Movie record 2020 edition - The Bear and Badger

nick_md

The Last Resort, that's the club.

bad_hair_day

Sweaty Sharon Stone in sports gear is a particular highlight.

ShabbyMcCrabby

175. The Gentleman
I did enjoy this but I couldn't also feel like the world has moved on from "lads lads lads" and that it was a missed opportunity to mix it up a bit. Most of these characters could have been women and it wouldn't have made a difference to the story but would have been more interesting.
[6]

poprock

You’re right Shabs, but I forgave that because I thought adherence to the genre clichés was part of the point.

poprock

Gangster Squad
LA’s got a mobster problem; Josh Brolin & Ryan Gosling are the tough ex-military cops to solve it. Why did nobody tell me how much big dumb fun this is?

b0r1s

That the one you can’t understand what they are saying half the time?

poprock

Seemed fine to me, so maybe not?

Webbins

154. The Lighthouse
Odd, multi thematic, astonishing and beguiling piece of work from Robert Eggers. Two excellent performances from RPatz and Dafoe, the latter stealing the show in a towering effort, Oscars have been given for less. 9

I must make watching The VVitch a priority.

bad_hair_day

VVitch was nice.

The Daddy

Especially at this time of year.

ShabbyMcCrabby

They're both great films. Can't wait for his next one, some Viking thing I think.

ShabbyMcCrabby

176. Frozen
It's still interesting how big Let It Go is. I wonder why the kids love it over all the previous songs. Still a pretty good movie too.
[7]

177. Frozen 2
Some good, even great, songs marred by white saviour issues and a script that is a bit too 'wink wink'.
[6]

178. Synecdoche, New York
Watching this again after Ending Things really shows the similarities between the films. I do need to do more reading about this film as there's a lot of threads I'm no good at connecting.
[8]

179. The Strangers: Prey at Night
Shame the whole film isn't put together as well as the pool scene. The first one is such a solid and grim film but this one not so much. Needed another common sense pass.
[5]

b0r1s

Only a 7 for Frozen?? Olaf alone is worth an 8... and what about the shinies?

nick_md

I've never seen Frozen but I love me a bit of Let It Go, shit's a banger.

Moot_Geeza

The Frozen fervour puzzles me a bit too. It's not bad but never struck me as better than lower tier of the mostly good mainline Disney films. Which puts it at a pleasant [6] or so, but it's no Tangled. Also thought the sequel was a sub Little Mermaid 2 straight to VHS standard cash-in.

Moot_Geeza

Calm With Horses

Grim 'n gritty rural Irish crime drama. Excellent performances all round, does nothing new but does everything well. Co-stars Niamh Algar, who I've yet to see in anything I didn't like. [8].

nick_md

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Calm With Horses

Grim 'n gritty rural Irish crime drama. Excellent performances all round, does nothing new but does everything well. Co-stars Niamh Algar, who I've yet to see in anything I didn't like. [8].

Saw this on BFI player early lockdown, thought it was very good indeed and yeah, great performances.

jdanielp

Last film I saw before cinemas first closed earlier in the year. One of the better releases of the year.

hylian_elf

71. Weathering With You - 21 Nov
An utterly beautiful anime, although many things are unexplained. Makoto Shinkai continues to produce stuff I love.
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poprock

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
I had doubts, but it really is as good as everyone says. And what a voice cast!

LivDiv

Its fantastic.
Check out the many videos highlighting the changes in animation frames on our Spidey as he learns to swing. That is next level stuff.

The Daddy

Time for some catch up:

29. Before Midnight. Me and wife watched the first two parts ages ago, we found Hawke a bit annoying. He's still annoying, but this is pretty masterful filmmaking from Linklater, every detail is considered. A great finish to a nice trilogy.

30. Life of Pi. UHD rewatch. Looks and sounds lovely, though I felt like I should've been reading the book instead of rewatching the film.

31. True History of the Kelly Gang. Got a bit bored of this, though it did pique my interest in Ned. Turns out most of this film is a rough "interpretation" as is only very loosely based on fact.

32. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Wow! What a brilliant film, and the score is just perfect. Will be hitting the others in the trilogy at some point.

33. The Personal History of David Copperfield. Nice but not great. Enjoyed this quirky retelling of the Dickens classic.

34. Palm Springs. Good fun, enjoyed. Don't look up what happens before you watch it!

35. Dr Strangelove... Never seen this before, so the UHD release was a good opportunity to tick it off the bucketlist. Great satire!

36. Teen Titans Go! To the Movies. Watched with the boy, but some of it was genuinely funny!

37. The Princess Bride. Another classic UHD remaster, watched with the boy, who instantly fell in love with it. He even started saying "as you wish" whenever I asked him to do stuff.

38. The Report. Good dramatisation of dodgy post 9/11 CIA torture methods. Essential Viewing along with...

39. Official Secrets. UK version of The Report. Spoiler: Blair's a warmongering twat!

40. Mulan (1998). Never seen this before, so gave it a bash. Really enjoyed it.

41. Blade. Didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would, I remember loving this back in the day. Maybe it's Blade 2 I remember so fondly. Still, solid vamp action from Snipes.

42. Flash Gordon. UHD Rewatch. GORDON'S ALIVE!

43. Back to the Future. UHD Rewatch. A very well done transfer to 4k, still a top tier film. Will be revisting the sequels asap!

44. Mulan (2020). I understand the issues around the film, but it's a solid action adventure nonetheless.

45. 300. UHD Rewatch. SPARTANS! PREPARE FOR GLORY! Classic, looks and sounds great on the remaster.

davyK

Jealous of your first time viewing of The Good, The Bad and the Ugly and Strangelove. wow.

The Daddy

Strangelove's been on my radar for ages, so the remaster seemed a good time to jump in. I don't know how The Good, The Bad and the Ugly has passed me by for so long.

davyK

It's very much the high point of the trilogy though the other two are still great stuff - just don't expect the sheer majesty of TGTBATU.

ShabbyMcCrabby

b0r1s wrote:

Only a 7 for Frozen?? Olaf alone is worth an 8... and what about the shinies?

I'm a Tangled guy for life

bad_hair_day

A light dusting with baby powder can help matters.

jdanielp

ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:

b0r1s wrote:

Only a 7 for Frozen?? Olaf alone is worth an 8... and what about the shinies?

I'm a Tangled guy for life

I'm a Dapper Dan man!

djchump

ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:

b0r1s wrote:

Only a 7 for Frozen?? Olaf alone is worth an 8... and what about the shinies?

I'm a Tangled guy for life

The horse is an all-time great piece of animation character work, but Moana edges Tangled overall for me.

hylian_elf

davyK wrote:

It's very much the high point of the trilogy though the other two are still great stuff - just don't expect the sheer majesty of TGTBATU.

I tried watching Fistful of Dollars again not long ago. Found myself thinking “this ain’t no Yojimbo” and turned it off. That’s not how I felt the first time I watched it though and it’s not that Fistful is bad in any way, it’s good and I like it. Just... dunno. It was a weird moment, feeling like that about a movie that I liked.

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