(11-09-2020, 10:44 AM)Felix Wrote: Seeing the Overlook Hotel in Dr Sleep was class.

Very well done too....

Picked up an overlook hat a few years back, seen quite a few of them at hearts games

(11-09-2020, 12:15 PM)Fraggle Wrote: Borat 2 was fucking woeful as expected.

Thought that it was ok, loved the parts when folk were letting their guard down

(11-09-2020, 07:04 AM)pondlife Wrote: Apparently one of the greatest scenes in cinema, I read.  Also, in an interview with the writer (or Hitch himself I can't quite recall exactly) they were originally going to have a cyclone /tornado try and chase/kill him but then it eventually morphed into the crop-duster!  

Was a terrific loud of hokum. When he gets the train guards uniform to sneak off and it's tailor made for him, despite the wee old boy that appears in his string vest being about a head shorter than him

(11-09-2020, 03:06 PM)Mikey Wrote:

Was a terrific loud of hokum. When he gets the train guards uniform to sneak off and it's tailor made for him, despite the wee old boy that appears in his string vest being about a head shorter than him  

And don't forget the looks of amazement/mild irritation on each one of the porters as they were whipped round by the bad guys trying to nab Grant. Must have shot a good half dozen of them, each giving their 1950s wtf!

Its the third Hitchcock movie I've recently watched (Vertigo & Psycho) and I'm not really sure what to make of them tbqh. I mean they look great but seem dated, if that makes any sense. Maybe I need to watch them again. Probably won't though.

(11-09-2020, 11:55 PM)pondlife Wrote:

And don't forget the looks of amazement/mild irritation on each one of the porters as they were whipped round by the bad guys trying to nab Grant.   Must have shot a good half dozen of them, each giving their 1950s wtf!

Its the third Hitchcock movie I've recently watched (Vertigo & Psycho) and I'm not really sure what to make of them tbqh. I mean they look great but seem dated, if that makes any sense.  Maybe I need to watch them again.  Probably won't though.  

Hard to tell if these films are really good or if you're just wrapped in nostalgia's warm blanket  

I love Jimmy Stewart and I recently watched Rear Window again. As good as it is, there's some complete shite throughout. Don't even get me started on the bit where falls in his jim jams!

Under the Skin, 2014,
6.5/10
If it wasn't for Scarlett Johansson getting her kit off, this is basically a film about wee weegie neds wi their cocks oot.     Ohh, and some boy racing waaay too fast round Scotland on a motorbike.

Parasite - 9/10

Very enjoyable Can see why it was so well received.

American Murder - 3/10

Very by-the-numbers Netflix crime documentary. Weren't people on here raving about it when it came out? Don't really feel like it said anything until the very very end.

Greenland. Was alright. Felt its score helped.

Gerard Butler's accent 

Sideways, 2004
5/10
Took me about four nights to watch this as kept falling asleep.
Lads final fling in northern cali wine/golf getaway before buddy's wedding. Aspiring writer dweeb, recovering divorcee gets chased by maniac with cock out after ads voice cad mate on immediate rebound following a battering from biker Sandra Oh!

Don't, ... unless you've got a thing for the Greys actor.

May have contained spoilers but it won't stop you wishing you hadn't actually watched this film. Truth be told it was okaaay.

Never watched it yet myself but everything Id heard previously had been pretty positive

I mean it's not a new story by any means, you'll have seen its like before, essentially the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

Greenland was pretty good.

Never understood why the directors have to force an actor to use a fake accent. It wouldn't have made any difference to the story for Butler to have been Irish Scottish.

Sorry We Missed You - pretty bleak, maybe overly didactic at times, but a good film. Currently free on Amazon Prime, which feels a bit ironic under the circumstances.

Breathless, 1960
6/10
Not really much of a story, certainly imo but more a glorified film school project, albeit one that generally looks great, well from when the cops are proper onto him. The nightime footage is

If you like a smoke in a movie this one's for you.

(12-01-2020, 03:05 PM)pondlife Wrote: Breathless, 1960
6/10
Not really much of a story, certainly imo but more a glorified film school project, albeit one that generally looks great, well from when the cops are proper onto him.  The nightime footage is  

If you like a smoke in a movie this one's for you.

Jean-Luc Godard pozzy Even though you give it a very disappointing score

Have you seen A Bande Apart?

(12-01-2020, 04:26 PM)Little Bit Of The Boycey Wrote: Jean-Luc Godard pozzy Even though you give it a very disappointing score

Have you seen A Bande Apart?

No, but I'll look it out now. Thanks for the recommend.

e: The lower score was more to do with the storyline; as I said it looked great. Can't make up my mind if the whimsical characters added to my enjoyment or trolled me, probably a bit of both tbh.

Something about Jean Seberg in this too. At first you think she's just a bit ordinary 9talking about looks) but then she seems to get more attractive as you get to know her, though of course you don't really find out too much about her really, which is also the case with Belmundo's character.

Last Christmas. Absolute shite, as I knew it would be.

(12-01-2020, 04:32 PM)pondlife Wrote: e: The lower score was more to do with the storyline; as I said it looked great.  Can't make up my mind if the whimsical characters added to my enjoyment or trolled me, probably a bit of both tbh.

That's pretty much the way of it in the Nouvelle Vague tbf It is all style over substance, but I absolutely love it. Truffaut's movies are a bit more focused on the narrative and you'd maybe enjoy them more - Jules et Jim and Les Quatres Cents Coups are his best IMO, worth checking out if you enjoyed the style enough to watch more.

(12-01-2020, 05:46 PM)The Great KhaLee Wrote: Last Christmas. Absolute shite, as I knew it would be.

That is very early to be going in on the recent Christmas films