Films

[Deleted member 16999]

Highlander - 1986 Original version.
One of my favourite films from my younger days that I hadn’t watched for a few years, didn’t realise how god awful the acting and special effects were, still enjoyed it and the music by Queen is still quality, that’ll never diminish.

 

[Robster59]

Highlander - 1986 Original version.
One of my favourite films from my younger days that I hadn’t watched for a few years, didn’t realise how god awful the acting and special effects were, still enjoyed it and the music by Queen is still quality, that’ll never diminish.

I saw this first time a couple of months ago. My God it was bad! I was laughing all the way through it.
My nieces love it and have been to conventions but for me, it's a definite No.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Highlander - 1986 Original version.
One of my favourite films from my younger days that I hadn’t watched for a few years, didn’t realise how god awful the acting and special effects were, still enjoyed it and the music by Queen is still quality, that’ll never diminish.

A colleague at work came in yesterday with a sad look on her face. 'I watched Beetlejuice at the weekend. I loved that film when it first came out but when I saw it again it was utter rubbish'. A good number of 'classic' 80's films really have not aged well and it is sad to hear Highlander is amongst them. I loved that film when it came out but I dare not see it again. Best to keep the rose tinted memories .

 

[spongebob59]

A colleague at work came in yesterday with a sad look on her face. 'I watched Beetlejuice at the weekend. I loved that film when it first came out but when I saw it again it was utter rubbish'. A good number of 'classic' 80's films really have not aged well and it is sad to hear Highlander is amongst them. I loved that film when it came out but I dare not see it again. Best to keep the rose tinted memories .

Apart from the 'Who wants to live forever' scene

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Apart from the 'Who wants to live forever' scene

I'm at work now so I can't play this to see if you are being ironic or truthful . It could go either way quite easily.

 

[spongebob59]

Its a great track and a moving scene

 

[Deleted member 16999]

The Game Changers - Netflix, docufilm about athletes and the benefits of moving to a plant based diet. Well worth a watch.

 

[Hitdaball]

Just watched Blade Runner 2049- If you start watching it now it will be finished in 2049.

 

[Blue in Munich]

Sorry We Missed You. A stinging indictment on the current trend to zero hours contracts and the abuse of the lower end of the labour market. Ken Loach has done a very good job. Don't expect to leave happy; expect to leave very angry & quite possibly grateful for what you have.

 

[Piece]

Cold Pursuit on Amazon Prime. Querky dark comedy thriller. Liked it.

 

[Blue in Munich]

Cold Pursuit on Amazon Prime. Querky dark comedy thriller. Liked it.

Liam Neeson & the snowplough? Yeah, worth a watch.

 

[Dando]

Watched 303 squadron on sky yesterday and it’s a good film about the polish fighter pilots in WWII

 

[Blue in Munich]

Ordered one this morning on Blu-Ray after reading a bit about Merry Clayton; 20 Feet From Stardom. Won a best documentary Oscar. Will report back after I've watched it.

For those of you who think they don't know Merry Clayton, you probably do; you just don't realise it. Probably best "unknown" for this track;

If you're interested in how her part in the song came about try this;

http://www.openculture.com/2013/06/mick_jagger_tells_the_story_behind_gimme_shelter.html

 

[Blue in Munich]

Midway. The story of Japan's involvement in World War 2, from prior to the war through Pearl Harbour to the Battle of Midway. For a film well over 2 hours it didn't drag, told the story well & from both sides, and had some fantastic action sequences. Worth seeing, and like Gladiator, worth seeing on a big screen.

 

[Orikoru]

Watched The Dressmaker last night, starring Kate Winslet. Bit of a funny one, not sure where to place it - a sort of dark-ish comedy drama?? It wasn't bad. Took a bit of an odd turn towards the end. Hugo Weaving was fun.

 

[User62651]

Cold Pursuit on Amazon Prime. Querky dark comedy thriller. Liked it.

Gave that one a miss because, and I may have this totally wrong, it appeared from the trailer to be a direct copy of a particularly good Scandi black comedy thriller I'd seen called 'In Order of Disappearance" with Stellan Skarsgard in the lead as a snowplough driver. Skarsgard is an infinitely better actor than Neeson imho and I imagined the remake would be awful.

 

[lobthewedge]

A colleague at work came in yesterday with a sad look on her face. 'I watched Beetlejuice at the weekend. I loved that film when it first came out but when I saw it again it was utter rubbish'. A good number of 'classic' 80's films really have not aged well and it is sad to hear Highlander is amongst them. I loved that film when it came out but I dare not see it again. Best to keep the rose tinted memories .

I watched Beastmaster at the weekend, another one of those 80's movies that falls in the bracket for me.

 

[lobthewedge]

Also watched the new Robin Hood over the weekend, the one with Taron Egerton and Jamie Foxx.

Complete and utter pish, comfortably the worst movie ive watched in years!

 

[Robster59]

Sorry We Missed You. A stinging indictment on the current trend to zero hours contracts and the abuse of the lower end of the labour market. Ken Loach has done a very good job. Don't expect to leave happy; expect to leave very angry & quite possibly grateful for what you have.

Looks like a partner to I, Daniel Blake. Not intended to be a feel-good film as you say but you leave very thoughtful about how people find themselves in the poverty trap through no fault of her own.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I watched Beastmaster at the weekend, another one of those 80's movies that falls in the bracket for me.

By crikey, Tanya Roberts was gorgeous though . She was to me back then anyway. Terrible actress but I didn't care back in the day

Also watched the new Robin Hood over the weekend, the one with Taron Egerton and Jamie Foxx.

Complete and utter pish, comfortably the worst movie ive watched in years!

Well done for making it all of the way through. I gave up after around 40 minutes and was quite annoyed with myself for giving it that long. Truly awful.