What film did you watch last night?

Nitefly said:
The Shawshank Redemption

It’s surprising to find that this ‘beast’ of a renowned film, which spans decades of story, is only 2 hours 22 minutes long. Wow - so many films released today really are bloated aren’t they?

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what makes it so popular. There are the awful villains and the immensely satisfying ‘conclusion’ of that side of the story, which I think are the bits that everyone remembers it for. But I think the real gold is the anthology-like storytelling that comes before the meat of the ‘memorable bits’. It’s really fast paced and captivating, just like someone reading you an interesting story. Nothing really drags and you learn just enough to care about the characters / know who they are but without any filler. It’s so easy to watch.

I actually think the ending sections are the least interesting on rewatches, once you know the outcome - but that’s arguably true of any film. It’s the set up that really makes it top tier.

Always a good watch… plenty of feels, doesn’t outstay its welcome, a gripping long story when you care about the characters. I guess you don’t need flash and dazzle when the basics are just ‘there’.

9.5/10
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Almost every frame of the film is perfect. So many ‘little bits’ of the film that just stay with the viewer. From Hadley going into Boggs cell and the utter terror in his face when he realises what’s about to happen to him to Brooks final moments in the half way house.
 
Killer Sofa and Llamageddon.

Both utterly terrible, but absolutely quality at the same.

Watched this after :

The Killer
5/10
A little different, but the story felt weak and I lost interest half way, got to the end, could have been much better imo.
 
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I watched The Boy and the Heron. Being a lifelong Ghibli I was looking forward to this. It is beautifully animated and has another great soundtrack, but sadly the story was a bit of a mess for me. There are so many fantastical twists and turns, especially in the second half, that I gave up trying to decipher everything going on and just enjoyed the visuals. Not Miyazaki's finest, but Ghibli on the big screen is always worth a trip to the cinema. 7/10
 
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Watched Rush Hour with the family - we were all cracking up in so many of the scenes, something we rarely do when watching netflix comedy movies (or any recently produced comedy movies in general), makes you wonder why older movies were able to deliver humour so well in contrast to what we have today
 
steve5424 said:
I enjoyed Dial of Destiny. Better than the last one by a long way.

However I was mostly distracted in the NYC scenes as they were all shot in my home town of Glasgow. Couldn't sway me that it was NYC. That and I saw some of the filming.

6/10
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I know what you mean. Although not a movie I had the same immersion breaking issue with The Lazarus Project. There was a lot of zapping around which tended to be a wide scene setting shot as they were off to Paris/Berlin/London/Romania or wherever, cutting to a close up of somewhere that I recognise in Bristol.
 
eurokage said:
I watched The Boy and the Heron. Being a lifelong Ghibli I was looking forward to this. It is beautifully animated and has another great soundtrack, but sadly the story was a bit of a mess for me. There are so many fantastical twists and turns, especially in the second half, that I gave up trying to decipher everything going on and just enjoyed the visuals. Not Miyazaki's finest, but Ghibli on the big screen is always worth a trip to the cinema. 7/10
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Had the exact same thoughts. Some of the concepts were just bizarre and didn't really work. The visuals and effects were good and really stood out on the big screen but the story was a tad weak. 6/10 for me.
 
eXistenZ (1999)

After the last two films we watched were from 1997 and 1998, we decided to give this a go, as neither of us had seen it.

I find David Cronenberg a bit hit or miss for me and this one was definitely a miss.

The film doesn't really go anywhere for extended periods, the dialogue is a bit clumsy. All three British actors deliver terrible accents. Ian Holm's French accent is as bad as the policeman in Allo Allo and Jude Law's hair changes after every cut in the film.

The whole production feels very cheap and amateurish.

When I think of all the films that came out in 1999 that I could've watched instead. The only saving grace was it was only 90 odd minutes long.

3/10
 
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.

This movie was not as bad and didn't deserve some of the negative reviews it got imo. Its not groundbreaking nor is it the best Superhero movie ever filmed but it was more of the same as the first movie. So if you enjoyed the first you should enjoy this. Thought the interactions between Arthur and Orm was funny with a lot of gags and one liners. The story wasn't serious and very cheesy but plot was simple enough to see the gang come together to stop another threat to the world. Amber Heard was minimised for reasons but thankfully didn't effect the story too much.

Shame the Synderverse ended like this. It had potential and just needed direction without constant Studio exec interference. If you looking for a pop corn flick with brain off this may be the movie for you. 7/10.
 
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mrh2019 said:
Why,
5/10 is not bad for modern films now adays.
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Haha nothing is wrong - I’ve just been annoying everyone by enthusiastically raving about this film for ages, when I should have just said my piece once and stayed quiet :o :p

Currently mid-way through The Patriot a.k.a. ‘Braveheart with Guns’ :p
 
Kyo said:
Had the exact same thoughts. Some of the concepts were just bizarre and didn't really work. The visuals and effects were good and really stood out on the big screen but the story was a tad weak. 6/10 for me.
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I very nearly gave it a 6, but the parakeets were so funny they upped it to a 7 :D
 
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Chabsy said:
Over the last few days of I have mostly watch films older than me, Yesterdays was School For Scoundrels. 7.5/10
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Silent Night - 5/10

Maybe should be rated even lower. Just a bad movie. Slow to get going, then just rather silly. He was terrible, he was lucky the gangsters were even worse! Also, am I missing something obvious, why did no-one talk to him?
 
Witness for the Prosecution(1957)

Couldn't be bothered to change the channel laying on the sofa, glad I didn't as I enjoyed it. Acting was a bit hammy at times but was fun and I was interested to see how it ended. It was bugging me where id seen Charles Laughton before and it was Jamaica Inn that I had seen many years ago.
 
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