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Challenger: Final Flight, on Netflix. A pretty good introduction to Engineers v Politics.
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The Bob Marley story- One Love
As a big Bob fan, and knowing a bit about his life, I was looking forward to this, but it was a disappointment- I didn't find the way Bob's character was portrayed convincing or engaging, and overall it was a bit of a B or C movie and a lot duller than it could/should have been, sort of like it had been severely sanitised/dumbed down- the saving grace was the tunes, but TBH there wasn't as much of that in it as I would have expected either....
We saw it in the local (ish) Everyman so there are a lot worse ways to spend an evening, but the film itself gets a maximum 5/10 from me
As a big Bob fan, and knowing a bit about his life, I was looking forward to this, but it was a disappointment- I didn't find the way Bob's character was portrayed convincing or engaging, and overall it was a bit of a B or C movie and a lot duller than it could/should have been, sort of like it had been severely sanitised/dumbed down- the saving grace was the tunes, but TBH there wasn't as much of that in it as I would have expected either....
We saw it in the local (ish) Everyman so there are a lot worse ways to spend an evening, but the film itself gets a maximum 5/10 from me
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Also in a Space Shuttle theme, on BBC IPlayer, Columbia, the shuttle that fell to Earth. Very good but I did get a bit angry in places at the arrogance and complacency of NASA management , like the lessons of Challenger had been forgotten (depressingly it reminds me of where I work).
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I'll have to watch that. I watched the Netflix Challenger doc this week. Amazing that they made the decision to fly knowing what they did!! Sad that the mistakes repeated themselves with Columbia.MingtheMerciless wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:52 am Also in a Space Shuttle theme, on BBC IPlayer, Columbia, the shuttle that fell to Earth. Very good but I did get a bit angry in places at the arrogance and complacency of NASA management , like the lessons of Challenger had been forgotten (depressingly it reminds me of where I work).
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Just watched The Commitments. Can't quite believe it's taken this long to get round to watching it!
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I'm really disappointed with this and not a patch on Band of Brothers which I am now rewatching for the 4th or 5th time. The CGI is so bad it distracts from the story and they ripped off some scenes from Memphis Belle almost shot for shot.McNab wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 11:44 am Masters of the Air just started on Apple TV.
It's the spiritual successor to Band of Brothers/Pacific but set around the US B-17 bomber division in based in the UK.
Seems quite good so far but still can't resist that Spielberg/Hanks quirk of having the English be twats.
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Love/Hate on ITVX - bit like Top Boy but years earlier in Dublin
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Just watched the 3rd part last night, very good watch. The big dilemma they had i suppose was, do you tell the crew they could possibly all burn up on re entry due to possibly wing damage caused be foam.MingtheMerciless wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:52 am Also in a Space Shuttle theme, on BBC IPlayer, Columbia, the shuttle that fell to Earth. Very good but I did get a bit angry in places at the arrogance and complacency of NASA management , like the lessons of Challenger had been forgotten (depressingly it reminds me of where I work).
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Watched a couple of films at the weekend....
Saltburn - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17351924/?ref_=ttqu_ov_i
Gets a thumbs up from me. Richard E Grant and Rosamund Pike are outstanding in it. Not the most original of stories, but a great film. Amazon Prime
The Favourite - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5083738/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Regency drama with Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone. Surprisingly good. Netflix.
Saltburn - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17351924/?ref_=ttqu_ov_i
Gets a thumbs up from me. Richard E Grant and Rosamund Pike are outstanding in it. Not the most original of stories, but a great film. Amazon Prime
The Favourite - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5083738/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Regency drama with Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone. Surprisingly good. Netflix.
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I watched The Favourite a week or two back, it was ok.gremlin wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:36 pm Watched a couple of films at the weekend....
Saltburn - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17351924/?ref_=ttqu_ov_i
Gets a thumbs up from me. Richard E Grant and Rosamund Pike are outstanding in it. Not the most original of stories, but a great film. Amazon Prime
The Favourite - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5083738/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Regency drama with Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone. Surprisingly good. Netflix.
I started watching Poor Things (same director innit), it's ok, but I turned if off after an hour, I'd got bored and wasn't expecting to see much more of Emma Stones tits
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Approaching the end of series 3 now. TBH Id have bailed on it, as its so slow at times, but the wife is into it. Anyone else stuck with it?
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Yep, watched the entire set of series and episodes.
Considering some of it wasn't by the original author, Margaret Attwood, it was very well done and worth watching
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Its very dark in its filming and set where its cold and snowy and that probably kicks my SADS in! I am enjoying it in the main, but I start to lose interest at times. I feel it could have been edited down to keep a better momentum, but thats just from my POV as my wife is pretty enthralled with it as it is.
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The original book is, in essence, season 1.
After that it went a bit downhill as they milked the udder for television 'til it was very sore indeed.
After that it went a bit downhill as they milked the udder for television 'til it was very sore indeed.
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I know. I too reached moments of ' that's enough ' but my wife stuck with it, as did I. All in all, a good watchTaipan wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:41 pmIts very dark in its filming and set where its cold and snowy and that probably kicks my SADS in! I am enjoying it in the main, but I start to lose interest at times. I feel it could have been edited down to keep a better momentum, but thats just from my POV as my wife is pretty enthralled with it as it is.
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I watched that Ferrari film on a flight yesterday, it's not great but it's not bad, better than the De Niro film about the 'injuns.
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We bailed on it. I suspect we’ll return but even the wife got bogged down by it. We watched The Gentlemen tv series, very good in a distinctly Guy Ritchie way!Buckaroo wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:26 pmI know. I too reached moments of ' that's enough ' but my wife stuck with it, as did I. All in all, a good watchTaipan wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:41 pmIts very dark in its filming and set where its cold and snowy and that probably kicks my SADS in! I am enjoying it in the main, but I start to lose interest at times. I feel it could have been edited down to keep a better momentum, but thats just from my POV as my wife is pretty enthralled with it as it is.