Film reviews - old and new

[Dmas]

Watched Papillion last night, didn't expect much from it to be honest but really enjoyed it, true story about a man sent to a penal colony in French guinea

[Peevemor]

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Watched Papillion last night, didn't expect much from it to be honest but really enjoyed it, true story about a man sent to a penal colony in French guinea

I don't know what one you watched, but the 1973 original with Steve McQueen & Dustin Hoffman is brilliant. The remake is pretty good too, but I didn't really see the need for it.

[The Modfather]

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I don't know what one you watched, but the 1973 original with Steve McQueen & Dustin Hoffman is brilliant. The remake is pretty good too, but I didn't really see the need for it.

I love the original. Can’t go far wrong with Steve McQueen. Suppose the remake was just about watchable in its own right but I stopped watching half way through as Steve McQueen & Dustin Hoffman it ain’t!

[Dmas]

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I don't know what one you watched, but the 1973 original with Steve McQueen & Dustin Hoffman is brilliant. The remake is pretty good too, but I didn't really see the need for it.

Wasn’t aware of an original so I’ve watched the remake with Charlie Hunnam and Remi Malek, was good I enjoyed it

[Dmas]

The Quiet Place 2, watched this last night was expecting it to ruin the first film as I really liked that but I thought the second was also really good, enjoyed it couple o big jumps a lot of tension.

Also watched a film called Wrath of Man with Jason Statham think it’s a Guy Ritchie film typical action man stuff but again pretty decent without troubling any award ceremonies.

[hibsbollah]

No Country for Old Men, currently on Netflix. If you haven’t seen it before you’re in for a treat. It’s actually a faultless movie.

[stantonhibby]

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No Country for Old Men, currently on Netflix. If you haven’t seen it before you’re in for a treat. It’s actually a faultless movie.

Yep....brilliant film.

[Kato]

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No Country for Old Men, currently on Netflix. If you haven’t seen it before you’re in for a treat. It’s actually a faultless movie.

Watched for the first time ever the other night. So good.

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[hibsbollah]

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Watched for the first time ever the other night. So good.

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this week was the First time I’d seen it too, maybe it’s best picture Oscar passed me by because I’d become a dad that year and had a lot on my mind But I’ll be watching it again that’s for sure.

[1875Sean]

Just back from watching the suicide squad, really good, much improved from the other movie a few years back

[Killiehibbie]

United States v Billie Holiday.
The land of the free unless you sing a song they don't like. I'll have to watch the Diana Ross version as I don't remember that much about it after 40 years.

[sleeping giant]

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I don't know what one you watched, but the 1973 original with Steve McQueen & Dustin Hoffman is brilliant. The remake is pretty good too, but I didn't really see the need for it.

Yup. One of those movies i have watched numerous times.
Excellent film.

[Dmas]

Watched Lansky the other night, Harvey Keitel playing Meyer Lansky, true story and one I knew nothing of before watching it but it was a good watch

[LustForLeith]

Suicide Squad. What a film. Superb characters, proper emotion, top notch action, amazing soundtrack. Insane and all the better for it. Beat super hero film in years

[hibsbollah]

Dune.
Really enjoyed it.
I just have an awful feeling the next instalment is going to be rubbish, don’t ask me why.

[Hibby70]

Finch - like a cross between Chappie, Damnation Alley and Castaway. Couldn't help thinking that the robot sounded like Borat on occasion.

Pretty enjoyable mind you. 7/10

[Dmas]

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Dune.
Really enjoyed it.
I just have an awful feeling the next instalment is going to be rubbish, don’t ask me why.

Enjoyed Dune as well, thought it could have given us a bit more before the 2nd part but I'm looking forward to seeing part 2 none the less

[The Modfather]

Went to see Ghostbusters earlier, loved it. It’s clearly made with Ghostbusters fan boys, like me, in mind. Might not stand up as well watching it standalone and not knowing the franchise. Ticked all boxes I’d have wanted a follow up to tick though.

[Jay]

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Went to see Ghostbusters earlier, loved it. It’s clearly made with Ghostbusters fan boys, like me, in mind. Might not stand up as well watching it standalone and not knowing the franchise. Ticked all boxes I’d have wanted a follow up to tick though.

Saw it yesterday. Absolutely loved it. I raved about it so much that my (grown up) kids are away to see it tonight.

[Hibby70]

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Went to see Ghostbusters earlier, loved it. It’s clearly made with Ghostbusters fan boys, like me, in mind. Might not stand up as well watching it standalone and not knowing the franchise. Ticked all boxes I’d have wanted a follow up to tick though.

Took the family tonight - all of us enjoyed it. Great fun.

Million times better than that last female Ghostbusters effort.

[silverhibee]

Watched the new Bond film last night, pretty rubbish was my thoughts.

[speedy_gonzales]

Seen the French Dispatch last Saturday.
A week later I'm still trying to figure out what the frig I watched?
I genuinely can't tell you if it was as poor as I thought it was because I don't think I'm clever enough to understand it.
A very self indulgent story, told poorly, by Wes Anderson.

[Keith_M]

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Seen the French Dispatch last Saturday.
A week later I'm still trying to figure out what the frig I watched?
I genuinely can't tell you if it was as poor as I thought it was because I don't think I'm clever enough to understand it.
A very self indulgent story, told poorly, by Wes Anderson.

I feel exactly the same, having watched it last week.

If this wasn't a film by a well known director, with some reasonably famous people in it, no film studio would have touched that pile of crap with a barge pole.

It was three totally random, totally nonsense, 'stories' artificially squeezed together into a narrative of a closing down newspaper.

In the words of my wife (who is actually into art-house movies) when leaving the cinema... "WTF was that meant to be?"

[Tyler Durden]

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Seen the French Dispatch last Saturday.
A week later I'm still trying to figure out what the frig I watched?
I genuinely can't tell you if it was as poor as I thought it was because I don't think I'm clever enough to understand it.
A very self indulgent story, told poorly, by Wes Anderson.

Are you a Wes Anderson fan?

He's like a genre of his own.... an acquired taste perhaps. Not seen this one yet.

[Tyler Durden]

I went to a surprise movie at the Cameo last week. It ended up being "C'Mon, C'Mon" starring Joaquin Phoenix as a documentary maker who has to look after his young nephew unexpectedly.

I'm usually a sucker for this type of indie stuff..... lovely black and white cinematography, not much happens, liberal modern families with kids who talk like 30 year olds. Anyway this was pretty dire stuff. Nowhere near as profound or moving as it seemed to think it was.

Avoid.

[Dmas]

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Watched the new Bond film last night, pretty rubbish was my thoughts.

I enjoyed it, worried about future installments after seeing it mind you

[speedy_gonzales]

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Are you a Wes Anderson fan?

He's like a genre of his own.... an acquired taste perhaps. Not seen this one yet.

I like most of his movies, a lot.
Loved The Grand Budapest Hotel, Fantastic Mr Fox (Jarvis Cocker is brilliant in that), Isle of Dogs, The Royal Tenenbaums,,,, but the French Dispatch is very poor by his own standards.

[Keith_M]

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Are you a Wes Anderson fan?

He's like a genre of his own.... an acquired taste perhaps. Not seen this one yet.

I really liked The Grand Budapest Hotel.


This latest one was just self-indulgent garbage.

[Tyler Durden]

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I like most of his movies, a lot.
Loved The Grand Budapest Hotel, Fantastic Mr Fox (Jarvis Cocker is brilliant in that), Isle of Dogs, The Royal Tenenbaums,,,, but the French Dispatch is very poor by his own standards.

I was disappointed that I wouldn’t catch it at the cinema but sounds like I’ve dodged a bullet.

[The Modfather]

Saw Dune last night. Haven’t seen the original or read the book before but thought it was good. Well done and quite slick.