Bait film about Cornish fishermen - "one of the defining British films of the decade"

[blossie33]

It's ok, I've worked it out.
The landlady is played by Firky

Is that for real oddly enough I thought her face was vaguely familiar but I didn't recognise the name when it came up on the credits at the end.

Just been to see it this afternoon, I knew there was this thread but I didn't want to read it beforehand.

Thought it was great, really different way of filming, I had no idea how it was going to end

 

[D'wards]

I have a ticket for the David Lean cinema for a couple of weeks to see.

Keep the local arts cinema alive in the cultural wasteland that is Croydon, after all

 

[butchersapron]

I'm off to watch this in a bit - no doubt i'll be surrounded by the types it attacks given the venue.

 

[killer b]

I'm off to watch this in a bit - no doubt i'll be surrounded by the types it attacks given the venue.

It's an avant garde arthouse film, wherever it's shown is full of the types it attacks.

 

[butchersapron]

It's an avant garde arthouse film, wherever it's shown is full of the types it attacks.

Not when i almost saw in the normal pictures in truro the other week! That was a very diff crowd for sure.

 

[killer b]

I guess in cornwall the audience has the potential to be a little more mixed...

 

[butchersapron]

That was first rate, and also glad to say that the showing was sold out.

 

[Orang Utan]

Saw this again yesterday. Still love it!

 

[butchersapron]

The score the director did himself was also great.

 

[killer b]

The score the director did himself was also great.

Yeah it was brilliant. Wondered throughout who'd done it.

 

[Orang Utan]

The score the director did himself was also great.

Yeah, was really digging it the second time round, really paid attention to the sound.

 

[butchersapron]

Getting a def itch to go see this again this weekend.

 

[editor]

Well this looks interesting

Cornish film-maker Mark Jenkin’s breakthrough feature is a thrillingly adventurous labour of love – a richly textured, rough-hewn gem in which form and content are perfectly combined. A refreshingly authentic tale of tensions between locals and tourists in a once-thriving fishing village, it’s an evocative portrait of familiar culture clashes in an area where traditional trades and lifestyles are under threat. Shot with clockwork cameras on grainy 16mm stock, which Jenkin hand-processed in his studio in Newlyn, Bait is both an impassioned paean to Cornwall’s proud past, and a bracingly tragicomic portrait of its troubled present and possible future. It’s a genuine modern masterpiece, which establishes Jenkin as one of the most arresting and intriguing British film-makers of his generation.

Bait review – one of the defining British films of the decade

 

[killer b]

we've got a thread going already!

Bait

 

[editor]

we've got a thread going already!

Bait

For fuck's sake. Another zero-effort title. I'll merge.

 

[Fez909]

For fuck's sake. Another zero-effort title. I'll merge.

There's nothing wrong with naming the thread after the subject matter, surely?

 

[Steel Icarus]

There's nothing wrong with naming the thread after the subject matter, surely?

Bit of detail is better innit. Even the urb guidelines say as much

 

[wtfftw]

Is it because of the merge that this is acting like a brand new thread to me? All posts marked as new and my place lost etc.
Glad it's only two pages!

 

[editor]

There's nothing wrong with naming the thread after the subject matter, surely?

With very very few exceptions, I don't think extremely short, one word titles are sufficient for new threads, no. It's a courtesy to other readers to add concise but meaningful titles.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Tbf her in the trailer is no longer an urbanite

 

[DaveCinzano]

Thread called 'Bait' in film forum about a film called 'Bait', with an OP beginning "New film, about a Cornish fisherman displaced by incomers", with links to the official website, a review, and an embedded trailer.

Yes, ripe for confusion

 

[editor]

Thread called 'Bait' in film forum about a film called 'Bait', with an OP beginning "New film, about a Cornish fisherman displaced by incomers", with links to the official website, a review, and an embedded trailer.

Yes, ripe for confusion

Most people use the 'new posts' feature so a zero effort title with just one word really is not enough to be a 'meaningful' description.

 

[Orang Utan]

Where's the mystery of thread titles gone? Do they all have to be obvious Ronseal titles?

 

[editor]

Where's the mystery of thread titles gone? Do they all have to be obvious Ronseal titles?

The rules have't changed in decades and they're there for a damn good reason. Those 'mysterious' thread titles you like so much often end up with confusing multiple threads on the same topic being spawned, which leads to more work for the mods who have to tidy things up after. That said the rules have always been more relaxed in the general forum and there's still plenty of those 'mysterious' thread titles to be found on this site.

 

[Casual Observer]

"You're so posh, I honestly thought you were speaking German" - that line on it's own is enough to keep me going for years. I need to find this film and watch it 6 times in a row.

 

[killer b]

"You're so posh, I honestly thought you were speaking German" - that line on it's own is enough to keep me going for years. I need to find this film and watch it 6 times in a row.

Wenna is the star of this film - it's curious she doesn't feature more in the reviews.

 

[nogojones]

Bit of detail is better innit. Even the urb guidelines say as much

To be honest the thread title "Bait" hooked me in much better than a long old boring one about some Cornish noir

 

[nagapie]

Fantastic film in so many ways.

 

[a_chap]

Well, I finally got to watch Bait this afternoon. Fortunately it came to an independent cinema in an adjacent county.

I was sooo looking forward to it but, what can I say... I walked out after 45 mins or so. I really, really disliked it.

Depressing in the extreme, cringeworthy stereotypical characters, some very ordinary acting (with a few notable exceptions, thankfully) and the old-fashioned film effect everyone was raving about? That was novel for maybe the first minute, thereafter it was simply an irritation.

I could go on with other complaints about it but, as I sat there watching, I was baffled why so many people enthused about it. It's not even filmed or edited well. The Emperor's New Clothes kept springing to mind.

I am very disappointed.

However, I have to say that a certain (ex?) Urbanite played far and away the most convincing character in the film and did so extremely well. That, and the fact the cinema ticket only cost £4, were the only positives...

 

[blossie33]

Sorry you didn't enjoy it, maybe we had all hyped it up too much