What Films did You Watch Last Week (28/01 - 03/02) CLOSED

Welcome back to another week of the BEST & WORST edition of 'what movies did you see last week?' thread. For those who haven't been part of it before, basically your host (me) posts my weekly movies and you can comment on those and list your movie for the same time frame. I will get back to you on yours and you can talk to other users here about their films. It's a great place to talk about film.


FIRST TIME MOVIE VIEWING

Last Flag Flying (2017, Richard Linklater)
blu ray
This film is based on the book that was the sequel to the novel that the brilliant 1973 film The Last Detail was based on. This however is not a sequel to that film even though it does see the main three characters reuniting for another road trip (with some of their names changed). This Time Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) plays the Jack Nicholson role, Lawrence Fishburne (Apocalypse Now) plays the Otis Young (Blood Beach) role and Steve Carrell (Foxcatcher) plays the Randy Quaid (Kingpin) role. I felt Cranston was overdoing his role a lot of the time, Fishburne did a godd job and Carrell was a big improvement. The film takes quite a bit to get going and the front half of the film probably needed 20 minutes or so edited out. The second half however was a lot of fun and I enjoyed it but the film overall needed a grittier look and a much better score.
6/10

Borg vs McEnroe (2017, Janus Metz)
blu ray
Reliving the build up to one of the great tennis matches of all time with good casting of the leads doesn't quite work but it's worth a look. The second best tennis film to come out that year.
5.5-6

Red Sparrow (2018, Francis Lawrence)
blu ray
This super violent gritty spy film has its moments but is a bit of a bore at times and feels pretty lifeless overall.
4.5/10

Hummingbird (2013, Steven Knight)
Netflix
This week Steven Knight's Serenity was released and widely panned. I loved his previous flick called Locke and enjoy his tv show Peaky Blinders so decided to check out his first film Hummingbird starring Jason Statham. It is a bit of a soulless mess and quite dull so perhaps on the big screen Mr Steven Knight was a one hit wonder?
3/10

FIRST TIME DOCUMENTARY VIEWING

Fyre (2019, Chris Smith)
Netflix
An exclusive behind the scenes look at the infamous unravelling of the Fyre music festival.
Recommended

REPEAT TV VIEWING

Broadchurch (2014, Season Two)
Netflix
Rewatched this eight episode detective mystery set in a small sea side town in England. Superb cast and very rewatchable.
Highly Recommended

WEEKLY AWARDS

BEST FILM: Last Flag Flying
BEST ACTOR: Steve Carrell - Last Flag Flying
BEST ACTRESS: Jennifer Lawrence - Red Sparrow
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: J. Quinton Johnson - Last Flag Flying
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Tuva Novotny - Borg vs McEnroe
BEST SCRIPT: Richard Linklater & Darryl Ponicsan - Last Flag Flying
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Niels Thastum - Borg vs McEnroe
BEST DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater - Last Flag Flying

10/10 - Perfection (or as close to it as possible)
09/10 - An Excellent film
08/10 - A VERY Good film
07/10 - A Good film
06/10 - A Solid film
05/10 - An Average film
04/10 - Below Average film
03/10 - A mostly bad film
02/10 - A mostly terrible film
01/10 - Awful through and through
00/10 - Not only awful but offensive too