Author Topic: What was the last film you watched? (Read 941775 times)

Jaded · « **Reply #8225 on:** 29 December, 2018, 11:06:58 pm »

Mary Poppins Returns.

A good bit of family fun, with a flow very similar to the original. I did feel the songs weren’t as memorable, but I’m a bit older than I was when I saw that one.

ian · « **Reply #8226 on:** 30 December, 2018, 06:20:41 pm »

As promised, I did all four Die Hards (we don't count number 5 as canon), and utterly splendid they were. I don't care what they say about 4.0, I love it when Hollywood does computers.

Kim · « **Reply #8227 on:** 30 December, 2018, 06:44:00 pm »

Quote from: ian on 30 December, 2018, 06:20:41 pm

As promised, I did all four Die Hards (we don't count number 5 as canon), and utterly splendid they were. I don't care what they say about 4.0, I love it when Hollywood does computers.

Yeahbut Hollywood should stick to doing computers in films with a) A forgettable cast of young hacker stereotypes or b) Harrison Ford and leave Bruce Willis to get on with the important business of picking off bad guys while wearing a vest.

ian · « **Reply #8228 on:** 30 December, 2018, 06:53:54 pm »

Yeahbut, Bruce doesn't do computers, he's like your dad but better, he has to get the stereotypical hacker type to press the buttons. Hackers, of course, are all blokes who have low blood sugar and never go outside.

It was very educational. I learned the viruses can make the C4 components of your computer blow up. This is the only way, and the bad guys wait outside to send the virus and check on the boomage. Also, you need a giant secret datacentre to store all the financial data in the USA, though it apparently will also fit on a 2007-era flash drive.

mattc · « **Reply #8229 on:** 30 December, 2018, 06:57:58 pm »

Quote from: ian on 30 December, 2018, 06:53:54 pm

Yeahbut, Bruce doesn't do computers, he's like your dad but better, he has to get the stereotypical hacker type to press the buttons. Hackers, of course, are all blokes who have low blood sugar and never go outside.

It was very educational. I learned the viruses can make the C4 components of your computer blow up. This is the only way, and the bad guys wait outside to send the virus and check on the boomage. Also, you need a giant secret datacentre to store all the financial data in the USA, though it apparently will also fit on a 2007-era flash drive.

If you'd paid attention to the right parts, you'd know how to handle a gun, a dirtwad, and most any tricky situation where innocent folks are in peril.

Watch them again.

Kim · « **Reply #8230 on:** 30 December, 2018, 07:01:09 pm »

Quote from: ian on 30 December, 2018, 06:53:54 pm

Yeahbut, Bruce doesn't do computers, he's like your dad but better, he has to get the stereotypical hacker type to press the buttons.

And this is where Arnie trumps Bruce...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/r8PO3iM4xtc&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/r8PO3iM4xtc&rel=1</a>
https://youtu.be/r8PO3iM4xtc

T42 · « **Reply #8231 on:** 31 December, 2018, 04:11:31 pm »

Bandersnatch. I'd give it about two and a half out of five.

citoyen · « **Reply #8232 on:** 31 December, 2018, 05:49:35 pm »

Ready Player One

Very enjoyable, made me smile lots. I can't claim to have spotted all of the pop culture references but I did especially like the fact that the spell for the magic orb thing is the charm of making from Excalibur (one of my all-time favourite films, which I have probably seen more times than any other film).

citoyen · « **Reply #8233 on:** 31 December, 2018, 10:22:47 pm »

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Brilliant - in a very Coens-y kind of way. A real homage to classic westerns. Very funny.

De Sisti · « **Reply #8234 on:** 01 January, 2019, 12:09:29 am »

Spectre, on tv.

Ashaman42 · « **Reply #8235 on:** 01 January, 2019, 12:15:40 am »

A Million Ways To Die In The West.

I enjoyed it although a lot of the jokes were obvious. Fun overall. I do love Charlize Theron which helped.

A few bits did have me belly laughing.

And fwiw Seth MacFarlane is better looking than I expected.

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Mr Larrington · « **Reply #8236 on:** 01 January, 2019, 12:24:28 am »

Three Billboards outside Ebbing Missouri

Because Frances Macdormand.

Andrij · « **Reply #8237 on:** 01 January, 2019, 09:02:52 am »

Gravity
Good, but I think I would have been more impressed had I watched it in a cinema rather than on a laptop.

T42 · « **Reply #8238 on:** 01 January, 2019, 02:01:17 pm »

That one had my orbital mechanics funny-bone complaining. Point & shoot changes of orbit just don't work.

Andrij · « **Reply #8239 on:** 01 January, 2019, 02:35:26 pm »

I've learned to mostly ignore bad science - it makes life easier.

Historical inaccuracies, on the other hand ...

T42 · « **Reply #8240 on:** 01 January, 2019, 04:18:33 pm »

Bad science I can ignore to a point, e.g. sound travelling in a vacuum. It's a bit like background music. Some stuff, though...

rogerzilla · « **Reply #8241 on:** 01 January, 2019, 04:28:38 pm »

Imagine TIE fighters without the howling noise, though $:-\$

PaulF · « **Reply #8242 on:** 01 January, 2019, 04:34:19 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 01 January, 2019, 04:28:38 pm

Imagine TIE fighters without the howling noise, though $:-\$

Had a Star Wars fest last night

Empire Strikes Back followed by Return of the Jedi.

mattc · « **Reply #8243 on:** 01 January, 2019, 07:08:34 pm »

Quote from: T42 on 01 January, 2019, 04:18:33 pm

Bad science I can ignore to a point, e.g. sound travelling in a vacuum. It's a bit like background music. Some stuff, though...

Can you please go and watch Aquaman for us? I look forward to the review

citoyen · « **Reply #8244 on:** 01 January, 2019, 08:59:32 pm »

I don’t know about science but when it comes to history, I do know that Queen Anne didn’t keep 17 pet rabbits. However, The Favourite is a most splendid film regardless.

Hot Flatus · « **Reply #8245 on:** 01 January, 2019, 09:06:10 pm »

Quote from: citoyen on 31 December, 2018, 10:22:47 pm

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Brilliant - in a very Coens-y kind of way. A real homage to classic westerns. Very funny.

I'm an hour into it. The last 30 minutes have been boring beyond belief and I'm at the point of giving up. (armless man, and gold-panner) Not sure what it is Im missing

rogerzilla · « **Reply #8246 on:** 01 January, 2019, 09:13:24 pm »

Quote from: mattc on 01 January, 2019, 07:08:34 pm

Quote from: T42 on 01 January, 2019, 04:18:33 pm
Bad science I can ignore to a point, e.g. sound travelling in a vacuum. It's a bit like background music. Some stuff, though...

Can you please go and watch Aquaman for us? I look forward to the review

My favourite Simpsons moment of all: https://youtu.be/z_xMZ8s9m4E

citoyen · « **Reply #8247 on:** 02 January, 2019, 01:31:56 pm »

Quote from: Hot Flatus on 01 January, 2019, 09:06:10 pm

Quote from: citoyen on 31 December, 2018, 10:22:47 pm
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Brilliant - in a very Coens-y kind of way. A real homage to classic westerns. Very funny.

I'm an hour into it. The last 30 minutes have been boring beyond belief and I'm at the point of giving up. (armless man, and gold-panner) Not sure what it is Im missing

I loved the armless man story. Unremitting bleakness and desperate tedium leading to an absurd ending. It's positively Beckettian.

T42 · « **Reply #8248 on:** 02 January, 2019, 01:43:32 pm »

Quote from: mattc on 01 January, 2019, 07:08:34 pm

Quote from: T42 on 01 January, 2019, 04:18:33 pm
Bad science I can ignore to a point, e.g. sound travelling in a vacuum. It's a bit like background music. Some stuff, though...

Can you please go and watch Aquaman for us? I look forward to the review

Ah now, that would take fortitude beyond the limits of my breadbasket. I had to look for the Dramamine halfway through the trailer.

T42 · « **Reply #8249 on:** 02 January, 2019, 01:48:25 pm »

Quote from: citoyen on 02 January, 2019, 01:31:56 pm

Quote from: Hot Flatus on 01 January, 2019, 09:06:10 pm
Quote from: citoyen on 31 December, 2018, 10:22:47 pm
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Brilliant - in a very Coens-y kind of way. A real homage to classic westerns. Very funny.

I'm an hour into it. The last 30 minutes have been boring beyond belief and I'm at the point of giving up. (armless man, and gold-panner) Not sure what it is Im missing

I loved the armless man story. Unremitting bleakness and desperate tedium leading to an absurd ending. It's positively Beckettian.

I found the first two stories a bit shallow (though I loved the language), but it got better and better after that. The armless man was delightful, although I couldn't help thinking as he rode away that, shot through the liver as he was, he wasn't long for this world.