Films Recently Watched

Porridge (the film rather than the tv series)

 

dunno if its a nostalgia groove, but Ronny Barker's "Fletcher" ducking n diving over prison bod McKay never ages & years later Grouty turns up in Game of Thrones (+ Kate Beckinsale's old man)

 

golden oldies/10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gummo - some boring segments (the retarded girl with the toys, her segments were totally forgettable) but overall a fascinating and surprisingly entertaining watch. Great music too. Don't get where the hate comes from

money monster - this is not cinema as i understand it, it's just some kind of regurgitation and summation of current pre-election liberal/anti corporate discourse that you can witness on reddit or the like in a video form with some background story slapped on.

Cabin in the Woods - I love this one, classic.  They sell that coffee mug bong online, ver. 3 is stainless steel, and actually holds coffee now.  For your stealth stoner needs, and zombie defense.
 
http://www.storecoffeemug.com/
 
hey Gramps, you gotta light? LOL
 

 
 
Clown - pretty entertaining and funny.  Never skimp on your kid's bday entertainment.
 
 
American Gangster (Extended Edition) - Almost 3 hours long now, adds some exposition, but a little boring in places.

Jason Bourne

 

I understand the mixed reactions for this movie as a fifth installment wasn't really necessary, but as a gargantuan Bourne and Damon fan I loved it from start to finish. Some terrific, gritty action scenes that put most recent cinema busters to shame, and more of that fly-on-the wall espionage suspense I can't seem to get enough of. Swedish homegirl Vikander does a great job, as well as the aged but competent Cassel. Some loose ends are tied up but nothing truly extraordinary happens, I think it ranks slightly above Supremacy just because of the set pieces and overall better performances. If you dug the earlier films, are tired of hacky CGI capeshit and want something ruthless and more realistic than Bond, you'll have a phenomenal time.

joshy - this one definitely falls into this "forgettable sundace dramedy for 30 year olds" genre that i can usually stand for for about 30 minutes tops, but i liked it, i guess it was just well balanced in the lols-vs-drama department, written and acted well enough and easy to identify with. the lols were funny, the drama was poignant enough. i'll def forget about it in 3 days but it was a pleasant enough 90 mins to spend.

Deadpool - A cinematic torture device. A total nightmare. 0/10

Don't be too hard on Deadpool, i thought it had a lot of cool stuff, it's certainly not 0/10. It's 7/10.

Got home quite late last night with a Dominos (the 5.99 deal. medium, two toppings) ready to watch Hobbit 3. Put on the 3d glasses + pushed the couch close to the telly. Relaxed. Got completey distracted by Mo Farah winning then started flicking through the channels and found Treacle Jr.

8/10

Aiden Gillen who you may know as Littlefinger never seems to play the same character twice., my favourite actor atm. In Treacle Jr. Tom Fisher plays the bewildered straight man, fled his old wife and baby to become a bum. Prepared to lose everything. Meets Aiden, annoying but tender, they feed from each other.

This is how you make films when you have no money, a decent script and very good actors.

Treacle Jr reminds you that the most interesting people are those with a disadvantage to quote Guillermo Del Toro. The reverse domestic violence parts don't normally get shown on video. After watching the film, you have to ring the doorbell of a friend and ask to trim their bush whilst holding a pair of paper scissors. 

tried Deadpool couple weeks back. can confirm 0/10. 

didn't bother seeing it, 0/10 confirmed.

then its agreed. 0/10 

 

mods lock thread please

nah it was more like a 10/1000. mods please ensure thread stays open. it's my safe space.

 

my girlfriend and her friends watched this last night and i just happened to be in the same room staring at the screen when that was happening

are you ok?

Oh dear god

  On 8/15/2016 at 6:12 AM, Nebraska said:

 

my girlfriend and her friends watched this last night and i just happened to be in the same room staring at the screen when that was happening

I had an OCD girlfriend in the 2000s that did the same shit with the can labels and towel lengths. I used to tell her "Jesus I'm sleeping with the enemy" lol

Sleeping with the enema

 

uups..wrong thread..

I really enjoyed Suicide Squad, going in with low expectations (27% critics score on RT vs. 70% audience score) helped me enjoy what was good about it.  Several plot holes that were a result of studio re-editing I think, and unevenly paced in the first act, it took WAY too long to get out of the prison.

 

 

The good:

 

Will Smith was great as Deadshot, but he didn't wear the damn mask!

 

Harley also stole the show, as her over the top character usually does

 

the firefights were excellently choreographed, haven't seen that much gunfire in a superhero movie before

 

special effects were well done, glad they invested more money in polishing those up

 

the tone seemed well balanced (again almost entirely at night) with quips and one liners that mostly worked

 

Joker's gang included some very obscure characters that would probly never show up in a DC movie again

 

This movie made me smile several times, whereas BvS just made me groan.  keep these flicks at 2 hours long, unless it's an epic climax like Justice League or Avengers

 

 

 

 

The bad:

 

With no external threat at the start, Amanda Waller had no reason to assemble the Task Force, and ended up creating the threat she was trying to protect against

 

She killed her own men for no reason, gee maybe they could have provided an armed escort out of the city??

 

The big baddie went out like a pussy, after surviving a grueling battle (demon vs demon was maybe the best part)

 

Leto's Joker seemed generic, he was sadistic but I'm glad they watered down his abuse of Harley

 

Why does Bruce need yet more files on Metahumans when he had routed Luthor's computers completely?

 

People seem to brush off helicopter crashes like a mild cold

 

What was Enchantress trying to build, a machine, a spell?  Would it possess everyone on Earth, or send out more tentacles?

 

Amanda Waller never gave permission for Harley to join the team, she just showed up and was instantly accepted

 

 

 

This was way better than BvS IMO, a fun comic book action movie, with minimal brooding and better dialogue.  Ripping off Guardians of the Galaxy's soundtrack was a weak move though, and came off as desperate.

suicide squad literally made bvs look like a kubrick movie 

watched star trek: wrath of khan again, first time was sometime after seeing the jj abrams film, this second time was first since becoming bit of a star trek fan. "trekky", if the term still applies??

 

the ending hit me so hard. its all a little cheesy and melodramatic but.. it. just. works. the music. the editing. the shot of the planet with the sun peaking out.

 

8/10

would be a 10/10 but im deducting 2 points cos it requires 2 viewings to wrap head around all the plot narrative everythings and fully appreciate it. maybe thats why its called star trek 2 (first film ?? what first film ??)

the subliminal racist satanic Hollywood mind control agenda working hard even b4 the end of the Cold War & 9/11

 

Trekkies take note

I didn't notice before how much the beginning of Hi-Rise is exactly like the intro of David Cronenberg's Shivers from 1975.

I need to watch more Cronenberg stuff.

Feel free to recommend, WATMM!

I like videodrome, dead ringers, the fly and naked lunch. The stuff after eastern promises is not really worth it imo.

Edited August 16, 2016 by Gocab