What movie did you watch last night? (6 Viewers)

[hugh]

Well it's not like they could edit it down...

 

[hermie]

yeah but:

Spoiler

1. A better film would be Aliens arrive and we spend the whole film following Amy Adams and friends decoding their language, the end.

2. more importantly, why is she the only one who can see into the future? Wasn't that the whole point of the language?
Is the book she writes about it really bad and doesn't actually teach else anyone to read the alien language?

Or did you have to go into their pod to get her special powers?

Yeah I didn't get that either or a lot of the why language gives you a deeper understanding of everything stuff - then again I thought they named the Aliens Elvis and Costello!

 

[Anthony]

The lads wanted to watch a christmas film so opted for Home Alone 2. Ouch!

 

[chris d]

True Movies (the next channel we have after Film 4) has turned into "True Christmas" and is showing back to back made-for-TV christmas movies. Pretty grim viewing. We pretty much have it on all the time.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

I re-watched The Hateful Eight last night. I think it's a great film, one of Tarantino's best

 

[Splunk]

Snowden - Oliver Stone back in form, very enjoyable movie about the heroic whistle blower.

The Shallows - Entertaining little thriller about a female surfer who does battle with a very aggressive shark.

 

[Splunk]

Arrival. Smart, thought provoking and moving sci if film. Strong performances and great special effects. One of the best films I've seen this year. Roll on Bladerunner 2!

Have heard nothing but great things about this..looking forward to seeing it.

 

[hugh]

Nocturnal Animals - didn't really know what to make of this. I liked parts of it and Michael Shanon was vg but I walked out a bit underwhelmed overall.

It's a standard revenge thriller wrapped inside another story that's not that interesting. The inside story can get away with all sorts of clichés (hillbilly rapists) because it's a fiction within a fiction.

Spoiler

And isn't it ultimately suggesting that the worst possible thing a woman can do to a man is to abort his baby? Equating it to rape/murder? And that wreaking revenge by inflicting emotional trauma and humiliation is justified?

I dunno. Maybe I just didn't get this movie but the more I think about it the more it irritates me.

 

[Unicron]

Nocturnal Animals - didn't really know what to make of this. I liked parts of it and Michael Shanon was vg but I walked out a bit underwhelmed overall.

It's a standard revenge thriller wrapped inside another story that's not that interesting. The inside story can get away with all sorts of clichés (hillbilly rapists) because it's a fiction within a fiction.

Spoiler

And isn't it ultimately suggesting that the worst possible thing a woman can do to a man is to abort his baby? Equating it to rape/murder? And that wreaking revenge by inflicting emotional trauma and humiliation is justified?

I dunno. Maybe I just didn't get this movie but the more I think about it the more it irritates me.

I didn't like the Amy Adams bits, and i fucking love Amy Adams (bar the one scene with Laura Linney, who I also think is great), but I did like story within the story, dingy hicksploitation, dumb but good.

For all the talk of his epic revenge

Spoiler

standing her up for dinner seems pretty lame.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Yeah I didn't get that either or a lot of the why language gives you a deeper understanding of everything stuff - then again I thought they named the Aliens Elvis and Costello!

Spoiler

if them aliens is so smart how come they didn't ever end up learning English? lazy aliens, expecting us to learn their language so that we can help them!

 

[Anthony]

My Scientology Movie. I expected better from Louis. This was quite poor. Give it a miss.

The silver lining to this is that the young fellat liked it and is all about watching Louis docos now.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Paterson. Adam Driver plays a bus driver who writes poems, has a hot wife and a fat little bulldog and just goes about his days in a quiet New Jersey town. Sounds awful when you write it out like that but it's a lovely little film.

 

[Unicron]

Paterson. Adam Driver plays a bus driver who writes poems, has a hot wife and a fat little bulldog and just goes about his days in a quiet New Jersey town. Sounds awful when you write it out like that but it's a lovely little film.

I spent a fair bit of time in Paterson when I was making a record a few years back, it is a rough as fuck town and a big part of the reason I'm going to see this is to spot places I know.

The Sopranos used to shoot on location there a bit. The bing is about 10 minutes away and the town that Tony used to go to therapy in was maybe 20 away

 

[David Kronenbourg]

I spent a fair bit of time in Paterson when I was making a record a few years back, it is a rough as fuck town and a big part of the reason I'm going to see this is to spot places I know.

The Sopranos used to shoot on location there a bit. The bing is about 10 minutes away and the town that Tony used to go to therapy in was maybe 20 away

Yeah, it's got that Sopranos look to it alright

 

[ernesto]

Captain Fantastic. Ok. Started off fine then descended into sentimental indie garbage. Viggo's good though. Wasn't expecting his mickey to make an appearance either.

A film Ruined by guns and roses

 

[Anthony]

Started to watch Victoria last night in the Thumped Movie Thread Recommendation. We made it about 20 minutes before herself goes "this is too arty for me right now" (it was late and she was sick). So we opted for something lighter and shorter, an episode of Maron.
What I saw I liked, I'll finish it at another time.

 

[therealjohnny]

Captain Fantastic. Ok. Started off fine then descended into sentimental indie garbage. Viggo's good though. Wasn't expecting his mickey to make an appearance either.

They made a movie about Mick McCarthy? And he gets his lad out?!

 

[therealjohnny]

yeah but:

Spoiler

1. A better film would be Aliens arrive and we spend the whole film following Amy Adams and friends decoding their language, the end.

2. more importantly, why is she the only one who can see into the future? Wasn't that the whole point of the language?
Is the book she writes about it really bad and doesn't actually teach else anyone to read the alien language?

Or did you have to go into their pod to get her special powers?

I enjoyed it and thought it was entertaining and intriguing

Until I read your spoiler

Now I hate it

 

[Lili Marlene]

Well my work here is done

 

[pete]

Snowden. Pretty good, but should probably be watched with Citizenfour.