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Post by Slinger on Jul 9, 2019 12:40:02 GMT
But, Jules, does it have " muppets" and " diamond geezers"?  |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 9, 2019 16:14:01 GMT
Jason Statham. Much like Ray Winston, he plays the same part in whatever film he's in. Repertoir? Nah mate!
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 9, 2019 16:49:29 GMT
Jason Statham. Much like Ray Winston, he plays the same part in whatever film he's in. Repertoir? Nah mate! So did Cary Grant. That's where the comparison ends ...  |
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 9, 2019 17:47:04 GMT
I'm going to see the original Hammer 'Dracula' on the big screen late on Saturday night - that film used to scare the shit out of me when I was a kid!
Really looking forward to it ...
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Post by petea on Jul 9, 2019 17:58:33 GMT
Make sure you buy some thicker curtains for the bedroom before though. You don't want any nasty mishaps come Sunday morning!  |
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 9, 2019 18:38:04 GMT
My Mrs better watch her neck 😀
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Post by petea on Jul 9, 2019 18:39:38 GMT
Take her out for a garlicky meal before the film!
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 13, 2019 23:20:55 GMT
Dracula was just fabulous on the big screen tonight - was a beautiful 4K restoration for 2019 Vampfest!! Have managed to convert my son to the joys of Hammer Horror ...  Was a bit weird getting the bus home in the dark - felt like I was on Dracula's coach!!  |
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 19, 2019 16:12:47 GMT
LOL this looks fun. |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 22, 2019 5:56:57 GMT
First Man, a fascinating account of Neil Armstrong's life as a test pilot, astronaut and father. Overall Ryan Gosling plays him well although there is something I find really irritating about Clare Foy as his wife. Some parts of the account (especially the Gemini 8 malfunction) are very well done. However, knowing the real story well means that you start picking apart details in the film, which is rather lengthy anyway. Why did they miss out various parts of the transcript in the landing (like "kicking up some dust") for no good reason?
More of an issue is: was Armstrong really this melancholy? I felt that he needed a slap at times, as if to say "you're so very lucky while being so very selfish, so why the long face?" Did he really say nothing to his wife when she went to visit him in quarantine for the first time after his return? I think astronauts shouldn't really have a wife and children, based on this account. They are essentially loners who have signed up for a high-risk career.
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Jul 22, 2019 11:45:51 GMT
Watched it at the weekend, very good I thought, though I agree about him being portrayed as a bit of a misery guts lol.
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Post by rfan8312 on Jul 26, 2019 21:08:41 GMT
Once Upon a Time In Hollywood. I am a long time Quentin Tarantino fan. This one was not my favorite of his but... very long, very slow.. Very cool Edit: I actually find myself missing the setting and atmosphere of this film since I saw it hours ago. The events that took place were interesting and cool but Tarantino really knows how to put you in a time and a place. It felt real. No eye rolls. Great job. |
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 3, 2019 16:31:00 GMT
Really looking forward to this new Sam Mendes film.
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Post by rfan8312 on Aug 3, 2019 17:02:11 GMT
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Saw this trailer yesterday and my jaw dropped. I cannot wait for this. I just picked up the book "A rifleman went to war". I'll be reading that and other ww1 material until this film comes out. Benedict Cumberbatch is in this, wow.
I've always wondered if they'll ever make, or if they even should, a film about the battle of Verdun of 1916.
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 3, 2019 17:51:21 GMT
That's a tricky one - of course any properly made, unsanitized film about any WW1 major battles should really be unwatchable.
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Post by rfan8312 on Aug 3, 2019 18:45:18 GMT
That's a tricky one - of course any properly made, unsanitized film about any WW1 major battles should really be unwatchable. Good point. This isnt for most people seeking entertainment. Dunkirk is one thing. But, Passchendaele, The Somme, Verdun, Bellau Wood, those battles are so sinister that turning them into a 2 hour film for the theater could be a mistake. If you're interested Jules on Netflix there is a wonderful anthology called Our World War. Three seperate stories. The one about the battle of Mons is so good. Actors recreating those few tense days for the tiny British Expeditionary Force that had just landed on the continent, hiding in the woods at Mons and learning that completely by coincidence German general Von Kluck's entire 1st army was advancing right in their direction and the legendary clash that occurred. |
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 3, 2019 19:36:18 GMT
Thanks for that, yes it would certainly be of interest to me, and my son no doubt ... I don't have Netflix but have found it available on Amazon - sadly not on iPlayer any more.
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Post by MartinT on Aug 3, 2019 20:02:49 GMT
Having been to Verdun and visited the caverns, it's hard to imagine the sense of claustrophobia there must have been and I, too, look forward to this film giving a feel for what it must have been like.
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Post by rfan8312 on Aug 4, 2019 3:22:55 GMT
Wow, Martin, so you've been there. I had no idea that people are even allowed to go down into the caverns.
There was a story of a French guy blowing up one of the caverns with 800 fellow soldiers in it by mistake while trying to make coffee too close to where explosives were stored.
Martin, was there just endless shell holes there?
I've read that 1 million shells fell down from the hills onto 30km by 5km of Verdun in the first 10 hour opening assault by the Germans by 808 artillery guns combing every square of inch of that area.
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Post by MartinT on Aug 4, 2019 10:09:35 GMT
Martin, was there just endless shell holes there? Shell holes, craters, bullet holes everywhere. It's an incredible place. |
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