The Movie Thread

[DeskJockey]

The Roses (Disney+)

That was... Odd, to say the least. Remake of the 1989 War of the Roses, this time featuring Olivia Colman and Benelux Snozzcumber.

I don't know what it tried for, apart from remaking another film, but it didn't carry much with it, and came across as very shallow. Pegged as a "dark comedy", but mostly it was just swearing and weirdness, rather than funny. Best bit was the very end where it, *just*, managed to tie it together.

4/10 stunning seaviews.

[dinny_g]

Send Help - Sam Raimi-directed movie about two coworkers (one douchebag boss-bro and an overlooked-for-promotion woman) who are stuck on a deserted island is also utterly excellent and now on streaming.

Yeah, I enjoyed this yesterday evening. Surprisingly grim and gory in places (I didn't know Sam Raimi directed so that explains it) but well made and well acted and a great ending

[Sundayjumper]

I rarely go to the cinema but this morning I went and saw Backrooms. Deeply unsettling & disorienting.

[Matty]

Supergirl

Milly Alcock is good, but otherwise, it's a 5/10 movie at best. Incredibly odd meandering plot, pointless baddy, no idea why Mamoa is there, the girl who plays Ruthye really struggles with her lines, and it all plays out exactly as you'd expect.

Definitely one to wait until it hits streaming platform....which given how empty our cinema was, and the sales have been, I guess everyone else thought the same.

[RobYob]

Kids saw Supergirl and we're scathing.

Unexpected delight was The Sheep Detectives which had an excellent cast and voice cast. Talking sheep have no right to punch with that level of emotional weight. Memorable.

Over your dead body all over the place and too long. Once it commited to gore comedy in the final act it was okish but then the feel-good coda spoiled even that. I'm not sure if the rape scene was meant to be being played for laughs but just... No.

In Bruges after literally billions of recommendations I sat down with this. Not my regular thing but it was ok.

[dinny_g]

In Bruges ... it was ok.

[RobYob]

Disclosure Day

Just back from watching this

Really enjoyed it

I'm a sucker for these aliens kind of films, but two and a half hours went by very quickly and I thought it was an entertaining film

Same - just got back.

Just lacked any flair for me. Take out Blunt and Firth and I'd have said it was a budget indy film....I'd have certainly not said it was written/directed by Spielberg and scored by John Williams!

Felt too long, chunks of it made no sense and occasionally absurd (him repeatedly escaping swathes of soldiers with ease, getting a tire shot out and magically healed, riding a car being dragged by a train), some characters motivations and actions felt at odds at points (Firth's especially, and he felt miscast IMO).

Big miss for me.

(Unless you like Alfa Romeo's of course plenty of full-frame Giulia shots!)

About halfway through I was thinking "why tf are the clarinets mooning away in the scene" and it struck me that despite alllllllllll the stupid so very very very much stupid, Spielberg still wants to make Saturday matinee adventures. It's ET2 the whataapphomebing and I forgive the stupid.

A little.