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Post by MartinT on Jun 20, 2024 16:51:23 GMT
Powerful. Affecting. Really f*cking disturbing. Incredibly well performed, it's the stuff of real nightmares. No-one comes off well from this. I would call it "remarkable".
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Post by Fro on Jun 20, 2024 17:29:41 GMT
Nightmares and Day Dreams - Netflix Absolutely the worst thing I have seen on TV in ages! Netflix must have paid pennies for this Indonesian crap!
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Post by speedysteve on Jun 20, 2024 19:23:56 GMT
The Adam Project (Netflix) Recently we watched this for family movie evening. Nothing really remarkable. Enjoyable enough. Good effects noises though.
Hit man (Netflix) I was tuning the sound delay between the Sonos surround set up and my usual left + right Inc subs. This film was useful as there was lots of speech. I ended up seeing all of it. The only slightly remarkable thing about it was the morally questionable - that it was okay to each murder a couple of not so nice people, so you can live happily ever after with someone!
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Post by Tim on Jun 20, 2024 19:57:04 GMT
I was underwhelmed by Hit Man too and I paid to go and see it, not many films l actually pay to see these days.
I'm a big Richard Linklater fan and found it very safe, very mainstream and rather predictable. It wasn't a bad film and by Netflix standards, above average, but for Linklater I found the story a bit disappointing. I'd still give it 3/5 though.
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 21, 2024 12:02:36 GMT
Richard Linklater's "Dazed and Confused". I absolutely loved that film when it came out, I really must revisit it ...
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Post by Tim on Jun 21, 2024 12:08:20 GMT
He's made some cracking films Jules, I've seen most of them. I thought his Before trilogy were outstanding and really liked his first film Slacker - quite similar in some ways to Nolan's first film, Following. Very low budget observational films, mostly made on the street and shot on 16mm.
Hit Man isn't a bad film, it was made for Netflix and it's a good Netflix film. I just don't connect with films that are made for TV and it's definitely a 'made for TV' film. Worth watching though, but lacked his normal bite for me. I thought Glen Powell's performance was very good though.
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 21, 2024 12:16:01 GMT
I'll certainly see which of his films are available online. I've had Boyhood on my watchlist for years and still haven't seen it!
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Post by Tim on Jun 21, 2024 12:28:09 GMT
I'll certainly see which of his films are available online. I've had Boyhood on my watchlist for years and still haven't seen it! I thought that was really good, really great concept - without giving too much away if you don't know much about it.
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 21, 2024 14:56:23 GMT
I'll certainly see which of his films are available online. I've had Boyhood on my watchlist for years and still haven't seen it! I thought that was really good, really great concept - without giving too much away if you don't know much about it. ok I'm going to try and watch it this wknd - will report back ...
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Post by rfan8312 on Jul 6, 2024 15:12:08 GMT
A Quiet Place 3 (Day One)
Darn. It's a real mess. A missed opportunity. The first two films were really good. This 3rd installment could have finally answered some questions about how how/why these creatures came here but none of that happens.
3/4 of the movie is heart string music that is used to make you feel for the main character who has a terminal illness and for the connection between her and her new bf.
Doesn't make sense. She's a new character why make the entire trilogy boil down to her story of personal struggle.
The creatures are relegated to the background. They appear a few times in the film with no rhyme or reason.
Unfortunately this is the worst of the 3 films and now has me appreciating th first film more.
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 7, 2024 23:28:13 GMT
Beverley Hills Cop - Axel F (Netflix)
The plot is as thin as an After Eight but it doesn't matter shiiit as the director understands what takes us back to the 80's for a trip down memory lane and it's great fun - yes I can hear the boy Tim going into cardiac but sue me y'all this is great fun.
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Post by Tim on Jul 11, 2024 20:19:54 GMT
Don't you worry yourself Jules, no cardiac arrest's will be going on here . . . I don't think you've enough money in the bank to pay me to watch that, so no need to worry about my health
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Post by MikeMusic on Aug 18, 2024 15:58:50 GMT
The Instigators, Matt Damon and others. Apple TV
Don't bother unless you have an hour and a bit spare
6.2 on IMDB, too high
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