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What have you watched recently?

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,065 ✭✭✭crazygeryy


    Finneen wrote: »
    Pom pom girls - high-school movie from the 1970s. Dire stuff.

    You mean the title wasnt a giveaway?lol


  • Registered Users Posts: 806 ✭✭✭AssaultedPeanut


    Watched Antichrist tonight, all I can say is WTF :confused:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 508 ✭✭✭craftypaddy


    boondock saints 1 and 2, dont know how these slipped past me, two good films, bit far fetched but still worth a watch


  • Registered Users Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    The Raven:

    Very enjoyable film. Reminded me of a mix between Sherlock Holmes and Saw an awful lot. Very good mystery thriller and I accidentally burst out laughing in the cinema when a shocked audience member behind me shouted out "oh fúcking hell" really loudly during the
    pendulum scene when the critic was being sawn in half.

    Very good "whodunit" film and a pretty good performance from John Cusack. Think a less flamboyant but more manic version of Sherlock Holmes.

    Very enjoyable and well worth a watch.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,781 ✭✭✭clappyhappy


    Watched Margin Call a few nigt ago. Great cast Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Demi Moore, the guy from the mentalist. About a risk management company and investment banking going wrong, really enjoyed it, excellent movie.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 6,895 ✭✭✭Sugarlumps


    Boogie Nights – Surprisingly I had only seen it once. Goes down as one of my all time favourites. Some sterling performances, surely someone made off with an Oscar for that film? And I don’t mean Walhberg.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,568 ✭✭✭candy-gal1


    The Raven - went to see this last night, wasnt entirely sure what to expect tbh, but definitly wasnt disapointed.
    i just got lost in it from start to finish, Sweeney Todd/Sleepy Hollow/Saw but much better would be my comparison, the romantic on the side bit wasnt just tacked on but also wasnt taking away from the rest of the movie.

    plus John Cusack is hot in it ;), as he is in most of his movies but this time he had a great look about him, all in all great entertainment.




    Wanderlust - slow to start off but once it got into it was hilarious in places, Paul Rudd is really growing on me as a proper funny guy in movies!
    plus the long haired guy in it, jennifer anistons husband in real life apparrantly, HOT! only in that movie though :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 512 ✭✭✭GaryIrv93


    True Lies and Terminator 2, can never get enough of Schwarzenegger movies!


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,224 ✭✭✭✭Marty McFly


    GaryIrv93 wrote: »
    True Lies and Terminator 2, can never get enough of Schwarzenegger movies!


    Im with yeh on that one love Schwarzengger films you can never go wrong with the likes of Total Recall, Commando, Predator and my fave Running Man.


  • Registered Users Posts: 829 ✭✭✭OldeCinemaSoz


    Once upon a time a little man was happy with
    his family and then they got killed...

    and then the little man got to hitting back as he
    could'nt take no more...

    he got a name for himself.

    Paul Kersey.

    that man ruffled so much feathers he should
    be considered a hero.

    Anyways...

    DEATH WISH. One of The Winner's best films along
    with THE SENTINEL.

    You can forget the rest.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭GAAman


    Just finished watching Senna, blown away!

    The fact that I have no interest in F1 is a testament to the quality of this film, if you have not seen it yet watch it!


  • Registered Users Posts: 42,079 ✭✭✭✭Scorpion Sting


    The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - I thought this was a very good comedy with some poignant scenes along the way. Tom Wilkinson was excellent playing a gay man searching for the man he loved decades earlier. There were some genuinely funny moments in this and Maggie Smith's character delivers most of the laugh out loud lines. Well worth going to see in the cinema.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 33 GoldDustWoman


    Titanic - haven't seen it since I was 12 or so (when I saw it 7 times in the cinema!). I still like it, it's watchable though some bits are a wee bit cringe-y.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,493 ✭✭✭DazMarz


    Casino:brilliant stuff from Scorsese and his usual band of merry men (Robert deNiro and Joe Pesci). The rise and spectacular fall of the Mob-Controlled Las Vegas. Stomach-churningly violent at points, but the story rips along. Almost 3 hours long, but such a brilliant film, the time flies by.

    The Prestige: Christopher Nolan directs this Victorian-era tale of two rival magicians (Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman) who will go to any lengths to outdo one another. Everyone around them is merely a pawn to be used to try and gain an upper hand. It also contains more twists and turns than most films and is stunningly brilliant. Well worth a watch.

    Scream Trilogy: harmless fun as teenagers get killed by the seemingly immortal killer Ghostface (the voice is so creepy). Great fun and classic 90's horror with a good dash of self-depricating humour thrown in for good measure!


  • Registered Users Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Considering the news of a sequel I thought I'd go back to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure since I hadn't seen it in yeeeeeaaaaars.

    Jesus, time hasn't been good to this film. It had some funny bits (Like Keanu going "Woooowoowowoooah!!" every now and again :pac:) but overall was a bit flat and the bodacious dialogue gets old fast. It's a fat slice of harmless 80's cheese.

    If anything, I'm interested now in how they'll make Bill & Ted 3 work.............if at all.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,014 ✭✭✭Paddy Samurai


    Machine Gun Preacher
    Good film,well worth a watch.

    Tower Heist
    Entertaining,but would'nt need to see it again.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,843 ✭✭✭Jimdagym


    Ive been busy watching films since Monday.

    A Seperation. Such an amazing movie. Hard to pick who is right and who is wrong, which makes it very human. Thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish

    Europa Europa. Strange to call a WWII survivor story funny, but this had great comedy in it, which I suppose is needed to make the hardships more bareable. The protaganist was a real chameleon. This is probably the best non warfare WWII film I have seen, although I am due a rewatch of Schindlers list.

    Point break. Awesome movie. Definate classic, despite Swayze being the only one in it who can act. Love this movie.

    Special Forces. French Movie about a botched rescue mission to free reporter Diane Kruger from the Taliban. Like Black Hawk Down in the mountains really, but very good nonetheless.

    Bloodsport. Keeping with my forgotten gem mood of movies lately, I watched this last night for the first time in about 15 years. I'd like to say Its aged badly, but I think it looked aged when it came out. Its great fun though.

    Dirty Harry. Caught it on TCm the other night. Seen it 10 million times, but come on, its awesome :D

    There was another film, but for the liofe of me I cant remember what it was...


  • Registered Users Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    Paul:

    Quite a silly film overall but I laughed countless times throughout. It wasn't necessarily funny but I burst out laughing when
    they walk into the country/Western bar and the Cantina music from Star Wars is playing in the background on fiddles etc. Hilarious and a very subtle comedic moment I thought.

    It's a very enjoyable film overall and lots of various sci-fi movie references throughout.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,353 ✭✭✭Sasquatch76


    Mutants; French zombie fare with similarities to 28 Days Later and I Am Legend. Not great, but not the worst zombie movie I've seen. Hell, it's not even the worst zombie movie I've seen this week.


  • Registered Users Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Worlds Greatest Dad, well worth a watch, dark as hell humour but very good, really looking forward to Goldtwaiths next movie


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  • Registered Users Posts: 7,988 ✭✭✭constitutionus


    alien was on telly again last night.

    didnt mean to watch the whole thing but just got sucked right into it.

    the suit looks dodgy as hell in places now but its STILL a cracking film that holds up incredibly well for when it was made on the effects front.

    no mean feat.

    got me nicely pumped for prometheus.


  • Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,119 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    That_Guy wrote: »
    Paul:

    Quite a silly film overall but I laughed countless times throughout. It wasn't necessarily funny but I burst out laughing when
    they walk into the country/Western bar and the Cantina music from Star Wars is playing in the background on fiddles etc. Hilarious and a very subtle comedic moment I thought.

    It's a very enjoyable film overall and lots of various sci-fi movie references throughout.

    I enjoyed Paul and got a great kick out of the references, from the moment sigourney weaver's character was introduced I was waiting for someone to utter THAT line and I wasn't dissappointed. You know the one I mean :P


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,881 ✭✭✭WHIP IT!


    Project X

    Absolute tripe of the highest order. Great soundtrack though and the only other thing I did enjoy - and I'm not ashamed to say this.... was all the
    t*ts!


  • Registered Users Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    I enjoyed Paul and got a great kick out of the references, from the moment sigourney weaver's character was introduced I was waiting for someone to utter THAT line and I wasn't dissappointed. You know the one I mean :P

    I liked Paul, its full of fun references, like him
    sitting in the warehouse from the end of Raiders chatting to Spielberg on the phone on how to end E.T.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭GAAman


    krudler wrote: »
    I liked Paul, its full of fun references, like him
    sitting in the warehouse from the end of Raiders chatting to Spielberg on the phone on how to end E.T.

    It is packed with little references, they (Pegg and Frost) always have them in their productions. See Here

    My favourite is when
    Sigourney Weaver is punched in the face by Tara and she says "Get away from her you bitch!!"

    :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 512 ✭✭✭GaryIrv93


    Im with yeh on that one love Schwarzengger films you can never go wrong with the likes of Total Recall, Commando, Predator and my fave Running Man.

    IMO best movies ever made (in my time) were the action and comedy movies from the 90's, like True Lies and especially Speed 1/2 and the ones you mentioned :)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3Kyv_iaNs one of the best comedys from the 90's I know of has got to be Happy Gilmore :D Been going retro with 90's movies lately,


  • Registered Users Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    GaryIrv93 wrote: »
    IMO best movies ever made (in my time) were the action and comedy movies from the 90's, like True Lies and especially Speed 1/2 and the ones you mentioned :)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3Kyv_iaNs one of the best comedys from the 90's I know of has got to be Happy Gilmore :D Been going retro with 90's movies lately,

    its terrifying when movies from the 90's are now over and coming upto their 20th anniversarie, T2 is 20 years old, Jurassic Park is next year, Speed is 18 years old now.

    I still think of the 90's as being 10 years ago, I'm oooold


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 512 ✭✭✭GaryIrv93


    krudler wrote: »
    GaryIrv93 wrote: »
    IMO best movies ever made (in my time) were the action and comedy movies from the 90's, like True Lies and especially Speed 1/2 and the ones you mentioned :)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3Kyv_iaNs one of the best comedys from the 90's I know of has got to be Happy Gilmore :D Been going retro with 90's movies lately,

    its terrifying when movies from the 90's are now over and coming upto their 20th anniversarie, T2 is 20 years old, Jurassic Park is next year, Speed is 18 years old now.

    I still think of the 90's as being 10 years ago, I'm oooold
    yep T2 is ancient - hard to believe lol. Jurassic park is that old?! Jaysis... Hell, Happy Gilmore is from 96, yet it's one of the best comedys I've seen, much funnier that todays stuff IMO. That's the thing - the cartoons and comedys that I grew up in as a kid in the 90's, were far more amusing than today's series. Kenan & Kel being a prime example!


  • Registered Users Posts: 262 ✭✭Awful_Bliss


    I'm gonna get murdered for saying this but I saw Withnail and I for the first time last night. What's all the fuss about? It's an ok film but nothing special. I'm halfway through watching another comedy Animal House and that's better.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 18,891 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    krudler wrote: »
    T2 is 20 years old.....I'm oooold

    Jesus...I remember when the first one came out.


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