What film did you watch last night?

[gbb]

The Photographer of Mathausen.
We usually 'like' this kind of film. My wife thought it was ok....I just thought it was carp.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

2017 remake of Papillon:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5093026/

Uninvolving characters, unrealistic eg 5 years in solitary, minimal food etc and the main character comes out of the foul cell with a beautiful set of Hollywood teeth, utterly ridiculous.

Stick with the original - 3/10 for this version.

 

[Beebo]

Esher?
Great cinema. Seemed to remain as a single screen very late.
Suppose it's shut now or split?

It is still open but with 4 screens. It’s owned by Everyman cinema so it is posh to fit in with the locals.
It was my local in the 80s

 

[Beebo]

Sully on Amazon.
A drama documentary about the plane crash on the Hudson River.
It was ok but made the crash investigations out to be idiotic.

 

[Blue Hills]

It is still open but with 4 screens. It’s owned by Everyman cinema so it is posh to fit in with the locals.
It was my local in the 80s

Late 80s, early 90s me, lived in new malden .rip the big screen, how times change, i remember when the everyman hampstead had possibly the most uncomfortable seats in london.

 

[swee'pea99]

Roma. Baffled by its Oscar. Stunning b/w cinematography, but otherwise pretty much bereft of anything you'd think of as essential to a movie. A story, eg. No beginning, middle, end. You drop in on another life, hang around for a bit, The End. Beautiful, but that's about it.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Death wish, not great, not bad, a remake, hopefully they wont make another 4

 

[Houthakker]

Finally gpt around to watching Bohemian Rhapsody. Thought it was quite good,

 

[AndyRM]

Event Horizon - 7/10

Not perfect, but nowhere near as bad as it's made out to be. Shame it was butchered by the studio, but that's not the first or last time. I'd forgotten that Funky Sh!t was the song in the closing credits, which hit me right in the feels.

 

[Nigeyy]

Elevator to the Gallows -I really enjoyed this one. Keeping in mind this is from 1958, it is a pretty advanced film for its time -though of course The Third Man came 9 years earlier. Some parts of the story aren't quite believable (or at least stretch your imagination), however it's really enjoyable and while usually I'm not a big jazz fan, I have to hand it to the Miles Davis soundtrack. A solid 8.5/10 for me.

I'd love to get hold of a copy of "Hell Drivers" with Stanley Baxter which is probably going to be difficult for me -but along the same vein, I think my next film is going to be "Wages of Fear" (another French film).

 

[Nigeyy]

Can I just say, I'm totally with you on this one. My wife and I started watching it on Netflix, and we turned it off after 30 mins (and I really think I'm a patient person for films and willing to give them time to develop). I just have absolutely no idea about why critics were so keen on this.... Yes, I also agree it was well filmed, but I can't say I want to spend minutes watching someone park a car or clean a floor. Weird, just weird, I can only think he has some big friends in Hollywood.

Roma. Baffled by its Oscar. Stunning b/w cinematography, but otherwise pretty much bereft of anything you'd think of as essential to a movie. A story, eg. No beginning, middle, end. You drop in on another life, hang around for a bit, The End. Beautiful, but that's about it.

 

[Leaway2]

I'd love to get hold of a copy of "Hell Drivers" with Stanley Baker which is probably going to be difficult for me.

Plenty of copies on Ebay. Some are -R copies though not the TS format.

 

[fossyant]

I've acquired 'Bumble Bee' and 'Aquaman' for some light entertainment at weekend when my wife is away (got to love Transformers stuff).

 

[Nigeyy]

Thanks, I didn't think of that. I'm across the pond but recently set my dvd to play any format dvds -just got to find one now that will ship to the US and at a reasonable cost

Plenty of copies on Ebay. Some are -R copies though not the TS format.

 

[swee'pea99]

Leon. Cracking action-packer, with a good twisty plot, some great dialogue, terrific action sequences, tight direction and some really excellent central performances, not least from Gary Oldman, who out-Rickmans Rickman as the arch English villain.