Rate the last film you watched...

[Pete]

Return of the Jedi - 9/10

[VladimirIlyich]

52 minutes ago, Shooter in the Motor said:

Good film that. I think the producers took some convincing he was suitable as he’d never done anything like it.

His role in Insomnia with Al Pacino was another excellent 'creepy' performance of his.

[Mook]

I much prefer Robin Williams in those serious roles, he just annoys the fuck out of me when he's attempting to be funny. Last time I watched Good Morning Vietnam, I nearly put the telly out the window.

 

Awakenings, Dead Poets Society and Good Will Hunting were the best things he did IMO.

[TD_LFC]

Same could be said of Jim Carrey, eternal sunshine, Truman Show and Man on the Moon is some of his best work and while it's not always a complete departure (Like Williams in Insomnia for example) they are completely different to the likes of ace ventura and liar liar that are pure unrestrained Carrey.

[Bjornebye]

33 minutes ago, Mook said:

I much prefer Robin Williams in those serious roles, he just annoys the fuck out of me when he's attempting to be funny. Last time I watched Good Morning Vietnam, I nearly put the telly out the window.

 

Awakenings, Dead Poets Society and Good Will Hunting were the best things he did IMO.

 

That's a superb film. Fuck me 

[Strontium]

On 15/05/2023 at 20:00, Scott_M said:

Air 8/10.

 

Story of Nike signing Michael Jordan. Leans a bit too much into its 80sness, it zips along and is most entertaining.

 

I'm definitely going to watch it, but it amuses me no end that when Hollywood finally gets round to making a Michael Jordan movie, they make it about the white guys who hired him to sell shoes.

[TD_LFC]

[TD_LFC]

More seriously, Air isn't really a film about Jordan anyway, it's more about Sonny Vaccarro and Nike.

[Mook]

33 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

 

That's a superb film. Fuck me 

 

I watched it once when I was a kid and loved, saw it again about ten years ago and his (Robin Williams) performance in it brought out an almost violent reaction in me. It was like he spent the entire film desperately trying to be funny and failing in the most horrific way.

 

Put me right off him tbh.

[manwiththestick]

3 hours ago, Mook said:

I much prefer Robin Williams in those serious roles, he just annoys the fuck out of me when he's attempting to be funny. Last time I watched Good Morning Vietnam, I nearly put the telly out the window.

 

Awakenings, Dead Poets Society and Good Will Hunting were the best things he did IMO.

The Fisher King is another great role.

[Mook]

10 minutes ago, manwiththestick said:

The Fisher King is another great role.

 

I've not seen that. I'll have a look for it, thanks.

[Bjornebye]

3 hours ago, Mook said:

 

I watched it once when I was a kid and loved, saw it again about ten years ago and his (Robin Williams) performance in it brought out an almost violent reaction in me. It was like he spent the entire film desperately trying to be funny and failing in the most horrific way.

 

Put me right off him tbh.

The whole point of the film is that he’s a DJ trying to bring humour into a tragic environment. It’s a superb movie. 

[redheart]

4 hours ago, TD_LFC said:

Same could be said of Jim Carrey, eternal sunshine, Truman Show and Man on the Moon is some of his best work and while it's not always a complete departure (Like Williams in Insomnia for example) they are completely different to the likes of ace ventura and liar liar that are pure unrestrained Carrey.

 

The World According to Garp is a fine Williams film

[Bobby Hundreds]

6 hours ago, Pete said:

Return of the Jedi - 9/10

What's it about?

[Mook]

1 hour ago, Bjornebye said:

The whole point of the film is that he’s a DJ trying to bring humour into a tragic environment. It’s a superb movie. 

 

I thought it was about a big shark.

[Bjornebye]

20 minutes ago, Mook said:

 

I thought it was about a big shark.

That’s all it was missing I reckon 

[Guest]

36 minutes ago, Mook said:

 

I thought it was about a big shark.

No that’s return of the dead eye.

[Mook]

25 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

That’s all it was missing I reckon 

 

A big shark would have been funnier than Robin Williams.

[Mook]

I watched Backdraft last night. That's a fucking ridiculous film, what with the screaming and growling noises the fire makes and Donald Sutherland's toe curling attempt at a career arsonist.

 

Then the 'all American' ending with the music Trey Parker would have balked at & Kurt Russell shouting 'showtime' as he runs at full pelt into a burning building.

 

Nonsense.

[Bjornebye]

11 minutes ago, Mook said:

I watched Backdraft last night. That's a fucking ridiculous film, what with the screaming and growling noises the fire makes and Donald Sutherland's toe curling attempt at a career arsonist.

 

Then the 'all American' ending with the music Trey Parker would have balked at & Kurt Russell shouting 'showtime' as he runs at full pelt into a burning building.

 

Nonsense.

 

Ladder 49 with Joaquin Phoenix is decent. 

[Mook]

Just now, Bjornebye said:

 

Ladder 49 with Joaquin Phoenix is decent. 

 

Not seen that one, cheers Stig.

[Tony Moanero]

13 minutes ago, Mook said:

I watched Backdraft last night. That's a fucking ridiculous film, what with the screaming and growling noises the fire makes and Donald Sutherland's toe curling attempt at a career arsonist.

 

Then the 'all American' ending with the music Trey Parker would have balked at & Kurt Russell shouting 'showtime' as he runs at full pelt into a burning building.

 

Nonsense.

You’ve been watching some right old shit lately, Mook.

[Mook]

8 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

You’ve been watching some right old shit lately, Mook.

 

I've got a Firestick with no subscriptions on it so going through all the free films, which are invariably shite.

 

The DVDs are going to start coming out the cupboard again. Time to rewatch some classics.

[Carvalho Diablo]

2 hours ago, Mook said:

 

I've got a Firestick with no subscriptions on it so going through all the free films, which are invariably shite.

 

The DVDs are going to start coming out the cupboard again. Time to rewatch some classics.

Get a Real Debrid sub

[Carvalho Diablo]

See How They Run

 

Underwhelming but watchable. Great cast.

 

6/10