Film The Redcafe Movie review thread

Captain Philips - Really enjoyed this one. Not knowing a lot about the true story helped.
 
Fair point , story is not the best, some of the shit that happens is unbelievable.
That's kind of it with Gravity. I'm not one to bang on about technologies and 3D and sound systems usually, I think they make your viewing experience better but that's about it. In this instance, Gravity was actually developed taking these technologies into account and not only maximising their input, actually making them as important to the film as other more 'traditional' filmmaking techniques such as acting and storytelling and so on. When people banged on about it being an experience more than anything else, it wasn't in vain, that's really what it was.

It's a film that won't 'age' well I think cos once the novelty's worn off and once you've seen it, well you've gotten more or less everything out of it you could. You could actually see that as the weeks went on since its release, people seeing it were giving less and less glowing reviews, because they knew what to expect and had been told all about it (plus, people seeing it weeks after its release were probably people less likely to be attracted to such a film), whereas the reviews it got from filmgoers in the first few days were quite impressive.
 
A Single Shot

Fairly generic drama with Sam Rockwell as a back-wood hunter who accidentally shoots a girl and get's himself in to all manner of trouble when he tries to hide the body and take the money she left behind. Jason Isaacs is unrecognisable in it, William H Macy has a great wig and the entire film needs subtitles unless you speak redneck.
 
The Howling

Not seen this film for quite a while, maybe 20 years, so it was on ITV 4 , thought I would watch it.
It is one of the better werewolf films, not really dated well but still a good watch, for a cheesey 80's horror the acting was decent enough.
The transformation in to the beasts was done well for the 80's, just a pity they did not leave it at 1 films, the ones that came after from what I remember are just dreadful.

6/10
 
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inside llewyn davis - absolutely loved it. all his relationships with the secondary characters were brilliant, but his one with the professor, his wife & their friends felt so true & sad. if anything i would have liked it to have been even more in-depth & esoteric with the music & how he viewed himself as an artist (more of his contempt for other musicians, the 'purity' of his own vision etc. that led to him hating everything) but it was great as it was.

johnny got his gun - expected way too much of this, instead it felt dated to the point of me not really liking or getting anything from it.
 
The Hunger Games Catching Fire.

After watching it, I was a bit disappointed to be honest, I was expecting more, it never really caught alive for me.
The build up to the Hunger Games was OK, but the games themselves were a let .
The acting was OK , not stand out performances for me, apart from maybe the way over the top show host.
I hated Donald Sutherland in this, I did not like him in the first one either.

5/10
 
Funny Games (1997) - "The most blatant case of false advertising since the so-called The Never Ending Story"
 
Filth

A bipolar, bigoted junkie cop manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter.
A cracking film, James McAvoy was excellent.
Well worth a watch

7/10
 
Enders Game. God it was awful. Whoever thought that a supersmart arrogant kid who gets everything thrown his way would be a good lead character should be fed to an alien queen. Also the ending pissed me off big time.

So there is an alive alien 5 metres next to the human base and nobody ever bothered to have a look? And in the end they just let him fly off with the queen to repopulate the enemy race that they were desperate to destroy?

1/10.
 
Funny Games (1997) - "The most blatant case of false advertising since the so-called The Never Ending Story"

I've seen the English version of this, and I enjoyed it. Very unnerving film. It's not funny though, I agree.
 
Just in general. I don't see what all the fuss is about with Lawrence tbh. I mean she's obviously fit as feck, but I just don't get it. And I've got a weakness for redheads.
 
Just in general. I don't see what all the fuss is about with Lawrence tbh. I mean she's obviously fit as feck, but I just don't get it. And I've got a weakness for redheads.
She's weird in that she doesn't photograph well but she's stunning on film. Very unusual looking too, almost unconventional beauty.

Lawrence ftw.
 
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid - Had it's moments but overall pretty uneven. I didn't like the casting of Kristofferson in the main role but Dylan was an interesting presence, even though the soundtrack was a bit grating on occasion and his acting pretty laughable!

In a World... - A nothing film really. So many actors from american comedy shows but totally unfunny and pedestrian.

Les chansons d'amour - Pretty weird story and I guess the singing lost much of it's appeal because I don't know French. I assume you must hate everyone in this film, @Rooney in Paris?
 
Filth

A bipolar, bigoted junkie cop manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter.
A cracking film, James McAvoy was excellent.
Well worth a watch

7/10

It's just about to finish downloading (I'm disgusted about this, of course). It's one of my favourite books ever, so I have my fingers crossed that the film a) be crap, and b) diverge too far from feel I had for the story and characters in my mind. It's always a bit of a plunge, watching the film of one of your favourite books.
 
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid - Had it's moments but overall pretty uneven. I didn't like the casting of Kristofferson in the main role but Dylan was an interesting presence, even though the soundtrack was a bit grating on occasion and his acting pretty laughable!

In a World... - A nothing film really. So many actors from american comedy shows but totally unfunny and pedestrian.

Les chansons d'amour - Pretty weird story and I guess the singing lost much of it's appeal because I don't know French. I assume you must hate everyone in this film, @Rooney in Paris?
Don't know of that film... Who's in it?
 
Wolf Of Wall Street - Guess I'll be the first to give it a bit of flak then. It's brilliantly acted, directed and shot, but it's just a bit aimless. Also, massively indulgent, obviously (though I'm sure people will be queuing up to say this is metaly appropriate) It's basically a loose collection of anecdotes, some brilliant, some meh, cobbled together with a sort of weak attempt to attach it to a Goodfellas like story structure.

The bit with the lemon quaaludes and the Popeye coke moment is brilliant for example. A genuinely wonderful movie scene. But my attention sort of drifted in and out during loads of the others, I sort of wanted it to end by the 2hr mark and I really didn't give a feck what happened to anyone. It'll make a good collection of youtube clips, but as a film, I'm not sure I'll ever be bothered to sit through it all again.

For a film of the extraordinary adventures of a real life bastard, I thought something like "I Love You Phillip Morris" was far better. But then that wasn't directed by Scorsese, starring Di Caprio (who is, admittedly, fantastic in it) and released in time for awards season.

It's a good solid 7, maybe a high one, just because it's so well made.
 
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For a film of the extraordinary adventures of a real life bastard, I thought something like "I Love You Phillip Morris" was far better.
I always thought this was an incredibly underrated film. It's excellent. And you've made me want to rewatch it.
 
It's got an actual story for a start. And a far more fascinating one. Carey's excellent too. Though I wasn't entirely convinced by E-wan
 
Don't think it is unfortunately. It's genuinely amazing the shit that guy got away with.

I watched Three Kings just after Wolf - the David O Russell, George Clooney film from the 90s - and was much more engaged. In fact I'm finding myself thinking a lot more about that film, and how much I enjoyed it, despite the fact I watched both today and I've seen Three Kings at least 3 or 4 times before. That's my main problem with Wolf. It's a sequence of well filmed anecdotes. I wasn't remotely engaged or that interested at all.

Though it did really make me want to do coke of a girls tits. So, there's that.
 
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