Last Film You Watched

[ste d' indica]

Out of Africa. Christ its dull, 2 and a half hours of it and it felt longer. Won the best film Oscar in 1985.
'85!! So that's ahead of My Beautiful Laundrette, Brazil, Kiss of The Spiderwoman, Falcon & The Snowman, The Breakfast Club, Prizzi's Honour, Pale Rider, Back to the Future and Kurosawa's Ran. That lot wouldn't know a good fillum if it bit 'em on the arse I tells ye!!

 

[Professor Toffee]

Inside out, started out as an unusually irritating romp , similar to the old numbskulls comic strip in the beezer or topper of old.
Got more introspective as it progressed and it became another special bitter sweet gem from Pixar.
By no means Toy Story but worth checking out

 

[ijjysmith]

Inside out, started out as an unusually irritating romp , similar to the old numbskulls comic strip in the beezer or topper of old.
Got more introspective as it progressed and it became another special bitter sweet gem from Pixar.
By no means Toy Story but worth checking out

Blimey. It's only a kids movie mate. Not worth over thinking!

 

[dholliday]

Alien, Blade Runner, Moon, Solaris, 2001 and The Thing are all top films.

I'll watch any old guff but personal faves include..

Repo Man, Silent Running, Event Horizon, Upstream Colour, Brazil, Lifeforce, Source Code, Cold Souls, Cypher, Serenity, Children of Men, Pitch Black, Contact, Ghost in the Shell, Westworld, The Terminator, The Fifth Element, Gattaca, Primer, 12 Monkeys.

can't resist...

Alien 9/10 (prob a top 20 this)
Blade Runner 8/10 (Final Cut version....top 50)
Moon 7/10 (reminds me of an Asimov story)
Solaris 7/10 (if you mean the Tarkovsky original...4/10 for Clooney's effort)
2001 10/10 (top 1)
The Thing 6/10 (due a rewatch, only seen it once and that were about 20 years ago)
Repo Man 6/10 (ditto)
Silent Running (not seen but have it on DVD so soooon)
Event Horizon 7/10 (great atmosphere)
Upstream Colour (never heard of this...on the watchlist it goes!)
Brazil 5/10 (gave me a headache)
Lifeforce (another new one for me...sounds fun!)
Source Code (not seen it but another one already on the DVD shelf)
Cold Souls (not heard of this either, decent tip that)
Cypher 3/10 (started off well...shame)
Serenity (got it on DVD, haven't seen yet as thought maybe I should go through Firefly first)
Children of Men 9/10 (top 20)
Pitch Black 5/10 (bang-average...is Riddick any better?)
Contact 6/10 (suffers from the same problem all 2001-pretenders do...too much emotion/focus on relationships)
Ghost in the Shell 5/10 (too hectic)
Westworld 7/10 (70's sci-fi is so beautifully dystopic)
The Terminator 8/10 (still a thrill)
The Fifth Element 7/10 (silly, daft and fun)
Gattaca (not seen yet, but have it so also sooon)
Primer 7/10 (clever take on time travel that)
12 Monkeys 7/10 (bonkers but darker and more interesting than Brazil)



Some of my sci-fi favourites which maybe you've not seen, all worth at least a 7/10: Forbidden Planet, Village of the Damned (1960 version), Quatermass and the Pit (1967), The Andromeda Strain (1971), Clockwork Orange, Soylent Green, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1978), The Black Hole, Altered States, 1984 (John Hurt version), D.A.R.Y.L, The Quiet Earth, Enemy Mine, Transformers (1986), Akira, The Abyss, Fire in the Sky, The Arrival, Cube (ignore the sequels), Dark City, X-Files (1998 movie), Save the Green Planet, The Man from Earth, District 9, Pandorum, The Fourth Kind, Errors of the Human Body, Edge of Tomorrow

 

[dholliday]

Blimey. It's only a kids movie mate. Not worth over thinking!

it got a lot of pseudo-analysis among the chattering-class media...much overthinking was offered.

i like the look of it because it sounds like a funny concept...trailer made me laugh anyway.

 

[coollino]

Blimey. It's only a kids movie mate. Not worth over thinking!

Isn't it actually more of an adults film?

 

[ijjysmith]

Isn't it actually more of an adults film?

Nah. Well, my nieces love it!

 

[coollino]

The Double Life of Veronique

Dreamy

 

[Professor Toffee]

it got a lot of pseudo-analysis among the chattering-class media...much overthinking was offered.

i like the look of it because it sounds like a funny concept...trailer made me laugh anyway.

It's very clever and does explore dark themes of depression and death
Not quite Micky Mouse and a very thought provoking kids movie for kids and adults alike

 

[Professor Toffee]

Blimey. It's only a kids movie mate. Not worth over thinking!

I think it's a lot more than a kids movie
The ideas of interacting and conflicting emotions, depression and growing up and death are well woven together.
It's also very funny and a lot of the darkness avoids the target of the kids sensibilities

 

[dholliday]

It's very clever and does explore dark themes of depression and death
Not quite Micky Mouse and a very thought provoking kids movie for kids and adults alike

Nice...i really enjoyed Pinocchio, Wall-E and Watership Down...examples of family-orientated animation films which offer a lot of deeper meaning for discerning older viewers. Inside Out sounds of a similar ilk.

 

[ijjysmith]

I think it's a lot more than a kids movie
The ideas of interacting and conflicting emotions, depression and growing up and death are well woven together.
It's also very funny and a lot of the darkness avoids the target of the kids sensibilities

I think maybe you've looked a bit too deep!

 

[TheAlmightyFloater]

Watched Crimson Peak the other night.

A little bit spooky but not enough for me.

Gorgeous to look at (in true Guillermo del Toro style) but definitely lacking when it came to the story - in my opinion.

 

[dholliday]

I think maybe you've looked a bit too deep!

perhaps you didn't notice the depth?

 

[dholliday]

Watched Crimson Peak the other night.

A little bit spooky but not enough for me.

Gorgeous to look at (in true Guillermo del Toro style) but definitely lacking when it came to the story - in my opinion.

Find him somewhat overrated: The Orphanage was ok but Pacific Rim was awful. Is Pan's Labyrinth any good?