Harry Gates
Winger
Strangely I watched 10 minutes of TNT Jackson from 1974 the other day while I was preserving an emergency copy, makes little sense, basically Enter the Dragon-Lady but it's stupidly entertaining and she's baaad-ass.
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Sir Rodney Ffing
Central Defender
Rocky is fighting Ivan again.
Itv4.
Thank me later..
Itv4.
Thank me later..
Fletch73
Midfield
Have you watched Electric Boogaloo? It's a documentary about the absolute madness that was Cannon Films.The 80's/90's limited release/straight to video films were such good fun because everyone at every stage of the enterprise was completely off their tits.
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Moustache baddie is class
Doogie Hauser
Midfield
Yes, Madam! (1985)
Michelle Yeoh tries to track down some microfilm evidence held by a couple of bums about the dodgy dealings of a local big shot. Cynthia Rothrock is drafted in to help.
Bearing in mind that it’s five years before China O’Brien, the action scenes are several notches higher on the qualityometer. Freed from all the insurance and liability stuff in America, and thanks to decades of honing screen fighting filming technique, Corey Yuen and his team managed to put together some outstanding fight scenes. There’s a good heist at the beginning, and an airport chase, but the best is saved for last - the fight at the boss’s mansion. Rothrock’s work is vastly superior in terms of speed, fluidity and technique. Yeoh also showcases very good skills, with numerous head-crunching attacks, flips, throws, kicks and more, as stuntmen are lobbed and smashed all over the place. There’s even some decent weapons work. Rothrock and Yeoh perform most of the stunts themselves - the doubling is far less frequent here - and undercranking seems kept to an acceptable level, so that the action is rapid but not comical. There’s an amazing bit where Yeoh spins around a balcony, through the glass, and grabs two assailants. Hollywood didn’t come even vaguely close to this level.
The cast list features a lot of genre faces - Sammo Hung, Tsui Hark, Richard Ng and Dick Wei for example - and an air of confidence about the whole production. The direction has some inventive touches - like filming via a reflection in sunglasses. Unfortunately, the film is hampered by that godawful comedy style that plagued many films of the era - all gurning stupidity and shitty overacting. I guess it must have appealed to contemporary audiences, but it is a real Achilles heel. Some of it can be vaguely amusing at times, and there’s a decent Jackie Chan-style escape in a tight flat, using an inventive use of props and space, but a lot of it is cheesy crap.
If you can get through the terrible comedy and stupid tone of some scenes, this is a decent film, that just happens to have some top rank martial arts choreography in it. Even if you just watch the end fight, it’s worth a look. It on YouTube in a grainier form than on Prime. A really great end scene.
7/10
Michelle Yeoh tries to track down some microfilm evidence held by a couple of bums about the dodgy dealings of a local big shot. Cynthia Rothrock is drafted in to help.
Bearing in mind that it’s five years before China O’Brien, the action scenes are several notches higher on the qualityometer. Freed from all the insurance and liability stuff in America, and thanks to decades of honing screen fighting filming technique, Corey Yuen and his team managed to put together some outstanding fight scenes. There’s a good heist at the beginning, and an airport chase, but the best is saved for last - the fight at the boss’s mansion. Rothrock’s work is vastly superior in terms of speed, fluidity and technique. Yeoh also showcases very good skills, with numerous head-crunching attacks, flips, throws, kicks and more, as stuntmen are lobbed and smashed all over the place. There’s even some decent weapons work. Rothrock and Yeoh perform most of the stunts themselves - the doubling is far less frequent here - and undercranking seems kept to an acceptable level, so that the action is rapid but not comical. There’s an amazing bit where Yeoh spins around a balcony, through the glass, and grabs two assailants. Hollywood didn’t come even vaguely close to this level.
The cast list features a lot of genre faces - Sammo Hung, Tsui Hark, Richard Ng and Dick Wei for example - and an air of confidence about the whole production. The direction has some inventive touches - like filming via a reflection in sunglasses. Unfortunately, the film is hampered by that godawful comedy style that plagued many films of the era - all gurning stupidity and shitty overacting. I guess it must have appealed to contemporary audiences, but it is a real Achilles heel. Some of it can be vaguely amusing at times, and there’s a decent Jackie Chan-style escape in a tight flat, using an inventive use of props and space, but a lot of it is cheesy crap.
If you can get through the terrible comedy and stupid tone of some scenes, this is a decent film, that just happens to have some top rank martial arts choreography in it. Even if you just watch the end fight, it’s worth a look. It on YouTube in a grainier form than on Prime. A really great end scene.
7/10
NewAdventuresInWiFi
Striker
Action Point
Johnny Knoxville & Chris Pontius of Jackass fame.
I expected it to be shite & I wasn’t disappointed.
Lasted the full 85 minutes, mind.
Johnny Knoxville & Chris Pontius of Jackass fame.
I expected it to be shite & I wasn’t disappointed.
Lasted the full 85 minutes, mind.
Heads or State - Absolutely stupid film, but somehow Elba & Cena look to have had a blast making it, there is actually some quite funny parts. generous 6/10
Superman 2025 - Not what I was expecting at all but paid off in my case as I liked it, someone summed it up earlier saying a live action comic book adaptation. The 2 hours flew by and kept me engaged, indifferent on superdog, but fits in the comic book film vibe. Didn't know any of the actors really, so no expectations in that dept as well. Overall 7/10
Superman 2025 - Not what I was expecting at all but paid off in my case as I liked it, someone summed it up earlier saying a live action comic book adaptation. The 2 hours flew by and kept me engaged, indifferent on superdog, but fits in the comic book film vibe. Didn't know any of the actors really, so no expectations in that dept as well. Overall 7/10
Harry Gates
Winger
I'll keep an eye out for that, cheers.
Don Simpson was the king of nuts in that era,
according to director Robert Altman, Simpson opposed the proposed casting of Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl for the project Popeye by standing up at a 1979 meeting of studio executives and saying, "Well, I wouldn't want to fuck her. And if I don't want to fuck her, she shouldn't be in the movie."
Fletch73
Midfield
Don Simpson was a bit of a lad.I'll keep an eye out for that, cheers.
Don Simpson was the king of nuts in that era,
according to director Robert Altman, Simpson opposed the proposed casting of Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl for the project Popeye by standing up at a 1979 meeting of studio executives and saying, "Well, I wouldn't want to fuck her. And if I don't want to fuck her, she shouldn't be in the movie."
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Three Colours: Blue - enjoyed it. Lovely young Juliette Binocche dealing with the grief of losing her husband and daughter. 8/10
Le Bonheur - another one I liked. Probably edged Three Colours: Blue just. Simple story of a couple in love, who have kids and the Mr starts cheating. 8/10
The Night of the Hunter - a bit hammy in parts, a bit of everything in parts really. Enjoyed it mostly and definitely worth a watch on Prime. Robert Mitchum plays an evil preacher trying to steal some money from kids. 7/10
I've also tried to watched Pavements which is a music biopic/documentary/whatever of the band Pavement but I've tried twice to get through and it's really not good.
Le Bonheur - another one I liked. Probably edged Three Colours: Blue just. Simple story of a couple in love, who have kids and the Mr starts cheating. 8/10
The Night of the Hunter - a bit hammy in parts, a bit of everything in parts really. Enjoyed it mostly and definitely worth a watch on Prime. Robert Mitchum plays an evil preacher trying to steal some money from kids. 7/10
I've also tried to watched Pavements which is a music biopic/documentary/whatever of the band Pavement but I've tried twice to get through and it's really not good.
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Fletch73
Midfield
Still not watched the Three Colours Trilogy. Will get round to it one day.
They're all on Mubi at the moment. They usually have free trials knocking around. I got a free 30 day one.
I'm going to watch the other two soon.
I'm not sure where the sudden popularity of them has come from. I hadn't even heard of this trilogy until a few years ago even thought they were made in the mid 90's.
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Fletch73
Midfield
I've had them downloaded for years. Unfortunately the watchlist is standing at over 300 at the minute. I'll get there eventually.
Monty Pigeon
Striker
They're terrific. As is The Dekalog. Kieslowski was one of the absolute greats.
I love this - Julie Delpy talking about what it was like to work with him.
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Speakeasy
Full Back
Watched Trois Couleurs Bleu the other day too. First time I'd seen it since my uni days 20+ years ago. Stylistically maybe a little dated, but still just as powerful as I remember it. I don't think I ever saw the other two, no idea why. I'll definitely be watching them over the coming week or two.
Monty Pigeon
Striker
I revisited them a few months ago. I've long been meaning to rewatch his entire back catalogue. As I said above, Dekalog is great, but all his films carry his inimitable stamp.
If you haven't seen it, Heaven (2002) is also worth checking out. Kieslowski was preparing to make it when he died. Tom Tykwer saw it to completion.
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Calpricorn
Midfield
Been trying to binge an absolute load of horror movies recently. Want to try and get through the “horror movie iceberg” at some point, but a lot of the stuff near the bottom does seem pretty much unwatchable.
By far my favourite genre, but results are always mixed because of how formulaic a lot of them can be but here’s a few recently:
Raw (2016) - This is by far, the best film I’ve watched over the past few years and it’s honestly up there with one of my favourite films of all time. Surface level, it’s about a vegetarian who goes to University to become a vet, then gets a taste for meat, shall we say. Turns into a complete bloody coming of age story, exploring many different themes and ideas. You could argue it being a “horror film”, it’s definitely more body horror. Absolutely loved it though, straight into the Letterboxd top 4 - 10/10
Martyrs (2008) - Great film, wouldn’t recommend anybody watches it unless you can stomach some extreme violence, ESPECIALLY the last third of the film. The whole “torture porn” thing gets thrown about a lot, but the violence is integral to the plot and overall point the movie is trying to make, as difficult it is to sit through with some scenes - 8/10
Audition (1999) - Another very violent one (my choice of films is concerning). Loved it, heard about it for so long and found it thoroughly enjoyable. Probably not the best film to talk about with a tinder or hinge match like - 10/10
Terrifier 1, 2, 3 - Utter garbage. Pretty much, just gore after gore after gore. Whilst the gore is wild and the effects are really good and creative, 2 & 3 are extremely long and the pacing is an absolute slog to sit through. Couldn’t even be arsed to care about how crazy the kills were because by the time you get there, was already checked out from sitting through all the dialogue. Art the clown is great though. All three - 3/10
Heretic (2024) - Enjoyed it, found it dragging towards the end. Performances are great, and never thought I’d see a film where Monopoly, Lana Del Rey and Jar Jar Binks are referenced in the same scene - 6/10
By far my favourite genre, but results are always mixed because of how formulaic a lot of them can be but here’s a few recently:
Raw (2016) - This is by far, the best film I’ve watched over the past few years and it’s honestly up there with one of my favourite films of all time. Surface level, it’s about a vegetarian who goes to University to become a vet, then gets a taste for meat, shall we say. Turns into a complete bloody coming of age story, exploring many different themes and ideas. You could argue it being a “horror film”, it’s definitely more body horror. Absolutely loved it though, straight into the Letterboxd top 4 - 10/10
Martyrs (2008) - Great film, wouldn’t recommend anybody watches it unless you can stomach some extreme violence, ESPECIALLY the last third of the film. The whole “torture porn” thing gets thrown about a lot, but the violence is integral to the plot and overall point the movie is trying to make, as difficult it is to sit through with some scenes - 8/10
Audition (1999) - Another very violent one (my choice of films is concerning). Loved it, heard about it for so long and found it thoroughly enjoyable. Probably not the best film to talk about with a tinder or hinge match like - 10/10
Terrifier 1, 2, 3 - Utter garbage. Pretty much, just gore after gore after gore. Whilst the gore is wild and the effects are really good and creative, 2 & 3 are extremely long and the pacing is an absolute slog to sit through. Couldn’t even be arsed to care about how crazy the kills were because by the time you get there, was already checked out from sitting through all the dialogue. Art the clown is great though. All three - 3/10
Heretic (2024) - Enjoyed it, found it dragging towards the end. Performances are great, and never thought I’d see a film where Monopoly, Lana Del Rey and Jar Jar Binks are referenced in the same scene - 6/10
Motor City Cobra
Striker
Happy Gilmore 2 - netflix
3/10
Wnat was I thinking
I’m giving it a 2 for the bloke with the wooden hand who amused me and some cameos, a bonus point for the shorter character
3/10
Wnat was I thinking
I’m giving it a 2 for the bloke with the wooden hand who amused me and some cameos, a bonus point for the shorter character
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