What film did you watch last night?

[matticus]

p.s. Anyone else noticed that you cannot read imdb reviews without creating an account now ?

I think this is the least of IMDB's problems in its current flavour. Shame, as a few years ago it was always my Go-To movie reference.

 

[DRM]

79 apparently, though I don't recall much talk of it at the time. I'd have been in the 6th form or first year uni

there was quite a lot of people at our school that really bought into the Mod fashion, as opposed to me and my mates were more into the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, as well as the older rock/metal stuff

 

[AndyRM]

The Bride! 10/10

When I saw the trailer for this I thought "Yup, I'm all about that, and I reckon Maggie will have given Jake about 30 seconds of screen time". I wasn't wrong.

It's absolutely bonkers, and you'll either love it or hate it, I fall in to the former category. I really enjoyed Del Toro's recent Frankenstein, but this blows it away.

 

[ColinJ]

Apex, on Netflix.

I liked Charlize Theron very evidently enjoying her mission to show that 50 year old women can be seriously badass!

She did a lot of the stunts herself and had got extremely fit so she could. She smashed herself up quite badly in some of them but said that she still had a fantastic time starring in the movie.

Plot holes everywhere, such as her GPS losing signal with a vast, clear sky above her. The baddy also was apparently able to move on foot at ridiculous speed in incredibly hostile terrain. Forget all that though, and have some escapist action fun!

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

Plot holes everywhere, such as her GPS losing signal with a vast, clear sky above her.

I have experience similar (GPS not reporting correct location). Sailing in Channel off Brighton and the GPS was giving solid position in Central France. Held to incorrect position through day until evening when it started reporting correctly.

 

[ColinJ]

I have experience similar (GPS not reporting correct location). Sailing in Channel off Brighton and the GPS was giving solid position in Central France. Held to incorrect position through day until evening when it started reporting correctly.

Strange!

The only times that I had GPS problems were...

• When I didn't have much clear sky around me because of tall buildings, cliffs etc.
• Moving before my old Garmin Etrex had locked on properly to the satellite signals. The old technology seemed to get confused if the device was moving quickly before it had established its position. It was a pain because it was very slow to lock on - it sometimes took several minutes. My phone can do it in a couple of seconds now!

 

[Punkawallah]

The second half of ‘Going Postal’. The makers did it no favours, despite the best efforts of the cast.

 

[Pblakeney]

Apex, on Netflix.

I liked Charlize Theron very evidently enjoying her mission to show that 50 old women can be seriously badass!

She did a lot of the stunts herself and had got extremely fit so she could. She smashed herself up quite badly in some of them but said that she still had a fantastic time starring in the movie.

Plot holes everywhere, such as her GPS losing signal with a vast, clear sky above her. The baddy also was apparently able to move on foot at ridiculous speed in incredibly hostile terrain. Forget all that though, and have some escapist action fun!

I watched it a few days ago. While I cannot remember having any complaints, I simply cannot remember much about it.
Could be an age issue.

 

[Pblakeney]

Quadrophenia

I had seen it before many decades ago on tv, but on rewatching really appreciated just how good it is. A very young Phil Daniels superb in the lead as a young mod trying to rebel but still very much wanting to belong to a tribe. Portrays the excitement (for some) of the violence between mods and rockers, without glamorising the stupidity and hooliganism of it all. Pace, acting, and visuals first class. Apparently the film was a few years after the rock opera album it is based on. Excellent cast includes Ray Winston, Sting, Lesley Ash, Toyah, Michael Elphick and many more who went on to be stars or sucessful character actors. I thought it stood the test of time rather better than Tommy which we also watched recently. The Tommy movie is a through-sung as a proper (rock) opera, whilst Quadrophenia is a conventional narrative movie with a soundrack.

I've rewatched it a few times in recent years.
I always find it to be much grittier and serious than I remember. Every time. Not that that is a bad thing.

 

[ColinJ]

I watched it a few days ago. While I cannot remember having any complaints, I simply cannot remember much about it.
Could be an age issue.

Scary climbing, scary kiyaking, scary baddy!

 

[Pblakeney]

Scary climbing, scary kiyaking, scary baddy!

Ah! That's right.
The ending was 100% predictable but the journey was an entertaining diversion.

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

Apex, on Netflix.

I liked Charlize Theron very evidently enjoying her mission to show that 50 year old women can be seriously badass!

She did a lot of the stunts herself and had got extremely fit so she could. She smashed herself up quite badly in some of them but said that she still had a fantastic time starring in the movie.

Plot holes everywhere, such as her GPS losing signal with a vast, clear sky above her. The baddy also was apparently able to move on foot at ridiculous speed in incredibly hostile terrain. Forget all that though, and have some escapist action fun!

Watched (a fair bit) last night but didn't get on with it.

Most Ms Theron film I enjoy but for me this one was a predictable retelling of a story used in many films. I couldn't see much point in the film so gave up after 45 mins.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Apex, on Netflix.

I liked Charlize Theron very evidently enjoying her mission to show that 50 year old women can be seriously badass!

She did a lot of the stunts herself and had got extremely fit so she could. She smashed herself up quite badly in some of them but said that she still had a fantastic time starring in the movie.

Plot holes everywhere, such as her GPS losing signal with a vast, clear sky above her. The baddy also was apparently able to move on foot at ridiculous speed in incredibly hostile terrain. Forget all that though, and have some escapist action fun!

Honestly - I watched it and thought it was absolute dross. 1/10 🤷‍♂️

 

[Pblakeney]

The Bikeriders on Prime. Starts off light but ends up where you'd expect.
Well acted and shot with Jodie Comer playing the best part. Austin Butler's hair steals most scenes though.

 

[dicko]

Cary on Regardless, made us laugh.