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Reply | Warfare (film)
at 09:44 25 Apr 2025
How are Kermode and Mayo these days? I used to love to listen but thought they got a bit too inside-jokey/big for their boots after a while, and I never really liked Mayo. Very much respect Kermode though. |
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Reply | Is prison really appropriate here and if so why?
at 18:34 23 Apr 2025
Instinctually yes?
As an aside, and by no means a dig at you, but I do find the clamour to question legal sentences a bit...strange? In almost all cases there's so much context, information, legal precedent etc. [Post edited 23 Apr 18:34]
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Thread | Warfare (film)
at 16:09 23 Apr 2025
Saw this yesterday at the lovely Battersea Power Station Cinema and was very impressed.
It was an incredibly affecting, tight, brilliantly produced movie. Visceral and intense. Not for the faint hearted. Put me in mood of certain scenes from Saving Private Ryan or Black Hawk Down in terms of its realism in war, albeit without many of the bells and whistles of conventional narrative film-making, especially in terms of character development. Great performances from the cast, notably Will Poulter and Michael Gandolfini. I'm a sucker for a real-time or near real-time thriller and this ticked those boxes nicely even without the wider context that is (usually annoyingly) woven in through exposition. I also liked how it represented the cadence of combat: lots of waiting around, boredom, gradual anxiety building and then the peace shattered by immediate, extreme violence.
As with much of Garland's work, there is practically no space given to the politics of the subject matter - I struggled to see any judgements being made on the moralities of war, the glorification of it, or the Iraq war specifically. You really do bring what you want to it, much like Civil War (2024). To that end it felt closer to a dramatic reconstruction than a conventional narrative piece, which makes sense given the premise that it was solely based off the memories of those involved.
Rare that a modern movie should elicit such a response in me such that I wanted to post about it, but there you go. Really intrigued as to what others think.
I'll end by saying I'm not really sure how *good* a film it was, what the message ultimately is (or whether there even is one). I also don't think I want to see it again, but I loved it. Go figure. |
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Reply | Adolescence - Netflix
at 07:53 18 Mar 2025
It's the best I've seen it done.
Obviously been some excellent films with similar technical process but usually plenty of smash cuts etc.
1917
Birdman
Son of Saul |
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Reply | Adolescence - Netflix
at 07:45 18 Mar 2025
My partner works in a wide variety of schools from the poshest you can imagine in West London (where certain children's surnames are changed for their safety!) to the 'roughest' bits of Dagenham. She was absolutely gripped during the school episode and said that was by far the most realistic and relatable depiction of a troubled school environment she'd ever seen. [Post edited 18 Mar 7:48]
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Thread | Got a good feeling about Saturday
at 11:47 13 Mar 2025
In the NFL there's a bit of a trope-y adage that teams never beat another team 3 times in a season (when they play someone twice in the regular season and then again in the playoffs). On both occasions against Forest we've been in the game and could be considered unlucky to have lost.
They'll allow us plenty of ball as is Nuno's style. Per usual, first goal ultra critical. COYB. |
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Reply | Ticket anyone.
at 10:12 13 Mar 2025
Could've just said "I don't want it anymore"! |
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Reply | Ticket anyone.
at 10:05 13 Mar 2025
You have me on ignore - is that by mistake? I was about to reply to your DM. |
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Reply | Ticket anyone.
at 20:04 12 Mar 2025
Not sure when the deadline for the resale platform is, but please reply to my DM by mid-morning if you want the ticket! |
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Reply | Ticket anyone.
at 11:06 12 Mar 2025
I did mention that it was a great seat apart from the company |
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