Film

[Thorn]

Took me three installments to get through the damn thing.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Speaking of three installments, watched Kinds of Kindness tonight. Class, through and through, right up to the last gamble (a scene that would have been cringe were it not for it turning out to be a set up to a killer punchline). Plus, Dio featured in the soundtrack! 

[open face surgery]

I have had it open in a tab for the last night or two. I'll get to it.

[Maggot Colony]

Watched the Jaws @ 50 documentary followed by the film itself. It's a masterpiece, one of those rare movies you can watch over and over, but never get bored with.🦈

I might give the sequels a go. Jaws 2 is supposed to be good, but I've heard the 3rd and 4th are awful shite.

[Sworntothecans]

Watched the Jaws @ 50 documentary followed by the film itself. It's a masterpiece, one of those rare movies you can watch over and over, but never get bored with.🦈

I might give the sequels a go. Jaws 2 is supposed to be good, but I've heard the 3rd and 4th are awful shite.

Watch Cruel Jaws too.

Absolutely daft bit of Italian Sharksploitation. It's hilariously bad but a fun watch.

[Ollkiller]

Watched the Jaws @ 50 documentary followed by the film itself. It's a masterpiece, one of those rare movies you can watch over and over, but never get bored with.🦈

I might give the sequels a go. Jaws 2 is supposed to be good, but I've heard the 3rd and 4th are awful shite.

It's just a perfect film. Missed the doc. Must get on it.

[Maggot Colony]

Watched the Jaws @ 50 documentary followed by the film itself. It's a masterpiece, one of those rare movies you can watch over and over, but never get bored with.🦈

I might give the sequels a go. Jaws 2 is supposed to be good, but I've heard the 3rd and 4th are awful shite.

Watch Cruel Jaws too.

Absolutely daft bit of Italian Sharksploitation. It's hilariously bad but a fun watch.

It's on the list. You can't go wrong with Bruno Mattei. Hell of the Living Dead is one of my favourites.

[astfgyl]

Watched Threads again the other morning before I went to work. A very bleak start to the day but an excellent film.

Watched The Eagle Has Landed on bbc4 the other night. Another very good flick.

[Mooncat]

Bunch of flight movies:

Superman - unbelievable shite, could not get over how bad it was. I had planned to watch Fantastic Four afterwards for a double bill of brainless flight entertainment but couldn't bring myself to after Superman.

Se7en - After Superman I couldn't bring myself to even watch anything that had a lot of CGI in it. This was the most 'normal' film they had on the flight. Seen it a million times but it's still great (and Brad Pitt still can't act for shit).


Sherlock Holmes - The Robert Downey Jr one. I'd never seen it before. Was enjoyable enough tripe for a flight.

Naked Gun - Started off great but couldn't maintain the steam. I think Liam Neeson could have been a great choice if he'd played it straighter. Deadpan humour hits so much harder when you're completely deadpan. He played it kind of goofy and whimsical though and it undermined a lot of the jokes. Also, was his accent purposely that bad for the comedy or is he really just that bad at sticking an American accent?

28 Years Later - Surprisingly better than I thought it would be. Not amazing by any stretch, but I was entertained the whole way through. That ending was completely bizarre, but it did intrigue me for the sequel. The scene of the alpha going full predator on yer man in the tunnel was pretty hardcore.

Troy - By this point I just needed mindless and enjoyable to finish off the trip and Troy checks all the boxes for me in that regard. The Achilles and Hector fight is awesome, plus every battle scene either are in in general. Brian Cox is delightfully hammy and malevolent too. This and Twister are too real comfort movies for me. Both considered bad, but I love them both 

[ochoill]

Troy - By this point I just needed mindless and enjoyable to finish off the trip and Troy checks all the boxes for me in that regard. The Achilles and Hector fight is awesome, plus every battle scene either are in in general. Brian Cox is delightfully hammy and malevolent too. This and Twister are too real comfort movies for me. Both considered bad, but I love them both 

Had one of the worst whiteners in my life while watching Troy years ago, can remember exactly one scene of the film but nothing else bar the terror I was enduring in my own head at the time.  Probably won't ever watch it again lol

[leatherface]

Caught 'Taffin' late last night on TV. Low budget thriller shot around Co Wicklow and Dublin in 1987 (released 1988) with Pierce Brosnan, Alison Doody (just before Indiana Jones and Last Crusade ), and at least three actors from Father Ted (Frank Kelly, Dermot Morgan and Gerard Mc Sorley). Loads of other faces you would recognise (anyone remember Fair city?)

Looking at the landscape unlocked a lot of memories me being an old bastard, especially those old smelly orange and black diesel trains that used to go direct to Wicklow from Dublin.

Not a great movie though 

[Mooncat]

One Battle After Another

Still not quite sure what I think of it overall, though I did enjoy it. Seems like the kind of film that will need a few rewatches to really appreciate it. I did like the idea of The Christmas Adventurers Club. It makes you wonder if an evil society like that and at that level truly exists. All hail St Nick!


Slacker

Second time watching this and loved it. It's amazing how it makes you nostalgic for a place you've never lived. Funnily enough, if that's Austin right before it became nationally famous, it reminds me a lot of Edmonton right now.

[open face surgery]

Just watched One Battle After Another. Thought it was a pointless mess of a film. Steely Dan - Dirty Work was the highlight.

[Sworntothecans]

Penn saves the movie and the car chase sequence is great, but otherwise extremely over-hyped. But Warner's will spend an absolute fortune on awards season for it.

It'll be interesting to see what the final take on it is as I reckon after all the extras it may get written off as a loss.

[Necro Red]

Watched Noah last night. I'd seen it before but pretty much forgot most of it. Fairly enjoyable and epic, Crowe delivers as usual. Not Aronofsky's best film, but entertaining all the same.