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What have you watched recently? 3D!

johnny_ultimate

You people just keep on watching films, don't you?

We have reached the contractually-mandated 10,000 post limited in thread 2, so here's another one. It's like the first two, but with gimmicky 3D added and a no-name director taking over from the well-known one who directed the first two.

Here's the first thread: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055488699
And the second: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056732038

So... what have you watched recently?

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billyhead

If you liked Nobody you should watch the series Banshee. Plenty of action.

grogi

4Ad wrote: »

Nobody.

Surburban dad seeks revenge after his house is robbed..

Worse than terrible..
-10/10...

If you take it literally, very bad.

He wasn't looking for revenge, he was looking for the kitty-cat bracelet of his daughter. Plus all the scenes with dad are priceless.

[Deleted User]

The Last Vermeer - 2019

Entertaining enough caper based on a true story set just after the end of World War 2 in Holland where an artist turned art dealer (Guy Pearce as Hans Van Meegeren) is brought up on charges of doing business with the Nazis during the war. An Allied forces army investigator is looking into it initially (a plank-ish Claes Bang) but is pushed aside by the Dutch police eventually. The real story eventually becomes clear. Good enough as said overall but probably not for the thriller-action-only crowd.

6.4 / 10

Mizu_Ger

flasher0030 wrote: »

Out of Time
An old Denzel thriller. I've never seen it before. Plenty of twists and turns to keep the mind occupied. Never a dull moment in it. Bit daft overall, but if you switch the brain off, and just take it for what it is, it's quite good. Pretty similar to an older Kevin Costner movie - Nowhere to Run.
A 7 out of 10

If you liked Out of Time and No Way Out, The Big Clock (Ray Milland and Charles Laughton) is worth a look. I'm not sure if it's available to stream anywhere.

[Deleted User]

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Really enjoyed it, thought it was more a ensemble effort rather then an Angelina Jolie movie,, if you enjoy Taylor Sheridan other movies like Wind River and Hell and High Water you'll enjoy this.
It's a solid 7.5 out of 10 for me!

It's certainly not in the class of those other 2 movies mentioned and I think that I also may work off a slightly different scale method!

It was ok but it was full of cliches, Jolie looked weird, a bit too much wokeness going on at times and the ending run in was lame.

ziedth

I remember I watched happy death day on a flight from the states and was pleasantly surprised at how entertaining it was. Not great by any means but I certainly enjoyed it for 90 odd minutes. Said I'd throw on the sequel tonight..... awfully poor..... found myself hitting the skip 10sec button quite often to flick through it.

Snake Plisken

glasso wrote: »

Those that wish me dead

Hitmen trying to track down their prey when park firewoman Angelia Jolie (whose face looks like it's had some obair done) intervenes in fiery forest flick. Nothing complicated here in a 100 minute runtime. Aidan Gillen is a baddie. It's passable brain-bubblegum even if it's been done and seen before

5.6/ 10

Really enjoyed it, thought it was more a ensemble effort rather then an Angelina Jolie movie,, if you enjoy Taylor Sheridan other movies like Wind River and Hell and High Water you'll enjoy this.
It's a solid 7.5 out of 10 for me!

[Deleted User]

I watched it the other day and at the time I didn't realise it was by Taylor Sheridan. But it did kinda remind me of his stuff by the music. Watch Hell or High Water and Wind River if you haven't already.

[Deleted User]

Those that wish me dead

Hitmen trying to track down their prey when park firewoman Angelia Jolie (whose face looks like it's had some obair done) intervenes in fiery forest flick. Nothing complicated here in a 100 minute runtime. Aidan Gillen is a baddie. It's passable brain-bubblegum even if it's been done and seen before

5.6/ 10

Mad_maxx

one way to Denmark with Rafe Spall

peculiar little British movie about a small town welsh loser who heads to Denmark in order to get sent to prison as he believes Danish prisons look an improvement on his own dead end life

not as bad as it sounds , not great but i liked it enough to see it through

dubstepper

Suspiria 2018

Really enjoyed this. It's one of the better horrors I have a seen in a while. It really pulls you into the place and time. I have not seen the original so I watched this on it's on merits, rather than through the lens of a remake.

7/10

FullBack Jam

Life
Alien type fare with Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhal. Much better than I expected. Fairly tense. And worth watching even just for the final 2 minutes.
I'd give it an entertaining 8 out of 10

Out of Time
An old Denzel thriller. I've never seen it before. Plenty of twists and turns to keep the mind occupied. Never a dull moment in it. Bit daft overall, but if you switch the brain off, and just take it for what it is, it's quite good. Pretty similar to an older Kevin Costner movie - Nowhere to Run.
A 7 out of 10

City of Lies
Johnny Depp movie about the investigation into the murder of Notorious BIG. It's ok. I knew nothing about the case, so it was nice to get up to speed on it. The ending just fizzled out, but it is based on a true story so not a lot that could be done there.
A 7 out of 10

Irish Aris

My opinion is that it's all down to preference.

I am generally a big fan and like most of Pacino's "louder" performances.
Recently in Scorcese's The Irishman, I thought the contrast between him and DeNiro and (especially) Pesci was perfect.

I think both Scent of a Woman and Heat are great films and really liked Pacino's acting in both.
Not a big fan of The Devil's Advocate as a film (I found it only OK) but again I thought the contrast between Pacino and Reeves was very effective.
Don't recall much about Any Given Sunday. I remember that I didn't like it - but that could be down to the subject matter (zero interest in American Football) and the fact that I generally dislike Stone's style (bar a couple of 80s exceptions)

[Deleted User]

the discussion is about over-acting / over-dramatic acting, not crappy films, although they frequently correlate.

Pacino has a tendency to be over-dramatic.

Pacino as in the article in the guardian says expects directors to rein him in and also that his performances in several films have gone too far where this hasn't happened.

[Deleted User]

glasso wrote: »

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/dec/03/2

Pacino has done plenty of crappy films like all the best guys from his era ended up doing. City Hall was one where he was very shouty and I would concede it was over the top.
Devils Advocate he did over the top stuff too, but it was fitting because he was playing the devil and he indulged in the role, which for me made it all the better for the film, he fit the role like a glove.

But to **** on Any Given Sunday and Scent of a Woman as bad performances, not buying that whatsoever. I must of watched Any Given Sunday half a dozen times, its a wonderful all round performance capped off by that speech, which while watching the film would rouse any human even be they devoid of emotion.

p to the e

Deleted User wrote: »

That link is absolute garbage. Scent of a Woman is a great film. There are iconic scenes in that like dancing the Tango that are some of the best ever to hit the screen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR5qybydEzY

[Deleted User]

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/dec/03/2

In some more recent roles, such as Scent of a Woman and The Devil's Advocate, he has hammed it up to great effect. His critics suggest that he's also hammed it up in his serious roles. He looks a little hurt when I mention it. "You can't call Shylock hammy," he protests. No, I say, but there are certain films ... "Yes, certain roles you go too far," he concedes. "Some-times-you-go-too-far," he says, syllable by syllable. "But part of what you hope to do is not censor yourself, and then find a way to pull back, and sometimes you don't censor yourself and you get caught off guard."

He says it's the director's job to rein him in, and they don't always bother. "Sometimes it seems that directors just say, 'Give me more Pacino, more Pacino,'" I say. " Yeaaaaaah ," he roars. "That has happened, yes." At his best, directors such as Sidney Lumet seem to ask him for less rather than more. "Well Sidney is a great director, one of the greatest I have known. And one thing Sidney does do is rehearse you. You have three weeks' rehearsal, like you're doing a play. And in the rehearsal these things are sorted out. And the more rehearsal I have, the more likely I am to find the right levels. I think Michael Radford did that to me in The Merchant. If I was concerned about anything it was that it was so low-key."

The Raging Bile Duct

4Ad wrote: »

Nobody.

Surburban dad seeks revenge after his house is robbed..

Worse than terrible..
-10/10...

I thought it was mighty craic. I'd add about 17 or 18 to your score.

[Deleted User]

Just to reiterate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO4tIrjBDkk

[Deleted User]

glasso wrote: »

There is a difference between acting and cartoon over-acting / scenery chewing which is actually a lazy way out compared to acting well.

It's possible to be pretty dramatic at times and not be a cartoon character - e.g. Daniel Day Lewis in "There Will be Blood" would be the ultimate example of this craft.

Pacino has put in some very good performances obviously - the 2 godfather movies and "Dog Day Afternoon" probably being among his best imo with a good few other ones in "Glengarry Glen Ross" , "Serpico" etc

But I'd agree with this list for example where most of the movies listed are during the "Whoo Ha" period.

And yes Scarface is not a good movie. It's fun in parts but the crazed cartoon representation is just silly even if it's about a coked-up headcase.

https://www.timeout.com/london/film/the-nine-worst-al-pacino-performances

That link is absolute garbage. Scent of a Woman is a great film. There are iconic scenes in that like dancing the Tango that are some of the best ever to hit the screen. Any Given Sunday a great film. Al Pacino's speech in the locker room is the greatest sports speech in the history of film.
Merchant of Venice is fantastic. Devils advocate fantastic. I mean to say Scent of Woman is one of Al Pacino's worst performances it might as well be a click bait ad luring you to a porn site. Come on man this is nonsense. Reminds me of people crapping on Forrest Gump as a crap film. Sure if you are completely devoid of emotion and feeling you might think that.

pixelburp

Sad Professor wrote: »

In fairness to Pacino, his character in Heat was supposed to be high a lot of the time. Mann cut out the scene of him doing coke.

Yeah, TBH a scene of him doing coke wasn't needed to make it clear Pacino's character was spinning completely out of control - acting as a dramatic contrast with DeNiro's cooler, more detached character. The obvious thematic link being that both men were living isolated, emotionally barren lives.

Sad Professor

In fairness to Pacino, his character in Heat was supposed to be high a lot of the time. Mann cut out the scene of him doing coke.

[Deleted User]

There is a difference between acting and cartoon over-acting / scenery chewing which is actually a lazy way out compared to acting well.

It's possible to be pretty dramatic at times and not be a cartoon character - e.g. Daniel Day Lewis in "There Will be Blood" would be the ultimate example of this craft.

Pacino has put in some very good performances obviously - the 2 godfather movies and "Dog Day Afternoon" probably being among his best imo with a good few other ones in "Glengarry Glen Ross" , "Serpico" etc

But I'd agree with this list for example where most of the movies listed are during the "Whoo Ha" period.

And yes Scarface is not a good movie. It's fun in parts but the crazed cartoon representation is just silly even if it's about a coked-up headcase.

https://www.timeout.com/london/film/the-nine-worst-al-pacino-performances

[Deleted User]

glasso wrote: »

I find that Al Pacino's acting in some movies, particularly during the "Whoo Ha" phase (1992 starting with "Scent of a Woman" to about 2000), has dated very badly.

Characterised by an overblown and caricatured acting style.

Ruins this movie in retrospect to a large degree imo

e.g. https://youtu.be/FjJotKwr4M4?t=77

De Niro is much much better in it but the damage was done by Pacino

One of the greatest movies ever made and you let this ruin it for you? Crazy.

Pacino's body of work in incredible. He has done every role possible, many of them very understated. To go after him he shouts because in a few films, I really don't get this from people. Scent of a woman is a brilliant performance and movie. So what if he made a couple of films where he choses characters who have a temper? Tony Soprano the greatest character in the history of television lost his **** in every episode. The very reason he was so iconic, was this temper. David Chase coached it out of him.
And as far as Heat goes if some guy was fu***** my wife AND watching my TV, I'd be upset as well

If we compare the stars of today - The wooden Ryan Gosling and the 1 speed can only act when im eating Brad Pitt, I mean is this preferable? The best of them Leo is always shouting in his movies. Always taking it up dramatically in this way.

[Deleted User]

De Bhál wrote: »

Just watched The Snowman on RTE 1 there this evening. Not the animation about the young boy and the flying snowman as I initially wondered and not as good either.

Not a movie I'd be recommending to people.

Try Headhunters if you're looking for a great Nesbo film.

De Bhál

Just watched The Snowman on RTE 1 there this evening. Not the animation about the young boy and the flying snowman as I initially wondered and not as good either.

Not a movie I'd be recommending to people.

Tony EH

glasso wrote: »

I find that Al Pacino's acting in some movies, particularly during the "Whoo Ha" phase (1992 starting with "Scent of a Woman" to about 2000), has dated very badly.

Characterised by an overblown and caricatured acting style.

Ruins this movie in retrospect to a large degree imo

e.g. https://youtu.be/FjJotKwr4M4?t=77

De Niro is much much better in it but the damage was done by Pacino

Pacino's such a knob in that movie, you end up rooting for the criminals. :pac:

MisterAnarchy

NIMAN wrote: »

Yeah, all fantastic films, yet sh1t like Nomadland can win an Oscar, shows you how things have changed.

The standard of Oscar winning films over the last decade has been pretty woeful.

Other notable films in 95 were 12 Monkeys, Devil in a Blue Dress, Braveheart,Get Shorty, Casino.
The previous year there was Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption, Leon, Forest Gump.
It was a golden period.

4Ad

Nobody.

Surburban dad seeks revenge after his house is robbed..

Worse than terrible..
-10/10...

NIMAN

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Heat, Seven and the Usual Suspects were all released in the same year 1995, and none was nominated for best picture.
3 absolute classics.

Yeah, all fantastic films, yet sh1t like Nomadland can win an Oscar, shows you how things have changed.