Mebee it's just Grimsby that's a bit ****. The Brothers Grimsby is one of the worst films I've ever seen.
Yeah, but somehow watching Godfather 2 but recording Love Island seems like much more of a war crime.
I watched The Bombardment this morning, the true story about the Royal Air Force mistakenly bombing a convent school, instead of the Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen during WW2. Harrowing, but very well made and well worth watching.
Forgot to say, if you watch City On A Hill you need to watch it right from the start. It isn’t one you can hop into or pick up without seeing the first episode and watching from there. Recreates the feel of the time well, wonderfully politically incorrect attitudes with everyone smoking like chimneys and exceeding their recommended amounts of units of alcohol. Kevin Bacon continues to impress.
Watched Sharper 2 nights okay, which was watchable. Enjoyed the format, if it was a bit predictable the more it went on. Last night watched A man called Otto which was also very watchable.
It's bloody impossible to get through a lot of stuff . I tend to start with BBC 4 then after that there's that many recommendations . Paris Police 1905 on BBC 4 tonight looks good
“ Chariots of fire “ on bbc iplayer tonight Can’t believe how long it took me to watch that film Thought it wasn’t my kind of movie, posh prat’s and all but how ****ing wrong was I. Tonight will be the 6th time I’ve watched it, in my top five of all time.
I haven't seen this yet, but my grandfather had a friend who was a navigator (I think) in one of the RAF planes that partook in the bombings. He suffered what we'd now call PTSD after this, had an ill-fated marriage with a German woman straight after the war, who was a Nazi supporting refugee from the Soviets, which was unusual, and then committed alcohol-induced suicide after the wider picture of the devestation to Dresden became more public knowledge and was viewed through a more nuanced way. Even the winners are casualties in a war.
I've spent over 30 years intending to watch it... Your comment will push me to see it this week. Thanks.
Watched Three Day Millionaire, no Hull references but I recognised the Elvis impersonator as from Hull. Decided to do a Godfather deep dive of the full trilogy as not watched them for years and I'm going to Sicily for the first time later this year. I'm half way through Part II and haven't seen the new Coda cut of Part III before. Pacino is still incredible.
Look forward to a Sicily report on the holiday thread. Not been, but thinking about it later in year or maybe next year
I started to watch it, but I hate all that talking to camera, narrating the film before it starts, just write the ****er properly, the viewers can work it out, switched it off after 5 minutes
