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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,486
    rick_chasey said:

    Think CGI can make more for lazy directing than it does scriptwriting, but agree with the broader sentiment.

    There's something to be said in all art that arbitrary restrictions aren't necessarily a bad thing and can force more creative solutions (think how much mileage pop musicians got out of the time restrictions on vinyl).

    I guess it's as much correlation as causation. Films that are heavy on CGI are often much more action focused rather than character/drama etc. I guess it works best when you're not noticing it because you're drawn to the people on your screen

    100% on that. Films of 3-4 hours that would be greatly improved as 90 minute films.

    FWIW apparently a lot of time and money was spent on CGI in Contact for one scene focussing on Jodi Foster's (or younger version) eye. A scene that most won't even notice.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,486
    edited May 2022
    The Hunt on Netflix. Not the horror level of film that I had feared. More a dry, dark, satirical comedy with blood. Silly but enjoyable. Comparable to Killing Eve.
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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,739
    pblakeney said:

    The Hunt on Netflix. Not the horror level of film that I had feared. More a dry, dark, satirical comedy with blood. Silly but enjoyable. Comparable to Killing Eve.

    👍
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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,127
    edited May 2022
    Russel Crowe in Three Next Days. His wife (Elizabeth Warren) is sent to prison for murder. Also has Olivia Wilde. Quite good at building tension as I got quite invested in the main characters and wanted them to succeed. A bit long at around 135 minutes. IMDB 7.3

    https://youtu.be/v9Yhj414JIY

    Yesterday, The Lincoln Lawyer, a thriller with a bit of light heartedness and humour. Ensemble cast. Matthew McConaughey is a lawyer who gets hired by a rich kid to defend him against murder charges. IMDB is 7.1 runtime 118m.

    Both films on Prime (France).

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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    davidof said:

    Also has Olivia Wilde.

    4.5 Stars automatically then...
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,486
    edited June 2022
    In Bruge. Back on Netflix. I've watched it a few times but not for a long time. Stands the test of time. And having been there, those heffilumps wouldn't have made the clock tower.
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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183
    24h Party People
    Somehow missed this previously, really enjoyed it. Late 70s through to 90 was very much the influential era for my music tastes, although I was too straight for the the rave scene. Coogan channels a cooler version of Alan Partridge into Tony Wilson. Great cast, some spiced in archive footage, and loads of cameos.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,486
    Odd Thomas on Prime. Best described as quirky, and obviously, odd.
    I enjoyed it much more than expected.
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  • me-109
    me-109 Posts: 1,915
    Top Gun Maverick at one of those large communal screen places. Lots of references back to the original, probably too many. Think the writers may have been watching the original Star Wars trilogy when the came up with the mission on which the film centres. Could have done better with the soundtrack. Still, it's watchable.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,486
    me-109 said:

    Top Gun Maverick....

    Watched it on an Imax screen. Gotta admit to leaning from side to side. 🤣
    If you liked the first one then you'll enjoy this one. Cheesy, but fun.
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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,739
    pblakeney said:

    Odd Thomas on Prime. Best described as quirky, and obviously, odd.
    I enjoyed it much more than expected.

    The main character died 6 years ago, just as career was taking off.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,486
    seanoconn said:

    pblakeney said:

    Odd Thomas on Prime. Best described as quirky, and obviously, odd.
    I enjoyed it much more than expected.

    The main character died 6 years ago, just as career was taking off.
    That occurred to me while watching. Sad.
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,108
    Not a film but a documentary currently on BBC iPlayer. Our Falklands War : A Frontline Story. I've never been in the forces and I'm not particularly an enthusiast for military history but I found this incredibly powerful. It's basically UK veterans telling the story of the war in their own words.
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  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,497
    DeVlaeminck said:

    Not a film but a documentary currently on BBC iPlayer. Our Falklands War : A Frontline Story. I've never been in the forces and I'm not particularly an enthusiast for military history but I found this incredibly powerful. It's basically UK veterans telling the story of the war in their own words.

    I'm undecided as to whether to watch this or not. My dad was a Welsh Guardsman but wasn't deployed, but although only 4 at the time I still have vivid memories of everyone returning to Pirbright and the burns suffered on the Sir Galahad. It's strange as I'll watch this kind of thing happily usually as I don't have that connection.
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    Just watched a Sky Original. ‘Dual’ starring Amy Pond ( as she will always be known).

    Curious story about dying people allowed to have clones continue their life after they die. When terminal illness is cured, both original and clone are not allowed to live.

    The ending disappoints/confuses a bit. Whilst the outcome is clear enough, if subtly represented, it is totally unclear why the outcome is intentionally misrepresented by the person involved. You don’t think, ooh, that’s clever, you just think eh? Or maybe it was clever on another level that I’m too stupid to appreciate.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    For some reason on my brief dalliance with TikTok it kept pushing a film called Run which is on Netflix.

    Sort of a creepy thriller rather than a horror film. Girl in wheelchair starts to realise that her overprotective Mom may not be all she seems.

    It's perhaps one for Cake Stop kidz/young adults but it's not bad for mindless entertainment.
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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,739
    Mad God

    Horror animation. Brilliantly weird.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Hard Target 2, basically a remake of the original 80s van Damme movie but moved from the Cajun Bayou to Thailand. Same nonsense but passed 90 minutes whilst waiting to do late night taxi duty.

    For some reason Rhona Mitra's character decided the ideal clothing choice for hunting people through the jungle would be leather trousers and a leather vest top.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    I rewatched the Pirates of the Carrabean trilogy recently. The first one is a legit great film, but man they went weird with the second two. Even more so than Green Keanu vs the Killer Robots...
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  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    Top Gun - Maverick for the third time.

    sheer joy.
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    ddraver said:

    I rewatched the Pirates of the Carrabean trilogy recently. The first one is a legit great film, but man they went weird with the second two. Even more so than Green Keanu vs the Killer Robots...

    The one with the crabs (third one??) was one of the few films I ever bought on Blu-ray and to this day I've never watched the very end. What an utter crock of shite. First one was entertaining and did well to make a story out of the ride.
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Legally Blond.
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,108
    Boiling Point - basically an extended episode of Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen. It's not bad - well acted, well shot, interesting concept to set a film in a restaurant kitchen and so on - but for me it suffers from a common fault in modern films - a complete lack of plot.

    Maybe it's just me but I don't just want to see a slice of someone's life, I want a storyline.
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  • laurentian
    laurentian Posts: 2,568
    DeVlaeminck said:

    Boiling Point - basically an extended episode of Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen. It's not bad - well acted, well shot, interesting concept to set a film in a restaurant kitchen and so on - but for me it suffers from a common fault in modern films - a complete lack of plot.

    Maybe it's just me but I don't just want to see a slice of someone's life, I want a storyline.

    I think I started watching this and didn't finish it - this is the one with Steven Graham in it right?
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Once Upon a Time In Hollywood.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Steve, we need some feedback mate...
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited July 2022
    ddraver said:

    Steve, we need some feedback mate...

    Not Tarantino's best work. Too long. Requires prior knowledge of the Manson family story (which I didn't).

    Looks good, feels like a relic out of the 90s and 00s - no way would any other Director get this film made nowadays (for good and bad).

    Is quite funny, and is still a Tarantino film 7/10.
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,108
    laurentian said:

    DeVlaeminck said:

    Boiling Point - basically an extended episode of Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen. It's not bad - well acted, well shot, interesting concept to set a film in a restaurant kitchen and so on - but for me it suffers from a common fault in modern films - a complete lack of plot.

    Maybe it's just me but I don't just want to see a slice of someone's life, I want a storyline.

    I think I started watching this and didn't finish it - this is the one with Steven Graham in it right?

    Yes that's the one.
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  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    ddraver said:

    Steve, we need some feedback mate...

    Sorry, I started the post then decided to do something else....

    I agree with rick's comment. Not my favourite Tarantino film. I did know the Manson story, so was confused when it was changed.

    It looks good, it has a decent soundtrack and some of the usual ultra-violent bits, but it doesn't quite hold together.

    I much preferred The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, a recent Cohen Brothers film which, although it's a series of vignettes, seemed to hang together better....

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    rick_chasey said:

    ddraver said:

    Steve, we need some feedback mate...

    Not Tarantino's best work. Too long. Requires prior knowledge of the Manson family story (which I didn't).

    Looks good, feels like a relic out of the 90s and 00s - no way would any other Director get this film made nowadays (for good and bad).

    Is quite funny, and is still a Tarantino film 7/10.
    I thought it was terrific.
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