The Official JKB What Was The Last Film You Watched...

[Madjambo21]

3 hours ago, Gavman81 said:

Definitely need to give this a watch now 

🤣🤣

Enjoy

[rudi must stay]

Cape Fear (iPlayer)

 

Decent film

 

6/10

[GinRummy]

Gladiator 2. 
 

if you like films set in ancient times with lots of brutal action scenes you’ll like it. If you’re looking for anything remotely as good as Gladiator you’ll be disappointed. Some great fight scenes. How did they catch and transport the sharks in that era?  Some poor casting.
 

6/10

[John Findlay]

14 hours ago, rudi must stay said:

Cape Fear (iPlayer)

 

Decent film

 

6/10

Which one, the original with Robert Mitchum, or the remake with Robert Di Nero?

[rudi must stay]

1 hour ago, John Findlay said:

Which one, the original with Robert Mitchum, or the remake with Robert Di Nero?

 

the remake 

[John Findlay]

4 hours ago, rudi must stay said:

 

the remake 

👍

[Lovecraft]

Finally got round to watching The Banshees of Inisherin.

 

8/10

 

Not laughed so much in ages.

 

Amazing writing and acting.

 

 

[rudi must stay]

Transformer The Last Knight (netflix)

 

Absolute rubbish terrible script 

 

5/10

 

The Grinch (netflix)

 

preferred the version with Jim Carrey

 

6/10

Edited December 8, 2024 by rudi must stay

[Madjambo21]

Biggest heist ever on Netflix

 

It's about a quirky social media couple that secretly laundered billions in stolen Bitcoin.

 

Really enjoy these sort of documentaries and can see how it creates conspiracy theories. 

 

8/10

[Disser Pointon]

17 hours ago, Lovecraft said:

Finally got round to watching The Banshees of Inisherin.

 

8/10

 

Not laughed so much in ages.

 

Amazing writing and acting.

 

 

Bizarre, dark and hilarious!

[Jamhammer]

The Tragedy of Macbeth on Apple

Joel Coen directed 

Enjoyed but didn’t think Denzel was great 

[Ray Gin]

On 08/12/2024 at 16:46, Madjambo21 said:

Biggest heist ever on Netflix

 

It's about a quirky social media couple that secretly laundered billions in stolen Bitcoin.

 

Really enjoy these sort of documentaries and can see how it creates conspiracy theories. 

 

8/10

 

Just watched this. What a bizarre story. I enjoyed it.

 

Her rapping was something else.

 

 

Edited December 9, 2024 by Ray Gin

[Madjambo21]

18 minutes ago, Ray Gin said:

 

Just watched this. What a bizarre story. I enjoyed it.

 

Her rapping was something else.

 

 

Her whole personality was something else.

 

The part where the CEO or whatever of Bitrex says they feel they made all customers whole without a shred of emotion got me.

Crooks the lot of them

[Malinga the Swinga]

Carry On with Taron Egerton. Like a Die Hard movie but updated.  Excellent watch on Netflix.

[RobboM]

6 hours ago, Malinga the Swinga said:

Carry On with Taron Egerton. Like a Die Hard movie but updated.  Excellent watch on Netflix.

[Muppetboy]

Heretic, 6 /10. Convoluted crap about religion with Hugh grant,  who in fairness,  gives a good performance 

[Tazio]

Red One on Amazon Prime. Fairly harmless entertaining Christmas nonsense. One the kids will probably love but not the really wee ones as there are some scary characters in it. 

[Maroon Raccoon]

8 hours ago, Tazio said:

Red One on Amazon Prime. Fairly harmless entertaining Christmas nonsense. One the kids will probably love but not the really wee ones as there are some scary characters in it. 

 

Adding a plus one for Red One - watched it last night. Daft lighthearted fun, and every movie is 10X better with JK Simmons in it.

 

[JudyJudyJudy]

“ Conclave” 

 

This was outstanding . It’s about the election of a new pope and all the political shenanigans around. A really great cast 

give that man Ralph Fiennes the Oscar . Hrs long over due . John Lithgow and Stanley Tucci are terrific too . Isabella Rossellini plays the head nun in the Vatican . It’s a very subtle performance as she manages to convey her resentment of being a subjugated woman in the all male environment of the Catholic Church . Couple of searing scenes from her . 
 

8/10 

[JudyJudyJudy]

“Queer” 

 

went to see it at the cinema last night . Daniel Craig gives a fine performance as an aging “ old queer “ infatuated by a much younger man . He’s also an alcoholic and IV drug user . Film was based on the author William S Burroughs experiences . Tbh quite an uncomfortable film to watch due to the harmful stereotypes of predatory older man etc . Felt rather dated . However was based on his experiences. But visually excellent with stunning music and a great drugs scene when he and the guy take potent drugs ( yage) whilst in the jungle . It’s an Incredible scene where they connect with each other.    
 

Lesley Manville is brilliant as the hippie drugs doctor . Almost unrecognisable. The guy playing the younger man , Drew Starkey is terrific too . I actually felt he gave the better performance . Quite a psychedelic ending to the film too . 
 

6/10 
 

 

[rudi must stay]

Venom The Last Dance

 

Terrible

 

5/10

[Gavman81]

The original Black Christmas.

 

Still creeps me out when the boy is shouting down the phone like. 

[Konrad von Carstein]

Gladiator 2 

Utter, and I can't emphasise this enough, wank

 

Garbage from start to end...hugely disappointing.

Edited December 18, 2024 by Konrad von Carstein
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[JudyJudyJudy]

48 minutes ago, Konrad von Carstein said:

Gladiator 2 

Utter, and I can't emphasise this enough, wank

 

Garbage from start to end...hugely disappointing.

I was looking forward to this but every review I’ve read said it was crap so I won’t waste my time 

[Samuel Camazzola]

Carry On (Netflix) - Easy to watch, typical straight to streaming film. Won't win accolades but enough action and nonsense to view without too in-depth attention (6/10)

 

Die Hard 2 (Disney +) - Doesn't hold up as well as the original but still good. Action, guns, Christmas and explosions. 7/10

[John Findlay]

On 13/12/2024 at 10:23, Malinga the Swinga said:

Carry On with Taron Egerton. Like a Die Hard movie but updated.  Excellent watch on Netflix.

Agreed, watched it this morning.

Enjoyed it too.

[Gavman81]

Kraven the hunter 

 

Just stop it now Sony , please, there’s a good conglomerate 👍

[rudi must stay]

The Outrun

 

Lovely film Saorise Ronan is excellent, nice cinematography too it's set in Orkney

 

8/10

[rudi must stay]

Justice League Zac Snyder Cut

 

Nothing new as a film but I enjoyed it

 

7/10

[rudi must stay]

The Kings Of Summer (netflix)

 

Good film with a good soundtrack

 

7/10

[Ray Gin]

Just started watching Indiana Jones for the first time in many years and there's a scene that totally passed me by previously where it suggests Indy was a sex offender who had a relationship with Marion when she was underage.

 

“I was a child! I was in love! It was wrong and you knew it.” 

 

"You knew what you were doing"

 

"NOW I do!"

 

Why in the hell would they write this bit in? Making the hero of a "family movie" a bit noncey is weird AF.

Edited December 23, 2024 by Ray Gin

[Cade]

Marion was one of his students. Whether she was actually under age is another matter. She could have been of college age and legal.

That scene was left in to show that the dynamic between them used to be different and this old dynamic is how Indy maybe still sees her.

 

[Ray Gin]

31 minutes ago, Cade said:

Marion was one of his students. Whether she was actually under age is another matter. She could have been of college age and legal.

That scene was left in to show that the dynamic between them used to be different and this old dynamic is how Indy maybe still sees her.

 

 

The transcript from the screenplay conference is creepier:

 

Larry Kashdan, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg discussing their background...

 

 

L — I like it if they already had a relationship at one point. Because then you don't have to build it.

 

G — I was thinking that this old guy could have been his mentor. He could have known this little girl when she was just a kid. Had an affair with her when she was eleven.

 

L — And he was forty-two.

 

G — He hasn't seen her in twelve years. Now she's twenty-two. It's a real strange relationship.

 

S — She had better be older than twenty-two.

 

G — He's thirty-five, and he knew her ten years ago when he was twenty-five and she was only twelve.

 

G — It would be amusing to make her slightly young at the time.

 

S — And promiscuous. She came onto him.

 

G — Fifteen is right on the edge. I know it's an outrageous idea, but it is interesting. Once she's sixteen or seventeen it's not interesting anymore. But if she was fifteen and he was twenty-five and they actually had an affair the last time they met. And she was madly in love with him and he...

 

S — She has pictures of him.

 

G — There would be a picture on the mantle of her, her father, and him. She was madly in love with him at the time and he left her because obviously it wouldn't work out. Now she's twenty-five and she's been living in Nepal since she was eighteen. It's not only that they like each other, it's a very bizarre thing, it puts a whole new perspective on this whole thing. It gives you lots of stuff to play off of between them. Maybe she still likes him. It's something he'd rather forget about and not have come up again. This gives her a lot of ammunition to fight with.

 

S — In a way, she could say, "You've made me this hard."

 

G — This is a resource that you can either mine or not. It's not as blatant as we're talking about. You don't think about it that much. You don't immediately realize how old she was at the time. It would be subtle. She could talk about it. "I was jail bait the last time we were together." She can flaunt it at him, but at the same time she never says, "I was fifteen years old." Even if we don't mention it, when we go to cast the part we're going to end up with a woman who's about twenty-three and a hero who's about thirtyfive.

[rudi must stay]

American Honey

 

My view of this film is it is quite brilliant, really original really well acted with a cracking soundtrack

 

8/10

[Cade]

2 hours ago, Ray Gin said:

 

The transcript from the screenplay conference is creepier:

 

Larry Kashdan, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg discussing their background...

 

 

L — I like it if they already had a relationship at one point. Because then you don't have to build it.

 

G — I was thinking that this old guy could have been his mentor. He could have known this little girl when she was just a kid. Had an affair with her when she was eleven.

 

L — And he was forty-two.

 

G — He hasn't seen her in twelve years. Now she's twenty-two. It's a real strange relationship.

 

S — She had better be older than twenty-two.

 

G — He's thirty-five, and he knew her ten years ago when he was twenty-five and she was only twelve.

 

G — It would be amusing to make her slightly young at the time.

 

S — And promiscuous. She came onto him.

 

G — Fifteen is right on the edge. I know it's an outrageous idea, but it is interesting. Once she's sixteen or seventeen it's not interesting anymore. But if she was fifteen and he was twenty-five and they actually had an affair the last time they met. And she was madly in love with him and he...

 

S — She has pictures of him.

 

G — There would be a picture on the mantle of her, her father, and him. She was madly in love with him at the time and he left her because obviously it wouldn't work out. Now she's twenty-five and she's been living in Nepal since she was eighteen. It's not only that they like each other, it's a very bizarre thing, it puts a whole new perspective on this whole thing. It gives you lots of stuff to play off of between them. Maybe she still likes him. It's something he'd rather forget about and not have come up again. This gives her a lot of ammunition to fight with.

 

S — In a way, she could say, "You've made me this hard."

 

G — This is a resource that you can either mine or not. It's not as blatant as we're talking about. You don't think about it that much. You don't immediately realize how old she was at the time. It would be subtle. She could talk about it. "I was jail bait the last time we were together." She can flaunt it at him, but at the same time she never says, "I was fifteen years old." Even if we don't mention it, when we go to cast the part we're going to end up with a woman who's about twenty-three and a hero who's about thirtyfive.

[rudi must stay]

Mid90s

 

Boring film with great music 

 

6/10

[rudi must stay]

Jungleland 

 

Very good indie film with a great soundtrack

 

8/10

[Cade]

ELF

 

 Now Christmas can begin

 

 

[rudi must stay]

Small Things Like These

 

Boring forgettable film

 

5/10

[Tazio]

Saved the new Wallace And Gromit Vengeance Most Fowl as an end of day treat to myself. Absolutely superb as ever, so many clever little gags in it as well as a fun story. 

[Disser Pointon]

Werewolves with Frank Grillo. I think it's supposed to be made like an old style creature feature............. But it was pretty shite 🤣

[Carl Fredrickson]

8 hours ago, Tazio said:

Saved the new Wallace And Gromit Vengeance Most Fowl as an end of day treat to myself. Absolutely superb as ever, so many clever little gags in it as well as a fun story. 

Came on to post the same. Sure I missed a lot of the visual background stuff so may need to watch it again. 

 

[milky_26]

9 hours ago, Tazio said:

Saved the new Wallace And Gromit Vengeance Most Fowl as an end of day treat to myself. Absolutely superb as ever, so many clever little gags in it as well as a fun story. 

 

54 minutes ago, Carl Fredrickson said:

Came on to post the same. Sure I missed a lot of the visual background stuff so may need to watch it again. 

 

i was a little disappointed in it, just slighty

 

Spoiler

the opening music they changed slightly which annoyed me and getting feathers from the zoo felt like it was ripping off batman returns. Apart from that i enjoyed it

 

[Carl Fredrickson]

@milky_26 dont want to quote your post due to hidden content. I didnt notice the change in music but will listen out for it. It certainly wasnt as obvious as when Still Game changed their theme tune. 

 

I loved the references to other films and TV shows. No doubt missed a few but I did notice what may have been a wee nod to Peter Sallis. 

[Tazio]

2 hours ago, Carl Fredrickson said:

@milky_26 dont want to quote your post due to hidden content. I didnt notice the change in music but will listen out for it. It certainly wasnt as obvious as when Still Game changed their theme tune. 

 

I loved the references to other films and TV shows. No doubt missed a few but I did notice what may have been a wee nod to Peter Sallis. 

I really like the fact there were so many different arrangements of the theme tune all the way through the film. 

[rudi must stay]

Blue Bayou

 

A nice relaxed film with a good soundtrack

 

7/10

[Cade]

17 hours ago, Tazio said:

Saved the new Wallace And Gromit Vengeance Most Fowl as an end of day treat to myself. Absolutely superb as ever, so many clever little gags in it as well as a fun story. 

 

Some superb references and meta jokes in there.

Yorkshire border - no parkin

News presenter called Anton Dec

[neilnunb]

A Quiet Place: Day One

 

I loved the first two and whilst this isn't as good it was still decent. The wee cat was a great actor. 😁

 

7/10

[Tazio]

I’m currently watching Godzilla x Kong The New Empire. I’m not ashamed to say I’ve not got a ****ing clue what’s going on. Absolutely appalling script that makes no sense. 

[John Findlay]

19 hours ago, Cade said:

 

Some superb references and meta jokes in there.

Yorkshire border - no parkin

News presenter called Anton Dec

I think its genius. Probably the best thing on the telly over this festive season.