Mr_Danger Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 If I had to double and triple check that McG actually directed The Babysitter then it’s sequel needs no such due diligence. It’s about the level I expected the first one to be at but unlike the first it fails to blow the low expectations away. Worth a watch, especially if you liked the first one as it’s pretty much just that again in a different setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Cod Eye Posted September 13, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted September 13, 2020 I loved the first Babysitter. It's a cracking, fun movie chocked full of laughs and a brilliant early twist(I avoided all trailers ad reviews the first time I watched it, and never saw it coming!). The sequel, while not being a disaster felt a bit souless and missed having Samara Weaving in it for anything other than what felt like a tagged on, crap and cheesy ending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted September 13, 2020 Awards Moderator Share Posted September 13, 2020 Bill & Ted Face The Music made me happy. In the global Shitshow that is 2020, that means something more than it might any other year, and so I can’t think of it as anything other than really enjoyable, fun and good. Even if the final act played out exactly as I expected based on the trailer, the film still had me smiling throughout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted September 15, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted September 15, 2020 Eve of Destruction (Prime rental) Renee Soutendijk's robot runs amock with a machine gun and biting cocks off. Gregory Hines looks on, cross-legged. Really, really enjoyable. The Substitute (YouTube) Not as good as The Principal but it does feature Tom Berenger trying to do martial arts and the most unnecessary fart scene in cinema history, so still worth seeing, obviously. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Prime rental) Easily my favourite John Ford film and as I've loved a lot of his films, some accolade. The perfect political western and probably the film that started the turn of the genre towards revisionism. What a wonderful, scary man Lee Marvin was. One of the greatest of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted September 15, 2020 Moderators Share Posted September 15, 2020 Man that's a blast from the past.. Haven't thought about Eve of Destruction for many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted September 15, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted September 15, 2020 1 minute ago, Chest Rockwell said: Man that's a blast from the past.. Haven't thought about Eve of Destruction for many years. One from back in the mid 90s when I used to pack every film on Sky Movies on long play VHS. It was better than I remembered, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted September 15, 2020 Moderators Share Posted September 15, 2020 Haha. Yes that's exactly how I watched it at the time... Or rather in my case my brother recorded it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra_gordo Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 (edited) One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest. First time watching and I knew very little about it going in, other than it being set in an asylum. It's not the fastest moving film and it sort of meanders at times but it's fantastically acted and I don't care that there's big parts where nothing really happens as Nicholson and the other patients are so fucking charming and likeable. I couldn't help but fall in love a bit with how McMurphy bonds with them and takes them under his wing. The fishing scene was marvellous. Whilst there were points I was laughing out loud the whole stretch following the party leading to the ending genuinely shocked me. I doubt I'll ever watch it again but I'm glad to have at least seen it once. Edited September 16, 2020 by cobra_gordo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 15 minutes ago, cobra_gordo said: One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest. First time watching and I knew very little about it going in, other than it being set in an asylum. It's not the fastest moving film and it sort of meanders at times but it's fantastically acted and I don't care that there's big parts where nothing really happens as Nicholson and the other patients are so fucking charming and likeable. I couldn't help but fall in love a bit with how McMurphy bonds with them and takes them under his wing. The fishing scene was marvellous. Whilst there were points I was laughing out loud the whole stretch following the party leading to the ending genuinely shocked me. I doubt I'll ever watch it again but I'm glad to have at least seen it once. This sums it up well for me. It's one of those films where you feel like you know it before watching it, but actually you don't really have a fucking clue. To say I 'enjoyed' it would be a strange word to use, but I'm glad I watched it a few years back. Same as you, I doubt I'll ever watch it again, but it's one of those movies everyone should see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted September 16, 2020 Moderators Share Posted September 16, 2020 (edited) On 9/12/2020 at 11:19 PM, SuperBacon said: Cuties This film about a young Senegalese girl, and her attempts at fitting in with a group of young girls who dance, has caused a massive shitstorm and seen members of Congress attempt to shut down Netflix for peddling 'child pornography'. Erm, no. There is no denying that the girls, supposedly around 11 years old, are overtly sexual in their dance routines and actions, and the film does make you uncomfortable sometimes, but that is because it brilliantly showcases just how young people can be forced to grow up before their childhood has had time to happen, and the intense pressures they, especially girls, find themselves facing. I'd rather listen to the director explain exactly what she intended, than some fucking NRA spokesman or some Breitbart weirdo who doesn't understand what she's saying. The girls are all fantastic, especially Fathia Youssof in the lead, and asks interesting questions on society. I think this is a disingenuous characterisation of the complaints about the film. I've heard plenty of reasonable concerns. For example making it's point by actually sexualizing children. I haven't seen the film so I can't challenge your conclusions but I've seen enough to put me off watching it. Edited September 16, 2020 by Chest Rockwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 5 minutes ago, Chest Rockwell said: For example making it's point by actually sexualizing children. This is my main issue with it. It didn't need to be done by actually doing the one thing it's trying to 'fight' against. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 37 minutes ago, Chest Rockwell said: I think this is a disingenuous characterisation of the complaints about the film. I've heard plenty of reasonable concerns. For example making it's point by actually sexualizing children. I haven't seen the film so I can't challenge your conclusions but I've seen enough to put me off watching it. Sorry mate, you'll have to explain further as you've lost me. I'm talking about opinions that I have seen in articles that I have read. They were from such people as Congressman, NRA spokespeople and a Breitbart columnist, one of which (maybe more,it didn't say) has admitted to not having seen it and never will. I'm also talking about what I have got from the film, and how I received it. If you, or anyone else sees it differently, then that's fine? I don't believe that it is sexualizing them for the sake of it, rather doing it in a way that offers real context to the way young people face issues in society. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted September 16, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2020 There is more outrage against the film then there is against TV shows like Tantrums and Tiaras and Dance Moms (both of which I have had the misfortune of sitting through some episodes) as well as the American child beauty pageant industry. One is a dramatization, the other is real life and both are hideous. Netflix marketing of the film has caused the most outrage. I have no idea who approved their poster for it, but it was absolutely stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted September 16, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2020 8 minutes ago, Hannibal Scorch said: Netflix marketing of the film has caused the most outrage. I have no idea who approved their poster for it, but it was absolutely stupid. Yes, most of the outrage wasn't against the movie - it was against how Netflix advertised it, and the assumptions people (understandably) reached based on the initial promotional graphic. I haven't seen the movie, and I expect @Chest Rockwell is correct in that there's a much broader and more nuanced debate around the content itself, but the outrage came before anyone had watched it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted September 16, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted September 16, 2020 Just for those unaware, here is the original poster and the one Netflix issued besides it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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