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  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    edited November 2020
    Watched VFW at silly o'clock this morning after feeding the mini human. 

    Really cool mix of a late 70's films like Warriors with touches of 80's & 90's to it, shot in a cool gritty way with some brilliant old school actors and some comfortably passable acting. 

    The main cast are:
    Stephen Lang (Colonel in Avatar)
    William Sadler (Die Hard 2 Villain)
    Fred Williamson (Dusk til Dawn)
    George Wendt (Norm from Cheers)
    Martin Kove (Karate Kid John Kreese). 
    David Patrick Kelly (Luther from Warriors)

    Well worth a watch and harshly underrated by those on IMDB. :star: :star: :star: :star: 

    For those that care:
    81% on Rotten Tomatoes
    6.1 on IMDB 
    72 on metacritic

    p.s not for the fainthearted, the gore is another level. 
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,189
    edited November 2020
    Saw the Jack Charlton documentary this week. It's about Jack's dementia, his relationship with Ireland between 1988 and 1994, and his general approach to work and life, with a bit about his relationship with Bobby. He kept copious amounts of notes on scraps of paper, and they help form the backbone of the film's narrative, and the talking head interviews, particularly with Paul McGrath, provide plenty of funny and/ or poignant stories. 

    The whole thing is tinged with sadness, and this is intentional, albeit not entirely necessary. After all, he was a popular, rich, successful man who lived a long and happy life. Seeing the shell of the man in the grip of dementia is clearly very sad, I just don't think that sadness needed to permeate the rest of his story. Also, I am not sure why they felt the need to pad out footage with re-enactment scenes. There's more than enough footage from the games. That aside, it's very well put together, has a great sense of humour - deals with the dementia in a truly touching and delicate way - and provides a fantastic look at the effect the man had on Ireland as a whole, so to speak. I've watched a lot of docs over the last year or so, and this is classier than most.

    4/6
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,438
    Just watched the film 'Fish Tank' on Iplayer - originally released 2009. It's a film about a troubled teenager living on a barren Essex council estate who is trying to deal with all the chaos around her.

    It's like a Ken Loach film and a very gritty story about those living life on the margins in society. Some excellent acting and enough swearing to last you a lifetime.

    Definitely not a feelgood movie but an interesting watch.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,973
    Watched Unhinged with Russell Crowe. Absolute shite. The main character, a woman, deserves everything she gets. I don’t think I’ve ever been more irritated by a main protagonist in a film. Plus Russell Crowe looks awful fat.
  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,213
    hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
    Just watched the film 'Fish Tank' on Iplayer - originally released 2009. It's a film about a troubled teenager living on a barren Essex council estate who is trying to deal with all the chaos around her.

    It's like a Ken Loach film and a very gritty story about those living life on the margins in society. Some excellent acting and enough swearing to last you a lifetime.

    Definitely not a feelgood movie but an interesting watch.
    Powerful film. I believe the main actress was cast after the director saw her arguing with her boyfriend in the middle of a train station. 
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,438
    stoneroses19 said:
    hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
    Just watched the film 'Fish Tank' on Iplayer - originally released 2009. It's a film about a troubled teenager living on a barren Essex council estate who is trying to deal with all the chaos around her.

    It's like a Ken Loach film and a very gritty story about those living life on the margins in society. Some excellent acting and enough swearing to last you a lifetime.

    Definitely not a feelgood movie but an interesting watch.
    Powerful film. I believe the main actress was cast after the director saw her arguing with her boyfriend in the middle of a train station. 
    I was blown away by the film. Curious to watch the other films the director has made.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    Watched JoJo Rabbit. Wasn’t sure if this would work having read some stuff about it but it certainly does. Edge of film making norms but got a difficult subject fraught with pitfalls perfectly. Hard to pigeonhole but dramedy is probably best description with added something due to subject matter. 9/10 for me
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,438
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    Watched JoJo Rabbit. Wasn’t sure if this would work having read some stuff about it but it certainly does. Edge of film making norms but got a difficult subject fraught with pitfalls perfectly. Hard to pigeonhole but dramedy is probably best description with added something due to subject matter. 9/10 for me
    I enjoyed it but opinions on it seem very varied.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    Watched JoJo Rabbit. Wasn’t sure if this would work having read some stuff about it but it certainly does. Edge of film making norms but got a difficult subject fraught with pitfalls perfectly. Hard to pigeonhole but dramedy is probably best description with added something due to subject matter. 9/10 for me
    I enjoyed it but opinions on it seem very varied.
    I’m sure. So far off the beaten track of formula it’s bound to not be to some peoples taste. 
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,438
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    Watched JoJo Rabbit. Wasn’t sure if this would work having read some stuff about it but it certainly does. Edge of film making norms but got a difficult subject fraught with pitfalls perfectly. Hard to pigeonhole but dramedy is probably best description with added something due to subject matter. 9/10 for me
    I enjoyed it but opinions on it seem very varied.
    I’m sure. So far off the beaten track of formula it’s bound to not be to some peoples taste. 
    It was an interesting film and it made you think- far too many films are just bland. 
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  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 17,346
    edited November 2020
    Jessie said:
    LonelyNorthernAddick said:
    Finished the Trial of the Chicago 7 last night on Netfix. Thought it was excellent with some great bits of acting and really well filmed.
    Just watched it, too. Very good and thought provoking film with some funny dialogues. Highly recommended. 8.5/10
    I really enjoyed it too but every time Sacha Baron-Cohen spoke, that god-awful accent immediately took me out of the film. Terrible casting. 
  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 7,958
    Enjoyed two decent films recently, Mosul and Dark Waters. 
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,995
    bolloxbolder said:
    Enjoyed two decent films recently, Mosul and Dark Waters. 
    Dark Waters is very good 
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,438
    stonemuse said:
    bolloxbolder said:
    Enjoyed two decent films recently, Mosul and Dark Waters. 
    Dark Waters is very good 
    Thought it was excellent.
  • LonelyNorthernAddick
    LonelyNorthernAddick Posts: 2,421
    Chunes said:
    Jessie said:
    LonelyNorthernAddick said:
    Finished the Trial of the Chicago 7 last night on Netfix. Thought it was excellent with some great bits of acting and really well filmed.
    Just watched it, too. Very good and thought provoking film with some funny dialogues. Highly recommended. 8.5/10
    I really enjoyed it too but every time Sacha Baron-Cohen spoke, that god-awful accent immediately took me out of the film. Terrible casting. 
    I thought he was very good, come to think of it his accent was probs a bit corny but it didn't even register at the time for me
  • hawksmoor
    hawksmoor Posts: 2,608
    Agreed, Dark Waters was excellent. Another fine performance from Mark Ruffalo.
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,735
    hawksmoor said:
    Agreed, Dark Waters was excellent. Another fine performance from Mark Ruffalo.
    Definitely worth watching.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,730
    Jessie said:
    Watched Tenet and didn't like it at all. Worst Nolan film in my opinion. 150 minutes wasted. I hope his next project is better than this as I liked almost all of his previous films... 
    I hated it. 
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,973
    I loved it.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,995
    ValleyGary said:
    I loved it.
    Never got the chance to see it ... but getting the DVD for Xmas and really looking forward to it. 
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  • kafka
    kafka Posts: 2,367
    like most Nolan films, only worth watching on the big screen
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,730
    Nolan is the only film director who manages to make me feel really stupid. Tenet is the worst case.  
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,973
    Bedsaddick said:
    Nolan is the only film director who manages to make me feel really stupid. Tenet is the worst case.  
    Tenet is certainly his most confusing and challenging. It’s does however ‘make sense’ once broken down, as a few blogs and reviews I’ve read have shown. Memento, Interstellar, Inception, The Prestige were also ‘challenging’ in their ideas but were fairly easy to comprehend.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,995
    ValleyGary said:
    Bedsaddick said:
    Nolan is the only film director who manages to make me feel really stupid. Tenet is the worst case.  
    Tenet is certainly his most confusing and challenging. It’s does however ‘make sense’ once broken down, as a few blogs and reviews I’ve read have shown. Memento, Interstellar, Inception, The Prestige were also ‘challenging’ in their ideas but were fairly easy to comprehend.
    I’m looking forward to being totally confused on Christmas Day and then spending the whole of Boxing Day trying to understand it  :)

    I love how ‘difficult’ his films can be. 
  • Chef_addick
    Chef_addick Posts: 2,196
    Currently just over 2 hours in to the 4k extended version of The Fellowship of the Ring, big TV, HDR and Dolby Atmos home cinema, doesn't really get better for home viewing.
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,091
    Watched 15-20 minutes of Tenet......that’s 15-20 minutes of my life I will never get back 
  • swords_alive
    swords_alive Posts: 4,255
    bolloxbolder said:
    Enjoyed two decent films recently, Mosul and Dark Waters. 
    Mosul- what a film. Saw it last night on Netflix. Gritty , heroic, subtle, true story, twists and tension. Bloody marvellous.
  • Chef_addick
    Chef_addick Posts: 2,196
    Watched the new Wonder Woman film last night, I really enjoyed the first one but this one is just poor all-round, acting, script, plot, it's all just not very good.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,033
    Watched Uncle Frank on Amazon Prime, was very good.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,730
    Chef_addick said:
    Watched the new Wonder Woman film last night, I really enjoyed the first one but this one is just poor all-round, acting, script, plot, it's all just not very good.
    I watched it too. it's at least 45 minutes too long and it's dull as ditch water. Apart from that it was ok...

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