Jace, Extat Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Watching Peaky Blinders S2. God, I love Tom Hardy. His presence is palpable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isis Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Saw Interstellar last night. Really glad I didn't bother paying to see it at the cinema. It felt very long. I didn't feel any emotional connection to the characters and I didn't really care that much what happened to any of them. Didn't really rate any of the performances, especially MM. Oh, and worst of all the sound was terrible! Another one of those films where dialogue is whispered or mumbled over super bassy background noise. Had to watch with the remote in my hand. URGH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 On 27/10/2016 at 5:12 AM, Raja said: Caught the trailer for The Young Pope, and it looks pretty crazy? The trailer makes me think that it's probably got a decent soundtrack. I think the pilot is tonight? Was in England, yeah, and ep 2 I think (it already started last week in Italy and Germany, and isn't till February in the USA). Watched the first ep, really good so far. Is weird, but in a good way. Jude Law is brilliant, despite an occasionally ropey American accent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 13 hours ago, Pony Queen Jace said: Watching Peaky Blinders S2. God, I love Tom Hardy. His presence is palpable. Love PB. Tom Hardy is an absolute gem in it but he whole cast is strong. I think I liked S3 slightly more than 2 but it's been of very high quality for the three seasons it has run so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First of My Name Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 I finally watched 12 Years a Slave and thought it was very good, not much to add to what most people probably thought after seeing it. I also just watched Son of Saul and oh my. This is one hell of a movie. Geza Röhrig was really great, and it has probably the best employment of camerawork to add to the atmosphere I've ever seen, you feel as if you're there and yet you're constantly wondering what's going on beyond the edges of your vision. The story itself was captivating in the darkest possible way. Everything in this movie clicked together to create something horribly good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Watched the new Dirk Gently show's first episode, enjoyed it. Should I watch the 2010 British series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiDisaster Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Just saw Miss Peregrine's Home for Weird Kids. Knew nothing about it going in (little brother picked it). Did not enjoy it. Asa Butterfield is a painfully bad actor. Eva Green is always lovely though. 22 minutes ago, SpaceChampion said: Watched the new Dirk Gently show's first episode This is a thing?! How did I not know this was a thing?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiDisaster Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 On 10/26/2016 at 7:53 AM, drawkcabi said: Just started watching Shameless. Still in S1 but damn, this is a fun show! Really enjoying it. US or UK? I love the US version but Showtime have really been Showtiming it up the last couple of seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawkcabi Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 36 minutes ago, KiDisaster said: US or UK? I love the US version but Showtime have really been Showtiming it up the last couple of seasons. U.S. I'm in season 2 and yeah that's my worry when I get into later seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GallowKnight Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 7 hours ago, KiDisaster said: US or UK? I love the US version but Showtime have really been Showtiming it up the last couple of seasons. The latest season has been pretty damn good so far though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 10 hours ago, SpaceChampion said: Watched the new Dirk Gently show's first episode, enjoyed it. Should I watch the 2010 British series? I did see the first episode of the older series with Stephen Mangan as Dirk. It wasn't bad, but wasn't particularly funny either, and I didn't think it was anywhere near as good as the books. I'll probably give the new show a try when it comes out over here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Saw The Handmaiden today. Really liked it. All kinds of wtf twists and it was gorgeously shot and we'll acted. The almost 3 hour runtime wasn't too bad either. I was engrossed the entire time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isis Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Watched the first hour of Spectre and then switched it off. Another film I'm glad I chose not to see at the pictures. It started with another awful theme song. Honestly, the quality of Bond themes is at an all time low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 5 hours ago, Isis said: Watched the first hour of Spectre and then switched it off. Another film I'm glad I chose not to see at the pictures. It started with another awful theme song. Honestly, the quality of Bond themes is at an all time low. I thought Skyfall's was pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarGalley Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 On 10/22/2016 at 11:00 PM, RedEyedGhost said: Man I really wish I "got" this show the way everybody in the show's thread does, because while I thought it looked pretty, it's just one cliché after another. Hopefully it can move away from that, but I'm doubtful at this point... I realized today that I had yet to watch episode three yet. Maybe I'll just wait until the season is over and binge the rest. I'm not sure there's much to "get" really. The internet fans analyze it to death which sometimes I think is overkill. To me, Westworld has been a quality drama in the 3 episodes I've seen so far. I like the music, the acting, the dialogue and the storylines. As for it being one cliche after another. Well yeah I guess you're right in a way. The western storyline is purposely set that way so that the guests can play a part in the tales of the old Wild West. The AI out-to-kill-humanity has been done to death too.. but the 10-episode series structure lets the story be drawn out in a far more evolutionary sequence than what I'm normally used to (Terminator, Chappie, Age of Ultron). Maybe the story ends up being the same, maybe not. But right now, the episodes have been an hour of quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martell Spy Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Started watching Peaky Blinders season 1 and I'm glad I did. Brilliant show. Set in a time period similar to Boardwalk Empire, but a better show. I've been looking for a good crime show and this is it. Also, the Red Hand is now stuck in my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isis Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 16 hours ago, Nictarion said: I thought Skyfall's was pretty good. I hated it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isis Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 22 hours ago, Isis said: Watched the first hour of Spectre and then switched it off. Another film I'm glad I chose not to see at the pictures. It started with another awful theme song. Honestly, the quality of Bond themes is at an all time low. So I watched the rest of this last night and now I like it even less. It's unsubtle, devoid of class, and it's all so cheesy and OTT. It could be an 1980's Bond film! I just think they could do so much better than this! And I know it's all part of the mythos and whatever but the misogyny is just making me have zero interest in these films now. I don't see any reason that they can't update Bond's interaction with women a bit more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Aquarius is one of those perfect films. By perfect I mean how very tight the film is in terms of language, beats, story - plot, character and metaphor. Everything meshes in the way a jigsaw puzzle does when one puts in the last piece. On the surface the film is unassuming, simple. But the more it is looked at, the more a brilliant piece of cinema it reveals itself to be. Clara, a 70 year old woman in Recifie, the capital of Pernambuco, Brasil, is a breast cancer survivor of over 30 years. She's the single holdout owner of her apartment in a perfectly fine, lovely old building located barely across the highway from the local beach. The developer who has bought the building, cannot commence demolition and building a high rise banal, souless luxury rental - condo until he gets Clara out. The means stooped to are horrible, but entirely unexpected. Other unexpected things happen. However, the violent acts the viewers are so trained to expect from USian flix do not take place. . . . . Do we want a powerful, kick-ass, empowered, empowering, powerful, effective woman of agency in films and television? A woman who lives on her own terms, in whom we can believe? We'll have to go a long way, alas, before finding another Clara. No, she does not resort to being man with t*ts, carrying a gun and doing martial arts -- she's not even her own age-bracket Helen Mirren kind of kick-ass Hollywood female protagonist. In fact, Clara has only one t*t . . . . So there. Aquarius's parts are composed of French and Brasilian sensibility. The music is (mostly) Brasilian. Additionally Sonia Braga remains one of the most beautiful women on the planet and one of the best actors. If the viewer knows something about current Brazilian politics and business and the horrors of what's happening with the rain forests, the perfection of the final metaphor just shouts out. But it's not necessary to know. HIGHLY recommended. How good was it? El V watched the whole thing and he never watches movies. He goes with me, and with many apologies, says, "I can't stand this," within 15 minutes almost always, and goes home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarGalley Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 10 hours ago, Isis said: So I watched the rest of this last night and now I like it even less. It's unsubtle, devoid of class, and it's all so cheesy and OTT. It could be an 1980's Bond film! I just think they could do so much better than this! And I know it's all part of the mythos and whatever but the misogyny is just making me have zero interest in these films now. I don't see any reason that they can't update Bond's interaction with women a bit more. To be fair, Spectre is probably one of the lesser misogynistic Bond movies. But yeah, Spectre was the most disappointing movie of the year for me. And probably even in the last 5. I have wanted a dark and serious Spectre movie for so long. I watched Casino Royale a couple of days ago and I still can't believe how far the franchise fell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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