Watched VFW at silly o'clock this morning after feeding the mini human.
Really cool mix of a late 70's films like Warriors with touches of 80's & 90's to it, shot in a cool gritty way with some brilliant old school actors and some comfortably passable acting.
The main cast are: Stephen Lang (Colonel in Avatar) William Sadler (Die Hard 2 Villain) Fred Williamson (Dusk til Dawn) George Wendt (Norm from Cheers) Martin Kove (Karate Kid John Kreese). David Patrick Kelly (Luther from Warriors)
Well worth a watch and harshly underrated by those on IMDB.
For those that care: 81% on Rotten Tomatoes 6.1 on IMDB 72 on metacritic
p.s not for the fainthearted, the gore is another level.
Saw the Jack Charlton documentary this week. It's about Jack's dementia, his relationship with Ireland between 1988 and 1994, and his general approach to work and life, with a bit about his relationship with Bobby. He kept copious amounts of notes on scraps of paper, and they help form the backbone of the film's narrative, and the talking head interviews, particularly with Paul McGrath, provide plenty of funny and/ or poignant stories.
The whole thing is tinged with sadness, and this is intentional, albeit not entirely necessary. After all, he was a popular, rich, successful man who lived a long and happy life. Seeing the shell of the man in the grip of dementia is clearly very sad, I just don't think that sadness needed to permeate the rest of his story. Also, I am not sure why they felt the need to pad out footage with re-enactment scenes. There's more than enough footage from the games. That aside, it's very well put together, has a great sense of humour - deals with the dementia in a truly touching and delicate way - and provides a fantastic look at the effect the man had on Ireland as a whole, so to speak. I've watched a lot of docs over the last year or so, and this is classier than most.
Just watched the film 'Fish Tank' on Iplayer - originally released 2009. It's a film about a troubled teenager living on a barren Essex council estate who is trying to deal with all the chaos around her.
It's like a Ken Loach film and a very gritty story about those living life on the margins in society. Some excellent acting and enough swearing to last you a lifetime.
Definitely not a feelgood movie but an interesting watch.
Watched Unhinged with Russell Crowe. Absolute shite. The main character, a woman, deserves everything she gets. I don’t think I’ve ever been more irritated by a main protagonist in a film. Plus Russell Crowe looks awful fat.
Just watched the film 'Fish Tank' on Iplayer - originally released 2009. It's a film about a troubled teenager living on a barren Essex council estate who is trying to deal with all the chaos around her.
It's like a Ken Loach film and a very gritty story about those living life on the margins in society. Some excellent acting and enough swearing to last you a lifetime.
Definitely not a feelgood movie but an interesting watch.
Powerful film. I believe the main actress was cast after the director saw her arguing with her boyfriend in the middle of a train station.
Just watched the film 'Fish Tank' on Iplayer - originally released 2009. It's a film about a troubled teenager living on a barren Essex council estate who is trying to deal with all the chaos around her.
It's like a Ken Loach film and a very gritty story about those living life on the margins in society. Some excellent acting and enough swearing to last you a lifetime.
Definitely not a feelgood movie but an interesting watch.
Powerful film. I believe the main actress was cast after the director saw her arguing with her boyfriend in the middle of a train station.
I was blown away by the film. Curious to watch the other films the director has made.
Watched JoJo Rabbit. Wasn’t sure if this would work having read some stuff about it but it certainly does. Edge of film making norms but got a difficult subject fraught with pitfalls perfectly. Hard to pigeonhole but dramedy is probably best description with added something due to subject matter. 9/10 for me
Watched JoJo Rabbit. Wasn’t sure if this would work having read some stuff about it but it certainly does. Edge of film making norms but got a difficult subject fraught with pitfalls perfectly. Hard to pigeonhole but dramedy is probably best description with added something due to subject matter. 9/10 for me
Watched JoJo Rabbit. Wasn’t sure if this would work having read some stuff about it but it certainly does. Edge of film making norms but got a difficult subject fraught with pitfalls perfectly. Hard to pigeonhole but dramedy is probably best description with added something due to subject matter. 9/10 for me
I enjoyed it but opinions on it seem very varied.
I’m sure. So far off the beaten track of formula it’s bound to not be to some peoples taste.
Watched JoJo Rabbit. Wasn’t sure if this would work having read some stuff about it but it certainly does. Edge of film making norms but got a difficult subject fraught with pitfalls perfectly. Hard to pigeonhole but dramedy is probably best description with added something due to subject matter. 9/10 for me
I enjoyed it but opinions on it seem very varied.
I’m sure. So far off the beaten track of formula it’s bound to not be to some peoples taste.
It was an interesting film and it made you think- far too many films are just bland.
Watched Tenet and didn't like it at all. Worst Nolan film in my opinion. 150 minutes wasted. I hope his next project is better than this as I liked almost all of his previous films...
Nolan is the only film director who manages to make me feel really stupid. Tenet is the worst case.
Tenet is certainly his most confusing and challenging. It’s does however ‘make sense’ once broken down, as a few blogs and reviews I’ve read have shown. Memento, Interstellar, Inception, The Prestige were also ‘challenging’ in their ideas but were fairly easy to comprehend.
Nolan is the only film director who manages to make me feel really stupid. Tenet is the worst case.
Tenet is certainly his most confusing and challenging. It’s does however ‘make sense’ once broken down, as a few blogs and reviews I’ve read have shown. Memento, Interstellar, Inception, The Prestige were also ‘challenging’ in their ideas but were fairly easy to comprehend.
I’m looking forward to being totally confused on Christmas Day and then spending the whole of Boxing Day trying to understand it
Currently just over 2 hours in to the 4k extended version of The Fellowship of the Ring, big TV, HDR and Dolby Atmos home cinema, doesn't really get better for home viewing.
Watched the new Wonder Woman film last night, I really enjoyed the first one but this one is just poor all-round, acting, script, plot, it's all just not very good.
Watched the new Wonder Woman film last night, I really enjoyed the first one but this one is just poor all-round, acting, script, plot, it's all just not very good.
I watched it too. it's at least 45 minutes too long and it's dull as ditch water. Apart from that it was ok...
Comments
Really cool mix of a late 70's films like Warriors with touches of 80's & 90's to it, shot in a cool gritty way with some brilliant old school actors and some comfortably passable acting.
The main cast are:
Stephen Lang (Colonel in Avatar)
William Sadler (Die Hard 2 Villain)
Fred Williamson (Dusk til Dawn)
George Wendt (Norm from Cheers)
Martin Kove (Karate Kid John Kreese).
David Patrick Kelly (Luther from Warriors)
Well worth a watch and harshly underrated by those on IMDB.
For those that care:
81% on Rotten Tomatoes
6.1 on IMDB
72 on metacritic
p.s not for the fainthearted, the gore is another level.
The whole thing is tinged with sadness, and this is intentional, albeit not entirely necessary. After all, he was a popular, rich, successful man who lived a long and happy life. Seeing the shell of the man in the grip of dementia is clearly very sad, I just don't think that sadness needed to permeate the rest of his story. Also, I am not sure why they felt the need to pad out footage with re-enactment scenes. There's more than enough footage from the games. That aside, it's very well put together, has a great sense of humour - deals with the dementia in a truly touching and delicate way - and provides a fantastic look at the effect the man had on Ireland as a whole, so to speak. I've watched a lot of docs over the last year or so, and this is classier than most.
4/6
It's like a Ken Loach film and a very gritty story about those living life on the margins in society. Some excellent acting and enough swearing to last you a lifetime.
Definitely not a feelgood movie but an interesting watch.
I love how ‘difficult’ his films can be.