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Post by randomtask on Apr 11, 2020 9:51:22 GMT
I caved and watched that Tiger King documentary series everyone is going on about. It was batshit crazy and worth a watch but i'm not sure about all the hype. They are a proper bunch of nutters though. Season 2 of What We Do In The Shadows starts on Thursday this week (in the US anyway)...  |
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Post by charliecheswick on Apr 16, 2020 13:51:45 GMT
Been watching some old and new stuff.
Queen and Slim, on the run from the law film, 6/10
Dave Made a Maze. Dave makes a maze out of a cardboard in his living room and gets lost in it. 6/10
The Princess Bride, 80's banger, 8/10
Fright Night, another 80's banger, 8/10
Yesterday, written by Richard Curtis so you know what you're getting. Not bad though, 7/10
The Art of Self Defence, martial arts caper, 6/10
Storyville, Stranded in the Andes. A plane crashes and a we all know the rest, 8/10.
Storyville, K2, The Killer Summit, a bunch of people fall off a mountain documentary, 8/10
Eagle vs Shark, oddity from the man who did What We Do in the Shadows etc. 5/10
Moon, seen it about five times and it's still great, 9/10
The Way Back, sports film that's really about a bunch of other stuff, 8/10
Vivarium, I don't really know what that was all about, 5/10
Last but not least...
I can't imagine anyone but Art would want to watch this and to be fair he probably already has. I don't think giving it a rating would do it justice. Tokyo Gore Police.
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Post by charliecheswick on Apr 21, 2020 11:50:21 GMT
Thanks to Art, I started my day off with The Greasy Strangler. What a movie.
Also saw The Invisible Man which was OK.
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Post by randomtask on Apr 21, 2020 15:32:15 GMT
Bloodshot - Intriguing premise if they had the guts to stick with it, but instead they just went the cliche route and it ended up being just an ordinary, leave brain at the door, explosion fest. Some good action set pieces though. Vin Diesel plays a guy who is murdered along with his wife. He is brought back to life using nano-tech and sets out for revenge. But all isn't what it seems (insert dun dun durrrrr sound here if like). 5/10
Started watching Yellowstone this week as week, a TV series with Kevin Costner about Cowboys and Indians in modern day Montana. There isn't a load of laughs in it but it is good drama and really well made. Think i'll stick with it.
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Post by randomtask on Apr 22, 2020 8:39:05 GMT
I watched the new Guy Ritchie movie "The Gentlemen" the other night. Typical Ritchie movie in the style of Lock Stock and Snatch, but done a little better. Worth a watch, just for the brilliant Colin Farrell. 7/10 Watched this last night. Enjoyed it too. As you say, typical Ritchie movie, fast paced, lots of quick scene changes, fast talking and action. Good story behind it too, that is until it got to the last 15 minutes or so and the several million plot twists he decided to throw in Enjoyed it though. Also give it 7/10. |
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Post by charliecheswick on Apr 22, 2020 9:47:16 GMT
Bloodshot - Intriguing premise if they had the guts to stick with it, but instead they just went the cliche route and it ended up being just an ordinary, leave brain at the door, explosion fest. Some good action set pieces though. Vin Diesel plays a guy who is murdered along with his wife. He is brought back to life using nano-tech and sets out for revenge. But all isn't what it seems (insert dun dun durrrrr sound here if like). 5/10 Started watching Yellowstone this week as week, a TV series with Kevin Costner about Cowboys and Indians in modern day Montana. There isn't a load of laughs in it but it is good drama and really well made. Think i'll stick with it.
That premise sounds a bit like the one in Upgrade which I thought was pretty good.
Marriage Story. Divorce film, despite the title and subject matter it was ok, 7/10. MA. Creepy woman befriends a bunch of teenagers, 5/10. Hereditary. Half decent horror, 7/10. Peppermint Candy. Depressing but good Korean film, 8/10.
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Post by Art Vandelay on Apr 22, 2020 23:18:05 GMT
I haven't seen Tokyo Gore Police, although I wouldn't rule it out. Three quite mainstream choices for me....
All The Money in the World - John Paul Getty's grandson is kidnapped in wealth and crime based drama. I just couldn't get into that so I'll go 6/10.
BlackkKlansman - Undercover police drama based on true story. 7/10
Knives Out - Murder mystery caper. I enjoyed that, although I did think there was one thing at the end that didn't really make sense and didn't need to not make sense. If that makes sense. I'll expand if anyone's interested but they're probably not so I probably won't. I'll go 7.5/10
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Post by charliecheswick on Apr 26, 2020 11:39:53 GMT
The Florida Project, centres around some kids living near Disneyland although the best thing in it is probably Willem Dafoe, 8/10.
Serial Mom, entertaining enough, 7/10.
Cry Baby, in a similar vein to Grease but with worse songs, 7/10.
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Post by Art Vandelay on Apr 27, 2020 7:27:58 GMT
Cry Baby, in a similar vein to Grease but with worse songs There's one for the 'definitely not going to watch this' list. Hold the Dark - A woman hires a man to track down the Wolf who took her child. Or does she? Slow, bleak, snowy drama thriller from the guy who did Green Room and Blue Ruin. Hmmm. Can't say too much without spoiling it but it's quite stylish in its own way and there are some good individual scenes but it's quite a gruelling journey for relatively little pay off. I'm not sure about it. Er I'll go 6.5/10. Maybe... |
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Post by charliecheswick on Apr 27, 2020 9:35:07 GMT
Yeah, sorry about that, it was made by John Waters so it wasn't that bad. Here's one that might be more appealing, Lowlife. Quirky crime type thing, 7.5/10.
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Post by Art Vandelay on Apr 27, 2020 19:46:02 GMT
Oh, yeah, it didn't register, I was thinking it was something new, I know what Cry Baby is. I think I've seen it  I watched bbc sitcom Mister Winner. It's not my sort of thing but I thought it was alright. Bit of an old fashioned feel about it, there's no 'adult' content, swearing or anything and it's generally quite nice. So if you're looking for a 'all the family can watch together' type thing you could do a lot worse. p.s The quiz is films on Tuesday  |
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Post by charliecheswick on Apr 28, 2020 11:59:22 GMT
Only 7/10 today. I got all of my guesses wrong. Does it have Charlie Sheen in it?
The Orphanage, Spanish horror, decent, 7/10.
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Post by Art Vandelay on Apr 28, 2020 19:51:30 GMT
I got two about Adam Sandler  I liked The Orphanage On a similar theme I watched The Changeling. Mystery horror ghost story kind of thing from 1980. This seems to be quite highly thought of but I just found it really slow with unsympathetic often quite annoying characters, could not get into it at all and, despite a few decent creepy moments, it was a bit of a slog. 4/10. A Vigilante - A woman helps victims of domestic violence in a very 'hands on' way while trying to track down her own missing and dangerous husband in slow and bleak drama thriller 6/10 |
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Post by charliecheswick on May 1, 2020 20:36:52 GMT
Big Time Adolescence. A much better film than the title suggests, 7.5/10.
I've been watching a bit of telly too, got to fill the hours somehow right? Gangs of London, Code 404 and The Flight of the Conchords again. I like Mister Winner too although it's a bit painful to watch.
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Post by randomtask on May 11, 2020 9:32:02 GMT
The Death of Stalin - Think it's been mentioned a few times on this or the old thread and i finally got round to watching it. Great stuff. It's clearly a farce, and yet you could easily believe it happened that way as well. Was chuckling all the way through it. 9/10 Enjoying this new season of What We Do In The Shadows as well. I was reading the other day that Disney are bringing in Taiki Whatiti to write and direct a new Star Wars movie. That'll be interesting |
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Post by Art Vandelay on May 13, 2020 7:55:35 GMT
Right, I've moved onto some films I didn't know what they were. Turned out the first two were low budget thrillers.... A Good Woman Is Hard to Find - A recently widowed young mum is forced into a dangerous situation in British crime thriller drama type thing. Slightly weird tone to this as it borders on black comedy at times despite all the violence and dismemberment going on. But, I don't really mind a weird tone so I'll go 6.5/10 A Bluebird in My Heart - Much more somber tone to this one. A man recently released from prison stays with a mother and daughter, can he leave his violent past behind? No, he can't. That was almost good but then it abandoned the slow character based build up for a straight semi-pointless thriller ending, then realised that was a bit of a cop out and tried to wrap everything up with a quick montage. I'll go 6.5/10 I think I must have downloaded this next one by mistake thinking it was something else because it's not really the kind of thing I go for..... Driven - True story of car bloke John DeLorean's friendship with his neighbour, an FBI informant, in drama thriller type thing. Struggled to get into that, it's too long, and I didn't really want to see it in the first place, but it was alright in the end. I'll go 6/10 Three down about 20 to go including 'Night of the Comet' which looks quite awful. I can't imagine what sort of person would have persuaded me to download this  |
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Post by charliecheswick on May 14, 2020 11:05:56 GMT
Haha, Night of the Comet is incredibly bad/incredibly good.
I've seen a few things this week, most would have been much better if it wasn't for their rubbish endings.
Benny and Joon, pretty good for an hour. 6/10.
Shine, about a child prodigy pianist, I enjoyed it, 8/10.
James vs His Future Self, also pretty good for an hour. 6/10.
Extra Time, Australian Rules football coach, also strayed over its 1 hour limit, 6/10.
Brightburn, like Superman but where the alien is a bit of a cock, and rather rubbish 3/10.
Never Rarely Sometimes Always, pretty grim pregnancy tale, 7/10.
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Post by charliecheswick on May 16, 2020 9:07:27 GMT
Kung Fury, about as good and B movies get and only about half an hour long, 9/10. Peanut Butter Falcon, Down Syndrome lad runs away to be a wrestler. I loved this from start to finish, 8/10. Uncut Gems, I generally run if I see Adam Sandler in a film but this was his second best one after Punch Drunk Love. 6/10. Into the Night, Netflix series. After I figured out how to watch it in the original language I got sucked in a bit. My wife came in on the 5th episode and I explained what had happened and what it was about and I figured it was quite ridiculous. I still enjoyed it though. Crip Camp, documentary about disableds with some good characters, 7/10.
Bone Tomahawk. Pretty fucked up Western, 7/10.
Little Women, it's probably pretty good if you like this sort of thing but I hate period dramas. I kept up for an hour but zoned out after that.
Also found time to watch a bit of telly, White Lines on Netflix, I lasted about half an hour and figured I'd be fucked if I was going to sit through a whole series with acting this bad.
Frayed, comedy which didn't make me laugh to much but it was still watchable.
Joe Pera Talks with You. I quite like this but it's probably an acquired taste.
Probably the best of the lot of things that I've seen of late, Leviathan, Russian film in a similar vein to Parasite but more direct and much more depressing. 10/10.
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Post by Art Vandelay on May 22, 2020 7:37:37 GMT
I think Punch Drunk Love is the only Sandler film I've ever seen. I always assumed they were all rubbish but I don't think I've ever actually watched any. Maybe later. Or maybe not.
Mandy - Well, hard to know what to say about that. A sort of nightmarish revenge horror fantasy type thing. Nicolas Cage goes full on Nick Cage and doesn't even stand out as being particularly over the top, so you get the idea. I suspect some people will love it but I doubt it'll be anyone on here. I'll go 4/10
Sweet Sixteen - A teenager tries to make a home for his mum for when she gets out of prison in Ken Loach crime themed drama. Bleak but always watchable, I'll go 7/10.
Warning - May contain strong and prolonged Scottish accents.
Feedback - A talk show host has to face up to his past in Radio station set thriller horror. Don't think that gives anything away, best not to know anything going in 6/10
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Post by randomtask on Jun 1, 2020 8:48:55 GMT
JoJo Rabbit - By Taiki Waititi (the What We Do In The Shadows guy again) about a young kid in Germany towards the end of WWII who is a fanatical Nazi and joins the Hitler youth. His Imaginary Best Friend is (a camp version of) Hitler himself. Then he finds out that his Mum is hiding a young Jewish girl in the house... It sounds a bit bleak i know, and there are some very sombre moments but it is somehow absolutely fucking hilarious all the way through. The young kids best friend steals the show and has by far the best lines ("The only allies we have left are the Japanese and, between you and me, they aren't very Aryan"). 10/10
Extraction - Enjoyed this one a lot too. It's about a mercenary team that is hired to go in to rescue the son of a drug lord that has been kidnapped by a rival drug lord. Lots and lots of shoot outs, chases and violence ensues. Doesn't sound original but the director was a stunt coordinator and so the set pieces are really impressive. There is this 15 minute, 1 continuous shot scene in the middle that is absolutely incredible. Probably best to not dig too deep into the story though, lots of plot holes i'd imagine. 8/10
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