I honestly thought the ending was perfect. I'd read the book first though, maybe that alters your outlook slightly.
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Brando was a bit of a cnut too, wasn't he? Refused to read his lines.
Mistress America - I really hated this film for the first twenty minutes but eventually it came around. In the style of old timey screwball comedy (which probably explains my early aversion to it), it's much more enjoyable than Baumbach's other film this year, While We're Young. Greta Gerwig goes full Greta Gerwig which is a little grating but she's also very funny and Lola Kirke is excellent in the straight role. She's also cute as hell.
Just saw that Memento is being remade - worst idea ever
A remake about someone with short term memory loss, for people with short term memory loss. How avant garde.
Guy Pearce should've had a better career.
Sounds like Hollywood. Recycling old movies because they're running out of ideas.
Underrated actor, imo. I blame The Time Machine for people not rating him.
He's not made the best career choices. He's actively avoided leading man roles in major films.
I dont mind him, the films I have seen have been OK, I quite liked The Time Machine.
I think his problem was Neighbours to be honest.
Agree with you. If anything for me the ending elevates it.
Watched Trainwreck last night. Now going into this, I had no idea (I mean literally no idea) who Amy Schumer was and what she looked like. The initial minutes of the film almost lost me because I found her quite ugly and annoying and didn't think she'd pull the lead part off... but ultimately, yeah she did, and she's very good in the film. Bill Hader is great (nice to see him as something else than Stefon), and I liked the guest star appearances though some of the references I didn't get. Also surprised to realize my wife knew who LeBron James was (but not Tom Brady).
Overall, it's an ok film but like most Appatow films it's too long by about 30 minutes and it's quite formulaic I felt despite it trying not to be. But it was an alright watch, I'll have forgotten it in a couple of days though.
The Final Girls
A girl grieving the death of her washed-up slasher actress mother is transported (along with her friends) into her mother's biggest film and must use the codes, conventions and genre tropes of 80s slasher films to survive. This film was a really really fun take on the slasher genre of the 80s. It has some decent acting, great moments of comedy, some surprisingly heartfelt emotional moments and some great nods to the slasher genre that was so popular in the 80s. The film is very meta and has some really clever dialogue/scenes, especially the way it tackles flashbacks. I had a very fun time watching it and would recommend it highly to those that loved films like Friday the 13th, Halloween etc 8/10
Green Inferno
A bunch of feckwits go to Chile to protest against the construction work that is destroying the forest and end up being captured by cannibals and then tortured/eaten one by one. Eli Roth proves he's a joke of a director once again with this steaming pile of pig shit. The cinematography, acting, story, dialogue, action, character motivations were all complete bollocks and it's hard to even give a shit about the characters as they are all (bar one) extremely unlikeable. The indigenous residents of the forest were by far the best bit of the film but it's wrong that I ended up rooting for them instead of the protagonists. What a waste 3/10
Last Shift
A rookie police officer is asked to look after a vacant police station, with the rest of the department moving into a different station across town. Slowly, lots of supernatural stuff happens, making this shift a complete nightmare for the protagonist. Now this was a really good horror film. It's all based in one isolated location and there are some REALLY scary moments in the film. It builds up tension so well and surprised me with most of it's jump-scare moments, which were really efficient as the suspense was built correctly for each one and they didn't really feel cheap for the most part. The one big flaw with this movie, and the thing that kept me from absolutely loving it was the actions of the main character. She behaves in a way that no actual human being would react after going through the things she goes through, it really just kept angering me. It's like all her actions were just made up so the story could keep progressing without thought to how someone would actually behave or what someone would actually do if put in this situation. Still, I enjoyed it and would recommend for those that like ghost-based horror 7.5/10
Circle
50 people wake up and realise that they are in a game where someone has to die every 2 minutes. They must now try to figure out what to do whilst also electing the person they feel should die next. Lots of subjects (such as race, socialism, morals etc) are touched on (albeit vaguely) when the characters are deciding who should be killed and the plot is revealed in a great pace where you are always hooked to find out who dies next and who will survive. The tension is amped up well and my only gripe is that some characters just act completely out of character at certain points and turn stupid all of a sudden from time to time and the acting was quite hit and miss but I really enjoyed this and is definitely worth a watch 8/10
A girl grieving the death of her washed-up slasher actress mother is transported (along with her friends) into her mother's biggest film and must use the codes, conventions and genre tropes of 80s slasher films to survive. This film was a really really fun take on the slasher genre of the 80s. It has some decent acting, great moments of comedy, some surprisingly heartfelt emotional moments and some great nods to the slasher genre that was so popular in the 80s. The film is very meta and has some really clever dialogue/scenes, especially the way it tackles flashbacks. I had a very fun time watching it and would recommend it highly to those that loved films like Friday the 13th, Halloween etc 8/10
Green Inferno
A bunch of feckwits go to Chile to protest against the construction work that is destroying the forest and end up being captured by cannibals and then tortured/eaten one by one. Eli Roth proves he's a joke of a director once again with this steaming pile of pig shit. The cinematography, acting, story, dialogue, action, character motivations were all complete bollocks and it's hard to even give a shit about the characters as they are all (bar one) extremely unlikeable. The indigenous residents of the forest were by far the best bit of the film but it's wrong that I ended up rooting for them instead of the protagonists. What a waste 3/10
Last Shift
A rookie police officer is asked to look after a vacant police station, with the rest of the department moving into a different station across town. Slowly, lots of supernatural stuff happens, making this shift a complete nightmare for the protagonist. Now this was a really good horror film. It's all based in one isolated location and there are some REALLY scary moments in the film. It builds up tension so well and surprised me with most of it's jump-scare moments, which were really efficient as the suspense was built correctly for each one and they didn't really feel cheap for the most part. The one big flaw with this movie, and the thing that kept me from absolutely loving it was the actions of the main character. She behaves in a way that no actual human being would react after going through the things she goes through, it really just kept angering me. It's like all her actions were just made up so the story could keep progressing without thought to how someone would actually behave or what someone would actually do if put in this situation. Still, I enjoyed it and would recommend for those that like ghost-based horror 7.5/10
Circle
50 people wake up and realise that they are in a game where someone has to die every 2 minutes. They must now try to figure out what to do whilst also electing the person they feel should die next. Lots of subjects (such as race, socialism, morals etc) are touched on (albeit vaguely) when the characters are deciding who should be killed and the plot is revealed in a great pace where you are always hooked to find out who dies next and who will survive. The tension is amped up well and my only gripe is that some characters just act completely out of character at certain points and turn stupid all of a sudden from time to time and the acting was quite hit and miss but I really enjoyed this and is definitely worth a watch 8/10
Anyone seen Timbuktu?
A fascinating watch. The portrayal of life under the iron fist of religious extremists imposing their own "law", and all the intricacies and yet basic regular human behavior that goes along with that, made for such an interesting one and half hours. Don't watch it if you don't like slow-moving cinema that tries to capture things at the maximum speed of a casual stroll through a bleeding hot desert.
Also saw Mad Max:Fury Road today. Thought it was great. You don't get many action movies like this which don't try to be too smart, but are just non-stop intense and in a good way, but without much cheesyness.
I'll give both 9's for the sake of it which is meaningless because I just saw both today.
A fascinating watch. The portrayal of life under the iron fist of religious extremists imposing their own "law", and all the intricacies and yet basic regular human behavior that goes along with that, made for such an interesting one and half hours. Don't watch it if you don't like slow-moving cinema that tries to capture things at the maximum speed of a casual stroll through a bleeding hot desert.
Also saw Mad Max:Fury Road today. Thought it was great. You don't get many action movies like this which don't try to be too smart, but are just non-stop intense and in a good way, but without much cheesyness.
I'll give both 9's for the sake of it which is meaningless because I just saw both today.
Mad Max is better in cinema.
Why would they do that? Memento would be pushing my favourite 10 films ever list. Would definitely be in the top 20.
The new one is going to be shite isn't it?
I'm sure it is. But I enjoy movies at home all the same. Doesn't take away that much from the experience for me, even with action flicks.
Insightful stuff.
I have already given insight on it.
This post was better when read whiles getting sucked off.
But was getting sucked off better while reading this post? Because that would be totally normal.
I watched mad max the other day on my laptop too. With a set of good earphones you don't really miss out on too much compared to the cinema, although it's still a step down of course.
Thought the film was great. Just brilliant filmmaking, I was often wondering how the feck have they filmed that?
Thought the film was great. Just brilliant filmmaking, I was often wondering how the feck have they filmed that?
Steve Jobs - Loved it. Sorkin is getting a lot of credit for this (and deservedly so - it's a brilliant script) but I think a lot should also go to Boyle, who directs a dialogue heavy film with such energy and inventiveness as to keep it fast-paced and exciting enough that you never lose track or interest in what's going on.
I also didn't think it was too harsh on Jobs at all... if anything it was a far more rounded and interesting character study then what I imagined this biopic (and it's not really a biopic to be fair) would be... and if anyone is slagging off this film because these launches didn't happen like this, then that person is an idiot.
I also didn't think it was too harsh on Jobs at all... if anything it was a far more rounded and interesting character study then what I imagined this biopic (and it's not really a biopic to be fair) would be... and if anyone is slagging off this film because these launches didn't happen like this, then that person is an idiot.
I just checked, this is out in France in February ffs!
I don't know what it is, but I've zero interest in seeing Jobs. Even when I hear the glowing reviews. And I love Boyle, I love Sorkin, I love Fassbender...But I've almost negative interest in Steve Jobs. He's just not a remotely interesting person to me. I've always been slightly baffled why he is to so many others.
Same. "Man invents computers". Yawn.
I felt the same about social network. "Men invent website". I ended up watching that for similar reasons (great reviews, excellent writer/director) and it was exactly as dull and one-dimensional as I feared. So I reckon I'll be giving this one a miss.
He didn't even do that! He sold the brand identity of the computers. Someone else actually invented them...I mean...What!?
"Man sells computers"?
Still not watching.
Still not watching.
I'm sure Sorkin will make it passably interesting but I just don't give a feck. I couldn't give less fecks if I was an asexual eunuch monk. I am completely without fecks when it comes to Steve Jobs. Tarantino could direct a film starring Eric Cantona and I'd remain stoically feckless. Trey Parker could write a filthy parody musical - No fecks. Even if it was wall to wall porn, I'd struggle.
I have absolutely no opinion whatsoever on Jobs and I know nothing about him, so I'm really drawn in by the magic trio of Sorkin/Boyle/Fassbender. To be perfectly honest, it could be a biopic on @Eboue's life, if Fassbender was in the lead role, I'd go watch it.
Right, so has anyone seen Timbuktu?
Beasts of No Nation
Loved it. Brilliant music and sound design and an absolutely brutal premise. Apparently Idris Elba's accent is a bit ropey but it was good enough to fool me and he was an incredibly magnetic presence at the centre of the film. The acting of the kids (all of them) was top drawer. I'm gonna give it a 7/10. I'm deducting a mark for blatantly ripping off a young Irish photographer/film-maker, Richard Mosse, with some of the imagery used.
Loved it. Brilliant music and sound design and an absolutely brutal premise. Apparently Idris Elba's accent is a bit ropey but it was good enough to fool me and he was an incredibly magnetic presence at the centre of the film. The acting of the kids (all of them) was top drawer. I'm gonna give it a 7/10. I'm deducting a mark for blatantly ripping off a young Irish photographer/film-maker, Richard Mosse, with some of the imagery used.
Yeah, Boyle did a great job and I actually think he may have been a better fit than Fincher who is a lot more restrained. I liked the scene where it shows the rocket launch on the wall while Jobs describes it. Nice visual touch.
The ending was a bit cheesy though.
Yeah I think I wrote a short something about it in this thread. Anyway, probably the best movie I've seen this year.
I was exactly the same to be fair. I had absolutely no interest in Steve Jobs (or Apple for that matter)... but my love of Fassbender, Sorkin and (mainly) Boyle meant I had to go see it (I think if it was just one of those elements, I'd have avoided this like the plague), and I'm glad I did. I was dreading it being a completely formulaic biopic, and thankfully it was anything but.
I think the biggest compliment I can give the film, and those 3 indivuduals, is that I now have a very very small, tiny, passing, interest in Steve Jobs... 's daughter
Lady In The Van:
Maggie Smith is absolutely excellent, the film was pretty average though. The main issue was the dual Alan Bennett device. You saw him from the perspective of a writer and as a person. As such, there was often two of him on screen in conversation with himself. It would have been ok in smaller doses, but it was overused and the film suffered for it.
Smith's performance was great though, I'd be surprised if she isn't nominated for an award or two.
Maggie Smith is absolutely excellent, the film was pretty average though. The main issue was the dual Alan Bennett device. You saw him from the perspective of a writer and as a person. As such, there was often two of him on screen in conversation with himself. It would have been ok in smaller doses, but it was overused and the film suffered for it.
I left the film feeling annoyed that Bennet had let this old woman live in squalor on his drive for so long. Half of his complaints arose from the smell and her toilet habits, yet these would have been cured by letting her have a spare room and access to toilet facilities. The film might exaggerate their relationship, but he seemed to help her out quite a bit which is why I wonder how he didn't take things a few steps further.
She was very religious and he was a closet homosexual, so I guess that may be what held him back from that option. Especially as the eighties weren't as enlightened on gay rights as today's society.
She was very religious and he was a closet homosexual, so I guess that may be what held him back from that option. Especially as the eighties weren't as enlightened on gay rights as today's society.
Smith's performance was great though, I'd be surprised if she isn't nominated for an award or two.
It's poor box office takings suggest you're far from alone in that ambivalence. I mean Sorkin, Boyle and Fassbender. The only explanation is no one likes Jobs.
I really liked it, it's a beautiful elegy to Mali. The only issue I had with the film was that it didn't confound my politically liberal expectations in any way. Sissako is as much Euro-liberal filmmaker as he is an African one and so the film has that hint of Guardian editorial/Ben Affleck speech to it. With which I heartily agree, but am not challenged by.
I thought the somewhat similar film Of God's And Men was more complex and as a result more satisfying.
It wasn't ripping off, it was clearly paying homage to his work.Beasts of No Nation
Loved it. Brilliant music and sound design and an absolutely brutal premise. Apparently Idris Elba's accent is a bit ropey but it was good enough to fool me and he was an incredibly magnetic presence at the centre of the film. The acting of the kids (all of them) was top drawer. I'm gonna give it a 7/10. I'm deducting a mark for blatantly ripping off a young Irish photographer/film-maker, Richard Mosse, with some of the imagery used.