What have you watched recently?

D'Agger

SleepAtNight wrote: »

Up In The Air- Bit of a deflated ending but I suppose it wasn't predictable

Really enjoyed that movie thought they got the casting spot on and it was a movie that provided a nice change of pace imo

Fishooks12

Gamb!t wrote: »

Trespass -poor
The Guard - Worse
Captain America - Not bad

Thought the Guard was overrated but very watchable and had some good laughs

CA on the other hand was painfully bland other than a decent opening 30 minutes

Real Steel - I just turned my brain off and enjoyed this movie

mikemac

The Guard
The trailer looked excellent and a few have told me it was a very good film.

Looked pretty cheap looking, a bit like a TV show if that makes sense
Plot-holes everywhere

Yeah it's a comedy so I'm not expecting a complex plot but if it fails at even being funny apart from a few parts
"I'm Irish, racism is in my nature" was the best line.
Disappointed

rednik

The bridge on the river kwai on blu ray. Another excellent transfer for a great movie. Now can we please have Lawrence of Arabia.

Gamb!t

crazygeryy wrote: »

Jeez what age are you 10? captain america was better than the guard???

Yeah I didn't like it,same old jokes,Besides what wrong with having an opinion ?

brianregan09

Limitless watched it the other night not expecting much but was pleasantly suprised really really enjoyed , Makes you think what if they ever made a drug like that would be fantastic lol

Quarantine 2 Poor follow up to the 1st which was quite good this was terrible though took away the handheld camera which worked great in the 1st and tried to make a proper movie crappy plot thrown in and all very dissapointing

SleepAtNight

PaulieC wrote: »

Really enjoyed that movie thought they got the casting spot on and it was a movie that provided a nice change of pace imo

Yea no, had no problems with...suppose I turned soft and hoped georgie boy would end up with that fine dame.

SleepAtNight

mikemac wrote: »

The Guard
The trailer looked excellent and a few have told me it was a very good film.

Looked pretty cheap looking, a bit like a TV show if that makes sense
Plot-holes everywhere

Yeah it's a comedy so I'm not expecting a complex plot but if it fails at even being funny apart from a few parts
"I'm Irish, racism is in my nature" was the best line.
Disappointed

I thought first time around it was pretty hilarious. Second time however it fell. The jokes are a once off...unlike In Bruges and it's definitely no Withnail & I where you could watch it every year and still find it as witty as the first time you saw it.

Mickeroo

RopeDrink wrote: »

Kill The Irishman:

Solid movie, watchable cast acting out events based on truth regarding an Irish/American taking on the mob in want of power control during the 70's. Movie is spliced with real-footage which gives it a small but positive edge. Well acted, lot of explosions, no real twists just a straightforward gangster tale. Occasional humour in dialogue and scenes break up an otherwise gritty/brutal movie.

I thought it was an enjoyable enough film and Stevenson was good but did you not find all that celtic warrior stuff fairly cringeworthy?

krudler

RopeDrink wrote: »

POTC: On Stranger Tides

Quite liked the previous PotC movies but this... Well... Let's just say it looked and felt like a complete waste of time. Movie had very little of interest to offer, uninspiring chase scenes, the usual sword-fights... In my fathers words, it just wasn't exciting or funny. JDepp as per usual was great as Captain Jack Sparrow but ultimately I think all three of us admitted that it was little more than meh...

I thought they could have done a lot more with Blackbeard as well, he was a much more interesting character than the priest or the mermaid. Depp and Rush made it some bit watchable but very forgettable.

pheasant tail

Watched contagion,insidious,inception and my sisters keeper in the last couple of days,contagion was good but not as good as i expected,insidious was really interesting,goes a bit over the top near the end but was still really good,inception i thought was very poor,couldnt get into it but sisters keeper was just brilliant,loved it!!!:)

Gamb!t

Mickeroo wrote: »

I thought it was an enjoyable enough film and Stevenson was good but did you not find all that celtic warrior stuff fairly cringeworthy?

Forgot about that one,it was actually not bad.

Nolanger

Death of a salesman - the Dustin Hoffman one. Above average but more of a TV movie.

p to the e

Watched a film on late last night called "Bigga than Ben" about two Russian immigrants trying to make a living in London by ripping off the system. Some very funny moments and some very poignant scenes. Recommended.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0831275/

Fishooks12

Primer

made on a measly budget of 7k it's possibly the best sci fi I've ever seen

On a fraction of the budget of inception it's ten times the film

Really mind blowing but it takes a lot of concentration and is best watched alone

9/10

krudler

Fishooks12 wrote: »

Primer

made on a measly budget of 7k it's possibly the best sci fi I've ever seen

On a fraction of the budget of inception it's ten times the film

Really mind blowing but it takes a lot of concentration and is best watched alone

Brain melting stuff once it unravels the concept, its definitely something thats worth rewatching one you know how it winds up

fitz0

Primer is an absolute gem of a film. I've tried to convince people to watch it but they either turn off at the mention of a sci-fi movie, can't handle the plot or just don't listen to me.

I watched it without knowing anything about it off the back of a recommendation. The less you know going into it the better.

It took close to an hour before I realised the movie was about time travel!

Fishooks12

fitz0 wrote: »

Primer is an absolute gem of a film. I've tried to convince people to watch it but they either turn off at the mention of a sci-fi movie, can't handle the plot or just don't listen to me.

I watched it without knowing anything about it off the back of a recommendation. The less you know going into it the better.

It took close to an hour before I realised the movie was about time travel!

I knew the premise but I really wasn't expecting it to be as mind-blowing as it was

The only film (apart from Mulholland Drive) that I felt compelled to watch again straight after, it's even better on the second viewing as you start to piece together the holes

Also....how good is the ****in soundtrack!

Fishooks12

Fishooks12 wrote: »

Primer

made on a measly budget of 7k it's possibly the best sci fi I've ever seen

On a fraction of the budget of inception it's ten times the film

Really mind blowing but it takes a lot of concentration and is best watched alone

9/10

How To Train a Dragon

Two great films in one day!

Better than Toy Story 3 IMO, which is no mean feat given how good TS3 is

The emotional depth of it is fascinating

The animation is so slick and imaginative I really can't think of too many animated films that look better

Quality voice acting and a strong plot and although you have a good idea of where things are going it's hard to care when the journeys this good

9/10

Mickeroo

Bad Teacher

Pretty funny if predictable movie. Cameron Diaz is obviously having lots of fun with the role, also thought Timberlake's character was very funny.

JONJO THE MISER

Just watched Cedar Rapids.
My kind of movie, very very good.

Bobby Baccala

Saw mississippi burning last night, some film.

Gamb!t

Watched the latest Harry Potter,much better than the first part of Deathly Hallows.

bnt

Watched Hurt Locker on TV last night. The fact that I waited this long and tells you something. It was OK, I suppose, but with some major flaws. Those GIs, especially the Ranger "new guy" were behaving in ways that would have got them court-martialled. You don't screw around when defusing bombs, do you? Except in the movies, of course.

Then they head out to the desert ... for no apparent reason. Seems to me like that section was inserted just to show them doing something more cinematic than defusing bombs. The whole thing was very episodic.

But the worst aspect, by far, was the camera work. I am so over the "shaky cam" fad: get a flipping tripod and learn to use it, please - or rent a Steadicam or something. Then study how the great cinematographers handled lighting, framing etc. Action scenes can sometimes benefit from some kinetic camerawork (e.g. the Bourne films), but there's no reason for dark, shaky, grainy footage when two guys are sitting in a room talking. :rolleyes:

Nolanger

bnt wrote: »

But the worst aspect, by far, was the camera work. I am so over the "shaky cam" fad: get a flipping tripod and learn to use it, please. Then study how the great cinematographers handled lighting, framing etc.

A major reason why modern movies suck big time.

e_e

Nolanger wrote: »

A major reason why modern movies suck big time.

Some modern movies use this technique, therefore all modern movies suck?

Doesn't make sense.

johnny_ultimate

e_e wrote: »

Some modern movies use this technique, therefore all modern movies suck?

Doesn't make sense.

Don't even bother. The guy is a broken record. A reaction was the only thing that post was designed for.

Nolanger

Won't bother writing another post now. Read this instead! http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_7136/is_200807/ai_n32286267/

Kess73

Rewatched To Kill A Mockingbird tonight as it had been years since my last viewing of it.


Such a great film with not one poorly played role in the film. Even those with only a few lines in the film played their parts to perfection.

Gregory Peck is majestic, and the three kids were brilliant. Had also forgotten how vile and hateful the character of Bob Ewell is.

It is a film that, despite having many differences to the book it is based on, manages to capture the essence of the novel with some aplomb. The only thing that I wish was in the film is what Boo Radley said in the book as it really would have worked so well in the film imho.