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sunray wrote:Three documentaries recently:
TT3D: Closer To The Edge. Covers the Isle Of Man TT in 2010 and illustrates perfectly just what lunatics these guys are. Focuses on a number of riders but primarily Guy Martin. I could listen to him all day, bonkers! Great footage, and even though i'm no petrolhead there's something about motorbike road racing that puts every other motorsport to shame. Probably driving around ordinary roads at 200 mph has something to do with it
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Two Lance Armstrong docs. One on BBC (Storyville: The Lance Armstrong Story, Stop At Nothing), the other on Channel 4 (The Armstong Lie). The BBC one probably edges it but they're both worth watching. He really has a brass neck, such an odious individual. There also appears to be a bit of revisionism towards Lance rearing its ugly head at the moment; "sure everyone else was at it so why should Lance be singled out?", kinda attitude.![]()
Anyways, I recommend all three whether you have an interest in the subjects or not.
Watched this last night, excellent! Have to agree Gary Bond was very good as was Donald Pleasence who I have always thought was very underrated as an actor. Agree the kangaroo hunting scene is a tough watch all the more so when you watch the final credits and it explains that a lot of the sequence was actual footage of a real hunt! Apparently it was left in the final cut to highlight the plight of the kangaroo, not quite sure how that worksLuminescence wrote:Wake In Fright
I watched this film last week after only hearing about it a few months ago. I really enjoyed it, too. Different to what I was expecting. Great acting from Gary Bond as the pennyless English teacher looking to get to Sydney to realise his dreams. I didn't like the kangaroo hunting scenes though, very hard to watch. But on the whole a great watch.
davedecay wrote:THALE
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2112287/
a bit creepy
UNDER THE SKIN
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1441395/
also a bit creepy, leaves a lot of the figuring out to the viewer
Laz69 wrote:Chappie
Brilliant.
Love the contrast between those two trailers
Laz69 wrote:Revenant - Absolutely fabulous film.
Hateful Eight - Looooong but thoroughly enjoyable. Tarantino never fails to develop some amazing characters.
Sicario - Suprisingly good thriller which i stumbled on. Really good story too.
Have also started on Game Of Thrones from the start as i never watched it previously. Fuckin Lannisters better get their comeupance!!!
Yeah!!sunray wrote:Had a family outing to see the new Star Wars last night.
Verdict from all three of us? Surprisingly good![]()
Feels more like the original films and is a big improvement on the prequels.
Oscar Isaac was, typically, terrific I felt. That dance routine an all time classic. Dunno about giving a fuck about anyone, just thought it was good sci-fi nothing major characterwise to invest in.. Well that's not true either thought 3 leads did really good work.BzaInSpace wrote:Agreed - I liked it too and Alex Garland is a great writer.
My only complaint was that the male protagonists were impossible to give a fuck about.
Also hard to believe that the Bill Gates/Dr Frankenstein character is played by Poe Dameron!!
Best thing to come out of these films. My cousins daughter had always been into Star Wars but it was a bit odd cause there were no real female role models & she was more into the universe than the characters. But now girls can see they can be just as badass as they want to be when watching Star Wars.BzaInSpace wrote:My daughter loves this stuff too.
jack white wrote:[
Best thing to come out of these films. My cousins daughter had always been into Star Wars but it was a bit odd cause there were no real female role models & she was more into the universe than the characters. But now girls can see they can be just as badass as they want to be when watching Star Wars.
Still, her sudden adoption of the force & skills, & mark hamills constipated expression upon her reveal kinda shit the bed for me. If he's so tuned in why didn't he know she was right behind him? & how can she master the force so quickly, unless it's explained next film of course..
The Dr wrote:the big short- brilliant dramatisation of michael lewis' book about the 2008 bnking collapse
just my theoryBzaInSpace wrote:His niece????
Where's that spoiler tag...
I dunno, I loved that last few minutes. Spine-tingling!
I choose to ignore the plot holes and stuff, and just take it for the awesome and epic space-adventures this film does well...
jack white wrote:
Watched The Big Short last night.
Depressed the hell out of me. Fantastic film, crammed a lot of stuff into its running time. But yea, makes you despair. Maybe I missed the point tho.. I went to bed with a heavy heart & head. As fun as it was it also totally bummed me out! Good soundtrack too.
In fact I think I'm going to get really drunk today because everything is so fucked!![]()
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That speech about fraud that Steve carrell gives was just brilliant.
That's a shame - would have thought that era of Miles would made for a great movie. The OST is decent at least. Not sure if I want to see the film now!jack white wrote:Miles Ahead
this was perplexing. there were some genuine tender & compelling moments. unfortunately it was all wrapped up in an ill conceived caper film that badly resembled a cheece & chong film. using the fabricated plot to frame the piece ruined the experience for me. i don't know what they/cheadle were thinking - certainly it's an insight into his personality that he thought this was a good idea, he's a great actor but he as a writer..??
also, as sincere & fun as don cheadles performance is, he's really let down by mcgregor & michael struhlberg totally hamming it up. it just descends into a cheesefest/goofball farce at times. it's like there's two different films going on here & the good one is relegated to the sidelines..
a bum note.
heh.