The Film Thread

[Letters]

https://www.gifsme.com/post/155056933822/princess-leia-chewbacca-hug

If only he'd held on 2 more days...

[Letters]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAvprzqwbo8

[SMatthews]

Just saw an early screening of the Maradona documentary. It was pretty damn good. What a player.

[GP]

Snowpiercer.

Shite.

[Letters]

Films on the plane from/to Baltimore

Creed II
I liked it, it's basically Rocky IV II, with a dash of Rocky III (champion underestimates a raw, hungry opponent and has to train in a different way to overcome him).
It was good but I kinda think they should call it a day, there's only so many things you can do with this genre and they've pretty much done them all at least twice now.


Stan & Ollie.
Big fan of Laurel and Hardy, me, and really enjoyed this. Gives you some insight into the relationship between the two of them and Reilly and Coogan play the parts well.


Bros: After The Screaming Stops
:lol: Wasn't quite as cringe as I'd been expecting, quite enjoyed it. I'd forgotten just how big they were in the 80s.

[SMatthews]

Trailer for the sequel to The Shining is coming out today and judging by who’s directing and starring, it’s gonna be shit.

[Letters]

There's a film that doesn't need a sequel. I didn't even know they were making one. Sheesh.

[GP]

There's a film that doesn't need a sequel. I didn't even know they were making one. Sheesh.

King only wrote the sequel quite recently. I agree it doesn't need to happen.

[SMatthews]

There’s no escaping the comparisons. And I don’t mind McGregor generally but bloody hell. If it goes down the jump scare route it can fuck off.

[GP]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2msJTFvhkU4

[Letters]

Looks alright actually. I didn't realise it was based on a Steven King book.
Also, these are my new favourite things


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dw4u2A9F4g

:lol:

ScreenRant :bow:

[SMatthews]

I think it looks terrible. As soon as that predictable piano note hits it’s downhill. Some horrible fan service moments - especially right at the end. The sequel has psychic vampires in it :lol:

[Letters]

Those are the best kind of vampires :sulk:

Meh. Probably won't rush to see it.

[GP]

I still don't understand Quantum of Solace.

[GP]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSqVVswa420

[Letters]

What is that?
Is that a sequel? Prequel? Remake?
Have they really completely run out of ideas? :(

[SMatthews]

Sequel. As first looks go it looks ok.

They might’ve run out of ideas in Hollywood but there’s tons of great films made elsewhere.

[GP]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoAzpa1x7jU

RIP Rutger Hauer

[Letters]

:rose:

[SMatthews]

https://youtu.be/oqJyhh2PFBw

Chris Morris is back - hopefully the film is better than the trailer.

[SMatthews]

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is down the lower end of QT's scale. Like a mix of Death Proof and Jackie Brown.

Although I think it will get better with every re-watch.

[Letters]

Stranger Things

Finally finished Season 3

Oh, SHIT!

:bow:

[Letters]

Stranger Things

Finally finished Season 3

Oh, SHIT!

:bow:

:doh:
Wrong thread

Me :pal:

[Thierrymon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZKqMVPlDg8

[Letters]

Plane films:

Dumbo (new one)

I'm sceptical about these "live action remakes" but have to say I enjoyed it.

Started to watch the Lego Movie 2 on the way there but it annoyed me too much. Trying to remember what I did watch now.

[Letters]

Oh yeah

Borg McEnroe


Quite liked it although tennis does not translate to film well so those sequences didn't work that well.

[GP]

Plane films:

Dumbo (new one)

I'm sceptical about these "live action remakes" but have to say I enjoyed it.

Started to watch the Lego Movie 2 on the way there but it annoyed me too much. Trying to remember what I did watch now.

I really liked the first Lego movie but the 2nd is hot garbage.

[SMatthews]

https://youtu.be/jKCj3XuPG8M

Martin Lawrence got fat.

[GP]

Same.

[GP]

Rewatching Rogue One.

It's really great.

[Letters]

Grimsby

:haha:

Sasha Baron-Cohen :bow:

[Master Splinter]

Sasha Baron-Cohen :bow:

Never heard of him.

[Letters]

Tut.

[Marc Overmars]

Finally got round to watching Joker.

Very good. :bow:

[GP]

Joker


Grim

[Letters]

"Last Christmas"

Meh. Vaguely enjoyable and amusing but the "twist" is very obvious - I guessed it and I'm terrible at this sort of thing.
Overall, not that good.

[GP]

The Rise of Skywalker

Absolutely fantastic. A real masterpiece. The best of the saga by far!

Can't wait to see it.

[Letters]

Two people in the office did the midnight thing and saw it last night. Both liked it.
Probably see it next week. Better be good.

[Niall_Quinn]

The Rise of Skywalker

Absolutely fantastic. A real masterpiece. The best of the saga by far!

Can't wait to see it.

Even the finest sarcasm won't rescue this turd.

[Xhaka Can’t]

"Last Christmas"

Meh. Vaguely enjoyable and amusing but the "twist" is very obvious - I guessed it and I'm terrible at this sort of thing.
Overall, not that good.

I’m shocked!

[Letters]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Re-watched this last night to remind myself as I’m watching the new one today.
It’s good but holes in the plot bigger than in the Arsenal defence.
Lots of parts really don’t make much sense.
Enjoyable enough though.

[Master Splinter]

Last Jedi at least tried to take the plot in a new direction. Which is admirable given the mandate by Disney/Lucasfiilm seems to have been just to retread old ground with different faces and a more cohesive visual style.

Saying that, the new one was really good fun and has the best pacing of the new films. It never really lets up. Ironically, it seems heavily influenced by Guardians Of The Galaxy.

Star Wars has always been a massively erratic mishmash that is better in theory and people's memories than on the actual screen. It's always been poorly written so any complaints about plotholes, inconsistencies and a deep analysing of it's philosophies are futile.

In conclusion, Rogue One is obviously the best Star Wars film because it's a focused, finite story that is efficiently told by a talented director and it has the best robot.

[GP]

It really does have the best robot.

Though it's only competition is a rolling trash can and a shiny gay butler.

[Master Splinter]

And that one in Solo that was, well....gratingly unfunny.

Wait, did Solo actually come out?

I have a vague memory of it. Like one of those straight-to-video Disney sequels in the 90s. Apart from the Aladdin ones, which were pretty good.

[GP]

It did, Donald Glover was in it.

And Woody Harrelson.

It's the weakest of the Disney efforts, by far.

[Letters]

Episode 9

Loved it :bow:
As with the others, doesn’t really make a load of sense if you stop and think about it. Very enjoyable though and wrapped up the main sequence of films very nicely.

[GP]

doesn’t really make a load of sense if you stop and think about it.

It's a film about space wizards with laser swords. None of it makes sense.

It's great though. I know a lot if it was fan service but I'm a fan so I consider myself serviced.

[Letters]

It's a film about space wizards with laser swords. None of it makes sense.

True, but...

(CONTAINS SPOILERS)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2zZFtq13c4

[Mac76]

Wait, did Solo actually come out?


What, you mean Han Solo is, like, a batty boy?! :o

[GP]

What, you mean Han Solo is, like, a batty boy?! :o

Greedo shot first.

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50899836

[GP]

You will bring Captain Solo and the Wookiee to me

[GP]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-GPKo8q2Xc

[Marc Overmars]

Thought Rise of Skywalker was fun but not as good as the previous 2.

Agree that Rogue One is definitely the best of the newer films. Probably for THAT Darth Vader scene alone tbh.

Can’t wait for Disney Plus to come out here so I can watch the Mandalorian.

[dazthegooner]

John Wick 3 showing on Netflix as if today :)

[Thierrymon]

Thought Rise of Skywalker was fun but not as good as the previous 2.

Agree that Rogue One is definitely the best of the newer films. Probably for THAT Darth Vader scene alone tbh.

Can’t wait for Disney Plus to come out here so I can watch the Mandalorian.

Disney Plus isnt out in the UK yet?

[Marc Overmars]

Not until March I think.

[Letters]

You can stream it if you're that bothered. I found it on Exodus, an Add On to Kodi.
Only watched a few minutes, just to see if I could.

[Letters]

Toy Story 4

Finally seen this, Santa got me the DVD.
A few times the writing was a bit lazy and relied on ridiculous coincidences to move the plot along - I get that one must suspend disbelief somewhat in an animated film about toys coming alive, but still.
Overall though I liked it. A good addition to the series but think they should leave it alone now.
Think 3 is still my favourite.

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-50970519

:lol: :popcorn:

[dazthegooner]

Though Spiderman was gay... :unsure:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Maradona documentary film on Channel 4.

Really good so far. Crazy world of a crazy and crazy talented player.

And I'm sitting here drinking gin, slimline tonic and a slice of lemon. Poncey bastard.

[Letters]

Maradona documentary film on Channel 4.

Really good so far. Crazy world of a crazy and crazy talented player.

And I'm sitting here drinking gin, slimline tonic and a slice of lemon. Poncey bastard.

Ah yes. I saw that was on. I had forgotten but when I saw it was on I had cleverly set it to record. Will have a look.

[Niall_Quinn]

Maradona documentary film on Channel 4.

Really good so far. Crazy world of a crazy and crazy talented player.

And I'm sitting here drinking gin, slimline tonic and a slice of lemon. Poncey bastard.

You'll be drinking salty tears if our Alphabetical PL Title win is confirmed.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

You'll be drinking salty tears if our Alphabetical PL Title win is confirmed.

I'm a rugby fan if this season is called off.

[Mac76]

I'm a rugby fan if this season is called off.

All those big men groping each other's arses? Whatever floats your boat .. ;)

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Ooo yeah didn't think of that.

I'm a rugby fan even if this season isn't called off.

[Niall_Quinn]

Finally watched Joker.

Wanted to give up several times, was riveted at other times. Really dark, really disturbing. For some reason his constant smoking was highly disconcerting. Why? Can't explain it. It teases. You're always waiting for him to snap. But when he does, it's a bit of a letdown and fairly predictable. Can't decide if this was enjoyable or not. It took effort to watch it, it's slow in many places. But the acting performance from the lead role pulls it through regardless. This is Joaquin Phoenix's Joker that could conceivably exist, which is a bit scary, against Heath Ledger's stylised and cool, but ultimately fantastical, cartoon alternative. Ledger's is more watchable, Phoenix's is more lock your doors because you never know.

[Master Splinter]

Joker seems too indebted to its inspirations to have anything original to say. It doesn't even try to hide the blatant homage to Taxi Driver and The King Of Comedy, considering De Niro is right there at the centre of it. And not to mention A Clockwork Orange. The difference here is that the central character comes across as overwhemingly self-pitying. The film then nudging you towards sympathy for his supposed plight would also make you dangerously sympathic towards wanton violence and anarchy.

Joaquin Phoenix's physical performance is powerful, but he pulled off something similar just a year earlier in You Were Never Really Here. It is eerily similar at times and the overall effect of the film is far more unnerving than Joker.

[Niall_Quinn]

I didn't feel any sympathy for the character at all, not even when his childhood story was revealed. Which was a bit of a cliche and throwaway excuse anyway. A little pity at times, sometimes repulsion, mostly embarrassment on his behalf. I thought the writing for the cops investigating him was weak. They'd have been all over him at a much earlier stage, though I guess this is a fantasy city and a fantasy police force so maybe they do things in a more fantasy way. Clockwork Orange had a much bigger effect, to the point I haven't really wanted to watch that again. You get it first time around. With Joker, I suppose you could dig in several times and find more themes and concepts, but there's too much padding to push through to get there so not sure I'd make the effort.

Haven't seen You Were Never Really Here so that's going on the list.

[GP]

Knives Out

Loved it!

[GP]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGHGBxOqOJE&feature=youtu.be

[Master Splinter]

Knives Out

Loved it!

Dragged on a bit too long and the main plot was probably the least interesting aspect of it, but the interaction between the characters and a brilliant cast really give it a spark .

Daniel Craig has also has finally made up for Dick Van Dyke.

[Niall_Quinn]

Don't bother with Midway. Bonkers film. Huge sprawling build up, main action then flashes past hardly covering any of the details of the battle (which are very important historically), then it has a happy American style ending. Effects are good but that's about it. Americans are stereotypes, chewing gum, heroic sacrifices, bullet proof. Japanese are stereotyped, trying to commit suicide every 5 minutes, doing sneaky stuff.

[GP]

1917

Wow, that was fucking intense

[GP]

Dark Phoenix.

It's a shame how bad this is, given how good First Class and Days of Future Past are.

Sophie Turner is atrocious.

[Letters]

1917

Wow, that was fucking intense

:gp:

MrsL and me made a rare foray to the cinema for that one and I'm glad I did.
Beautiful cinematography and given that the story is necessarily linear and simple, it works incredibly well.

[Letters]

A Quiet Place

Hmm. Finally got around to seeing this.
Quite good. Possibly a better idea for a film than it is a film, but quite enjoyed it.
Few bits that didn’t really make sense but you could say that about a lot of films.
And MrsL loved it because for once she could talk through it without me shouting at her because I can’t hear what anyone is saying <_<

[GP]

Shazam!

I was expecting it to be terrible but it was a lot of fun!

[GP]

Jojo Rabbit

I really liked this one!

[Master Splinter]

Jojo Rabbit

I really liked this one!

"Fuck off Hitler!" :bow:

Taika Waititi :bow:.

He was also the best thing in The Mandalorian, of course.

Have you seen the original film version of What We Do In The Shadows and The Hunt For The Wilderpeople?

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

"Fuck off Hitler!" :bow:

Taika Waititi :bow:.

Have you seen the original film version of What We Do In The Shadows

:gp:

I actually prefer the series to the film, but then a lot of that is down to Toast :bow:

[Master Splinter]

Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement are both obviously heavily involved with the TV version as well and had small roles in it. They also both popped up in Year Of The Rabbit, which while no Toast, was still worth it for the great Matt Berry moments.

A new series of Toast with all of them involved surely has to happen.

[GP]

I am a big fan of Scarlett Johansson.

[dazthegooner]

Watched Major league last night with Tom Beringer and Charlie Sheen.

[Mac76]

I am a big fan of Scarlett Johansson.

I was until she went all Marilyn Monroe, she was really cute in her earlier fims though

[Globalgunner]

I was until she went all Marilyn Monroe, she was really cute in her earlier fims though

I still would, awful tats and all

[GP]

I misread that and was ready for a fight...


Lost In Translation is still really good.

[Mac76]

I misread that and was ready for a fight...


Lost In Translation is still really good.

Yes it's great, best film soundtrack ever, and you should see Ghost World if you haven't already, she's good in that too

[Letters]

A Fish Called Wanda

Hadn’t seen it in yonks, it was on BBC recent so recorded it and we watched it tonight.
Funny :d

Cleese :bow:

[Master Splinter]

Yes it's great, best film soundtrack ever, and you should see Ghost World if you haven't already, she's good in that too

Home Alone 3 is clearly her best film.

[Mac76]

A Fish Called Wanda

Hadn’t seen it in yonks, it was on BBC recent so recorded it and we watched it tonight.
Funny :d

Cleese :bow:

*recently

And Kevin Kline steals the show IMO

As for Palin... :sick:

[Master Splinter]

*recently

And Kevin Kline steals the show IMO



I was just about to post this. I remember Kline being the best thing about it.

What's wrong with Palin?

[Mac76]

I was just about to post this. I remember Kline being the best thing about it.

What's wrong with Palin?

Palin just plays a stereotypical idiot, not remotely funny

[Master Splinter]

I thought you were just against Palin as a concept.

[Mac76]

I thought you were just against Palin as a concept.

Arw you kidding?? The guy's a PYTHON :bow:

But he let himself down with that movie....

[Letters]

Arw you kidding?? The guy's a PYTHON :bow:

But he let himself down with that movie....

Disagree. But do agree about Kline. He's brilliant.

[Mac76]

Home Alone 3 is clearly her best film.

She's too young in that for me ;)

This is interesting https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KLpep9ap-WE

[Marc Overmars]

Extraction.

Not bad. Some of the action scenes were brilliant.

[GP]

Come to Daddy

Surprisingly good!

I do like Elijah Wood.

[Niall_Quinn]

The last Men in Black film has a woman in the lead role. Plastered all over Sky, as if I'll watch stupid shit that doesn't even make sense. MEN in Black FFS!

[GP]

Taika Waititi will write and direct a new Star Wars film!

https://www.starwars.com/news/taika-waititi-announce

[Niall_Quinn]

1917, I thought they'd given up on making decent films, this one bucks the trend. The scenery is epic. And it's realistic, or at least what you'd imagine realistic to be if you were in that situation. Well worth the watch. On iTunes, for anyone looking for it.

[GP]

Hereditary

Fuck me. That was creepy as fuck

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Watched Snowpiercer, read it was meant to be some modern masterpiece. It wasn't.

And the ending? Jesus. So those two kids are presumably the last two people on earth after the remnants of humanity are all killed in the crash? Woo. And she's happy that there's a polar bear 200 yards away, eyeing them up as lunch, because it proves there's still life? Hoo.

[GP]

I thought it was shit. A series of it has just started on Netflix

[Letters]

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

Seen it a few times before but watched it again at the weekend.
Has plot holes you could drive a truck through but very funny and silly.

Wilder :bow:
Pryor :bow:

[GP]

Star Wars (1977)


I've got a bad feeling about this.

[dazthegooner]

Just finished watching Once upon a time in Hollywood thought I might enjoy it the second time around, I was wrong....

[GP]

Just finished watching Once upon a time in Hollywood thought I might enjoy it the second time around, I was wrong....

Great film.

[The Wengerbabies]

Finally got round to seeing Rise of Skywalker.

2/10

Absolute dogshit. This whole trilogy has been rubbish, the so-called heroes were pathetic I was actually rooting for Palpatine.

[Mac76]

I only watched the first one (by which i mean episode 7) - it was typical JJ Abrams wafer-thin 'forget about the plot let's just have loads of action while crapping all over the history of the franchise' (star trek anyone?) - i gave up then and there

[GP]

I only watched the first one (by which i mean episode 7) - it was typical JJ Abrams wafer-thin 'forget about the plot let's just have loads of action while crapping all over the history of the franchise' (star trek anyone?) - i gave up then and there

The Last Jedi was WAY better, up there with Empire.

They should have let Rian Johnson do the whole trilogy. JJ is a hack.

[Mac76]

The Last Jedi was WAY better, up there with Empire.

They should have let Rian Johnson do the whole trilogy. JJ is a hack.

Ok, maybe i'll check that out

Yes, 'a hack' is a good way of putting it :)

[Letters]

I thought the whole trilogy was great.
I mean, it’s all nonsense but aren’t all of them?
Entertaining fun, IMO.

[Marc Overmars]

I didn’t mind them. Not perfect and full of plot holes but it’s mostly fan service. More excited about the other projects from the universe they’ve got coming up now the Skywalker saga is done and dusted.

The Mandalorian was brilliant so there’s a lot to look forward to if that’s anything to go by.

[Mac76]

I thought the whole trilogy was great.
I mean, it’s all nonsense but aren’t all of them?
Entertaining fun, IMO.

There's good nonsense and bad nonsense - Abrams' stock in trade is very, very, bad nonsense

[Niall_Quinn]

There aren't enough blacks in Star Wars. It should be taken down. It comes from a galaxy far, far away where opinions and attitudes were different.

[Mac76]

There aren't enough blacks in Star Wars. It should be taken down. It comes from a galaxy far, far away where opinions and attitudes were different.

Seriously man, is there no safe haven on this board where we can be spared your ravings? :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

Seriously man, is there no safe haven on this board where we can be spared your ravings? :lol:

I'll check if there's a safe haven from lefties and their insanity and I'll direct you there when I don't find it.

[GP]

There aren't enough blacks in Star Wars. It should be taken down. It comes from a galaxy far, far away where opinions and attitudes were different.

Darth Vader was just a leftie liberal elite Jedi in blackface.

[Niall_Quinn]

Darth Vader was just a leftie liberal elite Jedi in blackface.

Or, a white supremacist in black clothing. His attempted genocide of the Ewoks, though justified for obvious reasons, shows his true political leaning.

[Mac76]

Or, a white supremacist in black clothing. His attempted genocide of the Ewoks, though justified for obvious reasons, shows his true political leaning.

No racism in that, just the commonly-held wish to see those little furry 'oh that's cute, please buy me one mummy' f*****s exterminated

They weren't characters they were merchandise on legs

[GP]

C-3PO is a little bitch

[Niall_Quinn]

C-3PO is a little bitch

With one silver lower leg which, if you ask me, is fucking weird.

[GP]

And a red arm.

Bitch.

[Niall_Quinn]

And a red arm.

Bitch.

you always have to lie.

[Mac76]

you always have to lie.

a match made in heaven then

[The Wengerbabies]

Bad Boys 3

Was worried it'd be a bit shit but it's definitely up there with the other two, the plot twist was lame but it was a very enjoyable film nonetheless.

8/10

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53099283

:d

[GP]

The Crows Have Eyes III: The Crowening

[Xhaka Can’t]

The Crows Have Eyes III: The Crowening

:haha:

I think I saw you at the premiere.

[The Wengerbabies]

Tropic Thunder 7/10

10/10 performance by RDJ

Would not be made today. Sad!

[The Wengerbabies]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d61GX5VoEJc

Mel Gibson :bow:

[The Wengerbabies]

Fast and Furious presents: Hobbs and Shaw

7.5/10

Very entertaining.



Also I didn't know this but Psych had a movie in 2017 and a second is coming out in a couple of weeks. It was good, like the show never went away. I actually got into Psych thanks to a recommendation on here back in the day. I think it was Kaiser Kolo, so thanks if he still posts here under another name or if not :rose:

[GP]

So there I am, in Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, at about 3 o'clock in the morning, looking for one thousand brown M&Ms to fill a brandy glass, or Ozzy wouldn't go on stage that night. So, Jeff Beck pops his head 'round the door, and mentions there's a little sweets shop on the edge of town. So - we go. And - it's closed. So there's me, and Keith Moon, and David Crosby, breaking into that little sweets shop, eh. Well, instead of a guard dog, they've got this bloody great big Bengal tiger. I managed to take out the tiger with a can of mace, but the shopowner and his son... that's a different story altogether. I had to beat them to death with their own shoes. Nasty business, really. But, sure enough, I got the M&Ms, and Ozzy went on stage and did a great show.

[GP]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLzj8DRaAv0

[GP]

Bad Boys For Life

All I can say about this movie is, Martin Lawrence got fat.

[Thierrymon]

Went to the movies for the first time in ages to Tenet. Not a single scooby what that movie was about tbh.

[Letters]

Went to the movies for the first time in ages to Tenet. Not a single scooby what that movie was about tbh.

:lol: heard a bit about it.
Might be good to see. Did you enjoy it?

[GP]

Nolan usually makes good films but you do need to pay attention.

He's good but he's no Zack Snyder haha lol jk

[Marc Overmars]

Chadwick Boseman has died. RIP. :(

Black Panther was great.

[dazthegooner]

Yeah just seen the news a great shock RIP :(

[GP]

Too young

[Letters]

Went to the movies for the first time in ages to Tenet. Not a single scooby what that movie was about tbh.

Have now seen it and yeah...
It’s very impressive and I kinda get the concept but I’m not sure it really makes much sense.
Quite enjoyed it though.

The experience was a bit sad though. I actually thought the cinema was closed when I got there.
Very few people around, only 6 people in our screening - including us.
Lots of places aren’t going to survive this :(

[GP]

Re-watching The Last Jedi and I love it a lot.

[Niall_Quinn]

Re-watching The Last Jedi and I love it a lot.

LOL

[Niall_Quinn]

Netflix has been indicted by a grand jury in Texas for pushing a much favoured leftist agenda, pedophilia. Their "cuties" abomination has already been roundly criticised by non-left, normal people, but it looks like lawmakers will now step in and actually do something about the left's addiction to child abuse.

[Mac76]

Netflix has been indicted by a grand jury in Texas for pushing a much favoured leftist agenda, pedophilia. Their "cuties" abomination has already been roundly criticised by non-left, normal people, but it looks like lawmakers will now step in and actually do something about the left's addiction to child abuse.

and yet it's the right-wing Trump who's mates with a wel-known child peddler - but no that doesn't fit in with your totally skewed pathetic world view does it?

[GP]

and yet it's the right-wing Trump who's mates with a wel-known child peddler - but no that doesn't fit in with your totally skewed pathetic world view does it?

Projection.

[Niall_Quinn]

and yet it's the right-wing Trump who's mates with a wel-known child peddler - but no that doesn't fit in with your totally skewed pathetic world view does it?

Oh dear. Did you like the film?

[Marc Overmars]

Anyone else not really bothered if cinemas were to go bust? Had this chat on our lunchtime zoom earlier.

I’ve really grown to enjoy the home experience and I wouldn’t mind paying a few extra quid to catch the latest movies if they went straight to streaming services. Can’t remember the last time I enjoyed the experience of going to the cinema, I was just going because I was desperate to see whatever the latest movie was.

[Mac76]

i've been to the pictures about once in the last six years, saw the Laurel and Hardy film (which is very good btw) with a mate in one of those little cinemas in Odeon leicester square - it was fine and the few people there stayed quiet, but too many times in the past it's been spoilt by people talking at key moments or stuffing their faces with popcorn, sweets etc

quite liked the Everyman idea of sofas etc but even that's spoilt by people having food deliverd to their seat during the movie

i'd still go now and again if a friend suggested it but not that bothered tbh

[Letters]

Anyone else not really bothered if cinemas were to go bust? Had this chat on our lunchtime zoom earlier.

I’ve really grown to enjoy the home experience and I wouldn’t mind paying a few extra quid to catch the latest movies if they went straight to streaming services. Can’t remember the last time I enjoyed the experience of going to the cinema, I was just going because I was desperate to see whatever the latest movie was.

Depends on the film. I'm not into the Marvel stuff but I did enjoy the Star Wars films and think they are really worth seeing on a big screen and with a crowd.
There are irritations of course, when I saw IT there were a group of kids (kids :rolleyes:) chatting and playing on their phones.
Luckily I'm old enough that I was able to tell them to shut up and they did :cool:

[GP]

Bill & Ted Face the Music.

I wasn't expecting much and yet I'm still disappointed.

[Letters]

:lol: Oh dear!

[GP]

McDonald Trump :lol:

[GP]

Wow, Rudi was really gonna fuck that 15 year old.


This documentary is fascinating.

[Letters]

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/the-prom-netflix-trailer-james-corden-musical-meryl-streep-release-date-b1227173.html

Cordon :doh:

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54838201

:rolleyes:

[Niall_Quinn]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54838201

:rolleyes:

Isn't this what you are cheering for on other threads?

[Letters]

No.

[Niall_Quinn]

Sure it is. This is progressive lunacy 101. What do you think you'll get if the Biden regime is installed? Do you think Joe is going to be calling the shots and dragging it all back to the centre? Joe can't even string a sentence. Harris will be the conduit through which the loon patrol gets all this shitty stuff through the door, and plenty more. They won't be allowed to fuck with the bug stuff, like war profiteering. So what do you think their pay-off is going to be? Or are you hoping they'll just get cut out of the picture and they'll go quietly?

[Letters]

Sure it is.
Why did you ask then? :shrug:

I can want anyone but Trump to be in the White House and also not support all of the other guy’s policies or beliefs.

[Niall_Quinn]

Why did you ask then? :shrug:

I can want anyone but Trump to be in the White House and also not support all of the other guy’s policies or beliefs.

Oh, you missed a bit. Care to try again?

Let me guess... No?

Lightweight.

[Letters]

Oh, you missed a bit. Care to try again?

Let me guess... No?

Lightweight.
You’ve literally spent the last 2 days making assertions without providing any evidence - despite being asked multiple times. And you’ve pretty much ignored most of my points and questions.
So...yeah.

And I didn’t miss anything.
Let’s try a football analogy, shall we? One I’ve used before.

I wanted Liverpool to win the CL Final a couple of years ago.
Except I didn’t. I just wanted Spurs to lose.
Ideally I’d have liked both to lose but that wasn’t an option.
So I picked the least bad option, which is what we are forced to do in many elections these days.

So, I can cheer Spurs losing the CL Final without cheering Liverpool winning it.
I know you do understand that despite pretending not to.

[Niall_Quinn]

You’ve literally spent the last 2 days making assertions without providing any evidence - despite being asked multiple times. And you’ve pretty much ignored most of my points and questions.
So...yeah.

And I didn’t miss anything.
Let’s try a football analogy, shall we? One I’ve used before.

I wanted Liverpool to win the CL Final a couple of years ago.
Except I didn’t. I just wanted Spurs to lose.
Ideally I’d have liked both to lose but that wasn’t an option.
So I picked the least bad option, which is what we are forced to do in many elections these days.

So, I can cheer Spurs losing the CL Final without cheering Liverpool winning it.
I know you do understand that despite pretending not to.

Why are we using a football analogy again?

But if you want to use one, here's a valid version. Liverpool lead Arsenal 5-0 with 2 minutes to go. The match is stopped and the crowd is asked to go home. When they get home they check the TV and find Arsenal took a 6-5 lead during the stoppage, and then the final 2 minutes played out with Liverpool protesting and everyone calling them sore losers.

[Letters]

Why are we using a football analogy again?

What's wrong with a football analogy?


But if you want to use one, here's a valid version. Liverpool lead Arsenal 5-0 with 2 minutes to go. The match is stopped and the crowd is asked to go home. When they get home they check the TV and find Arsenal took a 6-5 lead during the stoppage, and then the final 2 minutes played out with Liverpool protesting and everyone calling them sore losers.

I don't accept that's a valid analogy. I don't think that's what has happened.
I'd say pre-match the pundits all reckoned that Arsenal were more of a second half team.
Forget about the crowd, we know that Liverpool were 3-1 up at half time but Arsenal ended up winning 4-3, scoring the winner in injury time
Given what was known pre-match, it's nothing that surprising. Yeah, I get Liverpool fans will be annoyed.
They might blame the ref. They might say that the winner was offside. Maybe they're right but then present some evidence and let VAR have a look.

Ultimately, I just want Trump out. I cannot abide him, it's almost unhealthy how much I dislike him.
I can't stand his constant lies, the way he conducts himself.
I
Cannot
Stand Him.

So if he does lose this I'll be cheering long and loud. But sure, if he's been robbed, if Biden was offside then VAR should take a look.
But Trump needs to provide some evidence for VAR to have a look at. Maybe he has done in which case fine, we'll see what happens.

And, finally, none of the above means I think Biden is a great option and I particularly want him to be president either, but he's the only other option right now.

[Mac76]

I actually think he's risen to the occasion and is looking like someone of real stature, though of course when the comparison is with Trump a doorstop could manage that

[GP]

Every time I hear Biden speak, I can't help but be impressed. Maybe it's just a little bit of empathy goes a long way.

[Mac76]

Definitely

[Letters]

Every time I hear Biden speak, I can't help but be impressed. Maybe it's just a little bit of empathy goes a long way.

The difference in their tone in the wake of the election has been pretty stark.

[Xhaka Can’t]

There’s something wrong with my browser.

I was looking for the Film thread.

[GP]

Did you check your ass?

[Xhaka Can’t]

Thanks!

I just found my old He-Man figurine!

[GP]

Ram man or fisto?

[Mac76]

Thanks!

I just found my old He-Man figurine!

that was the show that ruined kids' animation for a couple of decades - zero humour or self-awareness, pure shite

[Letters]

So that one from Juno and, latterly, Vanya in The Umbrella Acadamy is a bloke now

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55147975

[GP]

Good for him.

[Letters]

Time to hang up the whip, Indy

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55270909

[GP]

He belongs in a museum!

[Marc Overmars]

78. :lol:

Fair play to him for still going strong at that age. Might need more than a few stunt doubles now though.

[Mac76]

Apparently it's called 'Raiders of the Lost Hearing Aid'

[Globalgunner]

Apparently it's called 'Raiders of the Lost Hearing Aid'

Even his dad just recently died. I thought he was supposed to have had a son too. The Transformers chap, even he is in his 30s now Im sure

[Globalgunner]

You can all wear your chains and jewelry in safety now. Deebo from "Friday" is no more. He was so bad, he was good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owcR9Kla9Gg&ab_channel=RELATABLEODDBALL

2020 takes out another one

[Letters]

Eeeee!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY8gUtyeAKE

[Xhaka Can’t]

It will be complete shit.

[Letters]

Certainly a possibility but the trailer looks good.
I know that’s what trailers are for, but still.
There will probably be enough references to the original to keep me happy.

[GP]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il9jJObx7FE

[GP]

Star Wars - Episode II: Attack of the Clones

My favourite film about trade disputes.

[GP]

Wonder Woman '84

Another DC stinker. I don't know why I keep watching them.

[Xhaka Can’t]

I haven’t seen it, but was looking forward to it with it being 80s based and all that.

[GP]

They fluffed it. The 80's stuff goes as far as "haha look at my wacky clothes"

[GP]

When gone am I, the last of the Jedi will you be

[GP]

Tenet


:shrug:

[Mac76]

Wonder Woman '84

Another DC stinker. I don't know why I keep watching them.

well no woman's worth watching at that age :rimshot:

[Letters]

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

Our NYE film of choice this (well, last) year.
Unfortunately I watched it on a large TV with surround system, not the optimal viewing of a tablet or phone ##
I quite liked it. Not sure what it was about really and Tarantino has done better, but it was good fun.

I wouldn’t mind having sex with Margot Robbie, I’ve decided.

[Marc Overmars]

Soul.

Another top showing from Pixar.

[Letters]

Tenet


:shrug:
Only just noticed this :lol:
Pretty much. That was my one cinema trip last year.
I quite liked it, had some spectacular set pieces.
But overall it was a bit too clever for its own good.

[GP]

Room.

Christ, what a great film.

[GP]

The Room.

Christ, what a great film.

[GP]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuEa6Hum0b4&feature=youtu.be

[Letters]

Gravity :pal:

[GP]

Coming 2 America

What a sack of shit.

[Letters]

Oh :(.

Have heard mixed things.

One thing I haven't heard is outrage about Eddie Murphy "whiting up"...
Just sayin'...

[GP]

In many ways, Whiteface is far, far worse than blackface.

[dazthegooner]

Show's what a bad film it was that the best bits were clips from the original film.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Coming 2 America

What a sack of shit.

Learnt my lesson after Dumb and Dumber To.

I’m not letting this get associated in my mind with one of my favourite movies of all time.

Now if I had heard you liked it, I’d have given it a go.

So thanks for the review

[Letters]

Tenet :bow:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2FXfFeRtJo

:lol:

[The Wengerbabies]

Coming 2 America

What a sack of shit.

Correct.

[GP]

Zack Snyder's Justice League


haha lol jk I'm not watching 4 hours of that shit.

[Globalgunner]

The great Yaphet Kotto has left us at 81. I will be watching. Live and let Die, Alien and Midnight run with a tear in my eye from now on....plus Running Man

[Niall_Quinn]

Can't believe he was 81. It'll always be Alien.

[GP]

Army of the Dead.

Garbage

[Letters]

Leap Year

MrsL made me watch it when we were away :(
Holy SHIT it’s a terrible movie.
She made me watch it years ago so I knew it was bad, but I’d forgotten just how bad

[Letters]

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Candy :bow:
Martin :bow:

Watched this while away too, hadn’t seen it for a while.

[Letters]

Jojo Rabbit

One of the DVDs I got for Christmas which, embarrassingly, I hadn’t got around to watching. Did so while away.

Loved it. Very funny and the satire is razor sharp.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Jojo Rabbit

One of the DVDs I got for Christmas which, embarrassingly, I hadn’t got around to watching. Did so while away.

Loved it. Very funny and the satire is razor sharp.Heil Hitler guys!

[Letters]

Heil Hitler guys!

:lol: I love how long that all goes on.

The bloke who plays Hitler is fantastic. Think that’s also the director?

[GP]

:lol: I love how long that all goes on.

The bloke who plays Hitler is fantastic. Think that’s also the director?

Taika Waititi. Everything he does is great.

[Master Splinter]

Taika Waititi. Everything he does is great.

Green Lantern :bow:.

[Letters]

Ghostbusters.

The new one. With birds. It's on C4 right now.
I watched about 5 minutes out of curiosity to see if it's as awful as people said. If anything, it's worse.

[Mac76]

Ghostbusters.

The new one. With birds. It's on C4 right now.
I watched about 5 minutes out of curiosity to see if it's as awful as people said. If anything, it's worse.

I haven't seen it but it certainly seemed like a bad idea, can't believe how people thought it would bwnefit gender equality to murder such a popular film

[Niall_Quinn]

There are so few trannies it would probably be better to wipe them all out. Then we wouldn't have to talk about it.

It would be fewer than we wiped out when we stopped Saddam launching a 45 minute mushroom cloud on London. LOL. YOU...

...believed that at the time - didn't you? Be honest. Because that is what you are - a slave.

[Mac76]

There are so few trannies it would probably be better to wipe them all out. Then we wouldn't have to talk about it.

It would be fewer than we wiped out when we stopped Saddam launching a 45 minute mushroom cloud on London. LOL. YOU...

...believed that at the time - didn't you? Be honest. Because that is what you are - a slave.

actually no i was one of the million people who marched against the Iraq War - be honest, you didn't do that did you? you were probably too busy abusing some leftie online somewhere...

[Letters]

I haven't seen it but it certainly seemed like a bad idea, can't believe how people thought it would bwnefit gender equality to murder such a popular film

It was a bad idea because the original is so good. Why remake such a good film? Some "reboots" have managed it fairly successfully - I was highly sceptical about The Jungle Book but must admit the live action version is excellent and they've done something a bit different with it which kinda justifies its existence. I don't understand the "shot for shot" ones - yes, I am looking at you "Beauty and the Beast". There's nothing wrong with the new one, but it just feels a bit pointless...well, the point is to make money of course so I guess it did a job.

[Letters]

"Bobby"

Documentary about Bobby Moore. I don't think I'd quite appreciated just how good he was till I saw it. Very good.

[Letters]

“Coming 2 America”

Finally got around to watching this.
It’s pretty much what I’d heard - a bit rubbish but with enough references to the original and amusing moments to make it watchable enough. Glad I’ve seen it but won’t bother to do so again.

[Globalgunner]

It was a bad idea because the original is so good. Why remake such a good film? Some "reboots" have managed it fairly successfully - I was highly sceptical about The Jungle Book but must admit the live action version is excellent and they've done something a bit different with it which kinda justifies its existence. I don't understand the "shot for shot" ones - yes, I am looking at you "Beauty and the Beast". There's nothing wrong with the new one, but it just feels a bit pointless...well, the point is to make money of course so I guess it did a job.

I thought Id hate the 101 Dalmatians live action but no it was good. The problem is that agenda filled films rarely work. The thing studios still haven't accepted is that men rarely go to watch these films either alone or at the prompting of a female they are involved in. On the other hand most girls will follow their man to watch a film even if they are not particularly interested in it. Hence the popularity of franchises like "Fast and Furious". Does anyone think F&F would be as popular if it was an all female cast. It really messes with these peoples minds that they cant undo 300,000 years of evolution in 10 years.

[Niall_Quinn]

actually no i was one of the million people who marched against the Iraq War - be honest, you didn't do that did you? you were probably too busy abusing some leftie online somewhere...

Yeah Dorothy, I did march. Back then I was as ignorant as you about these things.

[Mac76]

Yeah Dorothy, I did march. Back then I was as ignorant as you about these things.

I see your laughable ability to turn 180 degrees about face is in full evidence again

I was responding to you saying "It would be fewer than we wiped out when we stopped Saddam launching a 45 minute mushroom cloud on London. LOL. YOU believed that at the time - didn't you? Be honest. Because that is what you are - a slave."

In other words you were slagging off the Iraq war - then when I say I marched against the war, you say you did too - but then you say you were ignorant, thereby implying that you were, err, wrong to march against the war… :wacko:

so which is it - are you for or against the Iraq war? :shrug:

or does it depend on what time of day it is or how much you’ve had to drink or which youtube ranter you’ve been watching in the last half hour?

You’ve got no real opinions - just hatred, anger and prejudice which you aim at anything or anyone passing by

[Niall_Quinn]

I see your laughable ability to turn 180 degrees about face is in full evidence again

I was responding to you saying "It would be fewer than we wiped out when we stopped Saddam launching a 45 minute mushroom cloud on London. LOL. YOU believed that at the time - didn't you? Be honest. Because that is what you are - a slave."

In other words you were slagging off the Iraq war - then when I say I marched against the war, you say you did too - but then you say you were ignorant, thereby implying that you were, err, wrong to march against the war… :wacko:

so which is it - are you for or against the Iraq war? :shrug:

or does it depend on what time of day it is or how much you’ve had to drink or which youtube ranter you’ve been watching in the last half hour?

You’ve got no real opinions - just hatred, anger and prejudice which you aim at anything or anyone passing by

And how did that march go for you? Or the Iraqis that were bombed?

That's what I thought.

And all these years later people like you are still waiting for something to follow.

[Mac76]

And how did that march go for you? Or the Iraqis that were bombed?

That's what I thought.

And all these years later people like you are still waiting for something to follow.

"people like you"

you have no idea about me or anyone else because you lens everything people write through your own heavily-distorted prejudiced view

and as for wanting something to follow, you mean like all those moronic conspiracy theorists you spend your drunken nights watching on Youtube?

[Niall_Quinn]

"people like you"

you have no idea about me or anyone else because you lens everything people write through your own heavily-distorted prejudiced view

and as for wanting something to follow, you mean like all those moronic conspiracy theorists you spend your drunken nights watching on Youtube?

That's all you've got lady boy?

Dumb fucks like you march 2 million strong, get ignored then deny the excruciatingly obvious fact you aren't the one calling the shots. You must be one of those conspiracy nutters who thinks democracy is real. I guess.

[Mac76]

That's all you've got lady boy?

Dumb fucks like you march 2 million strong, get ignored then deny the excruciatingly obvious fact you aren't the one calling the shots. You must be one of those conspiracy nutters who thinks democracy is real. I guess.

i don't deny anything - i've been on those marches knowing full well c***s like Johnson are sitting there chuckling and don't give a f**k

but it's better than sitting at home swigging from a whisky bottle and writing abuse online

[Letters]

I’m always skeptical about marches as they are generally ineffective, but obviously I support people’s right to go on them.

Poll tax is the only one I can remember actually forcing a rethink in policy.

[Niall_Quinn]

i don't deny anything - i've been on those marches knowing full well c***s like Johnson are sitting there chuckling and don't give a f**k

but it's better than sitting at home swigging from a whisky bottle and writing abuse online

Yeah well I guess fuck you. You're drunk without drinking. Intoxicated by bullshit. At least I get a buzz from self abuse.

[GP]

Black Widow :bow:

[Letters]

When We Were Kings

Fantastic doc about the Rumble in the Jungle. They don’t make ‘em like that any more.

[dazthegooner]

Well I've now seen Black window and I must say Ray Winstone is an odds on favourite for the 'Dick Van Dyke' award for worse accent.

[GP]

Ray Winstone is shit 100% of the time.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ray Winstone is shit 100% of the time.

White and English. Something that would never sit too well with a person such as yourself.

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58718299

Looking forward to this tbf.

[Mac76]

can't stand Craig as Bond

best - Connery
second best - brosnan
third - Moore

the rest were bad to dreadful

[Letters]

Brosnan? :haha:

Craig has been great, GOAT IMO.

[GP]

Quantum of Solace was shit. He's been alright otherwise.

[Letters]

No Time To Die.

Well...it was a Bond movie. I guess you know what you're going to get, and you got it.
Apart from at the end :o #nospoilers.
I don't think it's Craig's best Bond film but I quite liked it.

[GP]

Last Night in Soho

Really good! Edgar Wright is a terriffic film maker.

[Letters]

https://www.buzzfeed.com/emilymaeczachor/theres-a-petition-to-keep-james-corden-out-of-wicked-movie

:d

[The Wengerbabies]

No Time To Die 8/10

Never been a big fan of Craig as Bond. Pierce Brosnan will always be Bond to me but it's probably the last time the character will be a straight white male and it was a good send off, of course being 2021 you can't escape some liberal pandering, they had to make the new 007 a black woman and for some reason we had to find out Q is a homo but aside from that it was a good movie.