Films you have seen at the cinema 2024

[shifting gears]

I haven't seen it, and probably won't any time soon, but my interest in it was definitely increased by learning it was an Alasdair Gray adaptation, cos I've never got around to reading him either but am vaguely aware I should one day. And from my vague understanding of Gray his work does sound a bit unfilmable so what you say about them picking one aspect to film makes sense, a bit like Name of the Rose. Does this mean we'll be getting a big-budget blockbuster version of Lanark next?

Fucking hope so - in the right hands, at least… Lanark is an amazing book and I would personally love to see an adaptation

 

[danny la rouge]

Does this mean we'll be getting a big-budget blockbuster version of Lanark next?

It’s a masterpiece. A high point of 20th Century literature. But there’s a reason there isn’t a film: it’s so complex and multi-faceted, and so many layers. To try and present it on film in 90 minutes? I wouldn’t even know how you’d start.

There have been plays, but I haven’t seen them.

 

[shifting gears]

It’s a masterpiece. A high point of 20th Century literature. But there’s a reason there isn’t a film: it’s so complex and multi-faceted, and so many layers. To try and present it on film in 90 minutes? I wouldn’t even know how you’d start.

There have been plays, but I haven’t seen them.

I mean… yeah. Except - films don’t last 90 minutes anymore. It’s not the… uh, 90’s

I would posit that Lanark needs a director who’s taken plenty drugs to get it right

 

[shifting gears]

Must re-read Lanark actually. Only read it once, which surely is not enough.

 

[danny la rouge]

Poor Things is 15 minutes of a mentally ill woman being abused by professional men. It is a horrendous cavalcade of misogynist hatred and I can't believe the defence its getting from this forum.

I'm going to message editor to remove me from this forum as a result of this defence of Poor Things. How dare you defend its rampant sexist pornography.

You only lasted 15 minutes. You’re in no position to judge what the film is about.

 

[dessiato]

Going to see Beekeeper next Tuesday. We are in need of a mindless couple of hours.

 

[dessiato]

Going to see Beekeeper next Tuesday. We are in need of a mindless couple of hours.

Changed our mind. We prefer going in the afternoon so we keep away from people, as far as that's possible.

 

[blossie33]

Changed our mind. We prefer going in the afternoon so we keep away from people, as far as that's possible.

I'm like that too

 

[cupid_stunt]

Changed our mind. We prefer going in the afternoon so we keep away from people, as far as that's possible.

My ex & I were the only ones in an afternoon at a cinema one, she needed the loo, so I said, 'shall I ask them to pause it?'

 

[blossie33]

I've often been in the cinema with only a few other people and just once have I been the only person it was an afternoon screening of the first Creed film at Rich Mix, an arts centre in Shoreditch.

 

[dessiato]

Because we go the the early showings there's seldom more than 8 in the cinema. We always choose the prime seats at the back. Only once has there been anyone else there.

 

[dessiato]

We're going to see Killers of the Flower Moon at the old gits cheap showing. Free biscuits and coffee.

 

[RubyToogood]

Poor Things. Enjoyed it. Pure Gilliam (Adventures of Baron Munchausen). Amazing costumes.

It was the first film I've been to since I had a relapse of my vestibular disorder last year so it was a bit of an experiment to see how the visual movement would affect me. It got a bit much half way through when they were on the ship - the ship was moving on the sea and the camera was moving across the ship and I had to shut my eyes on and off after that - but I got through it ok.

Four dizzy stars out of five ‍‍‍‍

 

[Sue]

All of Us Strangers. Two men hook up while one is still trying to deal with the death of his parents years before. A little bit clunky in places with the 'this is what people used to think about gay people back in the 80's' thing and at least one of the characters (and there are only four....) doesn't really ring true. However, Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal are both very good and have real chemistry so worth seeing for them alone. Oh, and there's a lot of Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

Spoiler

A happy ending would've been nice given Adam had hopefully started to get past the death of his parents. Smacked a little bit of the 'gay characters end up dying alone and unhappy' thing of yesteryear -- which is one of the things his mother pretty much says but...

 

[metalguru]

All of Us Strangers

Really liked this a lot and it's the kind of film that will go around in my mind for quite a while after watching. I purposely didn't read a great deal about it before watching it, and I'm not quite sure how much it's meant to be taken as a ghost story, or are we seeing a film of the screenplay written by the central character (who we are told is a screenwriter)? It doesn't really matter - the film worked for me as a vivid illustration of being haunted by the past, without it being necessary to decide on the details.

Great performances - as well as Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal noted above, Claire Foy is also very good.

 

[braindancer]

I saw All of Us Strangers last night too - thought it was excellent.

In addition to the great performances, the epic use of Frankie Goes to Hollywood there's also a lot of Southern Trains .

 

[brogdale]

One Life
Anthony Hopkins stars as Nicholas Winton, a man who rescued hundreds of jewish children from Prague before the Nazis invade. I found this film incredibly moving and it even bought a tear to my eye at one point. I maybe biased though, as one of my friends is in it.

E2A: I couldn't help thinking about the contrast between the 1930s and now in our attitude towards helping refugees.

Yep to all of that; saw 'One Life' at the David Lean yesterday (for Holocaust memorial day) and very thoughtfully the cinema volunteers arranged for one of their number to give a short talk at the end about his family's experience in Berlin and his mother's kinder transport experience. All very moving.

Thought the film was well done, tbh; some great performances in there.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

The End We Start From

Jodie Comer keeps things grounded and ticking along in this low budget drama/road movie set in the aftermath of a UK wide disaster; it's ok. It's not Mad Max; more 28 days later without the zombies and action set pieces.

There's a host of big name cameos, but Katherine Waterston stands out alongside Comer.

Some of it was a bit boring.

It rains. A LOT.

 

[Cloo]

Have seen three things this month, which might be the same as the number of films I saw in cinema last year - I think Dungeons & Dragons, Barbie and (at the very end) The Marvels might have been the only things I actually went to the cinema for in 2023, there was a general lack of films I really wanted to see.

Anyway, thus far this year:

'Wonka' - Lightweight, but everyone in it commits and the songs are a cut above the norm, being by Divine Comedy so it's better than it has any right to be
'The Boy and the Heron' - Plot gets a bit 'and then, and then, and then' and it's too long, but the stunning visuals are worth seeing on the big screen
'Poor Things' - Hilarious, amazing looking and great performances; Emma Stone is amazing and a brilliantly against-type Mark Ruffalo being an utter bastard creep.

 

[Cloo]

Must re-read Lanark actually. Only read it once, which surely is not enough.

I have read Lanark - very dense and weird. My dad is a huge fan of Gray and has some beautiful editions of his books. One of his books in my dad's collection has an errata slip in it reading 'This errata slip was inserted by mistake'

 

[belboid]

All of Us Strangers

Well, that was a laugh a minute.

 

[braindancer]

All of Us Strangers

Well, that was a laugh a minute.

I did laugh at the pyjamas - so a laugh per 2 hours....

 

[Orang Utan]

The Zone Of Interest - the music and sound design was the best thing about it, but I wasn’t very impressed. There are plenty of better films about ‘the banality of evil’.

 

[danny la rouge]

I have read Lanark - very dense and weird. My dad is a huge fan of Gray and has some beautiful editions of his books. One of his books in my dad's collection has an errata slip in it reading 'This errata slip was inserted by mistake'

Yes, I have that one. Gray’s books are full of stuff like that. There are also errata slips for errors that aren’t there. All sorts of ongoing engagement with the reader. It’s what makes him so interesting.

 

[PR1Berske]

I posted something in this thread last week in a very stroppy, angry way, and in the manner of the trolls I usually battle against.

I have apologised to editor and danny la rouge , and I have to say to Orang Utan that they're right to laugh at me.

I am, genuinely, in-between appointments about my mental health and behaviour, and whilst this isn't an excuse, it's something to add to my pile of evidence of "self destruct button" behaviour.

Happy to see someone update the Eurovision thread in my absence, I'm back on (hopefully) stable ground now.

 

[danny la rouge]

No need. We all have stuff going on from time to time. Look after yourself.

 

[RubyToogood]

I posted something in this thread last week in a very stroppy, angry way, and in the manner of the trolls I usually battle against.

I have apologised to editor and danny la rouge , and I have to say to Orang Utan that they're right to laugh at me.

I am, genuinely, in-between appointments about my mental health and behaviour, and whilst this isn't an excuse, it's something to add to my pile of evidence of "self destruct button" behaviour.

Happy to see someone update the Eurovision thread in my absence, I'm back on (hopefully) stable ground now.

In your own defence, I was talking to someone the other day who had a similar view of the film to you (although they changed it halfway through).

 

[PR1Berske]

In your own defence, I was talking to someone the other day who had a similar view of the film to you (although they changed it halfway through).

I am aware now that I went into that screening without a real intent of watching it, that old self destructive element that plagues me; when I'm sorted, I'll try again.

 

[Elpenor]

American Fiction. Jeffrey Wright is a frustrated novelist who reinvents himself as an author to satisfy and satirise peoples views of black folks. Some telling digs landed at publishing and marketing types, but as much a thoughtful and witty study of family relationships as a serious film on race. Some very funny moments especially the scenes with Sterling K Brown. A bit let down by the final act I thought. Nice score.

Dreary recorded Q&A afterwards

 

[DJWrongspeed]

The Zone Of Interest - the music and sound design was the best thing about it, but I wasn’t very impressed. There are plenty of better films about ‘the banality of evil’.

Saw the trailer, why do we need another concentration camp film? There are plenty.