What have you watched recently?

Auvers wrote: »

do you mean Gangs of New York has a Fair City actor starring in it?

Ha Ha

You said fair City and Actor in the same sentence...that must be a first !

'Up'

Over-rated, if you ask me. But a fine example of animated movie making no less.

There are no stupid songs in the film, in its favor.

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back on UTV/ ITV.

Fcuking unreal!

And I'm fairly sure "Return of the Jedi" is on next week.

The Deerhunter,robert de nero have watched it 5 times

Just watched Harry Brown and found it pretty good, anyone who was disappointed with the lack of violence in Gran Torino will enjoy this.

Very violent and a strange sense of satisfaction against the scumbags. Don't fùck with a pensioner, especially if he looks and talks like Micheal Caine.

Caine ruled this film and every time he was on-screen he grabbed your attention fully as he delivered his lines with typical Caine class. There's definitely a whiff of Get Carter 2 here.

Weakest points?
A fitting final shot nicely wraps up this violent, honestly thought-provoking film.

Bring on Harry Brown 2 where they'll send him to clean up the streets of Baghdad

Kriskross wrote: »

50 Dead Men Walking Jim Sturgess is excellent as Martin McGartland, recruited by the IRA and the Brits.

I second that. A SUPERB film

mike65 wrote: »

28 Days later, had this on tape for months now, sod all on tv tonight so went rumageing.

Not bad, I find Boyles style a bit too frentic to be honest, exellent performaces esp Brendan Gleeson. I wonder how many people miss the other ending?

You've gotta see 28 Weeks Later. A superior sequel in my opinion. By the way just watched Dead Set, the zombie/Big Brother satire. I thought it was the best zombie film/series of the lot. Anyone else like it ?

A week ago I watched Flags Of Our Fathers, then last night I watched Letters from Iwo Jima. These two films, both directed by Clint Eastwood, tell the story of the battle for Iwo Jima from the American and Japanese sides respectively, though the first film also covers the controversy surrounding the famous "flag-raising" image, and how it was used to "sell" the war in the Pacific to the American people.

I preferred the second film, which has a stand-out performance from Ken Watanabe as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, who led the Japanese resistance, but had to fight opposition to his methods among his officers. He was unusual in that he spoke English, had studied at Harvard, and had spent time in the USA and Canada as a military attaché - so he had a good idea of what American forces could do. His tactics turned what should have been a simple walkover of a small island in to a gruelling month-long battle in underground tunnels.

I thought both films were impressive, but there's not much joy to be had from a realistic depiction of war. Few soldiers or civilians knew what was really happening - propaganda and the fog of war kept everyone in the dark. Neither film spares the audience much gore: soldiers taking direct hits from artillery, arms ripped off at the elbow and gushing blood, or chests ripped open by shrapnel to look like the autopsy is already under way. :eek:

I watched Mystic River last night. Very heavy film.

Great cast, great acting and a very good storyline.

Having read the book I didn't really know what to expect but I was very surprised how good it was. And seeing as it was Clint that directed it, that explained it all