What Films did You Watch Last Week (25/03 - 31/03) CLOSED

What Films did You Watch Last Week (25/03 - 31/03) CLOSED Apr 1, 2019 2:46:37 GMT via mobile

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Post by darksidebeadle on Apr 1, 2019 2:46:37 GMT

Apr 1, 2019 2:40:04 GMT william said:

Mar 31, 2019 2:27:54 GMT darksidebeadle said:

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

Framed (1947, Richard Wallace)
This film noir gets better as it goes along and has a strong femme fatale (Janis Carter). Glenn Ford (The Big Heat) is in the lead and might play it a little too unlikable but its still another strong Noir performance from him.
6/10

Triple Frontier (2019, J.C. Chandor)
Netflix
This is an action/heist film that works pretty well for the most part, good performances from Isaac and Affleck go a long way but I think it is this directors worst effort to date.
6/10

Mr. Majestic (1974, Richard fleischer)
Charles Bronson (Death Wish) action films are always worth checking out but one could be forgiven for expecting more when Elmore Leonard is the writer. Still It has some cool action and the Morricone like score is fun.
5.5/10

Farewell My Lovely (1975, Dick Richards)
This is the third film version of this Philip Marlowe story and despite being in colour it is shot like a classic noir. Robert Mitchum (Cape Fear) plays Marlowe but is really do old for the part. The rest of the players are cast well but the whole thing feels pretty tired.
4.5/10

REPEAT MOVIE VIEWING

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011, Rupert Wyatt)
blu ray
Superb reboot to the series where we retread some of the prequel territory from the 3rd and 4th films of the original series. Very well done with a lot of heart and good pacing.
7.5-8

FIRST TIME TV VIEWING

The OA (2019, Season Two)
Netflix
Even wilder and better than series one, superior stuff right here
Highly Recommended

Russian Doll (2019, Season One)
Netflix
Twisted New York set Groundhog day type scenario, gets better as it goes along
Recommended

WEEKLY AWARDS

BEST FILM: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
BEST ACTOR: Oscar Isaac - Triple Frontier
BEST ACTRESS: Janis Carter - Framed
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Ben Affleck - Triple Frontier
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Karen Morley - Framed
BEST SCORE: Charles Bernstein - Mr. Majestic
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Burnett Guffey - Framed
BEST DIRECTOR: Rupert Wyatt - Rise of the Planet of the Apes

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

Hi, Dark.

Curious in Farewell My Lovely.

Yours:

Triple Frontier 8/10

Glad you liked it. ::biggrin::

I liked A Most Violent Year more, but I actually prefer it to Margin Call. ::yes::

Mr. Majestyk 7.5/10

I liked it, I thought it was fun. ::yes::

Rise of the Planet of the Apes 7.5/10

I enjoyed it. Maybe I liked it a bit less than other people, though.

Mine:

Dumbo (2019) 7.5/10

Tim Burton's version, I enjoyed it actually. ::biggrin::

It's nice visually. Too much CGI, though, IMO. I liked the cast, I liked Eva Green. Alan Arkin and Danny DeVito too. ::yes::

The Howling 6.5/10

Joe Dante movie about werewolves. It's not bad, it doesn't hold up that well though, IMO, especially near the end.

Murder, My Sweet 8/10

It's the Marlowe movie with Dick Powell. I liked it, it's really well made, it kept me guessing. Dick Powell is good as Marlowe. I liked Claire Trevor too.

Cookie 7/10

It's a movie with Peter Falk and Emily Lloyd, it's from the director of Desperately Seeking Susan, it's about a mafia boss just out of jail, who wants to get straight, but his former partners want to frame him. It's O.K., it's fun, it's a bit bland, I liked the cast though. ::yes::

Peter Falk is great. There's Jerry Lewis too in it, he plays a mob boss, he's good.

Hey billy

My Chandor
Margin call 7.5
All is lost 7/10
Most violent year 6.5-7
Triple frontier 6/10

Dumbo (2019) Do not fancy this at all

The Howling 5.5 has not aged that well

Murder, My Sweet 6.5 glad you liked it