What movie did you watch last night? (7 Viewers)

[David Kronenbourg]

The Cured. Irish pandemic/zombie flick. Got well reviewed here and other places. I thought it was fucking awful. Aesthetic completely ripped off from 28 Days Later, from the army barracks setting, to the main character’s costume, to the dreamy, ambient soundtrack. The dialogue was especially bad, no Irish person who’s ever walked the earth talks like the characters in this movie. I suppose the premise is a slightly novel take on the zombie movie, although The Girl With All the Gifts did something similar and much better, but I didn’t care one bit about any of the characters. Dreary, humourless and boring. 2/5



Cargo. Aussie pandemic/zombie flick. Brilliantly written, acted and directed. Highly suspenseful, I didn’t have a clue what was going to happen next. Used good old fashioned character development and themes of opression and racism to tell it’s story rather than hackneyed hipster visuals. A fresh and interesting take on a really tired genre. 4/5

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Another re-watch but something I didn’t like at the time of first viewing. I thought maybe I would like Apocalypse Now more as a mature adult but nope, it’s even worse than I remembered. My memory was that it was too long and boring. Now I think it is hammy, heavy-handed and no way as clever as it set out to be.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

Creepshow. It's one of those portmanteau / anthology type films. I seen it years ago. Pretty poor tbh. Theere's only one good story of the 5. The reclusive millionaire in his state of the art appartment with a cockroach problem.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Another re-watch but something I didn’t like at the time of first viewing. I thought maybe I would like Apocalypse Now more as a mature adult but nope, it’s even worse than I remembered. My memory was that it was too long and boring. Now I think it is hammy, heavy-handed and no way as clever as it set out to be.

yeah? I rewatched it recently and I really enjoyed it. I suppose it is pretty heavy-handed but, I dunno, that didn't bother me.

I'll have to reread Heart of Darkness as well.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

yeah? I rewatched it recently and I really enjoyed it. I suppose it is pretty heavy-handed but, I dunno, that didn't bother me.

I'll have to reread Heart of Darkness as well.

I’m not a fan of Heart of Darkness either. I’ve read it a couple of times and, while Conrad is an exceptional writer, the story itself leaves me cold.

 

[hermie]

I think Apocalypse Now might be my favourite film. It's epic in proportion but I wouldn't hold that against it. I also don't think it's so unrealistic either, Vietnam was an insane war. It captures the excitement of the war as well as the rest of it which is something that all the correspondents from Sean Flynn to Michael Herr to Neil Sheehan all talk about as a very real aspect (and the subsequent head-fuck that went along with that). Of course I love Heart of Darkness too.

Anyway, last night Smashed. Low budget but well-acted and executed story of alcoholism. Believable, simple story told well.

 

[MacDara]

I've got Apocalypse Now Redux on Blu-ray; haven't had the urge to sit down and watch it, mind. I did read Eleanor Coppola's Notes on the Making of Apocalypse Now which I'd heartily recommend.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Empire of the Sun. It was grand but a pale imitation of the book.

 

[xsteox]

Deadpool 2. Law of deminishing returns kicks in with this. Very messy story telling for first half, awful cgi, and just not as good as first one.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

The King of Comedy - wasn’t sure about this at the start but really enjoyed it in the end.

One More Time with Feeling - re-watched this tonight in preparation for the Nick Cave gigs this week. Still excellent.

The Hallow - I’m 20 minutes into this and have taken out my laptop to do some work. Not boding well.

 

[Unicron]

The King of Comedy - wasn’t sure about this at the start but really enjoyed it in the end.

Tremendous

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Tremendous

There’s a great drinking game to be had by taking a shot every time someone says “Jerry”.

 

[Repelies]

I think Apocalypse Now might be my favourite film. It's epic in proportion but I wouldn't hold that against it. I also don't think it's so unrealistic either, Vietnam was an insane war. It captures the excitement of the war as well as the rest of it which is something that all the correspondents from Sean Flynn to Michael Herr to Neil Sheehan all talk about as a very real aspect (and the subsequent head-fuck that went along with that). Of course I love Heart of Darkness too.

Anyway, last night Smashed. Low budget but well-acted and executed story of alcoholism. Believable, simple story told well.

A pompous overblown, bumptious, over produced , badly acted and unbelievably exaggerated pile of crap. Have you seen Godfather (first one) lately? - OMG that movie has aged terribly. I am beginning to thing Francis Fords Coppolas two best works were the second Godfather and The Conversation.

 

[Repelies]

Cargo. Aussie pandemic/zombie flick. Brilliantly written, acted and directed. Highly suspenseful, I didn’t have a clue what was going to happen next. Used good old fashioned character development and themes of opression and racism to tell it’s story rather than hackneyed hipster visuals. A fresh and interesting take on a really tired genre. 4/5

Cargo was shite and those wacist themes would be right up a SJW's back passage like yourself.. so can easily see why you liked it.

Bet you were out celebrating the Eight last week and all.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Cargo was shite and those wacist themes would be right up a SJW's back passage like yourself.. so can easily see why you liked it.

Bet you were out celebrating the Eight last week and all.

Bahhahshhahahah

 

[Repelies]

The King of Comedy - wasn’t sure about this at the start but really enjoyed it in the end.

You only got to see The King of Comedy recently..like where have you been the last 35 yrs!!

In a way I envy you because that is without doubt in my top 3 Scorcese' movies.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

You only got to see The King of Comedy recently..like where have you been the last 35 yrs!!

In a way I envy you because that is without doubt in my top 3 Scorcese' movies.

Too busy celebrating repealing the 8th recently so nice to sit down and watch a film for once.

 

[Repelies]

Too busy celebrating repealing the 8th recently so nice to sit down and watch a film for once.

Ughh...celebrating the death of the unborn. Well done you.

George Soros sends his regards ya pleb.

 

[hermie]

A pompous overblown, bumptious, over produced , badly acted and unbelievably exaggerated pile of crap. Have you seen Godfather (first one) lately? - OMG that movie has aged terribly. I am beginning to thing Francis Fords Coppolas two best works were the second Godfather and The Conversation.

Actually the Conversation was always the one I thought overrated. People incorrectly assuming it was worthier because it's boring.

 

[hermie]

The Revenant - rubbish