Film 17

[BlueArmy 86]

I know what you're going to ask and no, sea-lions are not actually lions.

Hope this helps.

I watched a really good copy on kodi, but for the best part of an hour at the start they're talking bengal (I think) with no subtitles.

Now I don't know if that's for effect because the young Sirou is lost and doesn't understand the language in Calcutta, or whether it just missing cos it's a copy. There's not a great deal of dialogue and you manage to follow what's going on so I get the feeling it's the former..just wanted to know if anyone saw it in the cinema and can confirm it!

[Alex!]

Four Lions > any other film about lions

Saw The Founder over the weekend, really interesting account of how McDonalds came about. Gonna see Moonlight this week, looking forward to it...

[Charlie]

Saw Jackie and John Wick 2 his weekend, really enjoyed both.
Natalie Portman is fantastic in Jackie and the soundtrack is really unsettling, fits the film brilliantly.

John wick out mentals the first and is just pure gun porn and violence, plus death by pencil.
Loved it.

[jon1959]

Just come back from watching Hidden Figures, the story of the black women who worked on the American space programme - in the 1960s - and faced racial and sexual discrimination on a scale hard to imagine (or remember) today.

Excellent film with Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe in the lead roles, supported by Jim Parsons (aka Sheldon from Big Bang Theory), Kirsten Dunst and Kevin Coster (who plays Kevin Coster from any film he's done in the last 20 years).

John Glenn comes out of it very well too.

[TH63]

Just come back from watching Hidden Figures, the story of the black women who worked on the American space programme - in the 1960s - and faced racial and sexual discrimination on a scale hard to imagine (or remember) today.

Excellent film with Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe in the lead roles, supported by Jim Parsons (aka Sheldon from Big Bang Theory), Kirsten Dunst and Kevin Coster (who plays Kevin Coster from any film he's done in the last 20 years).

John Glenn comes out of it very well too.

The Mrs dragged me along kicking and screaming to see this on Saturday afternoon. Spent the last half hour busting for a piss but didn't want to miss anything. I absolutely loved it.
What struck home to me was how such discrimination could be perceived as "normal" in society, even among people who weren't overtly racist e.g it took a rant to make the Kevin Costner character aware of it.

Truly amazing to see what those ladies eventually went on to achieve and the recognition they received.

[AfricanBluebird]

Watched 'Life Animated' last night. Super documentary by Roger Williams about an autistic boy (now 23) who finds how to communicate through Disney movie dialogue and actions. Moving and very funny... while his brother points out the pitfalls of having a brother who only has a view of relationships through Disney movies and suggests 'Disney porn' to help his bro. Funny. respect to Disney for allowing so much footage and their employees to be used in the documentary

[AfricanBluebird]

one of my favorite films of the last few years and one of the funniest scenes...

"Would that it were so simple"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rDw2YBUz6A

[AfricanBluebird]

The Mrs dragged me along kicking and screaming to see this on Saturday afternoon. Spent the last half hour busting for a piss but didn't want to miss anything. I absolutely loved it.
What struck home to me was how such discrimination could be perceived as "normal" in society, even among people who weren't overtly racist e.g it took a rant to make the Kevin Costner character aware of it.

Truly amazing to see what those ladies eventually went on to achieve and the recognition they received.

Good shout out... looking forward to seeing it.

[AfricanBluebird]

Four Lions > any other film about lions

Saw The Founder over the weekend, really interesting account of how McDonalds came about. Gonna see Moonlight this week, looking forward to it...

Liked the Founder. Very interesting and honestly I had never given a thoughts as to how McDonalds started.

[jon1959]

Watched Lion tonight. What a top film! Anyone else seen it as I have a question

I watched a really good copy on kodi, but for the best part of an hour at the start they're talking bengal (I think) with no subtitles.

Now I don't know if that's for effect because the young Sirou is lost and doesn't understand the language in Calcutta, or whether it just missing cos it's a copy. There's not a great deal of dialogue and you manage to follow what's going on so I get the feeling it's the former..just wanted to know if anyone saw it in the cinema and can confirm it!

We saw it yesterday. Brilliant film - especially the early part in India. Genuine tear-jerker at the end.

In answer to your question - yes there are subtitles from the start whenever Hindi or Bengali are spoken. So you didn't watch a really good copy. We met a friend on the way out of the cinema whose daughter had watched a 'dodgy' download a few days before, and that was also without subtitles. She wasn't as confident as you that she was following the story properly without them.