The Film Thread

[nimrod]

sorry about that.

double-entry.

 

[PPB]

bit of a write-off then?

:icon_lol:

 

[PPB]

Deep water Horizon. What a tragic film. I will not know how it felt to be on that rig at the time, and how it effects the families of the dead and the survivors new way of life.

Watched this last night Quirk. A tragic and gripping film.

 

[PPB]

The Dressmaker. As shit and boring as the title suggests.

 

[Langers]

Hacksaw Ridge.

Absolutely fantastic film. Best war film I've seen in years - a remarkable story beautifully told with a great performance from Andrew Garfield. Wouldn't be shocked to see it win some Oscars TBH.

 

[PPB]

The Green Mile. Years old now but still one of my favourites, and one I can watch over and over.

 

[Johnny75]

Eye in the Sky - more tension than Edinson Cavani's shirt. A brilliant film which has a pop at the morality of drone strikes without being all wish washy dogooder condescending liberal. Alan Rickman's last film and he's the best of a truly stellar cast.

Our kind of Traitor - roughly a billion times better than the night manager and written by Le Carre too. Ewan McGregor showing he can still act, Damien Lewis as a brilliant spy and Stellan Skarsgaard chewing up every piece of scenery he scenes. More cerebral and dialogue heavy than Hiddleston's fairly vapid attempt and it's all the better for it. Top stuff if you like thinking spy films.

 

[Loki]

Fences. Another excellent performance from Denzel Washington.

 

[Langers]

Just watched The Grand Budapest Hotel.

Brilliant. The acting, the script, the ridiculously good camera work - it's a real work of art.

Adored every minute of it.

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

Just watched The Grand Budapest Hotel.

Brilliant. The acting, the script, the ridiculously good camera work - it's a real work of art.

Adored every minute of it.

I'd say Wes Anderson is my favourite director. I love literally every one of his films.

Have you seen Moonrise Kingdom?

 

[Langers]

I'd say Wes Anderson is my favourite director. I love literally every one of his films.

Have you seen Moonrise Kingdom?

No, not heard of that one. Worth a watch I assume?

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

Yep. It has all of his hallmarks, imaginative stories and themes, beautiful set design and mashes up old style cinematography with the modern world.

Speaking of which, did you see the H&M ad over Christmas, set on the train? Instantly recognisable as Wes Anderson.

 

[So Long Architect]

We've been watching the TV series Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events on Netflix this week - it borrows nearly all its visual style and general atmosphere from Wes Anderson, with a dash of Tim Burton. Worth a watch if you like that sort of thing.

I watched Trainspotting last night. Amazingly it's the first time I've watched it all the way through. It was just one of those films that I assumed I'd watched but apparently not. Great film.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Never seen trainspotting. Never really wanted to either. I am sure it is superb, ace, whatever, but the whole premise just profoundly doesn't appeal to me so I can't see any reason to bother with it.

 

[So Long Architect]

Never seen trainspotting. Never really wanted to either. I am sure it is superb, ace, whatever, but the whole premise just profoundly doesn't appeal to me so I can't see any reason to bother with it.

Fair enough, but it's really very funny and inventive and not really what I expected, having struggled through the book. Even my wife enjoyed it and she really wouldn't have been up for a film about "Scottish heroin addicts".

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I must have seen Trainspotting at least 50 times :icon_lol:

I suppose that's to a large extent down to my age, tons of people who are in their mid 30s will have it down as one of their top 10 films. Zeitgeist, innit.

 

[Langers]

Trainspotting is one of my favourite ever films. It hasn't dated either - it's a masterpiece.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

I'd say Wes Anderson is my favourite director. I love literally every one of his films.

Have you seen Moonrise Kingdom?

Both Moonrise Kingdom & Grand Budapest Hotel are on my Kodi watch list. Good to hear they are recommended!

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Trainspotting is one of my favourite ever films. It hasn't dated either - it's a masterpiece.

I am glad to hear it. However absolutely nothing about the concept at all is in any way enticing to me. So I strongly doubt I will ever bother. It doesn't make it a bad film or me a bad person. Just don't see any way I will ever desire to watch it.

 

[So Long Architect]

Bit of a weird response Pad. Bit like me responding to a Metallica review of yours by saying - "Great for you but I have no interest and never intend to listen to it but I'm not a bad person."