Author Topic: The RAWK Film Thread (Read 3487889 times)

Ray K · « **Reply #57960 on:** March 20, 2024, 10:54:10 am »

I really liked Wes Anderson's short film that won the Oscar the other week, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. I haven't enjoyed much of his output post-Grand Budapest Hotel, but maybe 40 minutes is the sweet spot for his work. As Kermode would say, it's quirksome without being irksome, and the casting is great. It's on Netflix

Sheer Magnetism · « **Reply #57961 on:** March 20, 2024, 11:06:07 am »

I saw Asteroid City last week and liked it more than any Wes Anderson film in years. Thought it really flowed as a film, and the way it was structured as a play fed into the idea of its own artificiality. Why does this story exist in the first place? I'd also argue against 40 minutes being the sweet spot, if the vignettes in The French Dispatch are anything to go by.

I think Asteroid City worked because there were enough characters for them not to get stale, but perhaps it's more that Anderson's style is more suited to kids films than adult scenarios these days. The kids felt like the most interesting part of the film by some distance. It's a pity he turned Fantastic Mr Fox into a rumination on middle age rather than leaning into the source material.

Trada · « **Reply #57962 on:** March 20, 2024, 04:23:35 pm »

They are saying the Beetle juice 2 trailer is out sometime today

They have just released a teaser for the new Alien film.

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John_P · « **Reply #57963 on:** March 20, 2024, 07:32:05 pm »

Quote from: Ray K on March 20, 2024, 10:54:10 am

I really liked Wes Anderson's short film that won the Oscar the other week, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. I haven't enjoyed much of his output post-Grand Budapest Hotel, but maybe 40 minutes is the sweet spot for his work. As Kermode would say, it's quirksome without being irksome, and the casting is great. It's on Netflix

The other 3 shorts he did are all great as well 5-10 minutes long and the same group of actors appearing across the 4 of them.

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #57964 on:** March 20, 2024, 09:21:07 pm »

Quote from: Ray K on March 20, 2024, 10:54:10 am

I really liked Wes Anderson's short film that won the Oscar the other week, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. I haven't enjoyed much of his output post-Grand Budapest Hotel, but maybe 40 minutes is the sweet spot for his work. As Kermode would say, it's quirksome without being irksome, and the casting is great. It's on Netflix

Yeah seen that and I actually quite enjoyed it.

Kashinoda · « **Reply #57965 on:** March 21, 2024, 07:19:12 am »

Quote from: Trada on March 20, 2024, 04:23:35 pm

They are saying the Beetle juice 2 trailer is out sometime today

They have just released a teaser for the new Alien film.

Was so burned with Prometheus but everything I hear about this film has me pretty excited.

Trailer reminds me of the original Alien trailer.

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Trada · « **Reply #57966 on:** March 21, 2024, 09:12:56 pm »

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jonkrux · « **Reply #57967 on:** March 21, 2024, 11:55:41 pm »

Watched the new roadhouse.
Utterly ridiculous but fun watch..don't take it seriously.
Connor mcgregor is a complete parody of himself which is funny.

Hedley Lamarr · « **Reply #57968 on:** March 22, 2024, 05:03:42 am »

Quote from: jonkrux on March 21, 2024, 11:55:41 pm

Watched the new roadhouse.
Utterly ridiculous but fun watch..don't take it seriously.
Connor mcgregor is a complete parody of himself which is funny.

Sums it up really, it kinda unravels when McGregor enters the fray, any semblance of a plot evaporates, but it's good, dumb fun.

BarryCrocker · « **Reply #57969 on:** March 22, 2024, 07:20:31 am »

Quote from: jonkrux on March 21, 2024, 11:55:41 pm

Watched the new roadhouse.
Utterly ridiculous but fun watch..don't take it seriously.
Connor mcgregor is a complete parody of himself which is funny.

I'll avoid purely based on McGregor being a 1st class prick.

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #57970 on:** March 22, 2024, 07:07:01 pm »

Quote from: Trada on March 21, 2024, 09:12:56 pm

Nice!

Nitramdorf · « **Reply #57971 on:** March 22, 2024, 07:08:09 pm »

Just browsing Netflix and saw that the second part of Rebel Moon is out on April the 19th. Was expecting a bit more from the first one than it delivered. Hopefully this is a bit better.

afc tukrish · « **Reply #57972 on:** March 22, 2024, 09:46:38 pm »

Quote from: Nitramdorf on March 22, 2024, 07:08:09 pm

Just browsing Netflix and saw that the second part of Rebel Moon is out on April the 19th. Was expecting a bit more from the first one than it delivered. Hopefully this is a bit better.

Fully Insurrectionary Moon?

J-Mc- · « **Reply #57973 on:** March 23, 2024, 04:05:03 pm »

Just saw Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.

As someone who loves the original 2 films and really enjoyed Afterlife, this one just seems weird.

Not much happens for the majority and then the big bad is severly wasted I thought.

Weirdly edited at times as well and a film that doesn’t really know which direction it’s trying to go in.

Good, but nowhere near as good as Afterlife.

Trada · « **Reply #57974 on:** March 23, 2024, 04:47:59 pm »

Joker 2 spoiler

Spoiler

Joker 2 will feature covers of 15 well-known songs

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Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #57975 on:** March 23, 2024, 06:58:33 pm »

Quote from: afc tukrish on March 22, 2024, 09:46:38 pm

Fully Insurrectionary Moon?

Button Moon: The fucking punch up!

Trada · « **Reply #57976 on:** March 23, 2024, 07:12:59 pm »

The perfect way to start the 2nd BeetleJuice film would be his number being called out in the waiting room after all those years

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #57977 on:** March 24, 2024, 01:36:02 pm »

Just saw Immaculate

Bloody, Gory Violence.

Yep. Did what it said on the tin

Spoiler

Started off as an Omen-y kind of deal, with a girl trying to escape a nunnery and getting buried alive. Then our protaganist turns up and is asked to swear her oaths

Interesting build up then just went stupid. Her mate had her tongue cut out and killed, smoking doctors and evil church bods abounded. She gets pregnant (The main bod admitted he used to be a biologist for 20 years, but that wasn't his calling..

Turns out that her immaculate pregnacny was because they'd artifically insemenated her with the DNA from the nail in the cross.. Built it up then she had a massive cob on as she'd tried to escape and went on a murder rampage.

Straight-up murdered the sister looking after her with a crusifix. Straight-up then murdered the head church bod with her rosary beads, tried to burn the scientist alive before stabbing him in the neck with a nail from the cross as he was trying a ceserarian and then had birth which she promptly whomped with a large stone.

Finis.

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2/10

kavah · « **Reply #57978 on:** March 24, 2024, 05:07:26 pm »

Quote from: Andy @ Allerton! on February 18, 2024, 09:40:17 am

So. Post Bob-Marley film.

Brilliant. Me and the missus loved it. We love the Caribbean and Bob Marley kind of sums it up for us - though we've only been to Jamaica about 15 times.

Was an amazing fella and does show that music can change the world.

Yes loved it. I’m a massive fan and know his story. What a great musician and man
15 times to Jamaica !
It’s on my bucket list.

Exodus will probably chart again - which is a good thing.

markedasred · « **Reply #57979 on:** March 24, 2024, 05:26:05 pm »

Quote from: kavah on March 24, 2024, 05:07:26 pm

Yes loved it. I’m a massive fan and know his story. What a great musician and man
15 times to Jamaica !
It’s on my bucket list.

Exodus will probably chart again - which is a good thing.

Looking forward to the film, but always felt that a trip to Jamaica is heavily edited if you are white with high risk of crime incidents related to poverty (I mean in the sense of being urged to remain in the compound of the resort, or only go on trips they organise, presumably). We are a family deeply fond of West Indian culture. See also Trinidad and Peurto Rico. Whereas in Barbados say, or most of the French West Indies you can go where you like

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #57980 on:** March 24, 2024, 09:16:04 pm »

Quote from: markedasred on March 24, 2024, 05:26:05 pm

Looking forward to the film, but always felt that a trip to Jamaica is heavily edited if you are white with high risk of crime incidents related to poverty (I mean in the sense of being urged to remain in the compound of the resort, or only go on trips they organise, presumably). We are a family deeply fond of West Indian culture. See also Trinidad and Peurto Rico. Whereas in Barbados say, or most of the French West Indies you can go where you like

First time was 30 years ago in Montego Bay and we never left the compound. Not good things happened to those that did.

The other 14 trips were through cruise ships and short stays.

Jamaica is a lovely place with fantastic people and absolute c*nt drug dealing fucking c*nts.

Also been to Trinidad, which was as rough as fuck - we got to that piss-stained centre bit and turned back. Peurto Rico was Ok because each time we went on trips.

Such a shame these shithouses fucked the place up. But the real people of Jamaica shine.

EDIT: If you are going somewhere rough then go on a trip - they know where to go and they will keep you safe. Recently went to the Dominican Republic and we went on a trip and it was fine. I wouldn't recommend wandering around on your own there.

red_Mark1980 · « **Reply #57981 on:** March 25, 2024, 09:45:56 pm »

Re watched Casino.

That last scene with Joe Pesci and his brother is fucking brutal.

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #57982 on:** March 25, 2024, 11:13:49 pm »

Saw Ghostbusters: Chilly Willy (Or whatever it was called

)

Decent film. Hit the right notes and a few nice returning cameos. Decent story, though clear where it was always going to go.

Enjoyable romp.

7/10

John_P · « **Reply #57983 on:** March 27, 2024, 06:41:52 pm »

Finally released in the UK at the weekend and completing for me seeing all the Academy Award nominated animated films was Robot Dreams. From director Pablo Berger.

Set in 1980s New York City in a world populated with humanoid animals instead of people. Our main character is 'Dog' a lonely bachelor whose tired of being alone, then one day he builds his own robot friend.

They become fast friends until one fateful day at the beach dog has to leave robot behind.

The film is basically a silent movie, the only words we hear are from the song 'September.' The animation whilst simple is so well done and packed full of Easter eggs and add so much depth to this world as it really captures that new York vibe.

The story is wonderful, funny, sad, thoughtful, had about 6 existential crisises whilst watching it.

Heartily reccomend.

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #57984 on:** March 28, 2024, 09:33:18 am »

Saw Late Night with the Devil

Felt like a 'Hammer House of Horror Film' - bit hit and miss in places, but I kind of felt like that was the point.

70s drab tedious talk show with dodgy bands and shady cast members

The whole thing played out really well and the cast kept it going to its obvious climax.

If you like 80s Horror then you'll love this.

6/10

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #57985 on:** March 28, 2024, 09:33:49 am »

Quote from: John_P on March 27, 2024, 06:41:52 pm

Finally released in the UK at the weekend and completing for me seeing all the Academy Award nominated animated films was Robot Dreams. From director Pablo Berger.

Set in 1980s New York City in a world populated with humanoid animals instead of people. Our main character is 'Dog' a lonely bachelor whose tired of being alone, then one day he builds his own robot friend.

They become fast friends until one fateful day at the beach dog has to leave robot behind.

The film is basically a silent movie, the only words we hear are from the song 'September.' The animation whilst simple is so well done and packed full of Easter eggs and add so much depth to this world as it really captures that new York vibe.

The story is wonderful, funny, sad, thoughtful, had about 6 existential crisises whilst watching it.

Heartily reccomend.

Yeah I fancy watching that when it comes out. Looks quite interesting

AndyMuller · « **Reply #57986 on:** March 28, 2024, 09:38:02 am »

Was it just me that enjoyed 'The Killer', then?

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #57987 on:** March 28, 2024, 10:39:42 am »

Quote from: AndyMuller on March 28, 2024, 09:38:02 am

Was it just me that enjoyed 'The Killer', then?

Watched it the other day with the missus.

She thought it was complete shite. I thought it was Ok, but nothing special.

meady1981 · « **Reply #57988 on:** March 28, 2024, 10:44:48 am »

Quote from: AndyMuller on March 28, 2024, 09:38:02 am

Was it just me that enjoyed 'The Killer', then?

I liked the bit where he hired a car

AndyMuller · « **Reply #57989 on:** March 28, 2024, 11:02:40 am »

I thought it was hilarious and the fight in the house was top tier.

classycarra · « **Reply #57990 on:** March 28, 2024, 01:58:40 pm »

Quote from: AndyMuller on March 28, 2024, 11:02:40 am

I thought it was hilarious and the fight in the house was top tier.

same. i think a lot of people haven't clocked onto how intentionally hilarious it is.

damomad · « **Reply #57991 on:** March 28, 2024, 08:10:06 pm »

Watched Sicario the other day on Iplayer. Belter of a film, plenty of twists but not difficult to get the head around. I've been told the sequel is decent although a lot different so I may give that a go too.

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #57992 on:** March 29, 2024, 11:14:42 pm »

Saw Ferrari - bit slow paced. Could have done with a bit more Vrrrooooom and a bit less meh.

Saw Fast Charlie as well - with Pierce Brosnan - Ok middle-of-the-road hitman-come-revenge thriller.

Phineus · « **Reply #57993 on:** March 30, 2024, 08:58:40 am »

Quote from: damomad on March 28, 2024, 08:10:06 pm

Watched Sicario the other day on Iplayer. Belter of a film, plenty of twists but not difficult to get the head around. I've been told the sequel is decent although a lot different so I may give that a go too.

Brilliant film. To each their own but I wouldn’t bother with the sequel - different director and writer I think, has none of the first film’s dread.

The G in Gerrard · « **Reply #57994 on:** March 30, 2024, 09:02:14 am »

The Flash. Couldn't watch it. Opening five minutes was enough. DREADFUL.

Phineus · « **Reply #57995 on:** March 30, 2024, 09:13:26 am »

Quote from: The G in Gerrard on March 30, 2024, 09:02:14 am

The Flash. Couldn't watch it. Opening five minutes was enough. DREADFUL.

Yeah, it was bad. Haven’t seen Aquaman 2 but Flash was a worthy nail in coffin of the DC universe.

Saw the new Godzilla x Kong yesterday - more of a Kong film in truth, Godzilla doesn’t really suit this new style/aesthetic they’ve gone for which is much less serious than King of the Monsters.

Scar King steals the show, just not enough of him in it. Still need to watch Monarch.

The G in Gerrard · « **Reply #57996 on:** March 30, 2024, 10:22:14 am »

Quote from: Phineus on March 30, 2024, 09:13:26 am

Yeah, it was bad. Haven’t seen Aquaman 2 but Flash was a worthy nail in coffin of the DC universe.

Honestly that hospital scene at the start and the babies. It wasn't even funny. One of the worst opening sequences I've seen in any film.

Henry Gale · « **Reply #57997 on:** March 30, 2024, 11:47:28 am »

Out Of Darkness - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7527682/

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In the Old Stone Age, a disparate gang of early humans band together in search of a new land. But when they suspect a malevolent, mystical being is hunting them down, the clan are forced to confront a danger they never envisioned.

I really enjoyed this, till about the last 20 minutes till it went to shit. Shame really as the start and middle were great.

Andy @ Allerton! · « **Reply #57998 on:** April 1, 2024, 02:57:53 pm »

Saw Godzilla x Kong

The main thing I got from it is that Godzilla is a knobhead.

John_P · « **Reply #57999 on:** April 1, 2024, 04:06:32 pm »

Saw Godzilla x Kong myself, glad they reduced down the amount of human characters in this one. Too many in GvK.
Very much more of a Kong film, and could've very easily been a stand alone movie.

Spoiler

nice though that like Mecha Godzilla in the last film the marketing for this one kept the knowledge of Mothra and the other titan under wraps

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Felt it probably could've been more fun, but then it's got a sequence were Kong beats up two other giant apes using mini Kong as a club which I found hilarious.