What film did you watch last night?
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maybe stretching it a bit. Enjoyable though.7 years old is now a classic?
Forgot about this film, definitely want to watch. I really enjoyed the Gregory Peck adaption of Moby Dick in my younger years, only at the time, I never knew it was based on a true story.
The film prompted me to read Herman Melville's book. Whilst it is enlightening; probably one of the hardest reads I have ever encountered. The story when you cut to the chase, is epic!
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Maybe I should give it another shot then, I admit I gave up quite quickly when I tried to read it.
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The book, In the Heart of the Sea (by Nathaniel Philbrick), is worth a look too. I enjoyed it.
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The Two Popes 8/10
Watched on Netflix. A slow but interesting movie based on a true story, but mostly it's well worth watching just for Hopkins and Pryce's brilliant acting.
Watched on Netflix. A slow but interesting movie based on a true story, but mostly it's well worth watching just for Hopkins and Pryce's brilliant acting.
old but gold right!Funnily enough, I watched this the other week for no reason other than wanting the easy watch.
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Great performances in this. Thought the story was lacking though.
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Underwater (2020) - 6/10
A mediocre film that I enjoyed more as it went along. The story is cliché and with little explanation as to why they’re drilling or what went wrong, although some of this is explained by the end.
Good use of atmosphere and good pacing, focusing on being intense rather than building suspense, and the special effects and big reveal at the end are good.
The acting’s nothing special, the characters have little depth and the humour doesn’t sit right with the supposed “horror” setting, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
A mediocre film that I enjoyed more as it went along. The story is cliché and with little explanation as to why they’re drilling or what went wrong, although some of this is explained by the end.
Good use of atmosphere and good pacing, focusing on being intense rather than building suspense, and the special effects and big reveal at the end are good.
The acting’s nothing special, the characters have little depth and the humour doesn’t sit right with the supposed “horror” setting, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.
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Starship Troopers... Would you like to know more? 
Caporegime
He won the independent spirit best actor award for that one on Saturday.Uncut Gems
This movie was so odd. Its hard to say. Its not an enjoyable movie, but at the same time I couldn't take my eyes from the screen. Adam Sandlers performance was just incredible
The main character is infuriating. The movie is outright stressful to watch. Everytime he makes one bad decision he then follows it up with an even worse one. Its just...mind boggling.
Well well worth a watch
Don
1917 - 9/10
Immense, thoroughly enjoyed it.
Immense, thoroughly enjoyed it.
Death Note movie...the netflix adaption -5/10
A woman at work recently lent me the first 3 volumes and it made me quite interested in this but it wasn't great...not just bad because I know the source material but just all round bad. I'm done with Wingard's movies, he caught lightning in a bottle with The Guest but everything else it a little flat.
A woman at work recently lent me the first 3 volumes and it made me quite interested in this but it wasn't great...not just bad because I know the source material but just all round bad. I'm done with Wingard's movies, he caught lightning in a bottle with The Guest but everything else it a little flat.
1917. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8579674/
Different from what I was kind of expecting but I enjoyed it a lot nonetheless. Some unexpected moments which had me pretty glued throughout.
Different from what I was kind of expecting but I enjoyed it a lot nonetheless. Some unexpected moments which had me pretty glued throughout.
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Birds of Prey - Margot Robbie absolutely slays in this role, shes incredible, film is bang average though and some forced SJW stuff put me off a bit. Overall I enjoyed it though, mostly for Harley Quinn though.
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Joker - 8/10
It was good but like most hyped movies a bit overblown, unlike the other Batman movies it was just dark as opposed to wacky dark with the Keaton movies and Bale dark with the Nolan movies.
The constant focus on Joker to the exclusion of any other character development started to grate a bit as did the chain smoking. And for the life of me, out of the clown costume the character looked like more like an aging rock star, the guy out of Marillion - not Fish, the other one (Hogarth).
Just don't expect a lightweight comic book adaptation.
It was good but like most hyped movies a bit overblown, unlike the other Batman movies it was just dark as opposed to wacky dark with the Keaton movies and Bale dark with the Nolan movies.
The constant focus on Joker to the exclusion of any other character development started to grate a bit as did the chain smoking. And for the life of me, out of the clown costume the character looked like more like an aging rock star, the guy out of Marillion - not Fish, the other one (Hogarth).
Just don't expect a lightweight comic book adaptation.
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His speech at that was pretty good, better than his last 10 comedy films.