The last movie I saw was...

[smurfomatic]

1 hour ago, Ditto said:

 I still reckon my 17 year old would find some parts if Airplane funny!

 

Surely you can't be serious?

[LeMarchand]

1 hour ago, Ditto said:

Watched Goodbye June - it was perhaps more poignant and moving due to family traits on the OH's side. Fortunately, I watched it alone. It wouldn't have gone down well, as the previous film watched was H is for Hawk, which to a lesser degree was less emotional for me, but too many experiences reflecting the passing of the FiL not so long ago made it a tougher watch. I am now on strict instructions to find lighter weight movies or comedies. Comedies cause other issues, humour can be such a matter of personal choice. I still reckon my 17 year old would find some parts if Airplane funny!

 

New Spidey? Fackham Hall?

[Ditto]

1 hour ago, smurfomatic said:

 

Surely you can't be serious?

I think you share Mrs Ditto's viewpoint 🤣

[Ditto]

1 hour ago, Ditto said:

I think you share Mrs Ditto's viewpoint 🤣

Doh - just got it! Don't call me Shirley 🤣😂🤣

Hook line and almost sinker! Darn!!!

[LeMarchand]

In the Grey (Prime Video)

 

A group of recovery experts set out to recover a billion that a criminal has failed to pay back.

 

Not good. Way too much voice over to explain the plan and multiple escape options which the audience knows will go wrong anyway. If you just want to watch Henry Cavill, Jake Gyllenall or the lovely Eiza Gonzalez there are better options.

Edited Wednesday at 08:52 by LeMarchand

[LeMarchand]

The Deb. (Sky Movies).

 

After a protest at her school, a would-be podcaster is sent to stay with her family in rural Australia. She is horrified to learn that they still hold a debutante ball but her cousin really wants her chance to shine.

 

I'm not sure whether my soundbar just wasn't up to snuff, or if it was the audio compression or just a bad job on the sound mix but a lot of the lyrics in this musical were too hard to make out. The songs are very forgettable, though starting a movie with a song entitled FML (not sung as an abbreviation) was amusing - shame the "problems" of most of the singers are (deliberately) not really problems. It's also one of those movies that wants to be feminist but still features a lot of young ladies in push-up bras and short shorts

 

Apparently this is based on a stage musical - I wouldn't be surprised if the "Spotlight" song copied the stage production and it feels as if was cut for brevity with a couple of subplots getting short shrift (we never find out the whole story about the town spinster/deb organiser) and I can't believe there wasn't a "let get this venue ready" number.

 

Still. not a bad first film as director/star/writer from Rebel Wilson. Shame it seems to have been mired in legal complications (Rebel Wilson is turning out to be a litigious as Harlan Ellison) as well as other complications (Neil Gaiman/bath type stories).