne]

1 hour ago, Futtocks said:

I have a dormant Netflix account - is Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget any good at all?

If you don't mind watching completely average films, it's fine. If you're picky, hard pass. 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

6 hours ago, Father Gascoigne said:

If you don't mind watching completely average films, it's fine. If you're picky, hard pass. 

Excuse me! I will not have you calling any Aardman film average, the 10 Aardman features are the 10 greatest films ever made and if you cannot accept that then we cannot be friends!!

[Red Willow]

Just watched the holdovers. Not sure why they say it is a comedy, it's a great film, with funny moments.

[Gerrumonside ref]

On 23/11/2024 at 17:13, Red Willow said:

Just watched the holdovers. Not sure why they say it is a comedy, it's a great film, with funny moments.

I found it quite poignant and powerful rather than laugh out loud comedy.

 

[Gerrumonside ref]

Blitz (2024)

Decent WW2 period drama that attempts to deal with less heralded aspects of the London blitz and contains enough twists and turns to keep you engaged.

7.5/10

[Gerrumonside ref]

The Wild Robot

i enjoyed this animated feature length film and bracket it with the likes of ‘Wall-E’ without quite reaching the heights of ‘Toy Story’, but it was enjoyable and even moving right to the end.

8/10

Edited November 24, 2024 by Gerrumonside ref

[The Hallucinating Goose]

This evening I rewatched one of my favourite films and a film I watch at least twice a year, East is East. Absolute love it.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

It has been confirmed. 

Christmas Day.

BBC One.

18.10pm.

Feathers McGraw will return...

 

[R L Winger]

The Bikeriders not a bad watch loosely based on a Motorcycle Club the OUTLAWS M.C. CHICAGO back in the 1960's

  

[The Hallucinating Goose]

23 hours ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

It has been confirmed. 

Christmas Day.

BBC One.

18.10pm.

Feathers McGraw will return...

 

The One Show, on Monday (the 2nd) did a feature on the new film where they went behind the scenes and interviewed Nick Park. It's on iplayer if you want to get into the Wallace & Gromit mood!  

[Route66]

The Legend of Barney Thomson on itvx,very dark comedy with a top cast Robert Carlyle, Emma Thompson and Ray Winstone, can’t believe I’ve missed this previously 

[Fly-By-TheWire]

On 05/12/2024 at 07:44, The Hallucinating Goose said:

The One Show, on Monday (the 2nd) did a feature on the new film where they went behind the scenes and interviewed Nick Park. It's on iplayer if you want to get into the Wallace & Gromit mood!  

Am I the only one who feels a bit guilty enjoying Wallace and Gromit since Peter Sallis' passing?   I almost wanted them to stop making any more W&G as it felt an insult to let some 'impostor' take the real Wallace's place.

Hasn't stopped me watching of course! 

[Father Gascoigne]

Saw Heretic, starring Hugh Grant. Really intriguing first hour or so. Unfortunately, it all fell apart at the backend. 

 

[corvusxiii]

Rudyard Kipling poem Boots. Grim. 

 

[Futtocks]

Chickens in the Shadows (2010)
A mockumentary about the musical duo Toasters’n’Moose, going out on tour one last time with their old manager (and the child he’s babysitting), playing increasingly insubstantial gigs.

It’s all rather endearing and a little desperate - 61 minutes you probably won’t regret.