šŸ“½ Films I have seen

Logan is great too, at least a 1.73/10 :laughing:

Iā€™ve just watched one of the most ā€˜full onā€™ films I can remember seeing, Antichrist with William Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsborough ā€¦ disturbing, harrowing, beautiful, sad, grotesque, powerful, compellingā€¦ itā€™s all of those and more.

Is it a good film ? ā€¦ itā€™s top notch with some fantastic cinematography and powerful performances youā€™d expect from these two highly respected leads.

Did I enjoy it ? ā€¦ phew, I dunno really ā€¦ Iā€™m still trying to take it all in !! Itā€™s not fun by any means but Itā€™s a magnificent film, well worth watching (if your not too squeamish) ā€¦ I was totally captivated from start to finish.

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Compelling is a good word to describe Antichrist @steveintheforest , I found it challenging to watch (itā€™s good to be challenged sometimes)and it haunted me for a good few days after, but looking back Iā€™m glad Iā€™ve seen it. Maybe Iā€™ll watch it again one day, but itā€™s hard for me to think of a mood Iā€™ll be in that Antichrist would fit the bill for my evenings entertainment.

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Went to see ā€˜Free Fireā€™ yesterday, was a good 90 minutes of throwaway entertainment and Sharlto Copley stole the show for me. Was also a nice surprise to see our own Barry Gale get an unexpected (and all too brief) appearance. Donā€™t think it will go down as a classic but was good fun.

**SPOILER ALERT** The trailer is essentially the whole film.

I watched the Martin Scorcese film ā€œSilenceā€ tonight. It was good. Certainly made me think throughout about religion and my beliefs. It has the feel of an old 60ā€™s or 70ā€™s or 80ā€™s classic and reminded me a little of Fitzcarraldo. Itā€™s a huge film, both in length and in weight. The Mrs fell asleep after 20mins.

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The Big Short - currently on Netflix. Bit clunky and uneven but an enjoyable enough way to get up to speed with the sub-prime loan debacle/market crash.

Margin Call (also on Netflix) seems an obvious companion piece so might give that a whirl tonight.

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Itā€™s right at the top of my list of films to see. Has been for a while but the length of it precludes it from the casual ā€˜lets chuck a movie onā€™ catergory. I normally watch a film later on in the evening which isnā€™t really the time for a two and a half hour, heavywieght epic ā€¦ not with work the next day anyway.

Looking forward to it now youā€™ve given it the thumbs up ā€¦I think Iā€™ll watch it over Easter when Iā€™ve got a bit of time and Iā€™m less likely to do a ā€˜Mrs. Fatsā€™ halfway thruā€™.

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I had BOGOF tickets to the cinema tonight but there wasnā€™t a great deal on so we watched Logan. Itā€™s a fucking long film. Itā€™s quite bloody and violent. Itā€™s ok. A little bit of sort of fun. The Mrs almost fell asleep after about 30 mins, so thatā€™s progress.

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The Mrs almost fell asleep after about 30 mins, so thatā€™s progress. So, 28 minutes more than usual :zipper_mouth:

Lars Von Trierā€™s a twat, sorry a bit reductive then iā€™m drunk. Heā€™s the most shouty and show off from the the Dogme 95 group of Scandi directors. Thomas Vinterberg just kept making quietly brilliant films, ā€œThe Huntā€ ā€¦ Mads Mikklesson.

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I really struggle these days to watch films or find one I am interested in. There seems to be a lot of rubbish out there. So yesterday we traweled through amazon/netflix etc. Iā€™d suggested I Daniel Blake but it was deemed (by my partner) to be a bit depressing for out bank holiday viewing. I also suggested Pride. But again not quite up the the lols he obviously wanted.

So we watched The Pianist instead! :lou_facepalm_2: Very harrowing film.

Not exactly a film but thereā€™s no thread for feature length DVDā€™s

Just watched _Monty Python Live (Mostly) - One Down Five To Go _- again !!

Itā€™s the DVD release of one of their farewell shows at the O2. Iā€™m so gutted I never got my shit together to get a ticket, if the DVDā€™s anything to go by it was amazing, a really big production and very funnyā€¦ in a nolstalgic kinda way.

Well worth a watch if youā€™re a fan ā€¦ the full showā€™s on YouTube, hereā€™s a couple of clips:

Itā€™s a terrible affliction for anyone. But Terry Jones :slight_frown: Writer and director of the some of the most original and influential comedy.

Iā€™d heard about that, very sad indeed