Movies & TV Sunday Night At The Movies 🎬

[Crimson Azure]

The time has come here in hell to restart a tradition that has been culturally significant to generations of Australia's who had nothing but free to air television, Sunday night at the movies.

The premise: Each Sunday a poster who wants to be part of this will be selected on a rotational basis to select a movie for us to watch. We have a week to watch the movie if and when we can and discuss it in this thread. Preferably we would select a movie that is available on the free to air streaming services such as SBS on Demand, 7 Plus and so on. As most have Netflix or Prime so this is also an option.

There is no obligation, just an opportunity to perhaps have movies suggested to you you might never watch otherwise and do likewise for others. Also the opportunity to discuss the movie and you opinions on it. Anyone welcome to jump in at any time.

to find out what movie is on what streaming service check out: https://www.justwatch.com/

Movie Buffs:

Crimson Azure

Bluelegs

Proper Gander

Gralin

Headless

Dory_77

Crapulous

Jatz

JHF1870

Mrs Crim

omit

DERO

Movies Watch List:

1. Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood 1992) - Crimson Azure

2. Inside Man (Spike Lee 2006) - Bluelegs

3. Spotlight (2015) - Proper Gander

4. October Sky (1999) - Gralin

5. Amadeus (1984) - Dory_77

6. Platoon (1986) - Crapulous

7. The Departed (2006) - Jatz - 13/7/25

8. The Fifth Element (1997) JHF1870

9. Guy Ritchie's the Covenant (2023) - Mrs Crim

10. Breathless (1960) - omit

11. Inception (2010) - Crimson Azure

12. Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023) - Bluelegs

13. Malcolm (1986) - Proper Gander

14. The Big Steal (1990) - Gralin

15. Aftersun (2023) - Dory_77

16. Heat (1995) - Crapulos

17. The Gentleman (2019) - Jatz

18. Mr. Nobody (2009) - JHF1870

19. The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) - Mrs Crim

 

[Jatz]

I haven't but has been on my list.

Looking forward to this one!

 

[Crimson Azure]

Just finished Old Henry Gralin, I did enjoy it.

Am going to watch The Covenant tonight. In fact right now.

 

[Crimson Azure]

I enjoyed the covenant for the message it was trying to send. Great wide angle cinematography and some good reversed tight in shots that help give the idea of suspense.

It deliberately dialled the relationship between a US soldier and an interpreter up to 1000.

Will leave it at that so I don’t spoil.

 

[Crimson Azure]

Anyone planning on watching the covenant?

 

[Proper Gander]

Anyone planning on watching the covenant?

Me. I’m going to watch tomorrow.

 

[Crapulous]

Just finished the Covenant. Thought it was going to be some low rent no effort streaming movie. I was wrong. Well worth the watch. Thanks Mrs Crim.

 

[Crimson Azure]

Just finished the Covenant. Thought it was going to be some low rent no effort streaming movie. I was wrong. Well worth the watch. Thanks Mrs Crim.

I really like the movie, but I think they pushed the envelope as far as it could possibly go to make the point about the interpreters treatment for their service.

 

[JHF1870]

Watch tomorrow

 

[Crimson Azure]

On the covenant I think that was a good movie but would have preferred if they used a real but less fantastical story of the work they did.

The way the US abandoned these people and the whole country stinks of Vietnam only with more extreme consequences for those who defied the Taliban.

 

[Bluelegs]

Sorry I’ve had a tough week personally. Wasn’t able to watch this one.

 

[Crimson Azure]

Sorry I’ve had a tough week personally. Wasn’t able to watch this one.

Hope all is good mate and next week is a little brighter.

 

[omit]

I probably have more negative things to say about this film than I do positive. The plot/story was very Hollywood. Two hyper-competent protagonists against the odds. I found much of it to be fantastical and hard to believe, especially in the final action movement.

The score throughout the film was heavy handed. As though the music was telling me what emotion I should be experiencing during a scene instead of the music enhancing that emotion. When Guy Ritchie makes a "Guy Ritchie" film, the music is always on point. So I am surprised that he missed the mark so much here.

 

[Jatz]

Watched this one with Mrs Jatz. Enjoyed it although I suspect when someone asks me if I've seen it in a couple of years, I'll remember absolutely nothing about it.

Some fun cameos (Bjorn from Vikings, Homelander from The Boys) added to the experience for me.

Don't think it's one of Guy Ritchie's best by any stretch but an entertaining enough 2 hours.

 

[omit]

Some quick thoughts on direction/cinematography. I think this film had nearly every war movie cliche shot in it.

• Rotating helicopter blades in slow motion.
• Overhead of soldier being carried on a stretcher.
• Zoom in on sniper taking a shot.
• Air support providing covering fire from the gunners point of view.
• Montages.

I am sure there are others that I am not thinking of

None of it was done poorly (with the exception of the montages that I really did not like) but I have seen these shots before multiple times and as a result the film is a bit bland and forgetful.

 

[omit]

Crimson Azure I will make my selection tomorrow evening some time. Or should I allow more time for discussion of the current film?

 

[Crimson Azure]

Crimson Azure I will make my selection tomorrow evening some time. Or should I allow more time for discussion of the current film?

Great, looking forward to it mate.

Do you have a genre in mind?

 

[Crimson Azure]

Looking forward to you movie selection now I see you online. please don't omit anything.

 

[omit]

Breathless (1960)

Available on SBS On Demand

A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard and based on a story by Francois Truffaut, Breathless is one of the most influential films of the "French New Wave"

Crimson Azure Bluelegs Proper Gander Gralin Headless Dory_77 Crapulous Jatz JHF1870 @Mrs Crim omit

 

[Crimson Azure]

The movie selected this week by omit is:

Breathless (1960)

 

[Jatz]

Never heard of it but very keen to check it out.

 

[Crimson Azure]

Never heard of it but very keen to check it out.

Should be fun and quirky.

 

[Crimson Azure]

Dammit! I had been planning this movie for this thread but just started dead poets Society tonight.

 

[Jatz]

What an interesting flick.

It’s just so different to what I’d normally watch. Wouldn’t say I loved it per se but I have no regrets having seen it. Just put together so differently to how we see movies now (or even 70’s onwards really).

Read that no one was credited on this film, found that to be interesting.

Also read up on Jean Seberg (the actor that played Patricia). Seeing the FBI caused her early demise was something I definitely wasn’t expecting to see!

 

[Proper Gander]

Breathless (1960)

Available on SBS On Demand

A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away to Italy with him.

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard and based on a story by Francois Truffaut, Breathless is one of the most influential films of the "French New Wave"

Crimson Azure Bluelegs Proper Gander Gralin Headless Dory_77 Crapulous Jatz JHF1870 @Mrs Crim omit

That’s a great pick omit and I’d not heard of it. I watched it yesterday and it still had me thinking today!

I’ve got to go to a dinner now with family visiting but I’ll return tomorrow. I’d like to watch again this week sometime, lots of nuance that I’ve missed first time around.

 

[Proper Gander]

Dammit! I had been planning this movie for this thread but just started dead poets Society tonight.

Oh Captain my Captain!