Film review thread

[Lord Percy]

I thought Dunkirk was alright. I'm not much of a war history person though so couldn't really say if it was accurate or not. The scene with the Sptifire gliding for miles on zero fuel was stupid, for sure. Other bits were good enough for me.

Wasn't really a war film, more like a 1940s based psychological/suspense drama thing with WW2 as the backdrop, filmed almost entirely on a beach and a boat.

[bhinso]

Must preferred Darkest Hour to Dunkirk as a recent war movie.
Wish Churchill was around today, he'd have gotten us a half decent Brexit

[thx1138]

just watched The Mercy - drama based on a true story about a an amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst. Looks like there are loads of films and programmes about it already.

But I didn't know the story behind it, so didn't realise the direction it would take, it was a tad depressing. Reminded me of All is Lost starring Robert Redford a little. Whilst All is Lost wasn't a true story, it was in my opinion the better film, there is little to no dialogue in it unlike The Mercy.

Am minded to search out more about this though, wiki suggests quite a few documentaries etc. Deep Water from 2006 is what I shall look for first online.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Crowhurst

[linuxyeti]

[thx1138]

Hold the Dark

erm, it's not great, the landscape , the backdrop being hostile Alaska is done well, many films do it, and this does it well, but the plot is very patchy, even with a large dose of genre aware salt, it just doesn't make a whole lot of sense and is hard to follow

not terrible though

first time that I've watched a netflix movie, and noticed a statement about product placement on the screen - I tried to spot what the products were, I presume trucks and cars loaned to them cos I didn't see anything else,

[King29]

I'm off to watch Hunter Killer tonight with the wife. She is a Gerard Butler fan, it's got Gary Oldman in it, so it might be OK?

[thx1138]

Final Girl.

I'd give it 2 out of 10, but as "final girl" is itself a movie trope, I guess I can give it allowances and bump it up to 3 for being more genre than the genre. If that makes any sense at all.

Slasher film, made on the cheap, trying to be a bit Tarrentino. There were a few nice touches early on in the movie, one of the thugs was almost cool guy anti-hero as he danced out of his house with an axe.

But, it wasn't slasher enough to be a slasher film, or pychological enough to be a a thriller, or funny enough, or corny enough, it just didn't tick the right boxes. In the end it was just one long string of nods to other, better movies. Not helped by the intro and flashbacks to the mentor and her training, so you knew what was coming next, nor helped by the combat being so sub-par from someone supposedly so well trained.

Best watched as a pallet cleanser in the middle of an all night movie marathon imho, and talk amongst yourselves whilst it is on.

[King29]

Hunter Killer


Scotland's most versatile actor saves the day once again, Gerard Butler. A far fetched submarine escapade with lots of HOO RAR go marines. America saves the day and gets the girl and wins all the prizes.


From the director/producer of Fast and Furious, that should tell you everything you need to know. Total implausibility at every turn. Writer and director were both high on something when writing/formulating this.


5/10.

[duhawkz]

Apostle - 2018 5/10

A Netflix british thriller/horror in the same vein as The Wicker Man.

A man goes to an island inhabited by a cult to rescue his sister who is been held for ransom.

Was OK.
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[Ribenapigeon]

Hunter Killer.
Exactly what you expect from a submarine thriller. Worth it to wast an evening at the flicks.

[thx1138]

Hickok 4/10

Looked like a made for tv movie. Could've been an episode of Deadwood.

meh.

[Jayy]

American Animals - 7/10

Watched this randomly the other night and it was quite a cool film. I liked the way they cut from character to the "real" person being interviewed retrospectively. Good film.

Sicario : Day of the Soldado - 6.5/10

I had high hopes for this one based on the first one. I don't want to give anything away but it wasn't the direction I thought the film would go in based on the start of it.

A Quiet Place - ?/10

Couldn't rate it as I turned it off after 20 minutes, which is unusual for me. Based on the hype behind it, I imagine it must get better but I need a hook within the first 20 - 30 minutes.

Billionaire Boys Club - 6.5/10

Not massively keen on that lad who plays him (Kingsman guy) but the film was alright. Kevin Spacey is in it and he plays a sleezy homosexual rich dude... go figure.

[CBFcarl]

[CBFcarl]

King of Thieves

The story of the old gimmers who carried out the Hatton Garden Robberies. Paul Whitehouse and Ray Winstone stood out for me, decent film but darker in tone than I was expecting. 7/10
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[Lord Percy]

District 9 - 8/10

Seen it about three times now. Quite a few parts where you end up thinking, "It really wouldn't be like this in real life", but it's still a far more accurate portrayal than most when it comes to human ethnic/sectarian attitudes, segregation and all that interesting social commentary stuff.

Would really like to see a District 10.

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[King29]

[waffles]

First Man - 8/10. Interesting film giving the backstory to the first lunar mission right up to Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon. Very much an emotional rollercoaster film but when they get to the point where the lunar module starts its descent to the surface it became something else for me. I even did a buy of one of the songs on the film soundtrack.
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[CBFcarl]

Halloween (2018)

I think the original 1978 Halloween is one of the finest films ever released, and in Michael Myers, one of the best baddies. I even love Halloween 2. The rest of the films slowly turned MM into a joke (DRUIDS??!?), so with the news that John Carpenter was involved with this, and having seen some of the trailers I was massively looking forwards to this film. I think that is part of the problem though, I went in with massive expectations, and although the film was good, it doesn't stand up against the original.

Worth a watch, and if you've never seen the original then this would be a decent entry point. 7/10 (Original is 9.5/10)

Straight Outta Compton

Having watched The Defiant Ones on Netflix recently, and then "All eyez on me", I was interested in this. A really good film showing the rise and fall of NWA, as well as Eazy E. From what I've read, E was not as nice in real life, and there were big parts of the story that weren't in there, but I suppose the film would have been too long... Anyways, a decent film, decent soundtrack and the acting was spot on - 8/10
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[MarJay]

I, Tonya

Dramatisation of the circumstances around the assault on Nancy Kerrigan supposedly orchestrated by her rival's ex husband. Her rival being Tonya Harding. The GF and I were looking for something to watch on Amazon prime and this was the only thing we agreed on. Supposedly it's got some important historical inaccuracies, but it was immensely entertaining, and quite suspenseful in a lot of ways. You can't help but feel sorry for Tonya Harding, and her 'Bodyguard' is very much like a similarly named member of this forum, IE a fantasist. Whether or not Harding was actually involved in the crime itself against Nancy Kerrigan we'll probably never really know, but it painted a good picture of the circumstances surrounding it. Pretty decent.

7.5
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[Polarbear]

Solo. A Star Wars Story.

Oh dear, and I paid to watch that.

I suppose it was OK but Harrison Ford is Hans Solo. It didn't work for me, 5/10.
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[Jayy]

Papillon - 7/10

I was browsing things to watch and was like, errrr what? Surely they haven't remade Papillon!? Sure as fuck, they have and I had no idea it even existed until last night. As a huge fan of the original, I grabbed it and put it straight on.

It was really good. Anything I see Charlie Hunman in, I immediately think, "This is going to be shit". Then I saw Rami Malek (Mr Robot) as his best friend Diego and was sold.