What films have you watched recently?

ICBM

boogieman said:

Just watched Apocalypse Now for the first time. Yeah, yeah I know  . I've seen chunks of it but somehow never managed to see the complete thing. Rather good but man there's some weird shit going on. 

Next job, watch The Deer Hunter, which I've also never seen. 

Careful… that's even more disturbing.

If you're going to do that, it's also worth seeing Casualties Of War, and possibly the Oliver Stone Vietnam trilogy (Platoon, Born On The Fourth Of July and Heaven & Earth) if you haven't already.

boogieman

ICBM said:

boogieman said:

Just watched Apocalypse Now for the first time. Yeah, yeah I know  . I've seen chunks of it but somehow never managed to see the complete thing. Rather good but man there's some weird shit going on. 

Next job, watch The Deer Hunter, which I've also never seen. 

Careful… that's even more disturbing.

If you're going to do that, it's also worth seeing Casualties Of War, and possibly the Oliver Stone Vietnam trilogy (Platoon, Born On The Fourth Of July and Heaven & Earth) if you haven't already.

Yeah I heard Deer Hunter isn't pleasant viewing. I haven't heard of Heaven and Earth, will have to investigate that one, thanks. 

DrCornelius

Trainspotting 2.

Way better than I expected , perhaps because I've seen the first one so many times I felt the 2 stories worked really well together.  It's not mushy and it's good to see the main characters haven't mellowed at all in the intervening 20 years.

ennspek

RaymondLin said:

ennspek said:

La La Land.
I'm slightly conflicted about this.
I knew literally nothing about it when I went in so the opening number was a bit of a shock!
Firstly I think it's important musicals exist and do well if good. I can't remember the last time I saw a musical that wasn't animated.
I'm many ways (in fact in most ways) it was superb. 
It really is a big Hollywood studio musical from the golden years. The ways the actors move, talk, dance, sing, the lighting and even the quality of the colour was fantastic with that in mind.
It was emotional and cleverly mixed old type standards with thoroughly modern twist.
The leads were great.
My only problem, and I think it is a big one for a musical, is that I don't think the songs were great. The instrumental stuff was fantastic but the vocal numbers, not so much. If I'm being charitable they would grow on you but walking out of the cinema I couldn't remember a thing.
8.236/10

I read somewhere that if they had cast someone like Anna Kendricks in it, she would have nailed every single song in that out of the park.

But I think that's the point, the point that although these people are singing their feelings, a musical, they are not like the leagues of professionals, so the slightly reserved and understated singing, and dancing suits the movie.

By old musical standards, only the opening number is the one that is big, the rest are much smaller and more intimate. 

As for the music, I really like it, songs wise City of Stars is the one I keep humming but the one theme I come out with wanting to learn is their theme tune on that piano.  So they must have done something right.

I've seen this 4 times now, just love it.

The thing is I didn't think the performance was the problem, they were great. I just felt the material lacked that real top quality edge if that makes sense.

Dopesick

Green Room - punk band gets taken hostage by Nazis led by Patrick Stewart after a gig. Wasn't really that good tbh.

Bone Tomahawk - watched this straight afterwards. Bloody loved it. Mix of Coen Brothers, wild west and horror. One scene in particular made me wince.

dern

DrCornelius said:

Trainspotting 2.

Way better than I expected , perhaps because I've seen the first one so many times I felt the 2 stories worked really well together.  It's not mushy and it's good to see the main characters haven't mellowed at all in the intervening 20 years.

Totally agree. Had very high expectations and was blown away. Loved it.

Philly_Q

Dopesick said:

Green Room - punk band gets taken hostage by Nazis led by Patrick Stewart after a gig. Wasn't really that good tbh.

Bone Tomahawk - watched this straight afterwards. Bloody loved it. Mix of Coen Brothers, wild west and horror. One scene in particular made me wince.

I preferred Green Room, Bone Tomahawk is a bit talky and it takes too long for anything to happen.  But both good films.

hotpot

Just watched Caddyshack....again for the umpteenth time, It's one of those films I never get tired of watching.  LOLOL. It always cracks me up. Judge Smails character is funny as hell.

cruxiform

dern said:

DrCornelius said:

Trainspotting 2.

Way better than I expected , perhaps because I've seen the first one so many times I felt the 2 stories worked really well together.  It's not mushy and it's good to see the main characters haven't mellowed at all in the intervening 20 years.

Totally agree. Had very high expectations and was blown away. Loved it.

Same here. Saw it on Friday, just had to see it as I am a huge fan of the original. Loved it.

Deadman

Edge of tomorrow.

I felt like a kid watching this, loved every minute of it and Emily Blunt is gorgeous.

10/10 from me.

Fuengi

Went to se La La Land last night, what a treat! Absolutely loved it, several nods to Casablanca and the music is great throughout, as are the performances. 

Philly_Q

247 degrees F.  Horror (using the term very loosely) about several idiots who get accidentally locked in a sauna.  I can honestly say it's one of the worst, most boring films I've ever seen.

57Deluxe

That Film 4 on Weds with Robert Redford - 'All is Lost' - 90mins of no dialogue whatsoever! Good watch though!

sinbaadi

Moana - beautiful cg Disney film, and I mean visually it is utterly stunning.  
Kind of a classic story line, but great atmosphere, some good songs too!

I loved it.

57Deluxe

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Deadman

Grimsby.

Dear me.

ThorpyFX

Dallas buyers club, surprised me really. I thought the acting was first class and caused me to have real empathy with the characters.

SICARIO, dark AND REALLY enjoyable

MrSwanson

Lego Batman today 

HAL9000

Philadelphia - Bloody brilliant! I saw it when it first came out in 1993 and not only has it stood the test of time, it's actually matured with age. Seeing it again from the viewpoint of twenty-something years later makes you realise how far we've come. 10/10 from me.

boogieman

Divergent. Its free on Prime so I thought I'd give it a go. Not bad: basically Hunger Games reconfigured. Too long though.