Designer1 Posted October 30, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 30, 2022 1 hour ago, leemond2008 said: Massive shift from X but I thoroughly enjoyed it, Mia Goth is absolutely brilliant as both Pearl and Maxine. Ti West has done a really good job of capturing the feel of the year (1918) the whole film is a lot more colourful, it has a completely different feel to X, after watching it, I reckon they could squeeze out another prequel, it almost feels like it has only told half of the origin story...I'm not sure if it would work or even what the appetite for it would be, I think I really just want to see Mia Goth as Pearl again. There is a scene towards the end where she dives into a long monologue which is brilliant. Not sure what people would think of it who aren't invested in the X franchise, if you are interested in Pearl's origins though, you won't be disappointed. Good to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted October 30, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 30, 2022 (edited) Watched Barbarian and thought it was good fun. A little daft but it's a horror so that's to be expected. They did a good job with it tho. Also watched Don't Worry Darling and whilst I did enjoy it and it's a good film, I couldn't help feel it was a missed opportunity to make a great film. Felt like it was missing something. Maybe it would have been better suited as a TV series where there's more time to flesh out the narrative, characters and origins. Dunno. Edited October 30, 2022 by PieFacE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 (edited) Ham on Rye (Tyler Taormina) - Liked it Edited October 30, 2022 by useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted October 30, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 30, 2022 Really disappointed with Barbarian. Strong start and then a story I've seen done countless times and in much better ways. Wasted opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 24 minutes ago, Designer1 said: Really disappointed with Barbarian. Strong start and then a story I've seen done countless times and in much better ways. Wasted opportunity. Yeah, as I said, it was alright, nothing special, I wasn't bored during it and it was done well enough. Agreed on the strong start, Skarsgard had me genuinely questioning his character, I get what you are saying about the second half being done countless times, I still think that Justin Longs character saved that section of the film. It was probably a victim of its own hype, its been getting glowing reviews so expectations were high for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizzzle Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Watched 3 films this weekend, 2 at the cinema and 1 on Netflix. Black Adam which I thought was pretty shit but still enjoyable switch your brain off nonsense 6/10. All quiet on the western front which was brilliant 8/10. The Banshees of Inisherin which was also brilliant 8.5/10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Banshees of Ininserin is superb. Martin Mcdonagh is just flawless. Haven't seen 7 Psychopaths but his others are all magnificent and this might be the best one yet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizzzle Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 2 minutes ago, Rodders said: Banshees of Ininserin is superb. Martin Mcdonagh is just flawless. Haven't seen 7 Psychopaths but his others are all magnificent and this might be the best one yet 7 Psychopaths is very good too but probably my least favourite of his films Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Didn’t fancy watching a spooky/scary film in the end so have randomly put Tango and Cash on instead. It’s such a good movie. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted November 3, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2022 Following others, another thumbs up for “The Banshees of Inisherin”. It’s Martin McDonagh’s best since “In Bruges”. Has a vibe of his brother’s also excellent “Calvary”. Can’t add much more, other than there are real moments of levity (myself and the two other people in cinema were laughing pretty much throughout). Farrell and Gleeson, as expected fantastic, but really enjoyable performance from Barry Keoghan and, particularly Kerry Condon. I think I could watch her going from being quietly contemplative to explosively pissed off for a whole two hours. Best supporting actress nod nailed on, if there’s any justice. Oh and Pat Shortt and Gary Lyndon, doing what they do in these McDonagh brother films, always so watchable when they’re on screen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 The Man Who Sleeps (Bernard Queysanne and Georges Perec) - A hypnotic solo by its mute hero, a young man who decides to withdraw from the world and whose mental journal of his experience is confided to us by a girl’s voice off-screen, Un homme qui dort is an astonishing tour de force - Great film with great narration from Shelley Duvall. The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock) - There are quite a few other Hitchcock films I prefer, but this was still very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 going to be sticking this on later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock) - Enjoyed it, all the cast were great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted November 6, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 6, 2022 On 05/11/2022 at 09:57, useless said: The Man Who Sleeps (Bernard Queysanne and Georges Perec) - A hypnotic solo by its mute hero, a young man who decides to withdraw from the world and whose mental journal of his experience is confided to us by a girl’s voice off-screen, Un homme qui dort is an astonishing tour de force - Great film with great narration from Shelley Duvall. The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock) - There are quite a few other Hitchcock films I prefer, but this was still very good. The birds used to terrify me as a child Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Got 2 extra days off after the autumn holiday and is spending the first one by watching the 3 Lord of the Rings movies (extended cut of course). Day well spent. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Looking for some leftfield horror suggestions please. Wife and I started doing Halloween weekend horror marathons couple years back and we've got this year's slightly delayed (due to hols) one coming up this week. The format is we fold out the sofa-bed in front of the telly, order pizza and watch as many back-to-back horror films as possible, mostly stuff we've never seen with maybe one familiar favourite and one comedy as a palate cleanser. So far, this year's plan is: The Entity [•REC] Train To Busan Pit And The Pendulum ...with Hocus Pocus 2 to break up the bleakness. Hit me with your best shots please, chaps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted November 7, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 7, 2022 12 minutes ago, GarethRDR said: Looking for some leftfield horror suggestions please. Wife and I started doing Halloween weekend horror marathons couple years back and we've got this year's slightly delayed (due to hols) one coming up this week. The format is we fold out the sofa-bed in front of the telly, order pizza and watch as many back-to-back horror films as possible, mostly stuff we've never seen with maybe one familiar favourite and one comedy as a palate cleanser. So far, this year's plan is: The Entity [•REC] Train To Busan Pit And The Pendulum ...with Hocus Pocus 2 to break up the bleakness. Hit me with your best shots please, chaps. I really need to put together a horror list for stuff like this. There's just so many... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted November 7, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 7, 2022 I'll have a think and put something together. Probably stuff that's lesser known. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted November 7, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 7, 2022 The Wailing 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted November 7, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 7, 2022 39 minutes ago, GarethRDR said: Looking for some leftfield horror suggestions please. Wife and I started doing Halloween weekend horror marathons couple years back and we've got this year's slightly delayed (due to hols) one coming up this week. The format is we fold out the sofa-bed in front of the telly, order pizza and watch as many back-to-back horror films as possible, mostly stuff we've never seen with maybe one familiar favourite and one comedy as a palate cleanser. So far, this year's plan is: The Entity [•REC] Train To Busan Pit And The Pendulum ...with Hocus Pocus 2 to break up the bleakness. Hit me with your best shots please, chaps. Here's 50 (thank McGrath I keep a list of everything I watch ) - most of these are lesser known but I'd recommend every single one. Possessor Spring Resolution The Endless The Wind The Borderlands One Cut of the Dead Slapface As Above So Below Grave Encounters Creep Creep 2 The Ruins Blood on Satan’s Claw The Sadness The Loved Ones Mum and Dad You are not my Mother The Innocents The Lodge Moloch Frontiers Bull Let Us Prey Deadstream Hell House LLC Absentia Random Acts of Violence Killing Ground Don’t Listen The Queen of Black Magic The Dark and the Wicked Saint Maud Pyewacket A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night The Last Shift Lake Mungo Nobody Leaves Censor The Invitation (2015) Circle Would You Rather Jakobs Wife Caveat Haunt The Canal Anything for Jackson No One Gets Out Alive 1BR Speak No Evil 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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