What film did you watch last night?

[threebikesmcginty]

The Nice Guys (Netflix)
Really fun, snappily scripted detective story set in the '70s. The elements are quite old fashioned, in many ways (the odd couple pairing, the conspiracy) but it's put together in such a nice way, and played so well that it transcends the sum of its parts. I'm not sure if this is a limited run on Netflix, as some things are, so add it to the top of your list.

We saw this a couple of weeks back, an enjoyable yarn. Despite himself I kind of like Russell Crowe, he can be a pillock but he's made some decent films over the years.

 

[Leaway2]

Not seen the 2nd film mentioned, but couldn't agree more on Have and Have Not. The sexiest scenes in all cinema. "you know how to whistle don't you?" As you say, Lauren wasn't really acting

And classic lines, Bacall "what are you doing, trying to guess her weight"
also, Bogart "should we loosen her clothes?" Bacall "you’ve been doing all right".

 

[accountantpete]

John Wick:Chapter 2

More or less the same as the first film. Professional hitman v professional hitmen with Lovejoy as the referee. Fantastic .

 

[stephec]

John Wick:Chapter 2

More or less the same as the first film. Professional hitman v professional hitmen with Lovejoy as the referee. Fantastic .

You've just sold it to me.

 

[Haitch]

Waldstille, probably the worst film ever created (and last week I watched Alberta, so that's saying something). A Belgo-Dutch co-monstrosity. On PaulB's excellent rating scale it's a minus six out of ten.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6obs7JlpHWw

 

[Drago]

Worse than Godfather III?

 

[Haitch]

Worse than Godfather III?

Time to fess up. Never seen The Godfather (I, II or III)

 

[MontyVeda]

Stone... an Australian cult film from1974. Like most 'cult' films, it's mostly terrible. They're too busy trying to give us an insight into outlaw behaviour; road races, drug use, gang fights, tits, bums and more tits that they forget the film's plot, which is badly shoehorned in every 20 minutes or so. However like Shaft, it's got an excellent soundtrack and in places, an amazing soundscape. 3/10 for the film, 8/10 for the OST.

 

[benb]

North by Northwest

My joint favourite Hitchcock film (Vertigo and Rear Window, since you ask) and an absolute joy.
Great performances all round, particularity from James Mason and Martin Landau, and the cinematography is sublime. Obviously the directing is top notch.

8.885 /10

Spoiler

Not sure why the antagnoists thought a crop duster was going to be an effective murder weapon though.

 

[Garry A]

Logan. Liked it and i thought I wouldn't

 

[John the Monkey]

Mother
A Korean film about a woman who sets out to prove that her son didn't commit a murder for which he's been imprisoned.

Excellent, I thought.

 

[Drago]

Flight of the Phoenix.

T'was the remake with Dennis Quaid. Close enough to the original, but brought up to date with some more modern characters and music.

Not bad, reasonably entertaining. 6/20.

 

[MontyVeda]

Finally got round to watching The Stars and the Water Carriers. It was OK, but not a patch on A Sunday in Hell.

 

[iandg]

Wicker woman was on a night out with work colleagues - I sat and watched 'Kelly's Heroes' (again)

 

[AndyRM]

Worse than Godfather III?

Worse than Sofia Coppola in Godfather III, which is otherwise a pretty good film!