[Film] Film 2024

[Barry Izbak]

We saw Wicked Little Letters in The Dome, Worthing screen one this week.

Based on a true story in Littlehampton in the 1902s and filmed in Arundel and Worthing, there are lots of reasons to go and see this film.
And not least the story, the acting and the superb cinemaphotography.

There won't be many films with more "bad language" this year. No doubt some one will count the number of C's, F's etc.
But this is a film you could comfortably take your old mum to without fear.

It won't challenge the Oscars, not probably the BAFTAs, but its well worth a watch when it comes round on your TV / streaming service.

7/10

 

[heathgate]

Just got back from an afternoon showing of Dune PT 2 .... I loved the first film, and wasn't disappointed with part two. It's long, but that's fine for me, ..... a mix of Chronicles of Riddick and Lord of the Rings it seemed to me.

Slick, gritty and well worth a watch.

 

[Meade's Ball]

Another few days off for me this week, and therefore films to squeeze in. Monday afternoon was of course for Dune 2. A chap with two tubs of popcorn stopped me momentarily as i walked through to ask if i was to see it, his face aglow with the thought of what was to come, both cinematically and sweet'n'saltily. The mistake i made with this viewing was not knowing of a part 3 - Come on Meade, you should've known - as this being a midway piece would have been watched with different expectation. Anyway, it was generally good, and a continuation of the mastery of rumbling mood from Villeneuve, the director. But i kind of wish there wasn't another 3 hours of this, and that Villeneuve could concentrate on other tales. By the end of this one i sort of kept laughing at some of the wittering and the twists. It is really good and really potent in a number of places, and strikes the memory recently and long past of horrible human episodes, but i couldn't overall take it as seriously as it wanted to messianically make itself out to be. WHo cares though eh.

Today though, i went to see Red Island. A Madagascan drama set in the early 70s. It was good, in a differing way. It was one of those films where a child semi-exists, floating unknown, voyeuristic of key moments that they couldn't understand. I read a little review after and it was based on the director's childhood experience, and that matched well the authenticity of this world on a French military base as colonialism in Madagascar approached its end. Identity and a damnable sense of military lawlessness fluctuate and meld as the child's family relish its surroundings and feel meddled by the romantic and cultural murk. It doesn't all flow and bring narrative clarity, but it's episodic and hugely catching to the eye and ear. It also has some moments shot of the comicbook that the child is reading which are amusing and eerily fantastical. AN interesting watch.

 

[Acker79]

The mistake i made with this viewing was not knowing of a part 3 - Come on Meade, you should've known - as this being a midway piece would have been watched with different expectation.

They made the first one without confirming a second part (at least publicly) until after the last had been released. There was supposedly no guarantee that we would have got part two. I say this to set up this link, which is equally suggesting, there may not be a part 3.

Dune 3? Here's What Denis Villeneuve And Legendary's CEO Have Said About It

Dune 2 is out now and it's making tons of money at the box office, but is a third film coming?

www.gamespot.com

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Dune: Part Two is in theaters now and making lots of money, so many are wondering if director Denis Villeneuve will come back to make the third entry he previously spoke about. We still don't know, but Legendary Entertainment CEO Josh Grode told CNBC that it's not a sure thing yet, in part because everyone involved needs to be "aligned and support the vision."​

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In addition to a potential third Dune film, Warner Bros. Discovery is producing a Dune TV series. In the world of video games, Dune: Awakening is on the way.​

Though, it could be read that Legendary intend to make a third and the doubt is around Villeneuve's involvment (and maybe they are aiting for his deision before publicly confirming).

I'm planning to watch it next week.

 

[Meade's Ball]

They made the first one without confirming a second part (at least publicly) until after the last had been released. There was supposedly no guarantee that we would have got part two. I say this to set up this link, which is equally suggesting, there may not be a part 3.

Dune 3? Here's What Denis Villeneuve And Legendary's CEO Have Said About It

Dune 2 is out now and it's making tons of money at the box office, but is a third film coming?

www.gamespot.com

​

Dune: Part Two is in theaters now and making lots of money, so many are wondering if director Denis Villeneuve will come back to make the third entry he previously spoke about. We still don't know, but Legendary Entertainment CEO Josh Grode told CNBC that it's not a sure thing yet, in part because everyone involved needs to be "aligned and support the vision."​

...​

In addition to a potential third Dune film, Warner Bros. Discovery is producing a Dune TV series. In the world of video games, Dune: Awakening is on the way.​

Though, it could be read that Legendary intend to make a third and the doubt is around Villeneuve's involvment (and maybe they are aiting for his deision before publicly confirming).

I'm planning to watch it next week.

Get the friggins outta here! Without them being back to back you sort of expect there to be a flow in the building of a franchise. I'd also expect it to be Villeneuve's franchise with his particular style and sound bombardment a part-unique identity of these films.

Plan to massive screen watch it?
My elder brother is off to the Imax for it next week, i think.

 

[heathgate]

They made the first one without confirming a second part (at least publicly) until after the last had been released. There was supposedly no guarantee that we would have got part two. I say this to set up this link, which is equally suggesting, there may not be a part 3.

Dune 3? Here's What Denis Villeneuve And Legendary's CEO Have Said About It

Dune 2 is out now and it's making tons of money at the box office, but is a third film coming?

www.gamespot.com

​

Dune: Part Two is in theaters now and making lots of money, so many are wondering if director Denis Villeneuve will come back to make the third entry he previously spoke about. We still don't know, but Legendary Entertainment CEO Josh Grode told CNBC that it's not a sure thing yet, in part because everyone involved needs to be "aligned and support the vision."​

...​

In addition to a potential third Dune film, Warner Bros. Discovery is producing a Dune TV series. In the world of video games, Dune: Awakening is on the way.​

Though, it could be read that Legendary intend to make a third and the doubt is around Villeneuve's involvment (and maybe they are aiting for his deision before publicly confirming).

I'm planning to watch it next week.

All he said, in an interview I read, was that he wanted a rest away from Dune after completing Pt 2.... he will do 3 at some point... the first two were back to back for him.

 

[Acker79]

Plan to massive screen watch it?

No, getting to and from an imax screen during the week is not particularly easy for me, and even at weekends would be an effort I'd need to really love the film for, and I remember a slight disappointment with part one's cut point, giving an unsatisfying feeling. I could do screen X at the marina, but the few films I've seen with that it has added absolutely nothing, and is a distraction. So regular screen at the marina.

Which when I saw Dune 2, had a worryng amount of creasing in it. It was almost like it was projected on a curtain. Still I enjoyed it. Javier Bardem's fanatacism brought some much needed humour to it, Chris Walken was stood out a little (not necessarily in a good way). It felt like it ended in a better place for teasing another instalment than part one did.

It's not a 2024 film, but tonight, I will be going to enjoy this gem on the big screen for the first time ever:

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

I loved Dune 2, personally. I found it had a much better pacing and balance than part 1.

It’s really difficult for them to make a film based on a book like that, as much of science fiction stuff just doesn’t translate well to film. So in general I thought it was well done.

I’m still not sure how it’s taken 3 films to tell this story though.

 

[The Clamp]

I loved Dune 2, personally. I found it had a much better pacing and balance than part 1.

It’s really difficult for them to make a film based on a book like that, as much of science fiction stuff just doesn’t translate well to film. So in general I thought it was well done.

I’m still not sure how it’s taken 3 films to tell this story though.

And two TV series.

I find Dune achingly dull. I’ll probably watch this but the first one had me dozing off in the cinema.

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

And two TV series.

I find Dune achingly dull. I’ll probably watch this but the first one had me dozing off in the cinema.

Ahh my mistake. I didn’t realise there’d been series beforehand. Are they any good?

I agree about the first film. I thought it was a 6/7 out of 10 at best. I much preferred this.

 

[dolphins]

Just back from Drive-Away Dolls, a sort of comedy pursuit film, which wasn't too bad - 3/5 I think. It's the story of two ladies (lesbians, so the odd bit of gratuitous stuff can be thrown in as "plot points") who need to go to Florida, so go to a drive-away business to get a car. They use people who need to travel somewhere, to transport vehicles to other locations. Of course, a particular car needs to go to Tallahassee and is due to be taken down there by some bad guys. Guess what? They rock up to the drive-away and take that car, along with its special cargo.

Short (around 85 minutes) and fun and diverting enough, without me wanting to see it again any time soon.

 

[Machiavelli]

The Zone of Interest

The true story of a high-ranking SS officer who lived with his family in a house directly next to Auschwitz, where he worked. The walls of the death camp are literally lining their pleasantly manicured back garden - a wall of concrete separating them from the daily routine horrors and atrocities which were occurring just a few short yards away from his wife and young children.

There is an almost constant plume of thick smoke in the backdrop belching from the crematorium chimneys, sometimes spreading ash into their perfect little annex from hell. But their lives carry on in banality and routine, almost totally removed from what was happening in the adjacent death camp. You get a disturbing insight into the cold, decision-making processes of the Nazi's in the logistics of how to exterminate Jews on an industrial scale.

This film is slow paced. You don't see any of the horrors - you are as protected from that as his family was as they just carried on almost oblivious, literally in the shadow of such horrors, choosing to ignore the occasional howls and cries from over the wall. Its a deeply unsettling film which plays out slowly but is all the more affecting for it. Not one I will forget in a hurry. I can't say you'll enjoy it, but IMO you should experience it. For that reason, I'm not going to score this one. Its just one I think everyone should see.

Just been to see it in a post-run one-off show in a full Komedia. This and @Meade's Ball capture it so well.
The way I'd put it is the film allows so much space for the viewer, such that it's our minds that are filling in the gaps and telling the story. It's an extraordinary feat of staging and will linger long.

 

[Easy 10]

Just been to see it in a post-run one-off show in a full Komedia. This and @Meade's Ball capture it so well.
The way I'd put it is the film allows so much space for the viewer, such that it's our minds that are filling in the gaps and telling the story. It's an extraordinary feat of staging and will linger long.

I agree. I found myself engrossed watching it, but at the same time wondering what was going on over that wall. The way they deny that is masterful film-making.

Something else I later noticed was that there was an ever-present low level hum, or drone of background noise audible whenever they were at the house - the sound of the crematoria constantly burning 24-7. After a while, I stopped hearing it. Or at least I tuned out. Which is exactly what Hoss and his family did while they lived there. Kind of the whole point, humans getting used to background noise and eventually ignoring it.

Amazing film.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

The Zone of Interest - Overrated. Some interesting things but nothing actually happens for 2 hours, the point was made in the first 15 minutes. I understand the banality of their daily family life compared to the horrors the other side of the wall but for me a person would need to know what was happening and the fact he was shown as a kind family man who loved his wife, kids and animals and not the monstrosity that he was is problematic for me. Bar one scene were he was gagging in the corridor after the plan to murder 700 000 jews in his name was noted but was it actually factual to humanise him in this way ? Art over substance 71 out of 100

 

[herecomesaregular]

Teaser trailer up for the new Alien movie. Love 1-3, would take AVP over the last 3. So I'm hopeful (just that, nothing more). Set between Alien and Aliens so I like the "look" of it. Do prefer my facehuggers rubber to CGI though.... Thankfully, it's not a trailer that gives much away (hate that kind of trailer).

 

[Acker79]

Also, teaser trailer for Beetlejuice 2

 

[Brightonfan1983]

The Zone of Interest - Overrated. Some interesting things but nothing actually happens for 2 hours, the point was made in the first 15 minutes. I understand the banality of their daily family life compared to the horrors the other side of the wall but for me a person would need to know what was happening and the fact he was shown as a kind family man who loved his wife, kids and animals and not the monstrosity that he was is problematic for me. Bar one scene were he was gagging in the corridor after the plan to murder 700 000 jews in his name was noted but was it actually factual to humanise him in this way ? Art over substance 71 out of 100

I saw this tonight. Respectfully, it absolutely worked for me. Reminded me a bit, artistically, of Hunger - the visuals were great, the sound was - as someone has said - 'the other film'. I didn't really get on with his last one, Under the Skin, so I am pleased this one has lived up to expectations, for me at least.

The thing is, they did love their families. That's one of the things that makes this whole 'genre' - for want of a better and less clumsy word - so fascinating. 8/10

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

I saw this tonight. Respectfully, it absolutely worked for me. Reminded me a bit, artistically, of Hunger - the visuals were great, the sound was - as someone has said - 'the other film'. I didn't really get on with his last one, Under the Skin, so I am pleased this one has lived up to expectations, for me at least.

The thing is, they did love their families. That's one of the things that makes this whole 'genre' - for want of a better and less clumsy word - so fascinating. 8/10

I think it warrants a second view, not a bad film by any means and the start with the music was one of the best starts to a film I have seen for many years

 

[Acker79]

Today, I have mostly been watching... Ghostbusters.

I watched the first four at home, then went to see the latest one, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire at the cinema. I'm not sure I liked it that much, and I'm not currently sure whether it is because I was ghostbustersed out at that point, or if it just wasn't as good. Despite bringing back William Atherton's Walter Peck, it seemed to lack the nostalgia of, and love for the originals that Afterlife have, and there was something about taking the Spengler family out of the local town and turning them into working heroes as ghostbusters, mostly taking them away from the friends made in Summerville, took away some of the magic and the chemistry and turned it from a fun story of new friendships into a story of whiny teenagers having parent issues.

Generally it felt more like a corporate effort to grow a franchise, than people trying to make a good ghostbusters movie.

 

[The Clamp]

Today, I have mostly been watching... Ghostbusters.

I watched the first four at home, then went to see the latest one, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire at the cinema. I'm not sure I liked it that much, and I'm not currently sure whether it is because I was ghostbustersed out at that point, or if it just wasn't as good. Despite bringing back William Atherton's Walter Peck, it seemed to lack the nostalgia of, and love for the originals that Afterlife have, and there was something about taking the Spengler family out of the local town and turning them into working heroes as ghostbusters, mostly taking them away from the friends made in Summerville, took away some of the magic and the chemistry and turned it from a fun story of new friendships into a story of whiny teenagers having parent issues.

Generally it felt more like a corporate effort to grow a franchise, than people trying to make a good ghostbusters movie.

Your watched the awful one with the female cast?

There’s really only one Ghostbusters film. The first one. The rest are all pretty bad.