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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    I don't really do 'deep and meaningful'...
    Haha, I know - although I seem to remember you liked You Were Never Really Here? In which case I think you should go see Joker, as it's not what you might expect and still IMO the best on at the moment. Joaquin Phoenix produces an immense performance, possibly his best and for sure he'll be nominated for it. I can't see you wouldn't like it, especially if you liked YWNRH, as they have similar performances and messages, although from different points of the spectrum.

    Mark Kermode summed it up very well "I think Doctor Sleep is pretty good, I went in thinking it would be pretty bad, because it's a sequel to The Shining" followed later by . . . "If you're a Kubrick fan you may well really take against it, but if you're a fan of Stephen King, I think you will feel much more sympathetic towards it" A very astute observation that fits me to a tee, as I didn't enjoy either of the 'IT' films.

    Guess you're lucky enjoying both then old bean

    I really wanted to like it and went in with very high expectations, which is never a good thing. Funnily enough there was a lady sat near me for the advanced filming of Le Mans and we were talking about Dr Sleep. She said she really liked it, but didn't like The Shining at all, which did surprise me.

    As an aside, I had some time to kill and went to see The Aeronauts, which I wasn't going to bother about as the trailers looked naff. I really enjoyed it, so much so I may even go a second time, Felicity Jones was really good and it's an interesting story. So often the trailers can do films an injustice, the ones that look great often disappoint and the ones that look naff can be hidden gems!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Therefore that's why with films, I enjoy some light 'disposable froth', which preferably is over and done with in less than 2 hours, especially in a cinema, as any longer than that and I get twitchy!

    Marco.
    I went to see A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon last week, great fun and all done and dusted in 87 minutes

    I'm different though as I see pretty much everything that's on, plus all the art house stuff and foreign films. I love that I can and have the time to do it, as I get surprised and delighted more times than I get disappointed. Saw over 200 films last year, which is probably a lot!

    EDIT: Correction to the above . . . I never go and see any Christmas films.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim View Post
    Haha, I know - although I seem to remember you liked You Were Never Really Here? In which case I think you should go see Joker, as it's not what you might expect and still IMO the best on at the moment. Joaquin Phoenix produces an immense performance, possibly his best and for sure he'll be nominated for it. I can't see you wouldn't like it, especially if you liked YWNRH, as they have similar performances and messages, although from different points of the spectrum.
    I liked YWNRH because of it's 'dark' theme and violence, and the eerie atmosphere it created, plus I like 'hit man/revenge' type films. Not sure Joker fits that category, unless I've got it wrong? No doubting JP's performance in the role, though. Sounds like one to investigate when it's available on Sky or Virgin movies, as it pisses me off going to see a film in the cinema and then hating it, as unlike at home, I can't turn it off, and it's a waste of a night out!

    Mark Kermode summed it up very well "I think Doctor Sleep is pretty good, I went in thinking it would be pretty bad, because it's a sequel to The Shining" followed later by . . . "If you're a Kubrick fan you may well really take against it, but if you're a fan of Stephen King, I think you will feel much more sympathetic towards it" A very astute observation that fits me to a tee, as I didn't enjoy either of the 'IT' films.
    I would agree with MK's summary. However, you see I'm not a 'fan' of any particular film director; I just like certain films when they hit the spot, so I wasn't watching Dr Sleep through the eyes of a Kubrick fan, simply as a film that there and then I'd either enjoy or not - and I did, immensely! Now in terms of Stephen King, I like some of his films, but not particularly 'IT'.

    I loved Misery, Christine, Children of the Corn, Sleepwalkers, The Dead Zone, Salem's Lot, etc. Not all of his stuff is my thing. Movies, like music, either 'connect' with you in some way, or they don't. It's as simple as that really.

    I really wanted to like it and went in with very high expectations, which is never a good thing. Funnily enough there was a lady sat near me for the advanced filming of Le Mans and we were talking about Dr Sleep. She said she really liked it, but didn't like The Shining at all, which did surprise me.
    That would've surprised me too, and yes I still rate The Shining quite a bit above Dr Sleep, but it's a different type of film, and so has to be judged in its own right.

    They don't (or very rarely) make films like The Shining anymore - stuff that gets right inside your head and freaks you out, when it successfully taps into your innermost fears, or tickles your pleasure zones [not in that way]. In terms of horror films, the genre created from the 70s-early 90s [in my view the golden era] is totally different from what's produced now, so in that respect I wasn't expecting Dr Sleep to be any different.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim View Post
    I went to see A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon last week, great fun and all done and dusted in 87 minutes

    I'm different though as I see pretty much everything that's on, plus all the art house stuff and foreign films. I love that I can and have the time to do it, as I get surprised and delighted more times than I get disappointed. Saw over 200 films last year, which is probably a lot!

    EDIT: Correction to the above . . . I never go and see any Christmas films.
    Bloody hell, that's a LOT of films!

    Clearly, you're a big film buff, much more than me, as I couldn't sit through all of those, no matter how much I enjoyed them. I love going to the cinema and seeing stuff that I like for the first time, but TBH, I prefer being at home in comfort, relaxing by the log fire with Del, and a nice bottle of vino, watching a good movie on the home-cinema system, and which makes movies look and sound just as good (if not in some ways better) than most cinemas, unless you 'get off' on truly huge screens!

    Plus, I'd rather spend the money on holidays abroad, eating out, buying wine, and/or going to music gigs, than sitting in cinemas, but each to their own. Btw, I do enjoy some 'arthouse' films, *if* they tick the right boxes. In that respect, I quite often enjoy French films, especially psychological thrillers, bleak dramas/black comedies, etc, as in my experience the French do 'dark' and disturbing themes rather well!

    And 'dark' is essentially my bag, especially if it's a total 'head-fuck'....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    And 'dark' is essentially my bag, especially if it's a total 'head-fuck'....
    That's what I thought, so Joker should be yer thang, it ticks all the Marco crazy boxes
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    Any interest in the Irishman? It will be on Netflix a few weeks later but I'm going to make the effort to see it on the big screen. I mean that cast alone eh.......

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    Yeah looking forward it seeing it, but will have to be Netflix alas
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim View Post
    That's what I thought, so Joker should be yer thang, it ticks all the Marco crazy boxes
    I have to say I thought the joker was crap. I just didn't get it at all and can't see they hype it's been getting. I guess I was looking to be entertained and it's really not that sort of film.

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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    Yeah looking forward it seeing it, but will have to be Netflix alas
    3 hour running time prob makes it more suitable to home viewing if I'm being honest

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    Yeah you need to have stamina for a long film in a cinema seat
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