*** Official Film Thread ***

[ricky2tricky4city]

Road to Perdition
L.A Confidential
End of Watch

A few I've watched with my adult offspring. And they love them.

Also Hard Boiled and Ichi the Killer

Watched LA Confidential on 4Player last night.....thought I'd seen it before, but no.

Not disappointed. Great cast. Great film

 

[Gutter Boy]

I love that Philip Bradshaw compared Melania to Zone of Interest

 

[LutonSpurs]

Watched LA Confidential on 4Player last night.....thought I'd seen it before, but no.

Not disappointed. Great cast. Great film

Its a Great film noire.

 

[clownfoot]

I rewatched Clockwork Orange for the first time in nearly 20 years at the weekend. I read the book then watched it for the first time when I was about 17 years old. Not sure why but I remember it being funnier when I was younger, was just bleak this time round

 

[billyiddo]

Watched LA Confidential on 4Player last night.....thought I'd seen it before, but no.

Not disappointed. Great cast. Great film

One of the best films of that era

 

[Rorschach]

Watched 'Anniversary' last night. Not bad actually, with some uncomfortable parallels with this stupid timeline we live in.

 

[Jurgen the German]

Road to Perdition
L.A Confidential
End of Watch

A few I've watched with my adult offspring. And they love them.

Also Hard Boiled and Ichi the Killer

L.A. Confidential should have won the Oscar for best picture. IMO, it only lost out to Titanic because that film made a billion dollars at the box office.

Saving Private Ryan was another film that was robbed. It lost to bloody Shakespeare in Love!

 

[MartyFunkhouser]

I rewatched Clockwork Orange for the first time in nearly 20 years at the weekend. I read the book then watched it for the first time when I was about 17 years old. Not sure why but I remember it being funnier when I was younger, was just bleak this time round

Yeh I watched it the other night and it was shoite

I said it before but I watched Alfie again for 20 mins and its really bleak at times, not sure it ever warranted the hype but it actually promotes real problematic views about women

 

[Lemonade Money]

I said it before but I watched Alfie again for 20 mins and its really bleak at times, not sure it ever warranted the hype but it actually promotes real problematic views about women

Excellent film. Haven't watched it for a while, but doesn't it go full circle to show what a sad existence he has without a lasting relationship?

 

[MartyFunkhouser]

Excellent film. Haven't watched it for a while, but doesn't it go full circle to show what a sad existence he has without a lasting relationship?

Yeh thats a fair shout.

Im not a massive Caine fan TBH, maybe that gives me a bias, although I do love Get Carter

 

[thfcsteff]

Yeh I watched it the other night and it was shoite

I said it before but I watched Alfie again for 20 mins and its really bleak at times, not sure it ever warranted the hype but it actually promotes real problematic views about women

What????
Did you just say A Clockwork Orange was 'shoite'??????
You're trolling!
Time for a debate my friend!!!!

 

[kb 1984]

What????
Did you just say A Clockwork Orange was 'shoite'??????
You're trolling!
Time for a debate my friend!!!!

I agree with @MartyFunkhouser i watched it many moons ago & it was garbage. My daughter bought me the Kubrick collection basically all his movies it's the only one i haven't re watched.

 

[MartyFunkhouser]

What????
Did you just say A Clockwork Orange was 'shoite'??????
You're trolling!
Time for a debate my friend!!!!

Yep, didnt enjoy it at all the last time around. Found it aged, found the acting terrible

 

[SteveAWOL]

Yep, didnt enjoy it at all the last time around. Found it aged, found the acting terrible

The only thing about the movie which really kept my interest was trying to spot the scenes which were filmed on Brunel University campus, as I was an undergraduate there back in the 1990s.

Clockwork Orange set 'switched on' as Brutalist sound installation | Brunel University of London

www.brunel.ac.uk

 

[thfcsteff]

I agree with @MartyFunkhouser i watched it many moons ago & it was garbage. My daughter bought me the Kubrick collection basically all his movies it's the only one i haven't re watched.

...in your opinion!!!!

It is a work of genius, and in my opinion, transcends time and remains a timeless piece of brilliance.

 

[thfcsteff]

The only thing about the movie which really kept my interest was trying to spot the scenes which were filmed on Brunel University campus, as I was an undergraduate there back in the 1990s.

Clockwork Orange set 'switched on' as Brutalist sound installation | Brunel University of London

www.brunel.ac.uk

Indeed the Ludovico Clinic scenes...good stuff that you were there.

I am actually in disbelief that there are folks who don't like it (and people with good taste I'd say judging their previous posts)...some of the choreography is incredible, and the whole passage where Patrick McNee takes him in and we see Alex singing in the rain (in the bath!) and how it triggers the horror memory is brilliant.
"Foooood alright?...Try the WINE!" as he slowly bubbles up.
The final scenes...the horror-comedic choreography of Alex and his droogs...I think it is a true work of art. Like so many of Kubrick's films...

...I love @MartyFunkhouser our resident Funkmeister, but maaaaaate, 'terrible acting'? No, no, and THRICE no! McDowell is superb. There's a reason no-one has tried to remake it IMO (I know, leaving myself open there)...

 

[kb 1984]

...in your opinion!!!!

It is a work of genius, and in my opinion, transcends time and remains a timeless piece of brilliance.

Of course it's all about opinion life would be pretty boring if we all thought the same thing.

 

[thfcsteff]

Of course it's all about opinion life would be pretty boring if we all thought the same thing.

totally agreed, and in truth, I love debating film/music/literature/arts in general because one their true beauties is that so many get so much from different things!

 

[MartyFunkhouser]

Indeed the Ludovico Clinic scenes...good stuff that you were there.

I am actually in disbelief that there are folks who don't like it (and people with good taste I'd say judging their previous posts)...some of the choreography is incredible, and the whole passage where Patrick McNee takes him in and we see Alex singing in the rain (in the bath!) and how it triggers the horror memory is brilliant.
"Foooood alright?...Try the WINE!" as he slowly bubbles up.
The final scenes...the horror-comedic choreography of Alex and his droogs...I think it is a true work of art. Like so many of Kubrick's films...

...I love @MartyFunkhouser our resident Funkmeister, but maaaaaate, 'terrible acting'? No, no, and THRICE no! McDowell is superb. There's a reason no-one has tried to remake it IMO (I know, leaving myself open there)...

Hahahaha

I just felt is hadn't aged well, found loads of it cheesy. I suppose getting older the shock value had gone that it had when I was a teen seeing it.

 

[thfcsteff]

Hahahaha

I just felt is hadn't aged well, found loads of it cheesy. I suppose getting older the shock value had gone that it had when I was a teen seeing it.

I have to say, I still find certain passages incredibly hard to watch in terms of the shock value, and actually found myself wondering why I felt Alex was such a hero when he is, in fact, utterly horrendous!