Rate the last film you watched...

[Redder Lurtz]

Watched The Arrival.

 

Completely engrossed from start to finish. Excellent.

 

Watched that on your recommendation. Great film. 

[SammyAftershave]

Caught up on a few recent films over the Easter:

 

Tomorrowland -  It's for kids. Switched off after ten minutes. No score.

 

Stare Trek, Beyond -  Formulaic to the point of self-parody. Co-written by Simon Pegg: Shaun of the Dead seems soooo long ago. 4/10. 

 

Nebraska - Haha, With this and Hateful 8, Bruce Dern has cornered the market for playing cantankerous, obnoxious old duffers. Starts slow then builds into a brilliant picture of a man's life and how he touched those in his mid-west home town. It's a beautiful film, both visually and emotionally. And it's got Bob Odenkirk in it as well 8.36/10 

 

Agreed. 'Nebraska' was superbly human as was 'The Descendants'. As are all of Alexander Payne's films. 'Election' and 'About Schmidt' being my most-loved. Perhaps the most lauded of his works 'Sideways' is my least favourite.

[The Murse]

Trespass against us

 

Gloucestershire traveller accents and lingo from Fassbender; promises much in terms of patriarchal to-ing and fro-ing, but essentially ends up a fucking tree, for no reason. 

 

5/10

[skend04]

Fast 8. Not so fast, until the end. It's definitely now suffering from the law of diminishing returns although Statham again proves he's got some decent comic chops 6.5/10. PS what has Helen Mirren done to her boat race??

[Carvalho Diablo]

Nebraska.

 

Only watched it because of the reviews in here, but thanks to The Mighty GF cos I loved it.

 

Bruce Dern is brilliant, so too is his son and especially his acerbic old trout missus. Shot in black and white and so much better for it, the cinematography and big Mid-Western vistas are quite beautifully shot and framed. Oddly enough, some of the picture framing reminded me very much of Better Call Saul; coincidental because Bob Odenkirk has another cracking little turn in this.

 

Reminded me of one of my favourite ever films, The Straight Story, and the ending was quite wonderful.

 

A big 9 from me.

[Red74]

The Shallows

Fit girl does some surfing and then bitey the shark wants to eat her

 

I actually enjoyed it . 7 jaws out of 10

 

Watched this with my lad last night. Seen some terrible reviews but as we're both on our sick beds and where both wanting the nod off the Mrs to stay off work / school I thought Id do the fatherly thing and let him stay up late to scare him.  

 

As someone whose petrified of the sea, I was seriously feeling the tension here right until the end when they must have ran out of shark budget and employed the stand in shark from the Sharknado movies. Couldn't believe how bad the quality seriously dropped off as it'd been a decent little movie that had us both lifting our feet off the floor in case the shark was under the couch.

 

I'm gonna give this a 6 Katy Perry dancing sharks out of 10 (would have gave it 7 if the terribly acted beach scene had been left out) 

[Total Longo]

Watched this with my lad last night. Seen some terrible reviews but as we're both on our sick beds and where both wanting the nod off the Mrs to stay off work / school I thought Id do the fatherly thing and let him stay up late to scare him.  

 

As someone whose petrified of the sea, I was seriously feeling the tension here right until the end when they must have ran out of shark budget and employed the stand in shark from the Sharknado movies. Couldn't believe how bad the quality seriously dropped off as it'd been a decent little movie that had us both lifting our feet off the floor in case the shark was under the couch.

 

I'm gonna give this a 6 Katy Perry dancing sharks out of 10 (would have gave it 7 if the terribly acted beach scene had been left out) 

 

It was OK until it totally jumped the shark late on. Or to be more accurate, when the CGI shark jumped through a hoop whilst on fire. 

[Red74]

It was OK until it totally jumped the shark late on. Or to be more accurate, when the CGI shark jumped through a hoop whilst on fire. 

 

hahaha, wish id have said that. Tell you what tho, I reckon id have ate Steven seagull. Needs must and he was the weakest member like

[Anny Road]

Passengers.

Good premise, good cast good start and middle then went disney

5/10

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

Don't usually rate a film I'm about to watch, but starting up Mississippi Burning, which I haven't seen in ages.

 

Pure class. Outstanding performances from Hackman, Dafoe (can't believe he's 61) and McDormand.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Kamiko - The Treasure Hunter

 

Really odd (mostly) Japanese film about the eponymous Kamiko, a lonely young woman who discovers a dodgy VHS copy of Fargo and believes it an actual treasure map.

 

Very eccentric but actually a really tender study of loneliness and depression, beautifully acted by the lass who plays Kamiko, who try as she might, can't hide the fact that's she's hot as fuck.

 

If you like Fargo then there's a good chance you'll enjoy this too. A little gem.

 

8\10 with subs.

 

Exodus on Kodi.

[Carvalho Diablo]

The Descendants.

 

A very strange film about love, loss, grief, coming of age, a love letter to Hawaii.

 

Very funny in places, some great acting in places, counter balanced with an unhealthy dose of cynicism.

 

8/10

 

Exodus

[KevieG]

I watched that film Threads from the 80's for the first time last weekend, just because of all the North Korea business. Harrowing isn't the word. Should be required viewing for all world leaders. 

 

9/10 but not nice to watch at all.

[Bjornebye]

Derailed

 

Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston. Not bad at all, Aniston is a little minx in it. Bit dark, its a thriller. Slightly far fetched ending but a good watch all the same. 7/10 

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

Watched Get Out yesterday as there is now a 720p version on Kodi. Was a crappy cam copy previously.

 

Weird as fuck, but psychological masterpiece.

[Kloppite]

La La land 8/10.

 

Excellent film well worth watching.

[Welsh]

The Descendants.

 

A very strange film about love, loss, grief, coming of age, a love letter to Hawaii.

 

Very funny in places, some great acting in places, counter balanced with an unhealthy dose of cynicism.

 

8/10

 

Exodus

The Descendants is a brilliant film.

[Mendoza]

Alexander Payne has made some good stuff over the years.

[John101]

Undercover Hooligan.

 

Woeful. Just woeful.

 

1/5

[Kloppite]

Watched Get Out yesterday as there is now a 720p version on Kodi. Was a crappy cam copy previously.

 

Weird as fuck, but psychological masterpiece.

Get out 7.5/10.

 

Good film very fucked up, reminded me of a Steven king film.

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Don't usually rate a film I'm about to watch, but starting up Mississippi Burning, which I haven't seen in ages.

 

Pure class. Outstanding performances from Hackman, Dafoe (can't believe he's 61) and McDormand.

 

 

Good to see you didn't relent on your beliefs.

[ZonkoVille77]

Watched Get Out yesterday as there is now a 720p version on Kodi. Was a crappy cam copy previously.

 

Weird as fuck, but psychological masterpiece.

 

Watched it on Sat night. Very good film. Basically knew what was going to happen but it played out well.

8/10.

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Get out, it started well but the plot was so entirely transparent from the minute the film begun I couldn't be arsed with it,  5/10.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Kong - Skull Island

 

Yeh, bid dumb stoopid fun. Enjoyed it.

 

6/10

[Anny Road]

Get out. Thought it was crap. Predictable and rushed.

4/10