Someone help me with my Dilemma

Handsome Bob

So I'll be going to the cinema tomorrow but cannot decide on what to go to.

Sorority Row has a mildly entertaining trailer, and I have to say that seeing gormless college chicks being picked off one by one has its' appeal. However in the end I reckon it's just another dime a dozen slasher movie.

Dorian Gray, while it certainly looks good and quite atmospheric, doesn't really capture my interest. It looks like a film which places style above substance, and I'm finding difficult to find any reviews online.

The Hurt Locker I have heard rave reviews about. I have watched the trailer, other than the end of it I don't feel anything towards the film. I have also heard it is one sided and very much an "American film" in its' approach to the Iraq war.

Finally there is Fish Tank, which I find the premise to be exactly my kind of film, and the trailer looks great too. So I am leaning towards Fish Tank.

However if anyone can give me an insight into these movies (without spoiling them) I would very much appreciate it.

Rhyme

I'd recommend Moon but the last showing is tonight (Cineworld).

Hurt Locker looks pretty good, if I were heading to the cinema right now I'd go see it... except I want to see District 9 again >_>

MagicMarker

Going to the cinema shouldn't involve such a thought process.

Just forget about tomorrow night until tomorrow night imo.

Karl Hungus

MagicMarker wrote: »

Going to the cinema shouldn't involve such a thought process.

If such a thought process means the difference between money well spent on a great film, or wasted money on a piece of crap, then I think yes, it should.

Handsome Bob

Rhyme wrote: »

I'd recommend Moon but the last showing is tonight (Cineworld).

Hurt Locker looks pretty good, if I were heading to the cinema right now I'd go see it... except I want to see District 9 again >_>

Yeah District 9 was great, hearing that guy ad-libbed all his lines just improves my opinion on the film. I'd say it's a flip of a coin between Hurt Locker and Fish Tank.

MagicMarker wrote: »

Going to the cinema shouldn't involve such a thought process.

Just forget about tomorrow night until tomorrow night imo.

Ah c'mon now, I'd like to weed out the films not worth seeing over others, what's wrong with that?

NeilFrenzy4Ever

Nothing interesting for me either in the cinema now that I've seen Inglorious Basterds

ScumLord

The only film I've seen out of those is hurt locker and it's probably the best (just assuming) it is a good film.

Driver 8

Hurt Locker's the best of those

Handsome Bob

Okay, so it seems that the general concenus is that The Hurt Locker is the best out of the four. Has anyone seen Fish Tank?

bnt

LZ5by5 wrote: »

Dorian Gray, while it certainly looks good and quite atmospheric, doesn't really capture my interest. It looks like a film which places style above substance, and I'm finding difficult to find any reviews online.

It's based on Oscar Wilde's book The Picture of Dorian Gray, the classic story of Narcissism and the pursuit of style over substance ... so yeah, that's what you ought to expect! :cool:

Handsome Bob

bnt wrote: »

It's based on Oscar Wilde's book The Picture of Dorian Gray, the classic story of Narcissism and the pursuit of style over substance ... so yeah, that's what you ought to expect! :cool:

Touché good sir! Have you seen it?

johnny_ultimate

Havent seen any of them except for the Hurt Locker, which is probably my favourite film of the last month or two at least. It isn't one-sided, and presents a far more morally complex view of war than most, and trusts the audience to make up their own mind. Definitely worth your money.

Sleazus

Yep, Dorian Grey is meh. Some terrible bits (and no real subtlety), but some interesting notions and themes taken from the book (mostly hidden by a cast who don't know what they're doing - except Firth, who is (for once) perfectly cast). It's like a vintage Hamemr horror, only without the retro appeal.

Went to see it with my gran. Lots of reasonably explicit sex, but not quite as bad as the time my aunt took us to Brokeback Mountain.

Haven't seen any of the others, but everyone is raving about The Hurt Locker.

Handsome Bob

Ended up seeing Fish Tank and it was a great film. Fassbender I think is the best ireland has right now to offer (within his age bracket). At the very least his screen presence is head and shoulders above the likes of Murphy, Farrell, and Meyer.