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Blackkklansman... finally got to see this yesterday. Very good.. just off being one of the films of the year for me just for being overly long. Some of the speeches needed cutting down. But otherwise enjoyed it. Adam Driver is superb. And the shocker at the end is extremely well done.
Saw Mary Poppins... total opposite view to Sandwich. I never expected to like it but was prepared to try to for the kids, but thought it was terrible.
I kept trying to see its relevance but struggled. For me it was too much of a remake of the original. Too shallow to evoke emotion, too real to offer fantasy escapism (my 6 year old's only question about the bath scene was "can they breathe underwater"), too much of the original schmaltz, too unfunny to offer any relief.
And it felt long with a very simple, predictable storyline - Mary Poppins could have fixed their problems straight away but just let the Banks family go through a load of unnecessary stress which they won't learn from because in the end they were just helped out by some senile old duffer who wrote off their debt. Just like in real life kids.... not.
The kids liked it, especially the lamp lighter dancing bits which they reenacted on the way home.
The Favourite
Its a great film, lots of fun, darkly funny brilliantly acted. It's very stylised, if you've seen The Draughtman's Contract you'll be familiar with the scene setting. It's been "modernised" this works well in some ways (the dance is hilarious, the custumes are fabulous) the script less so the "OK" , "I guess" , and "thanks for the job" just don't work and feel out of place.
The main cast are great and overall I enjoyed it
Went to see glass on Friday.
Thought it was pretty good, not quite as good as unbreakable or split and James McAvoy steals the film.
The FavouriteIts a great film, lots of fun, darkly funny brilliantly acted. It’s very stylised, if you’ve seen The Draughtman’s Contract you’ll be familiar with the scene setting. It’s been “modernised” this works well in some ways (the dance is hilarious, the custumes are fabulous) the script less so the “OK” , “I guess” , and “thanks for the job” just don’t work and feel out of place.
The main cast are great and overall I enjoyed it
Saw it last night, I really enjoyed it. Some of the music was slightly jarring - the plinky intrusive piano music didn't work at all and was just annoying. The lighting and filming was beautiful, some nicely scripted moments and while it wasn't historically accurate, it was nice to see the interplay of three strong female leads.
Over Christmas I watched the original Dragon Tattoo trilogy, subtitled, not dubbed. As good as I remembered. A couple of weeks back I saw the Daniel Craig remake of the first one and thought it fine, just a bit lacking in comparison with the original. Tonight though I saw The a Girl in The Spider’s Web. It’s like having James Bond in the previous film gave them the right to throw in a bunch of 007 action and Mission Impossible tech. A good film but so far away from the original trilogy.
At a time when ScandiNoir is doing so well why the need for the explosions and tech fest? There’s even a stolen Lamborghini in a Swedish winter ffs! Not the most inconspicuous car to nick in a small country.
That's a bit of a shit thing to do, cashing in on a dead guys work by bastardising his original series. A movie is bad enough but the ****ing **** even wrote a fourth book.
They even wrote a fifth.
The Favourite
I thought it was very odd, giggled a couple of times but left the cinema thinking 'eh?' and that I was glad I hadn't paid to see it (unlimited cinema pass), though I can appreciate I may not be enough of a film critic/clever enough to enjoy it.
The Favourite
I thought it was very odd, giggled a couple of times but left the cinema thinking ‘eh?’
You should watch some of his older films - eg The Lobster. Not just "eh?" but "EHHHH????! What the?!" 😆 Crackers I tell ya.
A few 2018 stragglers...
Very much enjoyed A Simple Favour - very black, twisty comedy-thriller. Had average reviews but I really like the tonal shifts and the performances were great - Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick act their socks off. Not for everyone but if you liked Paul Feig's Bridesmaids and like a tongue-in-cheek melodrama you will probably lap this up.
Caught up with American Animals - a bonkers True Story with clever direction (and mis-direction), that is a wild ride of snappy dialogue and heist gone wrong. Manages to effortlessly blend genres with the docu-drama style to fresh and startling effect.
Easily sitting in my top ten of last year.
(Just Bad Times at the El Royale on my list now)
You should watch some of his older films – eg The Lobster. Not just “eh?” but “EHHHH????! What the?!” 😆 Crackers I tell ya.
I fell asleep on the setee the other week and woke up with that part way through, I thought I was having a mental twisted dream.
The Last Movie Star..
Its on Sky Movies now..
I really enjoyed it, and it’s got Burt Reynolds in... playing himself.
Blackkklansman… finally got to see this yesterday. Very good.. just off being one of the films of the year for me just for being overly long. Some of the speeches needed cutting down. But otherwise enjoyed it. Adam Driver is superb. And the shocker at the end is extremely well done.
Just watched this last night, and couldn't disagree more - thought it was pretty terrible tbh.
It had a couple of good scenes - but I found it plodding and pretty dull. The editing was terrible, the character development non-existent, and the performances generally pretty poor - Adam Driver did a good job, but it felt like he's had quite a few scenes cut. The ending (in the police station and diner) was so hammy that I thought it was a dream sequence.