The Film Thread

[Boozad]

I get ya. I don't know what it is about her, I really don't like her and avoid almost everything she is in. I think she's probably just tainted by the Pretty Woman brush, which is genuinely one of the worst films I've ever seen.

She’s just one of those actors that really annoy me for some reason, I can’t say why because I don’t know. I’ve never seen Pretty Woman and never will!

 

[Templeton Peck]

Because nobody asked for it - films out this year what I watched


Creed 3
7 Kings must die
Leave the world behind
Wonka
Barbie
Dial of destiny
Leo
Dungeons and dragons
Evil dead rise
Renfield


TIM
Killers of the flower moon
Oppenheimer
May December
No hard feelings
Genie
Exorcist: believer


Knock at the cabin
Flash
Infinity pool
Last voyage of the demeter
Are you there god? It's me Margaret

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

Leave the World Behind. I liked it although I’m not sure if it was any good or not.

I liked it although the ending left me cold.

Was worth watching for the scene with the Tanker alone.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

The ending was totally meh. Shame as the rest of the film was good stuff

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

I liked it.

Thought the ending was OK, was clear what the outcome for the characters would be, it'd been signposted.

The deer thing was a little daft.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

No love for Oppenheimer then? I've been meaning to watch it but haven't got around to it.

 

[Templeton Peck]

Stopped watching after about 50 minutes. I just didn't care about the characters. That's usually the issue with Nolan for me - far more interested in spectacle than people. The films where that isn't the case - Prestige, Batman Begins - are his best IMO.

 

[Alan]

Finally @Templeton Peck, someone else who understands that Begins is the best of the Nolan Batman films.

The pacing on TDK is fucking breakneck, and not in a good way IMO.

 

[b3h]

Watched Mixed Nuts (christmas film I hadn't seen before). So bad it's good. It's rather random. I enjoyed it any way

 

[Boozad]

Finally @Templeton Peck, someone else who understands that Begins is the best of the Nolan Batman films.

The pacing on TDK is fucking breakneck, and not in a good way IMO.

TDK wasn’t breakneck! It was absolutely perfect!

 

[Alan]

TDK wasn’t breakneck! It was absolutely perfect!

No way! It’s much too fast.

That helicopter chase scene always feels like it comes completely out of nowhere to me.

(As with many of my opinions, I fully appreciate that TDK is hugely loved and I’ll likely not be persuading anyone to the contrary)

 

[Templeton Peck]

Finally @Templeton Peck, someone else who understands that Begins is the best of the Nolan Batman films.

The pacing on TDK is fucking breakneck, and not in a good way IMO.

Begins is beautifully plotted with a great script. I loved TDK but it's not as good.

 

[Alan]

The training bits at the beginning are just.

Catnip for me.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

All of the Bale ones will do for me, but Heath Ledger just tips the scales for me, incredible performance.

I liked the Val Kilmer and Michael Keaton efforts in the 80s/90s too. We do not speak of the George Clooney one (I love George, but sorry pal, no).

 

[Alan]

Heath’s performance is otherworldly, no doubt. RIP.

 

[Johnny75]

Pattinson is excellent and The Batman is very good.

Keaton is good in both of the Burton films and in The Flash (which I really enjoyed).

TDK is brilliant, best of the 3 Nolan films.

All of Nolan's films are good, Inception was groundbreaking. Momento, The Prestige and the 3 Batman films are all so good to watch and have aged well.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I went to see Tenet on a very early date with Mrs DW. I think my head still hurts from it. Have no appetite to watch that one again.

 

[Alan]

Tenet is so frustrating. It’s like he (Nolan) rewatched Memento and just expanded on the iffy bits.

 

[Templeton Peck]

I went to see Tenet on a very early date with Mrs DW. I think my head still hurts from it. Have no appetite to watch that one again.

Tenet is awful. So is Dunkirk.

 

[leedswolf]

No love for Oppenheimer then? I've been meaning to watch it but haven't got around to it.

I enjoyed it. Thought it was very good.