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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2019 9:40:39 GMT
Embankment Garden was chaotic for The Aeronauts last night as well - they inexplicably didn't open the auditorium until less than 15 mins before the advertised start time, despite the bar area not being anywhere near large enough to hold the audience.
And so when they started on time there were still a lot of people being shown to their seats while the filmmakers were speaking, which was unfortunate. Luckily Eddie Redmayne's rambling story about their near-death experience while filming gave everyone enough time to sit down! He and Felicity Jones were charming, as was the film. Light and almost a sheen of fantasy in many ways but it did capture some of the perils of the adventure, mostly through the excellent Jones. However, the often clunky dialogue and some of the effects did cause a few laughs where I suspect none were intended, which rather ruined the moment!
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Post by greenswan on Oct 8, 2019 12:29:17 GMT
Done for this year but overall quite happy with my selection. Had at least the director at all screenings plus some actors.
Strongly recommend Arab Blues - very strong with only one minor blip related to a Freudian road trip. Great main character and I really enjoyed colours/light in this one.
Axone and And then we danced are also recommended. Good showings both.
The sky is pink was ok - especially if one enjoys a relentless focus on positivity in the face of adversity. Will be on Netflix anyway.
The only thing I wasn’t so keen on was audiences- one of my reasons for going to LFF outside of the films/Q&As is the great atmosphere and proper behaviour. Lots of chatting, rustling and late arrivals this time.
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Post by kathryn on Oct 8, 2019 14:12:33 GMT
Really enjoyed The Perfect Candidate last night - it was worth getting home late on a monday night for!
Little Monsters tonight.
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Post by kathryn on Oct 8, 2019 20:17:06 GMT
Had an absolute hoot at Little Monsters - laughed our heads off. As a zombie comedy it won’t be to everyone’s taste, mind!
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Post by Marwood on Oct 8, 2019 21:32:18 GMT
Saw Guest Of Honour earlier: wasn’t impressed, got to the end and just felt ‘what was the point?’: people doing stupid things like willingly getting jailed for sexual offences that they weren’t guilty of just to make a statement about their father (who goes around planting rabbit sh*t in the toilets of a restaurant to blackmail the owner and threatens to close another one down that is serving deep fried rabbit ears up to customers: yes, THAT kind of film 😝)
That’s me done for the festival this year, I didn’t bother with Color Out Of Space in the end: Jojo Rabbit I would happily pay money to watch again, this was one to forget about.
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Post by foxa on Oct 9, 2019 12:29:50 GMT
I forgot to mention one weird thing when we were waiting to get into the movie at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square. Mr Foxa had a small unopened bottle of red wine in his bag and at the bag check they made him open it and take a sip from it to prove it wasn't acid. So that was new.
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Post by callum on Oct 10, 2019 10:21:00 GMT
I forgot to mention one weird thing when we were waiting to get into the movie at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square. Mr Foxa had a small unopened bottle of red wine in his bag and at the bag check they made him open it and take a sip from it to prove it wasn't acid. So that was new. Yep I had the same with my coffee - I could’ve still scalded someone with it though!! |
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Post by foxa on Oct 10, 2019 11:06:08 GMT
Going to the Surprise Film this afternoon. At same location. So will be careful of my liquids. (I think I know what the Surprise Film is - I had gambled on it being something else, but this should be interesting. However it is looooonnnnnggg and I have tickets for a play this evening, so may be cutting it fine.)
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Post by gingerB on Oct 10, 2019 16:57:24 GMT
Going to the Surprise Film this afternoon. At same location. So will be careful of my liquids. (I think I know what the Surprise Film is - I had gambled on it being something else, but this should be interesting. However it is looooonnnnnggg and I have tickets for a play this evening, so may be cutting it fine.) isn't it the surprise film the same as last nite's ? |
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Post by Marwood on Oct 10, 2019 22:30:19 GMT
What was it? I saw Birdman when it was the surprise film but the ones since that have not exactly made me jealous of the people who booked tickets.
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Post by foxa on Oct 10, 2019 22:30:59 GMT
Yes, Uncut Gems - but I didn't say the name in my post in case someone else was going and wanted to be surprised. It was good but long and a little relentless. I think I preferred the Safdie Brothers film Good Time. But still worth seeing.
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Post by gingerB on Oct 11, 2019 9:55:24 GMT
Yes, Uncut Gems - but I didn't say the name in my post in case someone else was going and wanted to be surprised. It was good but long and a little relentless. I think I preferred the Safdie Brothers film Good Time. But still worth seeing. I watched it the night before, I was really hoping for another film to be the surprised film  film was ok but not something I would watch if I knew what it was , I don't like these fast talking movies |
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Post by Snciole on Oct 11, 2019 15:06:54 GMT
I forgot to mention one weird thing when we were waiting to get into the movie at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square. Mr Foxa had a small unopened bottle of red wine in his bag and at the bag check they made him open it and take a sip from it to prove it wasn't acid. So that was new. Ha! This reminds of me my paranoia when I saw you and Mr Foxa at the Royal Court with my wine. I hope he drank it from the bottle during the screening. |
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Post by foxa on Oct 12, 2019 15:51:15 GMT
Ha! He did't drink from the bottle during the screening but I was relieved they didn't take him it off him, as that would have made him very sad. Mr Foxa does not approve of waste.
Saw the 'Cunningham' documentary yesterday afternoon - it was in 3D! Odd, gentle and beautiful.
And tonight for my last LFF film (and, as I am dying of a cough/cold, not a moment too soon) La Belle Epoque at Cine Lumiere.
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Post by foxa on Oct 12, 2019 22:06:46 GMT
La Belle Epoque was excellent - a perfect date film (perhaps even particularly a mature date film) with beautiful performances, a great soundtrack, incredible set dressings. It's getting a commercial release and my big advice is don't read about it in advance, just go and be surprised.
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Post by Marwood on Oct 14, 2019 18:35:36 GMT
Did anyone from here manage to nab tickets for The Irishman? I was in Paris over the weekend so I didn’t even try to book tickets for it but good to see that Al Pacino decided to attend the screening with Bob and Marty- this is probably the film I’m looking forward to seeing the most between now and Christmas (and Episode IX)
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Post by kathryn on Oct 14, 2019 19:58:23 GMT
Folks, Peanut Butter Falcon is out on general release this week in the U.K. and it’s genuinely lovely.
Well worth seeing - one of my favourite films from this year’s festival.
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Post by callum on Oct 17, 2019 20:33:28 GMT
Did anyone from here manage to nab tickets for The Irishman? I was in Paris over the weekend so I didn’t even try to book tickets for it but good to see that Al Pacino decided to attend the screening with Bob and Marty- this is probably the film I’m looking forward to seeing the most between now and Christmas (and Episode IX) Saw it Sunday night with the three of them in attendance - absolutely outstanding and totally brilliant. The final hour of the film is a masterclass in filmmaking from everyone involved. De Niro, Pacino and particularly Joe Pesci are phenomenal. |
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Post by Marwood on Oct 17, 2019 22:47:00 GMT
Did anyone from here manage to nab tickets for The Irishman? I was in Paris over the weekend so I didn’t even try to book tickets for it but good to see that Al Pacino decided to attend the screening with Bob and Marty- this is probably the film I’m looking forward to seeing the most between now and Christmas (and Episode IX) Saw it Sunday night with the three of them in attendance - absolutely outstanding and totally brilliant. The final hour of the film is a masterclass in filmmaking from everyone involved. De Niro, Pacino and particularly Joe Pesci are phenomenal. Thanks, I’ve booked to see it at the Prince Charles Cinema in three weeks time (due to the films running time, I’m seeing a screening that starts at ten past eleven in the morning, so I might not be so enthusiastic when it comes to getting up extra early on a Saturday morning and travelling into the West End.) |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2019 23:00:08 GMT
Did anyone get asked for feedback this year? I haven't seen or been sent any of the usual surveys, and I'd love to tell them how rubbish the setup in the Curzon was! I can email them myself of course, but it would be good if there was a survey.
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Post by foxa on Oct 18, 2019 8:34:55 GMT
No I haven't been sent a survey. The set up for the Special Evening presentation of Bad Education wasn't great (asking us to turn up early then making us wait a long time in the rain, etc.) But the screenings at NFT3 and Cine Lumiere were very pleasant. I'd never been to Cine Lumiere before - what a pretty building and a rather elegant man was serving a good range of wines and classy snacks. I walked by The Embankment Gardens (which I didn't book because I never like it) and it looked a crowded hellhole.
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Post by kathryn on Oct 18, 2019 8:42:19 GMT
No feedback survey here either.
EGC I didn’t find too bad this year - but we don’t tend to turn up early and hang around in the foyer.
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Post by n1david on Oct 18, 2019 10:33:43 GMT
I missed all the galas this year so didn't get to Embankment Gardens at all and didn't miss it. Mostly at the BFI which was very pleasant (and very different from the atmosphere during Flare, when it's frenetic), Curzon Mayfair which I love as an auditorium but hate as a foyer, and the smaller screens at Vue West End. I enjoyed most of what I saw, much of it probably not getting a UK release. Didn't have much of the Festival atmosphere. Next year I need some lighter fare, I had a lot of films about how grim life is in Guatemala/Georgia/Dublin/the Catholic Church...
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Post by n1david on Oct 18, 2019 15:21:52 GMT
Just got the email with the link to the feedback questionnaire...
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Post by Marwood on Jan 25, 2020 20:18:17 GMT
Yes, Uncut Gems - but I didn't say the name in my post in case someone else was going and wanted to be surprised. It was good but long and a little relentless. I think I preferred the Safdie Brothers film Good Time. But still worth seeing. I saw Uncut Gems this afternoon and wasn’t that impressed to be honest: far too long (I nodded off a couple of times in the middle) and all those people that have been moaning because Sandler didn’t get an Oscar nomination: he spends the whole film in unlovable shouting arsehole mode, hardly a great stretch from the roles he’s played previously. It got to the end and as it faded to black I was just left thinking ‘yeah, whatever’ |
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