Film

[Carnage]

Late to the party but I just watched the latest Thor film there. It's not very good but the score's mighty, mainly Guns N' Roses with a blast of Rainbow In The Dark over the closing credits.

[ldj]

The French Dispatch

I saw a poster for his new movie and realised I've only seen one Wes Anderson film before (Bottle Rocket), which I really enjoyed. So I said fuck it why not put on his latest and work your way back.

Got to be honest, bit disappointed, I enjoyed the style of it, the cinematography, acting etc, all great, but there was no story, like I'm not a film connoisseur by any stretch, but surely if you're going get a cast like this together and go through the effort you could put a bit more into the story, tt reminded me a bit of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood in that sense.

Anyway, I'm gonna skip the animations for now so I'll watch The Grand Budapest Hotel next, which I hope delivers considering the hype at the time.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

I'd say go for Moonrise Kingdom rather than The Grand Budapest Hotel if you didn't like The French Dispatch.

Have to say I did enjoy the latter though. But not Budapest 

[Ollkiller]

The Grand Budapest is good enough of a watch. Watch The Rotal Tenebaums. That's my favourite by him.

[Carnage]

Just watched Confess, Fletch. It's not very good, just seemed very forced. Apparently it's a pretty faithful adaptation of the source material and the Chevy Chase films weren't, so what do I know?

[astfgyl]

Just watched Confess, Fletch. It's not very good, just seemed very forced. Apparently it's a pretty faithful adaptation of the source material and the Chevy Chase films weren't, so what do I know?

What the fuck

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Having watched that new one recently, I went back a couple of weeks ago and watched Fletch and Fletch Lives for the first time in decades. First one was okay, second fairly ridiculously puerile. Felt like the same "in her pants" joke was made about 10 times. So neither had particularly stood the test of time that well, which was a bit disappointing tbh.

[nukeabuse]

https://youtu.be/KrjL_TSOFrI

[Carnage]

I still think Fletch is great craic, though obviously incredibly dated. Fletch Lives was never up to much, they shouldn't have bothered.

[Caomhaoin]

Got around to watching John Wick 4 there. Very entertaining, the fight scenes are well coordinated and it's high octane etc. The first one was grimy, lo-budget down and dirty, dark and the sequels have gotten progressively more outrageous and the bullet proof suits and the falling out of three storey windows and down every step of the Sacré Coeur staircase etc and not a bother a bit much. The German lad with the cards? Ha ha, so dumb and ridiculous. It's almost like a live action video game. And even though there is a big ball of money on the line, all the street punks running around trying to take out this unkillable death machine is gas.

Good craic though, probably a lot better on the big cinema screen.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

AIR is definitely worth the watch. Only one or two overwrought Hollywood moments, but very entertaining throughout.

Saving John Wick 4 for my next night home alone.

[CorkonianHunger]

John Wick is class, don't get why some people in the cinema with me thought they were going to see realism. Like Dream Theatre fans going to a Blasphemy concert.

On the other hand, I watched the Final 3 hour cut of Apocalypse Now, with Hearts of Darkness straight afterward. Could be the greatest film every made.

[open face surgery]

Apocalypse Now is def top 3 for me. Don't know what the other two are though so I guess it's number 1.

[Carnage]

I bought that Funal Cut when it came out, put it on the shelf and promptly forgot all about it, I must watch it. That plantation sequence is terrible though, not sure why it was left in.

[CorkonianHunger]

Forgot how great the original score is too, so ominous.