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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Top Gun Maverick - you have to be made of stone not to enjoy the nostalgia...
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  • rakkor
    rakkor Posts: 53
    My missus is incredibly smug that she got the Penny Benjamin link, mind you she has seen it far too many times.
  • commuterlegs
    commuterlegs Posts: 271
    Uncharted - don't bother.
  • laurentian
    laurentian Posts: 2,568
    commuterlegs said:

    Uncharted - don't bother.

    Agreed total sh1te
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  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,833
    The Banshees of Inisherin.

    It's brilliant. Less plot driven than In Bruges but some wonderful performances. One of the most visually beautiful films I've seen.

    Hopefully Oscars to follow for Farrell as best actor and best supporting actor for the little black donkey (which will also help their diversity stats).
  • bonk_king
    bonk_king Posts: 277
    Ventoux on Netflix, about a few young men who ascend the legendary mountain, and 30 years later get together to do it all again.

    There's a nice poignant story to it and the film switches regularly from last ascent to modern ascent, very bittersweet. It's subtitled though, as I believe the guys are from Belgium. Well worth a watch.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,833
    bonk_king said:

    Ventoux on Netflix, about a few young men who ascend the legendary mountain, and 30 years later get together to do it all again.

    There's a nice poignant story to it and the film switches regularly from last ascent to modern ascent, very bittersweet. It's subtitled though, as I believe the guys are from Belgium. Well worth a watch.

    The book is well worth a read too.
  • bonk_king
    bonk_king Posts: 277
    mrb123 said:

    bonk_king said:

    Ventoux on Netflix, about a few young men who ascend the legendary mountain, and 30 years later get together to do it all again.

    There's a nice poignant story to it and the film switches regularly from last ascent to modern ascent, very bittersweet. It's subtitled though, as I believe the guys are from Belgium. Well worth a watch.

    The book is well worth a read too.
    I didn't know there was a book until afterwards. Apparently the book is much much better and the film went astray from the storyline in the book. A lot of people criticised the film because of this, but I thought it was very enjoyable.


  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,592
    Rise Of The Footsoldiers Origins. Anyone who has watched any of the series will know what to expect, I’d say it is one of the better ones of those I’ve seen but the stupid thing is that whilst it is set about 5 years before the Rettendon murders when the main cast would have been early 30s (Craig would have been 21) they are being played by the same actors who played them in the original 15 years ago. Craig Fairbrass is nearly 60 and playing someone who was around 33 at the time.
  • ktuludays
    ktuludays Posts: 97
    pixie on netflix, irish gangster ish flick, 90 minutes of easy viewing. some decent acting from the younger members of the cast.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,592
    Kajaki, quite old now (2014) but I hadn’t heard of it before or the true story about it. Really well made film about a group of soldiers in 3 Para who got trapped in a minefield in a dry riverbed in Afghanistan.

    Captures what I assume the reality of that sort of situation is and the injuries suffered. One of the few films I’ve watched where I’ve felt quite emotional at the end. Definitely worth a watch.
  • photonic69
    photonic69 Posts: 2,964
    'Train to Busan' - absolutely exhausting, Korean, zombie film. Very good. Plenty of excitement and different enough from your average zombie flick. What is it with Korea and zombies? They make a LOT of that genre.


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  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    All quiet on the western front (Netflix).

    I think I’ve seen the original but really can’t recall. I have no idea how this modern version compares to either the original or historic fact but, it’s bloody bleak viewing without just being grim.

    There are well crafted human stories and a the same total lack of glamour to violence that the opening of Saving Private Ryan delivers.

    Strongly recommend.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Heard many good things too. On the list.

    I think y'all talked about this a few weeks back but I watched 13 Lives ("on prime") about the Thai Cave Rescue. Well worth a watch.

    There are several other "proper" docs around but it's a really well done film.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,485
    morstar said:

    All quiet on the western front (Netflix).
    …
    Strongly recommend.

    Pretty much what I was going to write. It has been decades since watching the original or reading the book so I’m not going to compare.
    What helps is unknown actors (to us) so you really get involved with the characters instead of the performance.
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,808
    photonic69 said:

    'Train to Busan' - absolutely exhausting, Korean, zombie film. Very good. Plenty of excitement and different enough from your average zombie flick. What is it with Korea and zombies? They make a LOT of that genre.

    The proximity of North Korea might provide some inspiration.
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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,154
    edited November 2022
    Paul Bettany, underrated actor.
  • ktuludays
    ktuludays Posts: 97
    morstar said:

    All quiet on the western front (Netflix).

    I think I’ve seen the original but really can’t recall. I have no idea how this modern version compares to either the original or historic fact but, it’s bloody bleak viewing without just being grim.

    There are well crafted human stories and a the same total lack of glamour to violence that the opening of Saving Private Ryan delivers.

    Strongly recommend.

    i watched it last week, great film. gritty and well paced.
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,739
    focuszing723 said:

    Paul Bettany, underrated actor.

    Seamlessly inserting Paul Bettany into a film thread.

    Gorgeous wifey.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,592
    Hidden Numbers. Very good film based on the true story of Black women who helped get the Yanks into space long before Elon Musk and his massive ego.

    Even though I know it was the case I’m still shocked whenever I see segregation in the USA only a few years before I was born.
  • tonysj
    tonysj Posts: 391
    What happened to Monday on Netflix.
    Future set film where the government set a policy of One Child Only to save the world. Noomi Rapace ( who's very hot! ) plays 7 siblings who each go out 1 day a week purporting to be the same person. Each have a day, which is their name, Monday, Tuesday etc and Monday goes missing. Sounds a sh*te storyline but I thought it was Brilliant.
  • photonic69
    photonic69 Posts: 2,964
    Just watched 'Complicity', a film based on Ian Banks' novel of the same name. Very true to the book. Quite dated being filmed in 1999 and the book published in 1992. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Quite a different sort of thriller. Lots of views of a young Keely Hawes's tits. Which was nice.


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  • laurentian
    laurentian Posts: 2,568
    edited November 2022
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  • pangolin
    pangolin Posts: 6,660
    Pross said:

    Hidden Numbers. Very good film based on the true story of Black women who helped get the Yanks into space long before Elon Musk and his massive ego.

    Even though I know it was the case I’m still shocked whenever I see segregation in the USA only a few years before I was born.

    Hidden Figures isn't it? Agreed really good film.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,592
    Yep, you're right. I asked the wife about 3 times what it was called as well. I had initially planned on reading whilst she watched but soon got drawn into it.
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    Last night in Soho.

    Didn’t particularly appeal when it came out but fell into watching it tonight and glad I did.
    A bit chick flicky but very difficult to pigeonhole into a single genre. Worth sticking with if the appeal isn’t immediately apparent.
    An unexpected ride with a darker undertone than expected with some amazing cinematography. Well worth a watch if you fancy something outside the realms of typical movie fodder.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Where the Crawdads Sing

    Maybe more for the Mrs Forumites but not a bad option if you need to curry favour with them. Daisy Edgar Jones helps but she's not as nakey as she is in Standard Human (or whevs...). Kind of a Love/Whodunnit Story but done quite well.

    (There is a book too, which I was told was "much better you know")
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    re-watching blade runner 2049. Think it's great. Sound is sensational. Good looking film. Right kind of atmosphere. Actually fairly easy to follow, despite the premise.

    So much better than the original!
    _
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    Watched Troll on Netflix.
    Hollywood style disaster movie set in Norway and filmed in Norwegian (mainly).
    Watchable for the genre but ending seems a bit flawed / odd but I can’t really say why without spoilers.
  • pangolin
    pangolin Posts: 6,660
    morstar said:

    Watched Troll on Netflix.
    Hollywood style disaster movie set in Norway and filmed in Norwegian (mainly).
    Watchable for the genre but ending seems a bit flawed / odd but I can’t really say why without spoilers.

    Completely agree it was a fun watch but a strange way to tie it all up.
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