What film did you watch last night?

Hereditary - 9/10

Thought it was brilliant. Utterly mental but found it really compelling throughout. I went into it pretty blind, and it went directions I did not expect. One of my favourite horror/psychological horror films I've seen.
 
Greta - 5/10

Intrigued as it stars Chloë Grace Moretz who starred in 'Let Me In' the US version of Swedish original horror 'Let the right one in' both really good and its on iPlayer.

Greta, its okay but could have been so much better. If you like a weaker version of thrillers like 'The Hand that Rocks the Cradle'. Watchable but flawed. Could have been much better.

"Early twenties, waitress and lives in a million dollar apartment in Manhattan, righto..."
 
Joker - Been putting this off for a long time now. It was okay? The first 2/3 I liked, it was a gritty dark downward spiral of his mental state. Hard to watch in places.

The last section of the film lost its way a little for me, after the scissors scene in the apartment it became a very by the numbers ending.

Maybe I need to watch it again, but slightly disappointed.
 
Spring (2014, Horror Channel) - 5/10

Starts well enough then gets progressively more and more boring, as it turns into a crappy romance novel.

The only thing that scares me about this film is the prospect of being forced to re-watch it.
 
mrk said:
Freedom Writers (Netflix)


Based on actual events and set in the 1990s, Hillary Swank plays a new teacher who takes over a class of seemingly unteachables, kids that have been given up on by the school system. She earns their trust and makes a name for herself but at what cost? you'll have to watch to find out. It actually got me getting the book that the kids wrote (Freedom Writers Diary) and reminded me I need to read the Anne Frank diary too. Reminded me of why I like these sorts of films and also reminded me of Dead Poet's Society too.

Swank plays the role amazingly as do those kids, although I'm dead certain most of those actors are well beyond 20 lol.

Encounter (Prime Video)


A new one that was on my watch list for some months and only just released on Prime. Riz Ahmed is one of my top fav actors after seeing him first in the show The Night Of (go watch it!) and then some rap/poetry stuff (search for The Long goodbye on youtube, it is an 11 minute short film, very powerful and relevant still).

This set a very different expectation from the trailer I'll say that much. I liked it but it was clear what direction it was going half way through. Amazing performance from Riz and the two kids. Not so sure I liked the script however. I'll give it 8/10 for performance and cinematic style alone but for teh script it's a 6.5 I'd say.
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Riz is great, also recommend this if you haven't seen it: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5363618/
 
Netflix: 14 Peaks - Nothing is impossible.

One bunch of humble Nepalese dudes led by the first Ghurka 'Nims' who joined the SBS who summited 14, 8,000m peaks with hangovers breaking records, including selfless rescue missions in the process.

Nims was also the first climber to reach the summits of Mount Everest, Lhotse and Makalu in under 48 hours, summiting all 14 in 6mnths.

10/10 from me.
 
8-Bit Christmas

This may well be the worst film I have ever seen. It's basically 1hr 30mins explaining how a young boy got his nintendo for Christmas....however, nothing in the movie had anything to do with it. They spent literally 10 seconds right at the end closing off with "I had to do some jobs for my dad so I could save up for it".

1 point for being a Christmas film
1 point for the mum who was a bit of a milf
1 point for having the original NES

3/10
 
Wrath Of Man - 6/10.

Sub par Ritchie/Statham heist/revenge drama. Completely cold and deadpan throughout, devoid of the chirpy humour that made movies like Lock Stock and Snatch so watchable. Jumbled timeline doesn't help and there's not
even a decent scrap between Statham and the main bad guy at the end, just plugs him. And the irony s, turns out "H" is a crime boss himself who was scoping out the same armoured car route that got hit and triggered the events to start with!

Definite watch once job.
 
Space Sweepers (Korean film). Not bad. The atmosphere reminds me of TV show called The Expanse with a similar plot line of Ready Player One.
 
Encounter with Riz Ahmed, came into it knowing next to nothing. Not a bad watch in the end, it did like its long pause moments with a thumping score a little too much though.
 
Wrath of Man - A Guy Ritchie/Statham film. You know what to roughly expect.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11083552/
6/10

The story is mildly interesting and keeps you 'gripped' to the end, but it does remind me of how teenagers were back in the day calling everyone/everything gay and each time you mentioned your mates other half you'd make crude jokes. Highlights all of the annoying traits of toxic masculinity.

Encounter - I won't ruin it - but it is a faux Sci-Fi cum Kidnapping film.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12800524/
6/10

Pretty good tbh. Interesting concept.

(disclaimer: 6/10 is my watch once rating).
 
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