Film and TV review.

okocha wrote:Well, you must have hated Killing Eve then.....I don't mind implausibility of plot if it's compensated for by great dialogue, acting....and a very good cause! Director/writer, David Hare, is one of our theatre giants.

You're right, I hated Killing Eve!

However I do enjoy quality scifi which arguably is even more implausible. Dark, which involves time travel, is one of my favourites. I even enjoyed Game of Thrones up until the last series.

xmiles wrote:

You're right, I hated Killing Eve!

However I do enjoy quality scifi which arguably is even more implausible. Dark, which involves time travel, is one of my favourites. I even enjoyed Game of Thrones up until the last series.

Whereas I have no interest in sci-fi.  

It occurred to me that if we two agree an exact time to synchronise our typing of a message on here, it might convince Sluffy that at least I am not one of your fake accounts...... but then you'd have to arrange to do the same with any other member that you think Sluffy has in mind as your alter-ego

You both need to drop it now chaps for the sake of everyone on here.

okocha wrote:Did anyone watch the BBC mini-series "Roadkill" which has just finished its run on Sunday evenings?

Sharp dialogue and brilliant acting from Hugh Laurie and others (including the gloriously named Ophelia Lovibond) in a thinly-veiled assault on Tory morality. Highly enjoyable!

I watched it - and enjoyed it. I have a soft spot for Hugh Laurie in mitigation. Thought the ending was a bit abrupt.
I have a soft spot for the Tories too - it's a bog in Kent

wanderlust wrote:
Thought the ending was a bit abrupt.

Leaving it open for a second series?

karlypants wrote:You both need to drop it now chaps for the sake of everyone on here.

Right you are, KP

karlypants wrote:You both need to drop it now chaps for the sake of everyone on here.

OK I will try not to bring it up again but I do resent being accused of something which is baseless with no opportunity to defend myself because no evidence has ever been offered that the accusation is true.

The documentary on Frank Gardner was very interesting and well worth watching.

Still available on the BBC i/Player.

Borgen is top class , a world better than that Roadkill tripe.

Hugh Laurie was very impressive in The Night Manager though.

Watched an excellent documentary film on Netflix tonight. "My Octopus Teacher." True story about a scientist who developed and filmed an astonishing 18 month long friendship with an octopus in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Africa. Fantastic underwater photography and an enthralling storyline. I was almost in tears at the end.

Hip Priest wrote:Watched an excellent documentary film on Netflix tonight. "My Octopus Teacher." True story about a scientist who developed and filmed an astonishing 18 month long friendship with an octopus in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Africa. Fantastic underwater photography and an enthralling storyline. I was almost in tears at the end.

I’ll be watching this. Thanks

Watched that recently too Hip, very, very good and nearly got me going too. I’ve never seen anything like it.

Watched ‘da 5 bloods’ on Netflix last night, Spike Lee’s latest film. Again would definitely recommend it, educational as well as entertaining.

Anyone else enjoying His Dark Materials? Having enjoyed the books, I was wary of any attempt to put them on film.
However, I've been mightily impressed.

I recommend The Hijacker Who Vanished (BBC). An entertaining Storyville film which goes some way towards finding a convincing account of who DB Cooper might have been.

Love a Storyville, will have a look at that.

Finished queens gambit over the weekend, very good.

Yes I really enjoyed Queen's Gambit. I remember reading the book a few years ago. Walter Tevis didn't write much but he did write some great stories (The Hustler, The Color of Money and The Man Who Fell to Earth).

Finished all 3 series of Borgen now. One of those where they establish the main characters and then every episode has a new story line - which were all entertaining. Well written, covers a wide range of topics (war, immigration, mental health, breast cancer, environment etc) and a really good watch. 
Initially I struggled a bit to get past the use of broad English dialects in the context of the Danish Parliament (Away aye Birgitte hen...)  but it's a political/media thriller cum soap that gets better and better and I'd recommend it to anyone who likes Designated Survivor and House of Cards.

wanderlust wrote:Finished all 3 series of Borgen now. One of those where they establish the main characters and then every episode has a new story line - which were all entertaining. Well written, covers a wide range of topics (war, immigration, mental health, breast cancer, environment etc) and a really good watch. 
Initially I struggled a bit to get past the use of broad English dialects in the context of the Danish Parliament (Away aye Birgitte hen...)  but it's a political/media thriller cum soap that gets better and better and I'd recommend it to anyone who likes Designated Survivor and House of Cards.

I really struggled with the very heavy British accents used for the dubbing and I did find it a bit dated in places even though the first series was only made 10 years ago.

xmiles wrote:

I really struggled with the very heavy British accents used for the dubbing and I did find it a bit dated in places even though the first series was only made 10 years ago.

Enjoyable though?

Just watched the Hugh Grant/Nicole Kidman thing "The Undoing" on my mate Debbie's recommendation - hard to do as Deb's a proper girl into girl stuff and much as I love her let's say our tastes differ, but it was enjoyable enough. Bit of a New York whodunnit/courtroom drama with a touch of family psychology thrown in for good measure. I was considering the kid smashed her head in with a hammer for a while...

wanderlust wrote:
Enjoyable though?

Just watched the Hugh Grant/Nicole Kidman thing "The Undoing" on my mate Debbie's recommendation - hard to do as Deb's a proper girl into girl stuff and much as I love her let's say our tastes differ, but it was enjoyable enough. Bit of a New York whodunnit/courtroom drama with a touch of family psychology thrown in for good measure. I was considering the kid smashed her head in with a hammer for a while...

I watched it too, Lusty. Thought Nicole Kidman was a bit on the posy side but Huge Rant was a really convincing seedy geezer.

Final of Countdown today. Two brilliant finalists but Lady Bobsworth was on fire solving the conundrum and two of the numbers rounds that the finalists didn't get. I was too busy taking the knee whilst setting the wood burner.