What movie did you watch last night? (21 Viewers)

[Cornu Ammonis]

Might not belong in this thread but wot.ev.ah.

Just finished a BBC Doc on Francis Bacon: A Brush With Violence i had recorded last month.

I didn't know anything about him beforehand, just recognised the name. If you had told me he was a poet I wouldn't have argued with you. Anyway, great documentary. He didn't lead a boring life.

I expect I walked past some of his work in the Tate last March without having noticed. Philistine

BBC Two - Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence

His studio was conserved by archaeologists and transferred to the Hugh Lane Gallery a few years ago. It's worth a visit.

 

[chris d]

His studio was conserved by archaeologists and transferred to the Hugh Lane Gallery a few years ago. It's worth a visit.

The Hugh Lane is literally 5 minutes walk from our gaff. This is savage news. Especially since the Caravaggio exhibition in the National Gallery is a poxy tenner Beyond Caravaggio

You legend.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

They have some of his paintings but you'll need to travel abroad to see some of the best ones.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

John Wick: Chapter 2. Enjoyed it a lot. Lots of brilliantly choreographed violence. Doesn't flag or lose pace despite being 2 hours plus. Think they should give it a rest after the next one though.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Moonlight. Deserving of the acclaim it's getting. Beautifully shot, well acted, avoids all the usual cliches.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

A Date for Mad Mary. I think international critics must have been charmed by the irishness of this because it's really nothing special at all. Granted the two leads are good but it's the same old shit you've seen a thousand times before. Not a patch on Sing Street like

 

[hermie]

Moonlight. Deserving of the acclaim it's getting. Beautifully shot, well acted, avoids all the usual cliches.

Yeah it's good. Yer man didn't pick up the Bafta to go with the Golden Globe unfortunately but I'd love to see him win the Oscar.

Yesterday I saw Sully and Toni Erdmann. The former Clint Eastwood continues to tell a good story simply and well. Nice for a Sunday matinee hungover. The latter was really off the wall but very good. Apparently a lot of critics were surprised it didn't pick up the Palme d'Or. It would have been nice for a comedy (although perhaps in a loose sense of the word) to win it given it so rarely happens but I probably agree with I, Daniel Blake still.

 

[Unicron]

2 Films over the weekend, both very enjoyable. Fences, which was terrifically acted but, and I know that this is a weird complaint to make when it's the adaptation of a play, it felt very playish. I think it was the direction, lots of hard camera shots.

John Wick 2, which was bags of fun. Too violent to say it was mental candy floss, more like mental pop rocks.

 

[travispickle]

Went to see Pickups at the ADIFF. Pretty good.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

2 Films over the weekend, both very enjoyable. Fences, which was terrifically acted but, and I know that this is a weird complaint to make when it's the adaptation of a play, it felt very playish. I think it was the direction, lots of hard camera shots.

John Wick 2, which was bags of fun. Too violent to say it was mental candy floss, more like mental pop rocks.

John Wick ending -

Spoiler

was everyone in New York supposed to be an assassin then?

 

[pete]

John Wick ending -

Spoiler

was everyone in New York supposed to be an assassin then?

No, just lovejoy showing his reach I think.

 

[Cormcolash]

No, just lovejoy showing his reach I think.

Hahaha, when I see him on screen I always just automatically call him Lovejoy

 

[pete]

Hahaha, when I see him on screen I always just automatically call him Lovejoy

Always. Same deal with that actor Jim From Neighbours.

 

[Unicron]

John Wick ending -

Spoiler

was everyone in New York supposed to be an assassin then?

Honestly don't know, if it wasn't such a low brow film I'd suggest it represented his state of mind

 

[hermie]

Toni Erdmann doesn't half stay with you!

 

[Unicron]

Hidden Figures, loved it, that kind of feel good movie rarely clicks with me but I really enjoyed it.

Didn't much care for the romantic subplot, but otherwise excellent.

 

[xsteox]

Batman Lego film. It was great.

 

[Unicron]

Batman Lego film. It was great.

Took my nephew to it yesterday, we both had good time

 

[pete]

Ha! We went to see it yesterday too. Thought it was great.

 

[hugh]

Get Out. Surprise film at ADIFF. Excellent.