What film did you watch last night?

All Quiet on the Western Front - 9/10.

Amazing WWI film told from the Germans perspective. Very well shot, loved the cinematography. Pretty brutal.

Really quite the surprise. Came out of nowhere for me!
 
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Enola Holmes 2 - 5/10 - Brown is a very entertaining actress and throws herself into the physicality of the role with gusto, and ger 4th wall breaking seems to work well plus it's great to see Cavill getting more screen time in this sequel. Sadly the story is very, very poor ("freeing" the woman from the factory whilst stomping was terrible), whilst the effects are very hit/miss and the rest of the cast do very little with their roles, especially Tewksbury and, perhaps understandably looking at the age of the two lead actors, it all just feels more like a cheap "Young Adult" novel brought to screen rather than an actual movie but thats just the opinion of a grumpy nearly 50yo :D

The practical stunts are very well done and a bit of a highlight until the carriage chase which sbweightman mentioned above which is just very, very silly/badly done and really makes the film feel like its stooping into parody at times.
 
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Yes, you definitely haven't seen the Christopher Nolan film.
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Oh yes, I saw it alright. Firstly I do not understand where the $150 million budget was spent. The actual story of the Dunkirk evacuation involved, literally, hundreds of thousands of men, and hundreds of boats and planes. In this film, we see....a few hundred men? 30 boats? Something like six planes? Where is the grand scale that a story like Dunkirk deserves, or really, demands? There was no grand scale. That is a heinous omission and oversight and ultimately fails to tell the story of Dunkirk as it should be told. And if you don't want to use CGI to achieve that scale, that's fine, but then either expand the real numbers of extras and props so it replicates what Dunkirk was actually like, or, don't do the film. A few soldiers standing around on the beach looks silly when the characters say on more than one occasion that there are over 300,000 men there. Where are they? We never saw them.

Similarly, we see a few boats here and there, and a few planes. This does not come close to approximating the flotilla of ships, boats and other watercraft used - in reality over 800. It's hard to appreciate what a tremendous achievement the Dunkirk evacuation was, ultimately, the aim of this film I suspect, when we never actually see that achievement occur. We see a few boats and few planes. Literally a drop in the bucket of what Dunkirk was. Yet at the conclusion, as the men are disembarking, back safe in England, we are supposed to be swept up in a swelling feeling of appreciation for something that we never actually witness. Very bizarre.

The soundtrack, if you can call it that, was an escalating collection of random and intrusive blaring instruments that can be best described as 'noise.' I have no idea what the goal was there. Perhaps it was an attempt to convey what one might feel, the intense experience one might have, if he or she was in a war-time situation like this. Perhaps. A professional critic called it 'bombastic' and that's probably being generous.

As for the climax, the scene of a Spitfire seemingly free of the laws of physics and gravity is bereft of all logic. No amount of criticism on my part can do it justice. Let's just say planes cannot keep flying indefinitely, much less maneuver and successfully engage other aircraft, when that plane has run out of fuel. The film deserves to be panned for this ridiculous scene alone.

There was no character development, I didn't care for who lived or who died, shallow screenplay, It was dull.
This is not a great war film, it's not even a good war film. Nolan is overrated.
 
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Prey - 9/10 Loved it.

I had some relatives visit yesterday which was a perfect time to give my new sub a blast. The movie was really enjoyable. My uncle had no idea about the movie and let out a big "IT'S PREDATOR!" when he realised what the film was actually about :cry:. He saw Predator at the cinema in the 80's and been a fan since. He loved this film.
 
Lapsis 6.5/10
This strange little sci-fi (kind of) film is a blatant poke at capitalism. It's quite amusing and the lead actor watchable. Took a while to get going though.
 
Goldeneye, I always list this on my favourite bond films but I had not watch it in a good few years and I must say it now might get the top spot, great action, surprisingly good story for bond himself and the dialogue is just great. Everyone was on point for this one 9/10.
 
Just finished watching Lost Bullet 2 on Netflix tonight, released a few days ago. A great French action film... Hints of fast and furious, but not as ridiculous andgood storyline with many twists and turns. Doesn't skim on violence either. Watched the first a couple of weeks ago (i guess Netflix were promoting it with the sequel about to come out) not knowing a sequel was imminent and hoped there would be more.
 
The Tomorrow War

A sci-fi action spectacle with aliens and time travel, it is even by Hollywood standards incredibly dumb. I can take an unrealistic premise but this films leaves the idea of making sense so far in its wake it's practically on a different planet. On top of that Chris Pratt is miscast in a straight role, the film varies wildly in tone, and so much of it feels almost paint-by-numbers it's that formulaic. At least the CGI is good, the action is delivered reasonably, and there are even a few good ideas sticking out like sweetcorn in a turd.

4/10. Not worth your time.
 
I'd just like to say, I absolutely love this thread!

There are many other forums with this same thread, but the hive OcUK mind seems to deliver quality recommendations strangely because we collectively have very similar interests. Love it.
 
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VincentHanna said:
I watched 'See how they run' which is now streaming on Disney+

Good cast, underused.
Not as funny as I was hoping
Sam Rockwell does a good British accent
Story is ok, but ending is a bit of a damp squib.

6/10
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I think this is pretty spot on. Sam's accent was good, but a little inconsistent. I guess the regional bit is the hardest for non UK residents to understand. As said, a bit of a soft ending really, but generally an enjoyable enough watch - 6/10
 
n30_mkii said:
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SPG said:
The big Short

Scary scary scary corruption to the core

9/10

Stella cast as well, really surprised.
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You know I've worked in the industry for over 15 years now and I can tell you that movie really isn't over exaggerated to what was actually happening.

All be it from an American perspective, the UK are slightly more reserved, but still pretty similar.

Those "NINJA" mortgages (no job no income) remember self cert?

The mortgage in the dogs name, well a similar true story is one of the mortgage lenders I worked for had to reprocess a property which turned out to be a parking space.

The trading of mortgaged backed securities, and how well they were audited (and I've personally done that a bit, believe me when I tell you how there were nights out plyed with alcohol, but lunches etc so you were so knackered you were not checking anything properly), the company I work for now sell mortgage backed securities.

The "buy 5 get one free" on new build developments and associated shenanigans.

To be fair the FCA who replaced the FSA are better at regulating everything of course people just get smarter.

But yes, if you watch that movie thinking this must be very sensationalised to make a good movie, it really isn't.

I must watch it again soon.
 
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Watched this a while ago, but just popped in my head so thought i'd recommend it. Easy 7/10..maybe a touch more.

Aniara.
A spaceship carrying settlers to Mars is knocked off course, causing the consumption-obsessed passengers to consider their place in the universe.
 
BUDFORCE said:
You know I've worked in the industry for over 15 years now and I can tell you that movie really isn't over exaggerated to what was actually happening.

All be it from an American perspective, the UK are slightly more reserved, but still pretty similar.

Those "NINJA" mortgages (no job no income) remember self cert?

The mortgage in the dogs name, well a similar true story is one of the mortgage lenders I worked for had to reprocess a property which turned out to be a parking space.

The trading of mortgaged backed securities, and how well they were audited (and I've personally done that a bit, believe me when I tell you how there were nights out plyed with alcohol, but lunches etc so you were so knackered you were not checking anything properly), the company I work for now sell mortgage backed securities.

The "buy 5 get one free" on new build developments and associated shenanigans.

To be fair the FCA who replaced the FSA are better at regulating everything of course people just get smarter.

But yes, if you watch that movie thinking this must be very sensationalised to make a good movie, it really isn't.

I must watch it again soon.
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Great thanks.... We are ******* again then.

:)
 
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