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After a weekend in Newcastle, I feel the need to watch Get Carter again.
A must-watch for anyone who hasn't seen it - gritty early 70s crime drama, arguably one of the best British films ever made.
And I'm talking about the Michael Caine version; not the 2000 Hollywood re-make monstrosity.
Now you're talking! One of my all time favourite movies, and classic of its time and genre. I even have a copy of the original poster, I like it so much - and it's a great poster!
Regarding the issue of personal taste, in reference to some of the other films recently mentioned: I really liked Saltburn, but I thought the Holdovers what distinctly underwhelming, especially after all the hype about it. Although I agree with Nix that Carrie Preston is a great actor.
A film everyone keeps telling me about is Poor Things, so going to check that out next.
Now you're talking! One of my all time favourite movies, and classic of its time and genre. I even have a copy of the original poster, I like it so much - and it's a great poster!
Regarding the issue of personal taste, in reference to some of the other films recently mentioned: I really liked Saltburn, but I thought the Holdovers what distinctly underwhelming, especially after all the hype about it. Although I agree with Nix that Carrie Preston is a great actor.
A film everyone keeps telling me about is Poor Things, so going to check that out next.
Can't let Get Carter be mentioned without this:
I struggled with Poor Things. Is it a misogynists wet dream or a feminist torch song? It looks great and the performances are all sound, but it does feel exploitative.
I struggled with Poor Things. Is it a misogynists wet dream or a feminist torch song? It looks great and the performances are all sound, but it does feel exploitative.
Personally I loved it.
She turned the tables on most of the men who set out to exploit her. and seemed to become more confident in her directing her own destiny as the film went on.
I'm sure that there are aspects that could be considered dodgy but I certainly don't think Emma Stone would have done something that she believed to be misogynistic as she has a lot of say I can imagine in the roles she plays.
She turned the tables on most of the men who set out to exploit her. and seemed to become more confident in her directing her own destiny as the film went on.
I'm sure that there are aspects that could be considered dodgy but I certainly don't think Emma Stone would have done something that she believed to be misogynistic as she has a lot of say I can imagine in the roles she plays.
Was Poor Things Barbie for adults? Visually nice and the acting was good but there wasn’t enough story to hold my attention.
Was Poor Things Barbie for adults? Visually nice and the acting was good but there wasn’t enough story to hold my attention.
I share your opinions on that film. It was quite fun while it lasted but I've not thought about it since. In contrast, Zone of Interest continues to turn over in my mind.
I read the (Martin Amis) novel The Zone of Interest a few years ago and as a result don't know if I can bear to watch the film, the subject is just too horrific.
I read the (Martin Amis) novel The Zone of Interest a few years ago and as a result don't know if I can bear to watch the film, the subject is just too horrific.
I don't know the novel but the film shows almost nothing of the camp so in that sense there's no horror on show. Of course, the sense of what's happening in the camp is palpable but it's the way the people live in the house next to the camp that's the real story.
It's not another film about a Nazi concentration camp. I've seen many and would not have wanted to see another. As Jonathan Glazer, the director has said, it's as much about our lives today as it is about Germany in the 1940s.
With all the plaudits Dune is getting, worth remembering that Denis Villeneuve has also made one of the best science fiction films of all time in the masterful Arrival
Was Poor Things Barbie for adults? Visually nice and the acting was good but there wasn’t enough story to hold my attention.
No.
I don't really know what Barbie for adults actually means. That seems like a very superficial analysis.
I found the story gripping. It was about power relations, it was about how people are exploited for other people's ends, it was about facing and overcoming past trauma, it was about how we become more enlightened about our own lives through the eyes of our children. It was a subversion of how men use women for sex, with Emma Stone's character using sex to empower herself on her own terms. She threw off the shackles of female conditioning to start from scratch in how she interacted in the world.
It was funny, dark and quirky for me. But as I said earlier, each to their own.
I haven't yet seen Zone of Interest but I'm sure it will hold my attention as well.
I read the (Martin Amis) novel The Zone of Interest a few years ago and as a result don't know if I can bear to watch the film, the subject is just too horrific.
Yeah I read that too. Quite a departure for Amis, but incredibly researched and realised.
I don't really know what Barbie for adults actually means. That seems like a very superficial analysis.
I found the story gripping. It was about power relations, it was about how people are exploited for other people's ends, it was about facing and overcoming past trauma, it was about how we become more enlightened about our own lives through the eyes of our children. It was a subversion of how men use women for sex, with Emma Stone's character using sex to empower herself on her own terms. She threw off the shackles of female conditioning to start from scratch in how she interacted in the world.
It was funny, dark and quirky for me. But as I said earlier, each to their own.
I haven't yet seen Zone of Interest but I'm sure it will hold my attention as well.
Well, there’s a challenge! Write an analysis that isn’t superficial, in five words or less! Anyway, it was more of a comparison than analysis. Each film visually pleasing, has good acting…Each said to be making meaningful comment on today's society. Neither really held my attention.
Well, there’s a challenge! Write an analysis that isn’t superficial, in five words or less! Anyway, it was more of a comparison than analysis. Each film visually pleasing, has good acting…Each said to be making meaningful comment on today's society. Neither really held my attention.
Okay, not analysis then, bizarre comparison.
To suggest any kind of overlap between the two seems weird to me.
The distinction is with the 'said to be making a meaningful comment on today's society'. Barbie I would agree with you to an extent, but even that I would say is designed to appeal to 12 year old girls not middle aged men, so had some success on that level as it's message was screamed and lacked nuance but that's not a great surprise.
Of course it's just your opinion and that's up to you. But I think if you thought Poor Things said nothing then I think you missed an awful lot.
Man on fire American gangster Donnie Darko The constant gardener Law abiding citizen The butterfly effect A good year Inception A beautiful mind
To name but a few not already mentioned, also anything with Pacino even later stuff like Donnie Brasco and Carlito's Way
I enjoyed Pacino in ‘Insomnia’ which is a very good film and currently on ITVX.
Also on ITVX atm is ‘Turn the Key Softly’. A decent British Film Noir shot on the streets of post-war London with quite a few scenes filmed around Shepherd’ Bush!
I don't really know what Barbie for adults actually means. That seems like a very superficial analysis.
I found the story gripping. It was about power relations, it was about how people are exploited for other people's ends, it was about facing and overcoming past trauma, it was about how we become more enlightened about our own lives through the eyes of our children. It was a subversion of how men use women for sex, with Emma Stone's character using sex to empower herself on her own terms. She threw off the shackles of female conditioning to start from scratch in how she interacted in the world.
It was funny, dark and quirky for me. But as I said earlier, each to their own.
I haven't yet seen Zone of Interest but I'm sure it will hold my attention as well.
Not sure I really understand the university film talk, but I thought it was good as Emma Stone got her baps out.
Stumbled upon this film on TV the other day, tuned in and couldn't stop watching:
Title: Ghostbusters (the 1984 original) Genre: Comedy Actors/Directors: Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramos & Rick Moranis. Directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Ackroyd and Ramos. Why you should watch it... Absolutely hilarious - Murray, perfectly cast, has never been better and Weaver - well wow! (Very fine actress too, as it happens.
And to think that it only got two Oscar nominations, neither of which won - I can only think the voters were all on drugs!
A shout out for Training Day. Made in 2001 but I only got around to watching fairly recently. WHAT a film. Tension that builds and builds. Outstanding performances from the two leads, Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke. Superb.
Same, I watched it last night and it's definitely a different way to tell the story we all know by now. It's more a fly on the wall documentary where you follow along with whoever is in the frame, be it the dog or the young maid, whilst the horrors of what is going on over the wall are almost out of sight.
You are left thinking to yourself, how long does it take before you become that comfortable with what is happening? Definitely worth a watch if you want reminding of just how cold and calculating mass murder can be.
*edit* typo
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What makes The Zone of Interest exceptional is how it portrays the normality of life even when lived right up against the walls of Auschwitz. The Hoess family is shown with all the hopes and preoccupations of any family: childcare, relatives, money, career progression. Managing mass murder is a career like any other. The mother, played by the incomparable Sandra Hueller, is a model of self-deception, concerned about status and material comfort within earshot and nose-shot of the guns and ovens next door. Absolutely chilling.
A shout out for Training Day. Made in 2001 but I only got around to watching fairly recently. WHAT a film. Tension that builds and builds. Outstanding performances from the two leads, Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke. Superb.
Denzil Washington is great as a modern-day Mephistopheles. It's worth looking out for anything directed by Antoine Fuqua. He also made The Equalizer.
What makes The Zone of Interest exceptional is how it portrays the normality of life even when lived right up against the walls of Auschwitz. The Hoess family is shown with all the hopes and preoccupations of any family: childcare, relatives, money, career progression. Managing mass murder is a career like any other. The mother, played by the incomparable Sandra Hueller, is a model of self-deception, concerned about status and material comfort within earshot and nose-shot of the guns and ovens next door. Absolutely chilling.
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Not wishing to give the game away, but I thought the scenes where SH's mother visits and realises what's going on, and how disturbed she becomes by it and the obvious ignorance of her daughter, brilliant.
Such a clever film.
'Always In Motion' by John Honney available on amazon.co.uk
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(Very fine actress too, as it happens. 
