[Closed] Movies 2019-2020

If DezB hates it’s it must be awesome

Funnily enough, I'd have said the same about your comments on TV and movie threads.

Dez may be a raging snob but he seems to have decent taste.

You must go see Hobbs & Shaw then.

I’d rather shit a pineapple.

Dez may be a raging snob but he seems to have decent taste.

Bless someone doesn't get the joke.

At least we now know how Drac feels about pineapples up his bottom.

Yup, better than The Fast and The Furious.

Probably the second quarter is, if you’re not actually Quentin Tarantino, extremely boring. It’s rather indulgent, full of intimate detail around 60s/70s Hollywood.

I can see where you're coming from but, personally, I just stopped worrying about whether there was a plot or not and just drunk in the sumptuous picture that was being painted. I don't know how accurate a portrayal of 1969 Hollywood it was but it was certainly how Tarantino wanted late 60s Hollywood to look, feel and sound. That was good enough for me.

Pitt and DiCaprio were fantastic too. One of Tarantino's best IMO.

Coincidentally, just spoke to someone in the office here - felt the same as me. For slightly different reasons, but did say he was close to walking out.
It's definitely more Death Proof than Django Unchained.
More Hateful 8 than Pulp Fiction.

Not that I actually disliked any of those films.

I would just like to add, I saw it in one of the few places that are showing it on 35mm projectors and really feel it made a big difference (for me) to the whole look of the film.
Like namastebuzz above, I just locked in and got lost in the movie, the time flew past.

More Hateful 8 than Pulp Fiction.

would just like to add, I saw it in one of the few places that are showing it on 35mm projectors and really feel it made a big difference (for me) to the whole look of the film.

What cinema? Did you find a list? Found a couple in London showing it. I see there are a handful in the US showing a 70mm print as well!

I definitely [i]got it[/i], but found myself more thinking "I get what Tarantino's up to here", rather than being lost in the film. I, personally, would rather be lost in the film plot.
Good how art is subjective though innit.
Oh, and I'm not talking about the [i]whole film[/i], as I said in my first post about it.

sorry, that actually wasn't a personal dig at all (for once 😂), I was just talking in general about how Hateful 8 was not particularly well received by critics/audiences! IMO it was basically made for an audience of one, and if other people liked it, great. 😃 Sounds like his latest film is similar maybe.

Thoroughly enjoyed Hollywood.

Has its clunky moments and odd pacing/editing but I still found it gripping for the most. I think I saw the ending coming - clues abound in the run up to the film (and in the title), but you never know with Tarantino.

Time spent with Brad Pitt was very enjoyable. I feel the movie could've been about him and and Rick Dalton's stuff could've been cut right down.

Will certainly test the average cinema-goer but I thought the time flew by.

Didn't like the voice-over towards the end. A stylistic choice that sucked me right out of the screen.

Not a tightly scripted film, or laugh out loud fest but the black humour is ripe and the sense of place and time very rich.

Traditional to rank QTs films - above Django but below his best work.

I never liked Kill Bill either.

The guy who plays Manson here is in Mindhunter S2 as I understand it.

I loved watching OUATIH, easily his best since Jackie Brown

Didn’t like the voice-over towards the end. A stylistic choice that sucked me right out of the screen.

Yeah, thought, why didn't he make more of the film about that, instead of cowboy film excerpts? Seemed a rush to get the plot back on track to me.
Agree about Pitt.

Yeah, thought, why didn’t he make more of the film about that, instead of cowboy film excerpts? Seemed a rush to get the plot back on track to me.

For sure.

A couple more observations - nearly all of Margot Robbie's dialogue is in the trailer! She really doesn't say much but I quite liked this. Her character was through her actions. Some have criticised it.

Also the Spahn Ranch stuff was good - started moving the film forward - I do wonder if there's more Charles Manson footage, as again his bits are virtually all in the trailer.

Once Upon a Time In Hollywood last night.

another massive thumbs up from me! i thought it was superb but went to see it with my dad who is a big tarantino fan - he thought it was 'shite'

Saw Once Upon a Time last night too.

Thought it was wonderful, really helped me watching in the cinema (I rarely go these days) as there are parts that seem like filler, or at least just great visuals and music with little plot. At home I know I would have got my phone out and started fiddling, but I’m glad I didn’t.

It’s got some great parts, its hard to say why without giving too much away, but there’s a few parts about mid-way you’re expecting this or that to happen, classic almost slasher film stuff and something else happens.

If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth having a quick read about Sharon Tate and the Manson Family if you don’t know the story, I think the film is very US/Hollywood/child of the 60s centric and expects you to know at least the broad strokes.

Loads of people will hate it because it’s not what you’d expect in loads of ways.

must say i only read up about the tate murders after watching it and listening to Robbie Collins gushing about it on the kermode pod. now i really want to see it again! i did attempt to watch a snide CAM stream but its awful given the clarity of the original!

but its awful given the clarity of the original!

I paid extra for the bigger / higher res screen last night in the cinema, yeah it's all filmed on 35mm ha ha

New Joker trailer showing potential.

Great trailer. Cinematography is beautiful.

I dun a thread about that one

Saw Once Upon a Time in Hollywood tonight - a fascinating film, beautifully shot, well acted and I laughed like a loon at the final scene.

Latest Terminator: Dark Fate trailer looks enticing, love Linda Hamilton’s voice, sound like she’s been on a bottle of Jack and 60fags a day since Terminator 2!

enticing = crap

I enjoyed reading the book, and it featured a lot of 'cycling'...

Caught up with Clint Eastwood's The Mule - Grandad drug running caper.

Decent film with a bit of odd editing half way through - felt like something was missing.

Most impressive thing is Eastwood being 89; acting, producing and directing. And putting himself with a couple of hookers - twice in the film.

Fair play.

Saw Bresson's Anna last night.
Very much a Bresson film but so like the others in feel that I reckon in a few weeks I'll forget what bits were in this and what were in Lucy. And for some reason I kept thinking of Haywire and Nikita.
Good cast and the leading lady is sure be moving on from this.
Worth the time watching it. Just.

Caught up with Dragged Across Concrete - New one from Director S. Craig Zahler of Bone Tomahawk, infamy.

This is a slow burn low-key Michael Mann + Tarantino hybrid crime caper with Mel Gibson. Quite brutal in places (See Bone Tomahawk for that). Actually very gripping - despite the pace - with a nihilistic group of crims that are absolutely ruthless in their mission.

Great cinematography and moderately unpredictable. Almost doesn't have a moral compass, and you need a strong stomach. A couple of scenes had me re-winding for the shear cruelty - a "has that really just happened moment."

Agreed, loved Dragged Across Concrete, especially as I didn't know much about it. Same as Den of Thieves.

I would have to toughen up and ignore my rule of never watching anything with Vince Vaughn in it. 😉

Vince Vaughn - straight down the line here. Underplayed. He's good in this.

I'm semi-ashamed to say I accompanied the good lady to see Downton Abbey.

What can I say? - extremely well lit vignettes of posh troubles.

Nothing more.

Saw It:Chapter 2 recently - really enjoyed it, wrapped up the story very well.

Bait.
Interesting take on that age old battle of locals V tourists in a small community,filmed in black and white it brings out some nice detail. (7/10)

Next up..
The Farewell (tomorrow night) and may go big multi screen on Sat for Ad Astra.

That Bikebouy looked awesome. Sadly I think the Grand Tour probably covered it well enough and it is unlikely to match Le Mans, but heck, it’s my favourite period and style of motorsport so bring it on.

The Goldfinch. Dire. Enjoyed the (somewhat wordy) book, but this was an ordeal.

No reports on Joker yet?

Will next week for me.

A few Facebook friends have seen it supposedly it’s fantastic.

Joker...

Where to start...Well, first off it takes itself way too seriously, it wants so desperately to either the King of Comedy or Taxi Driver, and hints at both, no check that, it steals relentless and shamelessly from both...Having said that about the best thing about the film is the great cinematography, the cityscapes are really tremendous. The problem for me is that the character without his obvious opposition is a bit hollow, and really struggles to carry an entire film by himself, and the origin story of a super-villain set in a real-ish world doesn't really work...**  his own crime spree gets rapidly taken over by the mob, so after act 1 the central character of the film is a bit sidelined and while some elements of it are cleverly done (you're never sure sometimes whether you're watching his real or fantasy world) the plot is confused and and shallow, (who he is ultimately, is a massively forced pointless "twist" ) Phoenix though is really good, but I think like all Jokers to come will always be compared to Heath Ledger who's nihilistic "come from no-where" depiction will always be the standard others are judged by

I came away a bit disappointed and confused about what it was supposed to be. Given all the hype; 6/10, save it for a rainy day.

Edit, ** I don't think I explained that well. The problem is that the film tries to take a "real" person and depict their decent into violent comic book baddy madness...When the director needed  to make a choice about what film he's making, either it's a the depiction of a man going mad in a world that doesn't care (a good enough film to make) OR make a film about the Joker, a comic book villain (again a good enough film) mixing the two, IMO, didn't work that well.

Pretty much all the reviews of the Joker have been spewing about how good it is, all the normal people commenting on the reviews are also saying it's fantastic, Empire has given it 5 stars!
What actually happens in it? usual movie plots go... good guy comes up against some sort of evil thing, gets taken out by baddy then overcomes the baddy in the final fight... but this is just a baddy by himself... what actually happens?

If anyone answers that, can you use the spoiler tag to hide it? Cheers.

Pretty much all the reviews of the Joker have been spewing about how good it is,

There are bits in it that are really good...Phoenix is great as Arthur Fleck, the cinematography is very very good, It's a well assembled movie...I just think it's trying to be too many things. I've often thought that a "superhero" movie set in the real world would be an interesting project, and before the Joker; the opening act of Logan comes about as close as anyone had before, and it sort of works; right up until the point at which you see the actuality of what being attacked by someone like the Wolverine would really be like... Joker is sort of similar, at some point the "real" Fleck needs to become a comic book character...and that didn't really go.

Interesting comments nickc.

I will be easily pleased with the cinematography!

I think it was hyped up too early on - people's expectations were lifted perhaps?