[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

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[Vanessa]

I love A few good men.
Jack Nicholson at his finest.

[Ammi]

...A Few Good Men after Steel Magnolias, then...?...(...ughhhh, I hope it stays put on Amazon and doesn’t go off away like some seem to do...)...

[Bollo]

So I re watched American Psycho...

Spoiler:

I'd forgotten how good this movie is and how it's possibly more relevant today than it was back then....For me Patrick represents society in general ... He wants to use the right skincare products to look his best, eat healthily, go to the gym, have a good job, the perfect apartment, be seen to be going to all the right places, be admired by his peers, be seen to have all the politically correct views (i.e Supports female equality, against racism, abolish homeless ness, against aparthied/ voilence, terrorism, human rights and materialism etc)
Whilst on the inside he is actively being misogynistic, violent, taking drugs, abusing the homeless, being racist, completely materialistic, and self absorbed etc..
A generalisation maybe but as a modern comparison when you think of things like instagram where everybody is competing to show how perfect their lives are and then you look at the trolls on any websites who are just tearing people to shreds...that's what I took away from it anyhow...

[Ammi]

Spoiler:

...that’s really interesting, Bollo...because I did see that, how his world was so ‘surface’ but I hadn’t made that association with social media in today’s world...maybe because I don’t actually do social media so it wasn’t an instinctive attachment...although I couldn’t personally connect with any of it, your thoughts are really interesting in that comparison....especially with hateful internet trolls and how they vent their ‘inner selves’....

.....hmmmmm, it’s a confusing movie because I’m still left with...did he kill them all/some/any etc....that was the first watch for me and maybe a pandemic/generally anxious time is not the best to watch it either...

[Niamh.]

Been slacking on my film watching, I'm going to start Steel magnolias on my lunch break today

[Niamh.]

oh fgs Ammi just logged on to Netflix to watch and I think they've taken it off

[Ammi]

...(...it makes me feel slightly better that it may not have always been me being ditzy , when I couldn’t find them again...)...it’s still on Amazon Prime but it’s to pay and it’s a pay for on YouTube as well...I’ve checked Amazon and A Few Good Men is still showing free atm, so shall we just skip to that one...?...

[Ammi]

...Marsh probably requested it be cancelled because...Julia Roberts....

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...(...it makes me feel slightly better that it may not have always been me being ditzy , when I couldn’t find them again...)...it’s still on Amazon Prime but it’s to pay and it’s a pay for on YouTube as well...I’ve checked Amazon and A Few Good Men is still showing free atm, so shall we just skip to that one...?...

Yeah, lets do that

[Ammi]

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[Tony Montana]

Originally Posted by Bollo

So I re watched American Psycho...

Spoiler:

I'd forgotten how good this movie is and how it's possibly more relevant today than it was back then....For me Patrick represents society in general ... He wants to use the right skincare products to look his best, eat healthily, go to the gym, have a good job, the perfect apartment, be seen to be going to all the right places, be admired by his peers, be seen to have all the politically correct views (i.e Supports female equality, against racism, abolish homeless ness, against aparthied/ voilence, terrorism, human rights and materialism etc)
Whilst on the inside he is actively being misogynistic, violent, taking drugs, abusing the homeless, being racist, completely materialistic, and self absorbed etc..
A generalisation maybe but as a modern comparison when you think of things like instagram where everybody is competing to show how perfect their lives are and then you look at the trolls on any websites who are just tearing people to shreds...that's what I took away from it anyhow...

I rewatched it a week ago. Still a great film.

[Tony Montana]

I watched 25 minutes of Memento last night. It was pretty good although it is a bit confusing. I need to finish it off.

Also, did anyone else think Guy Pearce's narrating sounded so much like Kevin Spacey's narrating of American Beauty? Every time he narrated all I could hear was Spacey's voice. They sound so much alike, but only when Pearce is narrating.

[Vanessa]

I love A few good men.
It's such a great movie. I haven't watched it in a long time, so a rewatch is in order.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Tony Montana

I watched 25 minutes of Memento last night. It was pretty good although it is a bit confusing. I need to finish it off.

Also, did anyone else think Guy Pearce's narrating sounded so much like Kevin Spacey's narrating of American Beauty? Every time he narrated all I could hear was Spacey's voice. They sound so much alike, but only when Pearce is narrating.

...I hadn’t really thought of them sounding similar, it’s so long since I’ve seen American Beauty tbh...I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts when you get to the end, Tony...it really is quite a genius film...

[Ammi]

...I started to watch A Few Good Men last night ...and then Mr Ammi said...I enjoyed watching that again, good plan...and I’d slept through most of it, so I’ll try to watch again today...

[Bollo]

Originally Posted by Tony Montana

I watched 25 minutes of Memento last night. It was pretty good although it is a bit confusing. I need to finish it off.

Also, did anyone else think Guy Pearce's narrating sounded so much like Kevin Spacey's narrating of American Beauty? Every time he narrated all I could hear was Spacey's voice. They sound so much alike, but only when Pearce is narrating.

I must admit i don't remember the narration on American beauty...but i haven't watched it since it came out...I know it was really big/ controversial movie at the time but all I can't recall why..

I tried to find Steel Magnolias as well but couldn't see it anywhere except on Amazon prime where you have to pay... so I'm happy to watch a few good men as i don't think I've seen it..

A possible recommendation for viewing after is Raising Arizona.. It's a bit of a quirky cult classic..

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Bollo

I must admit i don't remember the narration on American beauty...but i haven't watched it since it came out...I know it was really big/ controversial movie at the time but all I can't recall why..

I tried to find Steel Magnolias as well but couldn't see it anywhere except on Amazon prime where you have to pay... so I'm happy to watch a few good men as i don't think I've seen it..

A possible recommendation for viewing after is Raising Arizona.. It's a bit of a quirky cult classic..

Oh I watched that years and years ago, I only have a vague memory of it

[Niamh.]

A Few Good Men

Spoiler:

I love this film, I have seen it a far few times and I enjoy it every time I watch it (even though i find Tom Cruise very smarmy and annoying but maybe that helps understanding how he got under Jessups skin so much too haha) I'm a big fan of court based/justice type films anyway but this one has a very original idea for a story I think. It's a good question to pose, who is really responsible when it comes to crimes committed by soldiers but on the orders of a superior. It's a bit of a moral Dilemma really and I'm still not too sure where I stand on that tbh although I could definitely see the Soldiers train of thought on it too. That follow orders without question or people die kind of mentality

Oh yes and Jack Nicholson definitely steals the show in this film

[Ammi]

...A Few Good Men...

Spoiler:

...the absorbing watch for me was definitely Jack Nicholson mostly, although watching the three put the case together was obviously satisfying as well...Jack Nicholson’s character so depicted that ultimate abuse of power thing and that he felt he could basically give orders for anything and not be answerable for anything because others ‘didn’t understand the job he did..’...horrendous individual who underestimated a ‘kid’ and the excellence that he was in his job......and it is a strange one in that obeying a direct order is something that has to be done without question but what about when that order directly conflicts with protection of your fellow soldier/marine...what if that order is to directly harm them/take their life...

...I read that it was based on some actual events, not a true story as such...I found a site which described the original story as a ‘cold case’, so maybe some interest there...but it was a dead site, I couldn’t get onto it...but I would be interested to know the inspiration for the movie...and a little bit more about it if I can find anything more detailed...

...Jack Nicholson’s character’s sexist remarks to/about Demi Moore’s character as well..?...interesting also that I read some movie critics of the time had said...well, if hers and Tom’s character weren’t going to have a romantic thing, why have a woman in that part.....I mean because obviously that would be the main purpose of a female...

...anyways, another good watch...it really is nice to watch these movies with fresh eyes... ...

[Ammi]

...I’ll look at what’s showing atm but any ideas etc for the next watch...?...

[Niamh.]

I'll have a look at Netflix and see if anything looks interesting

[Niamh.]

We talked about Falling Down already so we could do that also we could stick with Jack Nicholson and do As good as it gets, I remember watching it years ago and thinking it was good but I don't remember much about it

[Vanessa]

I have Miller's Crossing on DVD, but never got round to watching it.
Has anyone seen it?

[Niamh.]

I haven't seen it Vanessa but would definitely watch it if we can find somewhere, I don't think its on Netflix