Movie review thread...
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For some reason, I'm watching a spate of gothic/weird family/haunted castle films and today it was The Invitation (2022).
Well put together, could have been great, but the clear (for me) references to wokeness took the edge off it. Still a fun watch though.
3.5 Monsters in the Basement out of 5 Ghosts in the Attic
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I found the film's undercurrent obsession with race just dull and boring. Have no problems with characters casually talking about how white (or black) a person's skin is, but here it's overdone and detracts from the plot & film.You get the sneaking suspicion the filmmakers saw this as an opportunity to show their woke/BLM credentials and get more than a few "white = bad" tropes in - as if real vampires give a fuck about skin colour
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@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
Pixie
4 Ritchie’s out of 5 Tarrantino’s
What I love most about the fern is it’s in depth analysis.
I feel like I don’t even need to bother seeing the film now
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
Pixie
4 Ritchie’s out of 5 Tarrantino’s
What I love most about the fern is it’s in depth analysis.
I feel like I don’t even need to bother seeing the film now
I'm going to take the bait...
It's a recommendation from Mike (almost always worth checking out).and obviously not a review with deep analysis as there was no tit-watch index rating.
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@MN5 if only we had a thread for your memes...
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@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
@MN5 if only we had a thread for your memes...
It’s not really a meme it’s a tribute
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Black Adam - Pretty average. Personal preference but I prefer Marvel average to DC average. This one also seemed to have a Zac Snyder influence despite the fact he appears to have no role in it (and yes I'm not a fan of Snyder's work, and no I don't mind if others are, but not for me). At the start especially there was lots of slow-mo and dark CGI.
The Rock was his usual self, always watchable. The super team were all good (Pierce Brosnan, Aldos Hodge, two younger actors).
To ensure this is a credible mini analysis of the film, Titwatch = 0. It's a superhero film, what do you expect. But it does star Sarah Shahi so the hotness factor is high. But, she weirdly does a "foreign" accent but no other characters seem to do it either. The comedian Mo Amer plays her brother and just uses his normal accent.
Average but worth the $10 I paid to see it.
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was disappointed when i saw the average reviews come in, the trailer was promising...will wait for it to come on a streaming service i think
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
Ready or Not (2019) with Samara Weaving and Adam Brody
Absolutely delicious black horror/comedy both original and satirical on the genre and the most enjoyable film I've seen this year. Think of a Taika Waititi version of a Midsomer Murders feature film but with more gore, violence and piss-taking and you'll get the picture. Bloody brilliant watch.
4.5 Hannibal Lectors out of 5 Jeffrey Dahmers
Ready Or Not
Didn't get the "Taika version of Midsomer Murders" vibe, but...- Take any basic premise, turn it into a movie
- In this case - "Hide and Seek"
- Throw in some basic "the 1% are fucked up" not-so-sub-text
- DON'T throw in any titties.... titwatch: zero
- but some good fun, nonetheless
Worthwhile.
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@Tim said in Movie review thread...:
The BFI recently restored a "lost" British thriller that has a cult reputation. It was financed by the Coal Pension Board, and shot on 35 mm film for international TV and limited theatrical release, but only played at film festivals and sporadically on TV. There was a dodgy VHS release for a short time.
The film is The Appointment (1980, 1981, or 1982, depending on the source), stars Edward Woodward, and is kind of like a very British cross between Don't Look Now and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.
It is also excellent, and is a chilling atmospheric thriller, with some wonderful set pieces.
4.5/5, despite being sourced from a 1" broadcast tape.
The vanishing British horror: unearthing The Appointment
The Wicker Man star Edward Woodward headlines this story of strange psychic forces from the start of the video nasty era. But since its release, The Appointment has been extremely difficult to see.
Apparently it's available to stream from Apple and Amazon in the UK.
Just watched. Stunning. If ever a film deserved the title "lost masterpiece", this is it. And you have to wonder just how films like this actually get lost.
Brilliant directing, simple but breath-taking effects, clever editing and the music by Trevor Jones is superb. Doesn't keep you on the edge of your seat, but the way the atmosphere & mood builds is fantastic.
5/5
Should have remained 'lost'
90 mins of my life I'm never getting back
Woodward was the least wooden thing about it
Was it about incest?
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@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
Should have remained 'lost'
90 mins of my life I'm never getting back
Woodward was the least wooden thing about itDon't hold back, Mike....
Was it about incest?
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I hadn't really thought about that. It could be if you see it that way, I guess. I saw it as about the strength of emotion in a single-child family and the child having psychic powers she used to destroy people - whether deliberately or not.
##endspoilerIn many ways the acting was secondary to the mood the film was generating. Simple story but the way the film was constructed, written and edited was astonishingly good - and makes you think.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
Should have remained 'lost'
90 mins of my life I'm never getting back
Woodward was the least wooden thing about itDon't hold back, Mike....
Was it about incest?
Answers below
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I hadn't really thought about that. It could be if you see it that way, I guess. I saw it as about the strength of emotion in a single-child family and the child having psychic powers she used to destroy people - whether deliberately or not.
##endspoilerIn many ways the acting was secondary to the mood the film was generating. Simple story but the way the film was constructed, written and edited was astonishingly good - and makes you think.
My take
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Woodward diddled her, hence the trepidation about the door handleThe dogs (spirits) took the girl away to protect her from Woodward
Story was being retold in mixed up timeline, so missing girl & daughter were one and the same
Dogs (spirits) who saved her then did Woodward in as revenge
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@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
Should have remained 'lost'
90 mins of my life I'm never getting back
Woodward was the least wooden thing about itDon't hold back, Mike....
Was it about incest?
Answers below
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I hadn't really thought about that. It could be if you see it that way, I guess. I saw it as about the strength of emotion in a single-child family and the child having psychic powers she used to destroy people - whether deliberately or not.
##endspoilerIn many ways the acting was secondary to the mood the film was generating. Simple story but the way the film was constructed, written and edited was astonishingly good - and makes you think.
My take
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Woodward diddled her, hence the trepidation about the door handleThe dogs (spirits) took the girl away to protect her from Woodward
Story was being retold in mixed up timeline, so missing girl & daughter were one and the same
Dogs (spirits) who saved her then did Woodward in as revenge
##endspoilerGood take - I hadn't really thought of it that way. The reason I liked the film (aside from the high production values) was not only was it enjoyable, but had many interpretations rather than have it spoon-fed to you. IMHO, you can have just too many Spidermen-type movies.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
Should have remained 'lost'
90 mins of my life I'm never getting back
Woodward was the least wooden thing about itDon't hold back, Mike....
Was it about incest?
Answers below
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I hadn't really thought about that. It could be if you see it that way, I guess. I saw it as about the strength of emotion in a single-child family and the child having psychic powers she used to destroy people - whether deliberately or not.
##endspoilerIn many ways the acting was secondary to the mood the film was generating. Simple story but the way the film was constructed, written and edited was astonishingly good - and makes you think.
My take
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Woodward diddled her, hence the trepidation about the door handleThe dogs (spirits) took the girl away to protect her from Woodward
Story was being retold in mixed up timeline, so missing girl & daughter were one and the same
Dogs (spirits) who saved her then did Woodward in as revenge
##endspoilerGood take - I hadn't really thought of it that way. The reason I liked the film (aside from the high production values) was not only was it enjoyable, but had many interpretations rather than have it spoon-fed to you. IMHO, you can have just too many Spidermen-type movies.
Without a doubt
Acting was too wooden for me
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@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
Pixie
4 Ritchie’s out of 5 Tarrantino’s
Off that stellar recommendation, I watched this...
Pixie
A B-grade attempt to make an oIrish Guy-Ritchie/Q-Tarantino rip-off
- Enjoyable
- Not anywhere near the heights of either
- Not anywhere near the depths of either
- Titwatch: zero
- Just a bland mixture of Emerald-Isle/Ritchie/Tarantino
- I'm sure there were some gaping plot-holes I noticed, but forgot under the influence, but anyway... that's not the point of a movie like this
- attempted style over substance, but... the style was... there, just not quite where it was trying to be
3 wannabe-Ritchies out of 5 wannabe-Tarantinos
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@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
Should have remained 'lost'
90 mins of my life I'm never getting back
Woodward was the least wooden thing about itDon't hold back, Mike....
Was it about incest?
Answers below
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I hadn't really thought about that. It could be if you see it that way, I guess. I saw it as about the strength of emotion in a single-child family and the child having psychic powers she used to destroy people - whether deliberately or not.
##endspoilerIn many ways the acting was secondary to the mood the film was generating. Simple story but the way the film was constructed, written and edited was astonishingly good - and makes you think.
My take
##spoiler
Woodward diddled her, hence the trepidation about the door handleThe dogs (spirits) took the girl away to protect her from Woodward
Story was being retold in mixed up timeline, so missing girl & daughter were one and the same
Dogs (spirits) who saved her then did Woodward in as revenge
##endspoilerGood take - I hadn't really thought of it that way. The reason I liked the film (aside from the high production values) was not only was it enjoyable, but had many interpretations rather than have it spoon-fed to you. IMHO, you can have just too many Spidermen-type movies.
Without a doubt
Acting was too wooden for me
That’s why I never liked Stingray or Thunderbirds on TV.
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High Ground. An Aussie flick about post WW1 outback relations centering on a bungled raid on an Aborigine family and the fallout therefrom. There’s an element of white guys bad (except for the main man of course) and black guys good. I wouldn’t care to comment on the accuracy of the portrayal of what went on in those times but it was an atmospheric film and kept my interest to the end.
4 head shots out of 5 spearings.
The Appointment (1982) ⭐ 6.2 | Horror
