What film did you watch last night?

[Alice In Wonderland]

Young Guns

Great film.

Although I remember when I was younger, asking my brother what he was watching and totally misheard and thought he had said "oven glove".

We still have no idea how I thought he said that.

 

[Alice In Wonderland]

Agree. Hereditary is far superior for me but Midsommar is still better than most in the genre.

Vastly superior but midsommar is still excellent for its category.

I will definitely enjoy both even more the second time round though.

 

[eurokage]

Vastly superior but midsommar is still excellent for its category.

I will definitely enjoy both even more the second time round though.

I enjoyed both, but I'm never going to watch them again. Proper harrowing films, very few directors make movies like this anymore.

 

[Alice In Wonderland]

I enjoyed both, but I'm never going to watch them again. Proper harrowing films, very few directors make movies like this anymore.

I think we have slightly different ideas on what a harrowing film is for us.

 

[the shadow]

Great film.

Although I remember when I was younger, asking my brother what he was watching and totally misheard and thought he had said "oven glove".

We still have no idea how I thought he said that.

Yoohoo. I'll make you famous!

 

[Smeghead]

The Boy and the Heron

I'm gonna get crucified for this, but Ghibli are very hit and miss for me. Spoilers.

Spoiler

This reminded me too much of Totoro and Spirited Away. I enjoy the former, but the latter, once they get to the scene where Chihiro professes her love for Haku, it loses me there. What does a 10 year old know about falling in love? It's a bit too much of a stretch for me.

Anyway, I just found the structure of this too similar to those. Starts off just normal, "real-world" things, then they go off and explore, then find some fantastical world that they just accept with absolutely no hesitation, meet people that they just blindly accept and listen to with no hesitation, dead faced just do what they're told to do by these random people, a cute little blob thing with a funny smiley face to pander to the cutesy crowd who love their plushies and merch. It was like deja vu.

I actually started to doze off towards the climax.

Not to say I didn't enjoy it, but I would struggle to give it more than a 7/10. Maybe another watch is warranted.

 

[gettothechopper]

last week Beverly hills cop 9/10
this week Beverly hills cop ii 10/10

 

[Shamikebab]

Midsommar is much better than Hereditary imo but I like both.

 

[King4aDay]

Anatomy of a Fall. 8/10
Slow paced but engrossing courtroom/family drama.

 

[Kyo]

I think we have slightly different ideas on what a harrowing film is for us.

I haven't watched either worth a go? Is it really frightening?

 

[Alice In Wonderland]

I haven't watched either worth a go? Is it really frightening?

Neither are frightening but both have fantastic plots.

 

[ianh]

Ronin - 7.5/10 - The plot is very "twisty" in places with many double crosses etc so it can get a bit difficult to figure out what's going on at what time but its a really great cast lead by a fantastic turn from De Niro, all doing some great work with an occasionally messy script and with some really great practical driving stunts, all of which add up to make the film better than the individual parts themselves, and it helps hide the messiness of the plot too.

 

[heman]

Godzilla minus one. Puts most Hollywood godzilla movies to shame. Recommended

 

[shadow_boxer]

Godzilla Minus One 9/10

Really enjoyed this one. I'm not a fan Holloywood monster type movies like Kong etc but this was really enthralling. Great plot and engaging characters, with a somber nod to historical events of WW2 and post war Japan. Well worth a watch..

 

[Shoza]

Ferrari. Excellent 8/10 as some well dodgy cgi in a few places

 

[Nitefly]

I haven't watched either worth a go? Is it really frightening?

It’s best to go into both blind if possible if you want maximum impact.

Yes both worth a watch, but I’d agree with Hereditary being the more impressionable film.

 

[AndyCr15]

last week Beverly hills cop 9/10
this week Beverly hills cop ii 10/10

This is a good idea, with the new one coming. Tbh, I don't remember the second and third that well. In fact... I can only really remember certain scenes from the first if I'm honest.

 

[Uther]

Le Mans (1971) Steve McQueen. Can't recall ever seeing it before, and felt like more of a documentary than a film with not much of a script.
Great car racing action though.

 

[gingergundog]

Oldboy (2003) - Never heard of this before somehow and walked in blind apart from the locked up 15 years for some reason bit. 8/10 for me, really glad to have watched it, great revenge film and great cinematography. Could hardly believe it was 20 years old apart from the tech changes eg flip phones and CRT monitors. Brilliant watch and will watch it again sometime.

Cracking film with a great soundtrack...the opening scene blew me away when I first watched it, probably one of the best.

 

[gingergundog]

Hereditary is a great film, I wouldn't say its frightening but its definitely really disturbing.

Midsomer is just irritating nonsense.