[Film] Film 2024

[Stat Brother]

All this talk of the Robocop doc piques my interest..... it's just (as a child of the 80s) I don't remember the film itself being very good!

An odd thing to write about one of the greatest films ever made!

As said at the time I was watching, I think it's the best 'making of' I've ever seen.
No stone left unturned and at no point is it dull.

All of that aspect alone makes it highly recommended but that's without a whole other layer.
With the exception of Nancy Allen the entire cast and crew were mental, proper bat pooh cra-cra.
Sure they may well be leaning into that narrative now, but they love it and that oozes out.

I genuinely would be amazed if a cinephile of age watched ep1 and thought 'not for me'.

 

[dolphins]

Civil War this afternoon, which was EXCELLENT. IMO.

Definitely one to see on the big screen if possible. Very impactful, thought provoking, and quite different to what I was expecting. I thought it was going to be a fairly much straight look at a fictitious civil war in the US, but actually it is explored through the conduit of a war photographer and her companions. I've always thought Kirsten Dunst's eyes have a curious "deadness" to them, but actually the horrors of war mean that she - for once - has the right eyes for the role! haha...

 

[Meade's Ball]

I'm with that Mubi group and get my cinema ticket per week of a film they're involved with, and it's rarely a dud. Ok, when the price goes up for me soon i might have to rethink it, but even it just under £20 a month i'm cinema-ing it 4 times a month for no extra cost. This week i saw Challengers, and what a growing beauty. I had slightly low expectations beforehand, with the trailer suggesting a tennis romcom and that not being my acrid cup of tea, but it really absorbed me in to a ludicrous, and modern-ish, take on a mix of genres. Melodramatic and foolishly charming, and sometime thought-provoking, all whilst ambition and ego and sexuality rival each other for a-poetic dominance in this striking power-saga. I wanted to roar almost as Zendaya does at the climax.
You can emerge from this all liking no one, but fascinated with the insatiable desire each of the 3 characters have, and in what direction that desire is to send them. The sex constantly in the air between Josh O'Connor, Zendaya and Mike Faist is depicted in the thrusting tennis played, and rarely in actuality in person. The tennis match played throughout between O'Connor and Faist is combative and bitter and changes in cause of intensity as we're sent through the layers of back story, snippets of past that rupture relationships that have a conjoinment to them without apology. There doesn't seem an escape from each other, whether they like it or not.
I really liked it by the end, sucked into this power battle with its twists and striking dialogue completely unattached to love. Well acted and brilliantly put together by Luca Guadagnino. Such style and preposterousness that i could do little but rejoice.


PS - Civil War was proper good, like.

 

[herecomesaregular]

An odd thing to write about one of the greatest films ever made!

As said at the time I was watching, I think it's the best 'making of' I've ever seen.
No stone left unturned and at no point is it dull.

All of that aspect alone makes it highly recommended but that's without a whole other layer.
With the exception of Nancy Allen the entire cast and crew were mental, proper bat pooh cra-cra.
Sure they may well be leaning into that narrative now, but they love it and that oozes out.

I genuinely would be amazed if a cinephile of age watched ep1 and thought 'not for me'.

tbf I don't think I've seen it since 1987 and I;ve seen the sequels so maybe they've diluted my memory. I think I'd find the doc interesting though.

 

[Stat Brother]

tbf I don't think I've seen it since 1987 and I;ve seen the sequels so maybe they've diluted my memory. I think I'd find the doc interesting though.

I know @Brightonfan1983 wanted to watch the film again before continuing with the doc, I didn't feel the need, but maybe that's because RoboCop is so ingrained with me.

The sound guys alone must reference 20 other films from which they took their cues, all of which are cut into the doc.

 

[Gabbafella]

I've just read the ridiculous news that they're remaking Naked Gun! If that wasn't bad enough, they've cast Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin and Pamela Anderson as Jane!
Why can't Hollywood leave things alone?

 

[Oscar]

Enjoying the continued return of some classic films to mainstream cinemas.

Last night, Oscar Jr and I braved the Odorous, sorry Odeon, West Street to see George Romero's 1985 Day of the Dead. Still dead good with some incredible practical effects.

A true video nasty that is all the more nasty on the big screen.

8.5/10

 

[The Clamp]

I've just read the ridiculous news that they're remaking Naked Gun! If that wasn't bad enough, they've cast Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin and Pamela Anderson as Jane!
Why can't Hollywood leave things alone?

Liam Neeson doing comedy? I know the role is played straight, that’s where the humour comes from I guess, but still.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Visually excellent, decent story, some memorable scenes. a bit slow to get going , second half gets stronger and good ending lining up part 2. Noak solid new main charchter change of shift from humans v apes to apes v apes so a new dynamic. Not as good as previous 3 but a strong 81 out of 100

 

[dolphins]

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Visually excellent, decent story, some memorable scenes. a bit slow to get going , second half gets stronger and good ending lining up part 2. Noak solid new main charchter change of shift from humans v apes to apes v apes so a new dynamic. Not as good as previous 3 but a strong 81 out of 100

Saw this yesterday too. Thought it definitely enjoyable, and concur with your thoughts US. There's hopes that there will be enough take-up for a follow-up but not confirmed yet.

 

[The Clamp]

The Fall Guy is f***ing terrible.

 

[Meade's Ball]

Went to see Love Lies Bleeding a week and a tad ago, and thought it alright. Murky and febrile. The brief review i read afterward though hugely bigged up the performance of Kristen Stewart. I thought she was ok, but i do have a bugbear feeling toward the near identicality of her broodingness in all and every film i see her in. Not a bad film.

 

[dolphins]

The Fall Guy is f***ing terrible.

I enjoyed it.

And, just catching up with recent Kermode and Mayo Film show podcast, and Mark K enjoyed it too, quite rightly calling it a popcorn film that he really liked. He said that when he came out the screening, a fellow critic said to him how bad he thought it was, and Mark was really surprised...

 

[The Clamp]

I enjoyed it.

And, just catching up with recent Kermode and Mayo Film show podcast, and Mark K enjoyed it too, quite rightly calling it a popcorn film that he really liked. He said that when he came out the screening, a fellow critic said to him how bad he thought it was, and Mark was really surprised...

Paper thin story, even for a popcorn film. It didn’t make any sense.

Honestly thought it was a mess.

 

[oldham gull]

Saw this yesterday too. Thought it definitely enjoyable, and concur with your thoughts US. There's hopes that there will be enough take-up for a follow-up but not confirmed yet.

I thought it was a terrible film. Haven’t been so bored in the cinema in a long time. Very little to redeem it.

 

[dolphins]

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga - just back from it. I considered walking out half way through because it was so dull and I cared so little about any of the characters. Effects wise pretty good (although some ropey CGI) but effects don't make for a good film. Bangy, crashy, yawny...

 

[Pevenseagull]

Watched 'Wicked Little Letters' last night.

1920s set in Littlehampton. LOTS of swearing.

Thoroughly enjoyed it.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Just seen Shazam Fury of the Gods, strictly 2023, what a mess. Rachel Zegler is gorgeous and worth it for that but it is a cgi mash up. Shame as the first one was good and there is a lot of heart in the charachters but it is a 42 out of 100

 

[dolphins]

Back from seeing A Quiet Place: Day One. Very well done, interesting to see how the invasion affected NYC. In itself it doesn't really add a lot to the overall story (it's really showing a different perspective on the story), but well done and Lupita Nyong'o is typically excellent in it.

 

[Gabbafella]

Finally got around to watching Furiosa.
Me and the Mrs thought it was alright, plenty of action which is essentially all you care about in a film like that.
However, the CGI was absolutely horrendous throughout. Some of the worse effects we've seen in a film for some time. You'd think with today's technology that effects would be ultra realistic but it was awful.