Watched Rocketman today. Didn’t expect it to be filmed in a semi musical sort of way.
Enjoyed it a lot as it covered a lot about him and his career and relationships in a honest and revealing way.
Credit to him for giving Bernie Taurpin the credit he deserved.
Didn’t give princess Di funeral thing a mention which was a relief.
Probably got scope for west end production at some stage.
Great use of some of his other songs in this film as well.
Good film for a great talent. 9/10
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Just watch the joker. I like this take on him it was very unnerving at times. I have no idea how this film will indoctrinate anyone. The whole media obsession with it giving it bad reviews and calling it an uncle movie was unwarranted. One thing I did like was the musical score throughout which was just amazing
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I saw it tonight too. 8/10 was quality.
Joaquin 
DCEU resurrected possibly. Would love a Batman Joker film which examines Batman’s motivation for just beating the shit out of random thugs every night instead of better philanthropy/tax-giving etc. Vs Joker’s fake social outcast little man schtick they got going.
(Especially with his dad being reinvented to go with the current zeitgeist.)
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I saw Midnight Cowboy tonight for the first time. That sure was intense.
Thought it was going to be a 60s buddy comedy with Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight - nope lol
Depressing film but really good.
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Brilliant movie. And yep, depressing af. 
“I’m WALKING HERE!”
It’s one of those roles that convinces me that Dustin Hoffmann was at one point a bloody great actor.
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Yeah, it’s a good film. Wildly dated in some aspects. (Even the language is offensive)
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Joker
Very disturbing but gripping film throughout. Unbelievably dark at time with the very blackest of humour.
Excellent acting by Phoneix and the music was superb.
Do worry that there’s a nut job out their going to tap into the last half an hour. 9/10
Watched Legend the other night. Kray twins biopic.
Not a massive fan of gangster stuff but was really impressed with Tom Hardy’s portrayal of both twins.
Film was okay but was a great showcase for his acting ability. 7/10
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I’ve never watched Suicide Squad but kept hearing Leto was a very poor Joker. Anyone seen it?
It was a awful a film in total only saving grace was margo Robbie and will Smith.
His joker is a interesting take an would have been a better joker if he turned out to be Jason Todd. But I couldn’t have imagined his joker facing off against batfleck
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El Camino. Pointless.
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El Camino.
Excellent follow-up to the Breaking Bad saga. Unfortunately, not good as a stand-alone film (i.e. you have to have watched Breaking Bad beforehand), but a very compelling 2 hours.
Vince Gilligan does it again!
9/10
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I actually really enjoyed it, I know the cgi monsters sucked and so much of it was stupid but it didn’t take itself very seriously which was quite refreshing, I hated Will Smith as Deadshot and there has been TV show adaptions better than his version but I didn’t mind Leto’s joker too much even if it was a bit all over the place at times.
Still for me the best joker is Jack Nicholson’s and I very much doubt the Phoenix’s version will change that as I find him just as pretentious as Leto.
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I really wanted to like it but I just didn’t. What we saw we simply didn’t need to. It added nothing to the BB story.
Was sad to read, just an hour after I had watched the film, that Robert Forster had passed away.
True, in that respect, it didn’t add anything. Nor does Better Call Saul. I liked that the film kept me gripped.
Yeah RIP Robert Forster. Was great in BB and Jackie Brown
It felt more like a two hour season premiere than a movie.
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Hmm… 
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Fury
Great film, quite underrated. The scene in the house with the German lady and her cousin before and after the rape is fantastic filmmaking.
I think people write this movie off as another shallow WWII flick but it’s anything but. It does the exact opposite of glorifying the war.
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Joker. Loved it. For a simple, slow, and straight up vigilante story with no particular surprises it was incredibly gripping and interesting. Brilliantly acted and, as a Scorsese tribute, it looks good. Couldn’t care less that it glorifies vigilantism, which it does, the anti-hero pushed too far trope isn’t exactly new in Hollywood, and what’s wrong with that as a trope anyway. So yeah people having a go at it for glorification and not being subtle - well it’s about the Joker, what else is it going to be. At least it doesn’t glorify and simultaneously be frivolous like a Tarantino flick. Go see it.
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