The Films You Watched Thread VI: The Undiscovered Movie

[Atticus]

Watched Who Killed The KLF on Sky the other night. For an outfit shrouded in mystery and strange decisions you'd think this would be perfect documentary fodder. You quickly realise Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty aren't on board with the film and any contributions are archive material ... but then again, why would they suddenly do anything like conforming? My main reason for watching was to see if there were any further answers on their famous burning of £1million in a remote location. Well, they don't even even know why they did it ... it just 'felt right'. But you can't help but get the feeling they were desperate to stay relevant and edgy and the truth is no one really noticed. Not at the time. It was seen as a stunt and nothing more. Looking back at the history of the band you get the feeling they were perpetually embarrassed by their mainstream appeal and success and kicked against it until they had nothing, because, that's cool and making a statement I guess. In the end they come across as two naughty boys who bring out the best and worst in each other.

[QualityChimp]

That whole stunt of burning a million pounds is fascinating.

[Atticus]

In the piping heat I managed to take in a couple of steamy thrillers over the weekend. Kicked off with Femme Fatale by Brian DePalma and I'm happy to report he delivers all of the DePalma goods. It starts with a beautifully constructed robbery at the Cannes Film Festival ... before double-crossing, dual identity, some muck and all manner of madness kicks in. If you like a bit of DePalma this ticks all the familiar boxes with a novel French flavour too.

Next up, Wild Things. This is a film that oozes Florida heat ... perfect for a hot late night. Beginning with a rape allegation it goes on to line up the twists like dominoes. Double crossing, triple crossing, all the crossings, they're all present here. It's daft as but it's a load of fun.

[Dogg Thang]

Next up, Wild Things. This is a film that oozes Florida heat ... perfect for a hot late night. Beginning with a rape allegation it goes on to line up the twists like dominoes. Double crossing, triple crossing, all the crossings, they're all present here. It's daft as but it's a load of fun.

I watched this for the first time relatively recently (in my steamy movies binge) and I really enjoyed it. It's ridiculous but fun throughout.

[QualityChimp]

I watched Full Alert (via DVD), a 1996 cop thriller by Ringo Lam ("City On Fire" that Tarrantino borrowed from for Reservoir Dogs).
It was decent enough with the old trope of two similar men but on either side of the law with one trying to catch the other before he pulls off a major heist.

I got PTSD in the heist because they break into a vault by scuba diving to a sewer grate and cutting through it and I had flashbacks to the zillion times I did it on GTA Online's Cayo Perico Heist.

I also saw The Witch. Part 1: Subversion (2018 via All4), which is about a Korean girl who is taken in when she escapes from a shady laboratory, but does she remember any of her past?
Bit of a slow burner, with the bulk of the action in the final quarter, but it's interesting enough to hold your attention before the payoff.
Had some twists I didn't see coming, but worth a watch, for sure.

[fuse]

Watched the Bob's Burgers Movie on the weekend. Have a soft spot for the TV show, and unsurprisingly this was the same deal but with a longer run-time, a bit more of an animation budget, and a couple of songs thrown in for good measure. Wasn't bad, and I had a few good laughs, but also didn't really do anything that couldn't have been managed in its existing format. If the goal was just to bring the show to the attention of a new audience then I think it's at least done that competently, but if you're already a fan you'd arguably get more from just watching a bunch of episodes back to back.

[Neon Ignition]

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
... I really wanted to like this more. The set up is perfect for a Cage movie but really the script just isn't close to on point enough to deliver. The film is just kind of fine. Demi Moore might be challenging Jane Seymour for aging though at this rate

[wakka]

I got PTSD in the heist because they break into a vault by scuba diving to a sewer grate and cutting through it and I had flashbacks to the zillion times I did it on GTA Online's Cayo Perico Heist.

Ha, interesting. Probably where the scenario designers got the idea, then.

[Finsbury Girl]

Dog - I'm a sucker for dog movies, I liked it, though it was very low key and a fair bit of the comedy didn't quite work. Lulu was the best she is such a beautiful dog.

[QualityChimp]

Valley of the Dead (2020 via Netflix)
During WWI, a Spanish officer, Jan, is spared from execution by fascists if he undergoes a tough mission to pass a message to a secret base somewhere across a valley. They're interrupted on their journey when they see a Spanish pilot eject from his plane after losing a dogfight and set off to rescue him from the forest.

When they find him, he's already dead, but then get surrounded and caught by a team of communist guerillas who decide to capture Jan and take him to their camp, but as they leave, the pilot comes back to life and starts trying to eat them! Even emptying a machine gun clip won't stop the deranged pilot and they have to keep shooting him.

When they return to the camp, something is very wrong...

OK, so this is a Spanish WWII zombie film.
On one hand you could say this is monumentally derivative, using every trope in the book, or you could just switch off your brain and enjoy it as a comfort movie.
Somebody lops an arm off to stop infection like Day of the Dead, another person says the "When there's no more room in hell..." line, there are secret Nazi bases, somebody hiding an infection, a heroic sacrifice to spare the others and so on.
It's like a Call of Duty: Zombies/Wolfenstein DLC mission!

I watched it at a mate's house with a couple of beers and we were chuckling along at it.

Like going to McDonald's for a Big Mac, you know exactly what you're getting - sometimes that's good, sometimes it's not - but we had some fun watching this.

Bonus points for having a character called [MENTION=3822]fuse[/MENTION] and people saying things like:
"Fuse! Don't **** with me!" or "Shut the **** up, Fuse!"

[prinnysquad]

Villain (2020)

Craig Fairbrass cheapie that’s not got a great deal of complexity, but a reasonable way to wile away 90 minutes. He’s a reformed criminal who is dragged back into the world of slaaaaaags and cahhhhhhnts due to his brother’s ineptitude. There’s a few bleak scenes, and the tone is relentlessly downbeat and nihilistic. I generally liked it, though, and Fairbrass has this type of role nailed down these days.

[QualityChimp]

[MENTION=7343]prinnysquad[/MENTION], did you ever see "Avengement"?
I reckon you'd love it!

[prinnysquad]

Yep - it’s extremely good. I’ve watched it twice! Great cast and I liked the flashback narrative.

[QualityChimp]

Ha, I watched it twice too (plus dipped back into the action again, later).
Just the bravvers at war thing for Villain made me think of it.

That teeth scene... *shudder*

[prinnysquad]

Oh, that was grim.

Best bit was watching Matt Routledge get chinned in the lift