Movie Record 2022 Edition - The Bear and Badger

Kow

The blood sucking Brady Bunch.

Kow

Bah.

lastant

Good to see some love for Pontypool, remember watching it way back when it came out.

For other talk radio style goodness it's worth taking a look at, er, Talk Radio.

nick_md

I also saw Pontypool when it came out and recall rating it. About time for a rewatch probably.

Just watched The Guard, loved it. Perfect pace and tone for a hungover Sunday. Cast on form but Gleeson knocking it out the park.

Gremill

70. Prince of Darkness
Hadn't seen this since I had it on VHS and I remember not liking it that much. It is, though, a really great horror - a genuinely creepy atmosphere and a pervasive feeling of dread saturates it, with Carpenters superb score, some wonderfully gruey kills and effects and the brilliantly effective dreams of the future making it one of his best. 8

djchump

I love Carpenter’s Apocalypse Trilogy.
Prince of Darkness has some great atmosphere and also works well as a “Siege Double Bill” with Assault on Precinct 13.
The Thing is obviously an all-timer, but there’s also a tonne of great scenes and Sam Neill knocks it out the park in In The Mouth Of Madness. Was the only decent Lovecraft film for a while but there’s been a few more recently that I still haven’t caught up with (eg Colour Out Of Space).

Cos

95. The Quiet Man

John Wayne moves back to Ireland in the 1920s, woos a red headed lass and tries to avoid fighting her brother. It’s pretty light fare and don’t think it’s aged particularly well. Wayne is a more subdued version of his usual self but supported by a solid cast that provide a bit more quality and fun. Otherwise it’s too long and the scenery is possibly the best thing about it. [5]

Paul the sparky

Gremill wrote:

70. Prince of Darkness
Hadn't seen this since I had it on VHS and I remember not liking it that much. It is, though, a really great horror - a genuinely creepy atmosphere and a pervasive feeling of dread saturates it, with Carpenters superb score, some wonderfully gruey kills and effects and the brilliantly effective dreams of the future making it one of his best. 8

Put it on just now instead of watching MotD2. Love Carpenter but have never seen this

ShabbyMcCrabby

Been on my list for a long while too. Should bump it up

Paul the sparky

It's a weird one in lots of ways. Love the score. Bit wonky in a few places but I enjoyed it. The Mouth of Madness next up I reckon

davyK

Cos wrote:

95. The Quiet Man
John Wayne moves back to Ireland in the 1920s, woos a red headed lass and tries to avoid fighting her brother. It’s pretty light fare and don’t think it’s aged particularly well. Wayne is a more subdued version of his usual self but supported by a solid cast that provide a bit more quality and fun. Otherwise it’s too long and the scenery is possibly the best thing about it. [5]

Where that film was made still trades on it.

Paul the sparky

Paul the sparky wrote:

It's a weird one in lots of ways. Love the score. Bit wonky in a few places but I enjoyed it. The Mouth of Madness next up I reckon

Well that was fucking mental

Wookienopants

See How They Run

Very witty, well written, genuinely funny and utterly charming murder mystery "who done it" set around a murder during The Mousetrap.
Really really enjoyed that!

ShabbyMcCrabby

127. The Quiet Girl
A beautiful little film that is quiet like the main character. Gaelic seems like such an interesting language too with it often being hard to connect the spoken words to the sentence written in the subs.
One of the best films of the year.
[9]

Kow

Delighted that somebody else has watched and enjoyed it. It says so much without overloading the film with dialogue. Had me in tears by the end. I loved the way that Irish (not Gaelic) is used as a language of comfort and safety. The short English quip used by the father to his brother and wife is one of the most horrible things said in a film.

Gremill

Paul the sparky wrote:

Paul the sparky wrote:

It's a weird one in lots of ways. Love the score. Bit wonky in a few places but I enjoyed it. The Mouth of Madness next up I reckon

Well that was fucking mental

Where did you watch it?

Paul the sparky

Naked in bed via a hooky stream. In the cinema would have been better

Minkymu

Not naked tho

Paul the sparky

God no. But then again, maybe

poprock

There are specialist cinemas for that sort of thing. Dunno whether any of them would be showing The Mouth of Madness.

Maybe a different film with that title, right enough though.

ShabbyMcCrabby

Kow wrote:

Delighted that somebody else has watched and enjoyed it. It says so much without overloading the film with dialogue. Had me in tears by the end. I loved the way that Irish (not Gaelic) is used as a language of comfort and safety. The short English quip used by the father to his brother and wife is one of the most horrible things said in a film.

Ah, shows that I don't know what that word means!

https://www.unitedlanguagegroup.com/blog/gaelic-irish-differences

The more you know! Thanks for pointing that out to me. I feel like I never heard it referred to as Irish over here. Or maybe I just wasn't paying attention.

ShabbyMcCrabby

128. American Factory
A very interesting topic for a documentary but one where you could tell they didn't know what the actual throughline of the doco was meant to be. Started strong and I thought it would be personal tales but then it just flits between topics at whim. All of which are interesting but are never fully seen through. Disappointing really and not sure how it won the Oscar.
[5]

129. All Quiet on the Western Front
Was lucky enough to go see this at a cinema which made me sad that it didn't get a bigger release because it really deserved it. Very good War movie covering various elements of being at the Western Front. Interesting soundtrack too.
[8]

130. Great White
Needed something dumb for my night shift and this was indeed very dumb. And cheap. It actually does alright for effects and such for the most part but it goes to show that even if you have all the cliches in there you still have to do a good job of them to have them work.
[3]

131. White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie and Fitch
I think I had this brand mixed up with American Apparel which I was interested to see why that crumbled. A and F had similar recruiting strategies as the other brand so I'm guessing it was for similar reasons. Another fairly slapdash feeling doco though like American Factory. Interesting but not compelling.
[5]

132. Wakanda Forever
Chadwick's passing was handled respectfully and it seems like it fitted into the story they already wanted to tell fairly smoothly. It's a little bit messy though and a bit overlong. Martin Freeman's American accent is much improved though and Ludwig Goransson has made the best Marvel soundtrack and one of the best scores of the year I feel.
[6]

Kow

Nah, most people outside Ireland presume it's called Gaelic, but we'd never call it that. In Ireland Gaelic is the name for Irish football.

poprock

See How They Run
An excellent cast having fun in a daft murder mystery. Saoirse Ronan and Sam Rockwell steal the show, which is no mean feat against Adrien Brody on top form. Short, tight, fun with a sort of Wes Anderson-lite vibe.

Wookienopants

poprock wrote:

See How They Run
An excellent cast having fun in a daft murder mystery. Saoirse Ronan and Sam Rockwell steal the show, which is no mean feat against Adrien Brody on top form. Short, tight, fun with a sort of Wes Anderson-lite vibe.

It's really rather fun. I enjoyed it

acemuzzy

Bullet Train kinda enjoyed it more than I expected given it's basically shit. I think it knows it is & just hams it all up to 11 and I guess pulls off what is going for near enough. Train special effects were laughable, but still a fun ride.

hylian_elf

59. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - 13/11
Dull and uninteresting plot and villain and characters, lacking a screen presence, only held together by some decent action scenes. Fight on the bridge was the highlight.
[5]

Paul the sparky

I liked it. I thought Angela Bassett was outstanding, talk about screen presence. I liked the bad guys too

LivDiv

Had a bit of a movie day yesterday

Legend (1985)
Tom Cruise takes on heavily made up Tim Curry.
A weird one this. Its from a run of 80s fantasy movies and in many ones is one of the best, two of those ways not being the plot or the pacing. I imagine a lot of kids would have got bored watching back then and definitely would now, it takes forever to get going and then its just kind of over. Positives, the enchanted forest looks brilliant. It looks so good they get away with having a bubble machine going. Tim Curry is, as ever fantastic and his make up is iconic as it is ridiculous. Wouldnt be made like this now.

Brazil
I hadn't seen this before. 1984 through the mind of Gillingham. It was ok, often quite funny particularly the conjoined office desk routine. I imagine this was quite influential to other film makers and thats probably where most of it's value lies for me. Top tier cast for such an oddity. This wouldn't be made at all now.

A Cure For Wellness
Not a lot new here but well put together. I like Dehaan and really should put an effort into watching more of his work. He has a look that lends itself to an anti-hero type protagonist. Would and did get made now.

ShabbyMcCrabby

133. A View From the Top
Finally got around to watching my Secret Santa present (sorry Cos!) and it was quite a good little film. And interesting. Starts off kinda Legally Blonde and a bit satirical and then just forgets about that stuff and becomes a pretty good rom com type thing. Am interested to read what Richard Ayaode has to say about it in his book.
[6]

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