Tyrant Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Speaking of films.. you cunts should take 8 minutes out of your day to watch Ricky Gervais' opening monologue from his hosting of the Golden Globes. Savage and unforgiving as the truth often is. A brilliant man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket_scientist Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Speaking of films.. you cunts should take 8 minutes out of your day to watch Ricky Gervais' opening monologue from his hosting of the Golden Globes. Savage and unforgiving as the truth often is. A brilliant man. I just did. Thank you for the rec. Brilliant. Anyone in the audience offended by him is an arsehole. I doubt that many were but there would've been one or two. His irreverence is wonderful and he's been VERY funny in that role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket_scientist Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Any of you see The Irishman? I thought de Niro was outstanding but there was nothing Irish about him. Scorcese tried too hard to produce an epic and it failed in my opinion. Good entertainment and worth watching but not the classic they hoped it was. The Golden Globes gave it nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elgindon Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Interesting post count RS Was visiting my brother over Xmas,and we stuck on a random film called 'the siege of Jadotville'. Based on a true story about an Irish contingent of UN peace keepers left to fend for themselves in the wilds of the Congo. Great film if its anything like what they went through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrant Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Any of you see The Irishman? I thought de Niro was outstanding but there was nothing Irish about him. Scorcese tried too hard to produce an epic and it failed in my opinion. Good entertainment and worth watching but not the classic they hoped it was. The Golden Globes gave it nothing. I watched it and the longer it went on the less interested I became. Overall I liked it but the ending was anti-climatic to put it politely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket_scientist Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 I watched it and the longer it went on the less interested I became. Overall I liked it but the ending was anti-climatic to put it politely. I thought the ending was deep, poignant and gave some meaning to an otherwise meaningless film. Don't read this if you've not seen the film yet. I thought it tried to show that crime doesn't pay and after a life of operating on the outside of the law, he was left broken and lonely. The personalisation and characterisation of gangsters was best done in the Sopranos to the extent that they all lived and breathed like real people, albeit in an underworld that the vast majority of us know exists but thankfully we don't experience directly. Despite one of the world's best actors and a massive budget, I don't think Scorsese got close to getting the audience to empathise with, far less love any of his characters in this film including de Niro. The director is yesterday's man and his final (surely?) "epic" or magnum opus was a failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie03 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Little Women and JoJo Rabbit are fabulous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc_don Posted January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted January 8, 2020 Little Women and JoJo Rabbit are fabulous I hadn't realised that JoJo Rabbit took so long to get released over there. Superb film! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_widdows Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 I hadn't realised that JoJo Rabbit took so long to get released over there. Superb film! Not just there Manc. I watched in in Melbourne last sunday and it seems to be a new release in Oz. To compensate for whatever reason the new Shaun the Sheep movie seems to be doing the rounds in Kiwiland 3months after it was in the UK Cinemas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc_don Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 Not just there Manc. I watched in in Melbourne last sunday and it seems to be a new release in Oz. To compensate for whatever reason the new Shaun the Sheep movie seems to be doing the rounds in Kiwiland 3months after it was in the UK Cinemas. Ha ha i'm surprised that wasn't out sooner. Love a good sheep do the Kiwi's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyFuckinPowers Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Saw the latest Terminator last night, absolutely shite. As bad as the rest of them ( Barring 1 & 2 of course ) Jojo Rabbit or Motherless Brooklyn for tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc_don Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 Saw the latest Terminator last night, absolutely shite. As bad as the rest of them ( Barring 1 & 2 of course ) Jojo Rabbit or Motherless Brooklyn for tonight Been meaning to watch 2 popes, seems to have decent reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket_scientist Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Been meaning to watch 2 popes, seems to have decent reviews. Two Popes is good. Watched it last week. Very enjoyable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie03 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 The Two Popes is very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jute Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Went to see 1917 tonight. Really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrant Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Went to see 1917 tonight. Really good. Jojo Rabbit and 1917 were both thoroughly enjoyable. As was The Gentlemen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyFuckinPowers Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 I didn't even remotely enjoy Jojo Rabbit I like Taika Waititi as well, I just never got into it all and actually thought it got worse as it went on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie03 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 I didn't even remotely enjoy Jojo Rabbit I like Taika Waititi as well, I just never got into it all and actually thought it got worse as it went on. Wtf Well I didn't really rate 1917, the cinematography was excellent but just never got going!! I saw A Hidden Life last night which I very much enjoyed tho a long 3 hours, the Austrian landscape was incredible. Next up is Bombshell & David Copperfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket_scientist Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Catch me if you can. The 2002 version with Leo di Caprio and Hanks T. Had never heard of it but the youngest was home for a night and we watched it. Thoroughly enjoyably excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrant Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Catch me if you can. The 2002 version with Leo di Caprio and Hanks T. Had never heard of it but the youngest was home for a night and we watched it. Thoroughly enjoyably excellent. Still never seen it all the way through for reasons that I just don't remember despite thoroughly enjoying what I have seen of it. Will need to re-visit this one for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc_don Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 Catch me if you can. The 2002 version with Leo di Caprio and Hanks T. Had never heard of it but the youngest was home for a night and we watched it. Thoroughly enjoyably excellent. It's actually one of my all time faves. I absolutely love that film. Finally managed to watch Two Popes last night, wasn't necessarily what I expected, but I really enjoyed it. Out of interest, did Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce actually know the lines in the various languages? We walked past Pope Francis' barbers when we were in BA. Naturally was mentioned on the free walking tour we took Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket_scientist Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Parasite. OMFG. Just a crazy film like nothing we've seen before. Our youngest recommended it last night and was desperate to learn what we thought, texting 5 or 10 minutes before it had finished. She then asked for marks out of 10 and I said 7 or 10, still deciding. I can understand it winning the Palm D'Or but best film Oscar was surprising. It was very good and I do recommend it to others. Just go in with an open mind and you'll need to because it's going to paint some interesting new pictures on you. It hits on many different levels, some of which we don't notice until someone else tells us. Don't read critics reviews in advance. I'm pleased I didn't but will definitely seek them out now. It's wild, and very well acted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket_scientist Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 For Sama. An incredible film, Oscar-nominated. We can be guilty of thinking that Syria is far away and forgetting about the human cost. This brings it front and centre and smacks us right in the soul. Despite the horror of reality that is in every pore of this docu-drama, it's an eerily beautiful film. Sama is a gorgeous baby, Waad the mother probably the most beautiful woman I've ever seen but the courage of them all and the work that Hamed performs in unfathomably horrific conditions is a phenomenal testament to the human spirit. You think you've got problems? Check this out. Humanity at its best and worst. Gripping, moving, tragic and beautiful all in the same 96 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie03 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 For Sama. An incredible film, Oscar-nominated. We can be guilty of thinking that Syria is far away and forgetting about the human cost. This brings it front and centre and smacks us right in the soul. Despite the horror of reality that is in every pore of this docu-drama, it's an eerily beautiful film. Sama is a gorgeous baby, Waad the mother probably the most beautiful woman I've ever seen but the courage of them all and the work that Hamed performs in unfathomably horrific conditions is a phenomenal testament to the human spirit. You think you've got problems? Check this out. Humanity at its best and worst. Gripping, moving, tragic and beautiful all in the same 96 minutes. This! Utterly heartbreaking to watch, incredible film Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyFuckinPowers Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Rewatched " The Indian Runner " last night, truly under appreciated movie. Amazing performances by Viggo Mortensen & David Morse, none more so than this excellent scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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