Film

[Sworntothecans]

A House of Dynamite, surprisingly good!, well worth a watch!.Really well made and good actors too.

My only gripe was Idris Elba cast as the US president; wasn't suited to the role here!.

Looking forward to it as Bigelow rarely makes a dud.

[Paul keohane]

A House of Dynamite, surprisingly good!, well worth a watch!.Really well made and good actors too.

My only gripe was Idris Elba cast as the US president; wasn't suited to the role here!.

Looking forward to it as Bigelow rarely makes a dud.

A lot of people giving out online about the ending, but for me it worked.

[Ollkiller]

Ya House of Dynamite was alright. Well acted but I copped the ending about 10 mins in. And it ruined the rest of the film for me. Could have been so much more.

[StoutAndAle]

"Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere" - not terrible but not very good either. Jeremy Allen White's performance holds this thing together. Parts of it are laughable.

Spoiler

The totally imagined storyline involving his new girlfriend.

The way that they shoehorn the Suicide album, specifically the song "Frankie Teardrop" into the narrative.

There's a scene few scenes involving a buddy of his, a mechanic, who drove with Springsteen across the USA. In the film, he's level-headed but in real life he had just broken up with his missus and drove with a teddy bear which would sit on his lap or have conversations with the whole way across the country. That would have made for an interesting story!

[close]

The book is much better than the film.


Went to see Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" again - this time on the biggest screen that I could find. I enjoyed it even more than the first time. It is magical film making.

[Mooncat]

"Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere" - not terrible but not very good either. Jeremy Allen White's performance holds this thing together. Parts of it are laughable.

Spoiler

The totally imagined storyline involving his new girlfriend.

The way that they shoehorn the Suicide album, specifically the song "Frankie Teardrop" into the narrative.

There's a scene few scenes involving a buddy of his, a mechanic, who drove with Springsteen across the USA. In the film, he's level-headed but in real life he had just broken up with his missus and drove with a teddy bear which would sit on his lap or have conversations with the whole way across the country. That would have made for an interesting story!

[close]

The book is much better than the film.


Went to see Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" again - this time on the biggest screen that I could find. I enjoyed it even more than the first time. It is magical film making.

I'll probably get around to it at some point. Kudos though for actually giving it a title. One for the pet peeves thread, but a small one of mine is when they just give the biopic a one name title, like it's supposed to be poignant or deep or something. Like if they'd just called this, "Bruce". Oh look, it's the human behind the star! Fuck right off.

[jobrok1]

Fright Night just popped up on Netflix.
Sorted! 👊

[Mooncat]

Glengarry Glen Ross.

I check in with this one every so often. Absolute class. Jack Lemmon in particular is incredible as an oily/desperate/pathetic/bullshitter character. Everyone is great in it though.

"Put that coffee down. Coffee's for closers only"
(you could honestly do a top 10 quotes just from Alec Baldwin's scene alone, never mind all the other great ones).

[Carnage]

Never saw the appeal in that one. I have it on DVD but thought it was just... hollow.

[Sworntothecans]

Glengarry Glen Ross.

I check in with this one every so often. Absolute class. Jack Lemmon in particular is incredible as an oily/desperate/pathetic/bullshitter character. Everyone is great in it though.

"Put that coffee down. Coffee's for closers only"
(you could honestly do a top 10 quotes just from Alec Baldwin's scene alone, never mind all the other great ones).

I'm 50/50 with Mamet stuff but it's such a gloriously mean piece of work.

[open face surgery]

Ya, incredible. Well overdue a rewatch.

[Ollkiller]

I've never heard of Glengarry Glen Ross. Jesus what a cast.

[open face surgery]

You'd recognise a good bit of it from stuff like Simpsons and just general referencing for the last 30 years.

[Eoin McLove]

Just back from Frankenstein. 3 hours of pure fucking meh.

[nukeabuse]

Caught stealing, the new aronofsky. More straightforward than his last few, trailers make it look like generic heist, crime caper. But thought was very good

[blessed1]

Watched a few over the last week.

Frankenstein - Enjoyed this although it was a bit long.

In The Heart Of The Sea - I really liked this. Wasn't expecting it to be as good as it was.

Only Lovers Left Alive - This was bloody terrible. 2 hrs of nothing.

From Hell - Hadn't seen this since it was released. Still holds up pretty well. Looks amazing and the satanic undertone to it was cool.