Film

[Necro Red]

I've seen the Pattinson Batman twice and love it, found it a really great piece of cinema in terms of visual aesthetic and sound design especially.

In other news, Daniel Craig playing William Burroughs in Luca Guadagnino's new movie Queer: paint me intrigued and eager to see! Guadagnino has also gotten Reznor and Ross back on board for the soundtrack too. As much as I disliked Call Me By Your Name, I thought Challengers was quality, but neither of them really provide any way of knowing how well or otherwise this director will tackle Burroughs' world.

cool, I didn't know about that now. It will be interesting to see how Burroughs is adapted. I mean Naked Lunch the movie is mental and I quite like that.

[Carnage]

Late Night With The Devil - Framed as a 'lost' '70s talk show Halloween episode where a medium, skeptic and a supposedly possessed cult survivor are guests as things start to get weird. Very silly TBH but it had its moments.

That's probably my favourite horror of the recent ones I saw.

Ah, it was alright, just thought the last couple of minutes were a bit hamfisted. Probably suited the overall style but I enjoyed it anyway, don't get me wrong. As OFS said, daft but why not?

[Carnage]

Just back from Return Of The Jedi in the local cinema. It looked great on the big screen, just a shame it was the special edition. My brother's first time to see it too, he thought it was the best of the trilogy.

[Mooncat]

Just watched Snatch for the first time in like a decade. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Brick Top is such a great character! One of many in that film, really.

[Eoin McLove]

I watched a documentary on Netflix called The Greatest Night in Pop about the making of the song We Are the World. Very interesting to see so many huge names assembled in such an off the cuff sort of way.

[John Kimble]

Finally got around to seeing the Irishman...it really only seems like this was released yesterday, dunno where those years went and don't know why it took me so long to see it. I think I was put off initially by the length of the film, the fact it was on Netflix and that I had this perception that having watched Goodfellas and Casino to death, I didn't really need another DeNiro, Pesci and Scorsese film.
It was very, very good. Almost, but not quite, great. The de-aging stuff was a bit jarring initially but that distraction wore off. Given the length of the film, it didn't drag. And Pacino was immense as Hoffa.

[Crow]

I watched a documentary on Netflix called The Greatest Night in Pop about the making of the song We Are the World. Very interesting to see so many huge names assembled in such an off the cuff sort of way.

Yeah that was fun. V funny when Waylon Jennnings just goes 'fuck this shit' and strolls off.

[Eoin McLove]

Haha yeah.

[leatherface]

I've seen the Pattinson Batman twice and love it, found it a really great piece of cinema in terms of visual aesthetic and sound design especially.


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uff. Thought it tried too hard to be a David Fincher movie, plus it was long and boring. 'Batman Begins' remains the last decent Batman film screen attempt.

[Mooncat]

I've seen the Pattinson Batman twice and love it, found it a really great piece of cinema in terms of visual aesthetic and sound design especially.


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uff. Thought it tried too hard to be a David Fincher movie, plus it was long and boring. 'Batman Begins' remains the last decent Batman film screen attempt.

What didn't you like about Dark Knight?

[astfgyl]

I didn't really like batman begins all that much versus the following two.

Did enjoy the Pattinson one after going in with only the worst of expectations. It was a bit long though

[Sworntothecans]

The running time was the only real issue I had with The Batman, otherwise it's joint champ with Batman '89. It's closer to the comics than Nolan's and makes the city as much of a character as the cast.

Just hope they leave Barry "giz a smoke yeah" Keoghan out of the sequels.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Re the David Fincher thang, personally I took that as a wearing influences on your sleeve thing rather than trying-too-hard-to-be.

[StoutAndAle]

"Plane" - Gerry Butler actioner. Straight up, solid entertainment.

"Kandahar" - Gerry Butler actioner. Straight up, solid entertainment - not as good as "Plane" - very similar to Guy Ritchie's "The Covenant" which was released around the same time.

"The Red Sea Diving Resort" - fairly shit, a piss-poor imitation of the phenomenal "Argo".

"Rebel Ridge" - this was excellent. No real faff, straight out-the-gate enjoyable. Basically a 21st Century re-telling of "First Blood"; ex-soldier arrives in small town to do something innocuous - small town cops won't leave him alone. 

[leatherface]

I've seen the Pattinson Batman twice and love it, found it a really great piece of cinema in terms of visual aesthetic and sound design especially.


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uff. Thought it tried too hard to be a David Fincher movie, plus it was long and boring. 'Batman Begins' remains the last decent Batman film screen attempt.

What didn't you like about Dark Knight?

I liked Begins and Dark Knight but as far as the Batman run goes that's about it. Batman 89 plays around too much with source material. Twilight Batman. no interest.