melthebell Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Platoon was 1986 and The Untouchables was 1987. Platoon had little competition that year IMO, however my favourite wasn't even nominated lol. The 1987 winner was The Last Emperor duh? Another fave of mine was An Officer and a Gentleman in 1983, that wasn't nominated either, See what I mean? thats cos they have never gone on what people like, its the critics / academy people and generally it goes for arty, talky films Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaati Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Can we go back on topic please. This is rate the last film not a discussion on past Oscar winners. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apelike Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Huntsman a Winters War 5/10. Entertaining enough worth watching once but soon forgotten. Had two fun dwarves played by Rob Brydon and Nick Frost that made it better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickey finn Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 The Hollow Point, thought this was going to be a cracker, turned out to be a bit of a damp squib despite some quality actors, 4.5/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top4718 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Eye In The Sky - 7/10 - Solid military thriller that has echoes of Good Kill as its covers the morals of drone use in modern warfare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Fist Fight 4/10 - occasionally funny, mostly predictable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtkate Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Arrival 9/10 - wonderful film, beautifully shot, far more about humanity and life than about alien contact really. Superb scenes trying to show how difficult it would be trying to communicate with something that has a completely new language and how hard it is to avoid misinterpreting things based on your own thoughts. Perfect mix of intensity, emotion, politics, plot, act, beautiful graphics etc. Not sure why I'm not giving it a 10 now I think about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Moonlight 7/10 I don't think this ought to have won the Oscars for best film. I found it slow and ponderous, with too many long camera shots on the actors. Also, I found difficulty in understanding some of the dialogue. Agree with you about Moonlight. Saw it last night. Luckily it was subtitles night at the Showroom, which helped! I also found the dialogue a bit forced. Does anyone really talk like that? Whole conversations made up of wise-sounding platitudes, but where nothing actually gets said! Some good performances though, and I liked the look of it, but very ponderous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky_Gibbon Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Head Shot - 6/10 The latest Iko Uwais action film in which he plays an amnesiac who is hunted by a group of assassins (not the most original premise). It's very violent and bloody and the fight scenes are brilliantly done (as expected from Uwais) but. unlike Gareth Evans' 'The Raid' movies, whoever filmed this didn't have flair behind the camera and it lets down those fight scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top4718 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Midnight Special - 6/10 - Slow burning sci-fi thats good but lacks a pay off at the end. ---------- Post added 15-03-2017 at 22:24 ---------- All Is Lost - 7.5/10 - Robert Redford, a boat, very little dialogue, great film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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