What have you watched recently?

pauljeremiah

Watched "TT3D: Closer To The Edge" this morning.

The Isle Of Man TT Races are familiar to motorsport fans around the world as the Holy Grail of roadracing, an astonishing course set over, in, through and around 37 and a bit miles of the Isle Of Man's countryside, mountains, towns, villages and 'road furniture'. Riders blast through narrow country lanes with stone walls, lamp-posts, kerbs...at speeds approaching 200mph.

To some people in this risk-averse age, the obvious question is "Why do these men (and the odd woman) risk their lives?". The majority of the non-racing scenes in the film give the riders point of view on this; it will not spoil anything to say that the consensus is that riding is a thrill like no other; riding at the extreme is something else beyond that. The passion for the race is all-consuming.

When considering the risks these riders take, it is worth bearing in mind that for many of the riders (and their crews) this is not a full time job. They are not millionaires like formula 1 drivers. While other people get a look in, the focus and star of the show here is Guy Martin, the part-time lorry mechanic, part-time superbike racer, full-time charismatic rebel who has the talent, drive and popular support of a great champion but has never won a TT. Will he do it this year ? Those who follow the sport know the answer, those who don't will be willing him on during the film's race scenes.

I would recommend this without hesitation to anyone who is into motorsport, anyone who wants to understand why other people are into it, and most strongly I would recommend it to anyone who has the slightest interest in learning about other people, what makes them tick, and what you can learn from them.

livinsane

Watched Good Night and Good Luck the other night. Thought it was a great show and could have even been longer. Great cast.

Same night watched The Big Sleep. Adored it. Every character was the epitome of cool. Some of the best female roles I've seen in a film.

Today, watched the original Cape Fear. Im sorry but I thought it was shocking. There were elements I admired but the overacting was almost hilarious. Im very interested in seeing the remake because there is a potentially excellent film in there.

Judgement Day

pauljeremiah - I was fortunate to live in the Isle of Man for a numbers of years - right on the TT course literally inches from the sitting room window - and despite having no interest or knowledge of bikes was completely blown away by it!

Watch the movie, visit this thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=75285660 and then visit the Isle of Man.

mikemac1

Erin Brockovitch

Liked it a lot, thumps up

CountryJoe

Gomorrah : Solid organised crime movie.

johndoe99

just finished watching Stake Land, one of the best vampire films i've ever seen.

Tindie

Dark House (2009)
I was expecting something like Thir13en Ghosts (2001) , Which I really like.

This movie start of with 3 girl going pass a house and they start talking about the haunted house, one of the girls goes into the house. She see dead bodies (No She dose not leave) Yet she carries on further into the house, where more dead bodies, yes she still stay in the house, then she a mother who killing her self and stay's and watch and she get scared and faints., Then movie fast forward something years later, the girl as woken up from a bad dream.

After really Unbeliever start of the movie we have sit thought 20 minutes of very annoying and abysmal acting from the whole cast.

The Ghost in this movie was really disappointing, I did not find any of them scary at all.

I love each second of Death scenes, no, that they were great or anything as I was happy they were being Killed off. As I hated everyone in this movie.

From first kill scenes, which after the 35mins of rubbish, it get a bit fun for next 20 Mins and bit gory scenes at time,. I should have just fast forward the first 35 mins of the movie.

The ending did not make no sense what so ever, you will need ignore what you saw at the start of movie.

This like really bad version of The House on Haunted Hill Meets Thir13en Ghosts (Remakes) put into one big MESS!

3 out of 10

The Task (2011)
I was excepting this movie to be really poor.

I found the start a little odd, people are being kidnapped, only to be told they going to be spending the day in abandoned prison.

They did not seem to care that were kidnapped expect for one of them, who soon leaves.

I found move really entertaining and did not find it boring at all, nothing much really happens and people in this movie did not annoy me at all.

There also had just hint of descent atmosphere, if they tried a little hard, it could have made this movie creepy.

As this movie was not scary or creepy and it wasn't even that bloody, yet I still enjoyed it!

I was shocked with that twist, , I had no idea that would happen, I think it worked really well with the rest of the movie. after that twist. it's easy to predict what happens for rest of the movie.

I going to give this movie 5 out of 10 descent horror movie

JohnK

Watched Harry Brown this afternoon, very good and I especially liked how they did the scene

of the friends funeral, with the hearse and limos passing by then cutting to Harry standing alone but for the priest at his friends grave

. Really showed how alone and isolated those old men were.

Then this evening I put on Pontypool. It was good and nicely built the tension through the scattered reports and eye witnesses.

Both are well worth a watch.

bnt

Terminator: Salvation on TV. Seriously flawed, I thought. The storyline was conventional to a fault - after an interesting start it turned into another "storm the fortress" tale, complete with archetypes from Central Casting. Square-jawed heroes in long coats? Check. Feisty female fighter pilot / love interest? Check. Hard-boiled General with no soul, happy to sacrifice civilians, but who gets what's coming to him? Check. Photogenic kid with big eyes, straight off the set of a Mad Max or The Matrix instalment? Check.

Some vague Holocaust references (not really explained) - was that really what was going on? They assumed the worst, but I don't remember seeing any explanations.

Plot hole: what happened to all those civilians that were released from Skynet? They didn't have that much time to get clear before Connor detonated the nuclear charges. Collateral damage?

Cantona's Collars

American Pie:The Reunion.

Great to see the original cast back together.You get exactly what you expect,gross-out humour,some very funny moments and the obligatory cheesy/schmaltzy bit.I enjoyed it.

Lionel Messy

A good one i enjoyed recently was Made with vince vaughn and john favreau, who made his directorial debut also. Small time LA mobsters who head to NY for a big deal. I didn't like vaughn till i saw this, i don't know why, but his character in this is funny, flash LA wannabe gangster.

grohlisagod

JohnK wrote: »

Watched Harry Brown this afternoon, very good and I especially liked how they did the scene

of the friends funeral, with the hearse and limos passing by then cutting to Harry standing alone but for the priest at his friends grave

. Really showed how alone and isolated those old men were.

Thoroughly enjoyed Harry Brown also. Michael Caine being bad-ass!

Dave147

Rabidlamb wrote: »

I watched it last night aswell & thought it was much better than the reviews.
It's over 2 hours long though, that could have been cut.
Dialogue was strong & another good turn by the leads.

Good to see Naaomi Replace getting some Hollywood recognition.

Noomi Rapace.

Just about to watch Man on a Ledge. Looks decent but trailer gives an awful lot away, probably been done before.

SarahBM

The entire 5 seasons of Alias - love that show!!! JJ Abrams is a genius, but I never liked lost.
Love all the characters, especially Jack and Vaughan.
Jennifer Garner and Michael Vartan had great chemistry.

I hate how rushed it seemed to be at the end though.

The box sets are worth it just for the blooper reels. Hilarious.

SarahBM

The entire 5 seasons of Alias - love that show!!! JJ Abrams is a genius, but I never liked lost.
Love all the characters, especially Jack and Vaughan.
Jennifer Garner and Michael Vartan had great chemistry.

I hate how rushed it seemed to be at the end though.

The box sets are worth it just for the blooper reels. Hilarious.

GaryIrv93

''Twister'' (1996) Needless to say that 90% of my favourite films are from the 90's.

don ramo

SarahBM wrote: »

The entire 5 seasons of Alias - love that show!!! JJ Abrams is a genius, but I never liked lost.

yeah but abrams was a co-creator of lost, he left during season 1 and has little to no involvment after that, Damon lindeloff and Carlton cuse are the people you should either thank or complain about when talking about lost, abrams has much more influence on fringe if you feel like giving that a go was only announced earlier in the week that its been renewed for a 5th and final season,

anyhow,


Battleship, very good entertaining film, realistically its hard to complain about it, it delivered what was expected of it and made a bit of fun of itself while doing it, i loved how the bomb yokes the aliens fire look like the little sticks you used in the game,

mo-halo mother ****er

Lockout, Maggie grace gets kidnapped again, at least she was actually doing something in this, its worth a watch on DVD don't think its as essential to see in cinema as say battleship or avengers

Avengers, just CLASSSSS, if you liked any of the lead up films to this i more than highly recommend seeing this ASAP, wheadon nailed it in my opinion, id say this film will be a bench mark for all superhero films to come,

EDIT

also just watched American Pie 1, what a bloody laugh had forgotten most of it, ah remember the days trying to acquire porn channels, still cant watch when Jim first approaches Nadia, so cringe worthy:)

johnny_ultimate

Metropolitan - a satirical but affectionate look at the upper class in New York from director Whit Stillman. Wanted to check this out after seeing Damsels in Distress, and this is certainly a stronger film all-in-all. The first half is mostly a series of witty conversations amongst a young group of sensible revelers and their new middle class friend, looking at topics such as the offensiveness of Jane Austin and their disappointment with the cynicism of Bunuel's films about the bourgeoisie.

But there's actually a heart to this, and despite seeming like it may become just another skewering of the upper class Stillman injects some humanity into the characters. That underneath these pretentious, tuxedo-wearing people are just some misguided teenagers searching for meaning. It's a simple film in many ways, but it's quite clever, and a different take on a well-covered social grouping.

SarahBM

Going to see the avengers tonight. Hope its good.

Basq

SarahBM wrote: »

Going to see the avengers tonight. Hope its good.

Saw it last night.. fupping awesome!

Judgement Day

Last night "The Riddle" (2007) - Daily Mail promo .50 cent from a charity shop. Starring Vinnie Jones and Derek Jacobi - tortuously slow moving story about a previously undiscovered Charles Dickens novel and a series of present day murders. Running staggering to almost two hours I felt it was about an hour too long - only for the most devoted fans of the two aforementioned stars and I wouldn't recommend to a friend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD6OFbCp5TQ

Cokeistan

Saw The Avengers and Clerks 2 over the weekend

Two completely different films but both excellent all the same! I was really surprised at how good the avengers actually turned out to be. If you're looking for something to see in the cinema I'd suggest you go to see it

Paddy Samurai

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) starring Daniel Craig.
Did'nt expect to like it,but I enjoyed it.Well worth a watch.

tunguska

Marley

Couldnt find a thread on this so I'll stick what I thought in here.
Bloody magnificent film. Went through a phase of listening to his music as a teenager, but never realised how good he was. Some really moving scenes at the end. As good as Senna I reckon.

purpur1

Game Change
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1848902/?mode=desktop
Excellent made for tv movie focusing on the good and bad that Sarah Palin did for John McCains presidential campaign. Julianne Moore plays a very convincing Palin, and Ed Harris plays John McCain. Stars Woody Harrelson also. Definitely worth a look, humourous and made very well

SarahBM

Basq wrote: »

Saw it last night.. fupping awesome!

I second that!
and sooooo funny! Brilliant film all round. the only thing it lacked was a bit of romance :rolleyes:

johnny_ultimate

Taking of Pelham One Two Three: The original, the best. The remake is a soulless husk of a film in comparison. Such a host of brilliantly obnoxious New York characters, and a story that doesn't take itself too seriously. A few racially insensitive jokes are really the sole sour note in a film that moves briskly. Fun, self-aware and often thrilling. A superior evening's entertainment.

don ramo

just saw chronicle, another great film released this year, i highly recommend seeing this, im not a hugh fan of found footage film, but this was done really well i must say

2012 has really started off well, and i must say with some of the films coming out, if even half of them live up to expectation its gonna be some year,

comeback_kid

watched the ghost last night with ewan mc gregor and pierce brosnan

had never heard of it before but enjoyed it , not sure phoney tony would be too pleased

mikemac1

Network

I knew about the famous rant for years so decided to check it out.
Didn't like this at all, just flew by and nobody grabbed my attention
Not a fan

edit, I suppose I did like Robert Duvall playing the bastard executive

mikemac1

Red Tails

Follow a squadron of black US army air corp pilots in WWII

The planes and dogfights was superbly done
As you'd expect from George Lucas

The story was the typical sentimental fare.
You could watch the start and pick out you, you and you will die and the rest will shed a tear, complete the mission and honour their memory
As so it went, there was no story here, it was all about the action sequences

Ok film, just ok

krudler

The Insider, one of the best movies of the 00's

cantgetright

tunguska wrote: »

Marley

Couldnt find a thread on this so I'll stick what I thought in here.
Bloody magnificent film. Went through a phase of listening to his music as a teenager, but never realised how good he was. Some really moving scenes at the end. As good as Senna I reckon.

Have to see this. Big fan of Bob trough the 90's.
Thanks boards.ie

e_e

tunguska wrote: »

As good as Senna I reckon.

Highly disagree. Didn't have the same narrative heft or heart as Senna, was way overlong and had far too much footage of people in chairs reminiscing instead of getting to know the man himself (plus it borders on sheer hagiography at times). A real wasted opportunity because as a non fan I was left bored and felt that there was nothing in it that I couldn't have gotten from a wiki article.

D'Agger

Went to see The Avengers last night - was a good movie - really enjoyed the action scenes and overall it was a well rounded movie.

Felt it was missing something though not sure what - the humour was good but not brilliant, the chemistry between the Avengers themselves I did like however - Banner & Starks conversation I really enjoyed.

Would give it a 7/10

That_Guy

The Avengers:

Super film. Really really enjoyed it. Was a bit worried that the film would drag in places given that the running time is almost two and a half hours but there was absolutely no filler. Pure entertainment all the way through.

I think Whedon did a great job in that no character overshadowed anybody and it worked very very well.

The mix of action and humour was truly excellent. Some of the dialogue was a bit cheesy but that's half the fun of it.

If you haven't seen any of the previous Marvel films, I'd recommend you watch them before seeing this as you may feel a bit lost with some of the references.

Highly recommended and really really enjoyable.

D'Agger

That_Guy wrote: »

The Avengers:

Was a bit worried that the film would drag in places given that the running time is almost two and a half hours but there was absolutely no filler.

I think Whedon did a great job in that no character overshadowed anybody and it worked very very well.

Would agree fully with this!

The Black Oil

The A Team

I'd call it somewhat meh to OK. Jessica Biel's character was pretty thin, but I suppose such a role often is in these things. It pushes along at a fair pace, but I think it really only became interesting and somewhat tense around the hour mark. The action was fairly meaningless and would probably have been more effective in the hands of a more competent director. What came in between as story - meh. I've mixed feelings about how they intercut the planning and the action bits. The general over the topness I liked as that would seem to sync well enough with the series. The team itself were pretty good.

OldeCinemaSoz

Dario Argento's tenebre

I dug out an old disc i had as i hadn't seen it in
years and was surprised as how it's dated. Unlike his
classics such as deep red and suspiria this one has
gotten very old very fast.

Sure, there's loads to enjoy, but the first twenty minutes are
almost embarrassing to watch and Tony Franciscus looks for
the most part wishing he was back on 110th Street or guiding
his blind dog.

The arm loping is impressive though as is the high heeled lady
in the red shoes.



Not as bad as what was to come (creepers excepted) but still...

mikemac1

The Practice

Not a film, it's a TV show
I'm halfway through season two

I like it

They sometimes lose badly so it's not a certainty that they win every episode
Though just about every client in that law firm is a scumbag so they had it coming

Bit of a love story popping up now and again but the characters aren't particularly likeable so I don't realy care

And why is the lawyer with a Harvard law degree working with such hacks in a near bankrupt firm
She shouldn't be there

krudler

Battleship, I enjoyed it more than the Transformers movies, there I said it. stupid, ridiculous, basically a 2hr ad for the Navy, but great effects and stupid fun.

SarahBM

The Avengers Assemble - thought it was brilliant!
the characters, action, humour, all top class! now Im going to have to out and buy all the superhero movies!

now watching Aliens.

david75

Just watched Drive. Badass story. Loved it, love Ryan Gosling and loved the soundtrack. Deffo give it a watch.

Deliverance XXV

Old Boy

Ha, didn't exactly expect what I got!
Cracking dark but original flick with some serious twists and turns. The movie had a lot of faults but it kept me entertained from start to finish.

homerun_homer

I mentioned in the thread but Avengers last night was good blockbuster cinema. The one thing I forgot to mention was how I liked the lack of cheesiness when all the major characters were introduced. Usually there's the annoying set up to the reveal of a character in sequels and a corny line as the camera closes up on their face and luckily Whedon steered clear of that sort of carry on.

Tonight I researched the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on Blu Ray. Enjoyed it even more second time. I had watched some of the features in the last week so it's great to see the insight and attention to detail as I rewatched it.

blue note

cantgetright wrote: »

Have to see this. Big fan of Bob trough the 90's.
Thanks boards.ie

I'm not familiar with his stuff in the 90's, preferred his 70's stuff to be honest.

I saw it on Tuesday and thought it was very good. It was a little bit long, but nicely paced I thought. I was happy to sit through the extra half hour to not have them rush through parts.

The Black Oil

88 Minutes

Normally, these affairs contain elements you can forgive relatively easily - a few cliches, obvious twists, an innocent man on the run tortured soul lead, etc. Here, though, it's pretty much all bad, tedious and flat. There's the unintentionally hilarious 'I'm a forensic psychiatrist with the FBI' *badge flash* whilst stopping traffic routine and Pacino phoning up resources as if he's somehow walking in the shoes of Jack Bauer.

It was not directed so much as starved of food and water and then kicked around a cage.

Avoid.

Sleepy

Finally got around to watching The Illusionist. Much better than I'd thought it was going to be tbh.

Young Adult - argh, can I have that 90 minutes of my life back please?

livinsane

Watched Animal Kingdom last night [story of a criminal family in Melbourne]. It was excellent, particularly the ending. Nicely paced and great cast.

grohlisagod

The Incredible Hulk
Edward Norton version. Good solid comic book film. Thought Norton played the role pretty well. Nothing special but worth a watch.

The Third Man
Very good old film. Wonderful cinematography throughout and a good story. Only thing that irked me slightly was the score. It just seemed inappropriate at times.