Rate the last film you watched...

[SasaS]

On 1/6/2019 at 12:07 PM, Paul said:

How ridiculously good is the girl’s performance? She’s incredibly convincing and very naturalistic. 

 

She is indeed great. This director seems to know how to work with actors because in both of her films I syw the performances were outstanding.

[Carvalho Diablo]

A Simple Favour

 

Blake Lively is fit as fuck and I'd love to bang her but this is bollocks.

 

3/10 Yoda Kodi

[Scott_M]

It’d been on my radar to re-watch for a while and the ridiculous comments on it the other day prompted my to watch The Departed again today.

 

9/10 - I’m right, others are wrong, its fucking brilliant. 

 

It’s so good it’s practically the only films that Walburg & Winston have done where they are not absolute shite.

 

I do take the point that Scorsese shouldn’t have won his Oscar for it. It neither his best or most stylish film. 

 

 

[rubble-rouser]

The Favourite.

 

7.5 arthritic lesbians out of ten 

 

 

[SammyAftershave]

6 hours ago, SasaS said:

 

She is indeed great. This director seems to know how to work with actors because in both of her films I syw the performances were outstanding.

Winter's Bone is one of my favourite films of the last decade. It was all the more impressive that it was the Director's debut. Wonderfully created atmosphere with the undercurrent of menace and outstanding performances.

[Alan Sex]

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. 

 

I really enjoyed this. The Western setting, the dark and surreal tone. 

 

Solid 8 out of 10 scalps. 

[VladimirIlyich]

1 hour ago, SammyAftershave said:

Winter's Bone is one of my favourite films of the last decade. It was all the more impressive that it was the Director's debut. Wonderfully created atmosphere with the undercurrent of menace and outstanding performances.

I thought it was one of the worst I've seen. Was expecting a good film but totally underwhelmed by it and bored senseless.

[SammyAftershave]

All about opinions mate.

[Numero Veinticinco]

1 minute ago, SammyAftershave said:

All about opinions mate.

Disagree, in my opinion. Good point though, one with which I fully agree. 

 

But that’s just my opinion. 

[Jose Jones]

Early Man

 

Nick Park caveman football film. Only watched it because my boy wanted to, and he thought it was absolutely hilarious.

Hits all the classic sports movie notes with a good bit of trademark aardman silliness. Surprised me with how much fun it was.

 

7/10

[RedKnight]

Bumblebee - Unbelievably it's a Transformers movie that's actually good and fun. If you liked the original cartoon then you'll love the look of the G1 Transformers, the little nods to that era of Transformers and a great musical cameo. If you hated all of the other live-action Transformers then you'll like this as it fuses a stripped down Transformers story (only three of them in it for 95% of the running time) and a coming-of-age buddy comedy to great effect. Funny, with a lot of heart, and action sequences that you can actually make sense of. 8 out of 10.

 

Darkest Hour - Biopic of Churchill in the months before Dunkirk. Gary Oldman looks the part, though he doesn't quite sound it, but I found the film quite lightweight and the bit on the Underground was laughably bad. Not quite sure why Lily Collins' role was either as it brought neither insight nor emotion. I wanted a lot more from a film with this subject matter. 5.5 out of 10.

 

The Good Dinosaur - AKA the bad Pixar movie. It's still a cut above most standard animated films and I found it better than the awful Cars series but this was a pretty basic effort in terms of themes and story. In fact it reminded me of the first Ice Age film in terms of the bare bones of the story. The background animation on the scenery was amazing but if you're noticing that then it's pretty obvious that the film isn't doing it's job. 5 out of 10.

[SammyAftershave]

1 hour ago, Numero Veinticinco said:

Disagree, in my opinion. Good point though, one with which I fully agree. 

 

But that’s just my opinion. 

You sound far too opinionated for my liking.

[Numero Veinticinco]

7 minutes ago, SammyAftershave said:

You sound far too opinionated for my liking.

That’s just, like, your opinion, man. 

[Edward.]

2 hours ago, Alan Sex said:

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. 

 

I really enjoyed this. The Western setting, the dark and surreal tone. 

 

Solid 8 out of 10 scalps. 

Yeah watched that the other day really enjoyed it. 

[mars]

17 hours ago, Alan Sex said:

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. 

 

I really enjoyed this. The Western setting, the dark and surreal tone. 

 

Solid 8 out of 10 scalps. 

Agree - great to see something original.

[Anny Road]

I thought it was shit. However it has been on my mind more than most films I've watched in ages. I suppose that is the genius of it which I now recognise. Simple story telling done well.

More power to them.

[thegreatelephant]

The Eagle Has Landed 10/10

 

what a cast.

 

going to watch the extended version at the weekend when it drops on the mat, saying 'take that Fritz' where necessary. but i'll sip beers, the German ones, to redress the balance because we're all friends now

[Carvalho Diablo]

Green Book

 

Vigo Mortensen and Maharishala Ali star in this wholly predicatble, but no less wonderful, road movie.

 

Really heart warming, really enjoyable.

 

8/10

[Mook]

The Missouri Breaks, a 1976 Western starring Brando, Jack Nicholson & Harry Dean Stanton.

 

I think this got pelters at the time but I thought it was brilliant, Brando in particular as mad as a carrier bag of ducks & loving every minute of it. 8/10

 

 

[SammyAftershave]

Great quirky western, brilliant cast. Jack's gang of bandit's are ace characters and Brando's 'Regulator' as an eccentric unconventional nutter with an Irish accent on par with Dick Van Dyke's cockney chimney sweep. That first scene when Brando appears at the funeral and rubs the ice from the coffin on his gums still makes me smile when I think about it. Arthur Penn was a truly immense Director. Sadly, the remaining prints I've seen of this film are tired and shitty.

[Mook]

1 minute ago, SammyAftershave said:

Great quirky western, brilliant cast. Jack's gang of bandit's are ace charachters and Brando's 'Regulator' as an eccentric unconventional nutter with an Irish accent on par with Dick Van Dyke's cockney chimney sweep. That first scene when Brando appears at the funeral and rubs the ice from the coffin on his gums still makes me smile when I think about it. Arthur Penn was a truly immense Director. Sadly, the remaining prints I've seen of this film are tired and shitty.

I've not seen it before but some scenes did look pretty worn (recorded it off ITV4 HD).

 

Great score by John Williams as well.

[Anny Road]

4 hours ago, Carvalho Diablo said:

Green Book

 

Vigo Mortensen and Maharishala Ali star in this wholly predicatble, but no less wonderful, road movie.

 

Really heart warming, really enjoyable.

 

8/10

Enjoyed that if a little corny.

[SasaS]

Bad Times at the El Royale. 5/10

 

Talk about a pointless film. 140 (why?) minutes of my life I'm never getting back. If it were that easy, any schmuck would be Tarantino.

[Guest]

Is Incredibles 2 the best film ever made? I've never seen it but I hope so...

 

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-home-entertainment/dvd-blu-ray-and-home-cinema/4k-blu-ray-movies/disney-incredibles-2-uhd-10188646-pdt.html

 

[Jose Jones]

Sorry to Bother You

 

Written and directed by Boots Riley from The Coup (who also do all the music). Set in the near future, the tale of Cassius Green who discovers he is a genius telemarketer when given the secret by Danny Glover.

His major client is Worry Free who sell people on signing over their lives to become indentured slaves.

 

A very amusing social satire, also pretty tricky to describe because it gets a bit fucked up (in a good way). Sort of like if Spike Lee has made Robocop while on acid.  If you think that sounds terrible then you would probably hate it.

 

I’m giving it 8.9/10.