Last Film You Watched

navidson · September 20, 2018

Mandy

Overrated revenge horror with little explanation as to why things are happening - Worth a look if only for a 'Cage-y' Nicholas Cage performance

Jamiednm · September 20, 2018

Solo.

Better than The Last Jedi, but that’s like saying a Cold is better than Aids.

Dreadful colour grading. I don’t know who made that stylistic choice, but the contrast was shockingly bad.

L337 was a horrible, horrible character and Lando having a sexual relationship with it is terrible.

This film never needed to be made. Han didn’t need an origin story.

The good bits - as a stand alone film, it is decent enough, though too weak as a SW film.

The guy who played Han did a good job. He was never going to be as good as Ford, but he carried the movie well.

Emilia Clarke’s character was actually pretty good. Her story is interesting (being caught up with a ruthless mafia etc), and I thought Clarke was really good as a sexy and vulnerable Qira. I haven’t seen her in many things, but I thought her acting was good in this.

All-in-all, it was an unnecessary film, not a patch on the excellent Rogue One, but still has interesting threads that are infinitely more interesting than the sequel trilogy.

nsno-chris · September 20, 2018

Jamiednm said:
Solo.

Better than The Last Jedi, but that’s like saying a Cold is better than Aids.

Dreadful colour grading. I don’t know who made that stylistic choice, but the contrast was shockingly bad.

L337 was a horrible, horrible character and Lando having a sexual relationship with it is terrible.

This film never needed to be made. Han didn’t need an origin story.

The good bits - as a stand alone film, it is decent enough, though too weak as a SW film.

The guy who played Han did a good job. He was never going to be as good as Ford, but he carried the movie well.

Emilia Clarke’s character was actually pretty good. Her story is interesting (being caught up with a ruthless mafia etc), and I thought Clarke was really good as a sexy and vulnerable Qira. I haven’t seen her in many things, but I thought her acting was good in this.

All-in-all, it was an unnecessary film, not a patch on the excellent Rogue One, but still has interesting threads that are infinitely more interesting than the sequel trilogy.

Dafuq was that all about?? Proper weird that

mahermi1 · September 20, 2018

Finally got around to watching Guardians of the Galaxy 2 today, thoroughly enjoyed it, some laugh out loud moments as well.

d34noj · September 20, 2018

nsno-chris said:
Dafuq was that all about?? Proper weird that

I don't think they were, it was supposed to be L337 wrongly implying that Lando fancies her.

Jamiednm · September 20, 2018

d34noj said:
I don't think they were, it was supposed to be L337 wrongly implying that Lando fancies her.

The film strongly implies Lando has nailed the droid and has a thing for it, especially during its ‘death scene’, acting as though it was the love of its life.

dholliday · September 20, 2018

Jamiednm said:
The film strongly implies Lando has nailed the droid and has a thing for it, especially during its ‘death scene’, acting as though it was the love of its life.

jaysus...that sounds terrible...they should've let the KOTOR & Mass Effect writers handle the Disney era.

bigjonny · September 20, 2018

ClausThomsen said:
American Animals (2018)

Four young men plot to rob a collection of very valuable books from Transylvania University library. A true story acted out but interspersed with interviews and appearances from the actual men. Though a true tale it's deliberately blurred by unreliable narrative and becomes darker as events spiral.

Interesting and well executed but maybe lacks balance by giving plenty of time to statements of penance and regret with only a single interviewee strongly condemning their actions and importantly their selfish motivations.

It wasn’t as good as I expected from the reviews and could have done without the “ talking heads”

d34noj · September 21, 2018

Jamiednm said:
The film strongly implies Lando has nailed the droid and has a thing for it, especially during its ‘death scene’, acting as though it was the love of its life.

It implies they were close, not that he's nailed it!

L337 even says during the conversation with Qira 'Sometimes I think... Maybe, but no - we're just not compatible'.

Jamiednm · September 21, 2018

d34noj said:
It implies they were close, not that he's nailed it!

L337 even says during the conversation with Qira 'Sometimes I think... Maybe, but no - we're just not compatible'.

"Oh, it works"
"You'll have to do that thing again later"

d34noj · September 21, 2018

Jamiednm said:
"Oh, it works"
"You'll have to do that thing again later"

She's implying that she could indeed 'do it'.

L337 has a sticking circuit, then says 'you'll have to do that thing again later'.

Mate get your mind out of the gutter! Its implied that she could, physically - but wouldn't and stated that it hasn't happened.

rylojr · September 21, 2018

Watched Boogie Nights the other evening for the first time in years. Boss movie. Lethal soundtrack, great period production design and threads, and Mark Wahlberg is actually great as the dim-witted porn megastar Dirk Diggler. Outstanding support cast, Burt Reynolds really should have got the Oscar for his role. Great direction from PT Anderson - he knows his Scorcese with swooping camera shots and use of a pop/rock soundtrack. At turns hilariously funny yet devastatingly dark, it's definitely worth a revisit.

I always buzzed off the poolside coke-fuelled meltdown scene... " I KNOW KARATE, MAN!"

Or the bit when Dirk is promoting his VHS brand with an egotistical assessment of his Acting career:

"What can you expect when you're on top? You know? It's like Napoleon. When he was the king, you know, people were just constantly trying to conquer him, you know, in the Roman Empire. So, it's history repeating itself all over again."

Jamiednm · September 21, 2018

d34noj said:
She's implying that she could indeed 'do it'.

L337 has a sticking circuit, then says 'you'll have to do that thing again later'.

Mate get your mind out of the gutter! Its implied that she could, physically - but wouldn't and stated that it hasn't happened.

What are you trying to achieve here? You’re literally the only person who I have seen deny Lando had a sexual relationship with L3. Even the writers of the film said Lando probably had sex with robots. It must have gone straight over your head.

d34noj · September 21, 2018

Jamiednm said:
What are you trying to achieve here? You’re literally the only person who I have seen deny Lando had a sexual relationship with L3. Even the writers of the film said Lando probably had sex with robots. It must have gone straight over your head.

Why be a dick?

Nobody states there's a sexual relationship - INCLUDING THE WRITERS. They all state Lando is Pansexual, not actually having sex with the droid.

Again I reiterate the line by L337 ''Sometimes I think... Maybe, but no - we're just not compatible'. Its a blatant no by the character in question. You're just trying to make something implied as a joke into fact.