Film Reviews

rossieman wrote: It's not even a good film, have a feeling they just wanted Oldman to win the award.

heighway2heaven wrote: pre Madonna wrote: heighway2heaven wrote: Between Darkest Hour and that Thatcher bollocks a few years back, it feels like there's a real and concerted effort to rehabilitate the historical image of the British Empire It is incredibly irritating and insulting the way people are fawning over that horrible old bigot. A cruel, nasty man who, even for his time, was a horrible racist and misogynist. I also understand that actors are most likely to empathise with a historical character they have portrayed, but to hear Oldman eulogise that mass murderer is pretty sickening. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/03/10/in-winston-churchill-hollywood-rewards-a-mass-murderer/

Went to see blockers had a good few laughs surprised me to be fair.

lassassinblanc wrote: Het-field wrote: Napoleon Dynamite. Can't believe I only saw it for the first time yesterday. Most random thing I have ever seen. Had me in stitches. Random is the best way to describe it. Very over rated though

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Bob Hoskins wrote: thebronze14 wrote: Didn't say it was exceptional...I said a decent watch! Was there big fuss about it? It was a story that seemed to grip the US 24 years ago so no surprise at the interest with it being revisited again. I'm gonna sound like an old man here but the standard of films out now (well the major ones you hear loads about) don't seem to be of the same calibre of 10-15 years ago. Oscar nominees are generally decent the last couple of years but not exceptional like in the past. I'm very far from a movie buff. Am I wrong here or do others agree? Due to streaming and pirating, the big film producers are losing money so they are rehashing old films and milking any film that they can make a franchise from. Thus resulting in less indie films with a decent bidget been made. For example lots of classic films in the past wouldn't have a sniff of been made these days So streaming thieves

Movie budgets and actor salaries are larger than ever before. Cinema and other revenues are bigger compared to 20 years ago. You can’t blame pirate bay for all the crap movies being made.
Unfortunately it’s the men in suits looking at the return on investment as the only reason to make the majority of movies these days. They will even change endings depending on what the feedback was on the pre screenings.
If a movie was successful 20 years ago they are happy to remake it to make some money even knowing it won’t be any better.

McG wrote: BigPodge wrote: lassassinblanc wrote: Het-field wrote: Napoleon Dynamite. Can't believe I only saw it for the first time yesterday. Most random thing I have ever seen. Had me in stitches. Random is the best way to describe it. Very over rated though I thought it was sh*te when I first saw it when it came out. Recorded it recently so will give it another watch soon. + wan Nothing happens. Film goes nowhere. A few grins from the offbeat humour and the relationship with the brother but not sure how it's a cult classic.

That was my point, I agree nothing really happens. I remember hearing it was next great coming of age movie akin to Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller (which is my favourite film btw) but it didn't even come close.

lassassinblanc wrote: That was my point, I agree nothing really happens. I remember hearing it was next great coming of age movie akin to Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller (which is my favourite film btw) but it didn't even come close.

Beat me to it Devrozex. I enjoyed The Breakfast Club, but it is unusual that it had such mass appeal given the slow moving nature of it, even if the dialogue was well written and delivered.Napoleon Dynamite became a cult classic because the humour has mass appeal, easily accessible and, especially in the States, probably has a lot of nostalgia for large sections of the population. I think it is harder for us to grasp that over here. I enjoyed the film, especially the quirky sentimentality of it, but it isn't exactly going to be seen as a cult classic so much over here. I can't imagine, for example, that cult classics from Ireland and Britain would gain a cult following in the U.S. Maybe 'Into the West' might touch Irish-American sentimentality but nostalgic, accessible films are more culturally significant to the culture it comes from.