Movie record 2020 edition - The Bear and Badger

g.man

Yup

ShabbyMcCrabby

It is still amazing how smooth it is. Really no wobbling or swinging. Very well executed.

g.man

Yup. The real trick would be to see a one take video of it done LIVE to see just how good it was. That video is obviously from a tv special, so I'll be very surprised if it isn't cobbled together from multiple live takes, interspersed with takes shot without the audience present.
Either way, the man's still a consummate performer.

Webbins

114. Dead Shack
Weekend vacationers find family loyalties run deep when they cross the living Lauren Holly and her undead family in this goofy and original yet flawed zomcom. 6

b0r1s

Predestination Great time travel film which is absolutely not what I was expecting after reading the description on Prime. Can’t say more without spoiling but watch it. [8]

djchump

The source Heinlein sci-fi short “All You Zombies” is one of my all time faves: https://emilkirkegaard.dk/en/wp-content/uploads/Robert-A.-Heinlein-All-You-Zombies.pdf

Spoilers for the film, natch.

b0r1s

They take pretty much all of that with very few changes for the film.

poprock

Not quite, the film does add yet another level to it.

b0r1s

Yep I know they add to it...

Spoiler:

What I meant was they haven’t really changed the core premise of the short story.

poprock

Yeah, that’s fair.

It’s one of my favourite films, I think. Flawed, but fascinating. And Sarah Snook is just incredible in it - hard to believe she’s gone on to do even better work in Succession.

b0r1s

Yeah she was great but I couldn’t shake the likeness to...

Spoiler:

May give Succession a go too.

Paul the sparky

b0r1s wrote:

Predestination Great time travel film which is absolutely not what I was expecting after reading the description on Prime. Can’t say more without spoiling but watch it. [8]

Class film. My head's still in bits.

b0r1s

Yep. The bar scene, in particular, is top notch. I think I was expecting Time Cop, but got something far better.

Wookienopants

The Personal History of David Copperfield

Well that was just lovely. Dev Patel absolutely shines as Copperfield and the casting is exceptional. Beautiful cinematography, fantastic writing and just exudes charm. A perfect 10 from me

retroking1981

125. The Public Enemy - 7
Cagneys break out role, eclipsed by his later films but still worth a watch.

126. Oblivion - 7
Decent Tom Cruise sci-fi romp, does't do anything new but what it does is entertaining enough.

127. Jay and Silent Bob Reboot - 5
Not terrible, but it constantly made me wish I was just watching one of their older films. Reminded me a lot of Dumb and Dumber To, road trip plot culminating in a father/daughter reveal at a convention. Both disappointing sequels.

128. Election - 8
Quite a dark comedy set in a US Mid West High-School, which I think went criminally overlooked in the wake of American Pie back in the day. Reece Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick are both superb.

129. Wild - 7
Reece Witherspoon stars in this true story of a recently divorced women who is at a crossroads in life and goes on the PCT (which is a long hike on America's West coast) to rediscover herself. Decent.

130. Double Bunk - 8
Charming B&W 60s comedy with Sid James and Liz Frazer. A must for fans of the period.

131. Ghostbusters - 9
One of the films of my youth and will forever be a firm favourtie, love it.

132. Ghostbusters II - 8
I'm biased but everyone I know also loves this. Seems to be a mixed bag in the wider world but another I personally love.

133. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother - 6
I was expecting to like this more off the back of the stellar cast, not a patch on Young Frankenstein or Blazing Saddles but still decent.

My list

LivDiv

Dressed To Kill
You were only supposed to put the bloody women's clothes on. Yeah an odd one this.

Rambo: Last Blood
You could pretty much just watch the last 15 minutes really, the rest is a poor and plodding Taken rip off. Those said last 15 minutes are basically R rated Home Alone. Probably better left alone.

Moot_Geeza

I was smashed by the last 15 minutes, which improved things massively. Saw it in the cinema which I prepared for with a hip flask tooling up montage. Teriible film though.

retroking1981

Rambo 4 was also disappointing when I saw it again recently, I remembered it being much better.

First Blood is still great at least.

Wookienopants

I fully intent to watch it tomorrow and let you know my thoughts. On a bit of a Stallone kick right now. Demolition Man and Cobra today.

b0r1s

I’ve never seen Cobra. Trufax

Wookienopants

It's excellent

b0r1s

Where can I watch it legally?

Wookienopants

Amazon Prime my good man

b0r1s

Tomorrow it is then.

Webbins

Lol I watched Cobra tonight too. Must have been snake oil in the air.

115. Cobra
So cheesy, so 80s, so bad, so Stallone. Peak Sly growls his way through this dark thriller as the titular cop whilst bagging the sweatiest bad guy in all moviedom and bedding Brigitte into the bargain. 6

LivDiv

Cobra is Stallone's Commando imo.
There is some weird thing about it as well, something about the book being totally different and having a different title. One of those buy the rights and bin it all deals iirc.

Wookienopants

COBRA!

Moot_Geeza

retroking1981 wrote:

Rambo 4 was also disappointing when I saw it again recently, I remembered it being much better.

Same, although I only made it as far as the super army soldiers bit on the boat the second time. I've not seen II or III but First Blood is a cracker.

ShabbyMcCrabby

106. The Old Guard
Fun concept marred by woefully average and lazy writing. You never really feel like they've been alive that long.
[5]

nick_md

Cobra's weird, it plays out as a slasher horror film for the first half or so then goes into straight up action for the end. Odd mix. Great theme song.

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