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Oh my. So wanted to see this. Years ago when high-tech was owning a BetaMax video recorder I set it to record this very film, unfortunately that day there had been a killing of a policeman and unbeknownst to me the film was cancelled. Imagine my horror when I sat down to watch a gritty police drama and ended up with Dick f@king Emery's bloody awful Oh You Are Awful feature film in its stead!
Still not seen The Squeeze.
It should be illegal for a film to be that entertaining. Wow. Didn't let me down and I was overly hyped up about it. Great film.
I'm not British. I'm full blooded American! I've told you this twice. =))
You might be getting your Avengers movies mixed up - The Avengers is the cinema version of the British drama series from the sixties, not the Marvel mash-up!
If you can find a copy, buy it, I highly recommend The Squeeze.
And I just finished The Aviator, hadn't seen that one in a while either, so I re-discovered how good it was!
Ah I see; I did indeed. Have not seen the other one :/
You haven't missed much. Even with the great Sir Sean. I think the film was hacked to bits, I know there is quite a bit missing from the theatrical cut. It is a bit of a mess of a movie.
Here's a delicious screwball comedy starring Cary Grant many years before he and Hitchcock would work together. Imagine a film that works like a theatre play, with people talking at 120 mph and with situations getting more and more ridiculous by the minute. But in 1940, this was a pretty common form of comedy. People talk a lot and very fast and because they do, one tends to smile, one tends to laugh. This comedy isn't based on Seth Rogen barfing or Cameron Diaz teasing and badmouthing. This comedy is instead based on happy feel-good situations where a man's masculinity is overshadowed by the overpowering stamina of a woman - it were different times ;-) - and also on Grant's marvellous acting.
Great little time capsule.
Dark city (1998), strange movie, but very unique 8/10
The blair witch project (1999), no fan of the found footage genre... 4,5/10
Sleeper (1973), wasn't that funny 5,5/10
A christmas story (1983), liked it 7/10
Brick (2005), just like old school film noir 7,5/10
Senna (2010), Probably the most exciting documentary i have ever seen 9/10
The long goodbye (1973), decent detective story, i find the older Phillip Marlowe movies better 6,5/10
Predestination (2014), alright 6/10
Splendor in the grass (1961), Very dated if you ask me 5,5-6/10
Sixteen candles (1984), A fun teen comedy 7/10
Elephant (2003), Nice storytelling and directing 8/10
Heathers (1988), Different kinda teen movie, dark humour 7/10
Easy A (2010), I liked it 7/10
The vanishing (1988) It was ok 6/10
Cary Grant, or Archibald Leach, was British, born in Bristol in the Westcountry, and, was I'm sure thought of as a potential Bond at one point but he would have only committed to one film.
A decent finish to a decent trilogy.
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies
I am a Hobbit sceptic. Never read the Tolkien books, but the Rings trilogy is truly amazing IMO. Then the first Hobbit films came and I found myself less invested. But after watching the third film - and I won't spoil it - I need to acknowledge its strengths. It is, indeed, a satisfying concluding chapter to this trilogy.
And now come the spoilers:
Now my biggest beef with Hobbit is that various scenes are stretched and stretched just to reach the 3 or 2&1/2 hour mark. This film is no different. Let's not forget also that Battle is based on a couple dozens pages in the book, and so the scenario includes a lot of new material. But most of it, I've been told, is Tolkienish enough to be legitimate. Nevertheless, when compared to the more serious material we got in the Rings films, this one is still, essentially, a more naive, more 'childish' experience. But the dragon effects are awesome beyond measure, some wonderful wink-winks to the Rings films definitely please me and it all looks incredibly good.
So to summarize: good film and I recommend everyone who saw the first two Hobbit films to see this one also.