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Post by pws on Jul 17, 2024 7:10:05 GMT
Yes. The less you know going in the better But do see it!!
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Post by anita on Jul 17, 2024 9:47:49 GMT
Haven't been to the cinema since "Cats". I'm thinking of seeing "Twisters" in 4DX. Anyone going?
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Post by amyja89 on Jul 17, 2024 10:48:29 GMT
Haven't been to the cinema since "Cats". I'm thinking of seeing "Twisters" in 4DX. Anyone going? Am seeing Twisters today, but not in 4DX! Would probably have done it for fun if there was a cinema around that offered it though.
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Post by pws on Jul 18, 2024 6:02:16 GMT
Eno
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Post by amyja89 on Jul 18, 2024 8:46:16 GMT
Twisters - ***
I will have forgotten every thing about this by next week, but in the moment it was fun enough if not a little too predictable.
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Post by Jon on Jul 18, 2024 13:15:32 GMT
Twisters - *** I will have forgotten every thing about this by next week, but in the moment it was fun enough if not a little too predictable. So like the original Twister?
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Post by amyja89 on Jul 18, 2024 14:28:28 GMT
Twisters - *** I will have forgotten every thing about this by next week, but in the moment it was fun enough if not a little too predictable. So like the original Twister? I was trying to think yesterday, and I’m not sure I’ve ever seen it! Perhaps a little too young at release and then wasn’t a favoured VHS!
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Post by Marwood on Jul 18, 2024 19:26:17 GMT
Just seen Hundreds Of Beavers and I’ll be generous and give it ***
A little bit of it went a very long way (at least half an hour could have been cut from its running time without affecting anything) I didn’t find it anywhere near as funny as some of the people in the audience (I feared for the future of mankind hearing some of the laughter) but overall, it was nice to see something reminiscent of indie films from a time before everything was franchised or packed with stars, and didn’t seem like a blatant excuse to sell comics, merchandise or tickets to theme park rides.
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Post by Marwood on Jul 21, 2024 15:56:20 GMT
Ahead of seeing Deadpool and Wolverine later in the week, decided to finally watch Deadpool 2 earlier: I really didn’t like the first DP film (sure Ryan Reynolds would pop up with a sh*te ‘ooh er’ at this point if he could), it all seemed rather cheap and tawdry and line after line that came out of Ryan Reynolds mouth just fell flat so after a while I was just hoping he would stfu and it would end. Possibly due to David Leitcg being hired as director but I thought this was a lot better, the cgi fights were kept to a sort of minimum (why do superhero films insist on a couple of big cgi things having a punch up, it’s like watching someone else play a video game?) and there were a nice couple of A list cameos too. I’ll aim somewhere between three and four stars for this.
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Post by solotheatregoer on Jul 21, 2024 19:30:51 GMT
Femme - 4 stars Heard a lot of good things about this for the last few months and it didn’t disappoint. Loved George MacKay’s performance. What an actor.
Minari - 5 stars I’m late to the party on this one but what a lovely film. This is my favourite type of film. Nothing too exciting, just following a normal family through life’s ups and downs. Beautiful score too. Reminded me of Roma, which is probably in my top 3 favourite films.
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Post by juicy_but_terribly_drab on Jul 22, 2024 7:54:51 GMT
Saw three films this weekend:
Bringing Out the Dead - a Martin Scorsese flick from 1999. I saw it in 35mm at the Prince Charles. Considered lesser Scorsese but honestly maybe rivalling Raging Bull for my favourite from him that I've seen so far. It feels like Scorsese by way of David Lynch and as a Lynch-lover that really does it for me. A relatively understated performance from Nic Cage too which is nice to see.
Longlegs - I'd heard a lot of praise for this and some more lukewarm reactions. Unfortunately for me I'm in the latter camp. It has a great setup. The atmosphere is thick and it's actually quite scary. Then as things get explained and clichés pile on top of each other it loses all its steam and falls flat. I felt nothing by the end. If you want a classic big Nic Cage performance though then this is the film (he's not actually in it a huge amount but he makes the most of every frame he's in - whether that's a good or bad thing will depend on the person).
Wild Strawberries - Saw this at the BFI because I was looking for something to fill my Sunday. A surprisingly tender and hopeful film from Ingmar Bergman whom I've enjoyed before but is usually very cynical and depressing. This was sometimes like that but ultimately a quite funny and heartwarming look at aging, loneliness and regret and how maybe it's never too late to change. The voiceover was a little too expository - I thought the visual language was enough to get the point across most of the time so to have it spelled out explicitly wasn't necessary (perhaps that's because of films like this creating that visual language though - audiences at the time might not have had the same preconceptions that modern audiences do and so would have had to have this kind of thing explained so I can forgive that). Some of the acting, especially in the flashbacks, was a little too melodramatic for my taste too. Overall Bringing Out the Dead was my favourite of the three but this is a close second.
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Post by kallyloo on Jul 22, 2024 9:38:04 GMT
I did the All Nighter at Picturehouse, which was a ton of fun and drank copious free coffees. It was a wonderful and relaxed experience where people felt less inhibited to voice their reactions. Rosemary’s Baby was one of the films, and the sharp intakes from many younger, first time watchers at the gaslighting and betrayals was a lot of fun in itself. My pick of the night was Saint Maud, (director Rose Glass curated and watched the films with us as well as giving away film memorabilia, including Ed Harris’s hair extensions from Love Lies Bleeding). Incredible film, taking the “unreliable narrator” to such an elevated level, that the final scene gained rapturous applause as the credits rolled.
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Post by matttom0901 on Jul 22, 2024 19:11:45 GMT
Muriel’s Wedding. What a classic ❤️
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Post by crabtree on Jul 23, 2024 19:27:29 GMT
An Inspector Calls, last night, with Alistair Sims - brilliant, and though I was disappointed they showed the girl in question I was still on the edge of my seat. Wonderful film from a true masterpiece of a play.
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Post by Marwood on Jul 25, 2024 16:37:21 GMT
Saw Down By Law at the Prince Charles the other night for the first time in ages, it’s good fun (if you can ignore the pimping and murders that got our ‘heroes’ in jail in the first place) but it only really comes alive when Roberto Benigni shows up (although this and Night On Earth are the only films of his I’ve seen, I’ve heard his other stuff in Italy is an er, acquired taste) and like just about every other Jim Jarmusch film, essentially not a lot happens but altogether now: ‘I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream🤣)
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Post by Deal J on Jul 26, 2024 8:59:18 GMT
The Vanishing (Spoorloos), 1988 Wonderful slow-burn thriller/horror with great performances and a deliciously bleak ending. After watching I looked up who it was that directed the awful 1993 Hollywood remake, and was surprised to learn it was the same director, George Sluizer. Either there was a lot of Hollywood influence for him to change the original, or he completely lost sight of what made his original so great.
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Post by pws on Jul 26, 2024 13:22:55 GMT
Thelma. So funny...
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Post by Marwood on Jul 26, 2024 18:02:58 GMT
Saw Deadpool and Wolverine last night and…well it wasn’t terrible but I wasn’t impressed either: it just seemed to have been made as an excuse to sell a plethora of beverage cups and popcorn buckets that will end up as landfill very soon.A few nice cameos but for a film that seemed proud to tell it is part of the Cinematic Marvel Universe, I didn’t add anything to the very spurious’storyline’ that has been taking place since the first season of Loki and seems to be dragging in to no great effect. It got to the end and I was just left thinking ‘why?’ (and don’t hang bother sticking around for the traditional post credits scene, it’s just a swearathon that won’t mean you missed anything)
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Post by SilverFox on Jul 30, 2024 18:11:22 GMT
In contrast, I saw it (Deadpool & Wolverine) this afternoon and enjoyed it a lot - many laugh out loud moments, but I don't want to post spoilers. I am not a Marvel fan, but have found both Deadpool and Deadpool 2 very much worth watching, because they send themselves up so effectively. Mary Poppins steals every scene she is in, the special effects are extremely competent - I envisage nightmares about Cassandras fingers - and I found the final coda (totally an extended swearathon) both amusing and interesting in the context of the film. I have not seen an X-men (Wolverine) film before and probably missed a plethora of jokes, but that was not a problem. If you have not enjoyed DP or DP2, and they have been on TV relentlessly recently, then D&W is unlikely to change your opinion. I thought this was more of - maybe slightly better - than before, and I look forward to seeing it a second time on TV to pick up on more of the many references (eg Jackmans musicals career) that I missed this occasion. They sometimes come thick and fast [insert your own innuendo here].
Certainly not for everyone (what is?), but if you like the premise, then you could do a lot worse. Very easily.
Plus, with the Meerkat offer, it cost us less than £3.50 each, in the luxury seating of the Dolby Atmos screen of our local multiplex.
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Post by amyja89 on Aug 2, 2024 22:22:59 GMT
Deadpool & Wolverine - ***
It’s not made for me, but it does feel like every time it threatens to turn into an actual movie the fourth wall breaks come in and remind you its all just a big, exaggerated, F word saying, ultimately tiresome venture. I'm by no means a Marvel/comic movie head, so plenty of the references will have gone over my head.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Aug 2, 2024 22:39:46 GMT
This week, we have watched Wicked Little Letters and Mrs Harris Goes to Paris.
The former was ok but it had a few elements that rankled. I know films don't have to strictly follow court rules when staging trials but this took too many liberties for a law graduate to accept!
Decent performances though the lovely Hugh Skinner doesn't convince as slightly laddish.
Mrs Harris was utterly charming. Lesley M was perfection. The supporting cast well crafted. I particularly loved the score.
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Post by Marwood on Aug 3, 2024 19:33:34 GMT
As part of the BFI stop motion season, watched Frankenweenie earlier: I’ll be generous and give it two out of five but while it had a few moments that made me smile, overall it just made me sad how Tim Burtons quality control has dipped over the last twenty years: I have next to no enthusiasm to see Beetlejuice Beetlejuice after seeing this (the trailers for that have looked poor too)
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Post by amyja89 on Aug 11, 2024 8:24:00 GMT
Borderlands - **
No affinity with the video game so don't have any comparison criticisms, it's just super meh. Did have fun watching Cate Blanchett being sassy and sexy and shooting stuff, and it's always good to see Jamie Lee Curtis!
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Post by danb on Aug 11, 2024 9:20:59 GMT
As part of the BFI stop motion season, watched Frankenweenie earlier: I’ll be generous and give it two out of five but while it had a few moments that made me smile, overall it just made me sad how Tim Burtons quality control has dipped over the last twenty years: I have next to no enthusiasm to see Beetlejuice Beetlejuice after seeing this (the trailers for that have looked poor too) I have to agree. His films always used to be unmissable events, but of late (well since Sleepy Hollow really) I haven’t felt the need to watch them immediately. Even his Wonka film (surely the perfect existing IP for his sensibilities) was a disappointment.
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Post by Marwood on Aug 16, 2024 15:23:02 GMT
Saw a screening of the Tod Browning/Bela Lugosi version of Dracula last night at the BFI, with a new soundtrack composed by Philip Glass. I hadn’t seen the original version for at least ten years or so but couldn’t remember having issues with its score but Glass and the Kronos quartet basically go into repetition mode from the start and after fifteen minutes or so I was going postal and going full Renfield in the long wait for the few minutes of silence that occur. The soundtrack made the 75 minutes or so seem to last a lot longer, and only underline how, ahem, ‘fruity’ some of the acting is, I know it came out shortly after talkies were introduced but there was no excuse for the level of performances from the actors playing Seward and ‘Martin’ (who seemed to have been levelling his performance somewhere along the lines of a Laurel and Hardy movie) in particular. I’ll be kind to it because I’ve enjoyed it in the past and it is an iconic film but I’d stay well clear of this version.
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