Films

[GB72]

They missed Hulk towards the beginning and now Spidy. It doesn't feel like I missed something between Black Panther and Dr. Strange, but maybe once it goes to the Avengers movies there might be a little gap there.

Technically neither Hulk nor Spiderman are Disney films. Spiderman was made by Sony who own the rights but it features Iron Man as part of the deal to allow Spiderman to appear in the MCU. Hulk is universal I think. All sorts of wranglings as to who has the right to dedicated Hulk films. Hulk adds nothing to the MCU and is pretty much stand alone. Spiderman is a really good film but works as a stand along piece and has no real impact on the MCU films up to End Game.

 

[Orikoru]

Watched two films last night.

First up, The Gentlemen. Highly enjoyable stuff. Loved Hugh Grant channelling his inner Michael Caine, and Colin Farrell's character was great also. I'm not a big fan of Charlie Hunnam but he didn't ruin it for me or anything. Classic Guy Ritchie flick where the ends all kind of tie together at the end and people seem to get their comeuppance. A lot of fun.

Then we were flicking channels and saw a film called The Shallows. Blake Lively goes surfer and is attacked by a shark, and gets stranded on a tiny rock and can't get back to shore. Sounds rubbish but it was better than expected. She has to survive with a big old gash in her leg and obviously make it back to the beach somehow when the shark is still around. Not bad.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

I watched 'Kill the Messenger' on Netflix last night, true story about the CIA funding the Contras through drug money. Well worth watching.

 

[USER1999]

The Hunt. Nothing I hadn't seen before. A bit of Hostel, a bit of Hunger Games. The fight scene at the end goes on a bit, and is a bit unbelievable, but a fun watch.

 

[Blue in Munich]

Any recommendations?

Seen American Sniper and Foxcatcher recently. Wouldn't recommend the later but the former was very good.

Any good recent films from the past 12 months that people would recommend on blu-ray or cinema?

Just accidentally hovered over page 1 & caught a glimpse of that first post; weirdly enough Mrs BiM saw that American Sniper is on tonight & recommended another watch.

 

[williamalex1]

White Feather on Sony Movies with Robert Wagner, really can't believe I'm watching it.
It's so old innocent, good guy white hat, bad guy black hat , Indians all bad except for 1 or 2 lol.
Really corny, funny, sad predictable stuff, much like me .
I've never watched it before , but I'm sure I know the ending

 

[rudebhoy]

The Trial of The Chicago Seven.

Absolutely tremendous. It's really unbelievable (well maybe not) that these events actually happened in a US courtroom n a very high profile case. It's on Netflix.

I'm a sucker for a courtroom drama. Small Axe - Mangrove which was on BBC last weekend is also well worth a watch.

 

[Deleted member 18645]

Just ordered a bunch of classic films for my collection. Airplane, Shawshank, Spaceballs, Top Secret, Die Hard - all special editions. Will naturally keep the first Die Hard for Christmas Eve.

 

[User62651]

Ghosts of War on Netflix. Much better than anticipated as horror isn't a genre I watch often but WWII films I do like.
5 US soldiers ordered to relieve and then hold a chateau in rural France. Strange things happen!
Solid 7/10 and won't say any more wrt spoilers.

 

[Beezerk]

I watched 'Kill the Messenger' on Netflix last night, true story about the CIA funding the Contras through drug money. Well worth watching.

Thanks for the heads up, we watched it last night and really enjoyed it.

 

[larmen]

And I finally finished the Marvel movies. At least the 20 which are available on Disney+
(missing Hulk, Spiderman)

I enjoyed them more than I expected. I liked the Captain America centred movies the most, but also got into Ant-man and into Guardians of the Galaxy.
I am not that sure about Thor, and what was up with Captain Marvel? She made the rest just 'useless', they should have come up with her right away then.

And having watched 20 movies more or less in a month I have problems to identify all people in the end scene.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

And I finally finished the Marvel movies. At least the 20 which are available on Disney+
(missing Hulk, Spiderman)

I enjoyed them more than I expected. I liked the Captain America centred movies the most, but also got into Ant-man and into Guardians of the Galaxy.
I am not that sure about Thor, and what was up with Captain Marvel? She made the rest just 'useless', they should have come up with her right away then.

And having watched 20 movies more or less in a month I have problems to identify all people in the end scene.

Ant Man and Guardians add more humour into their films, I really liked both franchises for that. Thor Ragnarok did the same so I am suprised that didn't work for you.

The Capt Marvel character is the weakest of them all for me, no personality. A real lost opportunity. I do get your point, forget the previous 2hrs 30, just send her in.

 

[Orikoru]

Ant Man and Guardians add more humour into their films, I really liked both franchises for that. Thor Ragnarok did the same so I am suprised that didn't work for you.

The Capt Marvel character is the weakest of them all for me, no personality. A real lost opportunity. I do get your point, forget the previous 2hrs 30, just send her in.

Agreed with both on Captain Marvel. Having spent years introducing all these different characters with their own niche abilities, they then give us one who renders them all redundant - then have to make a flimsy excuse as to why she is almost completely absent from battling Thanos. Should have just left her out of it. I don't even think she had much personality to speak of. And THEN they ruined her hair as well!

 

[Deleted member 18645]

Agreed with both on Captain Marvel. Having spent years introducing all these different characters with their own niche abilities, they then give us one who renders them all redundant - then have to make a flimsy excuse as to why she is almost completely absent from battling Thanos. Should have just left her out of it. I don't even think she had much personality to speak of. And THEN they ruined her hair as well!

But you wouldn't say no would you?

 

[triple_bogey]

A Kid From Coney Island........... Another fascinating basketball docu-film for all the 90's fans.

That 96 NBA draft class has to be the best ever........Prove me wrong!

 

[larmen]

A Kid From Coney Island........... Another fascinating basketball docu-film for all the 90's fans.

That 96 NBA draft class has to be the best ever........Prove me wrong!

84?
1 Hakeem ‘the dream’ Olajuwon
3 Michael ‘air’ Jordan
5 Sir Charles Barclay
16 John Stockton
you can build an all rookie team that could become champion by putting Perkins or Thorpe into it.

 

[triple_bogey]

84?
1 Hakeem ‘the dream’ Olajuwon
3 Michael ‘air’ Jordan
5 Sir Charles Barclay
16 John Stockton
you can build an all rookie team that could become champion by putting Perkins or Thorpe into it.

Good strong case but, the 96 class still takes it.....more depth than the class of 84 IMO.

 

[larmen]

96 wouldn’t get a single rebound ;-)
Nash + Kobe with Iverson and Allen on the bench would be strong back court, but there aren’t any big men out there.

 

[Orikoru]

Watched Keeping Up With The Joneses the other day. Was not a bad comedy to fill a couple of hours. Isla Fisher looking rather nice. Zach Galifianakis was so different to his well-known Hangover role you almost wouldn't recognise him.

 

[AmandaJR]

Notting Hill this afternoon - again. How can I still blub at "I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her" when I've seen it so many times

Simply brilliant film.