Get Hard
I was not expecting much⌠and I was fucking right not to.
Get Hard
I was not expecting much⌠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 âSalvadorâ. 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.
Originally posted by @Goatboy
Originally posted by @TedMaul
Itâs not a traditional Hollywood movie. Especially, the narrative isnt a traditional revenge story. Itâs more of a cinematic experience, you have to watch it on the big screen.
How so?
Man kills other manâs son. Man follows killer relentlessly. Man kills killer.
It reminded me a bit of âA Man Called Horseâ right down to the ripping off of the recovery in the steamy tent scene. Maybe that was what the âbeing born from a dead horseâ scene was all about.
I do know what you mean and itâs 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 itâs almost like a theme park ride.
Not a film, but Iâve recently watched Oliver Stoneâs Untold History of the United States. Superb documentary series, which not only shows the big turning points of the USâ 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.
Watched x+y last night and really enjoyed it.
Itâs a UK production (BBC funded I think) that follows an autistic boyâs dream to compete in the Mathsâ 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.
You have to watch âRoomâ SaintBletch ⌠Jacob Tremblay is just his character. Just an amazing performance. I really canât 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.
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 lisp⌠classic
In fact it probably is as close to what JB might have become IF Jason Bourne hadnât 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 didnât overactâŚ
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.
âIf you save the world you can *&^& my assholeâ 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.
I watched Joy yesterday. Not my sort of movie but very well acted and put together.
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.
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, Dadâs 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 ⌠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 LdCâs 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 didnât just kill LdC when he had the chance. But, you get this sort of thing in most films, and it didnât detract from what I thought was an excellent movie, and one that gripped me throughout.
Dadâs Army. I didnât 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 Iâm 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. Itâs quite slow paced and probably wouldnât be everyoneâs cup of tea - for instance, I overheard the fella in front of me describe it as âtediousâ - 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.
Deadpool.
Hilarious from start to finish, great action, incredibly meta fourth wall breaking/references. Just go and see it, please.
Deadpoolâs the Valentineâs Day plan for my girlfriend and I (tickets booked and everything). And sheâs more excited about it than I am.
Iâm really quite keen on her.
Pls donât watch Deadpool, it only encourages them. It might be quite good film, I wouldnât know, but if you watch Deadpool now, youâll be watching Deadpool movies for the rest of your life, I guarantee it. Youâll be watching Deadpool 12 part 6: Stil Swimminâ Still Dead, in 20 years time, starring RoboReynolds Unit #3.701a, and youâll be bored out of your fucking skull. Youâll lean over to your bird, squeeze her arm, and say, âRemember when there were movies that werenât capeshit?â and sheâll say, âNo.â
Iâm starting a movement. Join us! Weâre called Justice League Squad Of Ppl Who Are Fed Up Back Teeth With Fucking Capeshit. Itâs not a great acronym, but itâs all weâve got so far. Weâre a small gang of underdogs standing up against the overwhelming tyrany of capeshit. In many ways, weâre like superheroes.
One day theyâll make a movie about us, and it will be utter capeshit.
When JLS were on the X-Factor, I insisted to my family that their name stood for âJustice League of Southamptonâ, despite them not coming from Southampton, and despite them stating quite explicitly that it stood for âJack the Lad Swingâ.
Recently saw Dads Army and would agree with HS in that they have done a good job in casting and that there are a few chuckles in it, although I thought it would be funnier than it is. What you have is a warm homage to what was a classic TV sitcom and it is non the worse for that (get me, sounding all Barry Norman). A nice bit of nostalgia but not a must see.
Didnât Ryan Reynolds have a green ring? Is that why he died and came back all immortal??
What are they going to do when they have a Deadpool/Green Lantern crossover cape shite?
âThe Big Shortâ⌠Watched it yesterday evening. Fantasic film, and the more horrific that itâs actually what certain US banks are doing.
Shudder in horror at the whole concept of synthetic CDOâs
I donât understand CDOâs either, but trust me its a really gripping movie