Films I watched this week (NO SPOILERS) (Vol 3)
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Whisky Tango Foxtrot
Stuck in a rut, reporter Kim Baker decides to shake things up by taking a dangerous assignment in Afghanistan. Far from home and completely out of her comfort zone, Kim discovers her true strength as she risks it all to find the next big story.
This was surprising good - Tina Fey, Martin Freeman, Margot Robbie, Alfred Molina and Billy Bob Thornton.
Stuck in a rut, reporter Kim Baker decides to shake things up by taking a dangerous assignment in Afghanistan. Far from home and completely out of her comfort zone, Kim discovers her true strength as she risks it all to find the next big story.
This was surprising good - Tina Fey, Martin Freeman, Margot Robbie, Alfred Molina and Billy Bob Thornton.
T5GRF said:
Whisky Tango Foxtrot
Stuck in a rut, reporter Kim Baker decides to shake things up by taking a dangerous assignment in Afghanistan. Far from home and completely out of her comfort zone, Kim discovers her true strength as she risks it all to find the next big story.
This was surprising good - Tina Fey, Martin Freeman, Margot Robbie, Alfred Molina and Billy Bob Thornton.
Where did you see this? Stuck in a rut, reporter Kim Baker decides to shake things up by taking a dangerous assignment in Afghanistan. Far from home and completely out of her comfort zone, Kim discovers her true strength as she risks it all to find the next big story.
This was surprising good - Tina Fey, Martin Freeman, Margot Robbie, Alfred Molina and Billy Bob Thornton.
My son is staying with us for the weekend, and we ended up staying up late last night watching Terminator 2.
Absolutely bloomin' brilliant. It's been so long since I've seen it, so it was almost like watching it with fresh eyes. And it still stands up well compared with a lot of the bilge that Hollywood et al have churned out since.
My wife was scrolling through the onscreen TV guide this morning and the first Mission Impossible movie showed up. Hard to believe it is 28 years old now. We've chucked a "record" on a couple of the series. Always good value if you're at a loss for something current to watch...
Absolutely bloomin' brilliant. It's been so long since I've seen it, so it was almost like watching it with fresh eyes. And it still stands up well compared with a lot of the bilge that Hollywood et al have churned out since.
My wife was scrolling through the onscreen TV guide this morning and the first Mission Impossible movie showed up. Hard to believe it is 28 years old now. We've chucked a "record" on a couple of the series. Always good value if you're at a loss for something current to watch...
yellowjack said:
My wife was scrolling through the onscreen TV guide this morning and the first Mission Impossible movie showed up. Hard to believe it is 28 years old now. We've chucked a "record" on a couple of the series. Always good value if you're at a loss for something current to watch...
We couldn't find anything to watch recently so decided we'd work through the Mission Impossible films. I hadn't seen the first one since it came out and was quite surprised by it. You'd expect it to be a campy, slightly daft action film but it's quite dark in tone and the cinematography is outstanding. It looks like they really tried to do something special with it.
Until now, I'd actually completely forgotten that we'd decided to watch them all so that's as far as we got.
durbster said:
We couldn't find anything to watch recently so decided we'd work through the Mission Impossible films.
I hadn't seen the first one since it came out and was quite surprised by it. You'd expect it to be a campy, slightly daft action film but it's quite dark in tone and the cinematography is outstanding. It looks like they really tried to do something special with it.
Until now, I'd actually completely forgotten that we'd decided to watch them all so that's as far as we got.
I had some time to kill so visited some of the locations from the film in London.I hadn't seen the first one since it came out and was quite surprised by it. You'd expect it to be a campy, slightly daft action film but it's quite dark in tone and the cinematography is outstanding. It looks like they really tried to do something special with it.
Until now, I'd actually completely forgotten that we'd decided to watch them all so that's as far as we got.
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Magnolia with Tom cruise, story of 12 or so different lives and coincidences, interesting and different, good acting by many well known faces, don’t know how we missed this back in circa 2010
Last Samurai, forgot how good this was, matrix equal fight scenes and more realistic, cruise again very good
Last Samurai, forgot how good this was, matrix equal fight scenes and more realistic, cruise again very good
We still kill the old way from a recording the other week. When an OAP tries to stop a gang of youths from raping a young woman in a dark alley, they turn on him and kick him to death. His brother (Ian Ogilvy) is a reformed gangster who has retired to Spain, so he comes back to London to help "investigate" along with a few old mates. Enjoyed it.
Leviathan
I'm sure someone on here suggested this but can't find the comment now or course, but I found this on YouTube ripped straight from the Bluray so perfect quality.
I think we discussed it when talking about The Thing as this is kind of like that, Alien and the Abyss all mixed together (with a bit of Event Horizon at times). Peter Weller stars with Ernie Hudson and a few other well-known faces (Meg Foster doing her best villain impression since Evil Lyn).
I found it a little slow to get going, with most of the film spent building up to the final act but not really creating the tension it aimed to. Possibly this is due to the fact that it doesn't really do anything new watching it today, not the films fault as I believe at the time it would have been pretty fresh but today the ideas have been recycled across everything so you know how the film is gonna end before you get there.
Two big things stood out, they happen near the end so I'll add spoilers...
I absolutely lol'd at the best line in the whole film and spat out my drink when Meg Foster's evil corporate b
h is talking to Weller and Hudsons characters right at the end where everything has fallen apart, she says "I realise you must have gone through hell" and Hudson claps back "Gone? bh we still here!" I'm sure it was ad-libed because it was perfect timing. Second, right at the end after they've finally escaped after learning the company declared them all dead, lied about the storm and hung them out to dry they get to the rescue ship and Fosters character is walking to towards the last two survivors excaliming "I knew you'd be ok, I never gave up hope!". In my head I honestly thought "He needs to punch this woman in the face" and then BAM he actually does! A perfect moment in cinema and it played brilliantly.
Watch it if you like any of those films mentioned, it's not great but it's a nice bit of curiosity.
6/10
I'm sure someone on here suggested this but can't find the comment now or course, but I found this on YouTube ripped straight from the Bluray so perfect quality.
I think we discussed it when talking about The Thing as this is kind of like that, Alien and the Abyss all mixed together (with a bit of Event Horizon at times). Peter Weller stars with Ernie Hudson and a few other well-known faces (Meg Foster doing her best villain impression since Evil Lyn).
I found it a little slow to get going, with most of the film spent building up to the final act but not really creating the tension it aimed to. Possibly this is due to the fact that it doesn't really do anything new watching it today, not the films fault as I believe at the time it would have been pretty fresh but today the ideas have been recycled across everything so you know how the film is gonna end before you get there.
Two big things stood out, they happen near the end so I'll add spoilers...
I absolutely lol'd at the best line in the whole film and spat out my drink when Meg Foster's evil corporate b
h is talking to Weller and Hudsons characters right at the end where everything has fallen apart, she says "I realise you must have gone through hell" and Hudson claps back "Gone? bh we still here!" I'm sure it was ad-libed because it was perfect timing. Second, right at the end after they've finally escaped after learning the company declared them all dead, lied about the storm and hung them out to dry they get to the rescue ship and Fosters character is walking to towards the last two survivors excaliming "I knew you'd be ok, I never gave up hope!". In my head I honestly thought "He needs to punch this woman in the face" and then BAM he actually does! A perfect moment in cinema and it played brilliantly.Watch it if you like any of those films mentioned, it's not great but it's a nice bit of curiosity.
6/10
T5GRF said:
Whisky Tango Foxtrot
Stuck in a rut, reporter Kim Baker decides to shake things up by taking a dangerous assignment in Afghanistan. Far from home and completely out of her comfort zone, Kim discovers her true strength as she risks it all to find the next big story.
This was surprising good - Tina Fey, Martin Freeman, Margot Robbie, Alfred Molina and Billy Bob Thornton.
Thanks for that. Watched last night and enjoyed it. It even kept Mrs. phazed From playing scrabble on her iPad, most of the time! Stuck in a rut, reporter Kim Baker decides to shake things up by taking a dangerous assignment in Afghanistan. Far from home and completely out of her comfort zone, Kim discovers her true strength as she risks it all to find the next big story.
This was surprising good - Tina Fey, Martin Freeman, Margot Robbie, Alfred Molina and Billy Bob Thornton.
Cotty said:
I had some time to kill so visited some of the locations from the film in London.
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What's the second station please?click thumbnails for bigger picture.
Love that the shutters on the 3rd place are still on the Schindler's after all those years! Also were is it? Might have a mooch around London this weekend as my partner lives there.
DKS said:
What's the second station please?
Love that the shutters on the 3rd place are still on the Schindler's after all those years! Also were is it? Might have a mooch around London this weekend as my partner lives there.
I might be wrong but I believe all the station shots were inside or outside Liverpool Street, just different exits/entrances (it's massive). Love that the shutters on the 3rd place are still on the Schindler's after all those years! Also were is it? Might have a mooch around London this weekend as my partner lives there.
The pub is The Anchor on Bankside (opposite Cannon Street station on the other side of the river).
C5_Steve said:
DKS said:
What's the second station please?
Love that the shutters on the 3rd place are still on the Schindler's after all those years! Also were is it? Might have a mooch around London this weekend as my partner lives there.
I might be wrong but I believe all the station shots were inside or outside Liverpool Street, just different exits/entrances (it's massive). Love that the shutters on the 3rd place are still on the Schindler's after all those years! Also were is it? Might have a mooch around London this weekend as my partner lives there.
The pub is The Anchor on Bankside (opposite Cannon Street station on the other side of the river).
Also correct on the pub https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/a...
As you are passing Borough Market you could tick off locations used in Briget Jones Diary (Globe pub), Harry Potter (leaky Cauldron) and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (gangs hideout)
Edited by Cotty on Monday 17th June 12:14
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