Movie record 2020 edition - The Bear and Badger

Moot_Geeza

The highest of hats.

ShabbyMcCrabby

No improv in The Lighthouse. All as written on the page. The "what" scene is supposed to be quite an interesting script section.

jdanielp

33. The Mystery of Picasso

Insightful mixture of live/stop motion/behind the scenes creation with the artist.

[7]

(Mubi app but the film expires today)

hylian_elf

24. Shutter Island - 17 Mar
Scorsese does complex psychological thriller. Great cast and performances.
[8]

25. Rush Hour 3 - 17 Mar
Shit but not as shit as 2.
[4]

26. Marriage Story - 18 Mar
Driver is brilliant. Expected a little more from it but still a decent watch.
[7]

27. Kingsman The Secret Service - 20 Mar
Pretty standard spy action flick.
[5]

28. Heat - 20 Mar
Still an all-time classic. Can never tire if watching this.
[9]

retroking1981

49. 12 Angry Men (1957) - 9
Classic stuff and just as entertaining as the first time I saw it. Love it.

50. Trauma Center - 4
Oh dear. Got fooled into this one looking through netflix and seeing it had Bruce Willis in. He's so bad in it, I had no idea he'd fallen to the Nicolas Cage level action films for a pay day. Gets a bonus point for having Steve Guttenberg in, who I haven't seen in anything since 1990!

51. Ghostbusters (2016) - 5
Yeah, its not great and not a patch on the originals but... I don't get the venomous hate it got. Has a few laughs and the leads are good for the most part, especially Kate McKinnon who I think is great. I found the cameos from the original cast quite funny too.

52. Training Day - 8
Denzel makes a good film that little bit better. His enjoyment in the role is obvious to see, no wonder he won an Oscar for it.

53. Zombieland 2: Double Tap - 7
More Zombieland, good stuff. Zoey Deutch is great as the dumb blonde.

My list

poprock

Anna
Stylish lightweight Cold War spy thriller with a great cast. Not Besson’s best, but not his worst. Helen Mirren steals the show.

poprock

Ad Astra
Brad Pitt travels to the edge of the solar system but all he finds is yet another story of a middle aged white American man facing his Daddy issues.

cockbeard

I've watched a few recently and then been silly and watched another one rather than jotting down my thoughts straight away, so badly disciplined, however

11. Sonic The Hedgehog
I enjoyed this, but apart from one thing I could have got by with just the end credits, which I super enjoyed. However was well worth watching purely for Jim Carrey, he raised this film several points. I hated him as a kid, at least until Cable Guy and Man In The Moon, and whilst this is nowhere near those heights, it did make me think, wow I've missed this bloke. More films for Jim plox [7]

TheBoyRoberts

cockbeard wrote:

I've watched a few recently and then been silly and watched another one rather than jotting down my thoughts straight away, so badly disciplined, however 11. Sonic The Hedgehog I enjoyed this, but apart from one thing I could have got by with just the end credits, which I super enjoyed. However was well worth watching purely for Jim Carrey, he raised this film several points. I hated him as a kid, at least until Cable Guy and Man In The Moon, and whilst this is nowhere near those heights, it did make me think, wow I've missed this bloke. More films for Jim plox [7]

I enjoyed Sonic way more than I thought I would. Carrey is totally on form and man the starting credits with all the Sega games almost had me doing a little jig!

Wookienopants

Sonic was much better than any of us expected. I really enjoyed it, seen it twice already (once on my own and once with the boys) and looking forward to seeing it again when it comes out on its early digital release next week.

TheBoyRoberts

My movie intake in increasing due to the lock-down. Last night I partook in:

The Invisible Man - Not bad at all, couple of good scares and a nice conclusion.

The Hunt - Great fun, short and sweet. Turn in and tune out for 1.5 hours of brainless fun!

Webbins

61. Savage Dog
Scott Adkins 1959 Indochina set beat em up. Average story, good choreography. 6

62. Juliet, Naked
Gentle romantic comedy. Girlfriend meets boyfriend's reclusive music idol, stuff happens. 6

Moot_Geeza

Star Wars Episode IX

Bonkers. Was doing okay, then it accelerated into blunderbuss mode when a Star destroyer started waving its willy around. A fairly enjoyable spectacle that's miles better than any of the prequels, but they chucked all the kithen sinks at the last 40 minutes or so. I think I preferred Episode VIII!! [6]

Gremill

The Dark Knight Rises. Not seen this since I watched it at the cinema on release and I think I enjoyed it far more this time around. It's by far the most comic booky of the Nolan trilogy, where the two main characters having very silly voices is only like the fifth most ridiculous thing in it, but my God the action set pieces are superb. 8.

Webbins

A rewatch from a few years ago.

63. Hush
Superior home invasion thriller. Crossbow wielding creep preys upon deaf, mute woman. 8

poprock

Made of Honor
Proud bearer of some of the worst Scottish accents (by English actors, no less) I’ve ever heard, and a caber-tossing scene with an obviously fibreglass log. Also, a shit-tier romcom. For the bin.

Gremill

Are you sure you don't have a fever poppo? I can't think of any other reason why you would watch that dreck.

poprock

Mrs poprock likes to watch really bad romcoms while I’m busy working. But I work on a laptop in the same room.

poprock

I’ve seen every season of Outlander for the same reason.

poprock

At least the Christmas romcoms have stopped now. Netflix is a fucking enabler of this dreck, I tell you.

Paul the sparky

poprock wrote:

I’ve seen every season of Outlander for the same reason.

I watched a film by that name yesterday, is it the same premise? Alien crash lands in iron era Norway?

poprock

Nope. It’s an adaptation of a series of romance novels where an American woman from the 1940s accidentally time travels to ancient Scotland and falls in love with a clan chief. It’s awful cheese, but a lot of my friends have managed to get gigs working on it, so it does have a good side.

Gremill

poprock wrote:

Nope. It’s an adaptation of a series of romance novels where an American woman from the 1940s accidentally time travels to ancient Scotland and falls in love with a clan chief. It’s awful cheese, but a lot of my friends have managed to get gigs working on it, so it does have a good side.

Confession time: I have read the first three books in that series.

Gremill

Paul the sparky wrote:

poprock wrote:

I’ve seen every season of Outlander for the same reason.

I watched a film by that name yesterday, is it the same premise? Alien crash lands in iron era Norway?

That's quite decent fun that film. Is it the one with Jesus in it?

cockbeard

poprock wrote:

Mrs poprock likes to watch really bad romcoms while I’m busy working. But I work on a laptop in the same room.

That's actually a compliment (in a way) to the movie, being as I imagine under those circumstances there have been thousands of hours of screentime that have passed you by, this was at least bad enough to draw your attention

Paul the sparky

Gremill wrote:

Paul the sparky wrote:

poprock wrote:

I’ve seen every season of Outlander for the same reason.

I watched a film by that name yesterday, is it the same premise? Alien crash lands in iron era Norway?

That's quite decent fun that film. Is it the one with Jesus in it?

Jesus? Not that I'm aware and I doubt I'd have missed him.

ShabbyMcCrabby

Webbins wrote:

A rewatch from a few years ago. 63. Hush Superior home invasion thriller. Crossbow wielding creep preys upon deaf, mute woman. 8

Is top stuff that. Good old Flanaghan.

ShabbyMcCrabby

50. The To-Do List
Another US comedy with funny people in it but no real jokes or comedy writing. Such a waste.
[3]

51. Onward
A story with a lot of cliched beats to it but still very enjoyable and some nice themes throughout. Lush animation tech too.
[7]

jdanielp

34. High Life

Uncomfortable deep space mission drama, although I fell to sleep towards the end.

[5]

hylian_elf

29. Once Upon A Time In America - 24 Mar
My personal favourite of all of Sergio Leone’s work. A true epic and a masterpiece. The haunting and bittersweet melancholic music by Morricone goes perfectly with the film and makes it even greater.
[10]

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