What was the last film you watched?

[LittleWheelsandBig]

Burning acetylene is a heat source. Welding is locally heating two (or three) bits of material (metal, plastic, etc.) until they melt and combine. If you locally heat some material until it melts, you might also have a hot axe (i.e. burn through).

[Exit Stage Left]

Flashdance.  Quite amusing really.

She knows fuck-all about welding though.

Arh, it's like Bonfire Night! That's too much acetylene, is that! Them joints will hold fuck all

(Hmm, idle thought - is welding done with acetylene? I thought that was used for cutting holes in steel, not gluing it together.)

it's doubly funny, as she's arc-welding.

[LittleWheelsandBig]

There is sometimes an excuse for combining torches with arc welding but yes, Flashdance is unfortunately all about the images on the screen and storytelling, rather than the educational documentary that I know everybody would prefer.

http://www.twi-global.com/technical-knowledge/faqs/process-faqs/faq-why-is-preheat-used-when-arc-welding-steel-and-how-is-it-applied/

[mattc]

There is sometimes an excuse for combining torches with arc welding but yes, Flashdance is unfortunately all about the images on the screen and storytelling, rather than the educational documentary that I know everybody would prefer.

(In reality they wouldn't prefer it, because there would be less errors, and thus less chance to impress other geeks on the internet with corrections.)

[T42]

Er... "fewer errors". 

[citoyen]

10 Cloverfield Lane

Really enjoyed it. Much more interesting and clever than I was expecting. I've still not seen the original Cloverfield but I guess it's only tangentially related anyway.

I can't think of anyone else who could have played that part better than John Goodman. He does creepy very well. Almost too convincing.

One funny thing was that having seen Breaking Bad, I knew what was in the vat the moment I saw it.

[pcolbeck]

Filth

Manages to be funny and depressing at the same time.

[jsabine]

Er... "fewer errors". 

Nah, fewer chance.

[mattc]

10 Cloverfield Lane

Really enjoyed it. Much more interesting and clever than I was expecting. I've still not seen the original Cloverfield but I guess it's only tangentially related anyway.

I can't think of anyone else who could have played that part better than John Goodman. He does creepy very well. Almost too convincing.

One funny thing was that having seen Breaking Bad, I knew what was in the vat the moment I saw it.

I consider Cloverfield to be sherioushly underrated. Perhaps I'm not in the core action/alien/horror demographic, dunno!

"10 ... " sounds very different, but I do mean to watch it sometime ...

[T42]

10 Cloverfield Lane

Really enjoyed it. Much more interesting and clever than I was expecting. I've still not seen the original Cloverfield but I guess it's only tangentially related anyway.

I can't think of anyone else who could have played that part better than John Goodman. He does creepy very well. Almost too convincing.

One funny thing was that having seen Breaking Bad, I knew what was in the vat the moment I saw it.

Title's reminiscent of 10 Rillington Place. Could imagine an American Christie played by JG, too.  Original Cloverfield's not bad at all, but closer to Godzilla than acid baths.

[TimO]

Kubo and the Two Strings

Amazingly well animated, funny, and melancholy.

It is impressively well done stop motion animation, but modernised somewhat to include computer generated imagery where necessary.  It appeals to both the adult and child in me, a blend of a deep, dark, Japanese story, with some rather more Western style silly humour.

[ian]

The Rezort. Zombies vs. Jurassic Park.

Don't bother, it's shitter than you think.

[citoyen]

The Rezort. Zombies vs. Jurassic Park.

Don't bother, it's shitter than you think.

Coming from you, that's low praise indeed.

[L CC]

Hunt for the Wilderpeople Absolutely stunning. And hilarious ...and occasionally emotional. Don't really know how to describe this, so just watch it!.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hunt_for_the_wilderpeople/

It's on my list

Awesome. Absolutely fantastic, hunt it out.

[T42]

Public Works on Netflix.  Good film, based on real events, but

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couldn't help thinking that the happyish bit at the end was probably invented.

Currently watching Beasts of No Nation when I'm on the turbo. Good.

[mrcharly-YHT]

Currently watching Beasts of No Nation when I'm on the turbo. Good.

i thought BoNN was great. Then my son-in-law (who is studying film) utterly ruined it for my by informing me that the great CGI in it was done by unpaid student interns. Great.

[T42]

I haven't finished watching it yet.  Only about 40 min in.

[TimO]

Free Birds

A time travelling animation, about turkeys trying to stop turkeys from being eaten at the first Thanksgiving, and hence saving all turkeys.

Not the most exciting film in the world, but amusing enough, and very easy to watch.  It definitely has its moments, even if it is generally a bit of a Turkey.

Some of the better bits, are the soldiers in the secret government establishment, the first daughter, the pizza delivery guy and of course George Takei as the time machine, who definitely wins it as far as I'm concerned! "Oh my".

The following film is a work of fiction,  It is loosely based on historical events and is in no way meant to be historically accurate.

Except for the talking turkeys.

That part is totally real.

It got trashed by the critics, which I think was a bit unfair, since it's really not too bad, just not exactly outstanding.

[citoyen]

The Jungle Book

Meh. Far too earnest for a kids' film. Terrible ending.

Dad's Army

Didn't have high expectations but thought it might at least be a mildly amusing way to pass a couple of hours on a Sunday afternoon. It wasn't. It's dull and unfunny.

[LEE]

Finding Dory.

Like Finding Nemo but not as good.

[Jaded]

A lonely Place to Die

An extraordinary film. Beautiful captures of moody scenery. Silly decisions. A Wicker Basket finish.

[pcolbeck]

The Revenant

Stunningly beautiful cinematography and quite dreamlike but very violent at times. I liked it a lot.

[Riggers]

I do hope you saw it on a BIG screen Pollers! It really takes you through a wealth of emotions doesn't it.

Watched The Big Short on Saturday. Very well acted and watchable but, as to understanding how easy(?) or convoluted bankers were able to manipulate mortgages, bonds, insurance in the Sub Prime Mortgage scandal, seemed to be like watching and following  a card trick performed right in front of your eyes.

Apparently, after all the deceit and fraud, only one banker was jailed.

[L CC]

I thought The Revenant was dull and self indulgent. Far too much crawling. The only real star was the scenery.

[ian]

The Rezort. Zombies vs. Jurassic Park.

Don't bother, it's shitter than you think.

Coming from you, that's low praise indeed.

Heh. Don't I know it. But I have some standards. To be honest, I don't know entirely why I watched it as I don't like zombies, but my tea was going cold and I wanted to watch something.

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They're running zombies. I like runners. Not shamblers. That's like being chased by a granny. Seriously, any fiend you can escape with an assertive stroll isn't scary. But in this movie, whatever they spent the budget on, it wasn't zombie make-up, so they ended up looking less undead and more a sobbing Chelsea outside Ritzy's at 3am on Sunday morning wailing about Gary having dumped her again.

But anyway, putting production values aside.

The plot. There's a luxury resort island filled with zombies (I know, it's like the worst Butlins ever). People can go and shoot them. And drink cocktails. These are the only zombies left in the world. And people shoot them. Lots of them. That might stretch their business plan somewhat. But wait, what's that, a refugee camp next door... Even Donald Trump would have figured out the twist. There's the usual disaster movie ensemble where you can predict the order of death with 95% accuracy within 10 seconds of them coming on screen.

The lead is a woman who, traumatized by a zombie war, is persuaded by her boyfriend the the best way to deal with the problem is to go to a resort filled with zombies. Because you can drink cocktails and then shoot them, which I suppose is therapeutic. Her boyfriend did something in the zombie war that resulted in the complete loss of his personality. Anyway, leading lady doesn't want to shoot any zombies after all. Then there's another woman, she's there on a mission about 'undead rights' so she steals some files but at the same time uploads a virus which promptly lets all the zombies out (à la Jurassic Park, though zombie dinosaurs would be cool, Hollywood make that movie!). Given that the protocol for dealing with the zombies should they escape is to blitz the entire island with incendiaries, I'm not sure what that did for undead rights. Then there's two teens who won their stay as a prize and treat it like a FPS. They were less annoying than they should have been and of course, died pretty quick. Then there was Dougray Scott. He was really good at killing zombies. We don't know why because he has no lines. He just turns up and shoots them while looking moody.

Anyway, some running around. Everyone gets eaten other than the lead and Dougie. And they discover that – surprise! – they're turning refugees into zombies. Dougie valiantly saves the leading lady by storming into a room packed with zombies with little ammo. Such sacrifice. Woman outruns the explosion (frankly, being able to run at several hundred metres per second should outpaces even the Usain Bolt of the undead) and leaps into the ocean. For some reason Dougie is still alive, presumably he talked his way out, having found his lines. And then there's zombies storming the beaches. Didn't they just get incinerated. Huh? HUH?

Poo.