The Films You Watched Thread V: Dead Men Watch No Movies

[Finsbury Girl]

Mother! - Totally bonkers and ultimately not that enjoyable or satisfying. Started promisingly but I liked it less as it went on. And I'm not even going to try and work out what was going on in the end.

I actually loved it! One of the best I have seen in years but yes it is definitely different!!

I finally watched Jay and Silent Bob Reboot - this probably shouldn't have been made and the quality is quite low compared to his earlier films however Kevin Smith really knows how to get repeated belly laughs from me. I thought the Holden McNeill segment was really sweet.

[randombs]

Detective Pikachu

Not great, but not as bad as I feared it would be. Bill Nighy can always be relied on for serious characters in ludicrous situations.

[Atticus]

An American Werewolf in London. Along with Jaws this is a film I saw when I was too young and it scared the crap out of me. But being a bit older I always enjoy going back to this one. Such a classic and so many great moments. Maybe it's an American filmmaker's take on the UK and British life (the punks, the pubs, the tabloids, the soho theatre) that gives it such a unique flavour.

I actually loved it! One of the best I have seen in years but yes it is definitely different!!

tbh I'm not sure I was in the right mood for it when I watched it. Maybe there isn't a right mood

[Dogg Thang]

I watched Newness at the weekend. It has Nicholas Hoult (X-Men, Mad Max) in it and it's about him and a girl he ends up with and, as their relationship goes on, they open things out to keep it interesting, with her ending up in relationships with other men. It was okay. Interesting enough. Had a guest appearance by Esther Perel who writes about sex and relationships (I'd recommend her for you long-time couples out there).

We followed that up with Addicted which came recommended as a similar type of movie. A woman with a good husband and a family starts an affair with some guy and seemingly becomes addicted to sex. This movie was abysmal. It was really, really bad so we turned it off half way through. Just wasn't doing it for us at all. The writing was terrible. Acting was terrible.

[Neon Ignition]

Die Hard
It's approaching Christmas so time for Christmas movies more often, hence the viewing delights of John McClane. Still great, still love all the little moments and side lines too.

Lethal Weapon
Christmas double bill! LA really is a terrible place for giving the Xmas vibes, still, it's still a great watch

A Nightmare on Elm Street
Other than that awful dummy of the mother at the end it's still largely only Freddy himself that doesn't really work in this. It's always surprising, despite how many times I've seen it, that they go cheesy on him from the outset.

[thinkitty]

The Nightingale (available on Netflix)

This is directed by Jennifer Kent (The Babadook) and follows the story of Clare, a young Irish convict woman serving out her sentence as a lackey for the British army in early 19th century Tasmania, who, after having everything stolen from her, enlists the help of a local Aboriginal Tazmanian in order to track down and reap vengeance on the offending officer.

This film is brutal and includes several scenes of sexual and racial violence that are incredibly difficult to watch. It might be the most grueling film I've seen - and I can understand why many audience members reportedly walked out in horror during the film's premier. The violence however is never gratuitous, it serves a purpose and is integral to the characters and the story.

The performances are incredible and every frame feels authentic to the degree that you feel you're witnessing events unfold, not merely watching a movie; and that is the highest compliment I can give,and, personally, is what I consider the apex in the art of movie making

In summary, this is not a film to watch for entertainment. It's hard going. More than once I had to look away with a knot in my stomach and a lump in my throat. It's emotional and thoughtful and stays with you long, long after the credits have rolled. If the movie sounds incredibly bleak, it is, but as well as being a movie about violence and its consequences, it is also about friendship and finding hope when all is lost. It is thoroughly brilliant.

Official trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuP8g_GQIgI

Mark Kermode review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umxl2ZGfqdU

Chris Stuckmann review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE4cA0kivnA

[Neon Ignition]

Friday the 13th Part 2
It's been a couple of years since we worked through these and as yet we're just going as far as 1984 but it's interesting as these mid-ones are the more easily fogettable entries. In this sequel Jason is pretty ineffective, whilst he stalks his prey fine he's pre-death still and moves too casually as they haven't really defined the character yet beyond being annoyed his mother was killed. Otherwise it's a carbon copy albeit not as good for this sequel effort.

Friday the 13th Part 3
I can only assume budget issues circled this one as it spends a huge amount of time within a barn. Once again the same template of cast is used as Jason continues his killing spree in a nearby area.

Friday the 13th Part 4: The Final Chapter
Weaker cast this time barring Crispin Glover and his amazing dancing as well as Corey Felding. A fair few bits play out like standard but it's interesting here how much of this film is effectively used as the template for the 2009 effort.

[Dogg Thang]

I really like 4 and, generally, I think it went down really well (it's often listed as a favourite) so it's not surprising that it was then mined again for the 2009 version. While the Jason we know was getting there in 3, 4 might be the first movie where he feels defined and consistent for the whole film. 3 might have been that but it's a real victim of the 3D gimmicks.

[QualityChimp]

Which one is the one where the guy is climbing out of the lake and Jason appears from under the jetty and harpoons the guy's nuts?

The glory of cinema, right there.

[Neon Ignition]

Yep, the 3D shots in 3 are so obvious and yet rarely have any relevance to the action often being things like a pole at bad angle. I think in Part 4 he has pretty much everything nailed down except for he still runs after victims which doesn't really work well visually. There better appeal to the later Terminator like slow menace he has post resurrection.

I kept thinking as well of how much time the films spend on following teens going about their randy business often only realising Jason even exists for real in the last ten minutes of the film. I'd like them to make one where the intro and set up happens in the first half hour before Jason begins his spree with the subsequent hour being the group smartly trying to survive a tense cat and mouse with him. Effectively the best bit of the film becoming the core focus but not just as a dumb teen slasher, something where the characters show some smarts and Jason is effective in hunting them.

[Neon Ignition]

Which one is the one where the guy is climbing out of the lake and Jason appears from under the jetty and harpoons the guy's nuts?

The glory of cinema, right there.

Part 4

[wakka]

As I recall that was the bit that beat out Citizen Kane's 'Rosebud' reveal for Sight & Sound's Greatest Movie Moment Ever.

[QualityChimp]

As I recall that was the bit that beat out Citizen Kane's 'Rosebud' reveal for Sight & Sound's Greatest Movie Moment Ever.

You're getting confused, mate.
It was Kevin Bacon getting stabbed through his chest with an arrow in the original Friday The 13th.
Harpoon, arrow. It's easy to mix them up.

[wakka]

Actually you're the one who's wrong. It was that woman getting boned by a tree in Evil Dead.

[JazzFunk]

Rewatched LEGEND tonite, the Kray thang, first time I've seen it since I was having this mahoosive, life-deleterious affair with this bird in 2015 and we watched it in this AMAZING cinema in Keighley that wasn't part of a chain and STILL had staff wandering about the aisles mid-movie peddling ice cream snacks hanging from boxes latched to their necks.

Seriously brilliant cinema, don't know if it's still there, hope it is because I felt in a different age, the absolute perfect mood to enjoy a Kray film set in the 60s.

But. At the time. It was too bright n' synthetic n' HD at the pictures. It all looked like theatre panto sets, you could see everything that wasn't real, was painted onto a backdrop.

Also, this is a very long film. And it was a very cold cinema and I needed a piss so I held it in until JUST after his girlfriend topped hersen. I lost about 89 seconds of movie but I knew there'd be a sad lull afterwards so I didn't miss owt.

ANYWAY.

Anyway.

I found it too plastic-looking on the big screen and enjoyed it like a 6.4/10 but on the small screen we're talking a 7.9-8.1. I enjoyed it loads more and could actually recommend it as a 'good film', as of now.

















But nowhere near Scorsese's CASINO. That's the realest gangster deal of all.



I mean, buried alive in hot sand in a place where nobody knows or cares what death means because they're too busy putting coins in the slots.

BRUTAL.

What a ma-hoo-vie.

God damn.