Films you've watched recently.

[OldBlueLady]

Enjoying watching Oliver! this morning, absolute classic.

 

[Napster]

Loved the new Star Wars
Loving the Irishman (paused after 2 hours so me and mrs can watch from start together)
Loved Blue Velvet

 

[RHB]

Cats - Wasn't sure what to expect as I haven't seen the stage show although Mrs RHB has. The opening to the film I found a bit slow but by the time James Corden wobbled into shot it had built up well. By the end I was totally hooked on what I had seen. There had been a lot of criticism of the costumes but I though they were great. Dame Judy Dench was absolutely superb as Old Deuteronomy 8/10

 

[RHB]

Enjoying watching Oliver! this morning, absolute classic.

Was it worth the waiting for? Of course it was! One of my all time favourites and a reminder of the genius of Lionel Bart.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Saw Polanski's An Officer and a Spy about the Dreyfus affair in France earlier.Excellent historical drama.

 

[Tommy2holes]

Watched "the gentleman", Guy Ritchies new film.

Loved it. Hugh Grant was brilliant in it.

8 out 10

 

[Napster]

Mother! Interesting and a bit pretentious

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

Saw the new star wars today, underwhelmed.
Story line okay but poor acting and huge swings from huge scenes of momentous events and then Disney style lines such as Leah naming former smuggler bloke as commanding general at her death. 5/10

 

[Napster]

Saw the new star wars today, underwhelmed.
Story line okay but poor acting and huge swings from huge scenes of momentous events and then Disney style lines such as Leah naming former smuggler bloke as commanding general at her death. 5/10

Huh I loved it. No one expects great acting lol.

 

[Floval Flyer]

Took the kids to see JoJo Rabbit as they’re both big fans of Stephen Merchant.

I was sceptical at first, but it’s actually a great film, very funny and at times touching film.

Would recommend it!

 

[LCBB72]

1917 , I never recommend a film , but this one is rather special .

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

I watched Midnight Cowboy again last night to see if it was as gritty and good as I remembered it. Yes it was. Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman are superb. And of course the music. 9/10.

 

[The Big Dady]

1917 , I never recommend a film , but this one is rather special .

Agree, fantastic film, I saw the trailers about the immersive way they filmed it, but was stunned by the results.

Official Trailer

Official Extended Featurette (How they filmed 1917)

 

[united we stand]

Saw the new star wars today, underwhelmed.
Story line okay but poor acting and huge swings from huge scenes of momentous events and then Disney style lines such as Leah naming former smuggler bloke as commanding general at her death. 5/10

Agreed- and Rey’s parents story is just stupid and contradicts earlier films
ps- rather timely, the original scripts have been leaked today and the story is apparently total different and better

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Another vote for 1917 .Hope Sam Mendes's excellent anti-war film gets some of the Oscar/Bafta recognition it deserves.

 

[united we stand]

Watched "the gentleman", Guy Ritchies new film.

Loved it. Hugh Grant was brilliant in it.

8 out 10

Totally agree to both points , had no idea it was grant until mate told me. Very obviously a Ritchie film. The other characters or the ensemble as a whole was not as good as lock stock and snatch but still very entertaining

 

[united we stand]

Another vote for 1917 .Hope Sam Mendes's excellent anti-war film gets some of the Oscar/Bafta recognition it deserves.

We haven’t seen it yet, but it sounds like the plot is similar to the end scenes from Gallipoli” which is another excellent anti war film

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

We haven’t seen it yet, but it sounds like the plot is similar to the end scenes from Gallipoli” which is another excellent anti war film

While I'd agree that Gallipoli was an excellent ant-war film I'm not at all sure that the plot of 1917 is in any way similar.

 

[united we stand]

While I'd agree that Gallipoli was an excellent ant-war film I'm not at all sure that the plot of 1917 is in any way similar.

As I said I haven’t seen 1917- but from the trailers I thought the main characters were trying to get through to a troop formation to stop an attack that is going to end in a massacre? You also have the ‘save the brother/ best mate’ similarity

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

As I said I haven’t seen 1917- but from the trailers I thought the main characters were trying to get through to a troop formation to stop an attack that is going to end in a massacre? You also have the ‘save the brother/ best mate’ similarity

TBH, I can't really remember the plot of Peter Weir's Gallipoli that well,though I thought Mel Gibson was excellent in it- not as good though as in his first film,also directed by PW The Year of Living Dangerously,which I still remember very fondly.However, as you say, the plot lines of the two WW1 films do sound similar,