DCBassman
Guru
- Location
- The lumpy far South West
Some piece of crap called Dead Man Down. Colin Farrell. 20 minutes was enough. Then we rewatched the first episode of ST Voyager.
What film did you watch last night?
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biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Watched Rush last night about the epic James Hunt V Niki Lauda F1 season of 1976
figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
Midway. It's essentially Pearl Harbor Revisited; based on reality but with plenty of unreal exploits. It outlines the history of the Midway battle well but isn't strong on realism. 5/10.
I though Hug Grant was fab in the movie. And like you didn't realise it was him.
matticus
Guru
I'd be a bit embarrased to admit this! But it does reinforce what a good actor he really is :-)
Chief Broom
Veteran
In the heat of the night with Sidney Poiteir playing a detective in a racist Mississippi town. Classic film and great acting but wince inducing because of the vile racism. Stoicism bravery dignity wins the day. 
swee'pea99
Legendary Member
Absolute stonewall classic. Has here ever been a better pairing than Poitier and Rod Steiger.In the heat of the night with Sidney Poiteir playing a detective in a racist Mississippi town. Classic film and great acting but wince inducing because of the vile racism. Stoicism bravery dignity wins the day.
swee'pea99
Legendary Member
The Barbarian Invasions - French-Canadian tale of a professor in the final stretch, reminiscences and reflections and a Canadian Enn Haitch Ess that seems even creekier than ours. Great script, brilliantly acted and directed - funny & moving by turns. Irredeemably French in its implicit assumption that The Good Life - for men at least - means good food, good wine, rich and exciting experiences and, most importantly, lots & lots of sex with lots & lots of women.
The Sparks Brothers
A documentary film about Sparks... Ron & Russell Mael reveal all about their 50 year career in the music industry.
Loved it, but then again, i love Sparks
I watched it last night. I thought it was excellent.
Tbh, I didn't realise that they had quite such a volume of work, and had been travelling their own road for so long. It put their work in a entirely different light for me. I knew of them, and a couple of their (hit) songs, but this documentary film has made me interested in listening to more.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
same here. I thought they were a 2 or 3 hit wonder band until it was announced that they were playing 21 consecutive nights at The Roundhouse, each night playing one of their 21 albums
I figured i had to pay them a lot more attention than i previously had!
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
In the middle of watching Dune , very good special effects and they did a pretty good job of conveying the story although its didnt grip me enough to think its was as good as some people seem to think it is .
Profpointy
Legendary Member
That's really rather good isn't it? Granted it plays fast and loose with some of the facts - eg Lauda and Hunt were friends and had previously shared digs at some point, but still seemed to be "true to the general gist" so to speak
Profpointy
Legendary Member
Is this the recent remake, which I avoided based on the ropey looking trailer?
The original Robert Mitchum, Henry Fondac Charlton Heston, Toshiro Mifune version from 1976 is excellent!
Profpointy
Legendary Member
Just saw it this evening. Agree 100%.
I would add that all the potentially cliched characters are made real. The annoying customers start off OK but gradually get obnoxious due to various perceived minor slights, albeit there may be a racist angle, and the bossy maitre d' is herself struggling. Particularly good is the team are attacking each other one minute, but covering for or defending each other the next.
Outstanding !
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