What film did you watch last night?

Nitefly said:
Heat - the Pacino / Di Nero vehicle.

Ehhh... just about OK, I think. It failed to keep interesting. A good set up leads to an absolute preposterous gun shootout and a really, really unduly long final section where the film just sort of goes on and on.

6/10
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Each to their own and all that but in my opinion that is by far the best shootout scene ever put on film, if I remember correctly the US military use it as training material on how to fire/reload your weapon in a firefight, the weapon sounds are also filmed in real time which really adds to the tension.
It's a 9.5/10 movie for me, so many good things about it.
 
Maximum Triceratops said:
Each to their own and all that but in my opinion that is by far the best shootout scene ever put on film, if I remember correctly the US military use it as training material on how to fire/reload your weapon in a firefight, the weapon sounds are also filmed in real time which really adds to the tension.
It's a 9.5/10 movie for me, so many good things about it.
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A favourite of mine as well; there is also a 'Making of Heat' vid on YT which is quite good.
 
I watched Heat remastered recently as well, I still feel the same way as I did first time round decades back, very stylish, very well shot, but also features Pacino's most hilarious performance in any of his movies, I laughed out loud numerous times, some intentional, some not.

The "She's got a great ass!" Is genuinely surprising and funny, classic Pacino, no one could have said that line better.

Later on we see an utterly distraught black lady, she's insane with grief, no one can get through to her, no one that is except Pacino. He presses his mighty 5ft 2 frame to hers and hugs her tightly, magically making everything all right. A powerful scene designed to show Pacino is a man of the people ends up looking ridiculously pompous with Pacino in his 'saviour' role. Big laughs from me in that scene.

Heat is a magnificent movies in some aspects, ridiculous in others, a bunch of cops with million dollar houses and $2000 suits. A bunch of crooks with thousands of dollars worth of heist equipment and bazookas. Stylish but certainly not believable in the slightest.

Now the heist it's based on, that was a real **** show and actually a lot more interesting that Heat is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hollywood_shootout


Edit: My mistake, Heat likely influenced this shooting rather than the other way round, being 2 years earlier, this shooting influenced a lot of other media though and is far more accurate to actual bank robbery in LA than Heat is.

Edit 2: Actually I was right in the first place, this could actually have influenced Heat with it being 1993 and Heat 1995. Either way, Heat is a great looking movie but clearly has a lot of style over substance.
 
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Steampunk said:
Heat was actually prototyped in the form of LA Takedown, an earlier Michael Mann movie from 1989.
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I do remember that movie name but never watched it, I'll try check it out but seems not to be on anything like Prime. But yeah you're right it's obviously the key influence for Heat, borderline a remake.

Also I'm working in between posts so not paying attention properly, 1993 was the date of a prior armoured car robbery of theirs, the actual North Hollywood Shootout bank robbery was in 1997, 2 years after Heat with Heat possibly being an influence on their real life ill fated heist. Maybe even for a couple of bank robberies they actually got away with prior to that as well in 1996.
 
barmyllama said:
The Limey 1999

A Steven Soderbergh film starring Terrance Stamp, as an English career criminal who goes to Los Angeles to find out what happened to his daughter.

Never seen it or heard about it until recently. Not your typical revenge film either and all the better for it.

8/10
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There's one thing I don't understand.

The thing I don't understand is every mother****in' word you're saying.
 
I think someone recommended it recently, 3:10 to Yuma. I do enjoy a western. I think it's based on a story by the same guy that Justified was based on, which I didn't know until the end, but might explain a little why I liked it :) 8/10
 
barmyllama said:
The Limey 1999

A Steven Soderbergh film starring Terrance Stamp, as an English career criminal who goes to Los Angeles to find out what happened to his daughter.

Never seen it or heard about it until recently. Not your typical revenge film either and all the better for it.

8/10
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Never heard of this film - just watched and agree, very good. Some very cool scenes.

The only thing, it reminded me of cigarettes! Haven't wanted a cig for ages and then watching this film, its like watching Mad Men etc...

It makes me want to watch Get Carter (1971) again as such a gritty classic. The opening sequence with Caine travelling from London to Newcastle with the theme tune - iconic.
 
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The Little Things - 5/10.

A bit of a ‘nothing’ film with a crap ending and poor soundtrack. Denzel Washington is overrated as always. Surprised he didn’t say ‘My man’ at all. He’s losing his touch.
 
nah you're just getting old now, I watched Training day the other week and yeah it didn't feel the same as it did before but it was still a great movie.
I enjoyed The little things tbh, it's not a movie you want to see at the cinema but it wasn't terrible.
 
Reality|Bites said:
nah you're just getting old now, I watched Training day the other week and yeah it didn't feel the same as it did before but it was still a great movie.
I enjoyed The little things tbh, it's not a movie you want to see at the cinema but it wasn't terrible.
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Training Day is an amazingly chilling film. The card game and bathroom scene is intense. "Have you ever had your **** pushed in?"

 
Guardians of the galaxy - 9/10 it’s just a brilliantly fun journey.

Guardians of the galaxy 2 - 6/10 have to admit it’s not one of my favourites, possibly my least favourite marvel film recently. A few moments I had forgotten and a few laughs, but it all gets a bit stale at stages.

Avengers Age of Ultron - 7/10 another one that has its moments, but it doesn’t have the charm of some of the other avenger films.

Ant-man - 7/10 my least favourite of the ‘origin stories’. It’s ok, but lacks the charm and set pieces of say Captain America The first avenger.

It’s interesting that by timeline order we teach a series of films that take a bit of a dip. Still, a dip by marvel standards and still better than any equivalent film.

Now on Civil War. Always one I’m torn on slightly, although at least we have a few more avengers in it.

Then black panther - I think it’ll be a sadder watch this time knowing what we now know :(
 
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