At the movies - From the couch

tassiehammer · August 7, 2023, 10:11am

I’ m lost without subtitles

CalDon · August 10, 2023, 5:56am

Saw Oppenheimer yesterday. As others have said it’s a quality film. Not normally a big Nolan fan but he’s done a very fine job with this one.

Don’t be put off by the running time … can honestly say I did not notice.

Captain_Jack · August 10, 2023, 8:38am

Cannardly wait to see this one.

Shelton10 · August 10, 2023, 10:19am

I drive a Rolls Cannardly. It Rolls down the hill and Cannardly make it up the other side.

I’ll be here all week

tinhillterror · August 10, 2023, 10:22am

Halfway through

High rise - Dwayne the rock Johnston

It’s like diehard, but with a family, and less believable. Plus he has a fake leg.

simmo41 · August 10, 2023, 12:22pm

don’t blame you for finding it to be a fairly non-descript experience, but that is not what the movie is called

efc1robbo · August 10, 2023, 2:00pm

Watched grand tourismo tonight. Absolutely Loved it!

As someone who isn’t a car person and finds car racing the most boring sport on the planet to watch, it had me absolutely hooked from start to finish.

The racing scenes were really intense, I definitely have a much bigger appreciation for drivers and what they go through

Heffsgirl · August 10, 2023, 2:01pm

Heff11 and Heff9 want to see it. Age appropriate?

efc1robbo · August 10, 2023, 2:03pm

Yeah definitely, there is a few swear words ( one or two F bombs) and no sex or nudity. The movie is very loud though

tinhillterror · August 10, 2023, 8:30pm

Skyscraper it is then.

Heffsgirl · August 10, 2023, 11:10pm

They hear me watch Essendon so we are covered for swear words.

tinhillterror · August 11, 2023, 12:04am

Have you watched Ford V Ferrari? It’s decent.

efc1robbo · August 11, 2023, 4:05am

Not yet, it’s definitely on my list to check out though

swoodley · August 11, 2023, 4:39am

Watch it mate…I’m pretty sure you will like it

Captain_Jack · August 11, 2023, 9:23am

It was a pretty good movie. I am a fan of sports racing cars of that era and Ken Miles was my favourite driver, he was phenomenal at what he did.

efc1robbo · August 17, 2023, 5:00am

Been sick for the past few days, so thought I would finally sit down and watch the godfather.

What a movie!

Couldn’t believe the cast in it. I knew Pacino and Brando were in it, but had no idea James caan and Duvall were in it as well.Was shocked to see Rocky’s wife in it too

I’m not a fan of mafia movies at all, but I adored this.looking forward to watch the second one

alex.f.94 · August 17, 2023, 5:04am

I say this to everyone who hasn’t watched the Godfather, but dont watch the third. I find the series more poignant if you just end it at part II. Part III was an absolute afterthought and takes a lot of the punch out of part II.

Sameolds2010 · August 17, 2023, 7:32am

Barbenheimer - I hear she goes off at the end.

Sameolds2010 · August 17, 2023, 7:33am

Secret shame

Sameolds2010 · August 17, 2023, 7:38am

simmo41:

edit fkn spoiler tags aren’t working, gimme a sec

ok, assorted oppenheimer thoughts:

i feel like i watched two movies back-to-back, with the trinity test being the end of the first one. that was probably by design.

i was absolutely certain i saw a gloved hand pushing jean’s head down into the bath for like half a second. looking up some online chat confirms that it was in there deliberately as a “was it really suicide” bit.

loved the two versions of the “sandwich” joke scene. the first time around iron man’s there chuckling along. in the later version he’s all “u fkn dog cnt I’ll get u for that”. maybe the b&w bits were “here’s the actual” version of the colour “here’s how they remember it” version of events?

speaking of “u fkn dog cnt” moments, i really liked young han solo throwing iron man to the wolves (media) right at the end. ruthless little prick.

i reckon one of nolan’s favourite movies must be 10 things i hate about you, having now used three main people from that movie in others

for all that was included and the pace it went at, i’d be really keen to know more about the actual spy that was at los alamos (klaus?), and how freddie mercury had everything ready on hand to take down strauss. just a quick 60 second ocean’s eleven “here’s how they did it” montage.

a bit of “nolan literacy” helped out with picking up on the water drop motif throughout. the opening shot establishing a recurring motif is exactly how the prestige starts, and i remember thinking that the “twist” in that movie was so strongly foreshadowed i didn’t even identify it as a twist. so the first shot of the raindrops hitting the pond was like “ok, that’ll come up later”

immediately after i wasn’t convinced about emily blunt and matt damon’s performances compared to everyone else, felt they were both a bit by-the-numbers. but after thinking about it, almost anyone else in those same roles delivering those same lines/scenes would have come off as almost comically hammy. you call up those kinds of actors because you know their schtick and it’s gonna work for the role. imagine mark ruffalo sitting there shouting “zero would be nice” get fk outta here.

cracking movie, thoroughly enjoyed it, will probably see it once more in a few months then never again

My young bloke (13) has an obsession with political stuff, and is a wee bit spectrumy.

Has it got enough action and suspense for his non political/spectrumy mates to enjoy it?