6 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

I thought it was bang average. Filming every episode in one take without edits made for some incredibly boring scenes, like the journey to the hardware store from the house to buy paint. Riveting.  😃

 

Then there was all the woke political stuff. Toxic masculinity, Incels, black man good white man bad etc. etc.

 

Hugely over-rated, but loved/promoted by self loathing hand wringing Liberals everywhere. Many of whom seem to not realize it is in fact a drama and not a documentary (including our Prime Minister). 😆

Stupid policy though isn't it 

4 hours ago, JonnyF said:

I thought it got progressively worse with each episode. 

Such an unhinged viewpoint of one the best TV programs of the era. Sorry you cannot understand it.

@josephbloggs a flame has been removed, please discuss the topic, not other posters.

 

Angelina Jolie’s father ‘knockout blow’ to the UK industry: Trump's tariffs

9 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Does anyone even watch modern movies these days?

 

I can't remember the last good one. 

 

I don't go the the cinema to be lectured to about women's empowerment or some other Woke rubbish. 

 

Even Netflix is now trotting out politically motivated garbage like Adolesence and "Harry and Meghan". The Western movie industry is dying, particularly Hollywood.  

No, it's not dying. It's just passed you by.

9 hours ago, animalmagic said:

And in other breaking news, Trump has announced tariffs on clouds that come from overseas.

 

Only the grey ones, white ones to remain tariff free.

17 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Quite the contrary, he's encouraging them to make their movies in the US. 

So you would happily go and see a US financed movie set in rural England produced in the US using green screens to simulate scenery  in order to comply with a tariff agenda thought up by B-movie grade actor friends Voight and Stallone of the President? You probably give some of Stallones latest movies high grades as well I expect 🙂

On 5/7/2025 at 3:39 AM, JonnyF said:

Does anyone even watch modern movies these days?

 

I can't remember the last good one. 

 

I don't go the the cinema to be lectured to about women's empowerment or some other Woke rubbish. 

 

Even Netflix is now trotting out politically motivated garbage like Adolesence and "Harry and Meghan". The Western movie industry is dying, particularly Hollywood.  

 

I have to say I agree.

 

If you look at the 80s, amazing films, really great films. Back to the Future, Karate Kid, Rocky, Rambo, Dead Poets Society, Crocodile Dundee, Top Gun, Officer and a Gentleman

 

The list is never ending.

 

Then you look at this previous decade, the 2010:

 

Fast and the Furious, Avengers, Harry Potter, Captain America, Spiderman, Captain Marvel, 

 

It's terrible!

 

 

4 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

 

I have to say I agree.

 

If you look at the 80s, amazing films, really great films. Back to the Future, Karate Kid, Rocky, Rambo, Dead Poets Society, Crocodile Dundee, Top Gun, Officer and a Gentleman

 

The list is never ending.

 

Then you look at this previous decade, the 2010:

 

Fast and the Furious, Avengers, Harry Potter, Captain America, Spiderman, Captain Marvel, 

 

It's terrible!

 

 

 

90's was good as well. Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas, American Beauty, The Matrix, Lock Stock, Reservoir Dogs. 

 

What have we got now? Snow White and MineCraft. It's pathetic. 

 

Best thing I've seen re. Hollywood in the last few years was Ricky Gervais hosting The Golden Globes.

38 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

90's was good as well. Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas, American Beauty, The Matrix, Lock Stock, Reservoir Dogs. 

 

What have we got now? Snow White and MineCraft. It's pathetic. 

 

Best thing I've seen re. Hollywood in the last few years was Ricky Gervais hosting The Golden Globes.

 

It really is pathetic, the best film of the 2010s was probably The Revenant which was not all that. The rest total dross.

 

There has not been a single good film int he 2020s. Not one. 

 

Though, we have to admit that we do live in a golden age in terms of TV series. With Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, My Mister, The Walking Dead, we've had TV series of a quality that was never seen before.

 

It's like all the genius that went into film has gone into TV series now.

Everyone in the world should just boycott the USA until Trump and his gang are out of powere.

  IF the country loses enough money, maybe the American population will vote differently next

Federal election. Simple solution to this tariff policy.

On 5/7/2025 at 8:49 AM, SLOWHAND225 said:

 

Why ?  Most people can be in the same area as someone they don't agree with.  Not a big deal unless you choose to make it so

Indeed: that is the story of Hollywood!

On 5/7/2025 at 10:37 AM, LarryLEB said:

Adolescence, the 4-episode TV series (not the 2018 movie) is a huge critical success:  An incredibly well-acted, well-written production.

It was an average TV series with one very good episode and 3 frankly stupid episodes. It was carried by the very talented actor Steven Graham.

On 5/7/2025 at 12:00 PM, candide said:

It would be a death sentence for the next Emily in Paris season.

 

Another win!

On 5/7/2025 at 10:56 AM, JonnyF said:

 

He's not pushing them away.

 

Quite the contrary, he's encouraging them to make their movies in the US. 

Yeah, by trying to strong-arm and bullying them into it, which will cause a knee jerk reaction out of spite. He’s the worst president they ever had! 

9 hours ago, Magictoad said:

It was an average TV series with one very good episode and 3 frankly stupid episodes. It was carried by the very talented actor Steven Graham.

You may not be aware that each episode was filmed as a single shot, which makes the series even more amazing.  I agree that Steven Graham is amazing in it, but so is young Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller (the latter in his acting debut).  It was "carried" by both actors.  

4 minutes ago, LarryLEB said:

You may not be aware that each episode was filmed as a single shot, which makes the series even more amazing.  I agree that Steven Graham is amazing in it, but so is young Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller (the latter in his acting debut).  It was "carried" by both actors.  

 

Filming it in a single shot was nothing more than a gimmick. 

 

In my view it detracted from the drama as it necessitated many drawn out scenes that became extremely boring, like walking around the school endlessly or the inane conversation while driving to the hardware store to buy paint.  

9 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

Filming it in a single shot was nothing more than a gimmick. 

 

In my view it detracted from the drama as it necessitated many drawn out scenes that became extremely boring, like walking around the school endlessly or the inane conversation while driving to the hardware store to buy paint.  

Nuance is difficult for some.