Happy Face 29 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Spoilers ffs! Read SDoBJ when it was serialised in the grauniad in the 90s. Was okay and of its time. That's the setup. Not the payoff. There's some actual feminists in the film as a b-story. Pussy riot types who get lampooned and abused by almost every character. Only Darcy stands up for them and is literally shouted down on the matter. It's about as feminist a statement as Kim Kardashian's arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30618 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Read something somewhere a while back about Hugh Grant not doing it because he thought the script was shit. Which made me think that it must be really shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Captain Fantastic Favourite film of the year Watched that last night, really enjoyed it. I think i agreed with the conclusion too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 More proof that HF has become a woman. Saw a trailer for La La Land before it as well. I was fizzing at the slit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Train To Busan. Korean zombie film set (unsurprisingly) on a train to the city of Busan. It has a few interesting new ideas for the genre and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Gandhi. I'd never seen it before and it was the perfect film while I was hungover and stuck on the settee yesterday. It's clearly a very interesting story and Kingsley is great in the title role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19903 Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 got cained and watched hot tub time machine over the weekend. i can't remember a film i've wanted to watch on the grounds of its name alone as much as this since snakes on a plane. it was beautifully ridiculous and made me lol on a few occasions. 6/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35064 Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Don't Breathe. There's not many decent horrors about these days and this is one of the better ones I've seen in a whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Don't Breathe. There's not many decent horrors about these days and this is one of the better ones I've seen in a whole. Been looking forward to this one. Is there a decent download yet or did you actually pay for something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Train To Busan. Korean zombie film set (unsurprisingly) on a train to the city of Busan. It has a few interesting new ideas for the genre and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Gandhi. I'd never seen it before and it was the perfect film while I was hungover and stuck on the settee yesterday. It's clearly a very interesting story and Kingsley is great in the title role. 7.6 on imdb! Will watch that before I read the second half of your review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Another Korean Horror gem I watched the other day - The Wailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35064 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Been looking forward to this one. Is there a decent download yet or did you actually pay for something?It's on Exodus. Picture is spot on (bar a watermark that turns up now and again), sound is ok but there's hardly any dialogue in the film so it doesn't matter. I don't fuck with bad copies of things so it was plenty watchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Only place I ever watch stuff these days. It was all Cams last time I checked, will have a look tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Decent copy, decent movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Saw I Daniel Blake the other night. It's very good and good to see that Geordies aren't made to all look like fuckwits for once. It's a fucking depressing film though. I watched Tyrannosaur the other week and that was positively light hearted in comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 I kept waiting for the bad bit which it builds to with trepidation. I thought it was going to be horrific, like Dancer in the Dark, but in the end it was just very sad. I was relieved the unfortunate event was as undramatic as it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 The Accountant. 8/10 That's a very high rating for Hollywood product. Amusing, great set pieces...Kind of Rain Man meets Jason Bourne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 The Nice Guys - Good Star Trek - Bad Money Monster - Not bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Blair Witch Project. I'd never got round to watching it before and I can see why now. Pile of shite. An hour and twenty of three people arguing with each other with no build up of fear and no scares at all. If it wasn't for the different (at the time) way in which it was filmed, I can't imagine anyone would have ever watched it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17900 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Blair Witch Project. I'd never got round to watching it before and I can see why now. Pile of shite. An hour and twenty of three people arguing with each other with no build up of fear and no scares at all. If it wasn't for the different (at the time) way in which it was filmed, I can't imagine anyone would have ever watched it. I thought it was class at the time. Disagree its not suspenseful, novel camera work, decent acting, good ending imo. Possibly lost its impact in this desensitized age like. But a metascore of 81% suggests you're being harsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonasjuice 0 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Yeah it was definitely good at the time. Seeing things like that and paranormal activity need to be viewed in a cinema full of twitchy shriekers to really got the full effect anyway. Watch on a laptop or tv and you lose a lot of the immersion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 I was just bored. I was expecting something, anything, to happen but it never did. They interview some yokels (the most interesting bit), they go into the woods. Hang on, I'd better not say any more or Gemmil will be all over me for spoilers. The camera work was ok and yes it would have been interesting at the time and maybe it worked better at the cinema but honestly the only suspense was that I built up in my head that some point we would actually witness something happening. I must add that I'm not a horror fan at all. I like Halloween, The Exorcist, The Omen, The Thing, A Nightmare On Elm street and Scream and that's about it because generally they're not very good. So I don't watch many and I'm not desensitised to the scares, I just don't think there were (m)any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 'The Thing' is an all time classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19903 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 I loved Blair witch at the time. Scared the shit out of us at the cinema. Haven't seen it since mind so might not have aged brilliantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonasjuice 0 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 It felt real and the style was very unique at the time. Really well made. But I've no doubt it won't seem fresh or unique anymore. The style was a big part of the appeal and it's been done again and again now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 'The Thing' is an all time classic.Agreed. Carpenter made such good films back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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