What can you recommend watching?
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I watched the 1970 origanal Catch 22 the other day, when i first saw it many years ago i thought it was funny. On reflection i was young when i saw it but knowing what i know now it's funny in places but brutal under the suface. This scene is from the remake that i haven't watched and i don't want to but would like to read the book.
The book is excellent, I recommend it.
Watched Longlegs last night. Heard it was good, but very disappointed. Standard Hollywood boogie-man schlock horror comic-strip tripe. A pretty meaningless plot, wooden acting - particularly from Maika Monroe - and stupid Halloween mask make-up and fake blood everywhere. Nothing remotely creepy about it, jump-scares you could see coming a mile off and a pace so leaden that tension was non-existent.
It seemed to be just a disjointed montage of references to other films like Silence of the Lambs, Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street without ever finding its own identity.
The 2011 British film The Awakening that followed was better but not by much. Dominic West and Rebecca Hall were fine leads but in the end it was little more than a sentimentalised attempt by the BBC's film unit to remake The Others, again with jump-scares that advertised themselves so far in advance they became cliches. And towards the end when the Rebecca Hall character's back story begins to come out, it just descended into a schmoozy tear-fest.
It seemed to be just a disjointed montage of references to other films like Silence of the Lambs, Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street without ever finding its own identity.
The 2011 British film The Awakening that followed was better but not by much. Dominic West and Rebecca Hall were fine leads but in the end it was little more than a sentimentalised attempt by the BBC's film unit to remake The Others, again with jump-scares that advertised themselves so far in advance they became cliches. And towards the end when the Rebecca Hall character's back story begins to come out, it just descended into a schmoozy tear-fest.
Oldboy. I recorded it a while back on Legend xtra.
Bizarre but worth a watch.
Bizarre but worth a watch.
The Original?
No the Josh Brolin one.
The original is better, the Brolin one is still pretty good and well worth a watch.
No not seen that, i won't use Netflix after there treatment of Henry Cavell and them not sticking to the lore of the Witcher!! They had a man who is a geek when it comes to the Witcher, even the writer Andrzej Sapkowski was blowns away by Henrys portrayal of Geralt!! The writers absolutley butchered it and made all about the women and it got so woke it was silly!! That show would of been massive if left alone, it still pisses me off now.
Just looked and it's on Amazon Prime, i'll watch that later, it's 4 quid to buy!!
Not sure it’s worth £4.No not seen that, i won't use Netflix after there treatment of Henry Cavell and them not sticking to the lore of the Witcher!! They had a man who is a geek when it comes to the Witcher, even the writer Andrzej Sapkowski was blowns away by Henrys portrayal of Geralt!! The writers absolutley butchered it and made all about the women and it got so woke it was silly!! That show would of been massive if left alone, it still pisses me off now.
Just looked and it's on Amazon Prime, i'll watch that later, it's 4 quid to buy!!
Wanker!! There's fuck all else on and i think i've watched most of the good films on there. I've just seen a sport documentry about Warney, i'll watch that after.Not sure it’s worth £4.