What film did you watch last night?

[AndyRM]

The 'Carry On' films are utter garbage. They aren't even funny as a parody.

 

[swee'pea99]

The 'Carry On' films are utter garbage. They aren't even funny as a parody.

Thing is, this, the first in the series, wasn't recognisably a Carry On. It had none of the the supposedly bawdy postcard humour for which they later became known, and there was no Sid James going yuk yuk yuk. It was just a dispiritingly poor and lame British film that could never have been of any interest to anyone but the British, and really should have been none to them.
It didn't make you laugh it made you rather sad. Is this what we used to find funny? Seriously?

As a PS...
I actually quite enjoy one or two of the later ones. Watched carry on up the Khyber recently. Made oi laff.

 

[matticus]

I actually quite enjoy one or two of the later ones. Watched carry on up the Khyber recently. Made oi laff.

The banquet scene is a nailed-on classic, and it's pretty good fun overall.
Screaming was good too, but as said it totally avoids the cliches of the later movies.

(I could watch Amanda Barrie in her milk bath all day long ... )

 

[MntnMan62]

I watched The Irishman. Obviously it has a great cast and some good writing. And some good performances. My problem with the movie was having guys close to 80 years old playing people who are supposed to be 30 or 40 years younger. I just wasn't buying it. DeNiro was way too old to have such young kids. There was one scene where DeNiro is fighting and kicking the guy and he was holding his arm as if he had palsy and his kicks looked fake. He just looked like an old man. Same with Pesci and Pacino. These guys were miscast in these roles and it ruined the movie for me.

 

[AndyRM]

I watched The Irishman. Obviously it has a great cast and some good writing. And some good performances. My problem with the movie was having guys close to 80 years old playing people who are supposed to be 30 or 40 years younger. I just wasn't buying it. DeNiro was way too old to have such young kids. There was one scene where DeNiro is fighting and kicking the guy and he was holding his arm as if he had palsy and his kicks looked fake. He just looked like an old man. Same with Pesci and Pacino. These guys were miscast in these roles and it ruined the movie for me.

I think that's a pretty accurate reflection of the film. The De Niro fight scene actually made me laugh; it's so obviously an old guy who can barely move. How any editor or producer thought it looked reasonable is beyond me.

 

[MichaelW2]

Cohen is a genius. I still remember watching live the interview in which he asked the second best question-to-a-celeb ever: "So, Brooklyn, when he grows up, is he going to be a footballer, like his dad, or a singer, like...Mariah Carey?"

I think this deserves a thread of its own: 2nd best comedy question.

 

[Eziemnaik]

Ill Manors - aka Boyz in the hood UK version. Riz Ahmed is a very talented actor who makes questionable choices when it comes to some of his work. Great soundtrack, but the movie does not work. Watch Boyz again instead.
2/5

 

[sheddy]

Get On Up (Netflix)

The recently departed Chadwick Bozeman puts in a stellar performance as James Brown.

Produced by Mick Jagger.

 

[Drago]

Die Hard II.

Alec Guinness, John Gielgued both cried tears of joy at this wonderful stage classic being so beautifully adapted to the big screen. Wonderful dialogue, superbly convincing action, a classic of our time.

9.5/20.

 

[midlife]

I think the full title is "Die Hard 2: Die Harder" which is top naming for a sequel lol

 

[numbnuts]

Jeremiah Johnson

 

[All uphill]

"A Taste of Honey"

Doesn't matter that it is nearly 60 years old and in black and white. A great film.

 

[Eziemnaik]

The last of the Mohicans - epic is the best description. There are parts of the that have not aged perfectly but is is still the very best of its kind. If Revenant was half has good it would be bear-able hahaha
Great soundtrack

View: https://youtu.be/UUCF8BzuxBI

Michael Mann went on to make some more great movies but he never made a more heartfelt one

 

[Drago]

Terminator - Dark Fate.

New models of terminator to fight, Sarah Connor well oast her best, Arnie trying to crack jokes, they really shouldn't have bothered. Not terrible, just not much in the way of redeeming features. Of interest only to die hard Terminator or Arnie fans.

5/10.

 

[AndyRM]

I dunno, Dark Fate is pretty good I reckon, especially compared to Genisys and Salvation.

They over complicated things timeline wise.