Films you've watched recently.

[Colorado Shrimper]

American Herald Tribune is a problematic conspiracy website. It shouldn't be taken seriously IMO

 

[Member]

Official Secrets - 5/10 - pretty dull, The Post and Spotlight did this type of investigative thriller a lot better

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Saw the Miles Davis documenary Birth of the Cool last night at Barna's In-edit music festival.A must for all jazz fans.

 

[RHB]

Field of Dreams - a completely feel good film. Kevin Costner and James Earl Jones are masters of their art and each time I see this film I never tire of the storyline 9/10

 

[Ricey]

X-Men Dark Phoenix 5/10 - bang average and really confusing now they’ve gone back and forward. How has that person died in the past but is alive in earlier films that were in later times. It’s not really worth bothering with.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Sorry we missed you:Ken Loach's superb but harrowing exposé of the gig economy. The incoming Labour goverment have,of course,promised to outlaw this shameful practise.

 

[Shrimpers are Magic]

Back to politics are we?
Am I allowed to express my political views or is it just those that the mods refer to on a first name basis?
How many more times does he get away with breaking zone rules?

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Saw Tony Hancock's The Punch and Judy Man yesterday.It's a better film that many give it credit for.

 

[Goldinm]

King on Netflix HenryV. Great film

 

[RHB]

Enter the Dragon - on Netflix. So took me back to my early twenties coming out of the cinema with my mates and us all badly imitating the sound effects from the film. Totally dated, totally iconic. Loved every moment of it all over again. 10/10

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Joker.Unremiittingly violent plus self-pitying and essentially shallow. Thought its only saving grace was Joaquin Phoenix 's acting. 1/10

 

[Mad Cyril]

Enter the Dragon - on Netflix. So took me back to my early twenties coming out of the cinema with my mates and us all badly imitating the sound effects from the film. Totally dated, totally iconic. Loved every moment of it all over again. 10/10

Man, you come right out of a comic book.

Sadly John Saxon is the only one of the good guys still going.

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

Open Range, again, very very good.
Robert Duvall is superb and the rest of the cast are very good.
Simple story but top Western.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Dora and the Lost City of Gold - Entertaining family romp, a kind of mini-Indiana Jones. 7/10

 

[MK Shrimper]

What with Frozen 2 on the horizon, MK Jnr has been blasting Frozen of late after school. Great film, great songs. Hope the sequel keeps up the quality.

 

[Ricey]

Joker 10/10 - Dark, twisted and absolute brilliant. Joaquin Phoenix is absolutely outstanding and plays the role excellently. It’s the best film DC have made since The Dark Knight Rises. I look forward to seeing where they go with Joker if they add him into a Batman film. Not sure on their choice of the latest Batman though.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Joker 10/10 - Dark, twisted and absolute brilliant. Joaquin Phoenix is absolutely outstanding and plays the role excellently. It’s the best film DC have made since The Dark Knight Rises. I look forward to seeing where they go with Joker if they add him into a Batman film. Not sure on their choice of the latest Batman though.

I saw that too last night. I enjoyed it but certainly didn't love it - found some of it, especially the first half, quite dull.

 

[Ricey]

I saw that too last night. I enjoyed it but certainly didn't love it - found some of it, especially the first half, quite dull.

They’ve got to build up the character, this was a back story film not like Joker in any of his other appearances. They can’t just go whole hog straight away. It’s about understanding the reasons and why he is how he is. How the beast was created and I think they’ve done a great job of telling the story.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

I saw that too last night. I enjoyed it but certainly didn't love it - found some of it, especially the first half, quite dull.

It's a fundamentally flawed and morally vacant film,IMO.The cinematic references eg to Scorsee's King of Comedy and Taxi driver are just sterile and contrived.The central performance is however excellent.

 

[MK Shrimper]

I don't think it's morally vacant at all. Yes it's violent but I've seen much more violent films marketed as classics such as GoodFellas. Joker takes a lot of unwanted flack because it's a "comic book " film.