Rate the last film you watched...

[Davelfc]

1 minute ago, Shooter in the Motor said:

Does it get 15 out of 10?

19 out of 17

[Carvalho Diablo]

Just Mercy

Jamie Foxxxxxxx stars as a black man (wrongly?) convicted of murder and facing the death penalty in Shittsville, Alabama.

 

Based upon a true story, Foxxxxxxxxxx is decent and it's an enjoyable film but this sort of thing has been done so many times before and so much better too.

 

6/10 Fen Kodi

 

[Tony Moanero]

2 minutes ago, Carvalho Diablo said:

Just Mercy

Jamie Foxxxxxxx stars as a black man (wrongly?) convicted of murder and facing the death penalty in Shittsville, Alabama.

 

Based upon a true story, Foxxxxxxxxxx is decent and it's an enjoyable film but this sort of thing has been done so many times before and so much better too.

 

6/10 Fen Kodi

 

Examples, please, mate.

[Carvalho Diablo]

46 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

Examples, please, mate.

Dead Man Walking, The Green Mile, True Crime, there's loads of them.

[Alan Sex]

59 minutes ago, Carvalho Diablo said:

Just Mercy

Jamie Foxxxxxxx stars as a black man (wrongly?) convicted of murder and facing the death penalty in Shittsville, Alabama.

 

Based upon a true story, Foxxxxxxxxxx is decent and it's an enjoyable film but this sort of thing has been done so many times before and so much better too.

 

6/10 Fen Kodi

 

I would have thought Jamie Foxxxx was a natural choice to play a black man. 

[Tony Moanero]

55 minutes ago, Carvalho Diablo said:

Dead Man Walking, The Green Mile, True Crime, there's loads of them.

Watched The Green Mile at the pictures. Never seen Dead Man Walking or True Crime.

[halewood pete]

The Irishman 8/10

Enjoyed it,some great performances and a nice singing cameo from Steven van zandt (Silvio from Sopranos)

[rb14]

1917. Really entertaining. Very very enjoyable. But I'm afraid it's only getting 7.5/10 from me. 

 

Explanatory possible spoiler below... 

 

 

A little bit too Hollywood for my liking. No need for this one unbroken shot thing. No need for Rambo-esque car-chase type scenes of a million bullets missing their target, dodging artillery, going over waterfalls, etc. etc. etc.

 

[niallers]

Terminator. Dark fate.

My fucking word it was truly awful. Can't believe Cameron had anything to do with it 

[redheart]

On 23/01/2020 at 00:12, niallers said:

Terminator. Dark fate.

My fucking word it was truly awful. Can't believe Cameron had anything to do with it 

 

I can. When was the last time he made a decent film?

 

True Lies in 1994 which I rather liked.

 

He has made a lot of "wosh" movies. That is wow coupled with shit. The technical innovations and look of them are "wow" but the plot and dialogue are shit. So they seem wow when you see them but any analysis or reflections make you realise that they are seriously shit movies. Amongst these are

 

The Abyss

Titanic

Avatar

 

And Terminator 2 is not that great either apart from the new use of CGI and the great bad guy

 

I didn't realise that he wrote the screenplay for Rambo : First Blood Part II. So he even fucked that up

[General Dryness]

On 23/01/2020 at 10:32, Alan Sex said:

I would have thought Jamie Foxxxx was a natural choice to play a black man. 

Amazing performance, you'd believe he really was black in real life.

[easytoslip]

I don’t what it was called but from the 40s about Scottish settlers in Canada and probably heard one of the best lines , one of the kids who are being taken to school asks his Grandad about how’s his Dad died, hard work and disappointment came the reply 

[Anubis]

Richard Jewell. 7/10. Timely reminder of how an innocent person’s life can be destroyed by an investigation fixated on the wrong starting premise, and a sensationalist media happily working hand in hand with them. Always follow the evidence.

[John102]

Parasite

 

4/10. I just didnt get it at all.

[sir roger]

1917 , pretty good and well worth the cinema ticket but not quite as good as I was hoping. 

[Bjornebye]

17 hours ago, redheart said:

 

I can. When was the last time he made a decent film?

 

True Lies in 1994 which I rather liked.

 

He has made a lot of "wosh" movies. That is wow coupled with shit. The technical innovations and look of them are "wow" but the plot and dialogue are shit. So they seem wow when you see them but any analysis or reflections make you realise that they are seriously shit movies. Amongst these are

 

The Abyss

Titanic

Avatar

 

And Terminator 2 is not that great either apart from the new use of CGI and the great bad guy

 

I didn't realise that he wrote the screenplay for Rambo : First Blood Part II. So he even fucked that up

An amazing amount of nonsense in this post 

[Guest]

31 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

An amazing amount of nonsense in this post 

Thank fuck it wasn't just me who thought that.

 

Quite ironic too the use of the word wosh as I feel it describes the post perfectly. 

[Scott_M]

Richard Jewell 5/10.

 

There is nothing wrong with it. It’s well made and all the performances are solid etc, it’s just a bit....meh.
 

Olivia Wilde looks incredible throughout. 

 

[Scott_M]

Booksmart 7/10.

 

Direct by the gorgeous Olivia Wilde, basically girls do a Superbad movie of going to various parties before they go to college. 
 

It’s good. It’s funny and has heart, just not as OTT as the films it’s obviously based on. I’d recommend it, it’s definitely enjoyable. 

[redheart]

6 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

An amazing amount of nonsense in this post 

Sorry if I offended your love of Titanic.

 

But if it helps...your heart will go on

[Bjornebye]

1 hour ago, redheart said:

Sorry if I offended your love of Titanic.

 

But if it helps...your heart will go on

I’ll never let you go Jack 

[Mook]

I just looked through James Cameron's filmography & the only really good film he's ever done is the first Terminator.

 

He's been fucking shite since about 1984.

[Bjornebye]

Terminator 2 is a great film 

[Mook]

3 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Terminator 2 is a great film 

Even if it was, that little whiney cunt would completely ruin it. I spend the whole film wanting him terminated.

[Mudface]

13 hours ago, Shooter in the Motor said:

If you fancy a recent horror film, The Lighthouse, Midsommar and Mandy might scratch that itch. 

I watched Midsommar in the end. Not entirely sure what to make of it, at places it felt more like a gory comedy than a revenge horror and was a bit risible at parts with all the howling and fucking. Beautifully shot though, all shades of gold and white (and red later on), the depiction of the trip when they first get to the commune is pitch perfect and it had some shocking imagery. The ending is superb too.

 

 

The ending was actually uplifting rather than horrifying- Dani has the empathetic family she's been looking for, she finally sees her boyfriend for the asshole he is and condemns him to burn and his shallow, tosspot friends are deservedly dispatched. I also liked the conceit of the educated white man exploring and patronising the primitive native's rituals being flipped on its head with the black PhD student and the white European tribe.

 

7.5/10 for the experience.