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SMB Film Thread 2025
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Striker
The lost bus
Paul greengrass movie with Matthew mcconaughy. Based on a true life fire in California.
It was ok , I just couldn't get past that in the film he drove off the motorway into the depths of the forest. I don't think he did this in real life , but it just made him seem to be an idiot rather than the hero he was portrayed to be.
Well acted and directed though. 5.5/10
Paul greengrass movie with Matthew mcconaughy. Based on a true life fire in California.
It was ok , I just couldn't get past that in the film he drove off the motorway into the depths of the forest. I don't think he did this in real life , but it just made him seem to be an idiot rather than the hero he was portrayed to be.
Well acted and directed though. 5.5/10
Monty Pigeon
Striker
Fall (2022) 6/10
My chronic fear of heights kicked in with this one - probably the most stress-inducing viewing experience I've ever had. Two women climb a 2000-foot communications tower in the middle of nowhere, then the ladder collapses, leaving them stranded. Does a lot with very little, but I can't forgive it for a major plot twist that renders the previous 20 minutes redundant. Even so, my legs were like jelly for most of it.
The Long Walk (2025) 7/10
Scariest aspect of this, for me, was the graphic diarrhea. Mark Hamill in growly-voice mode doesn't entirely convince as a tyrannical army officer. But decent performances from the lads, and it keeps the tension going from start to finish.
The Crimson Rivers (Les Rivières pourpres)(2000) 7/10
Se7en meets The Boys from Brazil meets Cliffhanger. Reasonable French thriller, but for some reason it includes a scene of slapstick kung-fu, which doesn't fit the rest of the movie.
The tracking shot at the end.....
My chronic fear of heights kicked in with this one - probably the most stress-inducing viewing experience I've ever had. Two women climb a 2000-foot communications tower in the middle of nowhere, then the ladder collapses, leaving them stranded. Does a lot with very little, but I can't forgive it for a major plot twist that renders the previous 20 minutes redundant. Even so, my legs were like jelly for most of it.
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The Long Walk (2025) 7/10
Scariest aspect of this, for me, was the graphic diarrhea. Mark Hamill in growly-voice mode doesn't entirely convince as a tyrannical army officer. But decent performances from the lads, and it keeps the tension going from start to finish.
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The Crimson Rivers (Les Rivières pourpres)(2000) 7/10
Se7en meets The Boys from Brazil meets Cliffhanger. Reasonable French thriller, but for some reason it includes a scene of slapstick kung-fu, which doesn't fit the rest of the movie.
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The tracking shot at the end.....
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Bought the Criterion blu-ray of that last year but I just didn't enjoy it. I must be missing something because it's well liked.
Finally finished Sorcerer last night. The second half was brilliant and that ending! 8/10
Doogie Hauser
Midfield
Honour has been satisfied.
I had to stop watching Fall for that same reason. Horrendous.
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THE PERFECT HOST - A criminal on the run cons his way into the wrong dinner party where the host is anything but ordinary. 6.7/10 IMDB. I absolutely loved this. This truely is a hidden gem. Probably best not to watch the trailer.
Fletch73
Midfield
Tron [1982] 5/10
I have no memory of watching this as a child. Okay but didn't make a lot of sense.
TRON: Legacy [2010] 7/10
I have a soft spot for this (CGI Jeff Bridges aside), especially the soundtrack. I'm not sure if Michael Sheen's coked up David Bowie is great or terrible.
TRON: Ares [2025] 4/10
Pretty wank. The first half was okay but it deteriorated badly.
I have no memory of watching this as a child. Okay but didn't make a lot of sense.
TRON: Legacy [2010] 7/10
I have a soft spot for this (CGI Jeff Bridges aside), especially the soundtrack. I'm not sure if Michael Sheen's coked up David Bowie is great or terrible.
TRON: Ares [2025] 4/10
Pretty wank. The first half was okay but it deteriorated badly.
Speakeasy
Full Back
Hah, I've never seen the film adaptation but the promise of a slapstick kung-fu scène is tempting me! I've read the original Jean Christophe Grangé novel, which is entertaining if ridiculously far-fetched.
Monty Pigeon
Striker
If you know it's coming, I'm sure it'll help. I went into The Crimson Rivers with no previous knowledge. Just when I thought I'd got a handle on it being a brooding French noir it suddenly went all Hong Kong - then switched back as if nothing had happened.
Speakeasy
Full Back
I've read a couple of his novels and they do have a tendency to go a bit bonkers with the violence every now and again!
Maybe random kung-fu scenes was a particularly French thing around the turn of the century? Brings to mind the scene in Brotherhood Of The Wolf when a random kung-fu scene breaks out in the fields of 18th century rural South of France....
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riffraff
Striker
Ooooooh I like the sound of this. Nicely summed up there.
zebediah
Striker
Memorable indeed, didn't like the ending though, so loses marks from me for that.
Also finally got around to watching "Eraserhead", I'm not a great lover of art films, but this film was quite extraordinary.
Even though I was scrambling for google to try and find out what it all meant afterwards, it held my attention more and more as it went, eventually twisting my insides and probably not blinking for the last 10 minutes.
Monty Pigeon
Striker
I hated the ending when I first saw it, but I couldn't get to sleep for thinking about it - which is a good thing with any work of art. On second viewing, everything seemed more profound in the context of where it was heading. The acting in the finale is incredible. The actress had to project absolute joy and absolute grief, and she did.
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