What have you watched recently?

L31mr0d · 05-05-2009 1:26am

Over the may weekend I watched:

The Darjeeling Limited: Not Wes Andersons best work to date imo
The Spirit: Well I got around 40 minutes into it and I stopped once I realized i'd rather be watching a Matthew McConaughey RomCom instead.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine: Best scene was the banter between Zero & Wolverine in the lumber yard, aside from that it was a let down
Full Metal Jacket: Just had a hankerin for some Kubrick

kaimera · 05-05-2009 2:59pm

wolverine - semi-fail
babel - fail
Indy4 - fail

digital pimp · 08-05-2009 4:54pm

X-Men Origins: Wolverine: crap
and it made $80 mill, so FOX are guna make more crap films

Red Sleeping Beauty · 08-05-2009 9:51pm

I'm not being smart but what did yis expect from Wolverine ?
Of course it was going to be crap.

banshee_bones · 09-05-2009 7:40pm

Wolverine Origins.... meh really not that impressed

Knocked Up... no where near as funny as everyone kept making it out to be.

Saw 2.... more of the same really

RHunce · 09-05-2009 7:42pm

VANTAGE POINT - pretty good
SUPERBAD - funny as $#!t

Shryke · 09-05-2009 8:05pm

Testosteron - a polish film about a bunch of guys at the afters of a wedding that went terribly wrong. It's got some funny moments. I wasn't blown away but I was happy enough that I watched it.

Mr. Brooks - It's actually one I watched a while back but I just want to plug it. Absolutely brilliant film and Kevin Costners best work to date. I loved it.

Hard Boiled - Everything just explodes. It's ridiculous. Every time a bullet is fired things just ****ing explode. It wasn't a great film. I know some people love it for what it is. I think it's Ok for what it is.

Wolverine: Origins - They messed everything up. They didn't make a single intelligent plot point, let alone film. The only thing they got right was Victor Creed aka Sabertooth. Every single character who appeared was wasted. And the ending and how

the memory loss

was explained was something from the hairy nether regions of bad fan fic.

Star Trek - A good entertaining film. I never liked Vulcans. They're sci-fis version of elves and I don't like elves. Having said that Spock was actually pretty good. I like the actor playing him so that helps. Kirk is great, McCoy is great, Scotty... pretty much the entire cast is rock solid. I was very impressed and I recommend.

CyberWaste · 09-05-2009 8:38pm

Nightmare on elm street: Very good horror, not a slasher like I was expecting.

Tell no one: Good thriller, if a little hard to follow at times.

Sunshine: Decent. Good up until

they find the guy with all the burns in the sun chamber who goes mad

then it turned crap.

Podge2k7 · 10-05-2009 12:21am

Wolverine-I quite enjoyed it,Wasnt too bad 6/10

Never Back Down-I liked it but im drunk and cant remember too much much of it.

That_Guy · 10-05-2009 12:25am

Watched A Scanner Darkly and Vantage Point.

I only managed to watch an hour of A Scanner Darkly before I got bored. It's great to look at but I was a little confused at times and completely lost. Might watch it again when I am more in the mood.

Vantage Point wasn't too bad except it did get a little annoying when it kept going over the same thing. Last half an hour was quite good though. Worth a watch and a pretty decent car chase in there too.

byte · 10-05-2009 2:48am

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

TBH, I thought it was rubbish. Stupid storyline.

L31mr0d · 10-05-2009 4:26am

Watched so far this weekend:

Flawless: meh...
Star Trek: Amazing.... overuse of lens flares

Princess Mononoke: Brilliant. Ghibli at its best.
Dark City: Watched the directors cut on bluray. Excellent movie.

JIZZLORD · 10-05-2009 10:38am

I latched Being john malkovich last night. Great film

mle1324 · 10-05-2009 7:29pm

Ultimate Force and Dirty Harry

entropi · 10-05-2009 7:45pm

This weekend i have watched in cinema:

Star Trek
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

On DVD:

The Van
Superbad
Final Fantasy:Advent Children
Flushed Away

And i enjoyed all of them very much:D

Delirium · 10-05-2009 7:54pm

Star Trek - Really enjoyed this movie, one of the better films I've seen in the cinema in a while.

The Forbidden Kingdom - Jackie chan + jet li both appear in this movie. Story was okay, but it was the fight sequences that was the main reason I watched this film.

The Silence - An ingmar bergman movie. Still trying to figure out what to make of this one. The movie had my attention for all of the running time. But very little happens in the film. It focuses entirely on 2 sisters + a son of one of the sisters.

Borneo Fnctn · 10-05-2009 8:02pm

Watched Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on TV last night. I have the dvd but there's something about watching it on telly. What a movie though. What a fooking movie.

Tchaikovsky · 11-05-2009 12:23am

I saw the end of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (fantastic final scene)... never seen it before but definitely going to see it in its entirety now!

Richard Dower · 11-05-2009 2:25am

I watched The Initiation Of Sarah (2006)...remake of the original tv movie, it had Summer Glau...that's why i watched it :-) , twas meh....but the girls were hot.
Powder Blue....rubbish, Jessica Biel does Showgirls...badly. Get her boobs out....meh, nothing to write home abou they are.

Biel i have always felt was totally overhyped in the looks dept., to me she was always very average and tomboy. Terrible film, dire script, Forrest Whittaker is a fine actor but he's wasted in this.

flangeman · 11-05-2009 2:38am

Deleted User wrote: »

Nemesis: Yet another 90s action classic. Having waited years and years to finally see Nemesis I have to say that I was not disappointed. Some fantastic fights, fine performances and an early role for Tom Jane.

That's funny, I just managed to watch a copy about 4 days ago, I remember renting it when I was a kid.

Crazy movie and you can see some of the style was nicked for other films.

veXual · 11-05-2009 10:21am

Just watched In Bruges last night. Excellent film extremely enjoyable!

Wreck · 11-05-2009 5:00pm

Greenstreet 2 - Hooligans, total pile of sh!t, truly terrible. When the director of the prison started talking about

gladiators and it dawned on me that he was going to make them play football to see who would get released

I just couldn't stop laughing.

TerrorFirmer · 12-05-2009 9:45am

Is Nemesis the 1993 film that thieved heavily from Terminator? Great over the top action film. Love the start of it especially, so incredibly 80's looking, with thousands of rounds expanded, random explosions, and plenty of duck n' rolls from the hero. It's actually ALWAYS on one of the free Movie channels, think it might be Movies4Men, if anyone's looking for it via legal means. I've watched parts of it about 8 times now for that reason

Watched Screamers 2: The Hunting last night. Was pretty good as far as B-Movies go, plenty of shooting, violence and a stupid storyline, and the special effects were a lot better than I've come to expect from these sort of movies.

minidazzler · 12-05-2009 11:02am

Last night I watched Choke online, I have yet to read the book but I thought it was a very good film. Not quite as complicated as Fight Club, but still quite good.

Johnnio13 · 12-05-2009 11:57am

Recently saw I love you, Man - funny in places. But a dvd film
Also watched Cashern - very dark - great flic
Star Trek tonight!

Mink · 12-05-2009 1:14pm

The Lost Boys - You could watch it just to get a laugh at the clothes! I remember being all excited about it as a kid but watching it recently, it's not great. I did like all the younger kids in it though, they were far more entertaining than the older teenagers & vampires

The Wedding Singer - Can't beat Adam Sandler & Drew Barrymore together! Brilliant cringeworthy 80's soundtrack & fashion again!

Good Will Hunting - I must have watched this 10 times, still love it. Best & most natural script ever IMO. Best film from Robin Williams also I reckon

Fago123 · 12-05-2009 2:21pm

Watched yesterday (day off work):

Sleuth - pretty poor considering the talent involved (Michael Caine, Jude Law, Kenneth Branagh directing). Caine was ok but the dialogue was awful and Jude Law put in a strange performance. Haven't seen the original from the 70's

High Fidelity - I've always enjoyed this movie, and Jack Black's funniest role in my opinion

Margot at The Wedding - excellent, despite my dislike of Nicole Kidman as an actress. Follow up from the director of the Squid and the Whale. Writing, directing and acting all top notch!

BopNiblets · 12-05-2009 2:44pm

Fago123 wrote: »

High Fidelity - I've always enjoyed this movie, and Jack Black's funniest role in my opinion

Saw that on TV too, great stuff.

Saw Fanboys aswell, hilarious, must see for Star Wars fans.
Trailer.

tferg20 · 12-05-2009 11:56pm

Just saw observe and report. It kind of threw me, i was expecting another run of the mill seth rogen & in some ways it was. It touches however on darker themes not usually seen in his movies. Aside from that suprise though gots to give it 3/10. . . It's kinda crappy.

Oh & High fidelity aswell, The scene with the Boss is awesome.

MikeHoncho · 13-05-2009 5:23pm

Nick and Norahs Infinite Playlist - At the start I thought I was going to hate it. Seemed to be trying too hard to be cool and "Indie" but the performances from a very talented young cast (especially Michael Cera and Kat Dennings in the lead roles) lift it above what could have been a wishy washy terrible movie. Worth a look 7/10.

grames_bond · 13-05-2009 6:07pm

Mink wrote: »

The Wedding Singer - Can't beat Adam Sandler & Drew Barrymore together!

*ahem* that's not QUITE true:

yeah less said about that the better

bnt · 14-05-2009 1:25am

Watched Cheri earlier this evening: a romantic drama set in Belle Époque France. Since it's scripted by Christopher Hampton, directed by Stephen Frears, and stars Michelle Pfeiffer, it was billed as a kind-of-sequel to Dangerous Liaisons. It's nowhere near as interesting, though, it's based on romantic novels by Collette. The art direction and costumes are excellent, Pfeiffer is great (except perhaps the accent), but the rest of the casting is a mess.

I took an instant dislike to "Cheri" (Rupert Friend), since he's one of those sexually-ambiguous "beardless boys" which didn't fit, I thought. A wet blanket who looks about 14, not someone to inspire the "grand passions" that the story requires. Then there's Kathy Bates as a former "courtesan" ... no, that doesn't work. Jim Sheridan had a small role too, as ... well, I have no idea, other than "loony".

Richard Dower · 14-05-2009 6:51am

Star Trek - great fun, highly entertaining....nice comedy, would liked to have seen more character development and also see more of the ship. I think Bones and Spock were the best....i didn't like the others as they were tooo different to the original cast.

I didn't mind plot holes...it's a rebbot, a much needed one!

*Simone* · 14-05-2009 11:22am

Watched The Aviator last night. Had it on dvd and had been meaning to watch it for about 2 years now! I must say I liked it. Leonardo DiCaprio is really an excellent actor. Pity he lost alot of his cred for being such a heart-throb! Also thought he was very good at portraying OCD.

sillyputty · 14-05-2009 4:51pm

Last night i watched "Body of Lies" with Leonardo Di Caprio and Russell Crowe, i thought it was ok but have seen better films on the topic of terrorism, IMO it was painfully slow in parts.

14-05-2009 5:02pm

Crossing Over: Wayne Kramer's latest and a truly enjoyable film. A lot of people have called it Crashlite but I thought it was a much more enjoyable and far less preachy film. While the film relied on a number of soincidences over all it's strong perofrmances and story pulled it through. The story behind the production is as interesting as the finished film.

mle1324 · 14-05-2009 6:06pm

The General
brilliant film,when i first saw it a few years ago i never understood why it was in black and white but now i think its deadly in black and white:)

Mad_Max · 14-05-2009 7:09pm

tferg20 wrote: »

Just saw observe and report. It kind of threw me, i was expecting another run of the mill seth rogen & in some ways it was. It touches however on darker themes not usually seen in his movies. Aside from that suprise though gots to give it 3/10. . . It's kinda crappy.

Oh & High fidelity aswell, The scene with the Boss is awesome.

Have to agree... a very VERY odd film. Some funny(ish) lines but in general just not funny.

Star trek is a enjoyable nonsense. Im not a trekkie so treated it with a fresh mind and quite enjoyed it.

Angels and demons tonight..although one of my fav books im very interested to see what they do with what I thought was a poor ending.

hunter164 · 14-05-2009 8:42pm

Watched Philadelphia, thought Hanks was great in it.

niallon · 15-05-2009 12:15am

Just saw Angels and Demons, didn't read the book. My brother informs me that there is changes but in essence, I don't think this could be polished. Definitely far better than the Da Vinci Code but still riddled with flaws, with far too much being looked over in favour of constantly unravelling plot turns and such which, though relatively impressive, are not enough to forgive. Overall it's enjoyable but still hasn't convinced me that Dan Brown can produce better calibre plots.

I particularly cringed at

Ewan McGregor, playing a priest, parachuting out of a plane carrying anti-matter which is about to explode. It was just too ludicrous!

L'prof · 15-05-2009 1:13am

niallon wrote: »

Just saw Angels and Demons, didn't read the book. My brother informs me that there is changes but in essence, I don't think this could be polished. Definitely far better than the Da Vinci Code but still riddled with flaws, with far too much being looked over in favour of constantly unravelling plot turns and such which, though relatively impressive, are not enough to forgive. Overall it's enjoyable but still hasn't convinced me that Dan Brown can produce better calibre plots.

I particularly cringed at
Ewan McGregor, playing a priest, parachuting out of a plane carrying anti-matter which is about to explode. It was just too ludicrous!

What, you haven't seen Ewan McGregor doing that before???

bnt · 15-05-2009 1:24am

Watched most of Jackass: The Movie tonight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGTrTyscmvI

What? I call it Situationism. :cool:

niallon · 15-05-2009 10:06pm

jasonorr wrote: »

What, you haven't seen Ewan McGregor doing that before???

It's not the McGregor bit that gets me, more the priest bit!

L'prof · 16-05-2009 2:57am

niallon wrote: »

It's not the McGregor bit that gets me, more the priest bit!

Yeah, I know

mle1324 · 16-05-2009 11:10pm

From dusk till dawn,animal film

Borneo Fnctn · 17-05-2009 12:04am

Just watched Apocalypse Now on telly. Always worth a watch. I didn't like the redux edit though. It's all over the place.

Cake Man · 17-05-2009 12:03pm

SawAngels and Demons last night, thought it was very good. Probably should have read the book first. Good twist at the end!

That_Guy · 17-05-2009 1:27pm

Saw Star Trek and Wolverine recently.

Both pretty good I have to say.

neilisagam · 17-05-2009 4:49pm

watched the believer an early ryan gosling movie which one a sundance back in 2001. the acting and scribt are both v.good.

Richard Dower · 17-05-2009 11:19pm

Just watched: The Ramen Girl, Baby On Board, Confessions Of A Shopaholic.

Out of the three Ramen was the best, Brittany Murphy...Shopaholic was utter dire!, Baby On Board had some funny lines in places.

What have you watched recently?

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