Let's have a films thread.

[Alf Bentley]

1 hour ago, Bellend Sebastian said:

Watched The Banshees of Inisherin on Friday.

 

Thought it was great, but wasn't what I expected - the reviews I'd seen has suggested that it's rather more light hearted than it actually is.

 

I probably enjoyed it slightly less than the director's previous effort, 3 Billboards, but that's not a criticism as I thought that was amazing 

 

I agree with your assessment - very good, but not at all what I expected.

 

I suppose it was partly comedy, in a way, but black comedy as black as you can imagine. That raises the question as to when black comedy becomes sufficiently painful to cease being funny/comedy.

This film certainly came close to that, as you couldn't avoid feeling for the characters, rather than laughing along, however ridiculous their predicament and their actions.

 

I thought "Banshees" was a good film, but saw another Irish-based film, "The Quiet Girl", around the same time - and thought that was absolutely outstanding. Really moving in a very understated way (and I wouldn't be distracted by it being partly in the Irish language, as it's a story that could be set in any country). Probably the best film I've seen since.......3 Billboards.

[TJQuik]

11 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

 

The cinematography was stunning (from spectacular images of seaside, skies & fireworks to mundane images of small objects & cinema interiors), the acting was great (both the leads and the secondary characters), the score was good, but.....

 

For me, major aspects of the story completely lacked credibility and/or worth:

- Why jam in so many different themes ("make the most of life", "cinema is great", mental illness, racism, age-disparity relationship) if it means you can't do justice to them - or if you have nothing to say about them?

- Some elements were naff stereotypes, lacking credibility: the seedy boss and his public exposure, the rioting neo-Nazi skinheads (though the racist old git in the queue was more credible)

- Did it say anything interesting about mental illness, racism or age-disparity relationships? If not, maybe that doesn't matter, but why bother addressing them?

- It introduced interesting characters (cinema staff, esp. the projectionist) and apparently significant characters (the mother & the girlfriend), but didn't develop them properly as characters with their own stories - frustrating

- Although the 2 leads acted well (especially Olivia Colman), their relationship was strangely passionless....though maybe that was intentional if, in different ways, they were both drifting and needing something to wake them up?

 

 Funny enough, I did quite enjoy it, because the cinematography and acting was so great and I was interested in where the relationship would lead.....but enjoyed it despite what seemed like major flaws

Agree on everything you said, I was still able to enjoy it a lot for the same reasons you cited but the script is definitely an effort to cram in as many Oscar baiting storylines as possible, without doing justice to any of them. The portrayal of bipolar isn't very realistic, the racism just crops up whenever the film needs something to happen and the romance isn't treated as the inappropriate relationship it is given the huge age difference.

[Bellend Sebastian]

1 hour ago, Dr Marco said:

decent

 

Ha! I contributed enough to the crowdfunding of this to be sent a copy of the DVD which I've never got round to watching, shamefully.

 

The album that preceded it, sort of soundtrack-but-isn't, is great. One of my favourite records, although my wife hates it as she took an irrational dislike to the voice of one of the female singers

[yorkie1999]

Just watched bank of Dave, great feel good movie in these depressing times.

[rico]

Sick, the knew horror film from Kevin Williamson, very Scream-like set during the early days of covid,about 2 girls isolating being stalked by a killer during lockdown 

 

Decent 7/10

[Foxdiamond]

I see All Quiet On The Western Front has received 14 Bafta nominations. Whilst a good film I don't think it is even as good as the 1930 original. 

[rico]

 

[ithuriel]

Bit late to the party but finally watched JoJo Rabbit, excellent movie and the kids killed it, especially the little guy who played Yorki.

 

[The Bear]

26 minutes ago, ithuriel said:

Bit late to the party but finally watched JoJo Rabbit, excellent movie and the kids killed it, especially the little guy who played Yorki.

 

Definitely my favourite film of that year. And certainly Waititi's best IMO. 

[RobHawk]

Watched legend on iPlayer, been on my to watch list for ages. 

 

Really enjoyed it

[Raj]

Knives out 2  glasses onion with james bond on netflix.

Really decent.

[urban.spaceman]

Went to see Avatar 2 again, and loved it once more. 
 

One question though, with all the trillions of dollars the humans must have spent getting to and from Pandora, from spaceships, construction equipment, weaponry and ammunition, personnel, food, research and development… and not a single one of them thought it might be a good idea to develop ARROW PROOF GLASS?!

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

On 17/01/2023 at 23:36, yorkie1999 said:

Just watched bank of Dave, great feel good movie in these depressing times.

Just watched it, went on a little too long and I lost interest 

[Parafox]

On 17/01/2023 at 23:36, yorkie1999 said:

Just watched bank of Dave, great feel good movie in these depressing times.

 

57 minutes ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said:

Just watched it, went on a little too long and I lost interest 

Watched it last night and rather enjoyed it.

[marbles]

She Said

Movie about the 2 New York Times reporters who broke the story about Harvey Weinstein, this kicking off the MeToo movement.

Thought it was okay.  Seemed more like a TV movie, than a theatrical release.

Id give it a 5/10

[Daggers]

On 16/01/2023 at 13:58, Bellend Sebastian said:

Watched The Banshees of Inisherin on Friday.

 

Thought it was great, but wasn't what I expected - the reviews I'd seen has suggested that it's rather more light hearted than it actually is.

 

I probably enjoyed it slightly less than the director's previous effort, 3 Billboards, but that's not a criticism as I thought that was amazing 

Billboards is a superb film

[ozleicester]

2 hours ago, marbles said:

She Said

Movie about the 2 New York Times reporters who broke the story about Harvey Weinstein, this kicking off the MeToo movement.

Thought it was okay.  Seemed more like a TV movie, than a theatrical release.

Id give it a 5/10

Just finished reading this, didnt realise there was a movie, thanks

[ozleicester]

23 minutes ago, Daggers said:

On 16/01/2023 at 21:58, Bellend Sebastian said:

Watched The Banshees of Inisherin on Friday.

 

Thought it was great, but wasn't what I expected - the reviews I'd seen has suggested that it's rather more light hearted than it actually is.

 

I probably enjoyed it slightly less than the director's previous effort, 3 Billboards, but that's not a criticism as I thought that was amazing 

 

23 minutes ago, Daggers said:

Billboards is a superb film

Watched 15-20 mins of Banshees....how fvcking dull, gave up.

Loved, In Bruges, and three billboards was great

[urban.spaceman]

This weekend's viewing:

 

Shotgun Wedding

JLo, Stifler's Mom, Lenny Kravitz

A wedding at an exclusive Philippines island resort gets hijacked by pirates

 

Pixie

Olivia Cooke (House of the Dragon), Ben Hardy (a Peter Beale off Eastenders, Roger Taylor in Bohemian Rhapsody), Colm Meaney (****ing everything)

Irish comedy centred around a young woman trying to avenge her mothers death, enlists a couple of misfits to hijack a drug deal between her step dad's local gang and some Catholic priests.

 

Both very enjoyable IMO. Jennifer Coolidge (Stifler's Mom) basically steals every scene she's in. The latter film might make you a bit uncomfortable seeing Alec Baldwin handle guns on screen.

Edited 31 January 2023 by urban.spaceman

[ozleicester]

Its the vibe of the thing

[Dahnsouff]

Quite enjoyed Bank of Dave, pleasant heart warming stuff. 

[marbles]

The Witch: Subversion 

 

Violent Korean action movie.

A teenage girl, who was the victim of experiments as a child, is suddenly forced to face who she is.

 

Really liked this and will be adding it to my collection.  8/10

 

Saw it on Prime.

 

 

 

[rico]

11 hours ago, marbles said:

The Witch: Subversion 

 

Violent Korean action movie.

A teenage girl, who was the victim of experiments as a child, is suddenly forced to face who she is.

 

Really liked this and will be adding it to my collection.  8/10

 

Saw it on Prime.

 

 

 

There is a sequel to this, not sure if its available anywhere yet...?

[marbles]

1 hour ago, rico said:

There is a sequel to this, not sure if its available anywhere yet...?

Yeah, it’s available for rent on Prime and AppleTV.  Gonna check it out this week

[Bordersfox]

Beast with Idris Elba.  Only an hour thirty, no messing about or undue padding just a nice silly slice of action/thriller that's easy to watch and done well. There's nothing you won't expect but it's fun to be along for the ride.