What have you watched recently?

billymitchell · 20-03-2011 9:31pm

Submarine - just after watchin this. A lovely bittersweet tale, poignant, funny, well acted by the two leads. Highly enjoyable

Basq · 20-03-2011 9:36pm

billymitchell wrote: »

Submarine - just after watchin this. A lovely bittersweet tale, poignant, funny, well acted by the two leads. Highly enjoyable

Been itching to see this... written and directed by Richard Ayaode (Moss from 'The IT Crowd').

billymitchell · 20-03-2011 10:06pm

Basq wrote: »

Been itching to see this... written and directed by Richard Ayaode (Moss from 'The IT Crowd').

If you get the chance, do try check it out. It's obviously not one you HAVE to see in the cinema, but i have to say, it brightened up my day. One of the best coming of age stories i've ever seen in ages. I'm looking forward to ayaodes next work already, he has serious talent as a director

Sad Professor · 21-03-2011 9:43am

Shadow of a Doubt

I love this film. It's definitely in my top 5 favourite Hitchcock films. Cotton's tirade at the dinner table about widowed women being like animals is disturbing and brilliant.

Talk to Her

Beautiful film, probably Almodovar's best. So many significant moments in it happen off-screen.

mikhail · 21-03-2011 1:03pm

MagicMarker wrote: »

Gattaca - I'd heard numerous times over the years how good this was but only got around to watching it tonight. I have to say I was underwhelmed. It's a very good movie, but there's nothing special about it. Except maybe Uma Therman! :eek:

It's interesting sci-fi. They've mapped the human genome in our lifetime; it's already possible to screen your foetus for certain major genetic illnesses. The questions the film asks are among the most important social implications of technology likely to arise in the near future.

Paddy Samurai · 22-03-2011 9:16pm

AwayWithFaries wrote: »

Watched Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2 recently. Been a while since I've seen them. Still a great watch tho. Got that damn whistle stuck in my head now tho

Yeah great entertainment,love the big fight scene with Gogo yobari ......brilliant!.

MagicMarker · 22-03-2011 9:41pm

The Blind Side - A nice feel good movie for a Tuesday evening.

kearneybobs · 24-03-2011 1:16am

Basq wrote: »

Been itching to see this... written and directed by Richard Ayaode (Moss from 'The IT Crowd').

Great film Basq. Just saw it there about an hour ago. I recommend it, thoroughly.

Never heard about it but my mate chose it, so I went along. Gonna go see it again with the gf.

Gregsor · 24-03-2011 1:27am

Josey Wales wrote: »

Just finished watching Invictus.

I felt it was disappointing disappointing. Perhaps it would have been wiser to use archive footage of the matches. Nowhere close to Eastwood at his best.

I have that film there to watch 6 months +,still haven't bothered.
Would you believe one of my local towns still has the cinema display up outside it's shops,got to love the country life :pac:
I might give up on it at this stage!

Cianan2 · 24-03-2011 3:25am

Just watched a film I had been wanting to see for a while, "The Next Three Days" starring Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks (shes yum!).

Brilliant acting. Great story, albeit some things slightly OTT, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I thought it seemed very long, not that I am complaining, but I blame that on the fact that I decided to give up smoking yesterday and was itching for one throughout!! It didn't help that Liam Neeson's one scene in the film was with a smoke in his hand the entire time!

Can't give it a rating as of yet, though... The version I downloaded cut the very last 5 minutes out, so I don't know exactly what happens at the end

Tony EH · 24-03-2011 1:25pm

'Witness'

1985 Harrison Ford vehicle, that sees Ford making efforts to break away from the Han Solo/Indianna Jones persona that made him a household name. His character in 'Witness' is John Book, a Philadelphia cop, that is called in to investigate the murder of a man in a toilet at a train station. The only witness being Samuel (Lucas Haas), an 8 year old Amish boy, who makes a positive ID on one of the perps. When the boys life (and Books') is threatened, he must hide out within the Amish community that Samuel and his mother Rachel (Kelly McGillis) are from and avoid the attentions of the murderers.

Without giving too much away, there are no real surprises in Peter Weir's film. It plays out as a standard cop movie and everything has been done before...except for the Amish angle and that's where the charm of the film lies. 'Witness' is more an insight into culture clash, than a cop drama. There are no great twists and no real investigation, once the story moves to the Amish community. The focus for the majority of the film is on the developing relationship between John Book and Rachel.

Such a premise may sound somewhat boring, but 'Witness' actually remains interesting for the duration of its running time. It's interesting to see how a big city outsider interacts with such closed type of rural community, with each others ways being so alien to one another. However, at nearly two hours, 'Witness' can feel a little slow at times, but at the end of the film, the viewer doesn't feel like they've wasted much time. 'Witness' is nothing special and is as quiet in places as the Amish community at the centre of its story. But, it is somewhat unique in it's focus on the Amish, who by the way, were very unhappy with the film as they felt it did not reflect Amish values terribly well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY3XnCyKAEU

krudler · 24-03-2011 1:28pm

I like Witness, plus its got Karl from Die Hard in it

and a young Viggo Mortensen

Tony EH · 24-03-2011 1:33pm

Yeh, its funny. I never realised that Mortensen was in his 50's! When he made Witness, he was in his mid 20's.

bnt · 24-03-2011 11:30pm

I saw the first two Addams Family films on TV in the last week: if I'd seen them before, it was too long ago to remember any details, but I'm glad I saw them. The casting is near-perfect, with Joan Cusack munching the scenery, and especially Christina Ricci as Wednesday Addams. There's a scene in Addams Family Values in which she smiles, at which point any sensible person should have been running for the hills. Instead ...

Wednesday and her fellow "outcasts" turn a cheesy camp Thanksgiving play in to a revenge fantasy, burning down the "pilgrim village" on stage, humiliating the little princesses and their nose jobs

. :cool:

johnny_ultimate · 25-03-2011 3:22am

Rope - a taut, exciting Hitchcock film. They clearly cheat on the whole one take thing - a few too many convenient zooms into clothing - but that doesn't take away from it. The single setting is a great strength and it doesn't overstay its welcome over a well paced and engaging hour and a quarter. Jimmy Stewart also gives an absolute powerhouse performance. Great stuff altogether.

Europa - strange, almost hypnotic Lars von Trier oddity. Some beautiful b&w photography with the occasional splash of initially seemingly random colour but certainly deliberate from the typically obtuse director. The story is surreal, and sometimes blackly comic. One of those films that it's hard to explain exactly what it's about, but somehow you feel as if it makes a weird sort of sense as the bold, propaganda inspired credits play. A haunting Max von Sydow narration hypnotises the protagonist, and it's hard for the viewer to look away too. Odd but beautiful cinema.

MagicMarker · 25-03-2011 8:57am

The Langoliers - Some of the worst effects imaginable couple with some horrific acting (and some good in fairness). But I still have a soft spot for this TV movie adaption of the Steven King novel. Loved it when I first seen it as a kid and this is the first time I've seen it since! I'd still recommend it to anyone who has 3 hours to spare. :eek:

G-Money · 25-03-2011 9:10am

The best film I've watched recently was The Social Network. I thought it was pretty good.

ZombieJesus9 · 26-03-2011 2:07am

Just finished my Spielberg extravaganza: Duel, ET, Jurassic Park 1&2, Close Encounters, Jaws, Munich, Empire of the Sun, Private Ryan, Minority Report, Raiders, Schindler's List and War of the worlds. Each one a masterpiece in it's own right.

Basq · 26-03-2011 1:14pm

ZombieJesus9 wrote: »

Just finished my Spielberg extravaganza: Duel, ET, Jurassic Park 1&2, Close Encounters, Jaws, Munich, Empire of the Sun, Private Ryan, Minority Report, Raiders, Schindler's List and War of the worlds. Each one a masterpiece in it's own right.

Whoa whoa whoa.. let's not go nuts!

MagicMarker · 26-03-2011 1:15pm

Remember the Titans - Pretty much the perfect sports movie.

ZombieJesus9 · 26-03-2011 1:19pm

Basq wrote: »

Whoa whoa whoa.. let's not go nuts!

I knew someone would point that out, but that's your opinion. I love it, obviously nowhere near his old stuff but still great.

dr gonzo · 26-03-2011 5:33pm

Watched Fellowship of the ring for the first time in years... maybe since its cinema release in fact! wow that is a long time.

Anyway, still an absolute pleasure to watch, been feeling the stress a bit lately so the pure escapism was nice. Theres something about LoTR though that just make you want to watch them with other people, its quite a communal experience i think.

Paddy Samurai · 26-03-2011 8:50pm

Went to see two films today:

Battle:Los Angeles
Great fun ,well worth a watch.It even brought a manly tear to my eye

when the saved marines abseiled down from their rescue helicopter , to join Sgt Nantz on his final mission.

The Eagle
Started out well and overall was a good film. I enjoyed it, but it did'nt work for me that

the" seal tribe" would be the most fearsome tribe of them all and hold the eagle

.

MagicMarker · 26-03-2011 8:52pm

Frailty - A decent directorial debut from Bill Paxton. I'd recommend it.

Scram · 27-03-2011 1:51am

Been watching the first series of MacGuyver, used to love it when i was a kid so its realy weird to see it now.

Also watched some Mr Bean episodes from years ago, classic stuff.