Topic: The RAWK Film Thread

[Wild Romany Boy]

Yeah I saw it at the pictures last week. Basically just Marty Scorsese talking about them and their career and films for two hours. Which is what you want really. Trying to find a decent blu ray boxed set of all (or as many as possible) of their films now. Seen all the obvious ones but would like to see them all now.

Powell is a fair bet for best British director to be honest. As ever, with these, you'd have to exclude Hitchcock but Powell has some belters.

[Scottymuser]

Powell is a fair bet for best British director to be honest. As ever, with these, you'd have to exclude Hitchcock but Powell has some belters.

For me I'd consider David Lean to maybe be a slight bit better - Brief Encounter, Great Expectations, Bridge Over the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago is a hell of a top 5 - but it is definitely close.  P&P just put out so so so many films, that they were bound to have a few great ones, but I think for me their consistency was marginally lower. 

Both of the Scott brothers (Tony I feel is underrated), Mike Leigh, Ken Russell could all be in the conversation.  For modern directors, I'd plumb for Chris Nolan and Edgar Wright.

[Paul JH]

The most depressing thing with Netflix is complete lack of promotion for about 90% of the things they put on the platform. Apollo 10 1/2 just got dumped on there one Friday with zero fanfare.

They control what you see, and control how you see it. I hate it with a passion. Netflix is one of the worst things to happen to cinema / movie viewing. The 'search' function where it comes up with movies that aren't even on there either ... absolute twats.

Right, movies ...

If anyone hasn't seen American Animals, I highly recommend it. One of my favourite movies, brilliant mix of documentary and movie, and the clever way it's done it brilliant. Great soundtrack too.

[Bennett]

New Planet of the Apes is great. I love these films. Really well thought out and written.

[Sheer Magnetism]

For me I'd consider David Lean to maybe be a slight bit better - Brief Encounter, Great Expectations, Bridge Over the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago is a hell of a top 5 - but it is definitely close.  P&P just put out so so so many films, that they were bound to have a few great ones, but I think for me their consistency was marginally lower. 

Both of the Scott brothers (Tony I feel is underrated), Mike Leigh, Ken Russell could all be in the conversation.  For modern directors, I'd plumb for Chris Nolan and Edgar Wright.

Hitchcock for me by a mile, I don't think anyone's come near his volume of good and great films. Maybe Danny Boyle is the best modern director, he's probably got the greatest artistic range.

[Scottymuser]

Hitchcock for me by a mile, I don't think anyone's come near his volume of good and great films. Maybe Danny Boyle is the best modern director, he's probably got the greatest artistic range.

Sorry, I thought it was a given (with what Wild Romany Boy had said) that outside of Hitchcock, the best British Director is/are ...

I like Danny Boyle, but don't love him - not a big fan of 28 Days/Weeks later (although that is mostly a "me" thing not liking horror in general), Trainspotting is a classic but the sequel is meh (I am going tomorrow night to see a 4k restoration of Transpotting), then there are a bunch of average films (A life less orginary,m strumpet, millions is ok, before he did Slumdog and 127 Hours.  Those 3 (Trainspotting, Slumdog and 127 Hours are the only 3 of his films I'd rate a 7 or higher); whereas Edgar Wright I have 5 of his 6 as being at least 8/10s (mainly as I still haven't seen Last Night in Soho); and Nolan at least 6 (Memento, Prestige, Inception, Batman Begins, Dark Knight, Oppenheimer - Interstellar is a maybe) and I haven't seen Tenet.  So they are way above him at least for me, even if they have less "range"

[Scottymuser]

Absolutely loving the Light's commitment to showing the classics - saw Dr Strangelove and Princess Bride last week; this week will see Trainspotting tomorrow and then the Godfather Part 1 on Sunday.  Debating on going to see A Clockwork Orange in an hour, and maybe before Godfather at 3 seeing Goldfinger at 12 on the Sunday.  £15.99 a month for a membership that gets me unlimited visits, absolute bargain this year so far.

[Scottymuser]

Absolutely loving the Light's commitment to showing the classics - saw Dr Strangelove and Princess Bride last week; this week will see Trainspotting tomorrow and then the Godfather Part 1 on Sunday.  Debating on going to see A Clockwork Orange in an hour, and maybe before Godfather at 3 seeing Goldfinger at 12 on the Sunday.  £15.99 a month for a membership that gets me unlimited visits, absolute bargain this year so far.

Decided to go see Clockwork Orange in the end.  Forgot how cool the opening would be on a cinema screen with a decent sound system.  Seeing Furiosa shortly, and then Trainspotting. 

[John_P]

Saw Furiosa today, just an amazing piece of film making with some fantastic action set pieces.

[Hedley Lamarr]

Hitchcock for me by a mile, I don't think anyone's come near his volume of good and great films. Maybe Danny Boyle is the best modern director, he's probably got the greatest artistic range.

Did Hitchcock ever make a bad film ? He made like 50 odd and even his lesser work is still watchable.  If you go from the mid-30s when he kinda hit his groove, it's just ridiculous, basically a quality film a year.

[BarryCrocker]

Just finished 'Leave the World Behind' and 'Civil War'. Really enjoyed Julia Roberts and Kirsten Dunst stepping out of their usual genres.

Both films definitely hit the mark with the upcoming US elections.

[Andy @ Allerton!]

So.. four films I've seen in the last week

Back to Black

Kind of OK. Think the damage that her family and husband/boyfriend was glossed over. They made it as a trashy media film. I would have liked it to have been about her passion and music. So 2/10


Furisoa

Decent enough action stuff and a decent story 4/10


IF

A delightful - but creepy at the start before you understand what's going on kids film. Really nice and a good story. 7/10


Garfield

I have just lost my cat after 17 years   This film was perfection in showing cats. Had a great story and a great cast. The animation truly did justice to Jim Davisons creation - he was a producer - and I've been a fan since his cartoons came out. Was really, really sad after the film about my little cat, but it's good to get those emotions out. 9/10

[Buck Pete]

mmmmmhh?

Saw Furiosa today, just an amazing piece of film making with some fantastic action set pieces.

Furisoa

Decent enough action stuff and a decent story 4/10

[BarryCrocker]

Anatomy of a Fall is one serious piece of work. Sandra Hüller is outstanding in the lead role. At times she's vacantly tense. Small cast with the prosecutor (Antoine Reinartz) a complete and utter bastard.

[PaulF]

20 mins shorter would be better!


And I like The Fall Guy, it's good, undemanding fun.

I agree with this.

[classycarra]

not long back from an extended holiday and suddenly there's a load of films out that I want to see, i'm almost up against it to catch them before they go!

there's Furiosa, Hit Man (on one of those shitty short netflix releases) and La Chimera,

Also sort of want to see the new Planet of the apes or the Fall Guy (but won't lose any sleep over them at least). And there's a local showing of No Country for Old Men which will always tempt me.

glad I caught Challengers and Love Lies Bleeding before I went! enjoyed them both a lot

[Zlen]

I started reading Andys reviews in voice of Mr Plinkett.

[classycarra]

Furiosa was great fun for a bank holiday afternoon! Wasn't expecting it to be so good - thought it would be a step below Fury Road but it's not, just slightly different format

[Bennett]

So.. four films I've seen in the last week

Back to Black

Kind of OK. Think the damage that her family and husband/boyfriend was glossed over. They made it as a trashy media film. I would have liked it to have been about her passion and music. So 2/10

"Kind of OK"

"2/10"

[Dr. Beaker]

Did Hitchcock ever make a bad film ? He made like 50 odd and even his lesser work is still watchable.  If you go from the mid-30s when he kinda hit his groove, it's just ridiculous, basically a quality film a year.

The Birds - a right load of absolute shite imo.

[Agent99]

Furiosa was excellent and one of the best films I've ever seen - 3/10.

[afc tukrish]

Furiosa was excellent and one of the best films I've ever seen - 3/10.

 

[Schmidt]

The Fall Guy - Excellent, does everything it tries to do really well and Gosling is great.
Civil War - Fantastic, really tense all the way through.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - Decent if a bit weirdly paced.
Boy Kills World - Some interesting violence but one of those movies that tries too hard to be stylish.
Godzilla X Kong - Meh.

[Avens]

Any other horror fans out there buzzing for Longlegs? The marketing on this has been sensational. Looks like a modern Silence of the Lambs, with a bit more occulty creepiness. Cage could make or break this though 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG7wOTE8NhE

[Hedley Lamarr]

Any other horror fans out there buzzing for Longlegs? The marketing on this has been sensational. Looks like a modern Silence of the Lambs, with a bit more occulty creepiness. Cage could make or break this though 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG7wOTE8NhE

I'll watch anything with Maika Monroe, she's fantastic, but I've found Oz Perkins (son of Anthony Perkins) output hit and miss so far.

[Avens]

I'll watch anything with Maika Monroe, she's fantastic, but I've found Oz Perkins (son of Anthony Perkins) output hit and miss so far.

That's something I've heard a fair bit of. I haven't seen much of his, but thought Blackcoat's daughter was pretty good. Underrated.

In any case, this has captured my imagination. Fingers crossed it lives up to the marketing hype.

[Six Beardy]

Some old films I'd never seen before but watched recently and absolutley loved...

Fat City 1972
Smile 1975
Mikey and Nicky 1976

All classic slices of 70's Americana. They don't make films like that anymore, sadly.

Any recommendtions in a similar vein would be much appreciated. 

[Red-Soldier]

Really enjoying Cineworld showing lots of old classics, on the big screen.

Blade Runner and Fight Club, to name a couple.

[Paul JH]

Furisoa

Decent enough action stuff and a decent story 4/10

What a weird score after the review ... like going 'Played well on the right, put some decent crosses in, generally was decent - 2 out of 10' 

[Lastrador]

Some old films I'd never seen before but watched recently and absolutley loved...

Fat City 1972
Smile 1975
Mikey and Nicky 1976

All classic slices of 70's Americana. They don't make films like that anymore, sadly.

Any recommendtions in a similar vein would be much appreciated. 

Recently watched Night Moves (1975) with Gene Hackman and loved it. Five Easy Pieces (1970) is another great one that I think fits the bill.

[Sheer Magnetism]

Yeah, Night Moves is really good, albeit much more of a genre film, and Five Easy Pieces is excellent. Nashville is obviously the crown jewel of the genre, and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore is really good too, though both more widely seen than Six Beardy's.

[Six Beardy]

Thanks Lastrador and Sheer Magnetism for the recommendations - I've seen all those films but so long ago now and my memory for such things is so bad it'd be like watching them anew - so while I'm in 70's mood I'll give them all a go. All I can remember from Alice Doesnt Live Here is motel rooms, the young girl being a massive Mott The Hoople fan and Jeepster being on the soundtrack - which is enough for me to want to watch again. 

[Six Beardy]

Monkey Man - action films are not my thing really so it wasn't what I was expecting. After an interminably long dreary fight scene in the bogs of a brothel followed by an interminably long car chase I gave up.

I'd give it 12 out of 10

[Buck Pete]

I'd give it 12 out of 10

The camera work spoilt Monkey Man for me. I had motion sickness coming out of the flicks.

[classycarra]

The camera work spoilt Monkey Man for me. I had motion sickness coming out of the flicks.

Yeah same - it didn't do a good job of capturing what looked like they could have been well choreographed fights.

[Qston]

Anatomy of a Fall is one serious piece of work. Sandra Hüller is outstanding in the lead role. At times she's vacantly tense. Small cast with the prosecutor (Antoine Reinartz) a complete and utter bastard.

I thought it was good as well. Well written and in relation to the actual mechanics of the fall, a very intelligent piece of work. Sometimes you don`t need to be overly dramatic and in this film it really works.

[Red Viper]

Thought Furiosa was right up there with Fury Road.

Absolute 10/10

[Avens]

Thought Furiosa was right up there with Fury Road.

Absolute 10/10

So 6/10?

[Red Viper]

So 6/10?

Oh shit, bad typo, I meant -10/10 obviously.

[Musketeer Gripweed]

I didn't even know they had made an Omen prequel, but there it was on Disney Plus when I was searching for something to download for watching on a flight.

I really enjoyed it, couple of scenes really did spook me out. Just don't think too deep about the original and enjoy it for what it is asca standalone movie.

Great to hear that music again as well.