What was the last film you watched?

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Finally caught up with 2016’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Sword of Destiny. (By a few strands, it’s the English language sequel of sorts to 2000’s Mandarin language Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The latter I throughly enjoyed, watching at the cinema.)

Sword of Destiny lacks the stature of its predecessor but is entertaining enough. I never tire of watching good swordplay.

Combined with martial arts, it’s poetry in motion. Particularly when it’s one-to-one. Hades Dai: “How does a man I once killed return to challenge me?”
 
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James from London said:
It could have done with a bit more bite perhaps, but it's very watchable and pushes all the right buttons. I
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I stumbled upon this one back in 2013 and remember quite enjoying it.

What did you think to Miranda Richardson as Barbara Castle? I'm not too familiar with Castle's mannerisms so I couldn't say how accurate she was. But I did find her very entertaining.


James from London said:
Some of the real women appear over the end credits which made me think a documentary on the subject might have been (even) better.
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That would be great. The poster above has reminded me that this is the 50th Anniversary of the strike so this would be a good time for something along those lines.


Willie Oleson said:
A good one! At last!
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Yes, I enjoyed this one. It's perhaps the closest we've had to Jaws, going for the high octane fun approach without getting too silly. This is a top five killer shark film for me.


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Someone had uploaded it and then made in "unavailable".
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Even "video unavailable" looks sexier in Dutch.
 
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Mel O'Drama said:
What did you think to Miranda Richardson as Barbara Castle? I'm not too familiar with Castle's mannerisms so I couldn't say how accurate she was. But I did find her very entertaining.
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Yeah, I've only got very vague memories of Barbara Castle. Miranda Richardson didn't seem like an obvious choice for the part -- I always think of her as being quite posh and brittle, probably going back to her role in Dance With a Stranger -- but she's very likeable and warm in the film.
 
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Man of Steel

This has grown on me somewhat; it's not quite the pointless remake of Superman II I thought originally.

I read that they're going to try to make the DC Comics films a bit lighter, maybe a standalone Superman film more in the Donner vein. Maybe there's still a chance for them to dust off the abandoned Reeve-Donner Superman V script that Singer should have made instead of Superman Returns.
 
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Relentless, endless, tough-going, with some truly jaw-droppingly amazing moments. Tom Hardy was so good I didn't even realise he was in it until it was over.
 
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The story of Ian Dury -- great pop star, crap person, which is a brave stance for a biopic to take. And there are times when you think, "Why am I meant to care about this tosser?" But as the film goes on, it becomes unexpectedly moving, especially around his relationship with his son. By the end, you sort of love him and you're reminded that we're all flawed so who are any of us to judge?

And Naomie Harris is just luvverly.
 
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Willie Oleson said:
My first question would be, who is the "mother" in this movie?
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Good question! The movie grapples with a lot of universal themes and symbols and the answer is probably more philosophical than simply saying it's just one character. If that makes sense, which it probably doesn't.
 
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