Film

[CorkonianHunger]

Yep. Wake in Fright is amazing. I have the restored blu ray and its savage. Can see the sweat dripping off them.

[jobrok1]

Enjoyed Barbie far less than I was expecting. Found parts of it excruciating tbh. Herself fell asleep from boredom about half an hour from the end!

Had to tag along to this one with the family as well.

And felt the same!
With the previews. It had all the making of a live action version of 'Life In The Dreamhouse' that my girls used to watch, which was pretty funny, to be fair.

But the woke bullshit they peddled was absolutely nauseating. My 6yo neice was with us and most of it was completely lost on her. But in saying that... it was Barbie, so she LUV'D IT!

[ldj]

Actually found Barbie fairly enjoyable, some of it was a bit cringe but the only way it would work would be to go as over the top as possible.

Some of the politics is a bit clunky maybe, trying to make a feminist/anti-capitalist movie about Barbie of all things will have some cognitive dissonance, but I thought it was entertaining.

Funnily enough, for all the complaining by Ben Shapiro types about it being anti-masculinity and all that shite, I thought the message at the end for the male characters was the most positive in the film, I thought Gosling stole the show actually.

[jobrok1]

Nah!
It was shit!

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

It wasn't particularly woke, pretty standard first wave feminism for the most part (maybe too first wave, if anything) but the whole second half was uninspired and lazy compared to the first half. The whole deprogrammimg thing was like something that wouldn't have been out of place in an episode of Sabrina or similar. And the arse also fell out of the humour in the second half too, not because woke but because lazy. First half was great though, up until Ken returning on his own to Barbie Land (technically a spoiler but trust me, you don't care).

[Trev]

Saw Wake in Fright for the first time a few months ago. The father in law recommended it to me, he spent a few years in the Outback in the 70s, said it wasn't really too far off a typical weekend for some of the folk. "Bunch of lobotomised inbred bastards" I think was the phrase he used

[Mooncat]

Solid list from Mooncat but Jesus, if Kids reminds you of teen life in Ireland in the 90s you had a far more exciting life in your teens than anyone I knew

I specifically mean the dialogue rather than the events. The absolute teen boy shite talk, the way they talk about women and sex, the way they all talk to each other like they're experts but are all clearly so clueless. I loved that aspect of it.

And Wake in Fright (1971, not the shitty modern remake). Australian film about a white collar outback schoolteacher who stops over in a blue collar mining town on his way to Sydney and gets sucked into the drinking culture there and begins to lose his identity, and mind. Sometimes considered a horror (by Americans presumably), but actually also very much reminds me of Irish culture (people being offended if you refuse a drink etc).

"Wake In Fright" is one of my all time favourite films. I saw it for the first time about 12 years ago. It blew my mind. I sat on my couch for ages after it ended trying to reckon with what I had just watched. Very few films have done that to me.

I sent a copy of the DVD to my brother who was living in rural Western Australia at the time and got an email back "Great film but what the fuck did you send this to me for?!"

You could double-bill "Wake In Fright" with "There Will Be Blood" or a triple-bill it with "Southern Comfort".

The most remarkable thing about "Wake In Fright" (beyond the experience of watching it) is the fact that it was directed by Ted Kotcheff. The same Ted Kotcheff who went on to make "First Blood" and eh... "Weekend At Bernie's".

I've amazingly still managed to never see There Will Be Blood (or Southern Comfort), so I might just do that. Thanks for the recommendations!

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

This Wake In Fright sounds like a must see!

[Eoin McLove]

There Will be Blood was a pile of shite but I'm interested in Wake in Fright provided it's not as over- acted.

[open face surgery]

There Will Be Blood was great. Have Wake In Fright bookmarked.

[Ollkiller]

Second on There Will be Blood being great. I'll never watch it again but it was stunning.

[Ollkiller]

Watched The Revenant again recently. Top notch. Will check out Wake in fright. Looks deadly.

[Carnage]

It is, one of those that stays with you for a while. Another vote for There Will Be Blood here. Haven't seen it since it came out, must watch it again but Lewis was on top form.

[CorkonianHunger]

Donald Pleasance in Wake in Fright is a mental case. The premise and how it comes circle is great.

Heard that the negative was found randomly in Galway, the film was lost for decades until recent. Probably wrong but theres interesting articles floating around.

[Yung Led Zeppelin]

This Wake In Fright sounds like a must see!

It is.

Good to see it getting a bump here, think it's one of the best films I've seen.