Films You Have Watched

[Solar]

Kickboxer. Not seen this before. Incredible really.

What!. I don't know if I should laugh or cry at that

[Dogg Thang]

It has one of my favourite movie soundtracks. Paul Hertzog also did Bloodsport and, while that’s a better movie, I feel Kickboxer has the better score.

[Dogg Thang]

I saw Oppenheimer yesterday and found it to be fascinating. I enjoyed a lot of it but the last quarter totally lost my interest. I really wasn’t invested in the Strauss character and struggled to know why that was getting so much focus at the end.

Murphy was superb and he really hooked me in for most of it, really up until the big event.

The entire film was edited like a trailer and, overall, that kind of worked. It never settled into a scene, instead it was like a montage going from line to line. Again, where that fell down for me was after the big event where we were subjected to loads of exposition lines but not in an actual scene with drama but instead just cutting back and forth between them and they couldn’t hold my interest.

So I probably really liked three quarters of the film. But it was no Barbie.

[Colin]

Guardians Of The Galaxy 3. Felt like a bit of a mixed bag, but did get better as the film went on though initially it seemed a bit made for TV if that makes any sense? I kinda liked the others because of their fun silliness, so this one with its many sad sections definitely seemed a different beast. I'd say at this point that this should probably be the last one, but I dare say they'll keep going.

[Dogg Thang]

Oh yeah, I just watched that too. I didn’t find it much fun. It was kind of mean-spirited.

[Nu-Eclipse]

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Kickboxer. Not seen this before. Incredible really.

You're taking the p1ss. You have to be! You're older than I am!!

[prinnysquad]

You people are weird. Guardians 3 is great.

Watched The 39 Steps - Kenneth More version - yesterday. Lovely colour and scenery throughout, and More is a likeable enough Hannay. Sid James has a memorable 5 minute cameo. The whole thing just oozes 50s class.

[charlesr]

You're taking the p1ss. You have to be! You're older than I am!!

Yeah, shocker. Also, I've not seen Bloodsports which is next on my list.

However, I have seen "Man Bites Dog", an amazing French film that was so far ahead of its time, it's crazy. The whole reality show concept was wild at the time. If you can find a way of watching it, jump right in.

[Atticus]

I remember seeing Man Bites Dog at the cinema and it being pretty shocking in places. Very good though

[Finsbury Girl]

No Time to Die - the plot was a bit crap, they completely wasted Blofeld and the main bad guy wasn't menacing in the slightest. For me the lovey dovey bits were complete ham. Some really nice action sequences and stunts, gorgeous locations (shoutout to Hammersmith Bridge ) and it is shot extremely well. Oh and the number of Astons was a bonus. Was it a fitting end to the Casino Royale Daniel Craig arc - not for me no it wasn't. I thought the ending was a cop out and not at all "Bond"

Oh meant to say the Ana de Armas segment was weird, though I loved to see her kicking arse Woo style

[Atticus]

Bodies Bodies Bodies. Murder mystery/whodunit with a bunch of rich kids in a remote mansion. There's bitchiness, there's drug-taking, there's a murder party game. Had a lot of fun with this one. It plays well with a viewer's expectations and delivers on surprises and laughs over blood and scares. Recommended.

[Dogg Thang]

A long flight from LA gave me the opportunity to finally watch the Dungeons & Dragons movie. It’s a lot of fun. No masterpiece by any means but just a fun romp delivering exactly what it needed to. I really enjoyed it.

Started John Wick 4 but didn’t make it through it. I’ll watch it again another time.

[Atticus]

A long flight from LA gave me the opportunity to finally watch the Dungeons & Dragons movie. It’s a lot of fun. No masterpiece by any means but just a fun romp delivering exactly what it needed to. I really enjoyed it.

Class. It’s coming to Sky Cinema next week. Looking forward seeing it.

[QualityChimp]

Smoking Causes Coughing (Cinema) - Bonkers French anthology film around the framework of a Tokusatsu team powered by the ingredients of cigarettes take a holiday and take turns telling scary stories. Bloody bonkers.
X (Prime) - I wanted to like this more, but it's a horror-by-numbers that's been done many times before. Worth a watch for genre fans, but you'll find yourself comparing it.
The Thing From Another World (iPlayer) - The original take on "Who Goes There" and although The Thing perfected the formula, there's plenty of source ideas here and some amazing practical sequences, especially the fire stunts.
Talk To Me (Cinema) - Creepy little story of possession that's got plenty of spooky moments. Nothing huge, but the smaller scale works in its favour.
Martial Law II: Undercover (Prime) - I mainly watched this for Rothrock, but it's a pretty dull story with some clunky fights. All the guys are built like brick outhouses and obviously know a martial art but couldn't act their way out of a wet paper bag.
Barbie (Cinema) - Had a family outing where the kids saw TMNT and I saw Barbie with the wife. I'd wanted to see it since the trailer, so was really pleased when she stated an interest too. I think it's really good. It touches on the whole "what is real?" theme like Truman Show or even The Matrix, but with a neon pink exterior. I'm so pleased it's doing great business as it's got an amazing message at its core.
Every time I went to the cinema, there's been a line of women waiting to see it (a summer Barbie queue?! ), which has been great to see.
The Iron Giant (Prime) - Been meaning to watch this for years but never got around to it. Hails back to the days of animation where the CGI was used to enhance the film, not the whole animation medium, so it looked and moved beautifully.
If I'm honest, I preferred it when Tom Baker read "The Iron Man" on Jackanory. That was terrifying!
Blade Runner (Prime) - I really want to like Blade Runner but it's never clicked with me. This time didn't work either, but that's mainly because it was the Theatrical Cut with the awful voiceover. I don't like that Vangelis soundtrack it's neither bleepy or noiry enough, just unenergetic.
My Name is Alfred Hitchcock (Cinema) - Documentary by Mark (Moviedrome) Cousins where Alistair McGowan does an impression of Hitchcock to talk about his narrative themes through "his own words". It's a nice watch if you want to learn a bit more about those story elements he employed.
Vertigo (cinema) - Did a double-bill with Vertigo, which I've never seen before. The story was different to what I imagined and is pretty dark, especially that ending! It looks amazing, though, and had me guessing where it was going throughout.

[prinnysquad]

Jigsaw (1962)

Fab little police procedural whodunnit set in and around Brighton in the 60s. It’s longer than most Brit flicks of the era, especially black and white, but it gallops along, and not a word is wasted. An absolute gem. 8.5/10