What have you watched recently?

deathstarkiller · 24-02-2009 11:13am

In the last few days.
Quarantine- Remake of Rec. Wasn't bad at all but nowhere near as good as the original.

Jack Brooks Monster Slayer - Cheap but really fun 80's style horror movie which only used practical effects and no cgi. Robert Englund was fun as the professor. Really dodgy Canadian accents though.

Gran Torino - Great little movie and it was just wonderful to see Clint on the big screen again. If they had decided not to have him having a family they could almost have had his character be a retired Harry Callaghan, just a racist version. He kicked ass in it and had some great lines.

The Nest - A 2002 French sort of remake of Assault on Precinct 13 which was miles better than the actual remake a few years ago. Recommended.

Punsiher War Zone - Silly, ott violence but exactly like a Punisher movie should be. The first Punisher movie to really be like the comics and the first actor to actually look like Frank Castle.

Tristram · 24-02-2009 12:45pm

deathstarkiller wrote: »

Gran Torino - Great little movie and it was just wonderful to see Clint on the big screen again. If they had decided not to have him having a family they could almost have had his character be a retired Harry Callaghan, just a racist version. He kicked ass in it and had some great lines.

Totally agree. Really enjoyed it.

Richard Dower · 24-02-2009 2:04pm

purplegeko wrote: »

Recently i've seen Gran Torino, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist and The Reader - Fantastic Films but found Nick & Norah a little bit of a rehash of similar teenage love story movies still very entertaining.

Agree on Nick & Norah...a much better movie (also with Kat Dennings) is Charlie Bartlett.

shrapnel222 · 24-02-2009 2:27pm

last week watched/saw:
tropa de elite: really enjoyed it
benjamin button: good but not great
rec: was expecting better, although the last 10 minutes were good
amores perros: what a brilliant film
funny games (german original): enjoyed it but kept expecting the worst
hunger: very well shot film and one awesome dialogue, the rest is meh

Richard Dower · 24-02-2009 2:39pm

I saw an uber low budget/indie movie called Crashing, with Campbell Scott (Dying Young) and Alex Kingston (ER). Bit offbeat...not my cup of tea but worth a single watch, also saw "Legacy" Haylie Duff (it's true), Greek meets Desperate Housewives...fluff. Anyone see "Keith" with Elisabeth Harnois and Jesse McCartney?...teen tragi/love story.

Others i saw and worth a watch, in order of how much i enjoyed them: Ten Inch Hero (with a fully nude Danneel Harris 'One Tree Hill')/Still Waiting and Waiting...

As one can see Still Waiting is a sequel to......Waiting :-) , Ryan Renolds is in the first but not the second, though alot of the original cast members did return for the sequel...and the very lovely Danneel Harris is also in the sequel :-)

Borneo Fnctn · 24-02-2009 8:53pm

Saw "College" the other day.
It's
A complete rip off of Superbad
A true disposable comedy
An absolutely unimaginative piece of ****e.

Saw The Wrestler as well. This was excellent. I loved the song by Bruce Springsteen.

Slumdog Millionaire was quite good. I really enjoyed it. But it wasn't that good.

YumCha · 24-02-2009 10:20pm

Bridge to Terabithia - thought it was a kids flick but was very pleasantly surprised, loved it and cried like a baby, is kind of a loose cross between Pan's Labyrinth, My Girl, and a Disney family movie

Gomorrah - Was really looking forward to this but was a bit disappointed, very hard to follow but well shot

Bangkok Dangerous - I have a secret guilty love for ****ty action films but even still this was just unbearable, Nicolas Cage should have stopped making films after Adaptation and quit on a high note

Sex - The Annabel Chong Story - Tracked this documentary down after wanting to see it for a long time, it's fairly bleak but train-wreck compelling

Zack and Miri Make A Porno - How this ever got made and released in the same conservative nation where politicians campaign on the platform of banning abortion is a completely awesome surprise. Wonderfully filthy from beginning to end, nice to see Jason Mewes back.

Eragon - So many good actors, such a horrible script, the dragon is super cool though and I want one for Xmas

Horton Hears a Who! - How could anyone not love Dr Seuss? Suitably wacky and fun, really enjoyed it.

EdgarAllenPoo · 26-02-2009 9:57am

Hannibal Rising
Highlander Endgame
Hulk
Life
Lake Placid
Red Dragon
Sleepy Hollow

shrapnel222 · 26-02-2009 10:44am

watched "rachel getting married" yesterday. surprisingly good film! really enjoyed it

Tawfee · 26-02-2009 10:21pm

At the weekend saw: Gran Torino - excellent film, Clint at his best.

Slumdog Millionaire - over-rated imho, not really sure it's a worthy best film oscar.

Also saw Ironman on DVD, quite good actually, really good cast.

yerayeah · 26-02-2009 10:36pm

I've watched Good Will Hunting, Slum Dog Millionaire, Sex Drive and There Will Be Blood recently. I'd agree with the poster above in that I don't think SDM is best film at the Oscars material. If There Will Be Blood was released this year I think it would have beaten it.

Richard Dower · 27-02-2009 12:15am

YumCha wrote: »

Bridge to Terabithia - thought it was a kids flick but was very pleasantly surprised, loved it and cried like a baby, is kind of a loose cross between Pan's Labyrinth, My Girl, and a Disney family movie

I downloaded this based on what you said and like, what the hell?....ok it was good and about children using there imagination etc., but i did not shed one tear...and i consider myself a big girls blouse! :mad:

bnt · 27-02-2009 5:48pm

Vicky Cristina Barcelona: OK, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I enjoyed Match Point, never mind Woody Allen's previous work.

It was very "staged", a Greek Tragedy with few surprises, and I thought the characters were all dead from the neck up. You want to tell them "this is a bad idea, walk away now", but then it would have been a very short movie. Stupidity is not Romantic. :rolleyes:

purple_hatstand · 10-03-2009 4:29pm

Cet obscur objet du désir (sadly, Bunuel's last film as director - his grasp of the absurd was truly unique)
The Wrestler (Mickey Rourke is excellent in another great film from Darren Aaronofsky)
El Orfanato (kids - spooky)
Oldboy (again)
The Remains of the Day (again)
Against All Odds (!) (80's - avoid)
Rumble Fish (80's - cool)
Intolerable Cruelty (slightly second-rate Coens but still pretty funny)

niallon · 10-03-2009 4:35pm

shrapnel222 wrote: »

hunger: very well shot film and one awesome dialogue, the rest is meh

Thank you! I was waiting to see if I was mad or did anyone else agree, Hunger is a showreel for Fassbender and Cunningham and that's it! There's nothing else to the film whatsoever!

Raiser · 11-03-2009 2:25pm

shenanigans1982 wrote: »

In the last couple of weeks I have watched -

The Wrestler
Pineapple Express
Step Brothers
The Number 23
Tropic Thunder
The people under the stairs
Star wars: The Clone Wars
The Kingdom
Burn After Reading

I think that I might just possibly always wonder what you actually thought of each one of these movies - seriously, from right now until the grave......

- Thanks for sharing.

niallon · 11-03-2009 3:13pm

In the last few days:

Watchmen - Didn't read the novel, loved the film. Left more comments in the Watchmen thread.

Splinter - Nice little low budget horror somewhat like a cross between The Thing and you're average DTD horror

The Wrestler - Yet to watch Milk but it better be good because Rourke owns this film!

Gran Torino - Please Clint, don't stop acting!!

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Currently in the middle of my second viewing since the cinema last year. No, it's still crap

Demeyes · 12-03-2009 1:36pm

In the last few days I watched

Identity - A good solid movie. Very good performances in it and the plot is interesting. I especially liked the ending.

Dazed and Confused - I'd heard about this ages ago but just got around to watching it. Very good movie, loads of familiar faces in it too. I liked it a lot.

Sex Drive - Way funnier than I was expecting. Better than most of this kind of movie. There are some really funny moments in it.

Role Models - I didn't hear much about it but I liked it. The main actors are pretty good in it, no one really got on my nerves like they do in some other recent comedies from this stable of people (Seth Rogen!).

nacho libre · 13-03-2009 3:28pm

Nobel Son
Sex Drive
The Tender Hook
Two Lovers
Viva

BopNiblets · 13-03-2009 5:27pm

The Good, The Bad and The Weird!
Korean The Good, The Bad and The Ugly tribute with flying camera work, lots of gunfights and a massively impressive desert chase scene.

Hulk vs.
Two animated movies about Hulk fighting other Marvel characters, Wolverine and Thor, lots of people running and flying around going AAGGHHHHHHHH and beating the pi$$ out of each other.

Valkyrie
Thrilling Nazi Hitler assassin plot... gone wrong! (lol spoilers?)

Sex Drive
Redonkulous, few laughs.

Scorpio Girl · 13-03-2009 5:36pm

slumdog millionaire - brilliant film, not at all what i was expecting

the cc of bb - not sure about this, think i'd like to watch it again

changeling - best film i've seen in a long long time

borat (the one that was on tv3 last week) - nearly wet myself laughing at times.

irish_bob · 13-03-2009 10:45pm

Scorpio Girl wrote: »

slumdog millionaire - brilliant film, not at all what i was expecting

the cc of bb - not sure about this, think i'd like to watch it again

changeling - best film i've seen in a long long time

borat (the one that was on tv3 last week) - nearly wet myself laughing at times.

how dare you have hand party with pamela

zuchum · 14-03-2009 4:47pm

Man on Wire - incredible, one of the most breathtaking films I've seen in a long time.

Bronson- not what I was expecting at all- in a good way. Amazing lead performance that I think should get Tom Hardy at least an Oscar nomination. Brilliant use of music. Think it'll be a cult classic. ding ding.

kaimera · 14-03-2009 4:53pm

Lethal Weapon 2 & 3 & 4[cos I dont have LW1

. fail.]

Valkyrie before that.

Good viewing all of the above.

byte · 15-03-2009 12:02am

Surfer Dude - uhm, yes, uhm... diabolical rubbish, basically.

Kess73 · 15-03-2009 12:17am

In the last week or so

Watchmen - Am a huge fan of the printed version, and loved the film. Would advise anyone who wants to see it to buy the graphic novel first, but a good watch nonetheless.

On Blu ray I watched the following

The Life Of Brian - I always crack up laughing watching this. The second funniest Monthy Python film/show imho. Watch this if you have never seen it, and wattch it anyway even if you have seen it before.

Wyatt Earp - Slow burning western as Costner is fond of making. Well cast, well acted, and great to look at in blu ray. A must for western fans.

The Lost Boys - A classic slab of 80's film. Vampires, bad hair, 80's soundtrack, and Jack Bauer with fangs.

Unforgiven - Another slow burning, but brilliant western. Eastwood, Freeman, Hackman, and Harris all on top form as it heads for an explosive climax.

banshee_bones · 15-03-2009 3:27am

Marley & Me... typical rom com but i enjoyed it anyway

artielange · 15-03-2009 3:57am

The Killing Gene

The Hurt Locker

The Hunting Party

Surveillance

Felon

Adaptation

Five Fingers

Mulholland Falls

The Godfather

Insomnia the original with Skargard

All very good movies

sillyputty · 15-03-2009 1:23pm

Watched 'Baby Mama' last night with Tina Fey and well it was meh! It was funny in parts but and the girl buddy movie was a nice change from 2 guys.

Cianos · 15-03-2009 2:27pm

Inside Man
Stumbled across this by chance and had a watch. Thought it was great. Nice pace to it, the attention to detail was good, sharp dialogue and believable characters.

Eagle Eye
Watched this after someone mentioning it here. Enjoyable I guess...takes a lot of liberties with what a networked world can actually do, but meh. Watch it if you are in the mood for a cheesy action flick

What have you watched recently?

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