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  • crispybug2
    crispybug2 Posts: 2,915
    Blinded By The Light

    The natural blonde is a huge Bruce Springsteen fan, I honestly don’t think that in the twenty years we’ve been together there hasn’t been a week go by without me hearing Thunder Road around the house, so there wasn’t a chance in hell that we weren’t going to see this

    And to be honest it’s a really good coming of age film based around the lyrics of The Boss, and seeing them written on screen reminds you how powerful and profound they are!
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,833
    Saw Once Upon a Time in Hollywood last night.

    Quite a hard one to review. Great performances from Di Caprio (as usual) and Brad Pitt. Really captures the atmosphere of the era.

    The film itself meanders along until a sudden and brutal climax. There were some good scenes but not many really funny moments.

    Overall I enjoyed it and would recommend. Not his best but not his worst either.
  • earth
    earth Posts: 934
    MrB123 wrote:
    Saw Once Upon a Time in Hollywood last night.

    Quite a hard one to review. Great performances from Di Caprio (as usual) and Brad Pitt. Really captures the atmosphere of the era.

    The film itself meanders along until a sudden and brutal climax. There were some good scenes but not many really funny moments.

    Overall I enjoyed it and would recommend. Not his best but not his worst either.

    The only Tarantula film I rate is Pulp Fiction. The last Tarantula film I fell for was DJango Unchained, I saw it and regretted it. I've given a bit of thought to seeing this one but however good or bad it is I don't thing I'm going to fund another Tarantula film even if it has Cappuccino and Bradley of Pitt in it.

    Watched two films recently - The Old Man With The Gun. A real life crime story about a bank robber. Very enjoyable and worth seeing.

    Second film was American Made, another crime movie that is based on a true story about Barry Seal, a smuggler. Loosely based it seems. They write these films in a way that sympathises with the criminal - did the same with American Hustle. Maybe it's a ploy to get people to read up on the criminal and their crimes. Barry Seal was a pilot who according to the film was dragged into drug and gun smuggling for the CIA and Pablo Escobar. In reality I don't think he was such a patsy. I'm sure plenty of people here are aware of the Iran-Contra scandal, I was a bit too young to care about that at the time. This film dredges it all up again, and with it comes up Bill Clinton and the boys on the tracks.
  • earth wrote:
    MrB123 wrote:
    Saw Once pm Upon a Time in Hollywood last night.

    Quite a hard one to review. Great performances from Di Caprio (as usual) and Brad Pitt. Really captures the atmosphere of the era.

    The film itself meanders along until a sudden and brutal climax. There were some good scenes but not many really funny moments.

    Overall I enjoyed it and would recommend. Not his best but not his worst either.

    The only Tarantula film I rate is Pulp Fiction. The last Tarantula film I fell for was DJango Unchained, I saw it and regretted it. I've given a bit of thought to seeing this one but however good or bad it is I don't thing I'm going to fund another Tarantula film even if it has Cappuccino and Bradley of Pitt in it.

    Watched two films recently - The Old Man With The Gun. A real life crime story about a bank robber. Very enjoyable and worth seeing.

    Second film was American Made, another crime movie that is based on a true story about Barry Seal, a smuggler. Loosely based it seems. They write these films in a way that sympathises with the criminal - did the same with American Hustle. Maybe it's a ploy to get people to read up on the criminal and their crimes. Barry Seal was a pilot who according to the film was dragged into drug and gun smuggling for the CIA and Pablo Escobar. In reality I don't think he was such a patsy. I'm sure plenty of people here are aware of the Iran-Contra scandal, I was a bit too young to care about that at the time. This film dredges it all up again, and with it comes up Bill Clinton and the boys on the tracks.

    Tarantula,Cappuccino,Bradley of Pitt,I would of thought a man with such a talent for comedy would of loved the Ku Klux Klan scene in Django.
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  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    Here's a track set against clips from a silent movie made by Fritz Lang in 1927.
    The movie is Metropolis and I recommend you searching Youtube for the restored version.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKQfxi8V5FA
  • As in work just watched In The Loop for the umpteenth time. Still excellent.
  • earth
    earth Posts: 934
    earth wrote:
    MrB123 wrote:
    Saw Once pm Upon a Time in Hollywood last night.

    Tarantula,Cappuccino,Bradley of Pitt,I would have thought a man with such a talent for comedy would have loved the Ku Klux Klan scene in Django.

    The KKK scene from Oh Brother Where For Art Thou was far superior. Tarantula's version was a cheap knock off. He did the same thing in one of the Kill Bill films in a ninja fight scene with identically dressed ninja's. It was a copy of a Matrix fight scene where Neo fights an army of Agent Smith clones.
  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    The new Aladdin at a Luna Cinema in Hampton Court Palace. Was alright, haven't seen the original.
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  • awavey
    awavey Posts: 2,368
    earth wrote:
    earth wrote:
    MrB123 wrote:
    Saw Once pm Upon a Time in Hollywood last night.

    Tarantula,Cappuccino,Bradley of Pitt,I would have thought a man with such a talent for comedy would have loved the Ku Klux Klan scene in Django.

    The KKK scene from Oh Brother Where For Art Thou was far superior. Tarantula's version was a cheap knock off. He did the same thing in one of the Kill Bill films in a ninja fight scene with identically dressed ninja's. It was a copy of a Matrix fight scene where Neo fights an army of Agent Smith clones.

    but they both came out in the same year, theres no way theyd have known about each others specific scenes to copy one another, both films are heavily influenced from Japanese films and Anime/Manga
  • figbat
    figbat Posts: 680
    American Sniper last night. I was vaguely aware of the true story but even knowing how it ends, I found the film very compelling. Nicely made, a little over-dramatized (or at least looked it based on my perception of what a war in Iraq looks like), did a good job of weaving in the human angle as well as the action/war stuff. Poignant at the end. Also it's one of those films that inspired me to look up the facts of the story.
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  • robert88
    robert88 Posts: 2,696
    Rambo: Last Blood. And plenty of it. But a man's gotta do..
  • earth
    earth Posts: 934
    awavey wrote:
    earth wrote:
    earth wrote:
    MrB123 wrote:
    Saw Once pm Upon a Time in Hollywood last night.

    Tarantula,Cappuccino,Bradley of Pitt,I would have thought a man with such a talent for comedy would have loved the Ku Klux Klan scene in Django.

    The KKK scene from Oh Brother Where For Art Thou was far superior. Tarantula's version was a cheap knock off. He did the same thing in one of the Kill Bill films in a ninja fight scene with identically dressed ninja's. It was a copy of a Matrix fight scene where Neo fights an army of Agent Smith clones.

    but they both came out in the same year, theres no way theyd have known about each others specific scenes to copy one another, both films are heavily influenced from Japanese films and Anime/Manga

    That's just evidence of his poor film making ability, the Matrix version was better.
    And that bit in Kill Bill about Superman being special because his costume was given to him instead of being made by him, does Tarantino seriously think this insight in super hero's is of some cultural importance? It's just drivel.
  • meursault
    meursault Posts: 1,433
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    Glorious comic caper.
    Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.

    Voltaire
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    2/3rds of the way through Blade Runner 2049 and it's great.
  • meursault
    meursault Posts: 1,433
    2/3rds of the way through Blade Runner 2049 and it's great.

    Spot on, loved both movies.
    Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.

    Voltaire
  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    2/3rds of the way through Blade Runner 2049 and it's great.
    I went to see this at the cinema with a mate and we both loved it, even though we both fell asleep at points during the movie...
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  • Longshot
    Longshot Posts: 940
    meursault wrote:
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    Glorious comic caper.


    Apparently Keanu is showing his age a bit?
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  • meursault
    meursault Posts: 1,433
    Aren't we all?
    Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.

    Voltaire
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,833
    Joker.

    Well that was pretty dark!
  • kingrollo
    kingrollo Posts: 3,198
    MrB123 wrote:
    Joker.

    Well that was pretty dark!

    excellent movie
  • crumbschief
    crumbschief Posts: 3,399
    From Beyond

    It's been years but oh it was still as good as i remember.I liked them all but Combs and Crampton are a delight.
  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    Rocketman.

    expected it to be like Bohemium Rhapsody, but it was more like a proper musical e.g. people breaking out in to song and dance mid-scene.

    I thought it just ended rather rapidly, like they needed to cut down the run time so just edited it down so it kind of ended all of a sudden.
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  • Gregger
    Gregger Posts: 71
    Ready or Not

    Another load of rubbish
  • meursault
    meursault Posts: 1,433
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    A whole load of awesomeness.
    Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.

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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,490
    Longshot wrote:
    meursault wrote:
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    Glorious comic caper.


    Apparently Keanu is showing his age a bit?
    Meh. Fun entertainment and while the fight sequences are good they last too long and are repetitive.


    Spoiler alert.


    Set up for yet another sequel. Oh, and Keanu runs worse than Harrison ford! :lol::lol::lol:
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  • mr_goo
    mr_goo Posts: 3,770
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Longshot wrote:
    meursault wrote:
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    Glorious comic caper.


    Apparently Keanu is showing his age a bit?
    Meh. Fun entertainment and while the fight sequences are good they last too long and are repetitive.


    Spoiler alert.


    Set up for yet another sequel. Oh, and Keanu runs worse than Harrison ford! :lol::lol::lol:

    Just watched JW2 on Netflix. It is what it is. Easy to watch and clearly left door wide open for episode 3.
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  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,833
    Watched the Breaking Bad film El Camino last night.

    Was ok, like a long BB episode, though not a particularly good one. Probably inevitable with all the best characters being dead.

    Also a bit weird that it was set straight after the end of the last episode, yet all the characters had clearly aged (and Todd has got fat).

    At least it wasn't a 2 hour special about Skyler's story!
  • crispybug2
    crispybug2 Posts: 2,915
    Joker

    Really good, outstanding physical performance by Joaquin Phoenix, he will be one of the favourites for the best actor Oscar

    I was left wondering whether it was a deliberate decision to mark his final descent from being an abused child into the Joker with a song by a convicted paedophile!
  • meursault
    meursault Posts: 1,433
    crispybug2 wrote:
    Joker

    Really good, outstanding physical performance by Joaquin Phoenix, he will be one of the favourites for the best actor Oscar

    I was left wondering whether it was a deliberate decision to mark his final descent from being an abused child into the Joker with a song by a convicted paedophile!

    I think it's deliberate. The director isn't pulling any punches with the themes that permeate throughout.

    No royalties to the 'artist'.

    https://screenrant.com/joker-movie-gary-glitter-song-sex-offender-no-royalties/
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  • shazzz
    shazzz Posts: 1,077
    Saw Joker during the week. Joaquin Phoenix is superb and the film is well worth seeing. I watched it in IMAX which was quite an experience. Have to say, though, the final scene annoyed me...

    A number of reviews have mentioned The King of Comedy so I watched that last night. Good movie but what struck me most was the difference in style of character development from an early 80s film to now - Joker is a real slow burn with lots of story building and development of the character, whereas King of Comedy felt like it just gets straight in to the here and now, without too much thought of why the main character does what he does.

    Also watched Stan and Ollie at last which was terrific, and Rocketman which I found pretty disappointing.