What films have you watched recently?

Deadman

The Revenant. Lots of beards, trees and hard to understand American accents. Not a bad film by any means but a little bit tedious.
5/10.

Philly_Q

Salt.  As usual I'm about six years behind the rest of the world.  Strange film, it seemed like a silly, glossy, bloodless Mission Impossible style romp for the first half, then it got quite violent and a bit unpleasant in the second half.  Not bad though.  The Blu-ray has three different cuts of the film so they obviously weren't sure quite how to play it.

starwarsnosebleed

Watched ' The Greasy strangler' lastnight, and well......i wasnt quite prepared for a film as bizarre as that!!
 
It is a very strangely dark, black comedy horror.
Meda me piss my pants with laughter at some of the scenes, and purposely over-long awkward pauses in dialogue.

Really enjoyable, and would definitely recommend it to anyone with a certain type of dark humour.

8.5/10

Skipped

A Man Called Ove (2016).

Moving and beautifully produced. I latched onto this after noticing that the book is at number 2 in the New York Times best selling fiction list.


But why did I watch the movie before reading the book?
I don't know. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCh4iiAXuAc

Skipped

The Tower (2016)

Stunning documentary on the 1966 shootings at the University of Texas at Austin. The film uses a combination of animation and archive news footage to tell the story.
TBH....the 2 movies I have just posted have blown away (IMO) the other films I have seen recently.....and those other films were among the main 2017 Oscar contenders.

jonnyburgo

Watched Lala Land and Lion, both excellent.

jonnyburgo

Manchester by the Sea, excellent for a movie that is very slow paced and existential, had me choked up in a few scenes, Casey Affleck is brilliant and believable, Michelle Williams I felt sort of drifted in and out of the story but she really nailed one pivotal scene that had my bottom lip going.

Philly_Q

@jonnyburgo  We'll have to make you the designated FB Oscars correspondent.

Flink_Poyd

Passengers
Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt in space. OK acting, they go well together. Story is a bit weak but I can forgive that because Chris Pratt is likeable, Jennifer Lawrence is lovely, I like space and Martin Sheen was good as well. 
Overall, watchable but nothing special. 

guitarfishbay

Watched Trainspotting 2 and Lego Batman.

Trainspotting 2 I thought was excellent.  Lego Batman was not as funny as the Lego Movie, though it was enjoyable enough.

TheBigDipper

Been to the flicks a few times so far this year. None of them a dud... 

A United Kingdom - decent and engaging. Didn't know the story beforehand. 

Arrival - great film about language and ideas. Amy Adams is superb in this. Bittersweet at the end when you untangle things. 

Paterson - a warm, absorbing film where nothing much happens yet everything does. Really good, with really bad poetry. 

Manchester By The Sea - surely the performance of the year by Casey Affleck. Raw, sad and powerful. Still crashing around my brain 3 weeks later. 

La La Land - loved it whilst I was in the cinema, haven't thought about it at all since. Escapist and enjoyable. 

T2:  Trainspotting - decent sequel and enjoyable to watch.

Denial - well acted and well written Timothy Spall is great as David Irving, but Tom Wilkinson's barrister did it for me. 

Sporky

I had a cold this week, so caught up on some things I'd recorded.

Megamind: Awful. Didn't bother finishing it. I assume it redeemed itself someway through so a generous 0.8 out of 7.1

Death Race 2: Weak start, picks up a bit as it goes on, turns out it's a prequel. A couple of amusing references. Not a patch on Death Race, which should tell you a lot. 5.1 out of 9.3

Handsome_Chris

John Wick: Chapter Two    9/10

If you liked the first one, don't worry, this delivers too.  It is a roaring rampage of revenge and retribution that will please anyone who is partial to a rollercoaster ride of action and adventure. 

@Clarky , this is for you. 

MrSwanson

Handsome_Chris said:

John Wick: Chapter Two    9/10

If you liked the first one, don't worry, this delivers too.  It is a roaring rampage of revenge and retribution that will please anyone who is partial to a rollercoaster ride of action and adventure. 

@Clarky , this is for you. 

That's good to hear, hopefully seeing this next week.

Clarky

Handsome_Chris said:

John Wick: Chapter Two    9/10

If you liked the first one, don't worry, this delivers too.  It is a roaring rampage of revenge and retribution that will please anyone who is partial to a rollercoaster ride of action and adventure. 

@Clarky , this is for you. 

hmmm…. sounds interesting…
I reckon The Great Wall has to be on the list too..

robgilmo

Watched Passengers last week, not bad, bit like star trek kind of sci-fi.
Army of One, brilliant, really good film.
Arrival, not really impressed but watchable. 
Captain Fantastic, brilliant, really brilliant.
Morgan, pants,
Moana, brilliant for the kids.

mikeyrob73

Live by Night, I really enjoyed it, never been a Big Ben Afleck fan but thought e was pretty good 8 outta 10

Handsome_Chris

Sporky said:

I had a cold this week, so caught up on some things I'd recorded.

Megamind: Awful. Didn't bother finishing it. I assume it redeemed itself someway through so a generous 0.8 out of 7.1

Woah @Sporky , check yourself before you wreck yourself!  This thread is titled "

What films have you watched recently?"

Not 

What films have you started to watch recently but never bothered getting to the end of?

Please let us restore some integrity to this thread.

Sporky

Fair point; my apologies.

I watched all of Death Race 2 though. That's a pretty epic effort.

Clarky

Just got back from seeing The Great Wall

holy fk… without doubt the best film I've seen for a long time…
some jaw dropping scenes

absolutely loved it.. 
I want to go see this one again..