Hunter Hunter - just would have been better if it would have kept to its main theme of Man vs wolf in the forest. Instead this survivalist tail takes a turn for the worst with a rather stupid schlock horror movie ending. 6 scats out of 10.

I love it but I am here to say once again that the book is superior and you should really read it if you haven't. The film diverges quite a lot from it, and the way the reveal is done (or not) is amazing.
The ending of the book properly scared the bejeezus out of me. It's a hell of a haunting image.

Maybe not better, but a cracking companion piece.

As a kid in the 70s, all things USA were beguiling. Nothing probably sparkled more in my kids' eye than US sports. The difference between occasional glimpses of NFL, MLB and NBA were glittering spectacles compared to gruesome, muddy FA Div 1 football; the matches of which were seemingly meanfully doled out on TV; or cricket - shown live during the day but presented with all the panache of a local county council meeting.

So sports films have for me always been better when attached to American sports. Slapshot is probably my favourite of the genre but Moneyball comes close. It's better knowing it's based on a true story and it focusses on Baseball which has always been attractive because it's stats heavy and for all the brooha about athleticism and talent, boils down to being a highly tense mental game.

Moneyball has a great cast - Jonah Hill gets better every time I watch him in something and Pitt actually acts for a change. Hoffman is a brilliant as per usual and I'm reminded what a tragedy losing a talent like his was. 

Great stuff. Brilliantly shot and interspersed with actual match footage without being jarring. Splendid film all round.

To be fair to Pitt, that whole ocean caper thing made me think him lazy....but if I think about him in other stuff like fight club, joe black, big short et al that puts him in a better light. Its just I havent seen much of him lately. I should really check out other stuff he's in.

He is pretty much like an old school film star and doesnt have to act. One of the few. So its easy to under estimate him.

davyK wrote:

To be fair to Pitt, that whole ocean caper thing made me think him lazy....but if I think about him in other stuff like fight club, joe black, big short et al that puts him in a better light. Its just I havent seen much of him lately. I should really check out other stuff he's in.

He is pretty much like an old school film star and doesnt have to act. One of the few. So its easy to under estimate him.

Pitt puts in the effort pretty regularly. OUATIH as Boris says, but also Snatch, Twelve Monkeys, Burn After Reading, Kalifornia.

He certainly can and often does do the standard leading man schtick pretty often, but he’ll also take on the weirder roles more often than most of his contemporaries.

Damn, I do seem to be a fan of the word often when posting as I’m unable to sleep at 1:30 in the morning.

 Coming 2 America is released on 5 March on Amazon Prime Video.

Correct. Apparently is bad but I will watch.

New Disney film out today as well. Not gonna pay premium extra $$$ for it though.

regmcfly wrote:

Correct. Apparently is bad but I will watch.

It kind of feels like it’s a film they shouldn’t have ever made. But it’s here now so will give it a watch.

Yossarian wrote:

davyK wrote:

To be fair to Pitt, that whole ocean caper thing made me think him lazy....but if I think about him in other stuff like fight club, joe black, big short et al that puts him in a better light. Its just I havent seen much of him lately. I should really check out other stuff he's in. He is pretty much like an old school film star and doesnt have to act. One of the few. So its easy to under estimate him.

Pitt puts in the effort pretty regularly. OUATIH as Boris says, but also Snatch, Twelve Monkeys, Burn After Reading, Kalifornia. He certainly can and often does do the standard leading man schtick pretty often, but he’ll also take on the weirder roles more often than most of his contemporaries.

Had forgot about Twelve Monkeys. Was a great turn in that.....makes me wonder why I had that impression of him.

digi wrote:

Brad Pitt is amazing in Deadpool 2

Such a subtle performance.

So Independence Day: Resurgence

This is some top class bad shit.

They bring back most of the cast introduce some kids into the mix and then create the worst plot I’ve seen in a while (and I watched Greenland recently).

I’ve not finished yet but some top bad bits include;

Will Smith’s son’s mom:

The limping ex-president has some moves:

The alien prisoners:

This is bad, but not in the it’s so bad it’s good category.

Man, I've seen Independence Day: Resurgence and I literally remember nothing about it.

It's bad. Really bad.