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[Funt Solo]

Went to see JoJo Rabbit (on the strength of the trailer and having previously loved What We Do In The Shadows), and thought it was great: I laughed, I cried.

I was surprised to find it was utter Marmite for critics, though. I wanted to know what Mark Kermode thought (because even when I disagree with him, his points are interesting), but instead I got a Robbie Collins review. He despises it.

I still wanted to give him a chance to air his views, but I couldn't sit out the whole video because it turns out that he's a Scunthorpe. Rather than let Edith Bowman interject (to correct him when he was factually incorrect) he went "lalalalala" [9:50] to stop her from talking.

Summary:
  JoJo Rabbit: I laughed, I cried.
  Robbie Collins: I switched him off for mansplaining.

[von Boom]

The Thing (1982). A classic and a masterpiece. Now is the time to do a sequel. MacReady is living alone in the arctic when Childs finds him to tell him that there may be a new infestation.

Game Night (2018). What an unexpected surprise. It's billed as a comedy but it's also an excellent thriller. The cast is extremely entertaining. I won't say anything about the plot. Just see it for yourself.

[radiator]

Went to see JoJo Rabbit (on the strength of the trailer and having previously loved What We Do In The Shadows), and thought it was great: I laughed, I cried.

I was surprised to find it was utter Marmite for critics, though. I wanted to know what Mark Kermode thought (because even when I disagree with him, his points are interesting), but instead I got a Robbie Collins review. He despises it.

I still wanted to give him a chance to air his views, but I couldn't sit out the whole video because it turns out that he's a Scunthorpe. Rather than let Edith Bowman interject (to correct him when he was factually incorrect) he went "lalalalala" [9:50] to stop her from talking.

Summary:
  JoJo Rabbit: I laughed, I cried.
  Robbie Collins: I switched him off for mansplaining.

I'm in the same boat - I thought it was a wonderful film (it came out here back in October last year). I can completely understand why some would object to the film on a fundamental level because of the subject matter, and not want to engage with it, but I was surprised how negative the general reception to it was amongst critics.

[Apestrife]

Back to the future. First time watching it. Had a blast. A wonder I never saw it as young.

Anaria. Swedish sci fi about a giant space ship drifting towards doom. It does a lot different, as can be seen in the trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MIlE9R00ik. If BRINK would get adapted I wouldn't mind something akin to this movie.

[Keef Monkey]

Anaria. Swedish sci fi about a giant space ship drifting towards doom. It does a lot different, as can be seen in the trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MIlE9R00ik. If BRINK would get adapted I wouldn't mind something akin to this movie.

That trailer looks great, definitely going to keep an eye out for this.

[MacabreMagpie]

1917.

If you know anything about the movie then you won't be surprised that a lot of the praise is focused around the way it's filmed. It is certainly a very interesting and engaging way to present this story that must have been very difficult to pull off (there are certain scenes when I can't imagine how the choreography worked) but I think it's a success, for the most part. I certainly felt a lot of tension during a couple of moments, possibly more so if it were not presented as it was.

I did feel a disconnect with the reality of the story when a certain Benedict Cumberbatch turned up (knowing nothing of the cast) but I can probably put that down to me being far more familiar with him than anyone else in the movie (save for Andrew Scott). Had I recognised more faces earlier on then that possibly wouldn't have been as much of a shock.

[MacabreMagpie]

I certainly felt a lot of tension during a couple of moments, possibly more so if it were not presented as it was.

*more so THAN if it were not presented as it was, that should have read.

[shaolin_monkey]

Anaria. Swedish sci fi about a giant space ship drifting towards doom. It does a lot different, as can be seen in the trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MIlE9R00ik. If BRINK would get adapted I wouldn't mind something akin to this movie.

Damn, that does look good! Did you catch it on DVD, or Netflix or something?

[Apestrife]

Anaria. Swedish sci fi about a giant space ship drifting towards doom. It does a lot different, as can be seen in the trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MIlE9R00ik. If BRINK would get adapted I wouldn't mind something akin to this movie.

Damn, that does look good! Did you catch it on DVD, or Netflix or something?

On blu ray https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aniara-Blu-ray-Emelie-Jonsson/dp/B07W7GWDJN/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

I'd also recommend the poem Aniara    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aniara

[Daveycandlish]

JoJo Rabbit is definitely worth your time- a young boy has an imaginary friend, Adolph Hitler, as played by Taika Waititi. Surely that alone makes it worth viewing?!

[Hawkmumbler]

Uncut Gems is an early contender for movie of the year for me, a pity it got here 3 months later or else it would have been my 2019 flick. The Safdie Bros are the best directors in the industry right now.

I also saw the new 4K remaster of El Topo on the big screen afterwards, and it's still a harrowing, hallucinogenic, deeply unsettling piece of cinema that for everything deeply unsettling about it I can't help but love.

[Aaron A Aardvark]

JoJo Rabbit is definitely worth your time- a young boy has an imaginary friend, Adolph Hitler, as played by Taika Waititi. Surely that alone makes it worth viewing?!

Seconded. Edgy comedy that made me laugh a lot but also makes some serious.

[shaolin_monkey]

Knives Out

Comedy whodunnit - a good laugh, even with Daniel Craig's crazy accent! TBH, these complicated fast- paced twisty turny films go a bit over my head on first viewing, but I let it all wash over me, and enjoyed the characters, situations and moments. Good cinema.

[Greg M.]

Jojo Rabbit (2019)

Pretty good, but needed more Hitler.

[shaolin_monkey]

Anaria

On blu ray https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aniara-Blu-ray-Emelie-Jonsson/dp/B07W7GWDJN/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

I'd also recommend the poem Aniara    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aniara

Wow, that was one of the eeriest sci-fi films I've seen since Solaris. Compelling! Thanks for the heads up.