Topic: The RAWK Film Thread

[Buck Pete]

You should watch The Vvitch if you want to watch a great film

Not into Horrors good movies if I'm honest Hazell

[Crosby Nick]

You should watch The Vvitch if you want to watch a great film

Can we at least call it The Witch?

[Chakan]

Vere can one vatch the vitch?

[Hazell]

Can we at least call it The Witch?

But I like calling it by its official name, it makes is sound cooler.

[The G in Gerrard]

You should watch The Vvitch if you want to watch a great film

Vvitch film is this? From 2015?

Google says it's on Disney+. Can't check at the moment so might give it a try. Got Anna Taylor-Joy in this as well?

[So… Howard Philips]

But I like calling it by its official name, it makes is sound cooler.

Sounds a lot more sinister as well.

[Hazell]

Vvitch film is this? From 2015?

Google says it's on Disney+. Can't check at the moment so might give it a try. Got Anna Taylor-Joy in this as well?

Yeah, it's got Anya Taylor-Joy in it. And Finchy from The Office.

[killer-heels]

Watched ‘Ambulance’, mainly because I saw that Jake Gyllenhaal was in it. What I didn’t know and didn’t notice during the starting credits was that it is a Michael Bay film. Watched almost 40 minutes and switched it off. It was an awful 40 minutes and Bay is fucking terrible.

[TepidT2O]

Just back from seeing Glass Onion, the new Knives Out film. It’s wonderful, very funny, very twisty and loads of unexpected cameos. Kate Hudson and Janelle Monae are fantastic. Only in the cinemas for another few days but it’s on Netflix at Christmas.

Annoyed that I can’t see it at the cinema

Knives out  was superb fun.  Craig excellent, but so many brilliant cameos … things aren’t quite the same on the small screen.

[red mongoose]

You should watch The Vvitch if you want to watch a great film

You should watch "The Witch: Part One - The Subversion" if you want to watch a great film. Kim Da-mi is spectacular in it. Should still be on Netflix.

[BarryCrocker]

The trailer for Cocaine Bear makes it look like so much fun.

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[The G in Gerrard]

Yeah, it's got Anya Taylor-Joy in it. And Finchy from The Office.

Both are in Northman. I can't find this film without buying or renting it

[[new username under construction]]

Still doesn't seem like an Indiana Jones film

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[Trada]

Liked the new Indiana Jones  trailer looks a lot of fun not so sure, about Guardians of the galaxy 3 trailer kind of feels a bit depressing for some reason.

[IgorBobbins]

Still doesn't seem like an Indiana Jones film

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Just like with Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, everything looks like it’s been (badly) green-screened within an inch of its life.  Why does everything look so fake compared to the original trilogy? 

[RedSince86]

Cociane Bear looks ridiculous.

Cannot wait to see that.

[afc tukrish]

Indiana Jones and the Cocaine Bear?

[Agent99]

Just like with Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, everything looks like it’s been (badly) green-screened within an inch of its life.  Why does everything look so fake compared to the original trilogy?

Because it is. The original trilogy was so good because real sets, practical effects and miniatures were used. They were still using stop motion in The Last Crusade in 1989 and CGI was in its infancy.

[TepidT2O]

Still doesn't seem like an Indiana Jones film

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The clip at the end is brilliant though….

References the classic scene in raiders.

[Cracking Left Foot]

Just back from watching The Menu, another Anya Taylor Joy film. Absolutely bonkers, very (darkly) funny and some pertinent points about privilege and wealth. One of those films that it’s best going in blind as it becomes quite the ride.

[WhereAngelsPlay]

Really enjoyed Amsterdam but then I'd watch both Taylor-Joy and Margot white wash a giant wall for 2 hours.

Has shit scores on all the sites but I'd ignore them if you just fancy something decent to watch.

[S]

Apocalypse Now (Final Cut) is on iPlayer. Wanted to watch the opening scene again and then ended up watching the whole thing. I think there’s a difference between your favourite film and what you consider to be the best film, if that makes sense. Apocalypse Now is probably in my top five favourite films, but I consider it to be the absolute best ever. Every time I watch it I become more sure of that.

[Ciara (with a capital "C")]

I remember Elizabeth Moss talking about Cocaine Bear on the Smartless pod, about 18 months ago and I genuinely thought about it so much since then!

Looking forward to that.

[The G in Gerrard]

The Batman - with Pattinson. Was great. Exceeded expectations.

[Armand9]

The Batman - with Pattinson. Was great. Exceeded expectations.

first two bale batmans are at the top for me (third was sadly lacking overall)

and then probably this (or keaton's first movie), loved the world portrayal and everything else about it, the most gritty of all the main batman films

[Buck Pete]

Apocalypse Now (Final Cut) is on iPlayer. Wanted to watch the opening scene again and then ended up watching the whole thing. I think there’s a difference between your favourite film and what you consider to be the best film, if that makes sense. Apocalypse Now is probably in my top five favourite films, but I consider it to be the absolute best ever. Every time I watch it I become more sure of that.

Watched the Final Cut on the big screen a few years back.  Truly amazing movie.

Loved the scene where they steal Kilgores surf boards which you don’t get in the theatrical release.

[Robinred]

Saw 'The Wonder' ( Netflix) last night....brilliant film...completing story and script..innotive and fantastic acting...wish I'd seen at cinema as stunning visually...film of the year for me.

Since I determined not to watch the World Cup, I’ve been overdosing on recent films on Netflix and Amazon Prime.

This is well worth the watch, as FB rightly says: Visually stunning, a story that for me has echos of ‘The Magdalene Sisters’, and a superb leading performance from Florence Pugh. Pugh is a truly remarkable talent for one so young - already Oscar nominated, and clearly someone who’s not in the least star struck, and knows her own mind.

[The G in Gerrard]

first two bale batmans are at the top for me (third was sadly lacking overall)

and then probably this (or keaton's first movie), loved the world portrayal and everything else about it, the most gritty of all the main batman films

Agreed I love Bale's Batman as well. This was surprisingly good (I can't really recall watching much of Pattinson's movie career) - The Riddler etc. Will there be more?

[Hedley Lamarr]

Cocaine Bear is based on the same ‘true’ story as season four of Justified.

[Trada]

Watched Troll last night really enjoyed it.

[Max_powers]

Watched Troll last night really enjoyed it.

Troll 2 is even better. My go to around Haloween.

[Max_powers]

Watched Close up last night for the first time. What a film! The greatest documentary ever made in my opinion, and one of the finest films too.

Its like an onion. It works on so many different levels. A court room drama, a story of income inequality and social isolation, an emotional story about self discovery, a story about power of art. Plus its incredibly meta as well.

If you want its here.

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wL_DxE1u34&ab_channel=GreatMovies

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[royhendo]

See in Home Alone 2. The burglars would be dead early doors. Implausible.

[El Lobo]

See in Home Alone 2. The burglars would be dead early doors. Implausible.

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[Zee_26]

Watched Close up last night for the first time. What a film! The greatest documentary ever made in my opinion, and one of the finest films too.

Its like an onion. It works on so many different levels. A court room drama, a story of income inequality and social isolation, an emotional story about self discovery, a story about power of art. Plus its incredibly meta as well.

If you want its here.

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wL_DxE1u34&ab_channel=GreatMovies

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Stunning film and so unique.  I watched it many years ago and it still crosses my mind every now and then. The ending in particular is incredible.

The only thing I think comes close in terms of how it blurs reality and art/fiction together is The Act of Killing. But that film is far more somber and heavy in its tone.

[Max_powers]

The only thing I think comes close in terms of how it blurs reality and art/fiction together is The Act of Killing. But that film is far more somber and heavy in its tone.

That's exactly what I was reminded of too. Both use similar techniques to blur the fiction and the documentary.

What I also liked about Close-up was that on a surface level its basic story is no different than say, The Tinder Swindler, if anything even less interesting as it is a much lower level of fraud. Even the judge points this out. It's through great filmmaking skill that Kiarostami turns this into such an intriguing character study.

[John_P]

Saw Violent Night today, basically Die Hard with the real Santa Claus. Ably played by David Harbour.

Very sweary and violent with plenty of plot contrivances if you've seen these sort of films before you'll see coming but it was fun and didn't out stay it's welcome.

Spoiler

amusingly despite all the violence the most gruesome bits are probably the booby traps the little girl sets up in homage to Home Alone.

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[Armand9]

was listening to a podcast and dude had just seen Avatar 2 (he's press), says it's paper thin story with terrible dialogue coming in at 3 hours 10 mins, and he found himself laughing where you shouldn't be (not a great sign) as were those around him in the cinema

so he wondered why he was enjoying the movie - i wont mention any story outlines (it's not spoilers but it wont be going in blind if i mention them) but he said it's very relateable for most people (he appeared to be talking about relationships rather than story arc as far as i could tell) and the underwater scenes are incredible (he said wakanda forever's was shite by comparison), as are the fight scenes in general but just throw logic out the window

so he said it's a great popcorn movie, take your kids they'll love it

[lionel_messias]

was listening to a podcast and dude had just seen Avatar 2 (he's press), says it's paper thin story with terrible dialogue coming in at 3 hours 10 mins, and he found himself laughing where you shouldn't be (not a great sign) as were those around him in the cinema

so he wondered why he was enjoying the movie - i wont mention any story outlines (it's not spoilers but it wont be going in blind if i mention them) but he said it's very relateable for most people (he appeared to be talking about relationships rather than story arc as far as i could tell) and the underwater scenes are incredible (he said wakanda forever's was shite by comparison), as are the fight scenes in general but just throw logic out the window

so he said it's a great popcorn movie, take your kids they'll love it

Yeah, there's been quite a few people who have seen previews for it; mostly positive, some raving about the last hour and visuals.

I'm seeing it a bit early on Monday night, hopeful of a big old blockbuster to get bums on the seats in cinemas. With Cineworld already in bankruptcy proceedings in the US, the pictures certainly bloody need it!

[Nobby Reserve]

I found the first Avatar a bit shit. I mean, you get used to the CGI quickly and your mind just accepts it as normal. Beyond that, it was contrived bollocks with caricature villains and an overly-sanctimonious/ story.