The last movie I saw was...

[Dos_Box]

Anyone see LeMans 66 yet? I see the reviews have been very good and it's one of the few films I want to make an effort to see this year (the other was Joker).

[CHiLL]

Le Mans 66 (Ford vs Ferrari) - 9/10

I saw this at last week's secret screening event at my local Cineworld. I was planning on seeing it anyway, as I do like motor racing and like both Matt Damon and Christian Bale. The film exceeded my expectations an even the person I went with enjoyed it (and they're not a car/racing person!). The cars/racing almost take a back seat (pardon the pun) to the actual story of the film, which mainly centres around the relationship between Shelby and Miles and them going about the task of performing this feat. It was maybe a bit too long at 152 minutes but it's been one of my favourite films of the year so far.

 

Anyone see LeMans 66 yet? I see the reviews have been very good and it's one of the few films I want to make an effort to see this year (the other was Joker).

I had completely forgotten that I saw this last week and you prompted me to add it into this thread.

[witch]

"Absolutely Anything" with Simon Pegg, Meera Syal. Kate Beckinsale, Joanna Lumley, Eddie Izzard and most of Monty Python

 

A gentle little English film - quite amusing and a good way to spend an evening

Edited November 21, 2019 by witch

[Garacesh]

Took me a moment to realise that Absolutely Anything was the name of the movie..

I was thinking that must have been quite the binge

[LeMarchand]

Last Christmas

 

It wasn't high art.

I saw it yesterday; was not blown away.

This year, save your cash for beer,

And spend time with someone special.

 

Emilia Clarke stars as Kate, a messed up store assistant who meets seemingly perfect mystery man Tom (Henry Golding) in the run up to Christmas. Will they get together and will she get her life together?

 

The movie doesn't follow the standard romcom template, though if you've seen the trailer for this film you'll guessed where it differs. There are laughs, and it is warm-hearted, and it's nice to see The Mother Of Dragons smiling, but the trailer really did give way too much away. I actually think I'd have enjoyed it more if it had been a fake out and things had stuck to the romcom track. If you're a huge George Michael fan you may find it disappointing as there is plenty of his music, but it's generally played fairly quietly as scene wallpaper.

 

Not one to rush out to see, but if you enjoy this sort of film it's worth a watch curled up on the sofa with a glass of sherry next Christmas.

Edited November 21, 2019 by LeMarchand

[unixman_again]

Sunday afternoon the Horror Channel are showing five classic horror films

• Dracula (Bela Lugosi)
  
• Frankenstein (Boris Karloff)
  
• The Mummy (Boris Karloff)
  
• The Wolfman (Lon Chaney Jr)
  
• Creature from the Black Lagoon
  

all in glorious black and white and (probably) the correct aspect ratio. When BBC2 screens Dads Army, they put it out in 16:9 rather than 4:3, so our heroes look short and fat.

 

That's my Sunday sorted. Too bad the lawn mower has to spend another weekend asleep

[smurfomatic]

Just watched Le Mans 66, a great film - as CHiLL said, less about the racing and more about the people. Film slightly spoiled by the group of people who'd obviously been in the pub for a few drinks beforehand...

[LeMarchand]

Skjelvet aka The Quake

 

 

Norwegian disaster movie. It seems Scandi disaster movies aren't a lot different to Hollywood ones, though a little gloomier and slightly slower. Even the protagonist looks like Sean Bean and Norman Reedus had a baby and his daughter looks like Erin Way's younger sister. This one is a sequel to The Wave (Bølgen), which I haven't seen - but it never felt that I was missing out; though knowing it's sequel does make the seemingly pointless addition of a son whose sub-plot seems extraneous make sense. If this sort of thing is up your street, you don't mind subtitles and you have Amazon Prime it's worth a look - there are some very tense sequences. I'm keeping an eye out for the first film (currently not free on Prime).

[witch]

Last Christmas

 

I enjoyed it and didnt see the twist coming

[mavhc]

21 Bridges, 70s style New York cops/criminals/drugs, fine.

 

Frozen 2, amazing. Found over 30 references in the lyrics to past, and mostly future, events in the film, brilliantly constructed. And Anna's final song? Devastating yet hopeful.

[sonofsanta]

Angel Has Fallen with Gerard Butler in, third in the series following Olympus Has Fallen and London Has Fallen. One of those where you know what you want from it, it knows what you want from it, and it sets about doing it in a perfectly pleasing manner. Doesn't waste your time teasing out obvious twists, and has Nick Nolte reprising his Crazy Old Man role that he does so well these days. Entertaining, if not revelatory!

[CHiLL]

Frozen II - 8/10

I wasn't sure how I felt about Frozen II because I didn't feel it could be as good as the original, which I really enjoyed. Turns out that it isn't quite as good as the original, but it's not too far off. It's also more of a musical than the original (which stopped being a musical about half-way through). I was sat in the cinema smiling most of the way through it and I would recommend seeing it. However Kristoff's song at around the mid-way point was a bit out of place for me - it didn't seem to fit with the rest of the film.

[HarryMonkey]

Crocodile Dundee on tv at the weekend. A bit dated now but still funny and entertaining.

[pooley]

The Collapsed (Netflix) - Thriller/Horror/Sci-fi - Don't bother, Really DON'T BOTHER!!!

[LeMarchand]

Frozen II

 

Enjoyed it more than the first film; some of the animation was breathtaking. It lacked a cast-iron banger like "Let It Go" (I found Kristoff's song really funny, though) but otherwise great. They seem to have left something unresolved for Frozen III...

[LeMarchand]

The Girl on the Train

 

Alcoholic, blackout prone Rachel rides the train every day, passing the house she used to share with her ex-husband, now home to him and his new wife and baby, and that of their neighbours, who she sees as the perfect couple. When she sees something that she thinks means that they're not so perfect she goes to confront the woman but blacks out. Later the woman goes missing and Rachel, fearing she may have had a hand in the disappearance, tries to investigate.

 

OK-ish thriller somewhat spoiled by the characters, who were all rather horrid people. Apparently the original novel is set in the UK, but the film is set in the US with 3 of the 7 main roles going to UK-based actors. From what I can tell an upcoming Hindi remake is set in the UK.

 

Halloween (2018)

 

Sequel to the original Halloween (but not any of the other films. Didn't grab me, and the cunning plan at the end seemed a bit unlikely to have worked (and complete overkill).

[witch]

TBH the characters in the book The Girl on the Train weren't very nice people either

[ICTDirect_Dave]

Frozen 2

 

Watched this with the kids on Saturday morning.

 

Firstly. It is Gorgeous! some serious attention to detail and many many gigahertz have gone it making this film.

 

The film however, spent the first half of the runtime trying to decide if it wanted to be a full-blown musical or a more serious endeavour.

I'd say there were 2-3 too many songs up until Kristoff's disappointing 80's-style ballad. Cut a couple of those and you have a more coherent first act.

 

The second half of the film was brilliant though. Less songs, and the ones that were there had meaning. They managed to tell a decent story.

 

Kids came out happy and my Wife & I were not as disappointed as we thought we would be after the first 30 minutes.

[CHiLL]

Queen & Slim - 5/10

I saw this as part of Cineworld's Secret Screening last week and was disapointed. It's really a modern day telling of Bonny & Clyde, where it follows a young African-American couple who go on the run after killing a police officer in self defense when a traffic stop goes wrong. It leans heavily on police brutality and racism tropes, which is completely understandable with how the world is at the moment. However for me, it appeared to be glorifying the death of the police officer, which just didn't really sit well with me.

 

Knives Out - 7/10

Saw this on Friday and was quite entertained by it. It's a murder mystery where a world famous author is found dead under suspicious circumtances and his family are prime suspects, each appearing to have their own motive. A private detective has been annonymously hired to look into the death to aid the police officers. It took me a good while to get over Daniel Craig's deep south American accent, but I still enjoyed the film. It was funny in places and it twisted and turned as the investiagtion went on.

Edited December 9, 2019 by CHiLL

[witch]

Knives Out I really enjoyed it other than Daniel Craigs accent. As you say - twists and turns!

[LeMarchand]

6 Underground

 

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[LeMarchand]

In the Tall Grass

 

A brother and sister are making a cross country trip across America and hear a young boy calling for help from a field of tall grass. When they enter, they find that the laws of space and time seem different in there, and that there is no way out...

 

So-so horror that I was hoping might redeem itself with a clever ending that was not forthcoming.

[witch]

6 Underground

Formulaic Very violent Predictable

[LeMarchand]

Jumanji: The Next Level

 

Not as good as the first, but still a lot of fun. The Rock's Danny DeVito impression is rather good (as is Danny DeVito's The Rock impression), and he even gets a scene where he does some acting, and people who find Kevin Hart annoying will be pleasantly surprised by his transformation into "Danny Glover". Jack Black doesn't make as much of an impression as he did in the first, and Karen Gillan doesn't get to have as much fun either. Worth a look if you enjoyed the first.

[Garacesh]

Worth a look if you enjoyed the first.

[Pedant]I did enjoy the first.. Robin Williams was great in it.[/Pedant]

 

I notice the first of the reboot is on Netflix now. I keep telling myself I'll watch it at some point but keep not getting round to it.