What film did you watch last night?
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Pduk
Über Member
- Location
- Rugby, Earth
Me, Myself and Irene.
An oldie but still a goodie!
Jim Carrey in fine form. The part with the dry mouth reveal still gets me
An oldie but still a goodie!
Jim Carrey in fine form. The part with the dry mouth reveal still gets me
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
I’m not long back from seeing The Phoenician Scheme.
Great names on the bill; Hanks, Dafoe, Cranston, Cumberbatch.
All I can say is, WTF did I just watch?!
4/10
Great names on the bill; Hanks, Dafoe, Cranston, Cumberbatch.
All I can say is, WTF did I just watch?!
4/10
AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
F1 The Movie - 7/10
It's basically Rocky but with F1 as the setting, and I'm fine with that. I feel like they've got enough to satisfy F1 fans and it stands on its own as an entertaining sports action film.
I was worried they were going to do something truly over the top with the ending, and I suspect they were tempted but managed to resist.
It's basically Rocky but with F1 as the setting, and I'm fine with that. I feel like they've got enough to satisfy F1 fans and it stands on its own as an entertaining sports action film.
I was worried they were going to do something truly over the top with the ending, and I suspect they were tempted but managed to resist.
M3gan 2.
A bit of a suprise this one. Even though it's direct follow on sequel, the story follows a completely different path from the original (which I absolutely loved). Less of the suspense and horror of the first one, more of a Mission Impossible action style action, adventure with great comedy touches thrown in. But, it was a thoroughly enjoyable couple of hours never the less.
A bit of a suprise this one. Even though it's direct follow on sequel, the story follows a completely different path from the original (which I absolutely loved). Less of the suspense and horror of the first one, more of a Mission Impossible action style action, adventure with great comedy touches thrown in. But, it was a thoroughly enjoyable couple of hours never the less.
My daughter went to watch it today. She is an F1 fan, and she was unimpressed to say the least, she spent an hour this evening going over what the movie got wrong.
Drago
Legendary Member
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- Suburban Poshshire
It would seem that fans, or even those with just a passing knowledge of the sport are deriding it. The clichéd "old sweat brought back to mentor new boy" plot has been done many times before in this genre, and that alone is enough to put me off bothering,
But everyone else is loving it.
I guess not many Super Hornet pilots enjoyed Top Gun Maverick, but then the unwashed masses lapped it up.
But everyone else is loving it.
I guess not many Super Hornet pilots enjoyed Top Gun Maverick, but then the unwashed masses lapped it up.
AndyRM
XOXO
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- North Shields
Fair enough I guess, I went to see it with and F1 fan and she enjoyed it. I think though if they'd gone down the route of "let's make the most technically accurate F1 film" then their audience would have been pretty limited.
DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
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- Reading, obvs
Saw Chicken Town last night (in an audience of 2 - us!) The film will ring true with anyone who knows Lincolnshire. More whimsical than laugh-out-loud, though it has its moments.
Well played by a predominantly young cast. While the plot has more holes than my string vest, it makes a certain amount of sense. Highlight (for me) was my hero Graham Fellows, who spent most of the film essentially playing his John Shuttleworth alter ego.
Recommended, though might be hard to catch as it seems to be on a limited release.
Well played by a predominantly young cast. While the plot has more holes than my string vest, it makes a certain amount of sense. Highlight (for me) was my hero Graham Fellows, who spent most of the film essentially playing his John Shuttleworth alter ego.
Recommended, though might be hard to catch as it seems to be on a limited release.
Havoc
Tom Hardy as a bent cop with what I think was a New York accent.
A bit like a slightly milder version of The Raid, bullets flying everywhere, fisticuffs and slashing blades, and bodies and blood constantly splattered all over the screen.
Then in the final shootout seven or eight baddies come for our hero armed with automatic weapons, and Tom knocks them all off with a pump action shotgun without sustaining a single wound. He even gets hold of one of the baddie's pistols that seems to have a forty round magazine in it.
Mildy entertaining, 5/10.
Tom Hardy as a bent cop with what I think was a New York accent.
A bit like a slightly milder version of The Raid, bullets flying everywhere, fisticuffs and slashing blades, and bodies and blood constantly splattered all over the screen.
Then in the final shootout seven or eight baddies come for our hero armed with automatic weapons, and Tom knocks them all off with a pump action shotgun without sustaining a single wound. He even gets hold of one of the baddie's pistols that seems to have a forty round magazine in it.
Mildy entertaining, 5/10.
Psamathe
Über Member
Public Enemies (2009 film) (recently on Freeview)
OK but didn't hold my attention. Thought it would be an interesting story but it's long and so much seemed to be just a chase with lots of shooting and running around/cars and slow uneventful interludes.
Didn't manage to persist to the end. Some might enjoy but it didn't hold my attention.
(I seem to have become more ready to abandon films part way through. Maybe me or maybe the new production companies are more cost concious needing quantity more than content, maybe direct to TV doesn't provide the revenue cinema releases used ...).
Ian
OK but didn't hold my attention. Thought it would be an interesting story but it's long and so much seemed to be just a chase with lots of shooting and running around/cars and slow uneventful interludes.
Didn't manage to persist to the end. Some might enjoy but it didn't hold my attention.
(I seem to have become more ready to abandon films part way through. Maybe me or maybe the new production companies are more cost concious needing quantity more than content, maybe direct to TV doesn't provide the revenue cinema releases used ...).
Ian
Psamathe
Über Member
The Amateur (2025 20th Century Studios) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amateur_(2025_film)
Really enjoyable. Sort of adventure. Engaging, mostly unpredictable, well acted, good script, etc. 8/10
Ian
Really enjoyable. Sort of adventure. Engaging, mostly unpredictable, well acted, good script, etc. 8/10
Ian
Psamathe
Über Member
Heads of State (film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heads_of_State_(film)
Drivel ... but actually really fun. Bit like a Guy Richie film (but it isn't). Pure adventure fun, no thought involved.
Whilst the final end is predictable it isn't really much of an aspect in the film and what's coming next isn't so predictable. I enjoyed it.
Ian
Drivel ... but actually really fun. Bit like a Guy Richie film (but it isn't). Pure adventure fun, no thought involved.
Whilst the final end is predictable it isn't really much of an aspect in the film and what's coming next isn't so predictable. I enjoyed it.
Ian
Agreed. Ticks all the boxes for what it is.
The main character is the banter between the leads.
