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What have you watched recently?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭L31mr0d


    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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    wolverine - semi-fail
    babel - fail
    Indy4 - fail


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 110 ✭✭digital pimp


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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,443 ✭✭✭Red Sleeping Beauty


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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,160 ✭✭✭✭banshee_bones


    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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,405 ✭✭✭RHunce


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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,199 ✭✭✭Shryke


    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.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,220 ✭✭✭CyberWaste


    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Podge2k7


    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.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    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.


  • Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,141 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

    TBH, I thought it was rubbish. Stupid storyline.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭L31mr0d


    Watched so far this weekend:

    Flawless:
    meh...
    Star Trek: Amazing.... overuse of lens flares :D
    Princess Mononoke: Brilliant. Ghibli at its best.
    Dark City: Watched the directors cut on bluray. Excellent movie.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,484 ✭✭✭JIZZLORD


    I latched Being john malkovich last night. Great film


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭mle1324


    Ultimate Force and Dirty Harry


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭entropi


    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


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  • Moderators Posts: 51,893 ✭✭✭✭Delirium


    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.

    If you can read this, you're too close!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭Borneo Fnctn


    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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,185 ✭✭✭Tchaikovsky


    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!


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,634 ✭✭✭✭Richard Dower


    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.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 209 ✭✭flangeman


    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.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 344 ✭✭veXual


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭Wreck


    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.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,739 ✭✭✭✭minidazzler


    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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 796 ✭✭✭Johnnio13


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,260 ✭✭✭Mink


    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


  • Registered Users Posts: 173 ✭✭Fago123


    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!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,579 ✭✭✭BopNiblets


    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.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 37 tferg20


    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,747 ✭✭✭MikeHoncho


    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.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,820 ✭✭✭grames_bond


    Mink wrote: »
    The Wedding Singer - Can't beat Adam Sandler & Drew Barrymore together!

    *ahem* that's not QUITE true:



    50-first-dates-soundtrack-big.jpg

    yeah less said about that the better


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,051 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    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".

    Ye Hypocrites, are these your pranks
    To murder men and gie God thanks?
    Desist for shame, proceed no further
    God won't accept your thanks for murder.

    ―Robert Burns



  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,634 ✭✭✭✭Richard Dower


    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!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭*Simone*


    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.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 654 ✭✭✭sillyputty


    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.


  • Posts: 15,814 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    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.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭mle1324


    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:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭Mad_Max


    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭hunter164


    Watched Philadelphia, thought Hanks was great in it.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,330 ✭✭✭niallon


    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!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,045 ✭✭✭✭L'prof


    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???
    :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,051 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    Watched most of Jackass: The Movie tonight:



    What? I call it Situationism. :cool:

    Ye Hypocrites, are these your pranks
    To murder men and gie God thanks?
    Desist for shame, proceed no further
    God won't accept your thanks for murder.

    ―Robert Burns



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,330 ✭✭✭niallon


    jasonorr wrote: »
    What, you haven't seen Ewan McGregor doing that before???
    :D
    It's not the McGregor bit that gets me, more the priest bit!
    :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,045 ✭✭✭✭L'prof


    niallon wrote: »
    It's not the McGregor bit that gets me, more the priest bit!
    :D

    Yeah, I know :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,881 ✭✭✭mle1324


    From dusk till dawn,animal film


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,378 ✭✭✭Borneo Fnctn


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,855 ✭✭✭Cake Man


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    Saw Star Trek and Wolverine recently.

    Both pretty good I have to say.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 97 ✭✭neilisagam


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


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,634 ✭✭✭✭Richard Dower


    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.


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