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rick_chasey

PBlakeney wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Just go watch la la land.

First 5 star film I've seen in ages.

As said earlier, meh. Sunday afternoon TV at best.
Emperor's new clothes.

Ah, couldn't disagree more.

Thoroughly modern musical, complete with sincere nostalgia (how contemporary!)

Decent songs, a really enjoyable girl meets boy story that does well to capture the excitement, good looking people, good looking mise en scène and above all fun.

It's done really well. If you think they're not that strong singers or dancers vs the era they are nostalgic for is a criticism, you're missing the point!

pblakeney

Rick Chasey wrote:

PBlakeney wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Just go watch la la land.

First 5 star film I've seen in ages.

As said earlier, meh. Sunday afternoon TV at best.
Emperor's new clothes.

Ah, couldn't disagree more.

Thoroughly modern musical, complete with sincere nostalgia (how contemporary!)

Decent songs, a really enjoyable girl meets boy story that does well to capture the excitement, good looking people, good looking mise en scène and above all fun.

It's done really well. If you think they're not that strong singers or dancers vs the era they are nostalgic for is a criticism, you're missing the point!

I may be missing the point, but so is everyone else that I know. Each to their own and I'm glad you enjoyed it, but to the rest, you have been warned.

verylonglegs

I wouldn't ever contemplate watching la la land on the basis of it being a musical, to me they are one step lower than my other film no go area and that is rom-coms. Detest both genres immensely and looking forward to the award season being over so I don't have to hear about it anymore!

mrb123

Watched Steve Jobs last night. I have to say I was a little disappointed.

The acting was first class as expected (Fassbender superb as usual and a great supporting cast). The experience however felt a bit stagey and contrived. The entire film consists of the build up to three different product launches spread out over a number of years. In each case, just before Jobs goes on stage the other characters happen to come to speak to him one at a time and in this way the plot - such as it is - progresses.

mrb123

Supersonic, the Oasis documentary film. A familiar story but great for a bit of 90s nostalgia. Some fantastic early footage.

crispybug2

Moana

Took the little lady to watch this, really really really good!

Captain Fagor

O.J.: Made in America

Watched it when it was a five part documentary last year. Recorded it on Sky Sports or ESPN/BT Sport the other week. As someone who watched the trial at the time, I find it genuinely intriguing. Not a film, but at 7hrs 45mins long with no adverts, the recording was certainly long enough to qualify! I wasn't best pleased when the recording ended before the documentary had though...

ballysmate

La La Land... No... Moonlight.

mrb123

All is Lost. The Robert Redford one about a bloke alone on a sailing boat in the Indian Ocean and the various disasters that befall him.

A simple film but quite a gripping watch. Certainly a great performance from RR bearing in mind he was well into his 70s at the time, playing a pretty physical role with virtually no dialogue whatsoever.

Hinaultscrapcousin

Lego Batman.

seanoconn

Hinaultscrapcousin wrote:

Lego Batman.

Same. Bloody awful.

Hinaultscrapcousin

seanoconn wrote:

Hinaultscrapcousin wrote:

Lego Batman.

Same. Bloody awful.

I didn't hate it, but mainly because my daughter loved it and was very excited. If I'd seen it on my own I would have walked out.

Only a Ginger

The Founder.

The story of how McDonalds's started up (kind of).

Really enjoyed the film, made me dislike McDonalds though, and I love fast food!

forehead

Bridget Jones's Baby.

Long haul flight, cramped, surrounded by fat snoring people. Thought that and pouring cheap red wine down my neck might knock me out. It didn't.

secretsam

Hinaultscrapcousin wrote:

Lego Batman.

Fell asleep. Just didn't do it for me. Shame, 'cos the Lego Movie made me laugh 'til I burst

crispybug2

Only a Ginger wrote:

The Founder.

The story of how McDonalds's started up (kind of).

Really enjoyed the film, made me dislike McDonalds though, and I love fast food!

I read an autobiography on Ray Kroc, he's right up there with Al Jolson as a thoroughly unpleasant individual!

Captain Fagor

Watched "The Road" last night after recording it a week or two ago on the strength of the 3 star rating (out of 4) in the tv schedule. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898367/

Not in a terribly good frame of mind at the start, but sheesh - what a depressing film. Absolutely dreadful.

figbat

After Earth the other night. A promising (if slightly clichéd) premise with two clearly able actors (daddy and baby Smith) absolutely hamstrung by the script and screenplay.

figbat

Oh and Aliens too. I abso-positively can not not watch it if it comes on, or if I stumble upon it mid-way through. I must have seen it dozens of times, including at an Alien/s double-bill at the cinema a couple of years ago. I'll concede that Alien is starting to age a little bit (love those monochrome CRTs) but Aliens is still contemporary (aside, perhaps, from any scene showing the UD-4L Cheyenne dropship in flight).

My favourite quote to deploy in project meetings if things aren't going well: "I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit - it's the only way to be sure". I'm a riot in project meetings, I am.

seanoconn

figbat wrote:

Oh and Aliens too. I abso-positively can not not watch it if it comes on, or if I stumble upon it mid-way through. I must have seen it dozens of times, including at an Alien/s double-bill at the cinema a couple of years ago. I'll concede that Alien is starting to age a little bit (love those monochrome CRTs) but Aliens is still contemporary (aside, perhaps, from any scene showing the UD-4L Cheyenne dropship in flight).

My favourite quote to deploy in project meetings if things aren't going well: "I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit - it's the only way to be sure". I'm a riot in project meetings, I am.

I must say I'm not overly impressed with the Alien covenant trailer. The latest heroine is certainly no Ripley. Where are the badass marines or the formidable, battle hardened space pirates!? Who is going to kick Alien butt!? Who!

seanoconn

Speaking of Aliens, Bill Paxton has died

Hudson "Game over man."

Alain Quay

2001 a space odyssey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHjIqQBsPjk

All is lost https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no1rl9Gvx-s

LiamW

Watched Logan there over the weekend. It was alright if I'm perfectly honest but was never a fan of the X-Men stuff.

6/10

seanoconn

Split. It had better reviews that the other two films available within our time frame at the cinema. Laughably poor, avoid like the plague.

qube

Prometheus.

3rd time round.... now I get it.

Jeez.

jollygiant

Woke up at 5am today on my day off and wanted to watch something with a bit of substance so found Pulp Fiction.

I hadn't watched it for about ten years and it's still bloody brilliant even though it's 23 years old Motherfucker.

finchy

Watched Threads last night, going to watch When the Wind Blows tomorrow night. I love a good nuclear holocaust.

verylonglegs

I have to ask Finchy, what's the difference between a good nuclear holocaust and a bad one?

finchy

A bad nuclear holocaust would leave Ed Sheeran and Adele alive to "entertain" the survivors.

verylonglegs

finchy wrote:

A bad nuclear holocaust would leave Ed Sheeran and Adele alive to "entertain" the survivors.

Urgh, doesn't bear thinking about. Fingers crossed I cop the full blast in the intial strikes then.