wordsfromlee Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Sightseers is hilarious although he only directed that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Factotum Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Didn't PTA basically sort of remake Rebecca with Phantom Thread? Which was class. I find Wheatley gets a lot of props despite only directing one good film (Sightseers) and one semi ok one (Free Fire) The rest is pretty awful. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted November 15, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted November 15, 2018 He's really shit but he showed some flair for action with Free Fire, which was one of the best films I saw last year. He doesn't really understand how to craft films around unpleasant characters and as that's his only trick, he's a bit fucked. At least when they're all shooting at each other you have the satisfaction of seeing them all die. I hated Sightseers intensely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Whilst I get the hatred for things like A Field In England, I really really enjoyed High Rise.  I loved the visual style, the chaotic and mixed up narrative and the allegorical touches.  It was a good take on a difficult book, and reminded me a lot of early Cronenberg.  Plus Luke Evans is fucking great in it. Sightseers I enjoyed mainly because it was like a warped version of Nuts In May. So I take him film by film.  I think he must have touched Gladstone as a child or something, as your hatred of him is visceral  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted November 15, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted November 15, 2018 Luke Evans is never great in anything. He was perfect for High-Rise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 I took a mate to see High Rise with the free tickets I got for renewing my HOME membership. Â As we were leaving I said to him that I preferred the book. Â "I've not read it" he said, "Nor have I" I replied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Bifkin Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Hi Rise was terrible. I can only really remember Sienna Miller getting her tits out, it was so forgettable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted November 15, 2018 Awards Moderator Share Posted November 15, 2018 Sightseers had Alice Lowe in it, which raises it to 'tolerable'. High Rise wasn't the worst film I've seen this year. Everything else he's done, I've hated. Especially A Field In England. He also nearly ruined Capaldi's Doctor Who in the first two episodes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 He did a bit of writing for Time Trumpet too which was brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 24 minutes ago, HarmonicGenerator said: Everything else he's done, I've hated. Especially A Field In England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted November 15, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted November 15, 2018 40 minutes ago, HarmonicGenerator said: He also nearly ruined Capaldi's Doctor Who I like him now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Maestro Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Is this the guy whose films have really good posters that make you think the film is going to be good but then end up really disappointed? I watched A Field In England at about 2am on Film 4 when I used to smoke weed and it hurt my brain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Even I don't care for Ben and I'm all about that pretentious arty shite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted November 15, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted November 15, 2018 10 hours ago, Devon Malcolm said: Luke Evans is never great in anything. He was perfect for High-Rise. Balls. He was great in Beauty and the Beast and Fast & Furious 6 & 8. Overall he’s pretty shit though, but like Colin Farrell, the right role in the right film and he’s good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted November 16, 2018 Moderators Share Posted November 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Hannibal Scorch said: Balls. He was great in Beauty and the Beast and Fast & Furious 6 & 8. Overall he’s pretty shit though, but like Colin Farrell, the right role in the right film and he’s good That's essentially saying the same as putting forth that I make a urinal cake great when I piss on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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