We saw “Hostiles” over the weekend and we both loved it. Some of the reviews were not great- said it dragged. We thought it was well done neither of us thought it was slow- and I get bored in movies easily. The scenery is stunning and Christian Bale was very good. It is very sad, but that was to be expected given the content.
@MYOS1634 , D2 and I saw “Darkest Hour” on Christmas Day and watched “Dunkirk” a day or so later. It was educational to see them in so close together. Another film on the topic is “Atonement,” which I saw years ago and would like to see again.
Another movie to see in conjunction with Dunkirk and Darkest Hour is Their Finest. It’s about the Ministry of Information making a propaganda movie about the civilian rescue of the troops. Excellent.
We saw The Darkest Hour today and I really, really liked it, more than I thought I would.
Great storytelling. Excelled in that area for an historically based movie, IMO, in contrast to how I felt about The Post.
Acting was excellent. Gary Oldman’s performance is truly Oscar worthy. Lily James is an excellent young actress. There is one scene in particular where you just watch her emotions change in her face that was superb. Ben Mendelsohn was also excellent and such a different character from the one he rocked in Bloodline.
What I really loved about the film is the cinematography. Many scenes and specific shots were so creative and truly beautiful in how they were crafted. As a film buff, those shots were the cherry on top of a movie that was already excellent.
Agree with others that watching The Darkest Hour and Dunkirk together would be great. I’d do it as a double feature with The Darkest Hour first followed by Dunkirk.
Question: Two of the characters in the movie, King George and the Viscount of Halifax, both had odd accents that came across almost like they had speech impediments, like a British Elmer Fudd. Was this intended? Is this some kind of old school, upper crust British accent I hadn’t known about?
King George had a speech stutter.
I remember watching The King’s Speech (another good movie) and they emphasized that. It really wasn’t emphasized in The Darkest Hour but the king wasn’t speaking publicly in the movie either. This was more of a rhotacism problem (not pronouncing Rs) and the Halifax character spoke similarly. I don’t know if that is how the real people being portrayed actually spoke or just how the actors decided to portray them.
According to Wikipedia, Halifax could not pronounce his 'R’s. Evidently he also had an artificial left hand, because he was born with an atrophied left arm and no left hand.
Thanks. Then the accent was historically accurate as he sure talked like he was out hunting for wascally wabbits. 
Wewease Wodewick!
Is there a Bwian here?
(Sorry. Saw that movie fairly recently.)
DH and I saw Eddie the Eagle last night. It was great and fun to watch. Just in time for the Winter Olympics!!
Peter Rabbit
General Hux vs. Bunnies
Plenty of slapstick, pre K kids roaring with laughter
Tiny bit of Sadness…think Bambi sad…
Good music, authentic artists
All ages will enjoy.
@silverlady I lived in England during the Eddie the Eagle Olympics, it truly was a feel good story in life and on the screen.
Finally saw The Post. Very solid movie. Meryl Streep was excellent as always. Her utterance of “however” was the quietest plot hinge moment I’ve ever seen.
For some reason I found myself distracted by the interiors of her home, McNamara’s, Bradlee’s – did they all have the same decorator? Why were the blue hydrangeas front and center? Was her home used as a set for Mrs. Miniver?
@silverlady @sly123 also really enjoyed Eddie the Eagle and when we watched it awhile back. Eddie has the True Olympic spirits and is a true amateur! Both of which are hard to find these days.
We just watched Please Stand By last night. Dakota Fanning is a 21 yo autistic girl who lives in a group home and Toni Collette is the psychologist/house mom. Dakota’s character is writing a screen play for a contest and the movie is about her journey to submit it. It’s one of the better movies I’ve seen in a long time. Not overly dramatic or too feel goody, but it does hug your heartstrings and makes you smile.
I finally caved and went to see I, Tonya. It was actually quite entertaining. Great performances by the cast, and as described earlier, some surprisingly funny moments.
I thought the DC interiors looked very true to the era. And likely they did all have the same decorator! DC was a pretty small town back then.
I’m a big del Toro fan, but I have to admit at being a bit disappointed with, “The Shape of Water”. Too much of a mixture of “Pan’s Labyrinth” and “Hell Boy,” so it didn’t come off as very original. That said, if this had been the first del Toro film I’d seen, I’d have been amazed by it.
Saw the Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films & Animated Shorts.
The Live Action were all heavy subject matter, except for one. The Animated were good, but did not blow me away as some have in past years.
Saw I Tonya with a friend and liked it more than I anticipated. Clever way of telling the story.
DH and I watched The Darkest Hour last night. Would love to see behind the scenes of how they got Gary Oldman into make up!