šŸ“½ Films I have seen

Iā€™m crap at watching movies in any sort of time, but Iā€™ve finally seen all of Django Unchained. Itā€™s a dizzying experience, and probably the best movie Iā€™ve seen from Tarantino, Hateful Eight included, probably because itā€™s so satisfying and managed to tickle my brain while I was watching it.

Donā€™t get me wrong; in most senses, itā€™s your typical Tarantino film, but the time period allows him to play with some pretty big themes, such as the value of education and the evil that emerges when humans are the property of others. Maybe Iā€™m looking too much into it, the education thing is particularly relevant. Django is probably a gun-savant, but his education allows him to speak the same language that would use his lack of it to classify, or subjugate him.

Loved Foxx in this movie; Christoph Waltz was also excellent, as were De Caprio and Samuel L. One of my pals refers to this as Mr Jacksonā€™s best performance, perhaps because it was so small. Itā€™s a lot better than turning up in an eyepatch at the end of a Marvel film, thatā€™s for sure. Most of all though, I donā€™t think a Tarantino film has ever had worthier characters than this one.

Most of his movies, the latest included, are usually filled with complete bastards. Even though the Inglorious Bastards were fighting the Germans, they were still bastards. The clue is in the name - just happened to be fighting on the right side. Django is on a worthy mission, and itā€™s almost impossible not to feel thrilled as he tears up a world that says he has no rightful place in it.

We have very different tastes in film, you & I, pap.

Risk of sounding a bit poncy but enjoyed Force Majeure. Swedish subtitled but interesting about what happens when husband and father acts cowardly. On Netflix - well US library definitely.

also really enjoyed Big Short but may have been discussed already.

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As he sees it, with slight emebllishments to make it more sensational

Good popcorn flick

Yeah, reading Paps thing comparing 4 films, if youā€™re stuck in an office job, paticulalrly IT related then you must watch Office Space, we all know a Milton

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Office Space is my fucking life.

Loads of bosses? Check!
Onerous paperwork? Check!
ā€œCan you just go ahead andā€¦ā€ (aaaargh!) Check!

Iā€™m also about as credible on rap and hip hop as Michael Bolton.

Birdman. At turns minimal, pretentious, emotive and artsy. So right up my street, basically. A solid 8/10.

Unfortunately it loses 8 marks for featuring a scene in which Edward Norton (visibly aging - at bloody last) gets off with Emma Stone. No justice in this world.

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Woah. Watched this last night. Bucksā€™ review is pretty much spot on. Excellent film - loved it.

That scene wil stay with me for a while.

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Top man. Having read the brilliant reviews after watching it, I was fascinated to learn how the director fought to get funding for years. He resisted giving the big studios artistic control (they wanted to cut 30 minutes and make lots of other changes).

It could well become a cult film and I am planning to watch it again soon (though not that scene :astonished:).

Me and the Mrs started to watch Year One last night, the ā€œcomedyā€ with jack black and Michael cera from 2009. It was awful. Genuinely one of the worst things I have ever seen. We turned it off after half an hour and stared and the carpet instead, which was infinitely more amusing and entertaining.

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Has anyone seen that new Coen Bros movie? The trailer makes it look like Fun Movie, like Big Lebowski or i.e. O Bro Where Art Thou, but Iā€™m worry if I go see it, itā€™ll turn out to be one of their Other Sort Of Movies, which ainā€™t sposed to be Entertaining, cos theyā€™re mostly just trying to Learn you a Lesson.

Itā€™s like I was watching Inside Llewyn Davis last night cos it was on tv, and I think I understood it, i.e. there was that one scene where heā€™s driving through the snow and he sees a sign to where his son lives, and he knows heā€™s at crossroads, and needs to make a decision, but he doesnā€™t, he just keeps driving blindly into the snow, and even when it results in near car accident, he doesnā€™t realise heā€™s made a mistake. And I get that. Itā€™s sposed to be Metaphor for his Life, but if movie is gonna require using ur Brain to Figure Things Out, I would rather not do that in Cinema. I will do that at some point in future, when I happen to catch it on TV.

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fk you cunts, I shall watch it myself and Find Out. But if I go to the cinema and Learn Something, I will be v.angar, and I will be coming for you cunts srs.

Fucking cinema? You bender.

And watch Bone Tomahawk, Bearsy. Itā€™ll be right up your street.

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Finally got around to watching Argo. A tense, serious treatment of a very tumultuous time. Way to go, Mr Affleck. The scenes at the airport are something else.

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Totally this. Was excellent when I enjoyed it a couple of years back.

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Saw ā€œHail Caesarā€ last night Bearsy, Itā€™s ok. Iā€™m a Coen Bros fanboy, but it didnā€™t really work. Great cast and some sublime set pieces, and references to 50ā€™s Hollywood. It just lacked a focus and drifted. Poor Coen Bros is still better than most dross :slight_smile:

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Play this and annoy Boris Johnson :slight_smile:

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