What film did you watch last night?
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The Walk.
Film about Philippe Petits high wire walk across the twin towers. Very good film. Great performance from joseph gordon levitt, quite amusing and had some really inspiring moments. Some of the walk scenes were so real they were nearly nauseating. I think I would have had a funny turn if I had watched it in imax. Can see why the critics loved it. Easy 8/10. It's on Sky Cinema.
All the way through it though I was just thinking...........
Film about Philippe Petits high wire walk across the twin towers. Very good film. Great performance from joseph gordon levitt, quite amusing and had some really inspiring moments. Some of the walk scenes were so real they were nearly nauseating. I think I would have had a funny turn if I had watched it in imax. Can see why the critics loved it. Easy 8/10. It's on Sky Cinema.
All the way through it though I was just thinking...........
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I agree, but NASA would cringe
I think they fully endorsed it! Sure they took some liberties but I think most of it is fairly grounded in what we're capable of today.
The only real science liberty I'm aware of is that a storm on Mars, because of it's atmosphere, wouldn't be anywhere near so powerful.
Not sure why the need to knock a movie that's at least trying to be a bit more based in real world physics?! Same for mavity. There's always going to have to be some sort of suspension of disbelief (like how an action star can dodge a hail of gun fire in a normal movie).
Quality film!The Big Short - 9/10 film Brilliant film very entertaining and educational at times
Can't wait to see this.Jason Bourne (premiere) - 8/10
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The Nice Guys - 8/10.
Really really epic. Everyone should watch it, funny and a good story. I remember being 60 mins in and thinking that so much had happened already. Excellent!
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Loved this film back in the day - especially the bedroom swapping bit to the tune of Yello's 'Oh Yeah'. That and I had a massive crush on Helen Slater (Super Girl).
Focus - Will Smith and Margot Robbie
7/10
I dunno, I kinda enjoyed it, it was slow in places. I guess I expected more with it being Will Smith, not that he wasn't good (he was). Maybe like the first time I watched Fight Club or The Usual Suspects and was like
at the endings.
I thought these two were really good. You might also like Body of Lies and Street Kings which came out around the same time.
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Not bad. As always a good performance from Brendan Gleeson, Michelle Fairley also noteworthy. Didn't like the other main character called Chase. Just seemed too egotistical and Hemsworth played him like some kind of chip on the shoulder superiority complex maniac. A reasonable watch though. I think the scenes involving Gleeson, Fairley and the other guy were easily the standout parts of the film. 6.5/10
Not bad. As always a good performance from Brendan Gleeson, Michelle Fairley also noteworthy. Didn't like the other main character called Chase. Just seemed too egotistical and Hemsworth played him like some kind of chip on the shoulder superiority complex maniac. A reasonable watch though. I think the scenes involving Gleeson, Fairley and the other guy were easily the standout parts of the film. 6.5/10
Just finished watching "Son of Saul" a Hungarian film about a man working in the Sonderkommando in Auschwitz. It got a good review on the BBC by Mark Kermode and so I thought it was worth a watch. The way it is shot takes a bit of getting used to,it's sort of over the shoulder of the main character, but once you get into it you get a feel of the horror that is going on around him whilst he tries to achieve his aim of giving his son a decent burial. Maybe not to everyone's taste but an impressive film all the same.