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[#Phonepunk#]

One of the things that makes this one hard for me to watch is just how much Connery doesn't give a shit all throughout it. Really kills a lot of the potential fun when you can tell the leading man doesn't want to be there. That fight in the elevator was pretty good for the era though.

he was long over being Bond by that point. during filming You Only Live Twice he was harassed constantly, by the press and fans, especially in Japan. a photograph of him on the toilet was printed by the press. interviewers kept asking him if he was like James Bond, confusing Connery with his character. this is why he quit after that movie and had to be enticed back with a large payment to do this one. that is also why the budget is smaller, most of it went to appease him. he really was over being Bond. remember, this is an era long before franchises, where actors where weary of the idea of being "typecast". Diamonds is really him coming back for one last hurrah.

since his fee was so large, they saved money that used to be spent on costly overseas filming and large expensive sets by shooting a lot in the California desert and in Las Vegas, where Albert Broccoli and his friends (including lifelong friend Howard Hughes) owned a lot of hotels and casinos which they could feature in the movie. this 1/3rd of the movie has some cool scenes (Bond climbing to the hotel roof is great) but overall it's there to appease the financial backers. in fact a major character was invented in honor of Hughes. so it's a little more commercial of a cash-grab, plus the script is really lousy.

so it's more commercial, and it has less stealth & fight scenes, but more than anything, i think Connery probably objected to the futher Flanderizing of Bond. this one really turns him into a cartoon at points, like the moment when he drives a car on two wheels down an alleyway. i think it's similar to why Michael Keaton left the Batman series, he could tell it was going down in quality.

 

[Space Runaway]

he was long over being Bond by that point. during filming You Only Live Twice he was harassed constantly, by the press and fans, especially in Japan. a photograph of him on the toilet was printed by the press. interviewers kept asking him if he was like James Bond, confusing Connery with his character. this is why he quit after that movie and had to be enticed back with a large payment to do this one. that is also why the budget is smaller, most of it went to appease him. he really was over being Bond. remember, this is an era long before franchises, where actors where weary of the idea of being "typecast". Diamonds is really him coming back for one last hurrah.

since his fee was so large, they saved money that used to be spent on costly overseas filming and large expensive sets by shooting a lot in the California desert and in Las Vegas, where Albert Broccoli and his friends (including lifelong friend Howard Hughes) owned a lot of hotels and casinos which they could feature in the movie. this 1/3rd of the movie has some cool scenes (Bond climbing to the hotel roof is great) but overall it's there to appease the financial backers. in fact a major character was invented in honor of Hughes. so it's a little more commercial of a cash-grab, plus the script is really lousy.

so it's more commercial, and it has less stealth & fight scenes, but more than anything, i think Connery probably objected to the futher Flanderizing of Bond. this one really turns him into a cartoon at points, like the moment when he drives a car on two wheels down an alleyway. i think it's similar to why Michael Keaton left the Batman series, he could tell it was going down in quality.

Yeah I've heard much of his disdain for playing Bond during that period. His insistence to never play the character again led the cheeky title "Never Say Never Again" when he returned as Bond in 83. Or so the rumour goes. =P

 

[TheSadRanger]

im about to watch The Rise of Skywalker. I heard it's good.



i dont know what this is, but im guessing its a vampire movie? looks killer. i might have to check it out this weekend

I'm curious what your thoughts about Rise of Skywalker will be, I hate that movie so fucking much lol. It's Battlefield Earth bad.

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

Today is the day. It's the premiere of "Barbie and Kendra Save The Tiger King"

the sequel to Corona Zombies!

 

[bitbydeath]

The Platform

Great movie but the ending was a real letdown.

 

[Gp1]

a hbo classic

 

[Prison Mike]

Beasts of no nation
Late to the party but honestly one of best movies I've seen in a long time. The loss of innocence is painful to watch but brilliantly played out

 

[Mr Hyde]

Hereditary

One of the scariest movies I've seen in a long time. Unconventional horror with no jump scares and a gradually creepier tone. The lore behind the story and events that unfold, with minimal exposition, is brilliantly executed. When everything comes together and you realize the effort that has been done to set things in motion, it makes it so grand and epic in scale.

Phenomenal acting, especially by Toni Colette. She is outstanding in every scene. And director Ari Aster really comes forward as a director who plans his movies meticulously and with a clear vision. Midsommar was just the same, with an insane amount of attention to details. I love visionaries like that, who thinks of every scene, who says so much with so little, who creates confusion, tension, horror and excitement by design, with great cinematography, foreshadowing, visual design, musical cues and so on, much like the great Kubrick.

Hereditary is masterpiece in the works of horror. Gripping, emotional and unbelievably scary.

 

[Nankatsu]

Dear Gaffers, any good films to watch in this COVID-19 time?

I'm an avid film / series watcher, and I'm starting to struggle real hard to find some content to watch.

Any hidden gems out there, from the last years, that flew under the radar?

 

[CloudNull]

I watched The Big Short recently. Steve Caroll was fantastic and it was a great simplification of the prime mortgage crisis.

It caused me to go down a rabbit hole of truly understanding the collapse of the economy in 2008. Overall a wonderful movie.

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

Last night they showed "One Cut Of The Dead" on Joe Bob's Last Drive in.

It had been in my queue anyway for a long time.

HOLY SHIT! It's one of the best films I've seen in awhile, and I usually hate foreign subtitled movies.

It's a zombie movie, but it isn't, but it is, but it isn't. I'd say it's worth watching but it's much more than that. Must see film.

 

[Hydroxy]

Watched Looper(2012) couple of days ago. Pretty cool movie.

 

[bitbydeath]

Dear Gaffers, any good films to watch in this COVID-19 time?

I'm an avid film / series watcher, and I'm starting to struggle real hard to find some content to watch.

Any hidden gems out there, from the last years, that flew under the radar?

One that went well under the radar that I really enjoyed.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

One that went well under the radar that I really enjoyed.

A couple really memorable scenes in this one.

Reminded me of that Netflix movie, I forgot what it was called, where they are all standing in these circles and they have to decide who dies next and one person has to make it until the end or something like that. Gotta google it now

 

[Gp1]

I watched The Big Short recently. Steve Caroll was fantastic and it was a great simplification of the prime mortgage crisis.

It caused me to go down a rabbit hole of truly understanding the collapse of the economy in 2008. Overall a wonderful movie.

easlly my 2015 oscar winner

 

[Come On Tars]

Hereditary

One of the scariest movies I've seen in a long time. Unconventional horror with no jump scares and a gradually creepier tone. The lore behind the story and events that unfold, with minimal exposition, is brilliantly executed. When everything comes together and you realize the effort that has been done to set things in motion, it makes it so grand and epic in scale.

Phenomenal acting, especially by Toni Colette. She is outstanding in every scene. And director Ari Aster really comes forward as a director who plans his movies meticulously and with a clear vision. Midsommar was just the same, with an insane amount of attention to details. I love visionaries like that, who thinks of every scene, who says so much with so little, who creates confusion, tension, horror and excitement by design, with great cinematography, foreshadowing, visual design, musical cues and so on, much like the great Kubrick.

Hereditary is masterpiece in the works of horror. Gripping, emotional and unbelievably scary.

It's a masterpiece. Ari Aster and Eggers are spoiling us with amazing horror lately.
Hereditary, Vvitch, Midsommar, Lighthouse.

My favorite horror not by one of them recently is definitely the Ritual. I'm struggling to find something as good as that, I wish I could just memory wipe and watch them again.

 

[TheSadRanger]

It's a masterpiece. Ari Aster and Eggers are spoiling us with amazing horror lately.
Hereditary, Vvitch, Midsommar, Lighthouse.

My favorite horror not by one of them recently is definitely the Ritual. I'm struggling to find something as good as that, I wish I could just memory wipe and watch them again.

The Ritual was a pleasant surprise for me. I really liked it's themes of guilt.

You should check out Apostle, it's another surprisingly well done Netflix horror movie with some great production values.

Another oldie I recommend is In Dreams from 1999. It stars Annette Benning and Robert Downey Jr. RDJ and Benning put in amazing performances and that movie was not afraid to go places.

 

[EviLore]

Greta - just as ridiculous as the trailers portrayed it. She’s a little old lady, have you considered maybe fighting back? Asking literally any guy for help? Dumb script and dull execution, Chloe Moretz is not a good actress. Let’s escape by running down into the basement, 0/10

The Town - Wishes it were Heat. Ain’t Heat. Still reasonably okay, and Trashy Blake Lively heats it up a few notches. Hilariously lame ending. 6/10

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Hereditary

One of the scariest movies I've seen in a long time. Unconventional horror with no jump scares and a gradually creepier tone. The lore behind the story and events that unfold, with minimal exposition, is brilliantly executed. When everything comes together and you realize the effort that has been done to set things in motion, it makes it so grand and epic in scale.

Phenomenal acting, especially by Toni Colette. She is outstanding in every scene. And director Ari Aster really comes forward as a director who plans his movies meticulously and with a clear vision. Midsommar was just the same, with an insane amount of attention to details. I love visionaries like that, who thinks of every scene, who says so much with so little, who creates confusion, tension, horror and excitement by design, with great cinematography, foreshadowing, visual design, musical cues and so on, much like the great Kubrick.

Hereditary is masterpiece in the works of horror. Gripping, emotional and unbelievably scary.

I appreciate that it can be scary without a reliance on OH SHIT RANDOM LOUD NOISE jumpscares. The eerie factor in this move is maxed out

Greta - just as ridiculous as the trailers portrayed it. She’s a little old lady, have you considered maybe fighting back? Asking literally any guy for help? Dumb script and dull execution, Chloe Moretz is not a good actress. Let’s escape by running down into the basement, 0/10

The Town - Wishes it were Heat. Ain’t Heat. Still reasonably okay, and Trashy Blake Lively heats it up a few notches. Hilariously lame ending. 6/10

I just couldn't get over how little sense Greta made. I usually don't have a problem with "suspension of disbelief," but this movie was just really braindead, imo.

only scene that stuck with me was when she

Spoiler

cuts off Greta's finger out of nowhere

As far as the town. Go Sawx.

 

[TheSadRanger]

Greta - just as ridiculous as the trailers portrayed it. She’s a little old lady, have you considered maybe fighting back? Asking literally any guy for help? Dumb script and dull execution, Chloe Moretz is not a good actress. Let’s escape by running down into the basement, 0/10

The Town - Wishes it were Heat. Ain’t Heat. Still reasonably okay, and Trashy Blake Lively heats it up a few notches. Hilariously lame ending. 6/10

My problem with The Town is that the characters had no redeemable values unlike Heat. De Niro was a criminal but he wasn't evil and had redeemable qualities, same with Val Kilmer.

Ben Affleck's character was a fucking douchebag asshole. Jeremy Renner's character was just plain crazy. The Town was the opposite of Heat where you wanted the cops to get em.

edit: It's like ffs Ben Affleck was the main character and his character is basically a deadbeat dad. I think a big reason why The Town has been forgotten is that the characters are so unlikable.

 

[EviLore]

My problem with The Town is that the characters had no redeemable values unlike Heat. De Niro was a criminal but he wasn't evil and had redeemable qualities, same with Val Kilmer.

Ben Affleck's character was a fucking douchebag asshole. Jeremy Renner's character was just plain crazy. The Town was the opposite of Heat where you wanted the cops to get em.

100%. Affleck’s character thinks he’s better than everyone else despite not having any remarkable qualities. “Hurr don’t rob truck with fit guy guard, rob truck with fat guy guard.” Brilliant observation, Ben. Renner’s character is just a one-note psychopath. The other two guys in the crew didn’t get any development. There’s no reason to care about the fate of the crew, so the climax falls flat.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

My problem with The Town is that the characters had no redeemable values unlike Heat. De Niro was a criminal but he wasn't evil and had redeemable qualities, same with Val Kilmer.

Ben Affleck's character was a fucking douchebag asshole. Jeremy Renner's character was just plain crazy. The Town was the opposite of Heat where you wanted the cops to get em.

edit: It's like ffs Ben Affleck was the main character and his character is basically a deadbeat dad. I think a big reason why The Town has been forgotten is that the characters are so unlikable.

Wasn't Jon Hamm kinda an asshole too?

 

[TheSadRanger]

Wasn't Jon Hamm kinda an asshole too?

Kind of. But we don't really see that much of him outside of work. Even with the bar scene with Blake Lively he's working.

100%. Affleck’s character thinks he’s better than everyone else despite not having any remarkable qualities. “Hurr don’t rob truck with fit guy guard, rob truck with fat guy guard.” Brilliant observation, Ben. Renner’s character is just a one-note psychopath. The other two guys in the crew didn’t get any development. There’s no reason to care about the fate of the crew, so the climax falls flat.

There was a scene where Renner calls out Affleck and they get into a fight.

It's annoying because it's like there's a really good film in the core of The Town but IDK .

The novel that it's based on "Prince of Thieves" has a completely different ending than "The Town". The director's cut ending is much better, you can find it on youtube.

Spoiler

Doug dies after running into the dude that he messed up, the one Renner shot in the leg

It's a real shame they didn't go with the director's cut ending for the theatrical.

 

[Hotty Botty]

Road to Perdition - I never saw this one when it came out, but I had heard good things. It’s based off a graphic novel. Watching it now as opposed to 2002, film-making has changed. Things are faster. That being said, this was another excellent Tom Hanks movie.

The Social Network - Another movie that I missed when it came out. 10 years old and things have certainly changed. I’m not a fan of biopics, but this was really good. I was never bored. The casting was perfect. Still holds up today.

Angel Has Fallen - I’ve been really into mindless action films lately. I saw the first two films in this series and I would now rank this one second behind the original. Just a fun, easy movie to watch.

Bad Education -Based on a true story about a rich Long Island school district superintendent stealing money from the district. Starts of slow but picks up steam. I think I liked it more than your average person because I’m a NYer.

 

[TheSadRanger]

Rewatched Zathura.

It's like the Jumanji team learned from their mistakes of CG use in Jumanji and overall Zathura is a more polished film. Jumanji is still special though with some flaws. Jon Favreau nailed it and I love the use of practical effects in the film. It still looks great.

Dax Shepard was great, it's a shame that the movie bombed.

Road to Perdition - I never saw this one when it came out, but I had heard good things. It’s based off a graphic novel. Watching it now as opposed to 2002, film-making has changed. Things are faster. That being said, this was another excellent Tom Hanks movie.

The Social Network - Another movie that I missed when it came out. 10 years old and things have certainly changed. I’m not a fan of biopics, but this was really good. I was never bored. The casting was perfect. Still holds up today.

Angel Has Fallen - I’ve been really into mindless action films lately. I saw the first two films in this series and I would now rank this one second behind the original. Just a fun, easy movie to watch.

Bad Education -Based on a true story about a rich Long Island school district superintendent stealing money from the district. Starts of slow but picks up steam. I think I liked it more than your average person because I’m a NYer.

Road to Perdition is one of my favorite movies of all time. Tom Hanks, Jude Law, Paul Newman, Daniel Craig, what a frigging cast.

Fun fact, the actor that played Michael the kid voices Sephiroth in the FF7 remake.

 

[MadAnon]

The Invitation if you want some high tension, suspense. One of those small budget gems.

 

[Mr Hyde]

The Virgin Spring

I'm too young to fully appreciate Ingmar Bergman, and although I've seen most of his works he tends to come off as a somewhat pretentious and boring these days. But the man is a national icon and his legacy is important in the art of cinema. The themes in his movies are always powerful and thought provoking and he never shied away from confrontational subject matter.

The Virgin Spring is one of the last films of Bergman I haven't seen so I decided to finally rectify it. This movie is notorious for three things.

1. It created the "rape and revenge"-genre. You could argue that Hitchcock did it first with "Revenge", but it was made for television and didn't have any significant impact due to restrictions of the format.

2. It sparked a heated debate about censorship in both United States, who wanted the movie banned, and in Sweden. The establishment wanted to tore Bergman a new one but in the end art prevailed, it was released uncut and went on to win an Oscar for Best Foreign Picture at the 1960 Academy Awards. I'm a strong believer that Virgin Spring planted the first seed as to why Sweden has such liberal views on censorship.

3. It was the basis for horror maestro Wes Cravens directorial debut "The Last House on the Left", which launched his career. It popularized the " rape and revenge"-genre, who later spawned some of the most infamous and controversial movies in history, such as "I spit on your grave" and "Irreversible ".

The Virgin Spring is pretty tame by today's standards but in 1960 it was considered very graphic and shocking. It's actually very good, a sad tale that plays out much like a poem, with lots of singing and theatrical acting, and with a beautiful cinematography that not only captures the grand landscapes but also evil in its quest to destroy beauty.

The Virgin Spring is an important piece of art. Its violent and sexual themes are still relevant, maybe even more so today. It's about how the reptilian brain takes over the rational mind, about forgiveness and redemption and how revenge in the end wasn't a gratifying act of justice. Because no matter how we spin it, no matter how cruel the crime was, an eye for an eye can never be justified.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Kind of. But we don't really see that much of him outside of work. Even with the bar scene with Blake Lively he's working.



There was a scene where Renner calls out Affleck and they get into a fight.

It's annoying because it's like there's a really good film in the core of The Town but IDK .

The novel that it's based on "Prince of Thieves" has a completely different ending than "The Town". The director's cut ending is much better, you can find it on youtube.

Spoiler

Doug dies after running into the dude that he messed up, the one Renner shot in the leg

It's a real shame they didn't go with the director's cut ending for the theatrical.

Is the director's cut ending the same as the book ending?

 

[Thing on a Spring]

Just finished Raging Boll. It was very entertaining but man, Uwe just doesn't seem to get it. It's on Amazon prime and worth a watch if you haven't seen it.

 

[Nankatsu]

One that went well under the radar that I really enjoyed.

Pretty cool movie. Just watch it and the consensus here at the house was unanimous. Everybody liked it.

Waiting for the next recommendation my man.

 

[J-Roderton]

The Town. Some good Affleck action. Great story.

 

[bitbydeath]

Pretty cool movie. Just watch it and the consensus here at the house was unanimous. Everybody liked it.

Waiting for the next recommendation my man.

Hmmmm, one I watched recently that was really good was Parasite.

Which I found surprising cause a lot of movies with tons of praise typically fall on the other end of the spectrum for me.

So definitely check that out if you get a chance. I found it very well written and intriguing to watch.

 

[TheSadRanger]

Is the director's cut ending the same as the book ending?

No.

Spoiler

In the book Doug shows up at Claires house full of bullet holes and dies, in the directors cut he goes back to his car after planting the money in Claires garden, the guy who he messed up in the scene where he's wearing the hockey mask is there with two other dudes. The guy asks him where the money is and all Doug has is 10k on him, the guy is hesitant to kill him and Doug tries to talk his way out initially but just goes "fuck it" and mouths off and asks him how's his leg. The guy then shoots him 4-5 times and Doug falls over and dies.

The director's cut ending just works way better with the tone of the film. I wonder if Affleck will ever talk about it publicly but I doubt he will.

 

[Mr Hyde]

The Nightingale

Continuing my theme of rape and revenge, the turn has come to The Nightingale, one of the more controversial films to come out in recent year. Directed by the immensely talented Jennifer Kent, who was responsible for one of the best horror films of the last decade, The Babadook, her recent effort tackles a different genre. But it's still nightmarish horror, albeit in a completely different world.

The Nightingale is brutal, right from the get go it takes no prisoners and sets up the story through some very shocking events. The story takes place in early 19th century Tasmania, which is a British penal colony at the time, and we follow an Irish girl named Clare, a prisoner who tries to start a new life and a new family when she gets released. Things do not turn out the way she wants, and in a couple of very hard to watch scenes, she gets raped, beaten and forced to watch her family get murdered by a couple of British soldiers. In the aftermath she decides to exact revenge for her husband and daughter.

The Nightingale is graphic, the violence is realistic and ruthless, and it's safe to say it takes some major balls to make a movie like this in current year social media outrage culture. But the movie is not about shock value, it's a tragic and touching story that revolves around an unlikely friendship between two characters of different cultures that faces the same enemy. It's strength lies in the powerful directing, it's never exploitative, never manipulative, and its themes of racism and sexual violence is handled with respect.

It's interesting to watch a period piece detailing the violent history of Australia, about the British empire, the colonization and the way they treated aborigines and other outsiders. Some scenes are a straight punch to the gut and the story never let's up, as there are rarely any breathers between the action.

The acting is top notch, from Aisling Franciosi as the main protagonist Clare to Sam Claflin as the villain Hawkins. And regarding Hawkins, I have not seen a more vicious bastard in a long time, he has an incredible screen presence, and even if he gets too "villainy " sometimes, he commands every scene he is in.

As in most films in this genre it deals with the emotional trauma that comes from taking the law in your own hands. No matter how many you kill, no matter how much havoc you wreak, the nightmares will never end, the pain will never let go. It's thought provoking and it's incredibly hard to watch, to imagine, what one would have done if put in the same situation.

The Nightingale is a must watch for anyone who can stomach it. It has every hallmark of a great movie, from superb production values, strong acting and writing, powerful messages and confrontational subject matters that leaves no one untouched. This movie will stay with me for a long time.

 

[J-Roderton]

The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs. Man, I slept on this one for way too long.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

I watched Three Billboards again last night, I forgot what an amazing job Sam Rockwell does in that film. That cast is really solid, even down to smaller roles from guys like John Hawkes. Really good movie. There's this sense of "moral ambiguity" I get when watching it, as well as the clear themes of forgiveness and I guess revenge/justice?

Dixon's character (Sam Rockwell) steals the show, for me, despite great performances from everyone else in the film, including Harrelson and Frances Mcdormand

“Through love comes calm, and through calm comes thought. And you need thought to detect stuff sometimes”

The Nightingale

Continuing my theme of rape and revenge, the turn has come to The Nightingale, one of the more controversial films to come out in recent year. Directed by the immensely talented Jennifer Kent, who was responsible for one of the best horror films of the last decade, The Babadook, her recent effort tackles a different genre. But it's still nightmarish horror, albeit in a completely different world.

The Nightingale is brutal, right from the get go it takes no prisoners and sets up the story through some very shocking events. The story takes place in early 19th century Tasmania, which is a British penal colony at the time, and we follow an Irish girl named Clare, a prisoner who tries to start a new life and a new family when she gets released. Things do not turn out the way she wants, and in a couple of very hard to watch scenes, she gets raped, beaten and forced to watch her family get murdered by a couple of British soldiers. In the aftermath she decides to exact revenge for her husband and daughter.

The Nightingale is graphic, the violence is realistic and ruthless, and it's safe to say it takes some major balls to make a movie like this in current year social media outrage culture. But the movie is not about shock value, it's a tragic and touching story that revolves around an unlikely friendship between two characters of different cultures that faces the same enemy. It's strength lies in the powerful directing, it's never exploitative, never manipulative, and its themes of racism and sexual violence is handled with respect.

It's interesting to watch a period piece detailing the violent history of Australia, about the British empire, the colonization and the way they treated aborigines and other outsiders. Some scenes are a straight punch to the gut and the story never let's up, as there are rarely any breathers between the action.

The acting is top notch, from Aisling Franciosi as the main protagonist Clare to Sam Claflin as the villain Hawkins. And regarding Hawkins, I have not seen a more vicious bastard in a long time, he has an incredible screen presence, and even if he gets too "villainy " sometimes, he commands every scene he is in.

As in most films in this genre it deals with the emotional trauma that comes from taking the law in your own hands. No matter how many you kill, no matter how much havoc you wreak, the nightmares will never end, the pain will never let go. It's thought provoking and it's incredibly hard to watch, to imagine, what one would have done if put in the same situation.

The Nightingale is a must watch for anyone who can stomach it. It has every hallmark of a great movie, from superb production values, strong acting and writing, powerful messages and confrontational subject matters that leaves no one untouched. This movie will stay with me for a long time.

I wanted to see this, posted its trailer in the Other Trailers Thread back when. Looked interesting. Seemed to get pretty positive reviews. Still on my list, will get to it eventually. Nice write up

 

[Schrödinger's cat]

I forgot what an amazing job Sam Rockwell does in that film

I dare you to find any film with Sam Rockwell in it where he doesn't do an amazing job.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

I dare you to find any film with Sam Rockwell in it where he doesn't do an amazing job.

I fear you.

Yeah, Sam Rockwell is The Man.

There's this crappy little movie called The Winning Season and even though the movie is pretty "Meh," his performance alone makes it memorable.

 

[Schrödinger's cat]

I fear you.

Yeah, Sam Rockwell is The Man.

There's this crappy little movie called The Winning Season and even though the movie is pretty "Meh," his performance alone makes it memorable.

 

[Tesseract]

nothing recently, used to watch everything, interest has flat lined over the years

 

[Nymphae]

If you ever need proof that the Academy has it's head up it's own ass, in 1983 Blade Runner lost the best art direction award to Gandhi.

 

[sol_bad]

Ex Machina - Google Play
I have probably watched this 4 times now and I love this film. Domhnall Gleeson, scar Isaac and Alicia Vikander all do absolutely amazing jobs in this. You might be able to guess what will happen in the film but I still think it's a great little sci-fi thriller. The visuals are very eye catching and I don't mean the CG but the way the film is shot and it's sets, the look of the film. Check it out if you like thrillers.

Space Adventure Cobra - Animelab
Campy old school anime from 1982 where the main character (Cobra) is inspired by James Bond and I guess to a lesser extent Han Solo. The story is very bizarre and the universe that is set up even more so. If you like anime bewbs you'll see them here too with star nipples. Cobra is hired by bounty hunter Jane to help rescue her sister Catherine from the evil Guild and it's master Crystal Boy. It has some nice zany twists and turns that you won't be expecting and it's a lot of fun.

The Boy and the Beast - Animelab
Another anime that we watched over the weekend by the amazing Mamoru Hosoda. Humans and beasts live in the same reality but separate from each other. I guess you could say it's like the Hellboy 2 movie where the monster cities are hidden away. Anyway, Ren is a young orphaned boy after his mother dies and he chooses to live on the streets rather than his legal guardians. Fate has him discover the beast world and he becomes the student of Kumatetsu to learn martial arts. Beautiful animation and a very touching story. Highly recommended.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Been waiting for all the Michael Jordan episodes to come out so I can binge watch them. Starting it tomorrow night. Going to do 3 a night and try to wrap it up by around Friday.

Heard good things about it and it's not a cozy lovefest. Lots of controversial topics and drama.

 

[sol_bad]

Been waiting for all the Michael Jordan episodes to come out so I can binge watch them. Starting it tomorrow night. Going to do 3 a night and try to wrap it up by around Friday.

Heard good things about it and it's not a cozy lovefest. Lots of controversial topics and drama.

This is a movie thread Beige.
^__^

 

[BigBooper]

Her - What a dumb movie that was.
Hacksaw Ridge - Another great Mel Gibson movie. It makes me so mad knowing we missed out on a decade of this man's genius. It might have been a tad too long, but I liked it a lot. Much better than any other recent WW2 movies.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

This is a movie thread Beige.
^__^

Oh shit! lol.

 

[TheSadRanger]

I dare you to find any film with Sam Rockwell in it where he doesn't do an amazing job.

He's a masterclass actor, I would rank him up there with Gary Oldman as far as being able to play a wide range of characters.

The crazy killer in Green Mile, to a lonely space miner in Moon, to the charismatic Hammer in Iron Man 2, to playing a former president in Vice.

 

[Meowzers]

We Still Steal the Old Way

Good ol' British flick, set in prison, really worth the watch. Poor rating on IMDB, but it's still worthy of the watch.

 

[bitbydeath]

Oh shit! lol.

Should start a “Anyone seen any good TV Shows lately?” thread.

 

[DragoonKain]

I'm in the mood for dumb movies, I might watch the National Treasure movies again. They're fun and dumb.