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Man kills other manās son. Man follows killer relentlessly. Man kills killer.
It reminded me a bit of āA Man Called Horseā right down to the ripping off of the recovery in the steamy tent scene. Maybe that was what the ābeing born from a dead horseā scene was all about.
I thought it was very good.
Originally posted by @TheCholulaKid
I thought it was very good.
Donāt get me wrong, I enjoyed it and itās got a lot going for it.
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Donāt know how many on here use a vpn to get e most out of Netflix, but I just watched '71 on the Canadian Netflix. Itās an excellent film starring the always outstanding Jack oāConnell as a squaddie in Northern Ireland getting trapped and injured in a hostile part of Belfast during the height of the violence.
It does a good job keeping a pretty neutral stance on the politics, portraying both parts as having a cause, but being riddled with internal problems and separations. Very tense and well worth watching.
If youāve got kids, for some reason Netherlands Netflix is miles ahead of all the others. Theyāve already got Inside Out, a superb animation that was still on at the cinema last month.
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Great practical advice - and there are plenty of VPN solutions out there you can get for very cheap money. Think I pay $40 a year.
Shite that you have to do it, though.
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Get Hard
I was not expecting muchā¦ and I was fucking right not to.
Now this is a blast from the past - tidying up old stuff came across old VHSsrecorded from the TV. Found a copy of āSalvadorā. James Woods at his best in what is a tough film to watch but compelling nonetheless. Will try and dig out the old video player and a scart converter and see if it will still play.
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Originally posted by @Goatboy
Originally posted by @TedMaul
Itās not a traditional Hollywood movie. Especially, the narrative isnt a traditional revenge story. Itās more of a cinematic experience, you have to watch it on the big screen.
How so?
Man kills other manās son. Man follows killer relentlessly. Man kills killer.
It reminded me a bit of āA Man Called Horseā right down to the ripping off of the recovery in the steamy tent scene. Maybe that was what the ābeing born from a dead horseā scene was all about.
I do know what you mean and itās a trend with modern directors to ignore story and character based stuff and focus on this visual experience. Gravity was lauded, rightly. But at the same time itās almost like a theme park ride.
Not a film, but Iāve recently watched Oliver Stoneās Untold History of the United States. Superb documentary series, which not only shows the big turning points of the USā post-war history, but also shows how interested Stone has been in the subject throughout. His entire career has been about documenting that period in movie form; Salvador is one of the many films from his own career that he is able to use.
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Watched x+y last night and really enjoyed it.
Itās a UK production (BBC funded I think) that follows an autistic boyās dream to compete in the Mathsā Olympiad.
Some wonderful young actors playing the parts of kids on the autistic spectrum, and Rafe Spall is superb as the depressed, MS-suffering teacher who tries to inspire the young lad.
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You have to watch āRoomā SaintBletch ā¦ Jacob Tremblay is just his character. Just an amazing performance. I really canāt recommend too much.
Bree Larson should win best actress oscar. I never know if its Bree or Brie? Or my love of soft french cheese gets in the way.
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I watched Ex Machina and enjoyed it.
Wow, how much fun is Kingsman? (On our movie channel last night)
It even takes the piss out of itself forbeing a parody of early James Bond films, and Samuel L Jackson with a lispā¦ classic
In fact it probably is as close to what JB might have become IF Jason Bourne hadnāt turned up (and yes, loved that little call the dog JB joke as well) or possibly how an Austin Powers movie could have been if Mike Myers didnāt overactā¦
Very well worth watching over a TV dinner, and the Land of Hope & Glory scene has to be up there amongst movie tasteless bad joke cartoon comedy grossness classics.
āIf you save the world you can *&^& my assholeā may not have been EXACTLY what the Swedish Princess said, but it has to go down as one of the best misheard lines in a movie.
Great old fashioned tosh that entertained for almost two hours.
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I watched Joy yesterday. Not my sort of movie but very well acted and put together.
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Fuck Sake DP, read back a couple of pages, Kingsmen has been done already, in fact you could have cribbed some of our comments line for line 
Watched John Wick last night, dark and brooding Keanu Reeves does Matrix in real life with less dialogue to get in his way.
Cameo from Ian McShane made the film for me.
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Forgot to say in John Wick the chap who plays the weasly and pathetic Reek in GoT plays a character who is weasley and pathetic, talk about type cast.
Unusually for me, I have seen three movies in quite quick succession: The Revenant, Dadās Army and Foxcatcher. The first one I saw by choice; the second and third I was sort of coerced into seeing. Anyway, FWIW, this is what I thought about them:
The Revenant: I see that this has got mixed reviews on here; the review that comes nearest to mine - indeed, almost identical to mine - is that of Bucks above ā¦ although I did think that the story line was a little contrived in places; for instance, how was it that the fort spared so many men to search for LdCās son yet (conveniently) only 2 men to track down the bad guy? Also, there was a point where I found myself questioning why the bad guy didnāt just kill LdC when he had the chance. But, you get this sort of thing in most films, and it didnāt detract from what I thought was an excellent movie, and one that gripped me throughout.
Dadās Army. I didnāt want to see this movie because I suspected that it would fall into the category of There Are Some Things That Need To Be Left Alone And Not Repeated. Having now seen it, I still feel that way; but Iām happy to concede that the casting department did a good job with some of the characters, and that the film had one or two mildly amusing moments, and that Catherine Zeta Jones is still nice to look at.
The Foxcatcher. This film is based on a true story apparently. Itās quite slow paced and probably wouldnāt be everyoneās cup of tea - for instance, I overheard the fella in front of me describe it as ātediousā - but I found it to be an enthralling human and psychological drama and an interesting study of what can happen when individuals come under the control of wealthy patrons. It also contains some good acting performances, imo.
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Deadpool.
Hilarious from start to finish, great action, incredibly meta fourth wall breaking/references. Just go and see it, please.
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Deadpoolās the Valentineās Day plan for my girlfriend and I (tickets booked and everything). And sheās more excited about it than I am.
Iām really quite keen on her.
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