What was the last film you watched?

[hillbilly]

Anomalisa

Purely because it was The Graunaid's film of the year. A stop motion film about a man who sees and hears everyone as the same person until he meets Lisa.  It's a tender film, that touches on some interesting themes about the need to be recognised and human interaction. It's by Charlie Kaufman, who churns out clever scripts and scenarios.

Not my film of the year, probably not top 10, but still a worthy watch.  It's on Netflix atm.

[T42]

Not here it's not. They're shoving Mad Mel and Thunderdome at us right now.

[tiermat]

Time Traveller

What an umitigated complete and utter pile of shite.

No time travel.

Crap story.

Mediocre acting.

[ian]

Keanu again. It has the best joke of 2016 and the kitten Matrix scene is priceless.

[Hot Flatus]

The Raid

2011 Indonesian police/martial arts filum and actually quite good. Plot line a bit thin, but camerawork, lighting, and set were superb. If you can overlook its weak points its not bad.

Certainly better than 'Drive', which I watched a few nights previously. Cliché riddled cheese that looked like it would have been at home in the late 80s.

[caerau]

Rogue One.


Now THAT is how to make a prequel.  Great fun - but probably very much for people like me who love SciFi and were seven years old when Star Wars came out the first time.  The 11 yo we went with seemed rather less interested in it than I 
It's a pretty dark plot for the kids in all honesty.

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I should probably have occurred to me before about half way through the film when I started making sideward glances to our child companion (our granddaughter by adoption) that  - er.... - well 'many of our finest died to bring you this information ' (possible misquote from the original) - well yeah -  EVERYBODY dies.  Well apart from various obvious baddies and cameo appearances.  Possibly a bit much for some kiddies.
Some people seem upset in reviews about the rather extended appearance of one rather famous character from the first film where the actor portraying them died really quite a long time ago.  Personally I loved the appearance of the Grand Moff himself. *shrug*  Given the timeline of the film it was hardly a character you could leave out entirely though I suppose I could have gone with a new actor portraying him.

[mattc]

Anomalisa

Purely because it was The Graunaid's film of the year. A stop motion film about a man who sees and hears everyone as the same person until he meets Lisa.  It's a tender film, that touches on some interesting themes about the need to be recognised and human interaction. It's by Charlie Kaufman, who churns out clever scripts and scenarios.

Not my film of the year, probably not top 10, but still a worthy watch.  It's on Netflix atm.

The kaufman films I've seen have been genius. I remember this being reviewed by Kermode-n-Mayo and thought I must see this, warts-n-all.

(is it based loosely on a real psychological condition?)

[Wascally Weasel]

Rogue One.


Now THAT is how to make a prequel.  Great fun - but probably very much for people like me who love SciFi and were seven years old when Star Wars came out the first time.  The 11 yo we went with seemed rather less interested in it than I 
It's a pretty dark plot for the kids in all honesty.

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Warning, this REALLY is spoilery! - proceed at your own risk

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I should probably have occurred to me before about half way through the film when I started making sideward glances to our child companion (our granddaughter by adoption) that  - er.... - well 'many of our finest died to bring you this information ' (possible misquote from the original) - well yeah -  EVERYBODY dies.  Well apart from various obvious baddies and cameo appearances.  Possibly a bit much for some kiddies.
Some people seem upset in reviews about the rather extended appearance of one rather famous character from the first film where the actor portraying them died really quite a long time ago.  Personally I loved the appearance of the Grand Moff himself. *shrug*  Given the timeline of the film it was hardly a character you could leave out entirely though I suppose I could have gone with a new actor portraying him.

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Some smalls were crying at the end in the cinema I was in.

Improved the film no end for me!

[Jakob]

Rogue One.

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'many of our finest died to bring you this information '

Nope, it's from RTJ, although it's seemingly constantly and wrongly attributed to ANH.

[caerau]

Ah OK, fair enough, 

[caerau]

In rather massive contrast on the old tellythision we watched a Spanish subtitled film entitled 'The Sea Inside'
We were attracted by its 5 star review and the fact that it won the best Forrin Fillum oscar (last year?)


Starred the bloke who played the Assassin in 'No country for old men'


Certainly Oscar Bait material as it was about a quadriplegic persons 'right to die' case and situation. 
Given that, though obviously very sad at times, it was an amazingly uplifting film and an absolute pleasure to watch.  Thoroughly recommended.  I feel a little less juvenile now, having got stuck in watching lots of Sci-Fi and Superhero flicks of late.

[Hot Flatus]

Filth.

I had no idea a film had been made of this novel until it popped up on Netflix, recommended for me personally based on previous film choices (    ). Im quite amazed that anybody has even attempted to make a film of it. Its pretty faithful to the book, apart from the tapeworm morphing into a psychiatrist. Really easy to watch for the first 40 minutes, with sharp witty dialogue and just the right amount of squalor, but the last half became more and more uncomfortable viewing, as the main protagonists world falls apart.

All in all a pretty decent film, driven by a skilful performance from the lead actor.

[Wascally Weasel]

Filth.

I had no idea a film had been made of this novel until it popped up on Netflix, recommended for me personally based on previous film choices (    ). Im quite amazed that anybody has even attempted to make a film of it. Its pretty faithful to the book, apart from the tapeworm morphing into a psychiatrist. Really easy to watch for the first 40 minutes, with sharp witty dialogue and just the right amount of squalor, but the last half became more and more uncomfortable viewing, as the main protagonists world falls apart.

All in all a pretty decent film, driven by a skilful performance from the lead actor.

It's a great performance from MacAvoy.

[Hot Flatus]

Agreed. Its fair to say he carries the filum. He didnt drop the ball once.

[tiermat]

In rather massive contrast on the old tellythision we watched a Spanish subtitled film entitled 'The Sea Inside'
We were attracted by its 5 star review and the fact that it won the best Forrin Fillum oscar (last year?)


Starred the bloke who played the Assassin in 'No country for old men'


Certainly Oscar Bait material as it was about a quadriplegic persons 'right to die' case and situation. 
Given that, though obviously very sad at times, it was an amazingly uplifting film and an absolute pleasure to watch.  Thoroughly recommended.  I feel a little less juvenile now, having got stuck in watching lots of Sci-Fi and Superhero flicks of late.

I struggled with this film, not because of the story line, but it seemed disjointed to me.

It is quite an old film, IMDB tells me 2004.

The guy you are thinking of is Javier Bardem, also played the baddy in that James Bond movie.  Oddly enough he also starred in the only film not in English to be nominated for best picture, that being "Biutiful", which I would, and have several times on this thread, recommend.

[fuzzy]

Rogue One last night at the invite of No.2 Son.

Thoroughly enjoyed it. A better film than TFA by quite a long shot.

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I thought the CGI Tarkin was quite good until he started to talk. The mouth movement is hard to get right I would guess.

I thought the best SFX it was the collision between the two Star Destroyers. The way they crumpled and intermingled looked very good.

[Steph]

Can't remember if I put this one up, but the Norwegian (in English) zombie Nazi sequel "Dead Snow 2--Red or Dead"

It is wonderfully and delightfully tongue in cheek, and deliciously inventive. A particular PMSL scene:

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Undead Nazi soldiers are slaughtering the passengers of a tourist bus at a WWII museum which has a tiger tank outside. They need to refuel the tank better to Go On A Rampage. So they pull one victim apart and use their intestines as a hose for siphoning fuel

[mrcharly-YHT]

Can't remember if I put this one up, but the Norwegian (in English) zombie Nazi sequel "Dead Snow 2--Red or Dead"

It is wonderfully and delightfully tongue in cheek, and deliciously inventive. A particular PMSL scene:

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Undead Nazi soldiers are slaughtering the passengers of a tourist bus at a WWII museum which has a tiger tank outside. They need to refuel the tank better to Go On A Rampage. So they pull one victim apart and use their intestines as a hose for siphoning fuel

geek spoiler response

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It wouldn't work. You need a hose with some sidewall rigidity to be able to start siphoning.

[andyoxon]

Rogue One.

Yeah!  Enjoyed that, it looked great.  Couple next to, had a ~3 and 5yro with them -  pretty sure the parents would have got more out of it.

Surprised just how many Brits were in the film.

[hillbilly]

Also Rogue One.  I have a geek hard on.

[Steph]

Can't remember if I put this one up, but the Norwegian (in English) zombie Nazi sequel "Dead Snow 2--Red or Dead"

It is wonderfully and delightfully tongue in cheek, and deliciously inventive. A particular PMSL scene:

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Undead Nazi soldiers are slaughtering the passengers of a tourist bus at a WWII museum which has a tiger tank outside. They need to refuel the tank better to Go On A Rampage. So they pull one victim apart and use their intestines as a hose for siphoning fuel

geek spoiler response

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It wouldn't work. You need a hose with some sidewall rigidity to be able to start siphoning.

 

[hillbilly]

Greasy Strangler

Quite possibly the strangest film I've seen for a while.  But unlike other offbeat films, this one feels like the creative team are following an instruction manual in weird, rather than it just being what they are. Cannibalism - check. Nudity - check. Extreme profanity - check. Copraphilia - erm, no, but I bet it's on the editing floor (the scene, not...)

Anyway, father and son live together. Father essentially tries to stop son making their own life. The greasy Strangler gets involved. He's greasy. He strangles. The plot is thin and it's really a series of set ups.

I did find much of it funny. The bullshit call out scene for one. It just felt very obvious and familiar, something a 15 year old me could have written.  Anyway: you'll either like the first 10 mins and the rest (me) or think it should have been strangled at birth (see what I did there?)

[Jock Stewart]

I enjoyed Filth. I'm an Irvine Welsh fan.

Saw Hacksaw Ridge yesterday. Thought it was mawkish and focussed overly on violence to deliver the movie.

[Hot Flatus]

Can't remember if I put this one up, but the Norwegian (in English) zombie Nazi sequel "Dead Snow 2--Red or Dead"

It is wonderfully and delightfully tongue in cheek, and deliciously inventive. A particular PMSL scene:

(click to show/hide)

Undead Nazi soldiers are slaughtering the passengers of a tourist bus at a WWII museum which has a tiger tank outside. They need to refuel the tank better to Go On A Rampage. So they pull one victim apart and use their intestines as a hose for siphoning fuel

I can't believe I actually watched this nonsense 

In its own way it really is quite brilliant. Final scene is by far the most disturbing.

[Chris S]

Last Night:

Rare Exports - A Christmas Tale. Still weird, but not unamusing.

This arvo:

Arthur Christmas.

Funnier than I was expecting