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[Mikey Brown]

I meant more broadly adding something to the saga. We knew the story of this film before it started. It felt a tad like a movie made just to stop people from questioning why the death thingy was so easy to blow up.

Will you be less upset at me if I concede that darth vader is still pretty fucking cool.

[Vengeful Glutton]

Rogue One

Predictable hokum that had its tits milked off back in '83.

Should keep thick children quiet for a couple of hours.

[Which Tyler]

Kubo and the two strings - pretty good, by not for younger kids
Storks - actually quite good
Ice ages 4&5 - stretching the word "watched" here, I was in the room whilst they were on - they made it hard to read my book, I'm not good at filtering out distraction.

[WaspInWales]

Masterminds.

Bad Santa 2.

Two largely forgettable films. The first is loosely based on the October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery in North Carolina. Decent enough cast with Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig and Jason Sudeikis but it just wasn't that funny.

Bad Santa 2 was disappointing too. The first film was great but the sequel failed to live up to expectation with a rather unlikely storyline and a few of the original cast back in the mix.

[rowan]

Don't usually watch films or TV, but we're snowed under in Istanbul and nothing else to do, so I watched Moana, sort of a kids film, obviously, but I've always been interested in Polynesian history and mythology. Regrettably it was awfully cheesy and predictable, and relied mostly on one-liner cliches from Dwayne Johnson for entertainment value: http://putlockers.ch/watch-moana-online ... ocker.html

[WaspInWales]

Keeping up with the Joneses.

I must be getting old as I'm having trouble laughing at mainstream comedy films these days!

That's 3 on the trot with Masterminds, Bad Santa and now this.

As beautiful as Gal Gadot is, and she wears lingerie in this film, she makes Keanu Reeves look like a seasoned academy award winner. By christ, she is dreadful. It's like watching wood trying to act like being wood.

Zach Galifianakis looks almost unrecognisable after losing weight and most of his beard.

[rowan]

I watched the Spanish-Venezuelan production 'Libertador' - about Simon Bolivar - last night; partly out of curiosity, partly to brush up on my Spanish, but mostly out of sheer boredom as we are snowed under for a 5th straight day here in Istanbul. Again I was a little disappointed. Two hour film but the only character developed was that of Bolivar himself, really. I didn't know he had marched an international army across the Andes to catch the Spanish off guard in Venezeula and attack them from the rear, however. So I guess I learnt something...

[Numbers]

If you want a good documentary the Pacific Warriors on Netflix is good, all about the South Pacific Islands rugby teams.

"The Hunt for the Wliderpeople" also on Netflix, was good fun and I would recommend it if you like antipodean humour.

[rowan]

If you want a good documentary the Pacific Warriors on Netflix is good, all about the South Pacific Islands rugby teams.

"The Hunt for the Wliderpeople" also on Netflix, was good fun and I would recommend it if you like antipodean humour.

Thanks for the tips. Will look out for those. Right now I'm watching the Joy Luck Club (I read the book a while back and didn't really get into it). So far so good:

Update: Quite a drag in the end, actually, mostly first world problems of the rich Chinese-Americans, albeit supposedly rooted in their cultural heritage. But I stuck with it through the entire 2:18.

http://putlockers.ch/watch-the-joy-luck ... ocker.html

[rowan]

Looks interesting. I'm not much of a film watcher, but if it's based on classic literature then at least it'll have an intelligent plot...

Russian producer Svetlana Migunova-Dali (Legend No. 17) and U.S. producer Grace Loh (Hot Tub Time Machine) are collaborating on the American screen adaptation of Master and Margarita, the immensely popular and enigmatic Soviet-era novel by Mikhail Bulgakov.

"We're in negotiations right now about a huge American version, and we're counting on a great feature film with a budget of $50-$100 million," said Migunova-Dali, reported TASS.

The novel blends together the story of Christ’s betrayal, the devil’s visit to Soviet-era Moscow in the 1920s, and the tragic love story of a writer and his muse. It has been translated into over 40 languages and was made into feature films nearly two dozen times.

The idea to make the novel's latest screen adaption appeared more than a decade ago. "It was very difficult to get the rights from the Bulgakov Foundation to make the film, and now we have the audio-visual rights and have put together a strong team that is bound to succeed," she stated.

While the director and final list of actors have yet to be decided, screenwriters are already working on the upcoming script.

"Quite a large number of A-list Hollywood actors turned out to be Bulgakov fans and have expressed their interest to be part of the project," said Migunova-Dali. "We have the first version of the script. Bulgakov’s writing is complicated and we will try to interpret what he could not say openly in his time, and explain. We will try to present the film to the Western audience without losing the drama."

Currently, the film's American producer is Grace Loh, and Migunova-Dali hopes that Russian filmmakers will be involved. She expects part of the film’s shooting will take place on location in Moscow in Bulgakov’s flat.

https://rbth.com/arts/movies/2017/02/16 ... ita_703786

[Vengeful Glutton]

Seriously under-rated addition to the "Halloween" series. The synth soundtrack is amazing.

[Mikey Brown]

Seriously under-rated addition to the "Halloween" series. The synth soundtrack is amazing.

I'm very confused. That's genuinely part of a Halloween film?

[Vengeful Glutton]

Seriously under-rated addition to the "Halloween" series. The synth soundtrack is amazing.

I'm very confused. That's genuinely part of a Halloween film?

Yes, but no Michael Myers.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/ft7/Hallowee ... loween+III

[rowan]

Just watched the film adaptation of The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, who died recently. I think I enjoyed the book more, as is invariably the case, though the film was watchable - if mostly for Sean Connery's charismatic presence. Christian Slater is a weird-looking fellow whose main attribute appears to be the ability to assume traumatized expressions. Anyway, if you're not familiar with either the book or the film, it's best described as a more down-to-earth alternative to Dan Brown fiction:

https://123movies.is/film/the-name-of-t ... ching.html

[Vengeful Glutton]

Just watched the film adaptation of The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, who died recently. I think I enjoyed the book more, as is invariably the case, though the film was watchable - if mostly for Sean Connery's charismatic presence. Christian Slater is a weird-looking fellow whose main attribute appears to be the ability to assume traumatized expressions. Anyway, if you're not familiar with either the book or the film, it's best described as a more down-to-earth alternative to Dan Brown fiction:

https://123movies.is/film/the-name-of-t ... ching.html

I really enjoyed that movie. Connery's great in it.

Haven't read the book, but it's on the list now. Have you read Foucault's Pendulum ?

[rowan]

Just watched the film adaptation of The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, who died recently. I think I enjoyed the book more, as is invariably the case, though the film was watchable - if mostly for Sean Connery's charismatic presence. Christian Slater is a weird-looking fellow whose main attribute appears to be the ability to assume traumatized expressions. Anyway, if you're not familiar with either the book or the film, it's best described as a more down-to-earth alternative to Dan Brown fiction:

https://123movies.is/film/the-name-of-t ... ching.html

I really enjoyed that movie. Connery's great in it.

Haven't read the book, but it's on the list now. Have you read Foucault's Pendulum ?

No, as mentioned earlier, Name of the Rose is the only Umberto Eco book I've read and, while certainly readable, I wasn't sufficiently inspired to read any more of his work. Maybe in the future though...

[Numbers]

Just watched the film adaptation of The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, who died recently. I think I enjoyed the book more, as is invariably the case, though the film was watchable - if mostly for Sean Connery's charismatic presence. Christian Slater is a weird-looking fellow whose main attribute appears to be the ability to assume traumatized expressions. Anyway, if you're not familiar with either the book or the film, it's best described as a more down-to-earth alternative to Dan Brown fiction:

https://123movies.is/film/the-name-of-t ... ching.html

I really enjoyed that movie. Connery's great in it.

Haven't read the book, but it's on the list now. Have you read Foucault's Pendulum ?

All I remember about that film is Terry Christian on The Word asking Christian Slater if he lost his virginity in the film, that and some bush being on display.

[Edinburgh in Exile]

Watched a movie called "The Shallows" yesterday, really enjoyed it, I love a good monster shark movie, this one gets close enough.

[Vengeful Glutton]

All I remember about that film is Terry Christian on The Word asking Christian Slater if he lost his virginity in the film, that and some bush being on display.

Funny that, I don't remember Terry Christian being in it.

[Numbers]

All I remember about that film is Terry Christian on The Word asking Christian Slater if he lost his virginity in the film, that and some bush being on display.

Funny that, I don't remember Terry Christian being in it.

He wasn't it was Christian Slater or am I missing something?

[Vengeful Glutton]

He wasn't it was Christian Slater or am I missing something?

Joke. All I remember about The Word is a drunk cameraman.

Anyhoo. Stirring stuff.

[Vengeful Glutton]

and Olly Reid.

[Numbers]

Kubo and the Two Strings - Excellent
Hell and High Water - Not bad, deffo worth a watch for Jeff Bridges

[rowan]

[rowan]

Watched this tonight. Excellent documentary-film and very thought-provoking indeed. African-American author and activist James Baldwin was a good friend of both Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X, and says that although the two were very different, their views became much closer before their deaths. Both were assassinated before they were forty, as was another friend of Baldwin's -
lawyer and black activist Medgar Evers. Baldwin, who spend a good part of his life in exile in Paris and Istanbul, did not join either the Christian or Black Muslim civil rights movements, objecting to the manner in which both religions were segretated in the US. Neither did he become a member of the Black Panthers, regarding them as too hateful. Baldwin also talks a lot about Hollywood propaganda, and how the white men were always portrayed as the heroes, even as they wiped out the Native Americans. Black children reach a point where they look in the mirror and suddenly realise that they are the Native American themselves, he says. Hollywood has been all about self-justification and dealing with guilt, but this has prevented white America from growing up and in fact deprives them of moral justification, because all they really want is to ensure their own safety and prosperity. Baldwin died 30 years ago at the age of 63.

https://watchmovie.me/watch-movie-i-am- ... negro/hDTU