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Re: Movie thread, the good the bad and the ugly... No, not that one.... a review thread.

Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2024 6:50 am
by Count Steer
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Jun 30, 2024 11:01 pm
Count Steer wrote: Sun Jun 30, 2024 8:44 pm Finally got round to watching Dune 2. Not bad at all. Hope they carry on with the Children of Dune stuff (the TV series was ok--ish, but a bit low budget/light on special effects but the effects have gone up a few notches since then).
I had to look up why the scenes on Geidi Prime looked so weird....IR film innit?
Having got the film on BluRay I watched all the 'extras'. No wonder it cost so much to make!

Have to say that Austin Butler as Feyd-Ruatha is the actual star of this one for me - the black teeth were a stroke of genius too.

Re: Movie thread, the good the bad and the ugly... No, not that one.... a review thread.

Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2024 11:56 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
Godzilla Minus One.

Defaults to english over dubs on my Netflix which just looks/sounds weird. Switch back to the original Japanese sound track with subs and it's much better!

I normally don't go in for these sorts of films but I'd read good things about this one so I gave it a go. 8/10 :thumbup:

Godzilla isn't even in it that much!

Re: Movie thread, the good the bad and the ugly... No, not that one.... a review thread.

Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2024 1:22 pm
by wheelnut
Civil War - a really, really good film. I won’t spoil it but really worth a watch.

9.5/10

Re: Movie thread, the good the bad and the ugly... No, not that one.... a review thread.

Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2024 1:52 pm
by Taipan
wheelnut wrote: Sun Jul 21, 2024 1:22 pm Civil War - a really, really good film. I won’t spoil it but really worth a watch.

9.5/10
This one I presume? Looks pretty epic in the trailer. Is it on netlix/amazon or did you go to see it at the pictures?


Re: Movie thread, the good the bad and the ugly... No, not that one.... a review thread.

Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2024 5:49 pm
by wheelnut
I rented it on Sky @ £4.99 - wanted to go to the cinema to see it but missed it.

It’s on Amazon for a similar price I think.

Re: Movie thread, the good the bad and the ugly... No, not that one.... a review thread.

Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2024 11:24 pm
by MrLongbeard
Free Guy.


Decent, harmless bit of fun.


Re: Movie thread, the good the bad and the ugly... No, not that one.... a review thread.

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2024 9:17 am
by gremlin
Watched a documentary on Woodstock '99 on Sky Documentaries last night. I think it was part of the Music Box series. Plenty of talking heads, footage of the build up to what transpired, plenty of finger pointing and then the whole meltdown on the Sunday.

What was most shocking, looking now from our (thankfully) more enlightened perspective was the normalisation of sexual assault back then.

Well worth a watch if you tire of Love Island. :D

Re: Movie thread, the good the bad and the ugly... No, not that one.... a review thread.

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2024 2:12 pm
by Dodgy69
Two films back to back the other night...

The Watcher...dodgy Irish forest, quite good and not a true story.

Bikeriders...Tom Hardy film about about the rise of the American bikers gangs. Pretty good I thought, Mrs not too keen.

Both a vast improvement on the "sowing bee" I thought. 🤷‍♂️

Re: Movie thread, the good the bad and the ugly... No, not that one.... a review thread.

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2024 4:53 pm
by McNab
wheelnut wrote: Sun Jul 21, 2024 1:22 pm Civil War - a really, really good film. I won’t spoil it but really worth a watch.

9.5/10
Yep, I thought it was really good too.

Re: Movie thread, the good the bad and the ugly... No, not that one.... a review thread.

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2024 8:50 pm
by Yorick
v8-powered wrote: Wed Dec 27, 2023 5:12 pm Saltburn on Prime - bit disturbing in places but really enjoyed it.....
It lasted 20 seconds

Re: Movie thread, the good the bad and the ugly... No, not that one.... a review thread.

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2024 9:18 pm
by rodbargee
wheelnut wrote: Sun Jul 21, 2024 1:22 pm Civil War - a really, really good film. I won’t spoil it but really worth a watch.

9.5/10
worth a watch but a bit too near the knuckle at the moment world wise hence I found it a bit depressing well made well acted well produced

Re: Movie thread, the good the bad and the ugly... No, not that one.... a review thread.

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2024 9:22 pm
by rodbargee
The Daly Thompson feature doc was good as is DALY Thompson its on IPLAYER I think.

Re: Movie thread, the good the bad and the ugly... No, not that one.... a review thread.

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2024 9:25 pm
by KungFooBob
Daly Thompson broke my joystick!

Re: Movie thread, the good the bad and the ugly... No, not that one.... a review thread.

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2024 11:39 am
by gremlin
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021lrg

Atomic People - documentary about the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Incredibly moving.

Re: Movie thread, the good the bad and the ugly... No, not that one.... a review thread.

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2024 12:40 pm
by DefTrap
rodbargee wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 9:22 pm The Daly Thompson feature doc was good as is DALY Thompson its on IPLAYER I think.
Yes, I enjoyed that.
I'd forgotten how much of a bit of a cock he was! :D Great athlete though. How he managed to carry on in some of those competitions whilst injured is staggering.

Re: Movie thread, the good the bad and the ugly... No, not that one.... a review thread.

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2024 3:46 pm
by MrLongbeard
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

More entertaining than watching a monkey throw it's own poo at visitors to the zoo, but only just

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Superman and Reacher kill all ze germans, very silly but very enjoyable

Re: Movie thread, the good the bad and the ugly... No, not that one.... a review thread.

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2024 4:00 pm
by gremlin
MrLongbeard wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2024 3:46 pm
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Superman and Reacher kill all ze germans, very silly but very enjoyable
The Gremlin household watched that on Saturday. When paused to refill glasses, I made the comment that the timeline of the film was not at all realistic* and was going to explain why, when Mrs. G shot me a look and reminded me that it was a film, that she was quite enjoying, and to forget picking it apart for factual details.

I wisely kept my counsel. :D

* If interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Postmaster

Re: Movie thread, the good the bad and the ugly... No, not that one.... a review thread.

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2024 4:21 pm
by KungFooBob
MrLongbeard wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2024 3:46 pm Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

More entertaining than watching a monkey throw it's own poo at visitors to the zoo, but only just
I think I'd prefer the poo throwing.

Re: Movie thread, the good the bad and the ugly... No, not that one.... a review thread.

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2024 4:28 pm
by MrLongbeard
C'mon you knew it was going to be hollywood when you first hear (or don't) the silenced sten guns being fired.

I only watched it as I appear to have fallen into an SOE hole of late, watched Sea Wolves a week or so back and finished listening to The Bullet Garden (An Earl Swagger Novel) last week

Re: Movie thread, the good the bad and the ugly... No, not that one.... a review thread.

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2024 5:15 pm
by Mr Moofo
The Boys, series 4.
I vowed after series 3 I wouldn't watch another one
I did - and it was just as pointless