what was the last film you watched

[dytkos 17,536]

2 hours ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

The Batman. 

Yes , just yes

you will have to allow me to go full Barry Norman mode here as I really like films and some of the points might sound glib. 

You have to make allowances for superhero movies and the cycle of blockbusters vs more anti hero movies in this genre , but for me , this was the best film I’ve seen if this type by quite some way for a long time . Imagine a superhero movie comprising parts of seven , 8mm blade and heat and you kinda meet half way there . 

i quite like Ben affleck as  Batman and he plays that quiet rage filed smartarse well . I like how he looks like he could actually hurt people as Batman and I was conscious of Robert Pattinson  as being a crime fighting brawler . 
 

f**k me it’s class from the first minute time he appears from the shadows . He’s like full Robert smith from the cure weird vibe , he’s dirty , trampy lean and a million times more real than any one else in the mask and cowl . 
The Tracey island esque entrances the billions of tech is all gone , it’s stripped back and real time . There is an air of whole American gothic , a sense of rennie mackintosh grandeur which has withered and rotten throughout . It’s not the dark world of Scorsese’s joker , but it’s all ruined stately homes , children of the night , even the bat mobile looks like something your rich uncle could have . I genuinely laughed out loud as he’s not po faced throughout and Spanks in quite hard in one of the films few overly stunty moments . In fact I quite like how real the action is , you have to make allowances bearing in mind , he’s f***ing Batman but by and by he’s just a tough geezer in a mask with some toys . He’s not carrying out full backflips in mid air mode . He’s getting hurt most of the time . 

Supoorting him, the girl playing cat woman, the daughter of Lenny  kravitz and Lisa bonet is exactly the right edge of council estate club girl / dominatrix it’s not hammy or over bearing , it’s just right that she’s a ying yang to him. 
 The one down side is the dialogue is awful and there are some terrible lines , but again remembering the context and subject you can forgive that. 

the film is beautifully filmed  but two parts stuck out for me , a cut away scene in the hospital with Bruce Wayne by Alfreds bed , you can almost smell the disinfectant and the grimy windows of the once proud building gone to faded prima Donna status , it’s just lovely to look at and the final scene ( filmed in uk I would say ) where as Batman , he parts ways from a ride in the cemetery with cat woman on her bike . It’s lovely coloured , with a scenic route and a symbol of the death of their relationship , emerging once more into Gotham and parting ways .very I could have had this life , but now I’m off to work , surprisingly moving . 

All throughout underpinned by the haunting opening refrain of “something in the way “ by nirvana. Amazingly apt . 

I don’t give out tens , but a very easy 9 for me . 

really really enjoyed it .
 

 

We're going on Monday

Cheers, D.

[Daniel cain 42,881]

No f***ing need to now eh

[mackem 23,785]

2 hours ago, baker boy said:

I got as far   as " I quite like Ben Affleck "

In fairness he has done a few decent films like Triple Frontier and The Town, check them out if you get the chance

[THE STIFFMEISTER 14,558]

2 hours ago, mackem said:

In fairness he has done a few decent films like Triple Frontier and The Town, check them out if you get the chance 

People forget affleck was the f***ing bomb in phantoms 

 

 

 

[THE STIFFMEISTER 14,558]

5 hours ago, Daniel cain said:

No f***ing need to now eh

Ive said before I really like films , don’t think I’ve really spoiled it for people and to be honest I dumbed it down for the audience .

[mackem 23,785]

Binge watched this, I read the book on him years ago, thoroughly enjoyable dramatisation,to all the young intrepid who set out with big dreams, who never made it home..... 

 

[Ken's Deputy 4,456]

Hell On The Border.

Flix. Hour fifty.

Not bad. Could have stayed better.

 

[dytkos 17,536]

Last Man Down:  Netflix, 1 hour 27 mins.

Post apocalyptic Rambo style revenge/siege movie. Plenty of action but piss poor. A generous 3/10

Cheers, D.

[Borr 4,497]

Watched 'Shane' on prime. Biopic on Shane Warne, easy to watch , great sportsman...

[Borr 4,497]

17 hours ago, mackem said:

Binge watched this, I read the book on him years ago, thoroughly enjoyable dramatisation,to all the young intrepid who set out with big dreams, who never made it home..... 

 

Decent series, wicked buggers.

[Jonjon79 13,340]

Series 6, episode 2 on iplayer now.

 

And I'm not paying the poxy tax to watch it

 

[gnasher16 29,650]

Its an old one everyones already watched but was laid in a hotel room in Liverpool at 9 yesterday morning watching " Heat "....i love that film !

I still say that scene in the restaurant with Pacino/De Niro is one of the best exchanges of mind games ive ever seen in a film.

[Ken's Deputy 4,456]

The Wrath Of Man.

Couple hours. Amazon Prime.

If it had been anyone but Ritchie? It would have been blandly meh. As it was, being him? It was fukking embarrassing!

Maybe those two have just figured out they can pay for their beers by pumping out this sort of shit? Whatever.

[NEWKID 26,191]

Watched The Batman tonight with Mrs and kids, I'm not really into super hero type stuff, but enjoyed the Joker film a few years back, this was more that sort of style...very dark, bit hard to see at times, but (as Stiff said) the scenes with Nirvana soundtrack were brilliant combo, enjoyed it... the car chase avs him walking out if the flames was a highlight imo.... a bit arty maybe at times in how its filmed, but I get that the style and was clever.... Worth a watch...

[socks 32,253]

Red dog. A true story apparently. A little bit silly at times but a nice feel good watch.