Films you've watched recently.

[MK Shrimper]

Yeah I'm rather looking forward to seeing Hugh Grant playing a mockney hard man after seeing the trailer.Btw,did I ever tell you my old man was a real ****ney?

So was mine, born into the Bow slums in 1925.

 

[united we stand]

I totally and utterly disagree. Despite being set in WW1 it's not a war film as such. IMHO it is absolutely stunning on every level and I've never been in a cinema where the audience (and there were a lot or varying ages) where deathly silent when the film ended. It affected me on a level that films very rarely do.

I can't wait to see Parasite (it was a date night toss-up) but it'll have to go some to beat 1917.

must admit when I saw it at the cinema it was really noticeable that literally no one got up to go to the loo, people didn’t talk, people didn’t even fidget/ change poisons in their seat.
For the very final scene I thought to myself “ this makes no sense, what’s going to happen in the last 40 mins”. I had been totally absorbed and thought I had only been sitting down for 90 mins.

Would like to see it again, but I get why people have different views.
I love war films and it’s not in my top 5.
But if I was marking it from an artistic viewpoint I would have a different view.

 

[MK Shrimper]

must admit when I saw it at the cinema it was really noticeable that literally no one got up to go to the loo, people didn’t talk, people didn’t even fidget/ change poisons in their seat.
For the very final scene I thought to myself “ this makes no sense, what’s going to happen in the last 40 mins”. I had been totally absorbed and thought I had only been sitting down for 90 mins.

Would like to see it again, but I get why people have different views.
I love war films and it’s not in my top 5.
But if I was marking it from an artistic viewpoint I would have a different view.

You see, I'm not really a war film fan. I've been recommended to watch Paths of Glory which I shall but I really can't gush anymore about 1917- I found it moving on so many levels.

 

[united we stand]

You see, I'm not really a war film fan. I've been recommended to watch Paths of Glory which I shall but I really can't gush anymore about 1917- I found it moving on so many levels.

If you haven’t watch “Gallipoli”, the end scenes are far more moving than their equivalents in 1917 imo. There are very few “war scenes” in n Gallipoli compared to a standard war film, and very moving music ( coincidentally also used in butterflies ( wendy Craig bbc late 70,s/80,s)

 

[RHB]

must admit when I saw it at the cinema it was really noticeable that literally no one got up to go to the loo, people didn’t talk, people didn’t even fidget/ change poisons in their seat.
For the very final scene I thought to myself “ this makes no sense, what’s going to happen in the last 40 mins”. I had been totally absorbed and thought I had only been sitting down for 90 mins.

Would like to see it again, but I get why people have different views.
I love war films and it’s not in my top 5.
But if I was marking it from an artistic viewpoint I would have a different view.

When I saw it I really wish the rotund woman next to me with the crisps had changed and taken her poison. V noisy lady.

 

[blues exile]

You see, I'm not really a war film fan. I've been recommended to watch Paths of Glory which I shall but I really can't gush anymore about 1917- I found it moving on so many levels.

Paths of Glory is a masterpiece. No false heroics, no stirring music, grainy black and white photography giving it a documentary feel and a fitting memorial to Kirk Douglas, who was instrumental in getting the film made when none of the big studios wanted to touch it.

 

[Napster]

The Hellboy reboot was fun.

 

[Ricey]

1917 was massively overrated.

Parasite on the other hand wasn’t. Absolutely amazing

I have to agree on 1917, the way it was talked up I was expecting much more.

Haven’t seen Parasite, might have to give that one a go. Don’t even know what it’s about.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

You see, I'm not really a war film fan. I've been recommended to watch Paths of Glory which I shall but I really can't gush anymore about 1917- I found it moving on so many levels.

I went to see a Kubrick exhibition here before Xmas and was impressed by the huge number of kids watching a silent (sound turned down) version of the film.Great film that it is, don't think I'd want to see it in those conditions.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

I have to agree on 1917, the way it was talked up I was expecting much more.

Haven’t seen Parasite, might have to give that one a go. Don’t even know what it’s about.

It's an anti-capitalist satire,which probably explains why Trump didn't like it it, (though he hasn't seen it either, apparently.

 

[united we stand]

Prisoners with Hugh Jackman.

I recorded it a few weeks ago and watched it last night.

Best film I have Watched in a long time including stuff at cinema.

Massively recommend it, it’s a very very clever thriller.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Saw most of A Beautiful Day in the neighbourhood before giving it the heave ho. It's incredibly dull, Hanks is just plain creepy. How it's good such good reviews is beyond me.

 

[RHB]

Saw most of A Beautiful Day in the neighbourhood before giving it the heave ho. It's incredibly dull, Hanks is just plain creepy. How it's good such good reviews is beyond me.

Not all films suit everyone's taste. I really enjoyed it.

 

[Southminster Shrimper]

Saw most of A Beautiful Day in the neighbourhood before giving it the heave ho. It's incredibly dull, Hanks is just plain creepy. How it's good such good reviews is beyond me.

I watched that fairly recently. I had no idea who Fred Rogers was, nor anything about the film. I had not seen the trailer or any reviews. I was genuinely expecting a big twist that he had done something wrong a long the same lines as Jimmy Saville.

Turns out I was wrong! The fact that there wasn't a twist was a twist for me after all!

 

[Napster]

Dolemite is incredible. Funny, great cast, heartwarming all in one.

 

[Member]

Greed. Pretty crap

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Saw I'm all right Jack again (on DVD) last night.Wonderful Boulting brothers comedy.Granted it's rather anti-union but Peter Sellers and the rest of the cast are superb.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Onward. New Pixar film, their usual high quality. 9/10

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

Re make of Magnificent 7, not a bad film, better than original in many ways except musical score.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Knives Out - didn't love it despite the hype. It passed the time. 6/10