Last Film Watched

rick_chasey

Just watched The Great Beauty - Italian film, 2013 I think.

It's a bit long but it's excellent.

Right in the boomer age category too, so I think you lot might enjoy it too. (I guess I need to put here that I am joking).

Basically it follows a well renowned writer and theatre critic who operates in Rome high society in his mid 60s.

It's mainly him observing the beauty/superficiality of a sort of hedonistic older crowd who are way beyond their best looking or most creative years.

Wouldn't recommend watching it if you're not into foreign art-housey type films, but it's a good example of a very good one.

Although it is too long.

JimD666

Pross said:

pblakeney said:

seanoconn said:

Pross said:

Thought Spectre was worse and Quantum was the worst Bond film for me, especially following on from Casino Royale that I felt was the best.

I guess I'm going to have to update the poster in my office now too as it has images of all the publicity photos of every Bond film up to and including Spectre.

Agree

Best to worst

Casino Royale
Skyfall
No time to die
Spectre
Quantum of solace.

Agreed. But clarify Daniel Craig Bond films.
The older ones are only good in our memories. Try rewatching them now.

I rewatch them regularly as I'm a Bond geek with a limited edition DVD collection. I still think Quantum is the worst ever (I don't like any of the Moore era much but get that it was being played tongue in cheek). Casino Royale is the best from any era. Some of the very early ones make me cringe - I rewatched Thunderball recently (best theme tune) and there's no way some of the 'love' scenes would be made today.

For what it's worth I think Lazenby gets unfairly criticised. OHMSS is the best of the 60s Bond movies, I do prefer Connery but Lazenby wasn't as bad as people make out and way better than Moore.

David Niven was a better Bond than Moore.

Pross

JimD666 said:

Pross said:

pblakeney said:

seanoconn said:

Pross said:

Thought Spectre was worse and Quantum was the worst Bond film for me, especially following on from Casino Royale that I felt was the best.

I guess I'm going to have to update the poster in my office now too as it has images of all the publicity photos of every Bond film up to and including Spectre.

Agree

Best to worst

Casino Royale
Skyfall
No time to die
Spectre
Quantum of solace.

Agreed. But clarify Daniel Craig Bond films.
The older ones are only good in our memories. Try rewatching them now.

I rewatch them regularly as I'm a Bond geek with a limited edition DVD collection. I still think Quantum is the worst ever (I don't like any of the Moore era much but get that it was being played tongue in cheek). Casino Royale is the best from any era. Some of the very early ones make me cringe - I rewatched Thunderball recently (best theme tune) and there's no way some of the 'love' scenes would be made today.

For what it's worth I think Lazenby gets unfairly criticised. OHMSS is the best of the 60s Bond movies, I do prefer Connery but Lazenby wasn't as bad as people make out and way better than Moore.

David Niven was a better Bond than Moore.

I only saw his version of Casino Royale once, jeez that was bad!

JimD666

Pross said:

JimD666 said:

Pross said:

pblakeney said:

seanoconn said:

Pross said:

Thought Spectre was worse and Quantum was the worst Bond film for me, especially following on from Casino Royale that I felt was the best.

I guess I'm going to have to update the poster in my office now too as it has images of all the publicity photos of every Bond film up to and including Spectre.

Agree

Best to worst

Casino Royale
Skyfall
No time to die
Spectre
Quantum of solace.

Agreed. But clarify Daniel Craig Bond films.
The older ones are only good in our memories. Try rewatching them now.

I rewatch them regularly as I'm a Bond geek with a limited edition DVD collection. I still think Quantum is the worst ever (I don't like any of the Moore era much but get that it was being played tongue in cheek). Casino Royale is the best from any era. Some of the very early ones make me cringe - I rewatched Thunderball recently (best theme tune) and there's no way some of the 'love' scenes would be made today.

For what it's worth I think Lazenby gets unfairly criticised. OHMSS is the best of the 60s Bond movies, I do prefer Connery but Lazenby wasn't as bad as people make out and way better than Moore.

David Niven was a better Bond than Moore.

I only saw his version of Casino Royale once, jeez that was bad!

I didn't say he was good, I just said better than Moore

seanoconn

pblakeney said:

seanoconn said:

Pross said:

Thought Spectre was worse and Quantum was the worst Bond film for me, especially following on from Casino Royale that I felt was the best.

I guess I'm going to have to update the poster in my office now too as it has images of all the publicity photos of every Bond film up to and including Spectre.

Agree

Best to worst

Casino Royale
Skyfall
No time to die
Spectre
Quantum of solace.

Agreed. But clarify Daniel Craig Bond films.
The older ones are only good in our memories. Try rewatching them now.

Can’t remember the last time I sat and watched a Connery Bond, sadly dated 😔 Even though Sean was my favourite Bond until Craig. Moore’s Bonds are still fun to watch with kids, plenty of gadgets and silliness. I caught 5 mins of the spy who loved me at the weekend. A plank of wood in high heels and a wig would have made a better actress than Barbara Bach!

blazing_saddles

seanoconn said:

pblakeney said:

seanoconn said:

Pross said:

Thought Spectre was worse and Quantum was the worst Bond film for me, especially following on from Casino Royale that I felt was the best.

I guess I'm going to have to update the poster in my office now too as it has images of all the publicity photos of every Bond film up to and including Spectre.

Agree

Best to worst

Casino Royale
Skyfall
No time to die
Spectre
Quantum of solace.

Agreed. But clarify Daniel Craig Bond films.
The older ones are only good in our memories. Try rewatching them now.

Can’t remember the last time I sat and watched a Connery Bond, sadly dated 😔 Even though Sean was my favourite Bond until Craig. Moore’s Bonds are still fun to watch with kids, plenty of gadgets and silliness. I caught 5 mins of the spy who loved me at the weekend. A plank of wood in high heels and a wig would have made a better actress than Barbara Bach!

I have more of a problem trying to re-watch the Moore films rather than Connery's.
I find they haven't aged as well, particularly in terms of the music.
Barry's music is almost timeless, whereas some of the stuff used in Moore's run is definitely dated.
Of course the exception being Live and Let Die.

Still haven't seen No Time to Die, which if I don't make it, will be the only Bond I haven't watched on the big screen.

MattFalle

"Dumplin'" on Sunday night with TDV

Really good. Recommended for v chilled eve with a bottle of red.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumplin'_(film)

Tashman

An odd tripple bill based on what was on the box then what Tashgirl wanted to watch on Sunday afternoon/evening.
Goonies - Could watch endlessly. Such a great, bad film. Very much of it's time with the effects.
Hotel Transylvania 3 - Just washed over me withut me paying much attention
Sister Act 2 - A film I have an odd soft spot for, for no apparent reason.

rick_chasey

Just watched Quo vadis, Aida? which is a 2020 film on the Srebrenica massacre - the massacre of Muslim Bosnians by Mladic under the nose of the (Dutch) UN troops.

If you are ok with fairly heavy and doom laden films - it’s very good.

It’s a very well known event in Holland as the troops and the Dutch govt were found to be liable for the deaths multiple times.

It ostensibly follows a female translator on the UN base and how she’s trying to save her family but it’s good at using that personal story to show the whole thing.

The doom that hangs over the film as they get closer and closer to the massacre makes it very tense.

It’s also of course, an awful thing that did actually happen.

vincesummerskRoxcBTr

No Time To Die - excellent Bond film that was full of action which was not quite so far fetched as some. It felt like a modern version of one of the old Bond films and didn't take itself too seriously!

rick_chasey

Zero Dark Thirty.

If you are an apologist for torture and enjoy a film with lots of it, then you'll enjoy it.

Otherwise, steer clear.

DeVlaeminck

Anyone seen Dune? I'm tempted by the fact it's one of this year's blockbusters but have a sneaking suspicion it'll be the kind of film I find really dull - long, complex plot and reliant on spectacular cinematography rather than an involving storyline and characters.

seanoconn

DeVlaeminck said:

Anyone seen Dune? I'm tempted by the fact it's one of this year's blockbusters but have a sneaking suspicion it'll be the kind of film I find really dull - long, complex plot and reliant on spectacular cinematography rather than an involving storyline and characters.

https://youtu.be/sQOjokdp5Co

Seems largely positive

pblakeney

The Harder They Fall, Netflix. The very epitome of style over substance, but what style!
Worth a watch if you want an entertaining western but forget about realism.

pblakeney

A "found" film on Amazon, Interstate 60. It's not new, 2002, very silly and best word to describe it is quirky. I really enjoyed it, I don't know why, but I did.

pblakeney

Ditto.

Pross

The Marksman on Prime. Pretty formulaic with some stupid bits of plot e.g. being on the run where having a big bundle of cash will make it much easier to avoid being traced but deciding to burn it all to show what great, incorruptible people they are (would never make it as a Tory MP). OK to pass 90 minutes but won't live in the memory.

First.Aspect

Mulholland Drive.

Strangest film I've seen since Lost Highway.

seanoconn

First.Aspect said:

Mulholland Drive.

Strangest film I've seen since Lost Highway.

Definitely strange……And sh!t

First.Aspect

seanoconn said:

First.Aspect said:

Mulholland Drive.

Strangest film I've seen since Lost Highway.

Definitely strange……And sh!t

Lost Highway was a pile of poo. But the sound track was fantastic. Unfortunately Lou Reed's "magic moment" didn't make it onto the CD.

Mulholland Drive was pretty good.

seanoconn

Pross said:

The Marksman on Prime. Pretty formulaic with some stupid bits of plot e.g. being on the run where having a big bundle of cash will make it much easier to avoid being traced but deciding to burn it all to show what great, incorruptible people they are (would never make it as a Tory MP). OK to pass 90 minutes but won't live in the memory.

I’ve long since given up on the grizzled, hard boiled Liam Neeson efforts since Taken.

masjer

seanoconn said:

Pross said:

I’ve long since given up on the grizzled, hard boiled Liam Neeson efforts since Taken.

I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you're looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money... but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that will be the end of it - I will not look for you, I will not pursue you... but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you... and I will kill you.

Great stuff......not.

Mulholland drive is the only film I've watched at the cinema that I knew less about leaving than arriving.
Mind you, Eraserhead was pretty weird.

Just watched Joker, great acting and kind of enjoyable. The ending sure leaves you questioning what you've just seen.

laurentian

pblakeney said:

The Harder They Fall, Netflix. The very epitome of style over substance, but what style!
Worth a watch if you want an entertaining western but forget about realism.

Watched this in my hungover state yesterday - you've described it perfectly . . . a half decent soundtrack too.

pblakeney

Ad Astra. Finally got round to this after avoiding it due to poor reviews.
Yup. Should've kept on avoiding.

masjer

pblakeney said:

Ad Astra. Finally got round to this after avoiding it due to poor reviews.
Yup. Should've kept on avoiding.

I was thinking of watching. Thanks to your review (another poor one), I'll give it a miss.
Brad, mumbling and being generally morose by any chance?

pblakeney

masjer said:

pblakeney said:

Ad Astra. Finally got round to this after avoiding it due to poor reviews.
Yup. Should've kept on avoiding.

I was thinking of watching. Thanks to your review (another poor one), I'll give it a miss.
Brad, mumbling and being generally morose by any chance?

A key point is made of his low heart rate. You can see him physically shutting down to maintain this, for the duration. Might actually be seen as acting the part but...

masjer

Wow, that does sound riveting.

pblakeney

14 Peaks. Awesome, as said in the TV Series thread.
Wonder what on earth he is doing for the sequel? 🤔😱

mrb123

pblakeney said:

14 Peaks. Awesome, as said in the TV Series thread.
Wonder what on earth he is doing for the sequel? 🤔😱

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vincesummerskRoxcBTr

Dune, at the cinema , excellent, waiting keenly for Part 2
Ad Astra on Amazone Prime, very slow and the storyline totally unbelievable!