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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    morstar said:

    rick_chasey said:

    I watched touching the void about 3 weeks ago and it's still lodged in my brain.

    Sorry for making ‘that’ comment. But you should read the book.
    Joe Simpson has many interesting stories to tell.
    The whole cut the rope debate has gone on for many years.
    I’m not that fussed about the “cut the rope” bit.

    It’s more the crevice bit. For some reason that part in the film really grabbed me. The night he spends in it and then the subsequent idea of lowering yourself deeper into a crevice given what’s gone on...
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,491
    edited August 2020
    The Bank Job. Not a recent film but one that skipped me by.
    Set in the 70's, non-pc based on a true story film starring a pre-action hero Stath.
    By the numbers for the first 1-1/4 hour then goes up a few gears. Well worth a watch.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    edited August 2020
    Blinded by the Light - what Yesterday is for The Beatles, this is for The Boss (kinda)

    Strays dangerously close to Ben Elton Super-Musical territory at times but a good old silly British film for a weekday night.
    rick_chasey said:

    Touching the Void

    The other thing they re too polite to say in the film (or the book), which is an important point in the discussion in many ways, is just how bloody good at climbing they were as well. They were at the tippity top of the sport at the time.
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  • me-109
    me-109 Posts: 1,915
    The Mule.

    Recent Clint Eastwood based-on-a-true-story flick about an old guy (Clint, naturally) that becomes a drugs mule. Some amusing bits that then goes a bit dark and ends in a bit of a let down (which may be more like real life than Hollywood, so maybe that's just the expectation of cinema). Not quite Gran Torino but certainly has similarities.
  • shortfall
    shortfall Posts: 3,288
    The Social Dilemma Netflix. Worth a watch even if you're already familiar with the ways in which tech giants like Twitter and Google manipulate us all. It's quite terrifying actually and explains a lot of the divisions in society. Also a good enough reason to keep arguing with each other in Cakestop so we're exposed to different views and ideas.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,833
    Icarus.

    Bloody hell. That didn't quite turn out as the filmmaker intended. Utterly compelling.

  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited October 2020
    mrb123 said:

    Icarus.

    Bloody hell. That didn't quite turn out as the filmmaker intended. Utterly compelling.

    Not the greatest advert for electronic groupsets too...

    Though a nice reminder that bike racing, even in the mountains, is more than just having great legs.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,491
    Zodiac. Available on iPlayer.
    Hadn't appealed to me in the past but a good review and cast got me curious.
    Well worth a watch.
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  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,833
    pblakeney said:

    Zodiac. Available on iPlayer.
    Hadn't appealed to me in the past but a good review and cast got me curious.
    Well worth a watch.

    See my comments on the previous page.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,491
    mrb123 said:

    pblakeney said:

    Zodiac. Available on iPlayer.
    Hadn't appealed to me in the past but a good review and cast got me curious.
    Well worth a watch.

    See my comments on the previous page.
    Oops! Subliminal maybe. 😉
    I followed Mark Ruffalo no problem, and there was text at the end. 🤔
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  • nickice
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    shortfall said:

    The Social Dilemma Netflix. Worth a watch even if you're already familiar with the ways in which tech giants like Twitter and Google manipulate us all. It's quite terrifying actually and explains a lot of the divisions in society. Also a good enough reason to keep arguing with each other in Cakestop so we're exposed to different views and ideas.

    I watched it last night. It's a strange one because I kind of knew most of it already but it still came as a shock.

    I've tried several times to get rid of my smartphone but it's almost becoming essential. If I could get one that just had email and maps (i.e. no search engines), I'd be happy.

    I use facebook but never post (or usually like anything) as it is handy for keeping in touch. Instagram, on the other hand, is quite the mystery. I used to run a mile when people wanted to show me holiday photos...
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,491
    Warrior. On Prime Movies. Yet another that I thought I'd watched, but hadn't.
    To say it's an MMA Rocky would be doing it a miss service, and I'm a Rocky fan.
    Unrealistic? Probably but most entertaining.
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  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    Like Father.
    Don’t get me wrong, this is no highbrow affair but as far as Hollywood comedies go, it’s quite amusing with a soft and fuzzy feel good factor.
    Almost a rom-com but an estranged father and daughter rather than a relationship.
    I hadn’t appreciated how much Kelsey Grammar and Tom Hanks appear similar.

    Tom Hanks is not in it but in a couple of scenes, you look at Kelsey and think that could easily be TH.
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,108
    Watched The Disaster Artist on Netflix last night. I didn't think it was quite as good as I'd been told but worth a watch.

    My wife and daughter seemed to find it funnier than I did. If you are stuck for ideas one evening it's not a bad choice.
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  • johnnyfartpants
    johnnyfartpants Posts: 566
    Funny Cow - Maxine Peake/Paddy Considine.
    Good....in a gritty way (.....but not one if you're looking for a Disney type ending!)
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    morstar said:

    Joker.

    I had no interest in watching this at all. However came in from the garden last night and the mrs has just started watching it.

    Not at all what I was expecting but what an interesting film. A fascinating depiction of somebody with mental health issues and very little left to lose taking a destructive path to personal empowerment.

    Not entirely comfortable viewing but can see why JP won the Oscar.

    Far more gritty than comic book.

    Watched this at the weekend. I have a strong dislike of most superhero films (although of them all the recent Batman ones have been the most watchable) so I wasn't drawn to it assuming it would be another 'origins' film .

    I was surprised to find that it wasn't a superhero film at all and actually a disturbing drama of a person succumbing to mental illness. A touch confusing at times to know what was real and what was imagined. Phoenix was excellent in the role, managing to convey real pathos. It had a slight touch of Clockwork Orange to it as well. Best film I've watched in a long time.
  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    Pross said:

    morstar said:

    Joker.

    I had no interest in watching this at all. However came in from the garden last night and the mrs has just started watching it.

    Not at all what I was expecting but what an interesting film. A fascinating depiction of somebody with mental health issues and very little left to lose taking a destructive path to personal empowerment.

    Not entirely comfortable viewing but can see why JP won the Oscar.

    Far more gritty than comic book.

    Watched this at the weekend. I have a strong dislike of most superhero films (although of them all the recent Batman ones have been the most watchable) so I wasn't drawn to it assuming it would be another 'origins' film .

    I was surprised to find that it wasn't a superhero film at all and actually a disturbing drama of a person succumbing to mental illness. A touch confusing at times to know what was real and what was imagined. Phoenix was excellent in the role, managing to convey real pathos. It had a slight touch of Clockwork Orange to it as well. Best film I've watched in a long time.
    I was watching it on a flight (so admittedly not the best environment) and was finding it pretty dull to be honest. I couldn't understand what the fuss was about. I stopped for a meal break and had no inclination to go back finish it.
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,108
    3 Identical Strangers. Well it's a documentary really about triplets who never knew they were - adopted as babies they come together by chance in their late teens.

    However there is more to it than a story about how the 3 brothers get on when they reunite as the story as to why they were split up in the first place is pretty shocking.

    It's worth a watch if you've got Netflix.
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  • durhamwasp
    durhamwasp Posts: 1,247
    The Case of Richard Jewell - eye opener!
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  • nickice
    nickice Posts: 2,439
    I've been watching 'Away' on Netflix as it's supposed to be about a mission to Mars. It turns out it's mainly just a banal drama that happens to be set in space. Star Trek it isn't.
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    nickice said:

    I've been watching 'Away' on Netflix as it's supposed to be about a mission to Mars. It turns out it's mainly just a banal drama that happens to be set in space. Star Trek it isn't.

    10 mins was all I managed before turning it off.
    I know astronauts are only normal people but they tend to be of a proactive go get em mentality.
    They were just a bunch of back stabbing homesick dysfunctional individuals who would never have been put together as a flight crew.
    The premise was off from the start and nothing looked likely to compensate for that flaw.
  • nickice
    nickice Posts: 2,439
    morstar said:

    nickice said:

    I've been watching 'Away' on Netflix as it's supposed to be about a mission to Mars. It turns out it's mainly just a banal drama that happens to be set in space. Star Trek it isn't.

    10 mins was all I managed before turning it off.
    I know astronauts are only normal people but they tend to be of a proactive go get em mentality.
    They were just a bunch of back stabbing homesick dysfunctional individuals who would never have been put together as a flight crew.
    The premise was off from the start and nothing looked likely to compensate for that flaw.
    Exactly. They weren't getting on from the start and had problems you'd think would have been ironed out in training. The commander is also a terrible, uninspiring leader.
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    nickice said:

    morstar said:

    nickice said:

    I've been watching 'Away' on Netflix as it's supposed to be about a mission to Mars. It turns out it's mainly just a banal drama that happens to be set in space. Star Trek it isn't.

    10 mins was all I managed before turning it off.
    I know astronauts are only normal people but they tend to be of a proactive go get em mentality.
    They were just a bunch of back stabbing homesick dysfunctional individuals who would never have been put together as a flight crew.
    The premise was off from the start and nothing looked likely to compensate for that flaw.
    Exactly. They weren't getting on from the start and had problems you'd think would have been ironed out in training. The commander is also a terrible, uninspiring leader.
    I'll have a look at many things that may or may not be to my taste and you have to accept that some things won't be your cup of tea. I am OK with that.
    This programme just really annoyed me though. You have summed it perfectly with the comment "They weren't getting on from the start". It was the whole premise of the opening sequences and it was just implausible that a dysfunctional crew would be going on a multi year mission.
  • johnnyfartpants
    johnnyfartpants Posts: 566
    'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing - Missouri'
    Saw it at the Leeds Film Festival back in 2017(?) ............saw it again on Chanel 4 Films the other week - excellent......even more so on second viewing.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,491
    Wonder Boy available on amazon Prime. A dark revenge movie.
    Think along the lines of a realistic Spiderman (no superhero nonsense), but more Joker than Batman and Robin. Worth a watch.
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  • shortfall
    shortfall Posts: 3,288
    The new Borat. I just watched it so you don't have to. Apart from a handful of laugh out loud moments it's dreadful.
  • nickice
    nickice Posts: 2,439
    I quite liked some of Borat 2 but it's a shame it's so obvious most of the 'public' are actors. I always knew at least some of them were but this time it was too easy to spot. The Rudy Giuliani thing was a whole lot of fuss about nothing.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Finally got around to watching Hacksaw Ridge. I'm sure the story has been given an element of the Hollywood treatment and whilst I'd heard the basics of the story the whole "pulled 75 people to safety" thing really doesn't do any justice to the bravery involved. Even the story of what he went through just to be there is incredible.

    I think it does a good job of telling the story without glorifying anything and gives a feeling of the horrors of war without being overly graphic.
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    Dark waters. 3/4 way through. All about Dupont cover up of wilful dumping of toxic chemicals they knew were harmful. They even secretly and deliberately contaminated their own workers by lacing their cigarettes to see how harmful it was. Then hid the evidence and carried on dumping.
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    Fire With Fire. Utter shyte.

    We were looking for a Bruce Willis "Die Hard" thingie, saw this, thought we'd give it a go.

    Utter shyte - don't bother wasting the calories even looking it up.

    total shyte.
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.

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