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Patriots Day - 7/10
A nice film that is clearly the latest in the 'TV Movie on the big screen' thing that the director and Mark Whalberg have going on right now. Characterization in general looked on point but the last 10 minutes really did lose me and the general attitude toward catching those sickos translated relatively well on film (which is where my slight on the film came into play). I can't help but cringe at some of the cheesy action movie lines but all-in-all a good watch.
Deepwater Horizon felt more honest and enjoyable as a viewing.
A nice film that is clearly the latest in the 'TV Movie on the big screen' thing that the director and Mark Whalberg have going on right now. Characterization in general looked on point but the last 10 minutes really did lose me and the general attitude toward catching those sickos translated relatively well on film (which is where my slight on the film came into play). I can't help but cringe at some of the cheesy action movie lines but all-in-all a good watch.
Deepwater Horizon felt more honest and enjoyable as a viewing.
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Logan - 8/10: A great movie that made good use of it's 'R' rating. It's a gritty watch and Hugh Jackman puts in a stellar performance. I think a lot of people who care for Superhero movies more than me will absolutely adore it but for me it was a nice movie all-round. Stellar ending too, they really went all in with this one.
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Burn After Reading
The Coen Brothers satirise the intelligence community - a self-important CIA analyst decides to write a damning tell-all memoir after being fired. Through a comedy of errors, it winds up in the hands of two dim-witted gym employees who think they've hit a gold mine decide to sell it despite its utter worthlessness and the fact that they have no idea what they're doing. Add in an easily-spooked US Marshall with delusions of grandeur and the farce quickly collapses into a conspiracy that is quite literally based on nothing at all.
This is a film about stupid people making stupid decisions for stupid reasons, all the while convinced that they're the smartest person in the room. It's a wonderful satire because you never know quite how true to reality it is.
The Coen Brothers satirise the intelligence community - a self-important CIA analyst decides to write a damning tell-all memoir after being fired. Through a comedy of errors, it winds up in the hands of two dim-witted gym employees who think they've hit a gold mine decide to sell it despite its utter worthlessness and the fact that they have no idea what they're doing. Add in an easily-spooked US Marshall with delusions of grandeur and the farce quickly collapses into a conspiracy that is quite literally based on nothing at all.
This is a film about stupid people making stupid decisions for stupid reasons, all the while convinced that they're the smartest person in the room. It's a wonderful satire because you never know quite how true to reality it is.
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You've Been Trumped
The people of a small Scottish village take on Donald Trump as he tries to develop a golf course and resort on their land. The film very definitely takes the side of the landowners, but by removing Trump from his American context, it really critically examines his aggressive dog-eat-dog approach to capitalism, presenting it as a purely destructive force. Ultimately, the film depicts Trump as doomed to fail because of his habit of indulging in prolonged and punitive bullying campaigns against anyone who so much as breathes an ill word against him despite his attempts at presenting himself as bringing progress to Aberdeenshire.
There's one scene in particular that is terrifying: during construction, the residents lose their water for a week. They believe that it was deliberately cut off to disrupt them. The film-makers go up to the site office to find out what is happening, but are careful not to make accusations, and instead are willing to accept that it was completely unintentional. The site manager deliberately avoids answering the questions, and warns the film-makers not to trespass. They don't, and instead return to a resident's property. The police show up and arrest the film-maker for "disturbing the peace", pretty much assaulting him when he refuses to turn the camera off. It's pretty obvious that Trump's people called the police to try and intimidate the film-maker into backing off.
The people of a small Scottish village take on Donald Trump as he tries to develop a golf course and resort on their land. The film very definitely takes the side of the landowners, but by removing Trump from his American context, it really critically examines his aggressive dog-eat-dog approach to capitalism, presenting it as a purely destructive force. Ultimately, the film depicts Trump as doomed to fail because of his habit of indulging in prolonged and punitive bullying campaigns against anyone who so much as breathes an ill word against him despite his attempts at presenting himself as bringing progress to Aberdeenshire.
There's one scene in particular that is terrifying: during construction, the residents lose their water for a week. They believe that it was deliberately cut off to disrupt them. The film-makers go up to the site office to find out what is happening, but are careful not to make accusations, and instead are willing to accept that it was completely unintentional. The site manager deliberately avoids answering the questions, and warns the film-makers not to trespass. They don't, and instead return to a resident's property. The police show up and arrest the film-maker for "disturbing the peace", pretty much assaulting him when he refuses to turn the camera off. It's pretty obvious that Trump's people called the police to try and intimidate the film-maker into backing off.
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Beauty And The Beast - 5/10: It's Beauty And The Beast, it adds virtually nothing to justify watching it over the animated version. Feels so bland and lifeless for most of the run time, Emma Watson also phones in a lot of the performance striking somewhere between Hermione Granger and generic princess #43. It's not a bad film by any means but there's a lot more out there that deserves your cash.
It watches like the cash cow Disney intends it (and all the live action remakes) to be.
Power Rangers - 7.5/10: A fun popcorn flick that was better than it had any right to be. I really enjoyed watching this and our showing was in good spirits too, audience were laughing at a lot of the jokes. Props for the ridiculous product placement too.
Free Fire - 8/10: This was an unexpected little gem. Featuring a great cast (the ever-lovely Brie Larson here too), the whole plot takes place in a single confined area. I loved this, since this kind of technique is usually only used for horror movies and it feels tiresome in that genre. If you get the chance to watch this, it's definitely worth a viewing.
Not a new release but I also watched...
Nerve - 7/10: I was really enjoying Nerve throughout. Franco and Roberts are very charming main leads throughout and are put into some funny situations. There's an over-abundance of style for quite a lot of the movie and it starts to feel a bit gimmicky, almost like it's trying too hard. Similarly for the intrusive soundtrack which accompanies the first hour of the movie. The film really loses it's way in the final 1/3rd, where the fun has to stop and the 'twist' has to be factored in. All I'll say is the use of a trope that's almost hard not to laugh at these days since it's so over-used - really sours the overall feel of the movie. Regardless, I recommend watching this, it's just been added to UK Netflix.
It watches like the cash cow Disney intends it (and all the live action remakes) to be.
Power Rangers - 7.5/10: A fun popcorn flick that was better than it had any right to be. I really enjoyed watching this and our showing was in good spirits too, audience were laughing at a lot of the jokes. Props for the ridiculous product placement too.
Free Fire - 8/10: This was an unexpected little gem. Featuring a great cast (the ever-lovely Brie Larson here too), the whole plot takes place in a single confined area. I loved this, since this kind of technique is usually only used for horror movies and it feels tiresome in that genre. If you get the chance to watch this, it's definitely worth a viewing.
Not a new release but I also watched...
Nerve - 7/10: I was really enjoying Nerve throughout. Franco and Roberts are very charming main leads throughout and are put into some funny situations. There's an over-abundance of style for quite a lot of the movie and it starts to feel a bit gimmicky, almost like it's trying too hard. Similarly for the intrusive soundtrack which accompanies the first hour of the movie. The film really loses it's way in the final 1/3rd, where the fun has to stop and the 'twist' has to be factored in. All I'll say is the use of a trope that's almost hard not to laugh at these days since it's so over-used - really sours the overall feel of the movie. Regardless, I recommend watching this, it's just been added to UK Netflix.
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Watched Fantastic beasts and Arrival.
FB was enjoyable, the characters aren't quite compelling as the HP ones but are enough to make me maybe invested for a series.
Arrival was fantastic, I love Amy adams and Renner and their chemistry was pretty good. The movie was gorgeous and I loved the twist (very Nolan-esque) 9/10
FB was enjoyable, the characters aren't quite compelling as the HP ones but are enough to make me maybe invested for a series.
Arrival was fantastic, I love Amy adams and Renner and their chemistry was pretty good. The movie was gorgeous and I loved the twist (very Nolan-esque) 9/10
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I watched Paterson, thought that could be cool, inspiring movie. And that was the 🤬 film I've ever seen. Just spent 2hours of my life watching that dude routine life. Definitely will not recommend
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I saw Ex Machina the other day. It was very interesting. Very well made too. I would definitely recommend it if you're interested in AI and things like the Turing Test.
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Agree, EXMachina is one of the best I've seen for this year. Alicia Vikander so cute. She also starred in The Danish Girl.
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Power Rangers - 7.5/10: A fun popcorn flick that was better than it had any right to be. I really enjoyed watching this and our showing was in good spirits too, audience were laughing at a lot of the jokes. Props for the ridiculous product placement too.
I enjoyed Power Rangers much more than I was expecting to enjoy the movie. My biggest complaint with the movie though is it could have been at least 30 minutes shorter.
I really enjoyed Ex Machina. It was a fantastic movie.
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Anthropoid -
World War Two film about the shattered remnants of the Czechoslovakian Resistance's attempt to kill Nazi Commander Reinhard Heydrich in Prague, knowing full well the repercussions of such an act. Great historical film which shows one of the unseen parts of the second world war.
World War Two film about the shattered remnants of the Czechoslovakian Resistance's attempt to kill Nazi Commander Reinhard Heydrich in Prague, knowing full well the repercussions of such an act. Great historical film which shows one of the unseen parts of the second world war.
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Do you have a link for that or the name of the Director? I would like to watch it, but there's a lot of results with such title.
I like the documentary The World Wars - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3543006/. It shows the path of the key leaders of ww2, very interesting
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Sean Ellis directed "Anthropoid" - It is a pretty recent film 2016 starring Cillian Murphy (28 Days later/ Batman Returns/ Peaky Blinders).
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Oddly as I watched the film, it felt like I already knew the story - But there have been a few films before this - "Operation Daybreak" in 1975 is probably the one that gave me the Deja vu feeling.
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Oddly as I watched the film, it felt like I already knew the story - But there have been a few films before this - "Operation Daybreak" in 1975 is probably the one that gave me the Deja vu feeling.
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8/10 (now in 3D! )
I enjoyed ever minute of it and I was not expecting too much. Oddly, what caught my eye was diverse of actors filling their roles aside from the animated film. I think the only bad thing wasn't from the movie but from the 3D experience. Maybe it was the screen size, it just felt blurry with the glasses on top of glasses. I do not think all movies should be in 3D...The reasoning why it isn't a perfect ten because I wasn't a big of a fan of the animated film either.
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Watched "The Void" over the weekend.
If you're a fan of 80's horror, especially "The Thing" & "Hellraiser" and if you loved "Silent Hill" (the game not the cruddy movie) you'll love this. Although has a slight cheesy edge in some parts it has enough gore to satisfy along with a few jumps and some creepy "What the Hell are you doing" and "Don't Go In There" moments.
Limited CGI and mainly practical special effects its a great film 9/10
If you're a fan of 80's horror, especially "The Thing" & "Hellraiser" and if you loved "Silent Hill" (the game not the cruddy movie) you'll love this. Although has a slight cheesy edge in some parts it has enough gore to satisfy along with a few jumps and some creepy "What the Hell are you doing" and "Don't Go In There" moments.
Limited CGI and mainly practical special effects its a great film 9/10
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For reasons unknown, I found myself watching Flightplan on HBO.
Granted, Jodie Foster is always an excellent actress, and the rest of the cast is similarly up to snuff, and the pacing is generally good, but the plot is unbelievable, even by Fast and Furious slash Bayformers standards.
Shame. It's a decent movie otherwise. But a "smart" thriller with a "dumb" plot just doesn't work.
Granted, Jodie Foster is always an excellent actress, and the rest of the cast is similarly up to snuff, and the pacing is generally good, but the plot is unbelievable, even by Fast and Furious slash Bayformers standards.
Shame. It's a decent movie otherwise. But a "smart" thriller with a "dumb" plot just doesn't work.
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Manchester by the Sea (2016)
I was in the middle of watching Godzilla Vs Megalon when I realized this was a total waste of my time. Turns out, there was only so much cheese I could withstand before falling off my couch with a newly-developing brain cancer. 70s shlock usually does that to me. Luckily, though - I had a back-up: Manchester by the Sea.
Now, I'm not a Casey Affleck fan. Honestly speaking, I think he can only play one type of character, which happens to be Casey Affleck. Whiny, nasal voiced, slightly withered and eyes-always-wet version of Casey Affleck, as seen in the Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Nothing I've seen since, even Gone Baby Gone, could convince me otherwise.
Don't get me wrong, he plays his roles extremely well - it's just that, it's a version of Casey Affleck and it annoys the heck out of me sometimes.
So, naturally, I didn't want to see this film. Sure, it earned a plethora of awards and praises but for the life of me, sitting down to see mopey Casey Affleck moping about for two hours didn't sound like much of a good time.
Ha, but here we are. First thing first - I'm still not convinced of Casey Affleck. He can mope really well, but I couldn't see anything else particularly stunning or surprising from him. Hell, Michelle Williams, who has a minor role in this film, literally acts him out of the screen when they are in the scene towards the end of the film. Thus, I'm not quite sure why he won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal. Williams, I could understand but him? Hmm.
Also, there's something else that bugs me. It's hypnotically well paced, shot with a steady and studious eye and the score, which seemed a bit intrusive initially, became a note-perfect as the film moved on towards its inevitable non-conclusion - and that's my problem with it. It feels like we as the audience were granted a small glimpse of a man's and his nephew's lives and nothing more.
I'm not left wanting for a more Hollywood-esque ending, but it still felt oddly unsatisfying the way the film ended. It wasn't bittersweet, it wasn't convenient, it wasn't conclusive (which I think was the right call, BTW) and it sure made me fast forward the credits just a bit, thinking that maybe there's a post-credit scene or two. Nope.
But what made me appreciate the film a bit more is its unusual narrative structure. Kenneth Lonergan, the director, has chosen to interweave flashbacks in a very abrupt manner. In the hands of a less talented man, it could have been an utter mess, but here, it's not - and serves to unravel the mystery of the past beautifully. The slow-burn meditation of grief and depression is handled with sincerity and I thought the dialogue between the characters, while sparse and curse-laden at times, were actually poignant and funny at the same time. That's no mean feat.
At the end of the day, I am glad I've seen it now. But it sure isn't the very best film I've had the pleasure of wasting two and a bit hours of my life with. Is it worth it? Not if you don't feel the pretentiousness of art-house indie films since early on, this picture has that in spades. Also, if you want a drama where it's all smiles and hugs with a big crescendo towards the end, then forget about it - Manchester by the Sea does not have those.
It's not bad, but certainly not the best. 6.5/10
I was in the middle of watching Godzilla Vs Megalon when I realized this was a total waste of my time. Turns out, there was only so much cheese I could withstand before falling off my couch with a newly-developing brain cancer. 70s shlock usually does that to me. Luckily, though - I had a back-up: Manchester by the Sea.
Now, I'm not a Casey Affleck fan. Honestly speaking, I think he can only play one type of character, which happens to be Casey Affleck. Whiny, nasal voiced, slightly withered and eyes-always-wet version of Casey Affleck, as seen in the Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Nothing I've seen since, even Gone Baby Gone, could convince me otherwise.
Don't get me wrong, he plays his roles extremely well - it's just that, it's a version of Casey Affleck and it annoys the heck out of me sometimes.
So, naturally, I didn't want to see this film. Sure, it earned a plethora of awards and praises but for the life of me, sitting down to see mopey Casey Affleck moping about for two hours didn't sound like much of a good time.
Ha, but here we are. First thing first - I'm still not convinced of Casey Affleck. He can mope really well, but I couldn't see anything else particularly stunning or surprising from him. Hell, Michelle Williams, who has a minor role in this film, literally acts him out of the screen when they are in the scene towards the end of the film. Thus, I'm not quite sure why he won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal. Williams, I could understand but him? Hmm.
Also, there's something else that bugs me. It's hypnotically well paced, shot with a steady and studious eye and the score, which seemed a bit intrusive initially, became a note-perfect as the film moved on towards its inevitable non-conclusion - and that's my problem with it. It feels like we as the audience were granted a small glimpse of a man's and his nephew's lives and nothing more.
I'm not left wanting for a more Hollywood-esque ending, but it still felt oddly unsatisfying the way the film ended. It wasn't bittersweet, it wasn't convenient, it wasn't conclusive (which I think was the right call, BTW) and it sure made me fast forward the credits just a bit, thinking that maybe there's a post-credit scene or two. Nope.
But what made me appreciate the film a bit more is its unusual narrative structure. Kenneth Lonergan, the director, has chosen to interweave flashbacks in a very abrupt manner. In the hands of a less talented man, it could have been an utter mess, but here, it's not - and serves to unravel the mystery of the past beautifully. The slow-burn meditation of grief and depression is handled with sincerity and I thought the dialogue between the characters, while sparse and curse-laden at times, were actually poignant and funny at the same time. That's no mean feat.
At the end of the day, I am glad I've seen it now. But it sure isn't the very best film I've had the pleasure of wasting two and a bit hours of my life with. Is it worth it? Not if you don't feel the pretentiousness of art-house indie films since early on, this picture has that in spades. Also, if you want a drama where it's all smiles and hugs with a big crescendo towards the end, then forget about it - Manchester by the Sea does not have those.
It's not bad, but certainly not the best. 6.5/10
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I went to the new Smurfs movie today. I was happy when it was over, but the kid I brought along enjoyed it which I guess is what counts. They also felt the need to work a certain Eifel 65 song about being blue into the movie, which ruins anything it may have had going for it.
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Batman (1989)
Way better than Batman v Superman. Certainly helps that this one doesn't have a Superman sequel dragging it down. Michael Keaton is fine as Batman, but Jack Nicholson steals the show as the Joker. And the score is great too. I thought the best part of the movie was how they expanded upon the Joker's character. Also, I really like the overall aesthetic of the movie. It's also obvious how much inspiration the animated series took from this movie. I'd give let say, 8 out of 10.
Way better than Batman v Superman. Certainly helps that this one doesn't have a Superman sequel dragging it down. Michael Keaton is fine as Batman, but Jack Nicholson steals the show as the Joker. And the score is great too. I thought the best part of the movie was how they expanded upon the Joker's character. Also, I really like the overall aesthetic of the movie. It's also obvious how much inspiration the animated series took from this movie. I'd give let say, 8 out of 10.
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I just watched a movie on Netflix called Bottom of the World. It's a very bizarre and strange movie, I can't even really describe it, and I'm not sure I understand what really happened in it.
It's only an hour and 24 minutes, I don't regret watching it as I like different movies like this. If any of you are interested in movies that are a good mind:censored:, this is one of them.
Ted Levine has a small part in it, it's always cool when he shows up.
It's only an hour and 24 minutes, I don't regret watching it as I like different movies like this. If any of you are interested in movies that are a good mind:censored:, this is one of them.
Ted Levine has a small part in it, it's always cool when he shows up.
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Talking of unusual: A Field in England will nibble and nip at your brain for weeks, never really letting go. Same directorial/writing couple as Sightseers, Kill List and the more recent High Rise, Free Fire (Ben Wheatley Amy Jump.)
Scorsese loves it Michael Smiley's in it and it's set in a field during the English Civil War. Three soldiers and an alchemist find out that the war isn't the most terrible thing they could face.
Probably won't be most people's taste - but if you fancy a challenge (no, not like Eraserhead) then this will quite likely fulfil.
Scorsese loves it Michael Smiley's in it and it's set in a field during the English Civil War. Three soldiers and an alchemist find out that the war isn't the most terrible thing they could face.
Probably won't be most people's taste - but if you fancy a challenge (no, not like Eraserhead) then this will quite likely fulfil.
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