The Film Discussion Thread.

Just seen La La Land.

An absolute triumph.

I really wanna watch A Monster Calls. Decided to read the book first though, which I'm about to finish.

Watched Trainspotting 2, absolutely loved it personally. Thought there were some excellent nods to the past, good modernisation of the cult themes and also plenty of new stuff introduced that those who loved the first will really appreciate.

Music not nearly as iconic, but how could it be, thoroughly recommended.

Watched a couple last night.

Whiplash for the second time and still a fantastic film.

The Girl on the Train. Decent film but nowhere near as good as Gone Girl which it often gets compared to.

Hopefully T2 on Sunday then Lego Batman.

Watched a couple last night.

Whiplash for the second time and still a fantastic film.

The Girl on the Train. Decent film but nowhere near as good as Gone Girl which it often gets compared to.

Hopefully T2 on Sunday then Lego Batman.

Whiplash was one of my favourite films of the year.
Everything about it was excellent, and the intensity from the two leads was amazing.

I saw Live By Night a couple of days ago, and it was surprisingly good.
I'm not normally a big fan of Affleck, but for a gangster film, this was quite thoughtful at times.

Whiplash was one of my favourite films of the year.
Everything about it was excellent, and the intensity from the two leads was amazing.

I saw Live By Night a couple of days ago, and it was surprisingly good.
I'm not normally a big fan of Affleck, but for a gangster film, this was quite thoughtful at times.

I'm not a huge fan of Affleck as an actor but I think he's a very good director.

Haven't seen Live by Night yet though.

I'm not a huge fan of Affleck as an actor but I think he's a very good director.

Haven't seen Live by Night yet though.

Agree.
He directed and starred in this, and while I've previously thought his acting to be a bit one dimensional, he's actually pretty good in this role.

Now your average Gangster movie, and the better for it imo.
Worth a watch.

Went to see Lego Batman this afternoon.

Great film and hilarious in places and a fantastic parody of a superhero movie.

Arrival.

Really enjoyed it.

Arrival.

Really enjoyed it.

Great  film.

Can't wait to watch it again.

Got round to watching that 'Arrival'... pure, unadulterated pish. The emperor's new clothes.

Kubo and the two strings... excellent. A nice story, well told.

Got round to watching that 'Arrival'... pure, unadulterated pish. The emperor's new clothes.

Kubo and the two strings... excellent. A nice story, well told.

Agree wholeheartedly. You have described it perfectly.
Arrival is a piss of sh@te - nothing happens in the sh@te of a movie. I want my £12 back.

 

Got round to watching that 'Arrival'... pure, unadulterated pish. The emperor's new clothes.

Agree wholeheartedly. You have described it perfectly.
Arrival is a piss of sh@te - nothing happens in the sh@te of a movie. I want my £12 back.

 

One of the films of the year for me.

Just back from Hacksaw Ridge.

Very good film. Enjoyed it a lot.

One of the films of the year for me.

Just back from Hacksaw Ridge.

Very good film. Enjoyed it a lot.

Same, about one of the films of the year, although I understand it's probably not everyones cup of tea.

Hacksaw Ridge is on my list, and was thinking about going tonight or tomorrow.
I've heard mostly good about it, although the people who didn't like it were turned off by the "extreme violence" (their words), which begs the question of why they went to see a war film.

Same, about one of the films of the year, although I understand it's probably not everyones cup of tea.

Hacksaw Ridge is on my list, and was thinking about going tonight or tomorrow.
I've heard mostly good about it, although the people who didn't like it were turned off by the "extreme violence" (their words), which begs the question of why they went to see a war film.

Yep.

I had quite a few customers come out from it and say how extreme it was.

Watching it myself I didn't think it was overly extreme just what you'd expect from a WW2 film.

Andrew Garfield was impressive in this but I can't quite make up my mind about Vince Vaughan so be interesting to here what you think mate.

One of the films of the year for me.

Just back from Hacksaw Ridge.

Very good film. Enjoyed it a lot.

Yea Arrival is fantastic but it was marketed more as an action sci-fi when it's much more a drama with some political thriller elements. So I can see how it wouldn't be what many expected it to going in.

Looking forward to Hacksaw Ridge looks good.

John Wick 2 will he my next cinema outing can't wait!

Watched The Founder the other night, thought it was very good!

Watched Gold tonight and it was interesting, not as good as I thought it might have been.

Two films I loved watching recently have been Hands of Stone and Bleed For This, two true story boxing movies about Roberto Duran and Vinny Pazienza.

Loved Lego Batman - the first half of the film I just laughed all the way through. Password to the Batcave "Ironman Sucks" hahaha!

Got to agree with Beerbelly, really enjoyed Patriots Day, dealt with the subject in a very interesting way. Another good film from director Peter Berg and starring Mark Wahlberg especially after Deepwater Horizon and Lone Survivor.

Got round to watching that 'Arrival'... pure, unadulterated pish. The emperor's new clothes.

Kubo and the two strings... excellent. A nice story, well told.

Yeah, the twist was quite clever but other than that it was another over hyped Hollywood production IMHO.

My son, loves Kubo!

Watched, Gone Baby Gone with Casey Affleck, much prefer him to his brother, that was worth watching. I saw him in Manchester by the sea and that was a bit meh for me.

Hacksaw Ridge, I thought this was a cracker of a movie and probably the best WWII movie I've seen for a while, I saw Allied a while back and found that a little disappointing.

Gonna watch Lion to, I saw it got good reviews.

I will be watching an oldie that went under my radar over the weekend to, Road to Perdition.

 

I can't quite make up my mind about Vince Vaughan so be interesting to here what you think mate.

I thought he was very good.

Been cast-typed (I remember him in True Detective and it felt weird watching him play such a serious role), as the comic and used this to very good effect playing the sergeant.

Think he complemented the cast well.

I thought he was very good.

Been cast-typed (I remember him in True Detective and it felt weird watching him play such a serious role), as the comic and used this to very good effect playing the sergeant.

Think he complemented the cast well.

On reflection I'd more or less agree although I did think he was better when they went to Hacksaw and in boot camp was maybe trying a but hard to be R Lee Emery.

You'll love Road To Perdition by the way.

Am under rated classic.

Seen Hacksaw Ridge last night and thought it was exceptional.  Definitely one of the best war films ever made.  Glad to see Mel Gibson back in the limelight for the right reasons this time.

Yep.

I had quite a few customers come out from it and say how extreme it was.

Watching it myself I didn't think it was overly extreme just what you'd expect from a WW2 film.

Andrew Garfield was impressive in this but I can't quite make up my mind about Vince Vaughan so be interesting to here what you think mate.

Came away a bit disappointed to be honest, and have no idea how this got such a high score on IMDB.

I wouldn't say it was bang average, but if we take Saving Private Ryan (SPR) as the benchmark for modern war films, then Hacksaw Ridge was trailing a fair way behind.

Garfield was OK in the lead, and to be fair it's an excellent story but really could have been done better.

The best I can say about Vaughn is that I've never really rated him, and still don't. A very one dimensional actor.

There was lots of gore, and some pretty heavy action scenes, but it looked fake and had none of the realism of SPR, which I found truly sobering in its realism and intensity.
It seemed to me that Gibson relied on the gore and (badly done) battle scenes to stretch the film out to 140 mins.

If I was scoring this I'd be inclined to be around 6/10 rather than the 8.3/10 on IMDB.

Not a bad film by any means, but not a memorable one for me either.