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to think that I have started to watch the worst film ever made?

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Dohee · 21/02/2019 00:57

It's called Fences.
It's essentially a monologue from Denzel Washington.

Perhaps it's supposed to be a study on social injustices at the time, but I have endured 40 minutes of it and literally can't take one more second!

Please don't tell me that this is some sort of award winning film and that I'm a bit thick or something?

I'd heard the title before which is why I thought it would be good. 40 minutes in, and literally nothing has happened. Except yer man ranting on and fucking on and fucking on.

I love Denzel usually, and his acting is good, but fuck me, the writing is pure and utter unadulterated shite!

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BartonHollow · 21/02/2019 15:30

Sorry, Wilderpeople I've heard so much about how good it is I'm afraid to be disappointed

girlwithadragontattoo · 21/02/2019 15:31

Hi Op, I watched this one when it came out and i just don't get it! They literally never move away from the house. It felt like i was a fly on the wall watching a montage or conversations with people i didn't know or care about

Amortentia · 21/02/2019 15:31

One of my favourites of recent years was The Hunt For Wilderpeople, have you seen that? Glorious film from NZ

Love this film, have watched it a few times now as my teens love it too.

BartonHollow · 21/02/2019 15:35

@StroppyWoman

Oh and just to warn about Blackkklansman - it's difficult viewing, we all came out of that feeling depressed

Dieu · 21/02/2019 15:43

I hated Lincoln, the film about Abraham Lincoln (obviously!), which came out about 6 years ago. It was so fucking dull.

Ilovetea33 · 21/02/2019 15:48

English dude whose name I can't recall
Yeah, I can see how that's YOUR DUDE, as you can remember every detail about him.

ElsieMc · 21/02/2019 15:58

Another vote here for Three Billboards. My dh picked it and I resisted at first because he loved The Revenant and Gravity and other space based crapness. Thoroughly enjoyed it if you can really "enjoy" the content a particular favourite being the dentist.

After watching it, then find the Cold Justice episode about it on youtube.

NunoGoncalves · 21/02/2019 16:09

From this years Oscar nominees, I really liked Green Book.

BartonHollow · 21/02/2019 16:24

I found Green Book quite by the Numbers really.

At one point they may as well have had a FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION sign flashing at the bottom

Rspu3 · 21/02/2019 16:38

Favourite films-
The green mile
Mrs doubtfire

Have too many that I dislike to write

Rspu3 · 21/02/2019 16:39

Man on fire is brilliant too

StroppyWoman · 21/02/2019 17:22

Barton - Yes, Sing Street was absolutely corking, loved it.
Also liked Ladybird, Ballad of Buster Scruggs, I Tonya, Florida Project, Death of Stalin and Return of Mary Poppins. Plus lots of animation. I go to the pictures at least once a month, twice if I can afford it.

I've only seen Roma, The Favourite and Black Panther of this year's nominees. (BlackKklansman read and waiting for the weekend). I'm looking forward to Vice when it's on the subscritption services. Not fussed seeing Star Is Born because I've seen it twice (Garland and Streisand already) and that feels like plenty.
Things I'm looking forward to - The Wife, Widows, Captain Marvel, Avengers Endgame, seeing the Spiderverse one I missed near Christmas.
Things I'm going nowhere near - horror movies and Dumbo
Flaming hate Dumbo.
88 minutes of bullying and torture for 2 minutes of 'Wow, how great that he can make us rich'

Plornish · 21/02/2019 17:35

Ha! Because of this thread, I somehow ended up watching The 400 Blows (Les quartre cents coups) last night. It’s in black and white, made in 1959, with subtitles. You’ll all love it.
It’s about a 14 year old boy, whose parents neglect him, who gets picked on by a dull, useless teacher, and ends up in some sort of approved school. I thought it was brilliant.
I might watch Fences today...

noideaatallreally · 21/02/2019 17:50

Another Clooney film - Hail Caesar - bloody awful, And it had a great cast too. Total waste of the price of the ticket.

BartonHollow · 21/02/2019 18:11

I bloody loved Hail Caesar it's my favourite Coen film.

@StroppyWoman

The modern Star Is Born is worth a watch I promise

I haven't seen The Wife or Beale Street yet neither made my local cinema

VICE is only worth a watch if you have a decent working knowledge of the Bush administration and its players. It's quite gimmicky also, lots of breaking the 4th wall

Widows - alright not amazing, not bad, run of the mill

I'm looking forward to : Lion King but not Aladdin, Marvel ones and Yesterday which is a new British romcom

StroppyWoman · 21/02/2019 18:26

I TOTALLY loved Hail Caesar!

I watch that dance scene when I'm feeling glum. I actually applauded at the cinema. Couldn't help myself.
"Would that it were so simple" is a catchphrase to my family.

Burn After Reading was pretty shite, though. Didn't like The Man Who Wasn't There either.

I'm looking forward to Aladdin but not Lion King (never liked that, I was the wrong age. Far too old for it as a kid, not close enough to having kids myself. )
Yesterday trailers look quite cute.

peachgreen · 21/02/2019 18:38

I love basically every film recommended so far 😂 Hail Caesar was great - not my favourite Coen Brothers (nothing could top Lebowski... or Fargo... and I really loved Inside Llewyn Davies... and True Grit... aw hell I just love the Coen Brothers) but it was so much fun.

BartonHollow · 21/02/2019 18:55

The TV series of Fargo on Netflix is hugely worth a watch

ilovecardigans · 21/02/2019 19:20

Got all the way to page 11 to declare that The Tree of Life is right up there on the shitness scale with Fences and BartonHollow beat me to it! Agree with PPs that Annihilation and Lincoln were also utter, irredeemable pish.

I liked Stan & Ollie.

BartonHollow · 21/02/2019 19:38

Someone beat me to it @ilovecardigans I was just agreeing!

Some interesting visual ideas and a lovely score do not a film make!

ilovecardigans · 21/02/2019 19:46

That's three of us then! :-D

Started watching Noah on Netflix the other night and that was shaping up to be a real shiter, so I binned it after 15 minutes.

PettyContractor · 21/02/2019 19:53

I remember watching "Paris, Texas" in my boarding school common room on a Saturday night, and there was a near riot, people complaining and shouting and throwing things at the screen, before everyone else left the room in disgust. It starts with a man wondering alone in the desert and after about an hour of that you get the first line of dialog... Smile

(It was good, actually.)

(I've just check on IMDB, and apparently the main character speaks for the first time 26 minutes into the movie.)

Gth1234 · 21/02/2019 20:08

The worst films ever made are "death in Venice", "prizzi's honour" and the remake of "Rollerball".

DrunkUnicorn · 21/02/2019 20:10

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peachgreen · 21/02/2019 21:20

Oh man, I was such a dick on this thread earlier, wasn't I? Blush Sorry @Dohee and others. For some reason it seemed VERY IMPORTANT at the time to make a point about objectivity vs subjectivity but actually I was just feeling frustrated with some real life stuff and misplaced the emotion onto what was clearly a lighthearted thread about (shite) movies. Please accept my humblest apologies and feel free to call Fences shite all you like. WineGinCakeThanks peace offering for you all and a Biscuit for me.