What movie did you watch last night? (18 Viewers)

[David Kronenbourg]

I'm disappointed that I'm going to miss it in the cinema, it appears to be finishing up on Friday and the only night I can go to it is tonight. But I'm going to see the square instead.

I loved The Square.

 

[Hector Grey]

Annihilation. Not convinced it wasn't total arse.

 

[hermie]

Saw Handia ('Giant' in Basque). Nice lowkey, melancholy movie. Set in the 19th century. Sort of like The Elephant Man only a tad subtler in plot and how it tugs at the heart-strings. Beautifully shot. Not a classic but recommended.

 

[travispickle]

What disappointed you about it? I really liked it.

I'm still thinking about it, but it just didn't grab me. I felt there was a good story at the heart of it, thought not at all believable, but they left it out somehow or focused elsewhere. I understand that his character was a kind of "nowhere man" hence the title, but I just didn't care and I found the sudden flashbacks irritating.
I'm a fan of Lynne Ramsey but this just didn't do much for me.
What did you enjoy about it?

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Watched Unsane and All The Money in the World this weekend. Unsane is a decent, if somewhat predictable, psycho thriller with an interesting execution - shot entirely on iPhone using only natural light.

ATMITW is big budget, show offy filmmaking, with a-list stars but the end result is dull, unmemorable sludge. Ridley Scott should do us a favour and give the next Alien film to someone with a fresh approach.

 

[Burgerbarbaby]

Sullivan's Travels, one of the best movies I've ever seen. Highly recommended.

Watched a few Marvel movies recently, I don't like 'em.

 

[Unicron]

Watched You were never really there last night. Jeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzus, it's like a fucking roller coaster which somehow never goes up, it;s just a serious of drops that occasionally flatten out. Deadly.

Annihilation, meh.

 

[Anthony]

We finally finished Snindler's List last night ahead of our son going on a school trip to Poland today where they'll be visiting horrible places.

 

[hermie]

10 Cloverfield Lane. It's probably shit but Mary Elizabeth Winstead is in it (see horn thread).

 

[chris d]

Love & Mercy - brian wilson biopic
7/10

 

[Unicron]

10 Cloverfield Lane. It's probably shit but Mary Elizabeth Winstead is in it (see horn thread).

I really liked it until the tacked on the cloverfieldy bit at the end.

 

[hermie]

I really liked it until the tacked on the cloverfieldy bit at the end.

Yeah they really didn't make that transition well at all. Not sure it was ever going to work but it was ham-fisted one way or another.

 

[Richie]

Yeah they really didn't make that transition well at all. Not sure it was ever going to work but it was ham-fisted one way or another.

Agreed.. If they wanted to go down that route, all they needed to do was show

Spoiler

a few alien ships hovering off on the horizon and fade to black.., not a full fecking 5 or 10 minutes of ludicrous one-on-one combat

 

[David Kronenbourg]

It wasn’t written as a cloverfield film. JJ Abrams saw an opportunity to make a quick buck with his made up cinematic universe.

 

[chris d]

Ha, he's a tit.

tonight: Happy-Go-Lucky. Loved it.

 

[hugh]

Alone In Berlin - adaption of the novel by Hans Fallada with Emma Thompson and Brendan Gleeson. Plays it safe but pretty solid nonetheless.

 

[hugh]

The Square. Went to this with the missus because Phoenix was cancelled. She works with lots of social media PR types and I know lots of contemporary art types so we both enjoyed it's relentless pilloring of both.

 

[hermie]

Look Who's Talking. Give me a break, I'm having a kid in a few weeks!

 

[Unicron]

A Ghost Story.

Absolutely wonderful

 

[chris d]

Agreed.. If they wanted to go down that route, all they needed to do was show

Spoiler

a few alien ships hovering off on the horizon and fade to black.., not a full fecking 5 or 10 minutes of ludicrous one-on-one combat

I watched this over the weekend, and yeah.

Spoiler

How about that petrol bomb?