Film review thread

[CBFcarl]

Took the family to watch Paddington 2 on Sunday night.

The first film was surprisingly lovely. A lot of heart and a good story.
The second film was more of the same. A few plot holes aside, it was a good way to spend a few hours in the cinema.


Last night, at my sons behest, we went and watched Daddys Home 2.
Anyone who saw the first pretty much knows that everything that needed to be said was said in the first film.
This was 100 minutes of festering, rancid pigshite. I didn't laugh once. The trailer is pretty much the film, and there are massive bits stolen from National Lampoons Christmas Vacation. Also, Mel Gibson is meant to be "Beautiful". He looks like he should be on "To Catch A Predator", with manic eyes and a grey "Blanka from Street Fighter" hairdo.

Don't do it. Don't watch this film. All those times where you said "I'd rather dip my penis in boiling bleach" or equivalent - now is the time where those things would actually be more attractive things to do.

-5 / 10 That's 100 minutes I'm never getting back
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[M.C]

[Rogerborg]

[King29]

The Foreigner
A mental Jackie Chan/Pierce Brosnan terrorist film. Brosnan has let him self go a bit or chunked up for the part. Set and filmed in London, plenty of 'I know her' or 'I know him' from.. as a lot of Brit bit part actors. Dare to say the film has a lot of racist overtones, never made the cinema over here but available from usual places with HC subs. 9/10

[CBFcarl]

[CBFcarl]

[AshWebster]

City of God - 8/10

Tired of watching Hollywood crap.

Found this under "critically acclaimed" on Netflix

nicely surprised.
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[M.C]

[AshWebster]

[Lord Percy]

Coco - 4/10

Been going to the cinema a lot recently, just for the hell of it.

Coco is a kid's movie made by the folk who did Toy Story. I watched a trailer and decided quickly that it was a load of socially ideological nonsense aimed directly at Donald Trump's wall. User reivews on IMDB however said it really is a good film, so I decided to withhold my doubts.

After watching it, I can say that it definitely is a load of socially ideological nonsense aimed directly at Donald Trump's wall.

The story is about a n American Mexican kid in a Mexican family in Mexico celebrating the Mexican version of christmas (something to do with celebrating the dead), where the kid wants to be an individualist and make a name for himself (i.e. fulfil the 'American Dream') who runs away to do it, only to discover his Mexican family, Mexican life and Mexican culture were what he really needed all along. Three cheers for Mexico and its wonderful people, The End.

[Pigeon]

Safe House - 6/10 + 1 bottle Grenache, Syrah + Carignan £6 Sainsburys.

Rookie CIA agent Ryan Reynolds is ambitious, but stuck looking after an empty safe house. Up until Denzel Washington turns up and adds some excitement.

By the numbers cliche starts poorly, limp acting and drivel dialogue.
Casting is ok. Denzel does creepy, excitable calm perfectly. Because he is. Reynolds does "I'm outta my depth" perfectly, because he is.

The big reveal moment was weak.

I would say 4/10, but Denzel bangs in some brilliant scenes here and there to raise it to 6.

[CBFcarl]

I've been working my way through films that have been recorded and forgotten on the Sky Box.

This weekend I have watched:

Dog Soldiers.

One of the best british horror / comedies of the last 20 years.
Really funny, well written and despite the tiny budget, a great romp.

8/10

Severance

Danny Dyer on a work team bonding exercise, working for a weapons manufacturer. Quite funny, very dark and worth a watch.

7.5/10
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thx1138 wrote: Well if you had a car, I'd bet it would smell like urine had had drunken sex with vomit and made a poo baby.
Polarbear wrote: They are all old now. Probably had more abuse that a Rotherham schoolgirl.
Hellkat wrote: I want to know if Nigella smells of garlic, or just minge.

[Pigeon]

[CBFcarl]

[King29]

[M.C]

[Minty]

[P.]

[Jayy]

Full retail 1080p bluray of Dunkirk has been out a couple days but waiting for 4K HDR on 18th December

[M.C]

[thx1138]

I watched Project X film again the other night.

I really like it, and side with the minority of film critics that liken it to the millennials Animal House, mostly it got panned and rated poorly.

Even though I couldn't help think of parts of it as The Burbs for some reason.

[M.C]

[thx1138]

[pinkyfloyd]

Hacksaw Ridge. 10/10

Not much to say about it really, from start to finish it was a fantastic movie, Acting, scripting and directing. Fantastic.
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[Jayy]