Films

Scarlett Johnasen is good in just about everything she does.

The Wilderpeople film has no appeal to me whatsoever but I'm going to acquiesce to all the applause on here

no appeal

DON'T YOU HAVE FEELINGS?

do it.

Sat here drinking a coffee and listening to the ost wondering if going again this weekend is too much.

RGos <3

Also trying really hard to give it a break for a week, but wanting to see that last 15 minutes again and again

Scarlett Johnasen is good in just about everything she does.

That zoo one she did with Matt Damon's shit.

That zoo one she did with Matt Damon is shit.

Off to see la la land now

Excited

Fuck it. Going to see it again tomorrow having just signed up for Odeon limitless :-) Thanks for the advice.

Is there some kind of mass hysteria going on in this thread atm?

Weird...

Underworld tomorrow.

Yep. Proper fun.

Hunt for the wilderpeople that is.

Watched Manchester by the sea last night. Found it a little boring. Typical over hyped January movie.

Completely off the mark for me.

Will catch La la land sometime this week I'm sure

Terrible film, and I suspect an allegory for brexit. Plucky Brit shows up experts, elites, and most importantly, rude Europeans.

And Hugh Jackman is Trump.

You weren't here man. You don't know.

Eddieforeverinourhearts

I saw La La Land last night.

I thought it was good but not great. Nice story, nice message (love > ambition), nice leads and scenery (Gosling, Stone and LA all beautiful), and some great swoopy camera.

They just keep singing and dancing for no reason though. I found myself at various points tensing up and thinking 'please don't sing again.'

Yet I can't remember a single song or a particular bit of dancing, whereas I saw Singing in the Rain once and Good Morning is still stuck in my head.

It's another film in the great tradition of films about Hollywood and its role in the American Dream. We get it, directors and audiences love nostalgia, but watching people achieve their dreams of being not particularly useful members of society wasn't really life changing.

7/10

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Swiss Army Man. Erm...........

John Carter of Mars
Why had I never heard if this epic Yet derivative/referencial Sci-Fi till yesterday. Old school like time machine or journey to the centre of the earth with Bollywood costumes. Entertaining

It's daft but awesome...

I was turned onto it by John M. McCarthy, the Memphis exploitation maestro... He's nuts about it...

https://youtu.be/lc7uJUnJqW8

Hunt For the Wilderpeople - nope.

Oooh. The first dissenter.

The problem with musicals is the musicals.

DTM

Swiss Army Man. Erm...........

I liked it! I think...

It was marvellous but lost me at the conclusion. Biased as occasional acquaintance of Daniel S/K though.

Enjoyed first 20 mins, the remaining 14 hours were a slog. There were some solid gags in it but I found it too much of a bodge of different styles. Massive fan of Taika Waititi (I'm delighted he's been given the reigns of a tent pole like Thor:Ragnarok) and I really loved some of the characters but found it to garbled compared to eagle vs shark etc - the weird switch at the end of the main cop (accompanying child welfare rep) from bumbling stoner to efficient hero and moral lynchpin etc. It was just too jumbled for me. Then again i didn't like the apple animation in eagle vs shark so it's not like he hasn't got a track record for mishmash work.