Last Film You Watched

[COYBL25]

Watched 'Prospect' on Prime with Pedro Pascal. It's a brilliant indie sci-fi film, really really enjoyed the atmosphere and world it was set in. Ended up like a sci-fi western in many ways - highly recommend.

He’s a great actor, you’re pretty much guaranteed that anything he’s in is going to be good.

 

[d34noj]

Dune.

Think Prometheus meets Star Wars meets Shakespeare meets Lord of the Rings.

Good film but very 'try hard'. They've concentrated on making it such a visual spectacle that in places it comes across as slow and boring IMO.

 

[Sphinn]

Dune.

Think Prometheus meets Star Wars meets Shakespeare meets Lord of the Rings.

Good film but very 'try hard'. They've concentrated on making it such a visual spectacle that in places it comes across as slow and boring IMO.

Well, it's based on a book, maybe one of the most influental science fiction books of all time, and in my opinion it stays very true to the book. Being a big fan, I loved that aspect, but I can totally see that it could be a different experience for those who haven't read it/them.

It's also difficult books to film because so much is going on in the character's heads, especially in the case of Paul Atreides. Some of that came across in the movie, but not even close to the what it's like in the books.

All in all, I really liked it! It managed to get across the most important parts of the books in a pretty solid way. And it was beautiful to watch. A bit slow, yes. My main gripe with it was some slightly iffy casting choices. I was not impressed by Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho and I thought Oscar Isaac was so-so as Duke Leto Aitredes. Timothee Chalet did well as Paul Atreides I thought, but the best performances for me was from Rebecca Ferguson (Lady Jessica) and Stellan Skarsgård (Baron Harkonnen).

7.5/10 or thereabouts. Might have to see it again to finalize that score though. Looking forward to the next one!

 

[Sphinn]

Saw Those Who Wish Me Dead on a flight from Amsterdam to Atlanta the other day. It was a decent enough action/thriller type film. Nothing spectacular, but I wasn't bored watching it so there ya go.

6/10

 

[navidson]

my 'Lord of the Rings isn't very good' club is open for new members as is my 'Showgirls is very good' club

I'll join your Lord of the Rings club

 

[navidson]

Still taking memberships for my ‘Star Wars is rubbish’ club.

I'll join that as well

 

[navidson]

Definitely not joining any sort of anti Godfather club though - The first two are absolute masterpieces

 

[navidson]

Communion

Always fascinated me as a kid - and finally got round to watching it

My god is it a mess - Christopher Walken gives one of the all-time 'acting in the wrong film' performances, almost like he's channelling latter day Nicholas Cage. The aliens are some of the poorest you'll see in movies and the whole thing is tonally wobbly throughout

Is it a drama, a horror or even a comedy?!

 

[Charro]

I'll join that as well

The Last Jedi is the only one worth watching and Star Wars fans go mad when you tell them this.

 

[Daz1878]

I really enjoyed found footage horror Dashcam - it's completely off its head. I liked Host, the director's previous film, but this one is much better.

 

[Amw79]

Watched The Trip on Netflix.

Norwegian black comedy starring Noomi Rapace, with lots of over the top gore and violence and enjoyable performances from the 2 leads. Lot of fun.

 

[Kurt.]

A Sense of Freedom …. Still a great film after all these years.

 

[The binman chronicles]

The Last Jedi is the only one worth watching and Star Wars fans go mad when you tell them this.

 

[Aries]

Brides of Dracula. Love the old Hammer films.

 

[Charro]

The only one I really enjoyed. I know Star Wars fans don’t like it, but i thought it was the only one to challenge the audience.