Film

[Slaughterday]

Hard Boiled last night. Now the music will be stuck in my head for months. Class film!

[Slaughterday]

Just watched I, Tonya. I hadn't realised it was a really great film, threw it on expecting nothing really. Quality, and a lethal soundtrack.

Same - wasnt expecting much but it was a good watch. The conspiracy theorist lad (who also played Richard Jewell) was the highlight.

[boozegeune]

Hey, no fair; my great film looks crap now!

Sometimes you have to go for a tap in!
Tbf, I, Tonya is also quite good, really enjoyed it. Great performances all round.

[Makeshiftatomsmasher]

Fried Barry. A film about a South African junkie who is abduction by aliens. The Alien/Barry then go on a wild adventure in Cape Town. Great fun.

The Long weekend. An Australian couple, who's marriage is on the rocks, go to a remote beach to try and patch things up.  As the weekend goes on, and they fall out further and act in a n increasing shitty  way, nature fights back.

[Thorn]

Terribly Happy, Danish film on Netflix, intriguing watch. Well not if big guns, big explosions and big blondes is your thing.

[StoutAndAle]

Hard Boiled last night. Now the music will be stuck in my head for months. Class film!

Such a good film. "Hard Boiled" is in my top 5 films of all time. It's nearly 30 years old and still holds up. The tea-house and hospital scenes are still jaw dropping. There's a 7 or 8 year period there where Chow Yun-Fat was in some of the finest action movies ever committed to celluloid.

"A Better Tommorrow Pt. I & II" - If for nothing else other than the opening and closing shoot-outs. The second films closer is bat-shit. 
"The Killer" - Often copied/parodied - never bettered.
"Full Contact" - made the same year as Hard Boiled and, again, co-starring Tony Wong.
"God Of Gamblers" - Rain Man with guns blazing
"Tiger On The Beat" - Absolutely fucking mental

[StoutAndAle]

Pusher is brilliant, have only seen the first one so must check the rest out

The second one is every bit as good as the first, the third is brilliant too but ends a bit more depressing. The second one is an underrated gem.

And yes, forget the English remake. They tried to do it in Refn's newer style (neon style) without the charm and grittiness of the original.

Got around to watching "Pusher" parts II & III - all 3 parts still on MUBI.

Part II is excellent - in some ways it was better than the first. Mads Mikkelsen is brilliant as Tonny and it even manages a few laughs.

Spoiler

The scene with Tonny and Kusse Kurt trying to feign a sympathetic gunshot wound was brilliant.

[close]

The music is fucking class as well.

Part III is still great but it's dark (and that's saying something) and fairly relentless in how bleak it is. The guy who plays Milo is excellent all the way through the series though and can carry a movie as the lead too.

[CorkonianHunger]

Got around to watching "Pusher" parts II & III - all 3 parts still on MUBI.

Yep, I loved the first but the second stole the show for me. Big Mads fan too. Love the ending and overall vibe off it. Third one can be very funny in places too but the overall build up is quite bleak, considering he's trying to opt out but it just gets worse. Apparently Refn only did them cause he was bankrupt but they're great.

[Necro Red]

Got around to watching "Pusher" parts II & III - all 3 parts still on MUBI.

Yep, I loved the first but the second stole the show for me. Big Mads fan too. Love the ending and overall vibe off it. Third one can be very funny in places too but the overall build up is quite bleak, considering he's trying to opt out but it just gets worse. Apparently Refn only did them cause he was bankrupt but they're great.

I watched them years ago and loved them  I must rematch them soon.

[Necro Red]

I had a double bill of Repoman and The Warriors last night. Both classics it has to be said. Been a long time since I seen both, the warriors has really stood the test of time

[The Butcher]

Passengers - Pretty average but I enjoyed it.
Hell or high water - After all the praise I saw online for this I was pretty disappointed. The characters were a bit jarring for me.
Sicario - Decent but was expecting way more to be honest - had the potential to be great.

I think what ruined the last 2 films for me was watching clips of Terminator 1&2 on youtube the week before. Oops...

[Born of Fire]

Sicario - Decent but was expecting way more to be honest - had the potential to be great.

Do yourself a favour and avoid the second one, terrible film.

[StoutAndAle]

Another Round - my favourite of the bunch I'd say, I am a Mikkelsen fan, as I am with Vinterberg. Just a good film overall in my eyes. No need for a US remake.

Watched it last night - very good. The four leads are pretty much perfect in it.

US remake with Will Ferrell, Chris Rock, Ken Jong and Danny McBride.

[CorkonianHunger]

Another Round - my favourite of the bunch I'd say, I am a Mikkelsen fan, as I am with Vinterberg. Just a good film overall in my eyes. No need for a US remake.

Watched it last night - very good. The four leads are pretty much perfect in it.

US remake with Will Ferrell, Chris Rock, Ken Jong and Danny McBride.

Agreed, no matter who they cast, they'll miss the poi t entirely.

[Caomhaoin]

Saw that 'memories of my father', a Colombian show last night, first time in the cinema in ages.

Not great, too long winded and fails completely to garner the emotion it tries desperately to.