Bargepole23 337 #3517 Posted December 21, 2021 (edited) Arctic....8/10 Mads Mikkelson stranded in the Arctic trying to get himself and another to rescue Another vote here for The Unforgivable, excellent work by Sandra Bullock. Edited December 21, 2021 by Bargepole23 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Rockers rule 673 #3518 Posted December 21, 2021 Last train to Christmas 2/10 (2021) 🎅 forget the hype - should be re named, Last train to 'Is it over yet'. 👎 Absolute dire, worst 'Christmas film ever' ❓ (We haven't watched Clifford the big red dog yet). Michael Sheen plays, Tony Towers a successful entrepreneur, who's flash-backs (& forwards) while on a train journey, encounters scenarios of how his life might have been / could be. Sounds familiar? of course it does, its 'a Christmas Carol' & a 'Wonderful world' mixed up into a fully forgettable load of nonsense. The cast is good, and the story is, but the thing just doesn't keep you interested enough to be bothered (& its just not funny). I'm not going to mention Covid & how difficult it must be for the film industry. But come-on, you go to work, you take pride in your job, you've achieved something. Obviously this is not a trait required in the 'film industry' at the moment. Nice to see Hayley Mills cameo (no that's not a euphemism ). Keep safe out there & may your baubles be entwined with tinsel 🥴. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
cressida 1,550 #3519 Posted December 21, 2021 I've just switched off 'Love Actually' more like lust actually, too slow and disjointed, Liam Neeson was scarcely in it. I'll be kind and rate it 7/10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
wearysmith 140 #3520 Posted December 22, 2021 22 hours ago, Rockers rule said: Last train to Christmas 2/10 (2021) 🎅 forget the hype - should be re named, Last train to 'Is it over yet'. 👎 Absolute dire, worst 'Christmas film ever' ❓ (We haven't watched Clifford the big red dog yet). Michael Sheen plays, Tony Towers a successful entrepreneur, who's flash-backs (& forwards) while on a train journey, encounters scenarios of how his life might have been / could be. Sounds familiar? of course it does, its 'a Christmas Carol' & a 'Wonderful world' mixed up into a fully forgettable load of nonsense. The cast is good, and the story is, but the thing just doesn't keep you interested enough to be bothered (& its just not funny). I'm not going to mention Covid & how difficult it must be for the film industry. But come-on, you go to work, you take pride in your job, you've achieved something. Obviously this is not a trait required in the 'film industry' at the moment. Nice to see Hayley Mills cameo (no that's not a euphemism ). Keep safe out there & may your baubles be entwined with tinsel 🥴. Yeah. The 'Siding Doors' concepts works well in some movies, but it missed the mark here for me too. Enjoyed the nod to the late Mick Ronson though. (You wanna complain? I have to take the other set of g-kids to see 'Clifford'. No man should have to sit through that twice. Good job I love them) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Rockers rule 673 #3521 Posted December 22, 2021 1 hour ago, wearysmith said: Yeah. The 'Siding Doors' concepts works well in some movies, but it missed the mark here for me too. Enjoyed the nod to the late Mick Ronson though. (You wanna complain? I have to take the other set of g-kids to see 'Clifford'. No man should have to sit through that twice. Good job I love them) You don't have to take them to see 'Clifford', convince them they'd have more fun with a kite & take em on't Bolehills . Job done, and saves you any further agony 🙃. SAS Red Notice (2021) Must be the year of the poor film, 2021. All action SAS / Mercenary / Terrorist / Rat a tat tat / Comedy - ? Comedy ???? Yep! described as an American Action Comedy ? Disenchanted ex SAS members hijack the euro train, demand money & retribution - you yawning yet? You will be. I'm sure, laying waste to villages with flame throwers and shooting people in the head probably does rate as having 'Comedic' value to our cousins over the sea ???????? 4/10 tops. Nice to see Anne Reid cameo (no that's not a euphemism ) Have to keep these old actors in gin tokens during the pandemic, don't we? . Keep safe out there . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
wearysmith 140 #3522 Posted December 22, 2021 3 hours ago, Rockers rule said: You don't have to take them to see 'Clifford', convince them they'd have more fun with a kite & take em on't Bolehills . Job done, and saves you any further agony 🙃. Cripes man - I haven't been on the Bolehills since going sledging there in the 60s! My sister still goes though. Dogsh*t Hill she calls it as you're constantly winding your way around piles of it. (I HAVE to take them to 'Clifford' as they know that I took the others last week. They were keen to share that news. Nobody can grass you up like a grandchild.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Funky_Gibbon 42 #3523 Posted December 23, 2021 The Matrix: Resurrections - 3/10 What was the point of this? My expectations were low going in and it still failed to reach that low bar. They actually joke in the movie about how nobody wanted them to make part 4 and they were forced to by the studio... I think it may have been a cry for help from the writers more than anything else. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Guest #3524 Posted December 23, 2021 Avengement 6/10 If you like endless prison and pub brawls, barely coherent 'English' and repeating of the F word.. then you're in for a treat. Scott Adkins shows of his fighting skills with plenty of bone crunching, bone breaking, blood splattering violence as he goes on a mission to sort out a few people who put him in prison. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Funky_Gibbon 42 #3525 Posted December 24, 2021 Mr Jones - 8/10 Historical drama about how Welsh journalist Gareth Jones travelled to Moscow and then, losing his Soviet minders, sneaked into Ukraine to become the first person to report on the truth behind Stalin's 'economic miracle'; the deliberate starvation of millions of Ukrainian people in a man-made famine created by the Soviet regime. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Rockers rule 673 #3526 Posted December 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Funky_Gibbon said: Mr Jones - 8/10 Historical drama about how Welsh journalist Gareth Jones travelled to Moscow and then, losing his Soviet minders, sneaked into Ukraine to become the first person to report on the truth behind Stalin's 'economic miracle'; the deliberate starvation of millions of Ukrainian people in a man-made famine created by the Soviet regime. Excellent choice Funky. Watched it a while ago, well worth 8/10.. Have a good Christmas 🎅 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
The Joker 10 #3527 Posted December 26, 2021 On 23/12/2021 at 10:59, Funky_Gibbon said: The Matrix: Resurrections - 3/10 What was the point of this? My expectations were low going in and it still failed to reach that low bar. They actually joke in the movie about how nobody wanted them to make part 4 and they were forced to by the studio... I think it may have been a cry for help from the writers more than anything else. I'm gonna watch this for the sake of it. I'm not a Matrix fan (the first film went over my head and I don't think I ever watched the sequels) but I'm a big John Wick fangirl 😍 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Rockers rule 673 #3528 Posted December 26, 2021 (edited) On 13/12/2021 at 16:49, wearysmith said: (However....as bad as it was, it was oceans better than the other film I had to sit through yesterday: 'Clifford The Big Red Dog') Captured in a moment of weakness (just after eating yesterdays leftovers) and unable to move. HTSBO or HerThatShouldKnowBetter forced me to watch 'Clifford the big red dog'. I was doing fine up to the long necked hyena ✔️but lost interest after the chicken fainted . As if the film wasn't bad enough, the political rant near the end was just too groan worthy for words 🥴 . 2/10. I was warned . Keep safe out there . Edited December 26, 2021 by Rockers rule Spelling Ooop's Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...