latest film/ dvd you have seen

[MarkG]

Hmmm.. wasn't going to mention this but got round to watching Ghostbusters - Answer The Call the other day.... (runs for cover)

TBH, I thought it wasn't bad. A nice nod to the originals with 99% of the cast making a cameo, some of the effects were good, but the humour just wasn't fully there.... seemed like they tried to overdo it a bit and it just didn't work.

 

[stormcab]

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

1967 starring Sidney Poitier. Never heard of it before, and amazed this sort of film was made way back then.

He plays a top specialist Doctor who falls in love with a white woman. She is from a very well off and liberal family. Although liberal it stills catches them off guard. The film is set over about several hours as it builds up to them and both sets of parents coming together for dinner. Astounding film. I'm now gonna get all of Sidney Poitier's back catalogue.

Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracey

 

[x-pack]

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

1967 starring Sidney Poitier. Never heard of it before, and amazed this sort of film was made way back then.

He plays a top specialist Doctor who falls in love with a white woman. She is from a very well off and liberal family. Although liberal it stills catches them off guard. The film is set over about several hours as it builds up to them and both sets of parents coming together for dinner. Astounding film. I'm now gonna get all of Sidney Poitier's back catalogue.

Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracey

There are loads of older films I've been tempted by but always go for the safe option of something more modern. This seems a good recommendation.

On my kodi it has lists of imdb top 150 or whatever and a lot are older flicks like Metropolis or Hitchcock stuff like Strangers on a Train. Are they any good though?

 

[yoda]

Is north by northwest hitchcock? I remember watching it years ago it was a great watch.

 

[stormcab]

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

1967 starring Sidney Poitier. Never heard of it before, and amazed this sort of film was made way back then.

He plays a top specialist Doctor who falls in love with a white woman. She is from a very well off and liberal family. Although liberal it stills catches them off guard. The film is set over about several hours as it builds up to them and both sets of parents coming together for dinner. Astounding film. I'm now gonna get all of Sidney Poitier's back catalogue.

Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracey

There are loads of older films I've been tempted by but always go for the safe option of something more modern. This seems a good recommendation.

On my kodi it has lists of imdb top 150 or whatever and a lot are older flicks like Metropolis or Hitchcock stuff like Strangers on a Train. Are they any good though?

I know exactly where you're coming from here. I feel the same with older films. I'm 38. I have tried many "classics" as I feel pressure to have seen them, but really struggled with them. I started North By Northwest recently, watched half on a plane trip, but have still not finished it. It's a mixture of stiff filming styles, harsh lighting with unrealistic colours, stiff acting, fake fights, and language that is too "careful"..... among other things.

I rewatched "Sneakers" the other day, a real favourite of mine, and reminded me what a presence Sidney Poitier was, so I got onto my Lovefilm account to order some of his films.

This is a truly epic film. The speech his character gives to his Dad, then the speech Spencer Tracey gives near the end, had both my wife and I in tears. Spencer died 17 days after making it. It was known he was this sick while being filmed.

 

[user 5830]

...and from the sublime to the ridiculous...
Christmas movies started in my house already thanks to my daughter!
I sat through a British film called Get Santa! I suggest you don't ever do the same.

 

[user 5830]

Post race today, I popped over to the VUE cinema and saw Allied, pretty good overall, a bit 'potted history' of Britain at war in the UK based element, but the story is great (based on a true story) and both Bratt Pitt and his leading lady are very good in it, though they don't gel overly well. Possibly a DVD/SKY Movies rather than rush to the cinema, but a good watch either way.

 

[user 5830]

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Really good (I was surprised), it has, the to be expected, Harry Potter world references in it, which actually made me smile rather than cringe and Eddie Redmayn was excellent throughout.
If you had any interest in the Potter series, give it a go!

 

[lejackal]

Rogue One, bloody marvellous

 

[user 5830]

Rogue One
Simply stunning!

 

[Michael Sith]

Rogue One, superb 8)

 

[stormcab]

Grimsby. WTF!!!

That is all :lol:

 

[user 5830]

Grimsby. WTF!!!

That is all :lol:

ha ha! it was both terrible, gross and compelling at the same time... my teenager was pissing himself through out, I was cringing through parted fingers scared to make eye contact with him! :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[stormcab]

Grimsby. WTF!!!

That is all :lol:

ha ha! it was both terrible, gross and compelling at the same time... my teenager was pissing himself through out, I was cringing through parted fingers scared to make eye contact with him! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Every generation becomes more desensitised than the previous one. I watched it on my own and was watching through my fingers lol

 

[stormcab]

Pete's Dragon. A very simple film with very little plot, but the actor playing Pete aced it, and had me in floods.

 

[StarWarsFan]

Jingle all the way.

 

[user 5830]

Jingle all the way.

... and? enjoy it?

 

[user 5830]

I just finished watching an classic (for the first time) - The African Queen with Humphrey Bogart
It was a pretty good film actually and I'm glad I made the effort to watch it - a bit of a quirky, old fashioned vibe (of course) but I'd recommend it

 

[StarWarsFan]

Was ok very silly though.

 

[user 5830]

Oh my days, I'm literally just sitting all day... :lol:
Just watched Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and now watching Kelly's Heroes!
Will always love Indy, even if this one was my third favourite out of the four. Kelly's Heroes is off to a good start too.... must move, must move... oh, why bother!

 

[robpmarsh]

watching Kelly's Heroes.......classic!

WOOF-WOOF!

 

[lejackal]

Finally got around to watching Deadpool last night, I was pretty certain I'd enjoy it but was pleasantly surprised that Sue really enjoyed it as well, there's hope she'll get into Marvel after all

 

[stormcab]

Love and Friendship - period drama which I normally avoid like the plague, but all the critics were giving it praise for being brilliantly funny, so gave it a go. Not too bad as something I don't normally watch, but had to concentrate really hard because it's almost like another language. You can tell I don't read much.

Eight Days A Week - Beatles documentary film directed by Ron Howard. I'm not into The Beatles at all, I don't have 1 of their songs on my iPod, but I can appreciate their talent.

The Take/Bastille Day - didn't have high hopes for this as you didn't hear much about it. It wasn't too bad actually, similar feel to Taken in terms of French bad guys and fight choreography. This definitely feels like a platform for Idris Elba to show he could be Bond, even though he keeps banging on that he's not interested.

Finding Dory - not even close to Finding Nemo. Soon into the film I was up doing things just half paying attention.

 

[user 5830]

Finding Dory - In contrast to the above review, we loved it (we being me, the wife, my 12 and 15 year olds and a mate); alll of thought it was brilliant. Sure not quite as good as Nemo, but not that big a void and actually a very different film. Far more gags and that made it much funnier, it did though lack the emotional depth that was in Nemo as a contrast. Main characters were as good as before and the new Octopus character was a great addition.

Lady in the Van - One of the best and funniest as well as touching films I've seen in ages. IMO a must watch, not least for the wonderful Alan Bennett split personality moments...

 

[stormcab]

Finding Dory - In contrast to the above review, we loved it (we being me, the wife, my 12 and 15 year olds and a mate); alll of thought it was brilliant. Sure not quite as good as Nemo, but not that big a void and actually a very different film. Far more gags and that made it much funnier, it did though lack the emotional depth that was in Nemo as a contrast. Main characters were as good as before and the new Octopus character was a great addition.

Lady in the Van - One of the best and funniest as well as touching films I've seen in ages. IMO a must watch, not least for the wonderful Alan Bennett split personality moments...

Was saying that about the octopus to the missus. He'll get his own movie like Minions or the Penguins. The credits where he does lots of amusing things is clear he is being singled out.

 

[user 5830]

Finding Dory - In contrast to the above review, we loved it (we being me, the wife, my 12 and 15 year olds and a mate); alll of thought it was brilliant. Sure not quite as good as Nemo, but not that big a void and actually a very different film. Far more gags and that made it much funnier, it did though lack the emotional depth that was in Nemo as a contrast. Main characters were as good as before and the new Octopus character was a great addition.

Lady in the Van - One of the best and funniest as well as touching films I've seen in ages. IMO a must watch, not least for the wonderful Alan Bennett split personality moments...

Was saying that about the octopus to the missus. He'll get his own movie like Minions or the Penguins. The credits where he does lots of amusing things is clear he is being singled out.

By jove I think you might be right! In all seriousness, I think he'd be a great spin off character to see a film centred around.

 

[weasel]

Seen a few films recently,

Lego movie, it's ok. Kills 90mins. Not as good as the first one but a decent film. Kids will probably like it too.

Resident evil 238. Dreadful. I don't mind mindless gore and zombie/mutant type films. There is definitely a time and place for them. Ie when you can't be arsed with a complicated plot or having to think but you just want some random action or violence. This one is terrible though. More holes in the plot than actual plot, though that dosn't say much, the plot reads like they got a nine year old to write it in his lunch break. Ignoring the fact it's about zombies/mutants, the laws of physics seem to work on a time share basis. When the plot wants them to do one thing they do, when it doesn't need them they are ignored. Normally that wouldn't bother me too much, but it's just soo blatant and happens so often that the whole film just descends into a continuous orgy of zombie killing, that's mostly too fast to follow, and you just don't give a **** what happens. It's a rank bad film. Save your money and don't bother. Don't even bother downloading it, it's that bad.

Trainspotting 2. I'd read the book of the sequel years ago. It's called "Porno" i've no idea why they didn't go with that as a title. Much catchier than Trainspotting 2. :lol: . T2 is good, quite different to what I was expecting. Surprisingly deep in parts and quite like the original in others. Well worth a watch if you liked the original. PROBABLY not one to take the kids to though.

 

[user 5830]

Seems an age since I posted in here, but actually I'm the penultimate poster... maybe its just not as active a thread as it once was!

Trainspotting 2 - Pretty much agree with Weasel. Read Porno, film should've been called that too. Average in my mind and only reason to watch it is if you're a fan of the original I guess. A real pale comparison though, so don't get invested in it being great...

Lion - I have to say right off the bat that this is one of the best films I've ever seen. Dev Patel is brilliant, the story is brilliant (even more so as its a true story), the rest of the cast is brilliant with a stand out performance from a very young child - Dev Patel's character's younger self. The cinematography is superb and the score is awesome. Can't find fault with it on any level. Dare anyone to watch it and not have some level of emotional involvement by the end.

Olympus Has Fallen - a re-watch actually, for a late night silly season run around a shoot everything its OK. The take down of the White House is actually pretty impressive but it tails off dramatically after that... if you stop after 35/40 minutes you've seen the best of the film.

 

[CaptainAntilles]

The founder - about how Mcdonalds came to be . Actually enjoyed it more than i thought . It was quite interesting stuff . Michael Keaton was pretty good in it

Sully - fell asleep after 20 minutes , make of that what you will

Lord of war - About an arms dealer , not usually a fan of nicolas cage but this role kinda suited him . Thouroughly enjoyed it

 

[robpmarsh]

Hacksaw Ridge......jesus this is a gory film!

Great story though and the sound is amazing!


A Monster Calls......good story and quite M. Night Shyamalan in that there are clues throughout the film. Also great visual effects and the lead role by the young boy (Lewis MacDougall) is great. Kinda hard to see Felicity Jones in the role she plays after Rogue One though, felt a lot of empathy with her as it reminded me of what my mum went through in her last months.