What have you watched recently?

JokerD · 20-12-2009 12:00AM

Richard Dower wrote: »

No!...just tell me!! :mad:

Caravaggio is one of the greatest artists of all time, famed for his use of lighting in his paintings, have a look at some of them and all will become clear.

Ridley · 20-12-2009 12:08AM

paddyirishman85 wrote: »

WALL-E

Brilliant film. Really great. I just finished watching it about half an hour ago and I still can't stop smiling

I wasn't that taken with it. There's some nice moments but I was indifferent to most of it.

Last watched:
Yes Man - Was okay. Pretty much Liar Liar blah, blah, blah etc. etc.
and

Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers / Turtles Swim Faster Than Expected

Trailer does no justice to how weird that film is. Basically an 'ordinary' housewife whose husband is living away on a business trip finds a flyer asking for spies and decides to join. Even the fifteen minutes set up just to get that point in the film is ridiculous. In a good way.

citizen_p · 20-12-2009 01:09AM

Das Boot.....

irish_bob · 20-12-2009 10:09PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

eh... no.

care to elaborate , dont tell me , its the abyss

Spiritoftheseventies · 20-12-2009 10:17PM

Just finished watching King Arthur. Not bad I must say but after seeing Lord of the Rings you knew what to expect.

TheManWho · 20-12-2009 10:27PM

Just finished watching The Hurt Locker. A very original war film by Kathryn Bigelow. Yep that's right, a Woman!

Anyway, while reading about it online I came across this awesome roundtable discussion. You've got Bigelow, Tarantino, James Cameron, Peter Jackson, Jason Reitman and some other guy.

ThOnda · 20-12-2009 10:36PM

It might get loud. Very inspiring.

fluke · 21-12-2009 12:04AM

Law Abiding Citizen - started off interesting but turned into Final Destination style trash! Still watched it all though.

InKonspikuou2 · 21-12-2009 01:10AM

die hard last night and die hard 2 tonight. Christmas film season has officially started for me.

Spiritoftheseventies · 21-12-2009 10:15AM

InKonspikuou2 wrote: »

die hard last night and die hard 2 tonight. Christmas film season has officially started for me.

Wonder why it was so hard for Willis to die anyway. Must have cost the producers a fortune

snuggles09 · 21-12-2009 10:32AM

watched The Box last week..only alright..other half thought it was brilliant but me not so much

Pandorum I thought was good but plot line was a bit confusing and thin on the ground at times

The International was very good..watched that the night before last..out of these 3 I'd recommend this over the other two

tman · 21-12-2009 10:43AM

Law Abiding Citizen - surprisingly good... I had heard it described as torture porn, but thankfully that wasn't the case at all (there are a couple of gruesome scenes, mind you) Well worth a watch anyway:)

Inglorious Basterds - again, surprisingly good... I was basing my preconceptions on the trailer for it, which really wasn't representative of the film itself.

Delirium · 21-12-2009 10:45AM

Avatar - visually a good movie, story wasn't great though. Felt like I was watching a remake of Fern Gully at times.

The Burning Plain - good movie, although a little confusing at times due to the different plots running through the movie.

DazMarz · 22-12-2009 10:15PM

The Hangover - I thoroughly enjoyed this romp through Las Vegas with the three hungover wedding-ushers.

Cobra - Harmless, ridiculous, bloody stupid and enjoyable Sly Stallone romp featuring Sly as a renegade cop (is there ever any other kind of cop?) protecting a vital witness.

First Blood - John Rambo's first outing sees him falling foul of small-town lawmen and taking a personal vendetta against them.

ReacherCreature · 23-12-2009 01:55AM

TheManWho wrote: »

Just finished watching The Hurt Locker. A very original war film by Kathryn Bigelow. Yep that's right, a Woman!

Great film, enjoyed it a lot but some people were lauding it as the greatest war movie ever, I can't agree even though it's a great representation of EOD and Iraq.

InKonspikuou2 wrote: »

die hard last night and die hard 2 tonight. Christmas film season has officially started for me.

Thumbs up for that!

That_Guy · 23-12-2009 01:25PM

Yes Man:

Some good laughs in it. Not amazing but not a disaster either.
It's weird saying it but I don't think Jim Carrey suits comedy anymore.

That_Guy · 23-12-2009 01:26PM

snuggles09 wrote: »

The International was very good..watched that the night before last..out of these 3 I'd recommend this over the other two

I know this is your opinion but really?

InKonspikuou2 · 23-12-2009 01:44PM

Home alone 1 and 2. Classics and still enjoyable over 15 years later. Probably watch Jingle all the way at some stage today.

Spiritoftheseventies · 23-12-2009 10:01PM

On a more serious note just watched Bird. Another terrific effort from Clint Eastwood. Forest Whitaker excellent as Charlie "Bird" Parker.

LeixlipRed · 24-12-2009 12:26AM

Been sick so been on a binge of DVDs I'd bought but hadn't watched. Intermission, The Three Burials of.... , Mad Max, Little Miss Sunshine, Days of Glory all excellent. Bit crap but enjoyable was Slither even if it's a rip off of a Cronenberg movie from the 70s called Shivers. And not so good was the latest Indiana Jones movie. Settling in to watch Mad Max 2 and possibly 3 if I'm not sleepy.

Sir Gallagher · 24-12-2009 12:29AM

I liked Three Burials.. took a while to get into it but well worth it in the end.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 24-12-2009 01:13AM

watched save the green planet again, brilliant movie

Hank_Jones · 24-12-2009 01:21AM

That_Guy wrote: »

Yes Man:

Some good laughs in it. Not amazing but not a disaster either.
It's weird saying it but I don't think Jim Carrey suits comedy anymore.

Watched that the other night as well, I think it's just that he has beaten the comedy thing to death at this stage.

This week I have mostly been watching...

The Ice Storm - Quite a depressing film, but has an amazing cast and some great performances.

Gomorrah - Interesting look at the ''mafia'' in Italy. Didn't really like the style in which it was shot and felt the acting left a bit to be desired, but worth a look anyway.

Persepolis - Really interesting look at the country of Iran and how women are treated there. Some brilliant animation and I would highly recommend this to everyone!!

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian - Awful, just awful. That is all.

Kev_ps3 · 24-12-2009 12:25PM

That_Guy wrote: »

Yes Man:

Some good laughs in it. Not amazing but not a disaster either.
It's weird saying it but I don't think Jim Carrey suits comedy anymore.

Saw it last night aswell. Its good but not great, id give it 3/5.

OutlawPete · 24-12-2009 12:56PM

Avatar.

Visually pleasing. Script boring. Drawn out.

One long 'Big bad west' rant.

Aidric · 24-12-2009 12:58PM

Priceless, a distracting French romcom with the divine Audrey Tautou.

Panda · 25-12-2009 07:50PM

Lately i've seen

JCVD (kinda about Jean Claude Van Damme well worth a watch)

Knowing (Utter pants)

Moon (worth a watch)

Mutant Chronicles (watched this because Ron Perlman, John Malkovich and the promise of mutants, it was a mistake. Its cheap looking with a silly plot. Basically some steampunk zombie type setup in a post apocolyptic future.)

BopNiblets · 26-12-2009 08:01PM

On telly:
Collateral - so cool
The Incredibles - also cool
Saw a bit of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas too, crazy.

Also saw Give 'Em Hell Malone, fun cheesy noir action with Tom Jane and Ving Rhames.

McGrath5 · 26-12-2009 08:42PM

Into the Wild - A fantastic effort from Sean Penn, a really inspiring film. I watched it last night and just as it was ending I thought there was some irony attached to watching this film on christmas day. Those of you who have seen it will know what I'm talking about.

irish_bob · 26-12-2009 11:04PM

the world is not enough this evening , IMO , by far the best of the brosnan bonds but thats not saying very much tbh

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