Sam's Thread of Chattin' w/ Jake & Other Robust Subjects

[Uncle Sam]

I was kinder than I expected:

Needed to be tighter and more focused. A film based on a rivalry should make me feel invested in the rivalry. There's two or three scenes where they passively aggressively trash talk... and I just didn't feel it at all. And this is from a guy who likes Formula One. The third act is solid, despite what comes before.

A waste of £9.40 (Jesus Christ!) but not a Thursday evening.

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

I can understand your viewpoint. When I was watching it I really enjoyed it but half an hour afterwards I wondered how much I would enjoy it in the future.

I think my man-crush on Bruhl should see me through a few more viewings of it and enough to make me feel like I got my money's worth (£13).

The rivalry scenes were fine for me; Hunt was a proper bastard and Lauda honed in on Hunt's insecurities just like Hunt was an all-out performer and Lauda was meticulous in his preparation and mind-set.

 

[JGlass]

Just got back from Grand Budapest Hotel. I thought it was excellent. Is it in theaters over on your side of the world yet?

 

[Lee]

Just got back from Grand Budapest Hotel. I thought it was excellent. Is it in theaters over on your side of the world yet?

It came out last week but I've not had the chance to see it. Going Tuesday.

 

[Danger Burger]

Just got back from Grand Budapest Hotel. I thought it was excellent. Is it in theaters over on your side of the world yet?

Glad to here it. Anderson hasn't let me down yet.

I hear there are tricky cinema goings-ons to get the film to show correctly. Hope my guys don't mess it up.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

It looks pretty. But its main failing is that it's a Wes Anderson film.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

How do I get more of these green stuff?

Be more intelligent.

I mean those:

I know. Be more intellingent and you will get them.

I haven't been on the staff since 2008. Why am I still being pestered by people with this shit?

 

[Uncle Sam]

That's funny enough that I almost want to accuse you of fabricating it.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

1. The Wolf Of Wall Street ★★★★
2. Delivery Man ★★★★
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel ★★★
4. Last Vegas ★★★
5. The Lego Movie ★★★
6. Dallas Buyers Club ★★★
7. 12 Years A Slave ★★★
8. Out Of The Furnace ★★★
9. The Stag ★★★
10. That Awkward Moment ★★★
11. Cuban Fury ★★★
12. The Railway Man ★★★
13. Robocop ★★
14. American Hustle ★★

Unfortunately I'm unable to make a Nymphomaniac: Part 1 & 2 screening on Saturday which surely would've stopped my indifference to the films of 2014.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

1. The Wolf Of Wall Street ★★★★
2. Delivery Man ★★★★
3. Non-Stop ★★★★
4. Labor Day ★★★★
5. The Grand Budapest Hotel ★★★
6. Nymphomaniac: Part 1 ★★★
7. Last Vegas ★★★
8. The Lego Movie ★★★
9. Need For Speed ★★★
10. Dallas Buyers Club ★★★
11. Nymphomaniac: Part 2 ★★★
12. 12 Years A Slave ★★★
13. Out Of The Furnace ★★★
14. The Stag ★★★
15. That Awkward Moment ★★★
16. Cuban Fury ★★★
17. The Railway Man ★★★
18. Robocop ★★
19. American Hustle ★★

Nymphomaniac: Part 1 is hilarious. Part 2, less so.

Need For Speed is about cars going really fast and on that level it is perfectly entertaining.

I clearly have a crush on Liam Neeson.

 

[Mitch Henessey]

How is Shia LaBeouf in Nymphomaniac?

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Stripped of everything that makes him annoying in other films. He's endearing. Only one problem...he butchers his English accent.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Like Keanu Reeves in Coppola's Dracula or not as entertaining?

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Nowhere near as entertaining. Though I enjoyed the way he said "knickers" and "fiver".

 

[Uncle Sam]

Oi'd say knickahs fer ah foiver, so oi would!

 

[Y 2 Jake]

That predictable, eh!

 

[Uncle Sam]

1. The Lego Movie ★★★★★
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel ★★★★
3. The Wolf of Wall Street ★★★★
4. Inside Llewyn Davis ★★★
5. Her ★★★
6. 12 Years a Slave ★★★
7. Only Lovers Left Alive ★★
8. American Hustle ★★

Comfortably in the 50% of Wes Anderson films that I don't hate (along with Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou). Quite predictably, Ralph Fiennes carries the whole thing on his shoulders. There's just no way to hear that man say fuck and not find it funny.

Captain America tonight. Are you excited? I'm excited.

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

Saw the Cap'n last night. Decent enough but suffers the post Avengers curse of, "well if the danger to SO many people is so imminent, where are the other dudes?"

There are 2 mini scenes in the credits - the first is good, the one at the very end is shite.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Post-Avengers fatigue set in for me a while ago now.

1. Starred Up ★★★★★
2. The Wolf Of Wall Street ★★★★
3. Delivery Man ★★★★
4. Non-Stop ★★★★
5. Labor Day ★★★★
6. The Grand Budapest Hotel ★★★
7. Nymph()maniac: Part 1 ★★★
8. Last Vegas ★★★
9. The Lego Movie ★★★
10. Need For Speed ★★★
11. Dallas Buyers Club ★★★
12. Nymph()maniac: Part 2 ★★★
13. 12 Years A Slave ★★★
14. Out Of The Furnace ★★★
15. The Stag ★★★
16. That Awkward Moment ★★★
17. Cuban Fury ★★★
18. The Railway Man ★★★
19. A Long Way Down ★★★
20. Robocop ★★
21. American Hustle ★★

*Spoiler: Starred Up is a prison film that doesn't have prison rape!

 

[Uncle Sam]

More like Nap-tain America: The Winter Snore-dier!

 

[Uncle Sam]

Good, if weirdly misplaced, Pulp Fiction reference in there though.

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

Did you find the framing of Johanson to hide her pregnancy as distracting as I did? Couldn't concentrate on half of what she was saying.

 

[Danger Burger]

Saw the Cap'n last night. Decent enough but suffers the post Avengers curse of, "well if the danger to SO many people is so imminent, where are the other dudes?"

There are 2 mini scenes in the credits - the first is good, the one at the very end is shite.

I really can't see how this is an issue in this one. The whole movie takes place over what, three days? Only four people know of the big evil plot and

Spoiler

the only crew with the ability to contact the avengers (sheild) are half-ways in on it

. Stark wouldn't show up for those reasons mentioned (namely not knowing anything was going on until too late), Thor lives in another universe, Hulk has that whole not wanting to turn into a giant killing machine problem and Hawkeye wouldn't be much use.

Had no idea Johansson was pregnant though, is that why her hair was funny?

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

Hmm, but Stark doesn't seem like the kind of fella that, having hacked SHIELD's files once, would stop doing it again. The Thor and Hulk points I'll give you but Hawkeye seemed like he was SHIELD's resident Avenger along with the red head. I can't remember the timeline but I got the impression it was longer than 3 days.

Apparently she's pregnant during the filming of Age of Ultron rather than this so the hair flaw is down to the shabby make-up department, who also made the old woman look very rubbery.

 

[Uncle Sam]

1. The Lego Movie ★★★★★
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel ★★★★
3. The Wolf of Wall Street ★★★★
4. Inside Llewyn Davis ★★★
5. Her ★★★
6. 12 Years a Slave ★★★
7. Captain America: The Winter Soldier ★★
8. Only Lovers Left Alive ★★
9. American Hustle ★★

My God, Bucky is just so boring.