:00:28. > :00:39.Hello. This is Film 2017. I am Clara Amfo. We are raring to go. With us
:00:40. > :00:43.tonight, we are turning down the lights, putting on some sweet music
:00:44. > :00:49.and getting all romantic. We want to know some great movies for
:00:50. > :01:03.Valentine's Day, so get in touch with us about that. Coming up on the
:01:04. > :01:12.show tonight... The Lego Batman Movie, returns to Gotham city.
:01:13. > :01:18.Growing up and freaking out. Annette Bening and Elle Fanning star in 20th
:01:19. > :01:31.Century Women. And nobody puts this film in the corner. We celebrate the
:01:32. > :01:40.wonder of Dirty Dancing 30 years on. Plus, we'll take a look at Billy
:01:41. > :01:46.Lynn's Long Halftime Walk. Joining me tonight, Chris Hewitt, full of
:01:47. > :01:59.germs, but soldiering on! And Danny Leigh! I'm freelance, this is not
:02:00. > :02:09.good! Chris, we need to talk about these socks? Yes, these are my shiny
:02:10. > :02:15.socks. You can get anything in this pattern, except, weirdly enough,
:02:16. > :02:26.carpet. Do you have boxer shorts to match? I can't say. Later! Now, it
:02:27. > :02:34.is the term of the gravelly voiced Will Arnett to bring the caped
:02:35. > :02:47.Crusader back to the screen. This is The Lego Batman Movie. I'm home! You
:02:48. > :02:57.come in with a big bang and there's some great action. And then it
:02:58. > :03:04.shifts a bit and it becomes... Almost like a character movie. He's
:03:05. > :03:14.a lonely guy, someone you think has everything. He's got great gadgets
:03:15. > :03:23.and vehicles, women love him, but he doesn't have the most important
:03:24. > :03:27.thing, which is family. You can't spend the rest of your life alone,
:03:28. > :03:30.dressed in black and staying up all night. You need to take
:03:31. > :03:35.responsibility for your life, and it starts by raising your son. This is
:03:36. > :03:43.the batsman Ravi where he finds family. He actually adopts a child.
:03:44. > :03:48.He puts together his own version of family during the course of the
:03:49. > :03:59.movie. Wait, does but man live in Bruce Wayne's basement? I have seen
:04:00. > :04:06.him in many different years. And that we had one in 1966. I have aged
:04:07. > :04:11.phenomenally. You've got absurd Adam west versions of it, you've got
:04:12. > :04:15.extremely serious versions of it. So, being able to have our take on
:04:16. > :04:20.it was really important. Oh, my goodness, I am so sorry! I had the
:04:21. > :04:26.luxury of taking pieces of all of them. Because they all exist, and I
:04:27. > :04:33.tried to make him my own. I'm sorry, I literally have no idea what you're
:04:34. > :04:36.talking about. Trying to go back to what was the thing that made that
:04:37. > :04:41.first television series so successful back in the day. There
:04:42. > :04:46.was always an element of tongue in cheek. It was able to not take
:04:47. > :04:55.itself too seriously at the end of the day. Hate, but man! We're going
:04:56. > :05:06.to have to rename this the Buttmobile! There is something in
:05:07. > :05:09.this for everybody. The Lego Batman Movie, selfishly, I took my niece
:05:10. > :05:16.and nephew to go and see this film. But it was all about me, not them!
:05:17. > :05:21.Is everything still awesome? I think it is, it is just fractionally less
:05:22. > :05:29.awesome. A lot of that was because the Lego movie had the huge element
:05:30. > :05:32.of surprise. Having seen this pure, joyful and weirdly subversive
:05:33. > :05:36.experience, The Lego Batman Movie does not have that element of
:05:37. > :05:40.surprise. Instead, it has a barrage of gags. I have never seen a film
:05:41. > :05:48.before, where there is a pre-pre- credit sequence. A lot of it is very
:05:49. > :05:53.funny. Whether you're a ten-year-old kid, or whatever, it's funny the
:05:54. > :05:58.whole way through. I can run the risk of sounding like a film critic
:05:59. > :06:01.for a second, I'm sorry! But it is fractionally less awesome and it
:06:02. > :06:06.just feels fractionally like a missed opportunity. Do you think
:06:07. > :06:09.they tried to pack too many jokes in? I thought, I would rather go and
:06:10. > :06:16.see this with my friends then whizz my knee for nephew, it just felt
:06:17. > :06:21.like there were too many jokes. -- than with my niece and nephew. I
:06:22. > :06:24.like the fact, if you don't like one bad joke, don't worry, another one
:06:25. > :06:30.is along in a second. I like the healthy reference for the batsman
:06:31. > :06:40.Ravi is, even the rubbish ones! How do you! In that movie, there is no
:06:41. > :06:47.doubt about it. The Adam west but man, it goes really deep as well.
:06:48. > :06:53.There is mention made of a whole litany of dreadful but man villains.
:06:54. > :06:57.At one point he says, it is worth a Google, edited! The cynic in you
:06:58. > :07:03.thinks, what could be better than to shift an awful lot of plastic
:07:04. > :07:06.bricks, the corporate synergy! But I think there is more than that going
:07:07. > :07:13.on. Actually The Lego Movie John Lowe Was Up Perfect Stroke Of
:07:14. > :07:18.Genius, To Take This Character. Christian Bale can never play
:07:19. > :07:25.batsman ever again. That ship has now sailed. The body of jokes... I
:07:26. > :07:30.just kept thinking, somewhere, Christopher Nolan is having every
:07:31. > :07:36.joke explained to him. I felt like this film was a bit of a joke take
:07:37. > :07:40.on the typical macho batsman that we have come to love from Christian
:07:41. > :07:44.Bale's portrayal? I do not want to pick holes in this because it is a
:07:45. > :07:49.wonderful experience in many ways, but it cannot help becoming a bit of
:07:50. > :07:53.a superhero movie, after a while. It is having fun with that idea, but in
:07:54. > :08:00.the end it just becomes another batsman film. I think the problem is
:08:01. > :08:02.with but man himself. He's great in small doses, but when he has to
:08:03. > :08:08.carry a whole movie on his very small shoulders, it does greater
:08:09. > :08:14.bit, after a while. Is a bit swaggering. He is great at stealing
:08:15. > :08:18.the scene. They try to impart an emotional back story on him and give
:08:19. > :08:30.him some depth - it doesn't really work. It's a little bit like if you
:08:31. > :08:34.took his character from Arrested Development and you gave him his own
:08:35. > :08:39.90 minute movie, you would be going after a while, I'm not sure about
:08:40. > :08:43.this guy. We have to give a bit of love to Michael Cera. It is amazing
:08:44. > :08:48.how many people give their best performances, at three inches high.
:08:49. > :08:51.I have never been able to stand Michael Cera, but this is great,
:08:52. > :08:56.once he's reduced down to that level. The whole cast, Rosario
:08:57. > :09:02.Dawson and Ralph Fiennes as well. I think we all got to know Rosario
:09:03. > :09:09.Dawson as a promiscuous teenager, not in real life, can we stress?!
:09:10. > :09:14.For fantastic. There is a huge amount of funny going on in this, I
:09:15. > :09:22.realise that I have been nit-picking. That's the batsman will
:09:23. > :09:27.in you! Next up, 20th Century Women. This is a new film from director
:09:28. > :09:31.Mike Mills. His last film, Beginners, was inspired by the life
:09:32. > :09:38.of his father. This time it is the turn of his mum, and it stars the
:09:39. > :09:42.fabulous Annette Bening, in what has been called a love letter to mothers
:09:43. > :09:46.everywhere. We are at a turning point in our history. As you know,
:09:47. > :09:56.there is a growing disrespect for government. It is a crisis of
:09:57. > :10:00.confidence. It's America in 1979, and it's about a mother
:10:01. > :10:06.coming-of-age, trying to figure out her son. And a son coming-of-age
:10:07. > :10:11.were trying to figure out his mother. Inking you know everything
:10:12. > :10:14.that's going on. No, I just held that having your heart broken is a
:10:15. > :10:20.tremendous way to learn about the world. Mike Mills wrote and directed
:10:21. > :10:25.the movie. He was very much intrigued by both of his parents. It
:10:26. > :10:28.is always about the mother. This is about the mother. She was the
:10:29. > :10:36.catalyst, but it became really another character to play. Do you
:10:37. > :10:40.think you're happy? Seriously? You don't ask people questions like
:10:41. > :10:45.that. She is a very context woman in her own right. And of course, all
:10:46. > :10:49.real mothers are, it's just that we've spent so much time either
:10:50. > :10:55.idealising mothers or on the other hand making them into the bad
:10:56. > :11:00.mother. Whereas Dorothea is just a human mother who makes some
:11:01. > :11:07.mistakes, and then also she gets a lot right. Jamie, would you please
:11:08. > :11:12.wait for Abbie? Hold on, I'm menstruating. When we were actually
:11:13. > :11:15.shooting, we mostly used the dialogue, but then we would have a
:11:16. > :11:21.chance to do a scene, and he would say, say whatever you want. Your
:11:22. > :11:25.menstruating, OK, but do you have to say it? And some of the best moments
:11:26. > :11:31.came from those times when we were able to speak from the heart. Just
:11:32. > :11:36.say menstruation, it's not a big deal, start saying it now.
:11:37. > :11:47.Menstruation. Not bad. Let's say it together! Menstruation. I can't say
:11:48. > :11:50.it. So, 20th Century Women, Chris, would you say this film shows you
:11:51. > :11:54.don't have to be a teenager to come of age? Absolutely, I went into this
:11:55. > :12:01.one, I must confess, with slight trepidation. I love character
:12:02. > :12:06.studies, I'm love movies which are slightly plotless, but I was a bit
:12:07. > :12:09.concerned that this might be a bit too twee. And it is that, but it is
:12:10. > :12:14.a movie that has tonnes of compassion for its characters. It is
:12:15. > :12:19.full of wit and warmth and wisdom. It only has one Oscar nomination,
:12:20. > :12:23.which is for Best Original Screenplay, for Mike Mills. And it
:12:24. > :12:29.deserves it, it is fantastic. It is a bit like a bat man movie, in that
:12:30. > :12:37.every minute or so brings a new one minor, but this time, they are
:12:38. > :12:42.covered in emotional depth. It is a wonderful movie, and it's built on
:12:43. > :12:47.these incredible performances. Annette Bening, for me, she is the
:12:48. > :12:52.star of the film, but I love her stance because she is the most
:12:53. > :12:55.reluctant feminist icon, I guess! She is a woman bringing up this
:12:56. > :13:00.child by herself, she talks to him as if he's an adult. It seems in the
:13:01. > :13:06.film as if he almost wants more parental control? That's one of the
:13:07. > :13:12.things I love about it. The period detail is so good, the sense of time
:13:13. > :13:20.and place. In 1979 in California, you realise what it means to like
:13:21. > :13:26.Talking Heads. And also Black Flak. It is about mothers and sons, being
:13:27. > :13:31.a boy or a girl, a man or a woman. It could be a coming-of-age story,
:13:32. > :13:37.it is the kind of story that a lot of directors of a certain age end up
:13:38. > :13:43.producing, sensitive, slightly weird. It says, OK, so this
:13:44. > :13:48.15-year-old's life is important, but also, he has got this mother. In
:13:49. > :13:52.another film, she would be standing there with a cake at the doorway
:13:53. > :13:56.being supportive, or she would be conspicuous by her absence.
:13:57. > :14:00.Actually, this film gets half the film at least two Annette Bening.
:14:01. > :14:03.There's such richness of character. It's all about her childhood and
:14:04. > :14:09.oppression, she's bohemian but she's also so good with money. So there is
:14:10. > :14:15.a real richness, which is very, very unusual. And there is a warmth I
:14:16. > :14:20.think without being sentimental. And there is a cleverness, without being
:14:21. > :14:25.precious. It is like Wes Anderson if everything was not in quote marks.
:14:26. > :14:31.It is a very democratic movie as well.
:14:32. > :14:41.Seeing what Greta Gerwig goes through, it is played beautifully.
:14:42. > :14:46.The film likes all its characters. Any film will get bored with at
:14:47. > :14:50.least one of its characters but here, there are great scenes of
:14:51. > :14:55.people dancing in their bedrooms and it is as if the movie wants to
:14:56. > :15:02.invite us in. There is a real charm to it. Can we try and say it
:15:03. > :15:11.together? Menstruation. There we go. Moving on, it made a star of Patrick
:15:12. > :15:15.Swayze and it made putting Baby in the corner unacceptable. Dirty
:15:16. > :15:21.Dancing is 30 years old. There is a rumour that someone in this room has
:15:22. > :15:26.not seen it. Its mix of sex and sound made it a head for me and I
:15:27. > :15:37.even liked the sequel. I know I am not alone.
:15:38. > :15:41.# Now I've had the time of my life. You know how when you watch a film
:15:42. > :15:45.for the first time and it has an amazing cult following and you think
:15:46. > :15:51.it cannot live up to those expectations and this was one of the
:15:52. > :15:55.few films that really did. My mother really did not want me to see it
:15:56. > :16:01.because it had the word dirty and the title. It's not illegal is it?
:16:02. > :16:07.It was the first movie I saw in which people had sex. That was the
:16:08. > :16:11.summer of 1963 when everyone called me Baby. It is the moment when he
:16:12. > :16:18.jumps off the stage and moves down the aisle. It is like a magnet, it
:16:19. > :16:24.pulls me in. I cannot think of a single girl that I know who has not
:16:25. > :16:29.tried to recreate those Dirty Dancing moves. I think I sprained my
:16:30. > :16:37.wrists trying to lift someone at a wedding once. The dams in the film
:16:38. > :16:41.is not easy. It is technical. This is my dance face and this is your
:16:42. > :16:49.dance space. It is beautifully choreographed. Turner, Turner... My
:16:50. > :17:05.favourite scene is the montage to Hungry Eyes.
:17:06. > :17:11.# Hungry eyes. Twist. It is so 1980s and so lovely and heartfelt. I like
:17:12. > :17:16.that you can see how much Patrick Swayze does not like Jennifer Grey.
:17:17. > :17:21.He found her annoying. Those are real outtakes. You have to
:17:22. > :17:29.concentrate! Is this your idea of fun! He was a sensational dancer. So
:17:30. > :17:41.when he was given someone like Jennifer Grey, his heart must have
:17:42. > :17:48.gone, oh please! He uses dancing as sex. I mean it is body to body,
:17:49. > :18:00.touch, feel, hold, grab, it is like making love. It is just a massive
:18:01. > :18:08.sweatbox of self. The movie uses dancing as a metaphor for the sexual
:18:09. > :18:12.awakening of Baby. The better dancer she is, the more sexually has and
:18:13. > :18:18.the better dancer she becomes. Patrick Swayze did not have a bone
:18:19. > :18:24.in his body that was not sexy. It started in his little toe and
:18:25. > :18:29.finished at the hair on his head. His ads are incredible. This is peak
:18:30. > :18:36.Patrick Swayze. Look at him. Oh my god! Boys and men are grossed out
:18:37. > :18:41.when they see the camera going all over Patrick Swayze and I say, this
:18:42. > :18:50.is what it is like being a woman in the cinema all the time! Enjoy! O
:18:51. > :18:55.God, it is hopeless. Don't say that. I think there are so many things
:18:56. > :19:00.going on in Dirty Dancing. It gets quite dark and serious with the
:19:01. > :19:05.abortion theme with penny. He did not use either or nothing. The guy
:19:06. > :19:11.had a dirty knife and a folding table. It is a movie that has real
:19:12. > :19:17.smarts, not just a movie with a funny soundtrack. It will be fine.
:19:18. > :19:21.It is a movie about the importance of pro-choice, a movie that
:19:22. > :19:25.celebrates female sexuality, and movie that celebrates her
:19:26. > :19:30.objectification of men. This is not a tragedy. It is one of the greatest
:19:31. > :19:36.Amadis movies of all time. It is one of these films that is referenced by
:19:37. > :19:42.people all the time. You will note those quotable lines. Carry a
:19:43. > :19:50.watermelon! I think everyone knows the phrase spaghetti arms and it is
:19:51. > :19:58.not complimentary. Where is my beige lipstick? Baby, stand up straight. I
:19:59. > :20:05.love to watch your hair blowing in the breeze. There is one line in
:20:06. > :20:12.this film which everyone says. Nobody puts Baby in the corner! What
:20:13. > :20:18.does that even mean? What? There is a reason everyone still quote said.
:20:19. > :20:23.Lines do not last for 30 years without good reason. It is not easy
:20:24. > :20:35.to write a fun, funny teen movie with a smart script. And if you want
:20:36. > :20:40.the time of your life, you can catch Dirty Dancing in cinemas nationwide
:20:41. > :20:44.on February the 14th. I have got some of your tweets for your
:20:45. > :20:55.favourite Valentine's Day movies. He says you cannot beat Some Like It
:20:56. > :21:01.Hot. Some people said My Bloody Valentine. One guy says Star Wars,
:21:02. > :21:12.if the guy does not like them, she is not a keeper. It is everything.
:21:13. > :21:19.If you sit through the Phantom Menace, you're a keeper. Jonathan
:21:20. > :21:22.Harvey has spoken. Next up is Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk from the
:21:23. > :21:28.Oscar-winning director Ang Lee. Joe Alwyn stars as Billy home from the
:21:29. > :21:42.Iraq war and reluctantly held as a military hero. It is going down.
:21:43. > :21:46.What? I play Billy and he is a soldier and he finds himself thrown
:21:47. > :21:50.into this extraordinary situation. He is caught on camera in this
:21:51. > :21:55.suppose it act of heroism and the footage goes viral back home and
:21:56. > :21:58.they are brought back to America for this victory tour. It is weird being
:21:59. > :22:04.honoured for the worst day of your life. And the film takes place over
:22:05. > :22:07.the course of the day as he is trying to figure out the kind of
:22:08. > :22:11.madness and the circumstances around him and figure out who he is and
:22:12. > :22:17.where he belongs in all of that. I cannot imagine what you went through
:22:18. > :22:21.personally. I think it is the human drama about the growth of the young
:22:22. > :22:26.person. It is really good to have you back, Little Brother. It is
:22:27. > :22:35.about war and how to do with it, how they go through that. How they grow
:22:36. > :22:39.and mature. When you are decorated hero, you have done your part. There
:22:40. > :22:46.is no shame in it. I did my research. I made a commitment. To
:22:47. > :22:56.what? We know why you signed up. What to say? I'm going back. The
:22:57. > :23:02.book is a reflection of that time. It is also very timely and when I
:23:03. > :23:06.was cutting the movie after I shot it, the election started. So I was
:23:07. > :23:14.watching how the movie had fashioned and how the reality, was passing
:23:15. > :23:24.out. Your story Billy, no longer belongs to you. It is the irony and
:23:25. > :23:28.the contrast between what really happened and the public perception
:23:29. > :23:39.of them. What really happened over there? The latest bomb Ang Lee,
:23:40. > :23:45.Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk. A film that I found quite conflicting
:23:46. > :23:51.to watch. The way it was shot, I found I was watching a really well
:23:52. > :24:00.made for television movie. Most movies are shot in 24 frames per
:24:01. > :24:06.second and this is shot in 120 frames per second. It produces a new
:24:07. > :24:11.clarity of image and it effectively removes the barrier. It removes the
:24:12. > :24:15.barrier between the viewer and the screen and it doesn't quite work. It
:24:16. > :24:25.is a little bit too hyper real and it does not have the motion blur
:24:26. > :24:30.that the Hobbit had. It is a little bit off-putting and visually bland
:24:31. > :24:34.as well, which surprised me given the technology behind it and the
:24:35. > :24:40.cinematographer. Too many frames per second. It is impossible to get
:24:41. > :24:45.beyond. It is a shame, some were buried in their is a provocative
:24:46. > :24:52.film about America and war. I could not make eye contact with this
:24:53. > :24:55.movie. It looks so slick and jarring, like having a conversation
:24:56. > :25:01.with someone who takes all the clothes off. You're not attracted to
:25:02. > :25:05.them. You cannot focus, it is not happening. You think it is unsightly
:25:06. > :25:12.and you do not want to carry on the conversation. Ang Lee is a gifted
:25:13. > :25:17.director, but he makes these strange mistakes of judgment. I do not know
:25:18. > :25:22.why he would have made the film like that because the hobbit was hard
:25:23. > :25:26.work as well. There was a rational behind it, but a lot of this film is
:25:27. > :25:32.made up of characters on concrete steps and there is no reason for
:25:33. > :25:38.this to be in 3-D. Even though the film did slide in parts, it was
:25:39. > :25:44.really ambitious for Joe Alwyn, his first movie ever, young British guy,
:25:45. > :25:48.addition for Ang Lee a few times and he really stood out. He is the
:25:49. > :25:54.start. I found he played the role quite tenderly. It did not seem like
:25:55. > :25:58.he had become ruined by what he saw. He could have been a lung in the
:25:59. > :26:03.wrong hands but he brings a tenderness and sensitivity to him
:26:04. > :26:09.which is refreshing. Everyone is solid in this movie, including
:26:10. > :26:12.Garrett Hedlund. It is difficult, there is an amazing set piece, a
:26:13. > :26:15.moment where everything comes together, the half-time walk and the
:26:16. > :26:25.look of the film makes sense, you can see the soldiers are there with
:26:26. > :26:28.Destiny 'S Child. They are teetering on the brink of freaking out and you
:26:29. > :26:32.can see why it is suddenly all connecting. In terms of the
:26:33. > :26:37.performances, they get lost and buried. That is unfortunate, the
:26:38. > :26:42.performances outweighed the film for me. The best performance is
:26:43. > :26:51.Christian Stewart. Every time she is on screen, you notice. I'm just
:26:52. > :26:59.happy to see her not playing Bella and I think she is happy. We will
:27:00. > :27:07.move onto the film the week. 20th Century Women. I really liked The
:27:08. > :27:13.Lego Batman Movie. You are taking me to 20th Century Women. That is
:27:14. > :27:19.almost dead. Right here on the sofa next week will be my friend and the
:27:20. > :27:29.sofa is not quite as uncomfortable as it looks. I will leave you with
:27:30. > :27:34.something exciting, a first look at The Beguiled. Its star as Elle
:27:35. > :27:38.Fanning and Nicole Kidman as the inhabitants of a girl skilfully
:27:39. > :27:43.taken an injured soldier pled by: Farrell. Good night. -- a girls
:27:44. > :28:01.school. Girls, we all need to help. Quickly,
:28:02. > :28:06.he is losing blood. I prayed that the Lord see fit to restore the
:28:07. > :28:08.health of the wounded soldier. We asked for protection over our school
:28:09. > :28:18.and we pray that we will be kept from harm throughout the night.
:28:19. > :28:21.Amen. Seems like the soldier being here is having an effect. If you
:28:22. > :28:26.could have anything in the world, what would be? To be taken far from
:28:27. > :28:31.here. We can show him some real Southern hospitality. This has
:28:32. > :28:33.taught us all a very important lesson. Can I get you anything? The
:28:34. > :28:45.enemy is not what we believe.