Rodders Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Re-watched Another Round last night - very hard to watch when you're doing Dry January but still a great film. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted January 29, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 29, 2023 On 18/01/2023 at 18:23, Designer1 said: Just back from this... Yep, good fun. Has a wickedly dark sense of humour and there's no pretension about it being anything other than a bit of OTT entertainment. We got round to this at last. Absolutely loved it, does all it sets out to perfectly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 On 27/01/2023 at 17:53, Chindie said: Good read. Obviouslly I can''t speak from an Irish perspective, but I can 'get' the idea behind the article, that it's basically using a DisneyLand vision of Ireland and the Irish people that isn't really anything other than a stereotyped wallpaper for the story that he leans on to colour the work. I haven't watched Banshees of Inisherin yet, but will, and of McDonagh's other stuff he does have a crutch of colouring his work with overblown stereotyped character to fill out and give the thing tone and, well, character. It works for some things better than others - as the article says In Bruges does it and it works ok there (probably because the 'Irishness' of it isn't the point - Farrell and Gleeson just so happen to be Irish characters who slightly amped up from 'real', but thats not what the film is about), which is less the case with Banshees as the entire setting implies it's a pointedly Irish tale (although I believe that it's a story that calls back to McDonagh's crutch and you could make the same story with the same plot and some theme anywhere)... I can understand that having the entire world be given this lauded vision of your home and your people that is actually a heightened stereotype that has been ridiculed by native writers for a century would rub you the wrong way. I do wonder if it would be possible for McDonagh, right now, to write a film set in Somalia, with local actors, and achieve the same thing he does with his very 'Oirish' tone. I think that article is mostly somebody trying to be too clever by half. What does he think life was like in rural Ireland 100 years ago? They weren't going back to their 40th floor yuppy flats to watch Netflix. I don't imagine it was very different to life in rural England at the same time, it's just the writer wanted to tell the story in Ireland. Life was hard, people worked the land then went to the pub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted January 30, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 30, 2023 Good bit of nostalgia as set in 1999 in the early days of the net. Been done before but it is on the whole done well and at 68 minutes does not overegg the pudding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted January 30, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 30, 2023 On 28/01/2023 at 10:21, Rodders said: Re-watched Another Round last night - very hard to watch when you're doing Dry January but still a great film. Yeah I watched that for the first time a month or so ago. Very good. Although (and this must have been pointed out before) the premise to the film was weirdly similar to the idea of this amusing, albeit slightly overlong Mitchell & Webb sketch. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 On 29/01/2023 at 09:17, Follyfoot said: We got round to this at last. Absolutely loved it, does all it sets out to perfectly I just watched it as well was really good. Its like a much better version than the remake of chucky which ventures down the same lines. The actual doll is presented very well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 30, 2023 Moderator Share Posted January 30, 2023 2 hours ago, Risso said: I think that article is mostly somebody trying to be too clever by half. What does he think life was like in rural Ireland 100 years ago? They weren't going back to their 40th floor yuppy flats to watch Netflix. I don't imagine it was very different to life in rural England at the same time, it's just the writer wanted to tell the story in Ireland. Life was hard, people worked the land then went to the pub. For me it's just the dialogue that sits in uncanny valley. The lifestyle and what they're doing, that's fine. But I think we've established now that McDonagh basically acknowldeges that he doesn't really know Ireland and is in fact creating exactly what I was accusing him of. A foreign facsimile of how we talk. Diddly aye diddly feckin' aye. And that's fine. So long as he presents it as that then it's all good here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 (edited) You People on Netflix was ok because i like Jonah Hill but its so woke its untrue. Watched Sick which is a low budget film and didn't get into that at all. Edited January 30, 2023 by AVFCDAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 The Menu is decent. Not perfect but enjoyable. Some good performances, particularly from Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy and Hong Chau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted January 30, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 30, 2023 (edited) Watched The Swimmer (1968). Burt Lancaster being the titular swimmer. If you like your surreal, pool based, metaphorical looks at the trials and tribulations of life into middle age, I’d recommend it. It’s interesting, and at the very least I’m not going to forget it. I can’t think of many things I’ve seen before that’s like it (probably nothing at all). Edited January 30, 2023 by Mark Albrighton 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 1 hour ago, theunderstudy said: The Menu is decent. Not perfect but enjoyable. Some good performances, particularly from Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy and Hong Chau The best thing about it for me was the look of that burger. It looked epic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted January 30, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 30, 2023 5 hours ago, Mark Albrighton said: Watched The Swimmer (1968). Burt Lancaster being the titular swimmer. If you like your surreal, pool based, metaphorical looks at the trials and tribulations of life into middle age, I’d recommend it. It’s interesting, and at the very least I’m not going to forget it. I can’t think of many things I’ve seen before that’s like it (probably nothing at all). Lovely film. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 M3GAN- watchable, like an episode of black mirror. Over the top. Fun in parts. Not that scary. Expect about 10 of these in the future with Chucky Vs M£GAN finishing off the franchise for good in the year 2046. 5/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Finally a good copy of wakanda forever out. Just watching now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 18 hours ago, messi11 said: M3GAN- watchable, like an episode of black mirror. Over the top. Fun in parts. Not that scary. Expect about 10 of these in the future with Chucky Vs M£GAN finishing off the franchise for good in the year 2046. 5/10 Yeah not the worst film but got caught between ideas and in the end didn’t execute any of them too well. 6/10 for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 2 hours ago, AVFCDAN said: Yeah not the worst film but got caught between ideas and in the end didn’t execute any of them too well. 6/10 for me. I thought it was good but not scary at all. I still think the first chucky film is creepy as ****. That part with the batteries is terrifying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizzzle Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Watch M3gan last night and really liked it although it was kinda predictable and it's been done before etc. I think I would have preferred an R rated version though. 7/10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Designer1 Posted February 3, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2023 Rewatched this last night for the first time in around 20 years. It's certainly not lost any of its power. It is a particularly grim piece of work with only the occasional slivers of light and levity, but its absolutely engrossing and the central performance from Brad Davis is superb. Such a shame that he (Davis) died so young as I can imagine he'd have a good body of work by now. If you've never seen it, get on it ASAP (it's on Netflix). 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 (edited) Lucía (Humberto Solás) - Interesting cinematography, and inventive editing, none of the three stories get boring, and some good performances. Nanami: The Inferno of First Love (Susumu Hani) - Disturbing tale, but interestingly put together and very visually creative, some nice sound design too. Edited February 5, 2023 by useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlobalVillan Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 On 03/02/2023 at 14:08, Designer1 said: Rewatched this last night for the first time in around 20 years. It's certainly not lost any of its power. It is a particularly grim piece of work with only the occasional slivers of light and levity, but its absolutely engrossing and the central performance from Brad Davis is superb. Such a shame that he (Davis) died so young as I can imagine he'd have a good body of work by now. If you've never seen it, get on it ASAP (it's on Netflix). Great fiction film but absolutely NOT the story of Billy Hayes. Takes the term "based on a true story" to whole new levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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