Toy Boy Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 I watched this one a while back, not sure if it's already been mentioned here. I found it very entertaining, if highly implausible, but it's based on a true story. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10268488/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Watched Plane last night. It wont be for everyone but it was passable. 6/10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Thought this was brilliant on Netflix. Based on the true story of 16 year old Australian girl Jessica Watson who became the youngest person to circumnavigate the world solo and unassisted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Finally got around to watching the last Star Wars trilogy. Thought the first one was excellent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 4 hours ago, galenkia said: Finally got around to watching the last Star Wars trilogy. Thought the first one was excellent. On behalf of my BM name... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Second one another cracker. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Wow!, what a movie!, what an ending!. Just brilliant. JJ Abrams directed the first and last of the final trilogy, and you can tell the difference between the second movie. Love his Star Trek movies as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Good action, beautiful scenery... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 LA street gangs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Filmed in San Francisco...Japanese & English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 Thought this was good but not a patch on the final Star Wars trilogy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Boy Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 I'm slowly going through the list of my all-time favourite films and rewatching them. Last night it was the turn of my favourite (Spaghetti) Western, 'Once Upon A Time In The West'. I couldn't find a 4k version, but in 2018 a remastered 1080p version was released to celebrate the film's 50th anniversary, and that's really excellent quality. It must be the fifth or sixth time I've watched this almost 3-hour long movie, and I've enjoyed it every time, especially the brilliant score by Ennio Morricone. I first saw the film just a few years after it was released, when I was in grammar school of all places. We always had a few weeks of limbo after the exams were over but before we could be released into the wild for the summer holiday. The teachers didn't want to teach us anything and we had little interest in more study, but the LEA said that we still had to attend school so it was a case of passing the time as best you could. The staff found that showing us films was one way to pass a few hours in relative peace and quiet, and one summer in the early 1970's they got hold of a copy of this film and we watched it. I was spellbound, the evil Frank shooting dead the little boy in cold blood, and the dreadful thing that had been done to the man with a harmonica when he was just a boy. Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda and Jason Robards all at the peak of their profession, and framing it all is the unforgettable music. Although, like 'The Good, The bad And The Ugly', it revolves around three gunslingers, it portrays genuine evil, unlike the Clint Eastwood film which much less dark and quite funny in places. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 5 hours ago, lazarus said: Excellent movie, watched it about 5 times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 5 hours ago, Horizondave said: Excellent movie, watched it about 5 times. Only watched it the once, but superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Older movie, great scenery... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Smooth Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 (edited) On 3/2/2023 at 8:38 PM, Toy Boy said: I'm slowly going through the list of my all-time favourite films and rewatching them. Last night it was the turn of my favourite (Spaghetti) Western, 'Once Upon A Time In The West'. I couldn't find a 4k version, but in 2018 a remastered 1080p version was released to celebrate the film's 50th anniversary, and that's really excellent quality. It must be the fifth or sixth time I've watched this almost 3-hour long movie, and I've enjoyed it every time, especially the brilliant score by Ennio Morricone. I first saw the film just a few years after it was released, when I was in grammar school of all places. We always had a few weeks of limbo after the exams were over but before we could be released into the wild for the summer holiday. The teachers didn't want to teach us anything and we had little interest in more study, but the LEA said that we still had to attend school so it was a case of passing the time as best you could. The staff found that showing us films was one way to pass a few hours in relative peace and quiet, and one summer in the early 1970's they got hold of a copy of this film and we watched it. I was spellbound, the evil Frank shooting dead the little boy in cold blood, and the dreadful thing that had been done to the man with a harmonica when he was just a boy. Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda and Jason Robards all at the peak of their profession, and framing it all is the unforgettable music. Although, like 'The Good, The bad And The Ugly', it revolves around three gunslingers, it portrays genuine evil, unlike the Clint Eastwood film which much less dark and quite funny in places. For me, the greatest western ever made. I watch it about once a year. Numerous YT segments about it, including Henry Fonda telling the story on the old Dick Cavett Show around '71 where when they were about to start filming, he wore brown contacts, thinking if he was playing a bad guy, the brown eyes would look more sinister. But when he showed up on the set, Sergio Leone was beside himself, yelling in Italian, wanting his natural baby blues highlighted as there were many immediate close ups. It worked of course, and upon his grand entrance in the movie after the murdering of the family, when the camera pans around from the back to show Fonds's character, with those blue eyes, the effect was incredible! Has a bad guy character ever had a more dramatic entrance in a movie when matched to the ominous sounding theme music? And what a musical score! My favorite of them all, by the legendary Ennio Morricone. Edited March 15, 2023 by Mr. Smooth 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Okay but nothing special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 I watched Shooter last night. Think it's quite an old one, but I liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 This is just fucking brilliant. An absolute masterpiece. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 (edited) As pertinent today as it was when released in 2011... Edited March 16, 2023 by lazarus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Boy Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 I watched the new Liam Neeson film, 'Marlowe', last night and to say that it's uninspiring is being quite kind. Don't waste your time with this crock o'shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiFlyer Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 20 hours ago, galenkia said: This is just fucking brilliant. An absolute masterpiece. I watched it a couple f years ago, Good watch. Woody is impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 On 3/3/2023 at 11:38 AM, Toy Boy said: I'm slowly going through the list of my all-time favourite films and rewatching them. Last night it was the turn of my favourite (Spaghetti) Western, 'Once Upon A Time In The West'. I couldn't find a 4k version, but in 2018 a remastered 1080p version was released to celebrate the film's 50th anniversary, and that's really excellent quality. It must be the fifth or sixth time I've watched this almost 3-hour long movie, and I've enjoyed it every time, especially the brilliant score by Ennio Morricone. I first saw the film just a few years after it was released, when I was in grammar school of all places. We always had a few weeks of limbo after the exams were over but before we could be released into the wild for the summer holiday. The teachers didn't want to teach us anything and we had little interest in more study, but the LEA said that we still had to attend school so it was a case of passing the time as best you could. The staff found that showing us films was one way to pass a few hours in relative peace and quiet, and one summer in the early 1970's they got hold of a copy of this film and we watched it. I was spellbound, the evil Frank shooting dead the little boy in cold blood, and the dreadful thing that had been done to the man with a harmonica when he was just a boy. Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda and Jason Robards all at the peak of their profession, and framing it all is the unforgettable music. Although, like 'The Good, The bad And The Ugly', it revolves around three gunslingers, it portrays genuine evil, unlike the Clint Eastwood film which much less dark and quite funny in places. I'm gonna have to check that out. Never watched it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Enjoyed this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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