Went to watch Nosferatu and thought it was excellent, probably 8 or 9/10. All the acting was brilliant, think it says a lot when Willem Dafoe's acting doesn't stand out as everyone was so good! Didn't realise it was Johnny Depp's daughter but she had some brilliant scenes too.
First Robert Eggers film i've seen though I've wanted watch some of his films for a while. Will definitely try a few more.
Nosferatu is brilliant, I agree.
I was worried about Lily-Rose Depp being one of the leads, I’ve never really thought she was a great actress but she was great in this.
Will try and go to see it again before it’s no longer in the cinemas.
Watched Conclave this afternoon, mainly on the basis of wanting to slump somewhere warm and quiet with a beer out of the house.
Though it's not subject matter I'd usually be drawn to, I found it absorbing and it kept my attention throughout its two hour run time.
I've no idea how true to life the process to elect a new pope was, but it's more about the wrangling and political manouvring of the various cardinals. The twist in the plot made me laugh, and probably about half the rest of the white tops, the ones who hadn't nodded off at least.
Edit for mark: Solid 7.5/10, but won't be for everyone
I do like a Silver Screen showing - people are far less irritating and focus on the film not the bloody snacks
Not a Robbie Williams fan in the slightest. In fact I’d say quite the opposite. The Mrs got tickets but what a film. The best I’ve seen in years. Highly recommend it.
After my lukewarm review of Gladiator 2 last week I had much higher hopes for Nosferatu this week
It was indeed a better movie but I, again, left feeling a bit underwhelmed. Despite its generally positive reviews I found it all extremely derivative of every Dracula film I've ever seen and all a bit hammy without some of the charm of the vintage versions. Looks great and I'm sure it will win all sorts of awards but overall it was all a bit "meh" from me.
But I am in a terrible mood at the moment so it could just be I'm very hard to impress!
After my lukewarm review of Gladiator 2 last week I had much higher hopes for Nosferatu this week
It was indeed a better movie but I, again, left feeling a bit underwhelmed. Despite its generally positive reviews I found it all extremely derivative of every Dracula film I've ever seen and all a bit hammy without some of the charm of the vintage versions. Looks great and I'm sure it will win all sorts of awards but overall it was all a bit "meh" from me.
But I am in a terrible mood at the moment so it could just be I'm very hard to impress!
I read some negative reviews online that were moaning about the films portrayal of women - as being helpless and prone to attack.
Not sure if those people get what a vampire film is generally about!
Watched Conclave this afternoon, mainly on the basis of wanting to slump somewhere warm and quiet with a beer out of the house.
Though it's not subject matter I'd usually be drawn to, I found it absorbing and it kept my attention throughout its two hour run time.
I've no idea how true to life the process to elect a new pope was, but it's more about the wrangling and political manouvring of the various cardinals. The twist in the plot made me laugh, and probably about half the rest of the white tops, the ones who hadn't nodded off at least.
Edit for mark: Solid 7.5/10, but won't be for everyone
I do like a Silver Screen showing - people are far less irritating and focus on the film not the bloody snacks
This is a story of a two teenagers in real-life reform school in 1960s Florida, which was notorious for its abusive and racist treatment of students. The film has been critically acclaimed but I’m afraid I found it heavily over-stylised and not in a way that enhanced the narrative (which was itself a little confusing).
Went to watch Nosferatu and thought it was excellent, probably 8 or 9/10. All the acting was brilliant, think it says a lot when Willem Dafoe's acting doesn't stand out as everyone was so good! Didn't realise it was Johnny Depp's daughter but she had some brilliant scenes too.
First Robert Eggers film i've seen though I've wanted watch some of his films for a while. Will definitely try a few more.
Nosferatu is brilliant, I agree.
I was worried about Lily-Rose Depp being one of the leads, I’ve never really thought she was a great actress but she was great in this.
Will try and go to see it again before it’s no longer in the cinemas.
I went to the cinema last night to watch Nosferatu.
For me the positive were;
The film looked stunning. Genuinely creepy, sometimes disturbing Gothic movie with amazing cinematography.
Nicholas Holt was superb.
The negatives;
I found Depps performance quite irritating. The constant ‘possessed ’ scenes were almost funny at times. At one point I thought she was doing the robot. Then it just began to annoy me.
The dialogue was a bit too ‘poetic’ for my liking. I knew what was going on but there were conversations where I didn’t have a clue what they were really saying.
Finally watched Gladiator 2. I was genuinely shocked at how bad it was, it's a proper turkey.
The acting, CGI and story were so ropey that I spent the entire time very aware I was watching a film and never felt engrossed into the story. That's a failure on a basic level.
Neither Denzel nor the lead's character had any depth. Why does Denzel want power? Just for power's sake? At some point the bad guy is supposed to explain his motives and so become 3-dimensional. The mother is a terrible actress - and she realises it's her son after he reads a poem?
The two emperors sport a hair colour that did not exist before tresemmé invented it in 1980, along with ridiculous haircuts to match.
The 'animals' look like zombies, act like zombies and bear no resemblance to actual animals.
And the story is basically a rehash of the original.
Poorly executed cash grab. Time won't be kind to this one.
Gladiator II - Perfectly enjoyable but to me it felt like someone said "Imagine if we remade Gladiator but we made it so it was basically the same, only nowhere near as good!" and the studio were like, "that's a fucking great idea! Can we put Denzel in it!?"
Emilia Perez - No fucking clue what to make of that. Interesting enough story. Music elements were barmy.
Wicked - Meh.
Carry On - lol so stupid but quite fun. The sort of film dad would have brought home on VHS from the video shop, and I would have wondered why the hell he chose it, only to be glad I watched it.
Conclave - It felt like an excuse to watch a really good cast do a really good job of acting. I got a better sense of how the process works I suppose, and it was funny seeing how political and backstabby such a religious and holy thing is. I just didn't really understand why it existed beyond that. Maybe I missed some subtext.
After my lukewarm review of Gladiator 2 last week I had much higher hopes for Nosferatu this week
It was indeed a better movie but I, again, left feeling a bit underwhelmed. Despite its generally positive reviews I found it all extremely derivative of every Dracula film I've ever seen and all a bit hammy without some of the charm of the vintage versions. Looks great and I'm sure it will win all sorts of awards but overall it was all a bit "meh" from me.
But I am in a terrible mood at the moment so it could just be I'm very hard to impress!
To be fair that's because its based on the movie that all those Dracula movies took some inspiration from - they were actually derivative of it but 100 years later it looks much more tired and cliché.
I remember watching the first Nosferatu at Uni and once you remember how and when it was made its a very impressive feat of film making if nothing else.
After my lukewarm review of Gladiator 2 last week I had much higher hopes for Nosferatu this week
It was indeed a better movie but I, again, left feeling a bit underwhelmed. Despite its generally positive reviews I found it all extremely derivative of every Dracula film I've ever seen and all a bit hammy without some of the charm of the vintage versions. Looks great and I'm sure it will win all sorts of awards but overall it was all a bit "meh" from me.
But I am in a terrible mood at the moment so it could just be I'm very hard to impress!
To be fair that's because its based on the movie that all those Dracula movies took some inspiration from - they were actually derivative of it but 100 years later it looks much more tired and cliché.
I remember watching the first Nosferatu at Uni and once you remember how and when it was made its a very impressive feat of film making if nothing else.
Yes! I remember watching it at college during the LFF I think. A group of us were either high on acid or some made skunk, it was quite an experience I can tell you!
I remember watching the first one on an old telly in my bedroom on a Saturday night when the BBC did late night horror films. I must have been about 10 or 11. It properly shit me up.
Mufasa - film and animation fine overall, but music was too generic for a Lion King prequel. Lin Manuel Miranda is an incredible talent, but did not get this set of musical numbers right imho. None of the songs were memorable.
Fight scenes were good which led to the PG rating and will probably be too much for a 4-6 year olds.
6.5/10
The CGI was incredible. We're pretty much at the stage of being about to produce life like animation.
That was all that was memorial about the film, a pretty dull plot with some great action scenes. No where near the level of the original.
After my lukewarm review of Gladiator 2 last week I had much higher hopes for Nosferatu this week
It was indeed a better movie but I, again, left feeling a bit underwhelmed. Despite its generally positive reviews I found it all extremely derivative of every Dracula film I've ever seen and all a bit hammy without some of the charm of the vintage versions. Looks great and I'm sure it will win all sorts of awards but overall it was all a bit "meh" from me.
But I am in a terrible mood at the moment so it could just be I'm very hard to impress!
To be fair that's because its based on the movie that all those Dracula movies took some inspiration from - they were actually derivative of it but 100 years later it looks much more tired and cliché.
I remember watching the first Nosferatu at Uni and once you remember how and when it was made its a very impressive feat of film making if nothing else.
Yep, that's a very fair comment and something that I also thought about after my post. But I still stand by my view that, for all it looks great, it didn't really bring anything new to the story or the way it presented it though.
Gary Oldman's Dracula was much more fun and interesting for me.
After my lukewarm review of Gladiator 2 last week I had much higher hopes for Nosferatu this week
It was indeed a better movie but I, again, left feeling a bit underwhelmed. Despite its generally positive reviews I found it all extremely derivative of every Dracula film I've ever seen and all a bit hammy without some of the charm of the vintage versions. Looks great and I'm sure it will win all sorts of awards but overall it was all a bit "meh" from me.
But I am in a terrible mood at the moment so it could just be I'm very hard to impress!
To be fair that's because its based on the movie that all those Dracula movies took some inspiration from - they were actually derivative of it but 100 years later it looks much more tired and cliché.
I remember watching the first Nosferatu at Uni and once you remember how and when it was made its a very impressive feat of film making if nothing else.
Yep, that's a very fair comment and something that I also thought about after my post. But I still stand by my view that, for all it looks great, it didn't really bring anything new to the story or the way it presented it though.
Gary Oldman's Dracula was much more fun and interesting for me.
I didn't much like Oldman Dracula, Christopher Lee is still the gold standard for me but I am definitely curious to see Skarsgard's take.
After my lukewarm review of Gladiator 2 last week I had much higher hopes for Nosferatu this week
It was indeed a better movie but I, again, left feeling a bit underwhelmed. Despite its generally positive reviews I found it all extremely derivative of every Dracula film I've ever seen and all a bit hammy without some of the charm of the vintage versions. Looks great and I'm sure it will win all sorts of awards but overall it was all a bit "meh" from me.
But I am in a terrible mood at the moment so it could just be I'm very hard to impress!
To be fair that's because its based on the movie that all those Dracula movies took some inspiration from - they were actually derivative of it but 100 years later it looks much more tired and cliché.
I remember watching the first Nosferatu at Uni and once you remember how and when it was made its a very impressive feat of film making if nothing else.
Yep, that's a very fair comment and something that I also thought about after my post. But I still stand by my view that, for all it looks great, it didn't really bring anything new to the story or the way it presented it though.
Gary Oldman's Dracula was much more fun and interesting for me.
I didn't much like Oldman Dracula, Christopher Lee is still the gold standard for me but I am definitely curious to see Skarsgard's take.
He’s great. His accent is very strong and considering he’s mostly shadowed he does well.
Watched Love Lies Bleeding last night and thought it was really good. Draws interesting parallels between the two couples and their experiences of love and violence. The direction is so raw and vivid, whenever directed it is going places.
Went to watch Nosferatu and thought it was excellent, probably 8 or 9/10. All the acting was brilliant, think it says a lot when Willem Dafoe's acting doesn't stand out as everyone was so good! Didn't realise it was Johnny Depp's daughter but she had some brilliant scenes too.
First Robert Eggers film i've seen though I've wanted watch some of his films for a while. Will definitely try a few more.
Nosferatu is brilliant, I agree.
I was worried about Lily-Rose Depp being one of the leads, I’ve never really thought she was a great actress but she was great in this.
Will try and go to see it again before it’s no longer in the cinemas.
Went to see Nosferatu yesterday - much better than I expected. Pretty solid acting from the cast and the film was suitably dark and atmospheric.
Not the most original take but an enjoyable watch. 7.5/10
Two from us coming out shortly that I think are very good : -
Mr Burton
Toby Jones (Mr Bates vs The Post Office) and Harry Lawtey (Joker 2) play Phillip Burton the teacher and young Richard Burton and how he became Richard Burton (won't spoil the film) but it's very good and expect lots of great reviews and nominations for the film.
Boxing film with great cast and a really good watch. Trailer is great and has had loads of watches and comments already - Boardwalk Empire gang back together - again a very good film.
I promise to only promote my good films - plenty of rubbish ones we release too!
Went to watch Nosferatu and thought it was excellent, probably 8 or 9/10. All the acting was brilliant, think it says a lot when Willem Dafoe's acting doesn't stand out as everyone was so good! Didn't realise it was Johnny Depp's daughter but she had some brilliant scenes too.
First Robert Eggers film i've seen though I've wanted watch some of his films for a while. Will definitely try a few more.
Nosferatu is brilliant, I agree.
I was worried about Lily-Rose Depp being one of the leads, I’ve never really thought she was a great actress but she was great in this.
Will try and go to see it again before it’s no longer in the cinemas.
Went to see Nosferatu yesterday - much better than I expected. Pretty solid acting from the cast and the film was suitably dark and atmospheric.
Not the most original take but an enjoyable watch. 7.5/10
Two from us coming out shortly that I think are very good : -
Mr Burton
Toby Jones (Mr Bates vs The Post Office) and Harry Lawtey (Joker 2) play Phillip Burton the teacher and young Richard Burton and how he became Richard Burton (won't spoil the film) but it's very good and expect lots of great reviews and nominations for the film.
Boxing film with great cast and a really good watch. Trailer is great and has had loads of watches and comments already - Boardwalk Empire gang back together - again a very good film.
I promise to only promote my good films - plenty of rubbish ones we release too!
If I've ever seen Toby Jones in a poor film I cant remember it. He seems to pick good roles in good films.
Two from us coming out shortly that I think are very good : -
Mr Burton
Toby Jones (Mr Bates vs The Post Office) and Harry Lawtey (Joker 2) play Phillip Burton the teacher and young Richard Burton and how he became Richard Burton (won't spoil the film) but it's very good and expect lots of great reviews and nominations for the film.
Boxing film with great cast and a really good watch. Trailer is great and has had loads of watches and comments already - Boardwalk Empire gang back together - again a very good film.
I promise to only promote my good films - plenty of rubbish ones we release too!
If I've ever seen Toby Jones in a poor film I cant remember it. He seems to pick good roles in good films.
The Snowman was awful, but then he was only in it for about two minutes!
But I agree, very good actor and normally chooses parts very well.
Two from us coming out shortly that I think are very good : -
Mr Burton
Toby Jones (Mr Bates vs The Post Office) and Harry Lawtey (Joker 2) play Phillip Burton the teacher and young Richard Burton and how he became Richard Burton (won't spoil the film) but it's very good and expect lots of great reviews and nominations for the film.
Boxing film with great cast and a really good watch. Trailer is great and has had loads of watches and comments already - Boardwalk Empire gang back together - again a very good film.
I promise to only promote my good films - plenty of rubbish ones we release too!
If I've ever seen Toby Jones in a poor film I cant remember it. He seems to pick good roles in good films.
I agree . One of my favourite films is Marvellous .
Two from us coming out shortly that I think are very good : -
Mr Burton
Toby Jones (Mr Bates vs The Post Office) and Harry Lawtey (Joker 2) play Phillip Burton the teacher and young Richard Burton and how he became Richard Burton (won't spoil the film) but it's very good and expect lots of great reviews and nominations for the film.
Boxing film with great cast and a really good watch. Trailer is great and has had loads of watches and comments already - Boardwalk Empire gang back together - again a very good film.
I promise to only promote my good films - plenty of rubbish ones we release too!
If I've ever seen Toby Jones in a poor film I cant remember it. He seems to pick good roles in good films.
I agree . One of my favourite films is Marvellous .
I went to Keele Uni where Neil Baldwin (subject of this film for those who don't know) was a very regular in the Student Union, watching the football usually and he was a proper character but bonkers. The film/book/broadway show came out after we left uni and me and my mates couldn't believe it haha
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I was worried about Lily-Rose Depp being one of the leads, I’ve never really thought she was a great actress but she was great in this.
It was indeed a better movie but I, again, left feeling a bit underwhelmed. Despite its generally positive reviews I found it all extremely derivative of every Dracula film I've ever seen and all a bit hammy without some of the charm of the vintage versions. Looks great and I'm sure it will win all sorts of awards but overall it was all a bit "meh" from me.
But I am in a terrible mood at the moment so it could just be I'm very hard to impress!
Not sure if those people get what a vampire film is generally about!
This is a story of a two teenagers in real-life reform school in 1960s Florida, which was notorious for its abusive and racist treatment of students. The film has been critically acclaimed but I’m afraid I found it heavily over-stylised and not in a way that enhanced the narrative (which was itself a little confusing).
For me the positive were;
I found Depps performance quite irritating. The constant ‘possessed ’ scenes were almost funny at times. At one point I thought she was doing the robot. Then it just began to annoy me.
The acting, CGI and story were so ropey that I spent the entire time very aware I was watching a film and never felt engrossed into the story. That's a failure on a basic level.
The two emperors sport a hair colour that did not exist before tresemmé invented it in 1980, along with ridiculous haircuts to match.
The 'animals' look like zombies, act like zombies and bear no resemblance to actual animals.
And the story is basically a rehash of the original.
Poorly executed cash grab. Time won't be kind to this one.
Emilia Perez - No fucking clue what to make of that. Interesting enough story. Music elements were barmy.
Wicked - Meh.
Carry On - lol so stupid but quite fun. The sort of film dad would have brought home on VHS from the video shop, and I would have wondered why the hell he chose it, only to be glad I watched it.
Conclave - It felt like an excuse to watch a really good cast do a really good job of acting. I got a better sense of how the process works I suppose, and it was funny seeing how political and backstabby such a religious and holy thing is. I just didn't really understand why it existed beyond that. Maybe I missed some subtext.
I remember watching the first Nosferatu at Uni and once you remember how and when it was made its a very impressive feat of film making if nothing else.
That was all that was memorial about the film, a pretty dull plot with some great action scenes. No where near the level of the original.
6.5/10 is spot on.
Gary Oldman's Dracula was much more fun and interesting for me.
Gladiator 2 - I thought it was good entertainment and linked well enough to the first film but not in its class. 7/10 (First film 9.5/10)
Mufasa - Good but predicatable story. The songs were inferior to the original. Kids should like it. 7/10 (First film 9/10)
Wicked - Not my cup of tea. A musical with one stand out song which we got at the end. A bit of a con making it in two parts. 6/10
Quite slow paced but I thought it was a really good film. Well worth a watch.
His take on Folk Horror.
First film ages where I had no idea that a huge twist was coming. Aisling Bea was surprisingly good in it.
Solid 7/10. Worth a watch if you like his stuff and want a 90 minute "no effort required" watch.
Not the most original take but an enjoyable watch. 7.5/10
Loved it. Easy watch good guy vs bad guy. Love Rory Kinnear, just like I loved his Dad 🤗
Mr Burton
Toby Jones (Mr Bates vs The Post Office) and Harry Lawtey (Joker 2) play Phillip Burton the teacher and young Richard Burton and how he became Richard Burton (won't spoil the film) but it's very good and expect lots of great reviews and nominations for the film.
Day of The Fight
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Boxing film with great cast and a really good watch. Trailer is great and has had loads of watches and comments already - Boardwalk Empire gang back together - again a very good film.
I promise to only promote my good films - plenty of rubbish ones we release too!
But I agree, very good actor and normally chooses parts very well.