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I didn’t think it was THAT bad when I saw it back then but it was bad enough. I liked the final scene but I’m not sure if that was because it was a nice twist or because the movie was finally over.
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What was the last film you watched?
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JFK (1991)
It's only taken me three decades to get around to watching it. Naturally I've now lined up a number of documentaries that were suggested after watching.
I'd considered watching it over two evenings, but once the exposition started being fed it was fated that I had to watch in one sitting. Otherwise I'd never pick up the strands again. Fortunately I only had to pee once, but I did also break my own no-eating-during-the-film rule as I feared I'd waste away if I waited until it ended.
It's only taken me three decades to get around to watching it. Naturally I've now lined up a number of documentaries that were suggested after watching.
I'd considered watching it over two evenings, but once the exposition started being fed it was fated that I had to watch in one sitting. Otherwise I'd never pick up the strands again. Fortunately I only had to pee once, but I did also break my own no-eating-during-the-film rule as I feared I'd waste away if I waited until it ended.
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One of my all time favorite films! I can’t count how many times I’ve seen it. No matter what anyone believes about that whole story or what their opinion is on what happened, it’s definitely worth seeing.JFK (1991)
It's only taken me three decades to get around to watching it. Naturally I've now lined up a number of documentaries that were suggested after watching.
I'd considered watching it over two evenings, but once the exposition started being fed it was fated that I had to watch in one sitting. Otherwise I'd never pick up the strands again. Fortunately I only had to pee once, but I did also break my own no-eating-during-the-film rule as I feared I'd waste away if I waited until it ended.
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It's an incredibly well-made film. It looks gorgeous and some of the dialogue is impressive.
Absolutely. The fact that there are so many theories and unknowns is what makes it resonate, fascinate and titillate.
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And why does that rule exist? (but then again, I usually press pause, go into the kitchen for a bite and drink and then return with a cig, so technically speaking it's not during the playtime of the movie).
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The idea is to be "present": to give my full attention and not miss anything. And to allow myself to be more easily manipulated into feeling whatever the film is trying to make me feel (it's really difficult to get emotional if one is eating). And because I find rustling and crunching - even my own - distracting when watching a film.
I tend to save the rule for more serious or poignant films and shows. Or those which seem likely to benefit from getting the full attention.
(In short, it's because I'm a bit of a control freak.
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A certain actress here on tellytalk agrees with you
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A certain actress here on tellytalk agrees with you
Perhaps @Sarah and I should team up for a cinema outing so we can tut, sigh and glare pointedly at the couple with the noisy nachos, the kid demolishing his Slush Puppie and the old man furiously searching for all the peanut centres in his jumbo bag of Revels.
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And last night I watched...
RFK Must Die: The Assassination Of Bobby Kennedy (2008)
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The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
That's 2 hours of my life I won't get back. A clichéd courtroom drama that failed to grab my attention to the extent that I didn't care whether or not the accused was found guilty or not guilty. There were some weird choices made by the director or editor which didn't work such as scenes filmed with hand held cameras which gave them an unsteady, jerky feel, fast edits and the use of a rap song as background music. It possibly would have worked in an action film but not in a film that is otherwise trying to be a tense drama.
That's 2 hours of my life I won't get back. A clichéd courtroom drama that failed to grab my attention to the extent that I didn't care whether or not the accused was found guilty or not guilty. There were some weird choices made by the director or editor which didn't work such as scenes filmed with hand held cameras which gave them an unsteady, jerky feel, fast edits and the use of a rap song as background music. It possibly would have worked in an action film but not in a film that is otherwise trying to be a tense drama.
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Oh dear. That sounds dreadful.
I'll consider myself warned, so at least you've saved someone else from subjecting themselves to it.
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I remember seeing this years ago and I thought it had potential. I actually thought it was pretty good for awhile but the ending made no sense to me. Without giving anything away it felt like it could’ve ended about 30 minutes before it did with the end of the trial. I’m not sure why they kept it going. It seemed like the story had already finished.The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
That's 2 hours of my life I won't get back. A clichéd courtroom drama that failed to grab my attention to the extent that I didn't care whether or not the accused was found guilty or not guilty. There were some weird choices made by the director or editor which didn't work such as scenes filmed with hand held cameras which gave them an unsteady, jerky feel, fast edits and the use of a rap song as background music. It possibly would have worked in an action film but not in a film that is otherwise trying to be a tense drama.
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I’ve always wanted to see this but have never gotten around to it. I read the book years ago and found it very enjoyable.
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If you have any streaming services it might be worth seeing if it's on there. Here in the UK it was free for me to watch on my regular streaming service. I've also lined up the documentary about the killing of Lee Harvey Oswald, which was made by the same guy.
The film was under an hour long, and there's only so much information that can be given in this way. I suspect the book would be a lot more comprehensive and informative. Maybe I'll check it out at some point.
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Amazingly, the film had some good reviews but so maybe I wasn't seeing something in it that others were. The twist and the end wouldn't have worked if the film had built suspense and tension but it never did so when the twist happened I just thought "who care?"
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The Insult (2017)
This was the third courtroom drama in a row that I watched and this one was a bit of a cracker. A Lebanese film about about an argument between a Christian Arab and a Palestinian that escalates into a court case may make you think it isn't going to be a great piece of entertainment but you would be wrong. I only became aware of this film because it became the first Lebanese film to be nominated for a Oscar so out of curiosity it's long been on my list of films to watch. The court dispute is like a proxy for the tension that exists between religious groups in the area and the argument between the two men has more meaning than the insult itself but reflects the history of animosity between their people since the Lebanese civil war. What is so clever about the film is that as the plot unfolds you see the good and bad in both characters making it difficult to side with either party but you are still satisfied with the outcome when one is victorious.
This was the third courtroom drama in a row that I watched and this one was a bit of a cracker. A Lebanese film about about an argument between a Christian Arab and a Palestinian that escalates into a court case may make you think it isn't going to be a great piece of entertainment but you would be wrong. I only became aware of this film because it became the first Lebanese film to be nominated for a Oscar so out of curiosity it's long been on my list of films to watch. The court dispute is like a proxy for the tension that exists between religious groups in the area and the argument between the two men has more meaning than the insult itself but reflects the history of animosity between their people since the Lebanese civil war. What is so clever about the film is that as the plot unfolds you see the good and bad in both characters making it difficult to side with either party but you are still satisfied with the outcome when one is victorious.
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I watched this tonight...
Killing Oswald (2013)
This is one for those with a die-hard interest in this subject, I'd say. The trailer makes it look quite compelling, but it's mostly men with dandruff delivering dry information to camera in a monotone.
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Remember (2015)
I hadn't heard of this and so went in completely uninformed. And it blew me away. Powerful, touching, unsettling and shocking, with beautiful performances all round, but especially from Christopher Plummer and Martin Landau. And with a couple of surprising turns along the way, which took me along for the ride because the entire film felt both real and subjective.
I hadn't heard of this and so went in completely uninformed. And it blew me away. Powerful, touching, unsettling and shocking, with beautiful performances all round, but especially from Christopher Plummer and Martin Landau. And with a couple of surprising turns along the way, which took me along for the ride because the entire film felt both real and subjective.
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I remember when this came out around the time of the 50th anniversary of the assassination. I was looking forward to it as well but I couldn’t help but be very disappointed by it.
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I'm going to watch this. Like you, I've never heard of this film but I really love the work of Christopher Plummer so I need to see this as it sounds really good.