Quote from: blessed1 on January 19, 2020, 01:05:03 PM
The copy I got of knives out was shit so I watched color out of space. It's not great but nic cage has some hilariously bad moments in it.

He was a chunk of the reason I didnt like it.

Anyone watched the haunting of hil House TV series?
I thought it was really good and normally hate TV shows especially horror ones but this was very good.
I've read the book and it's not really faithful to it but I did think the book was shite so this is much better!

Quote from: blessed1 on January 20, 2020, 01:17:31 PM
Anyone watched the haunting of hil House TV series?
I thought it was really good and normally hate TV shows especially horror ones but this was very good.
I've read the book and it's not really faithful to it but I did think the book was shite so this is much better!
Yeah watched it with herself,good show

#498 January 25, 2020, 06:16:42 PM Last Edit: January 25, 2020, 06:20:48 PM by Nail_Bombed
Terry Gilliam's finally got The Man Who Killed Don Quixote out to Irish cinemas - looking forward to seeing it at the end of the month after........ 20+ freaking years, he's been trying to get it done and released? Just more than half my lifetime.

Saw the documentary on his ongoing efforts, Lost In La Mancha years ago. Was an eyeopener into the absolute trials some people have to endure to get their vision to fruition. Really hope after all this time it'll be great. Gilliam's never boring in any case.

If you're a big Gilliam fan, like me, you'll dig it. It'd be one of his less accessible movies for newcomers to his work though.

Just watched a not dreadful but utterly pointless movie; Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.

Will certainly never watch it again.

I found it pointless too. It looked great but it seemed to aimlessly amble along until the last ten minutes.  I know some people are critical of Tarantino's style but I generally love what he does, so the lack of funny dialogue, fast paced action and all out chaos in Once Upon a Time... was perplexing.  I wonder is he entering a new phase in his career.  Is it, *gasp*, a sign of newfound maturity! I really hope not.

Dunno if all the people saying it didn't live up to the hype helped, but just watched Joker and thought it was excellent all round.

I enjoyed it myself, but jaysus it was bleak. Phoenix was excellent in it.

Conversely, I really enjoyed "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood" - I thought that it was great. It felt like one of Robert Altman's films from the 70s. Ordered the BluRay earlier, I'm looking forward to watching it again.

Finally sat down to "The Irishman" on Saturday. Convinced the Mrs. to watch it. Fuck me, it's brilliant. The 3 central performances are incredible. Joe Pesci is ice-cold and terrifying. De Niro and Pacino haven't been this good in years.

Scorsese managed to get a nuanced performance out of Al Pacino rather than his default setting for the last nearly 30 years. TALKING real LOUD.... REAL LOOOOOOOOUD. Some... of... the MOTHERFUCKIN' TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME.

While I was reading that last line.. my inner voice suddenly became Pacino  :laugh: :laugh:

Saw Jojo Rabbit last night. Great stuff - managed to keep a sense of drama and poignancy while throwing all the nazi-baiting gags they could into the mix. All you can do is laugh at the bastards - sucks out their venom.

Great acting from Sam Rockwell as per usual also. And Taika as Imaginary Hitler was excellent.

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood - Great cinematography, acting and cast...like others said it was just pointless, meandering along...will definitely not revisit.

Joker - Personally loved it, didn't think it was too dark. Showed my brother who usually hates any comic book films but he enjoyed it loads.

The Rise of Skywalker - Terrible...retconned the worst film of the Trilogy (The Last Jedi)...and that film retconned a lot of what happened in The Force Awakens which was just a rip off of A New Hope. Should be a great example of how not to plan a trilogy for film students.

Watched Amadeus last night. I'd never seen it before.
Such a great film and I'm a massive Mozart fan so that made even more enjoyable!

I watched it for the first time a few months ago, loved it.