Can't remember if there was a specific film thread so here goes.

 

Anyone been/going to the cinema to see anything in particular?

 

I've been to see Inception and Toy Story 3 recently. Both were fantastic. Saw Toy Story in 3D but I'm not overly sure that it was necessary, but that doesn't detract from the fact that it was a great film. Fitting way to end the trilogy

I've seen Mary, Queen of Scots, Vice & The Favourite in the last week, all very good, Vice is cracking & The Favourite very funny if you like that dark humour.

I love Oscar season 

 

Interesting. I saw that too and very much enjoyed it. I happened to come across some reviews and found them to be almost entirely negative because of the historical inaccuracies. Here was me thinking it was a movie, nae a documentary.

Gone Baby Gone.

 

It's a few years old, but I thought it was tremendous & highly recommend it.

Beautiful Boy is excellent, base on true story of dad and his drug addict son, both parts very well played

Beautiful Boy is excellent, base on true story of dad and his drug addict son, both parts very well played

 

Aye I thought that was really good too. Liked that bubbles from The Wire was his AA sponsor.

 

Just watched Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

 

10/10

So hollywood has decided its time to remake 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' with Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson taking the Michael Caine & Steve Martin Roles

 

 

Comparison

 

1988

 

 

2019

 

Watched A Star is Born on Friday. Lady Gaga is a phenomenon, probably the best female singer of all time. As a film though, it didn't deserve to win best picture but it was a very enjoyable watch.

Watched A Star is Born on Friday. Lady Gaga is a phenomenon, probably the best female singer of all time. As a film though, it didn't deserve to win best picture but it was a very enjoyable watch.

 

Strong statement. I rate her very highly too (despite liking next to none of her songs). Her talent is clear and I can't think of anyone who's clearly above her.

 

I didn't think A Star Is Born won any of the major Oscars? Are were you stating that in agreement?

Strong statement. I rate her very highly too (despite liking next to none of her songs). Her talent is clear and I can't think of anyone who's clearly above her.

 

I didn't think A Star Is Born won any of the major Oscars? Are were you stating that in agreement?

 

I don't understand the question.

 

If you can't think of anyone to challenge her as the best - most talented - female singer, it might actually be true albeit that taste and personal preferences rather than data and facts obfuscate any possible ranking or rating criteria.

 

Having said that, I also struggle to like many of her songs. There are very few I would want to hear more than a couple of times but having seen her live (at the Hydro) and particularly the YouTube of her doing Imagine to open the Baku games, the woman is possessed of the highest spiritual talent and power. When I wrote that accolade, Nina Simone was the other I was thinking of as a potential competitor and whilst Aretha is going to be the most popular choice, Gaga's range and consistently staggering delivery wins it for me.

Apologies. The fact that I typed it like a mong won't have helped. I meant: Or* were you stating that in agreement [with the decision to award Best Picture to another film]?

 

I was struggling to remember where/how I discovered the Baku performance. Could it have been posted on this forum by yourself? I think that was the performance that made me sit up and take notice. I'd like to see her live but her ostentatious showmanship would be a bit much for my personal taste. I do admire her creativity and I'm not saying it wouldn't be a hell of a show. Just unsure how much I would get out of it.

What I found hilarious was that it won best sound editing too, it was horrific?!? Drum beats and music completely out of sync.

Boy Erased is very good, another true story and worth a watch.

Finally got round to seeing Green Book, easy watching but for me not really a best picture winner!

Aragon has left himself go 

Boy Erased is very good, another true story and worth a watch.

Finally got round to seeing Green Book, easy watching but for me not really a best picture winner!

Aragon has left himself go 

 

I enjoyed it also, but haven't seen the competition it was up against, so can't comment on Oscars. Viggo Mortensen is a joy to watch though, if you haven't seen The Indian Runner, I highly recommend it, he's absolutely brilliant in that.

Thouroughly enjoyed 'Fighting with my family'

 

Stephen Merchant did a good job promoting it on 'the last leg' last friday as I believe it is No.1 at the UK Box office

 

Green Book - excellent. Much better than I expected.

Instant Family - Very good. Also better than I expected.

Holmes & Watson.

 

Will Ferrell & John C Reilly back together, and whilst there are some decent laughs, it's a truly awful film, surprised I watched it until the end to be honest.

Watched Captain Marvel last night.  Enjoyable film.  I think my one criticism was that they should have had someone other than an attractive blonde white american playing the role.  I get that's what the character was based on, but how about moving with the times?

Watched Captain Marvel last night.  Enjoyable film.  I think my one criticism was that they should have had someone other than an attractive blonde white american playing the role.  I get that's what the character was based on, but how about moving with the times?

 

Are the Aryan race and people with blond hair to be marginalised now, like the heterosexual white man has been? Is that what "moving with the times" means?

Watched Captain Marvel last night.  Enjoyable film.  I think my one criticism was that they should have had someone other than an attractive blonde white american playing the role.  I get that's what the character was based on, but how about moving with the times?

 

Would you prefer they skipped to the later incarnations where Captain Marvel is a bloke?

 

 

Watched Ghost Stories last night, it's on Netflix, I love the Horror Genre, and it takes a fair bit to spook me, but I thought that did the job, wasn't over bearing in terms of jump scares or that, just bubbled along nicely then boom! Shat myself numerous times. Absolutely recommend it.

Watched Tarantino's " The Hateful Eight " last night, very mixed on it, was his usual twist and storytelling, but lacked something that I can't quite put my finger on. Wouldn't watch it again and can't honestly say that I would recommend it. 5/10

Watched Tarantino's " The Hateful Eight " last night, very mixed on it, was his usual twist and storytelling, but lacked something that I can't quite put my finger on. Wouldn't watch it again and can't honestly say that I would recommend it. 5/10

 

I thoroughly enjoyed it. And I'm not a fan of long films! Tarantino's ability to grip you was dialogue (as opposed to non stop action) is prevalent here. And the sound track was superb.

Watched Tarantino's " The Hateful Eight " last night, very mixed on it, was his usual twist and storytelling, but lacked something that I can't quite put my finger on. Wouldn't watch it again and can't honestly say that I would recommend it. 5/10

 

I won't be re-watching it either. His poorest film by some distance.

I thoroughly enjoyed it. And I'm not a fan of long films! Tarantino's ability to grip you was dialogue (as opposed to non stop action) is prevalent here. And the sound track was superb.

 

The scene where Tim Roth and Walton Goggins are perplexed at the thought of Samuel L Jackson's character having a letter from Lincoln was absolutely brilliant, as was Jennifer Jason Leigh in general, but it never captured my imagination nor kept me hooked, as I felt it lacked something. I am a fan of his stuff, my favourite film ever is True Romance, which he wrote, but Tony Scott directed. Agree with the Soundtrack, thoroughly enjoyed that also.

 

I won't be re-watching it either. His poorest film by some distance.

 

I didn't enjoy the Kill Bill films to be honest, I'd say they were his poorest, but this wasn't far behind, some excellent dialogue aside, it never did it for me.