Film 2019

[Chicky]

I saw Joker on Saturday, it was really dark and uncomfortable but I did enjoy it. Joaquin was very very good. It wasn’t as violent as I thought it was going to be actually (no worse than most Tarantino films anyway) but it was very menacing. Gotham is terrifying.

I read somewhere that Gary Glitter isn’t getting any royalties from it at least.

[H1ppychick]

I saw Terminator: Dark Fate on Friday. It was OK, but pretty predictable.

[sally maclennane]

I’m just home from seeing Downton. It was such a cosy film, although some of the comedy definitely felt shoe-horned in (Maggie Smith must have had a minimum quips per scene clause in her contract).

I went to see this last week, and agree it was cosy but a little contrived. It was like watching a long episode of it but it was very watchable, and I took my mum who needed a distraction and it was ideal for that!

[Pawpads]

I saw Gemini.

Well . . .I saw about 15 minutes of it, fell asleep and then saw about the last 10 minutes.

[Froozy]

I saw Terminator: Dark Fate on Friday. It was OK, but pretty predictable.

That’s a shame, H1ppy. I’ve read a couple of glowing reviews about the strong female leads and was hoping it would be better than that.

I took S to the cinema for the first time yesterday and saw Farmageddon. It was fun but not as engaging as the Wallace and Gromit films.

[mojojojo]

I saw Terminator: Dark Fate on Friday. It was OK, but pretty predictable.

That’s a shame, H1ppy. I’ve read a couple of glowing reviews about the strong female leads and was hoping it would be better than that.

I really liked it. It’s not going to win any oscars, but T2 is one of my favourite films ever so I was always going to enjoy this as a (proper) sequel.

It was so heavy on the action scenes that I was exhausted by the end And it was great to see a film like that (pure cheesy 80s/90s action) with female leads.

[Hazey_Jane]

Shaun the Sheep Farmageddon.

Was wondering about asking someone if I could borrow a smallish child to go see this at the cinema- I really needn’t have worried because there were loads of other adults on their own too. It was absolutely brilliant, laugh out loud wipe the tears away funny.

[Lily]

We saw Dr Sleep on Friday. It was rather slow and weird, and pretty disappointing really. The story worked better as a book.

[Hazey_Jane]

Frozen 2. Not a patch on the original but of course I cried at the end anyway because sisterly love. Any time Olaf the snowman was on was my favourite bit along with Christoph’s 90s boyband song- everyone in the cinema over the age of 35 was pissing themselves

[Chicky]

Le Mans ‘66. Enjoyable apart from Christian Bale’s accent (he seemed to be channeling Dick van Dyke) and the fact the whole movie is basically white men having a pissing contest with each other.

[wendy james]

Ken Miles was a Brummie, wasn’t he? And Bale grew up in the UK. That’s funny his accent is crap then. I decided I’d wait until that came on Sky, and your review makes me think that was wise!

I cried loads at Frozen. Sisters and mum/sister things always get me. I thought Christoph’s song was funny too, and have read reviews where the writer hasn’t got it.

[Cosmopolitan]

First movie of the year. Knives Out - it was absolutely cracking, a proper who-dunit and the lead actress was superb.

[ParisGal]

Not at all 2019, but I watched The Defiant Ones last night and thoroughly enjoyed it - much more than I was expecting to for a 60 year old film about racism.