The Railway Man.
It's a great story but really poorly cast. I had great trouble believing Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman were the ages they were meant to be mainly because they are about 20 years younger than the characters they played.
Solo, Andrew McAuley set out on his quest to become the first person to kayak from Australia ...
Saving private Ryan ... one scene still messes with my head to this day
American Sniper ,just getting into that guys head and how messed up he was
And sorry but that feeling of pride The finishing lap on Cars .. "pit stop" always a wet eye , anyways off for my prozac now
Some sensitive little flowers on here it would seem 😆
Do yourself a favour and don't watch Irreversible.
For light hearted shenanigans take a look at Killer Joe.
A few more, some of which have already been mentioned:
- American History X
- Wolf Creek (such a cold, nasty atmosphere)
- The Descent
- The original Last House on the Left
Re: Irreversible: A friend of mine had a copy of it but refused to show it to anyone; he wouldn't even lend it out.
Very recently Whiplash took my my breath away. It looks beautiful, is full of these powerfully contrasting sights and sounds and has a truly visceral finale. Quite an inspiring story.
Saw Gone Girl last week...... VERY disappoint.
I am going to have to read the book - it felt like there was waaaaaaay too much crammed into the last 15 minutes of the film (after the bedroom scene), and it just kind-of fizzled out. There were also plot-holes you could drive a truck through 🙁
I think Zodiac was by the same director, and was much better.
Martyrs
I was trying to explain this to someone and they thought I was an absolute lunatic
Just watched an absolute belter, every emotion packed into one brilliant film. What we did on our holiday.
I watch a lot of films, very rare that any really blow me away Waltz With Bashir was probably the last one that did
Frank. I always say the sign of a good film is if you're thinking about it a week later. I am.
Particularly how it handled mental illness and how laughter is the only thing to do sometimes.
Fassbender at the end broke my heart a bit. A proper good fable in there.
Two films that made me laugh and cry in the same instant;
Brassed Off (when stephen tompkinson wheels past on a hospital trolly dressed as a clown, postlethwaite's speech at the end), plus Life is Beautiful.
The Lives of Others and Atonement
goodfellas
