Rate the last film you watched out of 5

[Sabreman]

4 hours ago, Plissken said:

I have a similar problem with Jason Lee and to a lesser extent Bill Murray.

 

This is interesting with regards to Murray. I love him in movies (especially his work with Wes Anderson), but both Groundhog Day and Scrooged don't work for me because I simply cannot buy the transformation of the characters. I feel like both of them have gamed the situation and are stopping short of winking into the camera at the end. Not so much to do with Murray's real life persona, which I'm barely familiar with, but more the culmination of so many sarcastic and insincere screen characters. 

[Vimster]

The Found Footage Phenomenon (2021)

Documentary covering all aspects of found footage films, from production to storytelling, how the genre has a close link with technology, the ups and downs of its popularity, and the background to key films. Mainly made up of a mix of clips and talking heads from directors and writers, plenty of in-depth insight. A quality doc that does the sub-genre justice. Picked up plenty of tips from it.

 

4/5

[Ry]

Worth - 3.5/5

 

Great drama starring Michael Keaton about the 9/11 victim compensation fund. Solid performances and a bit heartbreaking at times. On netflix now. 

 

The Father - 5/5.

 

Amazing. Not much I can say that hasn't been said. I was bawling my eyes out. 

[Lovelyman]

11 hours ago, ZOK said:

Conny Plank: The Potential Of Noise - 5/5 (Prime)

 

This is a perfect music documentary with a personal and bittersweet flavour. The son of a German production legend whips around all over to interview people who worked with his father, and they share their memories of the producer, his family and the farmhouse studio he built to coax wonders from musicians he took a shine to.

 

The music is fantastisch - Can, Neu!, Kraftwerk, Whodini, Killing Joke, Eurythmics, DAF and Devo to name but a few. People loved the guy, but as it progresses it’s clear many of their successes came at the expense of Plank’s role as a father.

 

There’s also a bonus for Chart Music fans -an appearance of Rock Expert David Stubbs!

Thanks - my wife loved the Sparks doc and this might be something else like that we can watch together.

[cassidy]

1 hour ago, Ry said:

 

The Father - 5/5.

 

Amazing. Not much I can say that hasn't been said. I was bawling my eyes out. 

Just watched this tonight as well. 

 

Felt like a horror movie on occasion,  just so unsettling, with you not having any grasp on what reality is for the duration of the film.

 

Fantastic film and clearly Hopkins deserved the Oscar for his performance. I was crying a fair bit at the final scenes. 

 

5/5

[Monkeyboy]

Straight Time

 

Hoffman as a convict fresh out of prison, tries to go straight. Fails miserably. A young Theresa Russell is gorgeous.

 

4 out of 5

[Ry]

Don't Breath 2 - 1.5/5

 

The first film was a gripping, scary at times thriller with very dark undertones and a few twists. 

 

This was just an absolute shit show.

[ZOK]

On 05/09/2021 at 12:31, Vimster said:

Krautrock Expert David Stubbs.

 

Yeah that sounds right up my street.

 

23 hours ago, Lovelyman said:

Thanks - my wife loved the Sparks doc and this might be something else like that we can watch together.

I’m sure you’ll all love it, it’s a cracking little doc.

 

And it makes a fine companion piece to the other lovely farmhouse studio documentary, ‘Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm‘.

 

I wonder if there are any others?

[Bazjam]

I Watched Annette again today, as it opened at my local cinema, and I’m upgrading my score to a 5/5. This film is so damn good. Utterly bonkers, and endlessly inventive. The closest comparison would be Tommy, but really it’s unlike anything I’ve seen before. It’s very rewarding on a repeat viewing as you’re prepared for the tone of it more, and being more familiar with the music (which is great) always adds to the viewing experience of musicals.
 

So many great moments in this which keep playing over in my head. Can see myself watching this many many times in years to come.

[ImmaculateClump]

It Felt Like A Kiss - *****

[Lovelyman]

Nomadland. 

 

I loved this. Looked and sounded beautiful. 

 

A lovely rumination on the meaning of life. 

 

5/5

[Sidewaysbob]

Hidden fortress (1958)

 

Akira kurosawa's classic road adventure that still inspires so much today. Witty, griping and stark. Will R2D2 and C3PO make it home with the gold? Will the Princess evade capture? Will the old general find redemption and honour. 

 

The spear fight doesn't need wire work and CGI to convey the tension and skill of the combatants. A look and a twitch. Pure perfection. 

 

5 gold bars out of 5.

[PK]

Hadn't seen any of the Daniel Craig Bond films other than Casino Royale so I'm working my way through them before this new one comes out

 

Casino Royale - 2/5. Fairly dull

 

Quantum of Solace - 1/5. Loud, disjointed and shite

 

Skyfall - 3/5. Quite enjoyed this, it's utterly ridiculous (I assume at least semi-intentionally since it seems to be channeling the Roger Moore ones a bit). There's a fight in a Komodo dragon pen, Javier Bardem sashays around throwing tube trains at people, and one of the last shots is Bond brooding on a London rooftop like fucking Batman.

[Boozy The Clown]

Sherlock Holmes : A Game of Shadows

 

Where to start, my favourite Hollywood blockbuster of the last 15 years. Downey clearly enjoying himself, Jude Law not being Jude Law, Moriarty full of menace and Stephen Fry calling his brother Shirley. I can even forgive it the bit of parkour hammered in which is a pet hate of modern film.

 

5/5 every time.

[Talvalin]

29 minutes ago, Boozy The Clown said:

Sherlock Holmes : A Game of Shadows

 

Where to start, my favourite Hollywood blockbuster of the last 15 years. Downey clearly enjoying himself, Jude Law not being Jude Law, Moriarty full of menace and Stephen Fry calling his brother Shirley. I can even forgive it the bit of parkour hammered in which is a pet hate of modern film.

 

5/5 every time.

 

I enjoyed it, but it wasn't as good as the first film. I remember the interplay between McAdams and Downey Jr being a highlight of the first film, so killing her right at the start was a terrible waste. Also, fridging the love interest to motivate the main (male) character is a trope that needs to get in the sea.

 

[Boozy The Clown]

The trope of dismissing my post with your uncalled for critique can get in the sea too. I posted a lighthearted review only to have you come in and tell me I was wrong and throw in a bit of look at me I'm so righteous codswallop. What was the point ? Other than to piss me off first thing in the fucking morning ?

[cassidy]

That took a turn. He only really complained about the fridging trope which I agree needs to do one. 

 

 

[sandman]

The Blob

 

The original, not bad for a 50s sci fi horror with a young Mcqueen. Some decent effects for the time.

 

2.5/5

 

Derailed

 

Anniston and Owen in a decent thriller with excellent support from Cassel. Nothing even remotely original but it plays well apart from the saccharine ending.

 

3/5

 

The Empire Strikes Back

 

Is it as perfect as I think it is? How much does nostalgia play a part in my enjoyment of the film? A more than worthy sequel to one of the most important films in cinematic history. Its also utterly stunning in 4k.

 

5/5

 

Indiana Jones and the Temple of doom

 

I've gone back and forth on this over the decades. I've finally concluded that its brilliant despite a few mis-steps. An action tour-de-force that is thrilling from start to end with some amazing set pieces.

 

5/5

 

 

[Couch Corpse]

Alien Resurrection - 1/7

Like something asylum would put out.

[ImmaculateClump]

Seaspiracy - **
Eye opening documentary about the commercial fishing industry almost entirely depth charged by the filmmakers own ego.

[max renn]

Candyman (2021) 

 

A glacial pace and no tension.

 

Candy isn't dandy motherfucker..

 

1/5

[Couch Corpse]

Princess Mononoke - 4/7 5/7

[cassidy]

21 minutes ago, Couch Corpse said:

Princess Mononoke - 4/7

Why remove 3 points? Kodama's too cute? 

Animation of too high a standard? 

 

Enquiring minds need to know. 

[Festoon]

23 minutes ago, cassidy said:

Why remove 3 points? Kodama's too cute? 

Animation of too high a standard? 

 

Enquiring minds need to know. 

 

Weird shortcuts in crowd animation is one. Ashitaka is a twat is another.

[Vimster]

The Limey (1999) Amazon Prime

Steven Soderbergh's understated revenge tale featuring Terence Stamp as a London crim avenging the death of his daughter who was involved with Peter Fonda's shady record producer character. The idiosyncratic editing soon clicks and this becomes an effective and low-key crime yarn, bits from the past and future mix with the present to elevate what is a pretty straightforward revenge story. The final section of the film is particularly effective, every shot counts, literally.  Soderbergh trusts the viewer to pick up on small details like shadows or characters at the very edge of the frame. It blends scenes from Ken Loach's 1967 film Poor Cow to good effect.  Maybe a case of style over substance but a simple story stylishly told.

 

3.5/5

 

 

[Silent Runner]

The Toll

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6981064/

 

A darkly-comic thriller about a lone toll-booth operator with a past that is fast catching up with him. 

 

A Welsh film set in a small town where a toll-booth operator passes his days reading books and taking money from the few cars that pass through. It turns out he's on the run from *something* and when one of his old crew passes the toll his past soon catches up with him.

 

This tried really hard but never got going and felt like less than the sum of its parts, somehow. The cast are all good - Micheal Smiley and Annes Elwy especially - it uses the isolated location well, has a nice Calixico-esq soundtrack and is only 80 odd minutes long. But the plot is a real mess and the story is told in a weird, chopped chronology style that makes it hard to follow. I think it was going for a Shane Meadows meets the McDonaghs meets Tarrentino vibe but falls way short.

 

2/5

[ZOK]

Watched two crackers on MUBI last night:

 

Brother - 4/5

 

A young lad gets out of the Russian army, and heads to late Nineties St Petersburg for a fresh start with his brother, who ropes him into the local hitman trade.

 

This is a delicious slice of city life, really quite grimly jolly as fresh-faced Danila alternates mercilessly whacking skells with exploring the burgeoning Russian folk pop and house scenes. Top stuff.

 

New Order - 5/5

 

This is a different slice of city life altogether. It’s a contemporary Mexican flick centring on a high class wedding subsumed by a social uprising, where things get very bad very quickly for everyone.

 

This is as brutal a piece of cinema as you are ever likely to see, and if you don’t mind being thoroughly depressed by the inevitable truth of the political message, it’s a spectacularly compelling watch. Riveting from start to finish.

[Couch Corpse]

On 11/09/2021 at 00:04, cassidy said:

Why remove 3 points? Kodama's too cute? 

Animation of too high a standard? 

 

Enquiring minds need to know. 

I should have given it 5, 4 is average, it's good not average.

I couldn't attach myself to any of the characters and found the conclusion a bit unsatisfying.

 

Edit: @cassidy
I don't dock points for faults.
7 - An exceptional piece of art everyone should see.
6 - excellent, you should see this film
5 - Good, don't seek it out but if you watch it you'll enjoy it

4 - it's ok, if you don't see it youre not missing anything

Etc.

 

 

 

[Ry]

Terminator Genisys - 1.5/5

 

I'm a massive terminator fan but this is only the second time I have watched this. I will give it some credit in saying the opening part with the T-1000 is great. 

 

But the rest is a mess and it makes no sense in the timeline whatsoever. 

 

Thank fuck Dark Fate makes it non Canon and obsolete. 

[sandman]

8 hours ago, ZOK said:

Watched two crackers on MUBI last night:

 

Brother - 4/5

 

A young lad gets out of the Russian army, and heads to late Nineties St Petersburg for a fresh start with his brother, who ropes him into the local hitman trade.

 

This is a delicious slice of city life, really quite grimly jolly as fresh-faced Danila alternates mercilessly whacking skells with exploring the burgeoning Russian folk pop and house scenes. Top stuff.

 

New Order - 5/5

 

This is a different slice of city life altogether. It’s a contemporary Mexican flick centring on a high class wedding subsumed by a social uprising, where things get very bad very quickly for everyone.

 

This is as brutal a piece of cinema as you are ever likely to see, and if you don’t mind being thoroughly depressed by the inevitable truth of the political message, it’s a spectacularly compelling watch. Riveting from start to finish.

What’s MUBI?