The Film Thread

[PaulC]

On 02/08/2016 at 14:19, AVFCDAN said:

Nolans best film for me.

I liked memento but my fav Nolan film is The Prestige. I haven't seen inception though

[PaulC]

8 minutes ago, Rodders said:

Watched 71 today. Another great Jack O'Connell performance and the tension in the film was maintained throught. Reminded me how little I actually know of those days. Had a documentary feel about, and certainly kept any political comment to a minimum, shades of grey etc across both sides.

Yes very good film and another outstanding perfomance by O'Connell. I remember the tensions around that time in Northern Ireland and the pub bombings in Birmingham and Guildford. 

[villa4europe]

37 minutes ago, PaulC said:

I liked memento but my fav Nolan film is The Prestige. I haven't seen inception though

It'll still be prestige

[Mark Albrighton]

Just watched "Mulholland Drive" for the first time ever.

I think Homer watching another instalment from the career of David Lynch perfectly sums up my feeling on "Mulholland Drive".

 

 

[theboyangel]

On 17 August 2016 at 22:22, Rodders said:

Eye In The Sky  - great political thriller - a legal and ethical debate about rules of engagement and drone attacks. Riveting and with the great sir alan rickman in his final role. Terrific.

Watching this later! 

[BOF]

Watched Monster. Really enjoyed that.  Theron is superb in it and Ricci is very good too. I recommend this one if you've not already seen it. 8/10 WPBA

[HanoiVillan]

4 hours ago, theboyangel said:

Watching this later! 

My movie of the year so far (have only seen a dozen or so, but this is number one). 

[theboyangel]

2 hours ago, HanoiVillan said:

My movie of the year so far (have only seen a dozen or so, but this is number one). 

 

Have you checked out Good Kill? Also about the use of military drones (with Ethan Hawke) and pretty decent.

[Ginko]

3 hours ago, HanoiVillan said:

My movie of the year so far (have only seen a dozen or so, but this is number one). 

Saw it at the cinema and really enjoyed it. The only thing I was disappointed with was how small Aaron Paul's role was.

[HanoiVillan]

3 hours ago, theboyangel said:

 

Have you checked out Good Kill? Also about the use of military drones (with Ethan Hawke) and pretty decent.

No, I haven't, but thanks for the recommend! It's now on the 'to-watch' list. 

[Meath_Villan]

Another spider man film .....ggrrereeaaaatttttt  guaranteed shit 

[Genie]

Anyone watched the Brent film yet?

[kurtsimonw]

On 8/17/2016 at 21:06, AshVilla said:

Had a steamer of a seven day holiday in ibiza and came back to detox with a bag of cheetos and a shit movie marathon to take my mind off it

Watched Resident Evil earlier now i'm on Apocalypse i intend to finish Extinction before the night is done

I secretly like them i don't know why 

I find the first Resident Evil movie watchable. The others, not so much.

[mikeyp102]

Have channel 5 gone mad? They have Christmas films on all day

[AVFCDAN]

20 hours ago, Genie said:

Anyone watched the Brent film yet?

Yeah saw it on Friday. If you are an office fan it's worth watching, there's loads of lol moments but some of it is so cringe it's painful at times.

Overall I think the story justifies the film and gives it a reason to exist.

[tonyh29]

Beach volleyball detectives on Amazon Prime

 

possibly just become my favourite film of all time , tears of laughter at times 

 

oh and it's all in Japanese and I can't understand a word 

 

kinda safe for work 

[BOF]

IMDb recommended 'An Education' for me so I watched it, cuz Carey Mulligan Good cast and a nice little indie flick. 7/10 WB

[villa4europe]

I personally thought it was better than the hurt locker which won the Oscar that year 

edit: the best picture was hurt locker, an education nominated alongside up, up in the air, avatar, blind side, district 9, inglorious basterds, precious and a serious man

what a horrible year for best picture...gran Torino still didn't get a sniff

Edited August 22, 2016 by villa4europe

[BOF]

I leave this here for your perusery pleasure.  If there's one thing better than a list, it's disagreeing with someone else's.  The BBC polled some international film crickets to see what the 100 best films of the 21st century are.  Now far be it from me to point out that the year 2000 is technically still in the 20th century, but anyhoo, here's what they came up with.

100. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)
100. Carlos (Olivier Assayas, 2010)
99. The Gleaners and I (Agnès Varda, 2000)
98. Ten (Abbas Kiarostami, 2002)
97. White Material (Claire Denis, 2009)
96. Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton, 2003)
95. Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
94. Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008)
93. Ratatouille (Brad Bird, 2007)
92. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 2007)
91. The Secret in Their Eyes (Juan José Campanella, 2009)
90. The Pianist (Roman Polanski, 2002)
89. The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008)
88. Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
87. Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
86. Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes, 2002)
85. A Prophet (Jacques Audiard, 2009)
84. Her (Spike Jonze, 2013)
83. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001)
82. A Serious Man (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2009)
81. Shame (Steve McQueen, 2011)
80. The Return (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2003)
79. Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000)
78. The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013)
77. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel, 2007)
76. Dogville (Lars von Trier, 2003)
75. Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2014)
74. Spring Breakers (Harmony Korine, 2012)
73. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater, 2004)
72. Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch, 2013)
71. Tabu (Miguel Gomes, 2012)
70. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)
69. Carol (Todd Haynes, 2015)
68. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, 2001)
67. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)
66. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…and Spring (Kim Ki-duk, 2003)
65. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)
64. The Great Beauty (Paolo Sorrentino, 2013)
63. The Turin Horse (Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky, 2011)
62. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009)
61. Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, 2013)
60. Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006)
59. A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005)
58. Moolaadé (Ousmane Sembène, 2004)
57. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)
56. Werckmeister Harmonies (Béla Tarr, director; Ágnes Hranitzky, co-director, 2000)
55. Ida (Paweł Pawlikowski, 2013)
54. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011)
53. Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)
52. Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004)
51. Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010)
50. The Assassin (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2015)
49. Goodbye to Language (Jean-Luc Godard, 2014)
48. Brooklyn (John Crowley, 2015)
47. Leviathan (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2014)
46. Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami, 2010)
45. Blue Is the Warmest Color (Abdellatif Kechiche, 2013)
44. 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen, 2013)
43. Melancholia (Lars von Trier, 2011)
42. Amour (Michael Haneke, 2012)
41. Inside Out (Pete Docter, 2015)
40. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)
39. The New World (Terrence Malick, 2005)
38. City of God (Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, 2002)
37. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010)
36. Timbuktu (Abderrahmane Sissako, 2014)
35. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)
34. Son of Saul (László Nemes, 2015)
33. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008)
32. The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006)
31. Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan, 2011)
30. Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003)
29. WALL-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
28. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar, 2002)
27. The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010)
26. 25th Hour (Spike Lee, 2002)
25. Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
24. The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012)
23. Caché (Michael Haneke, 2005)
22. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
21. The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, 2014)
20. Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008)
19. Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 2015)
18. The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke, 2009)
17. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro, 2006)
16. Holy Motors (Leos Carax, 2012)
15. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007)
14. The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012)
13. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)
12. Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007)
11. Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2013)
10. No Country for Old Men (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2007)
9. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
8. Yi Yi: A One and a Two (Edward Yang, 2000)
7. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011)
6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
5. Boyhood (Richard Linklater, 2014)
4. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
3. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
2. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000)
1. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)

[Designer1]

Haven't seen 31 or 89.

Good list overall though. 

 

**edit**haven't seen 99 either

Edited August 24, 2016 by Designer1