Film

[open face surgery]

As I said a while back, its an enjoyable watch but they tried to squeeze too much into it.

[Thorn]

Black Bear. No idea what it was all about but Aubrey Plaza was superb.

[Mooncat]

A Field in England

A modern-ish folk horror.

Not sure how I feel about it. Barring a handful of moments it looks like it was made for about 10 bucks. It got good reviews, and definitely had some good bits and pieces, but just not sure I was overly into it. It's on the artier side of things, which sometimes is great, but didn't really grab me this time.

[Carnage]

As a 'mood piece' it works well - if you're in the mood for it. I haven't seen it since it came out - a simultaneous cinema and Film Four premiere, which was a wonderful idea, it gave a great feeling of involvement somehow - so I'm long overdue a rewatch. Shearsmith was great in it, Smiley just annoyed me TBH.

[Mooncat]

The strong Northern Irish accent kind of lifted me out of it a bit, just because it was so unexpected in the context.

[blessed1]

Kill List is his best film imo. Could never get into anything he did after that. Down Terrace is good too.

[Thorn]

I bought the DVD of that A Field In England blind, after I watched it I remember thinking this is one for having on in the background after the pub. Back when I went to pubs. And came home with all sorts.

[Trev]

I went to see it when it was on in the IFI Horrorthon years back, can't remember a single thing about it which probably doesn't say much. Might give it a rewatch soon and see if it sticks a bit better

[leatherface]

Don't like any of his (wheatley)  movies,  they're a bit too much, either too surreal or too violent.  To each their own.


Caught 'The Ultimate Weapon' (Hulk Hogan) on TV recently,  absolutely hilarious , so bad it's good territory.

[Thorn]

Surreal,.that's the word ,eluded me last night.

[Eoin McLove]

I watched Hot Fuzz last night for the first time in a few years. Still great fun. Still too long... overall, great craic though.

[Sworntothecans]

Kill List is his best film imo. Could never get into anything he did after that. Down Terrace is good too.

Kill List is perfect. Just a sense of menace from the get go.

Wheatley's great, he doesn't stick to the same thing so he can be hit or miss. Plus his YouTube playlists of 80s/90s BBC docs are deadly.

[Pentagrimes]

Kill List is his best film imo. Could never get into anything he did after that. Down Terrace is good too.

Great film but I actually think his best by a mile is Sightseers. Would love to see him do more of that dark comedy.

not crazy about A Field..I prefer In the Earth. I've a very clear memory of that being the first film I saw in a cinema post lockdown, had the place pretty much to myself, and it was an interesting film to see in that environment again with a big screen/sound system rather than a shitty laptop.

Did anyone catch his newest one when they showed it in the IFI recently?Bulk? A low budget sci fi apparently

[Carnage]

Hadn't even heard of that, I must look it up.

He's very hit & miss, but Kill List, Sightseers, A Field..., Free Fire and In The Earth are all very decent. High-Rise was the biggest pile of shit...

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

I've missed a few of his more recent ones, but also a big fan of Kill List, Sightseers, and A Field in England. Saw High Rise in the cinema and didn't really connect with it either, but have been meaning to give it another go some time. Like Mother. Although, I'm far less inclined to revisit any Aronofsky since he started pushing AI slop.