Motion Pictures (that anuse me)

Post by **dng** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 6:06 pm

There's a new Kelly Reichardt film (first cow) that's out now on that Mubi film service thing so I got that for a month and watched it and it was really good hooray. It reminded me a bit of Old Joy, but as a western. Which was nice

Post by **dng** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 6:09 pm

Then I watched a Nils Frahm concert they've got on there (very good), and a short Agnes Varda film abou women (good), and then Meshes Of The Afternoon, a ten minute black andwhite silent surreallist film from the 40s that is genuinely one of the best things I've ever seen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshes_of_the_Afternoon

it was wonderful in just about every way (including the music, which from that wikipedia article I just learnt was only added 20 years later)

Post by **vom** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 6:15 pm

Mubi is great. I might treat myself to a month to watch First Cow also

Post by **vom** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 6:16 pm

I think Meshes of the Afternoon is one of the only things I've immediately put on again a second time after it finished

Post by **dng** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 6:19 pm

Yes, it's great. Also the mubi app on our new TV is a hundred times better than the old one on the PS4, in that a: the sound is in sync, and b: it actually lets you watch all the films on there instead of only a few, because it has a search function instead of not having a search function at all

Post by **dng** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 6:19 pm

vom wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 6:16 pm I think Meshes of the Afternoon is one of the only things I've immediately put on again a second time after it finished

I was going to do that but i came up here to n3ta instead

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 10:25 pm

dng wrote: Sun Jun 20, 2021 3:32 pm

The robons look like Frank Sidebottom's straight-laced cousins.

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 10:26 pm

Also yes Disney Plus is piss. I don't see the point in it unless they get Fox films on there, and even then I don't think I want to give Disney regular doses of money due to reasons

Post by **Chortle Hound** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 11:47 pm

I subbed to Disney+ to watch Mandalorian and since then I've not found much to watch for myself. But it's pretty good for my son who is 6.

One of his favourites is Atlantis: The Lost Empire, which is quite charming and has an excellent final sequence.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanti ... ost_Empire

Gravid · Post by **Gravid** » Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:57 pm

Supposedly if you sign up for a free one-month trial of "scribd", you can get a free one-year mubi subscription, which you get to keep even after you've cancelled scribd. I already had a mubi subscription when I found this out so I don't know if it works.

https://www.scribd.com/perks

Post by **endar** » Fri Jul 23, 2021 3:01 am

High Heels and Low Lifes

British heist comedy with many people. Directed by lovely Mel Smith.

Hell Ride

Grindhouse Western with bikes instead of horses. Very odd dialogue. Madson, carradine, hopper, vinnie Jones. Very odd.

Post by **richschnauzer** » Sun Aug 01, 2021 8:35 pm

https://youtu.be/pzfuNSpP0RA

Starcrash is on Amazon Prime lads,

Post by **Chortle Hound** » Sun Aug 01, 2021 11:03 pm

I took my son to watch the new Space Jam film. I fell asleep about half way through because I'm a middle-aged parent, but also because it is so bland. So safe. He enjoyed it in the moment but hasn't mentioned it since, unlike with most films we see. It does the job, but is seriously lacking in creativity. The plot is so half-arsed. It could have been made any time in the last 40 years. It's like Tron with cartoons. I still don't understand the baddy's motive other than he's a computer program that wants to, er, annoy people. Or something. Maybe I should have stayed awake.

Gravid · Post by **Gravid** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 11:46 am

I have a new baby, which means I get to go to the cinema with my baby for the next few weeks whilst I'm on paternity leave. Last week's baby cinema film was Nowhere Special, which is about a 34-year-old single dad with a terminal illness making preparations for where his young son will live once he (the dad) dies. I couldn't properly judge if it was a good film or not because the concept just made me cry solidly for the hour and a half we were watching it.

Post by **Chortle Hound** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 4:29 pm

Og hod, I saw that advertised. I couldn't even watch the trailer. I knew it would make be blub.

Post by **Chortle Hound** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 4:38 pm

Alos, well done on making a new human. One day soon you can race them!

Post by **dng** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 5:02 pm

Yes congralutaions gravid hooray for children

Post by **vom** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 6:14 pm

Good work on baby

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:15 pm

Agreed!

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Aug 25, 2021 7:59 pm

For anyone who hasn't yet seen the exce Violence Voyager, it can be viewed in its entirety on that there YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcWVpQYWln4

Please do give it a whirl!

Post by **vom** » Thu Aug 26, 2021 10:14 pm

I watched Kevin Costner's three hour post-apocalyptic mega-flop The Postman tonight

It was good, I liked it

Also the corniest film ever made

Gravid · Post by **Gravid** » Thu Aug 26, 2021 10:19 pm

I watched a 12 minute film about a man and a robot. I liked it.

https://youtu.be/pdwGaMnKn1g

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Aug 26, 2021 11:31 pm

Gravid wrote: Thu Aug 26, 2021 10:19 pm I watched a 12 minute film about a man and a robot. I liked it.

https://youtu.be/pdwGaMnKn1g

I'll be checking that out - ta!

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Aug 26, 2021 11:39 pm

vom wrote: Thu Aug 26, 2021 10:14 pm I watched Kevin Costner's three hour post-apocalyptic mega-flop The Postman tonight

It was good, I liked it

Also the corniest film ever made

Is that the film which is three hours of digitally hiding Costners receding hairline?

And if it is, does anyone know the phone number of those responsible for doing so? I'm... asking for a friend...

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:00 pm

I watched It Came from Beneath the Sea on Talking Pichers on Friday afternoone.

The good stuff only really happan at the end, but was good nevertheless.

I mark it 6 2/3s out of 9 1/4.

Post by **dng** » Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:09 pm

is that the one with the giant octopus because i love that giant octopus

Post by **Chortle Hound** » Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:16 pm

blombluss wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 7:59 pm For anyone who hasn't yet seen the exce Violence Voyager, it can be viewed in its entirety on that there YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcWVpQYWln4

Please do give it a whirl!

This. This is nuts. I like it. Or possibly hate it. I can't decide.

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:14 am

Chortle Hound wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:16 pm I like it. Or possibly hate it. I can't decide.

I'm the same with lime marmalade.

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:16 am

dng wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:09 pm is that the one with the giant octopus because i love that giant octopus

Thats the one - and the giant octopus is definitely the best actor on show.

Post by **Chortle Hound** » Mon Sep 20, 2021 10:07 am

I saw a spooky play at the theatre called 2:22. Not a film, but we probably don't need a theatre thread. It was good. Made me jump quite a few times. Lily Allen, and the other actors were exce.

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Sep 20, 2021 7:01 pm

That sounds rather interesting, that. Nice one, Sir!

Post by **vom** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:20 pm

This Goblin theme tune,

https://youtu.be/i9uIK628OSI

Terrible film though

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Sep 23, 2021 11:37 pm

I do like that - even Italian prog has to contain a touch of Italo-disco... IT'S THE LAW THERE!!!!

Post by **vom** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:00 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzDr_tbL-es

cat movie alert

Post by **dng** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:00 pm

the green knight - sir gawain is the sexiest stupidest knight. so sexy. so stupid

Post by **dng** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:01 pm

also according to this gawaine is said garwin. i hope that's not really how you say it because it sounds even stupider than however i thought you said it

Post by **vom** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:15 pm

Is that good? I hated Pete's Dragon so powerfully that it would take a lot to get me to give David Lowery a second chance

Post by **dng** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:30 pm

its... okay. dev patel's wonderful, and it looks nice. i can't really complain properly about what i disliked without spoiling it, so i won't, but yeah its pretty good (i like king arthur nonsense so that helps, and there's lots of scenes with beautiful swirling smoke and lovely yellow woodlands and so on)

Post by **dng** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:30 pm

i love petes dragon (the 70s/80s version). i do not undertsand why there is a new one

Post by **dng** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:32 pm

i want to write a king arthur novel about guinevere asking king arthur why exactly he's always agreeing to have her burnt at the stake whenever any of his knights demand she gets burnt at the stake

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:33 pm

Perhaps he's just cold

Post by **dng** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:34 pm

maybe he should suggested burning himself at the stake

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 9:21 pm

Kings don't burn

Post by **dng** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 9:40 pm

More's the pity

Post by **richschnauzer** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 9:44 pm

can't stand Sean Harris. And for that reason, I'm out.

Post by **dng** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 10:58 pm

He's only in it for about five minutes. All he says is Garwin, over and over again. I will never forgive him

Post by **dng** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 10:58 pm

I bet Tolkien didn't pronounce it Garwin

Post by **dng** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 11:00 pm

Also I quite like him I think. He was good in possum (the matthew holness film from a few years back). I have no idea what else he was in

Post by **dng** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 11:00 pm

Prometheus

Post by **dng** » Fri Sep 24, 2021 11:01 pm

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say he wasn't good in that (I can't even remember who he was in that)