Films

I fell asleep during anatomy of a fall, it was on at a film night at my old work afterwards but I didn't force myself to finish it, I probably will at some point but it seemed like a lot of talking about the same thing from what I remember of the first half

Civil War - very good. A bit different to Alex Garland's usual style but well done. Jesse Plemons was really unsettling for the 2 minutes he's in it.

Enjoying recentish films based on Elmore Leonard books (Get Shorty, Out of Sight, Jackie Brown)

Those are all the best part of 30 years old. Stretching the definition of recentish a bit, haha. Is Jackie Brown worth a rewatch? I've not seen it in years.

Watched it two nights ago, IMO Tarrantinos best film!

Less gimmick and more story telling.

Robert Forster and Pam Greer rise from their B-Movie/Exploitation roots and deliver great performances bolstered by much more well established actors.

Where did 30 years go 😀

Ok, recentish compared to 60s films based on his books.

Re Jackie Brown, what BlackMath says and we’ll worth rewatching

Jackie Brown probably the most watched DVD in my collection. I never get tired of this one, it’s probably worn out too

Civil War this afternoon, it’s a complete adrenaline rush and helps explain why war correspondents have been known to be partial to a taste of H on their time out.

It had a Cloverfield feel to it, but that doesn’t do it justice at all.

Recommended.

Want to watch!

I love Jackie Brown..it has a story which differentiates it from all the Tarantino films afterwards

I remember really enjoying it. I don't think I've seen it since I was a teenager though. Will add it to my watch list!

I love Get Shorty - it’s perfectly cast imo.

IMO Tarrantinos best film!

Totally agree with you. Jackie Brown is unbelievable, Pam Grier is amazing, Samuel L Jackson is utterly terrifying, and Robert Forster is perfect. The story is exciting and hits all the right noir notes, and I never thought Tarentino could have such a light touch with sweetness. It's his most grown up film imo, while I do love his other stuff I can always feel him nudging me in my ribs like an overexcited teenager.

I loved Poor Things, but do recognise the artifice of all of Jorgos Lanthimos' films. Everything from Dogtooth to Lobster to Killing of a Sacred Deer exists in this kind of weird, unreal place, it has the same sort of quality as a Wes Anderson. Personally I really like that but I get why people wouldn't, and even I found some of the steampunk backgrounds a bit tough to take. But I still loved it.

Rewatched Holiday with Cary Grant and Catherine Hepburn on Sunday. Christ what a film that is. I don't know if it's my favourite Grant/Hepburn but it probably is the best. Hilarious, heartbreaking, beautiful, daft, warm, and incisive. Again very Wes Anderson-y in that it takes these rich characters who could be very unsympathetic and imbeues them with such humanity and history that you can't help but love them. Hepburn is astonishign too, the way her eyes brim with tears at points and you see her mask come down, it's such a sensitive portrayal of a complex character.

Another plus one for Civil War. Brilliant film.

Beach Bum.

Don’t bother. Apart from Martin Lawrence’s Captain Wack which was hilarious the rest was just woeful.

Saw The zone of interest last night in a very quiet cinema. Most horrific 12A movie ever. Can't stop thinking about it.

Welcome to the trauma club

Did you sit through the credits?

If you find Zone of Interest a bit strong, don't watch Son of Saul.

On recent Tarantino chat. Agree Jackie Brown is up there. I’d loved everything up to then, and then really didn’t like Kill Bills, and never watched Grindhouse and assumed he’d lost it.

My sister pestered me to watch Basterds for years, and glad I did (watching it again now). Was similarly slow to get to Django and - most disappointingly of all - Hateful Eight.

I first watched that on Netflix when I was off sick one day and had no idea that there was so much of a deep The Thing homage going on. That alone puts it up there in my favourite of all.

Still haven’t watched Once Upon. Noticing a theme there…

Wasting a bit of time watching Saw X, on Prime. Utter shite as I expected.

I still maintain that first is a B movie triumph. Back row memories of opening night. Will never not love it.

The Thing - I never drew that comparison but of course it’s obvious.

Once Upon

Really didn't enjoy that. Probably his worst for me.

https://youtu.be/v7_c-7tWXqg?si=PYN9JVtwbeOiuxMK

This was fun,
Rye Lane meets Harry Potter in LA

Was thinking about Jackie Brown and how De Niro gives a great character performance rather than just dialling it in.

Kill bill was ok grind house meh, ‘Basterds is half a film and the strudel scene is the last decent scene he shot.