Yeah you're right, he can make a good movie (Mystic River). But there are far more stinkers (Blood Work, the hilarious Matt Damon/ psychic one). And I think his award winning stuff is the real emperor's new clothes - Gran Torino, Million Dollar Baby and American Sniper are all hugely overrated IMO.
He likes to shoot one or two wakes per scene. He even shoots the actors in rehearsal and sometimes uses those takes! I don't see why he thinks that's a good thing.
Unforgiven is a top western.
I saw Silence yesterday. It's not for everyone but I enjoyed it, it's a mature Scorsese film that covers old, familiar themes. There is a lot of deep theological talk, I didn't think it was too long except the ending dragging out.
Went to war as a medic, refused to touch a gun let alone kill anyone and single handedly got 75 wounded soldiers down from the Ridge. Proper heroic stuff and all a true story
Yeah you're right, he can make a good movie (Mystic River). But there are far more stinkers (Blood Work, the hilarious Matt Damon/ psychic one). And I think his award winning stuff is the real emperor's new clothes - Gran Torino, Million Dollar Baby and American Sniper are all hugely overrated IMO.
He likes to shoot one or two wakes per scene. He even shoots the actors in rehearsal and sometimes uses those takes! I don't see why he thinks that's a good thing.
Unforgiven is a top western.
I saw Silence yesterday. It's not for everyone but I enjoyed it, it's a mature Scorsese film that covers old, familiar themes. There is a lot of deep theological talk, I didn't think it was too long except the ending dragging out.
One of the best. But for every decent Clint movie I bet I could name two stinkers!
Not sure I've got the heart to sit through Silence in one go.
Off to a new cinema this weekend, new to me anyway. The Curzon Goldsmiths. To see a preview of Toni Erdmann. Which looks as if it might be quite good. If you like free films/previews then fairly often on Friday or Saturday the Guardian has codes for Showfilmfirst. Seen some very good films this way.
I finally got round to watching Deepwater Horizon, thought it was very good. John Malkovich a great "villain" for want of a better word. The realisation that what you were seeing on screen was based on such horrificly true circumstances was terrifying.
Another Mark Wahlberg film, also based on true events... I watched Patriots Day this week too, based on the events of and after the bombings of the Boston marathon a few years back. Virtually all of the main characters are based on, or had story's based on real people from that day, with the exception being Wahlberg himself. Another very good film which, like Sully and Deepwater Horizon recently, it shows some genuine news clips throughout and/or at the end with survivors/people involved.
Finally, I watched the accountant this afternoon which I also enjoyed. It was certainly better than some of the reviews I've read seemed to suggest. Probably of the 3 it's the one I'm least likely to want to watch again but it's still worth a couple of hours of anyone's time imo.
Manchester By The Sea is a sombre, serious, marvellous piece of film-making. It's the kind of grown-up movie that is rare in this age when most mainstream American movies seem made for 10 year old minds. Impeccable acting throughout and if Casey Affleck doesn't get the Best Actor Oscar there is no justice.
Glad some people enjoyed Anthropoid; have to say we were disappointed. There's a lot to say in that story about the tensions and conflicts that still trouble the Czechs today, but the film didn't really bother, it was all about the shoot out. It hasn't done very well here, despite giving a global showcase to several top Czech actors and actresses.
Manchester By The Sea is a sombre, serious, marvellous piece of film-making. It's the kind of grown-up movie that is rare in this age when most mainstream American movies seem made for 10 year old minds. Impeccable acting throughout and if Casey Affleck doesn't get the Best Actor Oscar there is no justice.
Very thoughtful film. Casey Affleck is brilliant . It's quite depressing at times but never the less very good. Having seen this , Hacksaw Ridge , Hell or Highwater , Arrival and Moonlight of the films that have been nominated for best picture at this years Oscars i still think Hell or Highwater is head and shoulders above the the rest but I haven't seen them all yet.
Hell or High Water Finally combined a kiddies flick for the kiddies and wife, with this one for me. I was a bit worried it wouldn't live up to expectations. It wasn't what I was quite expecting - there were similarities with No Country for Old Men - but it was an enthralling movie, and the build up to the end was exciting, as there's never a guarantee with these films who will make it and who won't. Reccomendable to anyone who enjoys a well shot well acted gently paced thriller. 9/10
The Nice Guys Saw this on a long haul flight and watched it again this morning. Great sassy fim. Lots of belly laughs from me, mostly at stuff that shouldn't be regarded as funny. On the flight, I thought it sagged a bit in the middle, but watching it on the satélite today, it was a very good, funny film, and probably the best new film I saw last year, There was a bit at the start with some towels that had me weeping with laughter, and there was more to follow. 9/10
Sing This was the last one I saw with the family. I will add here that my daughters loved it, but tey generally say that about most animated movies on the way out of the cinema - only Tadeo Jones left us all cold. For me, it was a slow dull movie. I feel asleep at one point, and as I snore when over-tired, some of my memories of this film are of my wife elbowing me in the ribs. If you liked Zootropolis, see that one again, as this is bloated with interminable singing, and features a bunch of small animals, The ending lifted it a bit, but this was strictly for the kiddies 3/10
My wife is threatening my with the sequal to 50 shades if shit on valentines day. I'm trying to tempt her with La La Land, but I can't muster much enthusiasm for it after Sing. But there is'nt much worse than some silly voyeuristic film about bondage seemingly written for women who are curious but don't want to try it. I was embarrassed to walk out of the cinema after the first 'grey' movie and I'm not going through it again without an MP3.
I also saw Hacksaw Ridge yesterday. Based on a true story. Enjoyed it but I thought there were a couple of 'Hollywood' moments if you know what I mean. It didn't really need that as it was a strong enough subject without that. But, all in all a good movie but not the pick of the bunch I wouldn't have thought from the other Oscar nominations.
Watched it with a theatre full of Americans so they all clapped at the end. They tend to do that when they've watched an American 'Rah Rah' kind of movie.
Saw Hacksaw ridge last night. I enjoyed it, but very much filmed for an American audience. It was very religion heavy, which I completely understand given the protagonists views, but it got a bit much for me. Not as good as the reviews I read made it out to be.
Manchester by sea is brilliant. one of the best films I've seen in several years.
Casey Affleck is superb. storyline and script are excellent. reminds me of a European film in the sense that for Hollywood it seems far too serious. though there are some witty lines between Affleck and his nephew.
It's strange because Manchester by the sea didn't do it for me at all. I get the tragedy side of things and how sad it was but I found it slow and a little depressing. Casey Affleck is good but I don't get the adulation this film has got.
it is slow and depressing but i found the pace of the film just right for the subject. it's similar to a lot of European cinema. it didn't make me think to myself "gawd, when is this gonna end?"
still it's subjective, it was only last year where The Revenant was picking up all the awards and i wasn't all that impressed by it. apart from the cinematography at times and Tom Hardys (and the bears) performance i found it average.
Just back from T2 Trainspottng. I rewatched the original last week in preparation for seeing this, and glad I did. It would just about stand alone, but you get so much more out of it if you've seen the first. It's sweary, of course, but I'd say slightly less violent and a bit funnier than the first, several laugh out loud moments. I'd give it a solid 8.5, and would happily sit through it again tomorrow.
Just fished Manchester by the sea, it is slow but I didn't feel like it dragged on. Great performances from all and will no doubt win a few awards, only thing I didn't really like was the score - some parts just seemed to go on too long and felt too loud
Really strange the way people react to different films. I saw Manchester by the Sea a few weeks ago. Easily the best film I have seen in the last 2 or 3 years. Best film I have seen since American Hustle. I know a lot on here think that film was rubbish. I saw Arrival a couple of months ago. I thought it was absolute rubbish. They must have spent about $1 million on the sets and props and script and about $100 million on the Actors. It was a complete insult to my intelligence.
Totally agree about Arrival. Now that, not Manchester By The Sea, was slow. The only redeeming thing about the film was the comedy of this 'greatest linguist on the planet" holding up a flash card saying HUMAN to the Aliens. They could have got a primary school teaching assistant to do that!
Totally agree about Arrival. Now that, not Manchester By The Sea, was slow. The only redeeming thing about the film was the comedy of this 'greatest linguist on the planet" holding up a flash card saying HUMAN to the Aliens. They could have got a primary school teaching assistant to do that!
That's like saying why hire Tom Cruise for a Mission Impossible movie when you could hire Pee Wee Herman to load a gun.
Totally agree about Arrival. Now that, not Manchester By The Sea, was slow. The only redeeming thing about the film was the comedy of this 'greatest linguist on the planet" holding up a flash card saying HUMAN to the Aliens. They could have got a primary school teaching assistant to do that!
That's like saying why hire Tom Cruise for a Mission Impossible movie when you could hire Pee Wee Herman to load a gun.
Just back from T2 Trainspottng. I rewatched the original last week in preparation for seeing this, and glad I did. It would just about stand alone, but you get so much more out of it if you've seen the first. It's sweary, of course, but I'd say slightly less violent and a bit funnier than the first, several laugh out loud moments. I'd give it a solid 8.5, and would happily sit through it again tomorrow.
saw it last night and would agree with all of the above, some proper LOL moments
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I saw Silence yesterday. It's not for everyone but I enjoyed it, it's a mature Scorsese film that covers old, familiar themes. There is a lot of deep theological talk, I didn't think it was too long except the ending dragging out.
Not sure I've got the heart to sit through Silence in one go.
If you like free films/previews then fairly often on Friday or Saturday the Guardian has codes for Showfilmfirst. Seen some very good films this way.
The realisation that what you were seeing on screen was based on such horrificly true circumstances was terrifying.
Another Mark Wahlberg film, also based on true events...
I watched Patriots Day this week too, based on the events of and after the bombings of the Boston marathon a few years back.
Virtually all of the main characters are based on, or had story's based on real people from that day, with the exception being Wahlberg himself.
Another very good film which, like Sully and Deepwater Horizon recently, it shows some genuine news clips throughout and/or at the end with survivors/people involved.
Finally, I watched the accountant this afternoon which I also enjoyed.
It was certainly better than some of the reviews I've read seemed to suggest.
Probably of the 3 it's the one I'm least likely to want to watch again but it's still worth a couple of hours of anyone's time imo.
3 films, no duds.
interesting true story, gore aplenty, worth seeing.
Finally combined a kiddies flick for the kiddies and wife, with this one for me. I was a bit worried it wouldn't live up to expectations. It wasn't what I was quite expecting - there were similarities with No Country for Old Men - but it was an enthralling movie, and the build up to the end was exciting, as there's never a guarantee with these films who will make it and who won't. Reccomendable to anyone who enjoys a well shot well acted gently paced thriller. 9/10
The Nice Guys
Saw this on a long haul flight and watched it again this morning. Great sassy fim. Lots of belly laughs from me, mostly at stuff that shouldn't be regarded as funny. On the flight, I thought it sagged a bit in the middle, but watching it on the satélite today, it was a very good, funny film, and probably the best new film I saw last year, There was a bit at the start with some towels that had me weeping with laughter, and there was more to follow. 9/10
Sing
This was the last one I saw with the family. I will add here that my daughters loved it, but tey generally say that about most animated movies on the way out of the cinema - only Tadeo Jones left us all cold. For me, it was a slow dull movie. I feel asleep at one point, and as I snore when over-tired, some of my memories of this film are of my wife elbowing me in the ribs. If you liked Zootropolis, see that one again, as this is bloated with interminable singing, and features a bunch of small animals, The ending lifted it a bit, but this was strictly for the kiddies 3/10
My wife is threatening my with the sequal to 50 shades if shit on valentines day. I'm trying to tempt her with La La Land, but I can't muster much enthusiasm for it after Sing. But there is'nt much worse than some silly voyeuristic film about bondage seemingly written for women who are curious but don't want to try it. I was embarrassed to walk out of the cinema after the first 'grey' movie and I'm not going through it again without an MP3.
Watched it with a theatre full of Americans so they all clapped at the end. They tend to do that when they've watched an American 'Rah Rah' kind of movie.
Hadn't clicked until you said it that all 3 have same director/star combination.
Casey Affleck is superb. storyline and script are excellent. reminds me of a European film in the sense that for Hollywood it seems far too serious. though there are some witty lines between Affleck and his nephew.
I get the tragedy side of things and how sad it was but I found it slow and a little depressing.
Casey Affleck is good but I don't get the adulation this film has got.
it didn't make me think to myself "gawd, when is this gonna end?"
still it's subjective, it was only last year where The Revenant was picking up all the awards and i wasn't all that impressed by it. apart from the cinematography at times and Tom Hardys (and the bears) performance i found it average.
I rewatched the original last week in preparation for seeing this, and glad I did. It would just about stand alone, but you get so much more out of it if you've seen the first.
It's sweary, of course, but I'd say slightly less violent and a bit funnier than the first, several laugh out loud moments.
I'd give it a solid 8.5, and would happily sit through it again tomorrow.
Great performances from all and will no doubt win a few awards, only thing I didn't really like was the score - some parts just seemed to go on too long and felt too loud