What have you watched recently?

craftypaddy

ironclad, very good film if you like decapitation blood and guts
zookeeper, a snorefest i know its a kids film but this is dire

D'Agger

Bassboxxx wrote: »

Harry Brown- I loved it, I was really routing for Harry and they didn't make him into some unbelievable cheesy superheroish character.

It's everything Gran Torino could've and should've been if it had the balls.

Love that film - the casting in it is fantastic.

craftypaddy

PaulieC wrote: »

Love that film - the casting in it is fantastic.

great film highly recommend it to all

grohlisagod

Heat
Top film. Pacino and De Niro together for the first time since Godfather Part II. What more could you want!

johnnycnandy

Shutter Island last night. Really enjoyed it. Will give it the old second viewing at some stage.

Paddy Samurai

Great film,Antony Quinn's best film IMO................Viva Bombolini!!!!!!.
Absolute classic!.

This story is set during WW2 in the summer of 1943, in the aftermath of the fall of the Fascist government of Benito Mussolini. The German army uses the ensuing political vacuum to occupy most of the peninsula of Italy.
Italo Bombolini (Anthony Quinn), the mayor of the winemaking hill town of Santa Vittoria, learns that the German occupation forces want to take all of Santa Vittoria's wine with them. The townspeople frantically hide a million bottles in a cave before the arrival of a German army detachment under the command of Sepp Von Prum (Hardy Krüger).

mikemac

Vera Drake

Set in post war London where times were hard and rationing was still in place
Elderly mother Vera Drake works as a domestic helper in different homes, looks after her family and cares for her elderly mother and always cheerful and smiling. Pretty much a saint of a women

But has a side operation of giving back street abortions in the belief she is helping girls. "In trouble" is the phrase used.

Films also covers the class aspect of how Vera was operating illegally but the uncaring medical profession would help a rich girl.......for a price. The rich have options the poor do not

Sad film and Imelda Staunton got a Oscar nomination for this, it was well deserved

Bassboxxx wrote: »

Harry Brown- I loved it, I was really routing for Harry and they didn't make him into some unbelievable cheesy superheroish character.

It's everything Gran Torino could've and should've been if it had the balls.

Did you jump when the junkie shouted at the girl?
I leaped off the coach :eek:

D'Agger

Watched The Guard in the cinema tonight - highly recommend it

Cookie33

Chronicles of Naria - Prince Caspian

It was a good enough movie, never really thought I'd like so finally gave in today and watched it, surprisingly very good

Das Kitty

Galaxy Quest for the first time since its original DVD release. Such an enjoyable flick.

Paddy Samurai

I liked it........lots of action ....Knights Templar, castle siege, blood and guts by the bucket...whats not to like.:)

e_e

Film Socialisme - Maddening, impenetrable and pretentious nonsense. Ridiculous to see people give it a pass just because it's by Godard, when in reality if it was from a young unknown director it'd be dismissed as trash.

The Guard - It's OK, but we really need to expect better from our own country's films. So much wasted potential here.

johnny_ultimate

e_e wrote: »

Film Socialisme - Maddening, impenetrable and pretentious nonsense. Ridiculous to see people give it a pass just because it's by Godard, when in reality if it was from a young unknown director it'd be dismissed as trash.

Heh was tempted to go to see it but then realised I tend to dislike more Godard than I like (although still love Week End and Breathless). Anytime he indulges his worst excesses I abandon all hope in 'art' cinema.

Went to see Cria cuervos last night instead. Really liked it - an inventive structure about a young girl and her sisters coming to terms with the deaths of her parents and a number of other childhood misfortunes. It's funny and tragic in equal measure, and an interesting analogy for Spain under Franco too - a portrait of traditional values being replaced by new (bitchin' soundtrack). Ana Torrent - only eight when she filmed this, and younger with Spirit of the Beehive - is fantastic here.

Cookie33

Jarhead

It's a good movie but so frustrating especially near the end of it

plastic glass

Cookie33 wrote: »

Jarhead

It's a good movie but so frustrating especially near the end of it

I have to say I hated this. Could have been so so good. Great trailer though I am actually kinda dissappointed Sam Mendes is doing the next Bond. I just don't think he has it. Like his heart isn't in it or something

Bassboxxx

mikemac wrote: »

Did you jump when the junkie shouted at the girl?
I leaped off the coach :eek:

You must have been looking in my window:D Frightened the crap outta me!!

Cookie33

plastic glass wrote: »

I have to say I hated this. Could have been so so good. Great trailer though I am actually kinda dissappointed Sam Mendes is doing the next Bond. I just don't think he has it. Like his heart isn't in it or something

Although Sam Mendes directed Road to Perdition (one of my favourite films ever). Mind you Jarhead and Revolutionary Road came after that and they were very mediocre films in my opinion

duckysauce

Bassboxxx wrote: »

Harry Brown- I loved it, I was really routing for Harry and they didn't make him into some unbelievable cheesy superheroish character.

It's everything Gran Torino could've and should've been if it had the balls.

yep great film, thought Gran Torino was a pile of cliched crap , love Eastwood as a director/ esp as a actor but GT was a gringe fest.

rednik

Over the last three nights I have watched the Bourne trilogy. Class movies, never get tired watching them.

craftypaddy

hangover 2, not funny

johnny_ultimate

The Sun's Burial

First film I've seen from the much loved Nagisa Oshima. Very impressed. Do the Right Thing by way of Wong Kar Wai and City of God goes some way towards describing the angry, sweaty and hopeless tone. Capturing the bleakness of a post war Osaka slum, it's strangely paced but rewards with one of cinemas most unrelentingly bleak and surprising narratives. It's driven by a deep anger at the state of Japanese society, and Oshima is not optimistic about the future. Uncomfortable heat once again makes for impressive viewing.

Bassboxxx

I'm going trough the X-men series for the first time.

Watched Wolverine last night. I really liked it, cool enough super hero story, it is what it is.

One thing tho I don't go messing around Will-I-Ams "music" WTF is he doing messing around in my movies!!!!!!:mad:

Mickeroo

Last three movies I've watched on dvd are Ponyo, Coraline and The Secret of Kells

So I've been on a bit of an animation buzz lately. Ponyo was good, not Miyazaki's best by any means but still a really good movie and the animation was excellent as always.

Coraline was absolutely outsanding, the animation was amazing and the story was brilliant(no more than you'd expect from Neil Gaiman) and I think this movie prooves that The Nightmare Before Christmas owes more to Henry Selick than it does to Tim Burton. It's an excellent fairy tale and its not afraid to get dark when it wants to.

The Secret of Kells, I had bee meaning to watch it for a while. I really thought it was great, it was steeped in Irish mythology, like Coraline it goes dark when it needs to, particularly with the demonic depiction of the vikings. The animation was very reminiscent of Genndy Tartakovsky's style (Samurai Jack), but even though it reminded me of his style it still managed to be something all it's own, lots of swirls and celtic symbols thrown in here and there very reminiscent of the book of kells itself. I'm eager to see what the guys who made this turn there hand to next.

MagicMarker

Today I watched...

Conviction: A true story about a woman who puts herself through law school solely to try and overturn her brother's murder conviction. A good cast with Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell and Minnie Driver. Given the subject matter I think this movie could have been so so much better, as it was though it was alright.

Exam: Pretty decent with a ridiculous ending, it's kind of like Cube but no where near as good.

IP Man 2: Good fighting scenes which is to be expected and it was great seeing Sammo Hung kicking some ass. Not as good as the first movie though.

MagicMarker

MagicMarker wrote: »

Today I watched...

Conviction: A true story about a woman who puts herself through law school solely to try and overturn her brother's murder conviction. A good cast with Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell and Minnie Driver. Given the subject matter I think this movie could have been so so much better, as it was though it was alright.

It's somewhat of a dishonest film,

in real life the main characters brother, Kenny Waters died shortly after getting his freedom. He fell off a wall when taking a shortcut home.

Mance Rayder

There will be blood starring Danny Day Lewis.
Powerful movie , and incredble acting.

The Recliner

Given that they had been talked about here recently I re watched Prince of darkness and In the Mouth of Madness, hadn't seen either of them in years

You gotta love a John Carpenter score, if you missed the credits you would still know who directed it from the score

Prince of Darkness is alright, there is an attempt to hide a hokey plot with the sheen of science but it doesn't really work, it isn't a bad late night movie though

In the Mouth of Madness is an odd one, it doesn't seem, to me anyway, a John Carpenter movie but it is quite effective in places with some good jumpy moments, it seems a bit confused though

mike65

Okay, I watched Bride of Chucky earlier this evening. Sorry.

Marty McFly

The Last Airbender: Have to say took a quick look at imdb before this and with its rating I wasnt expecting much at all, but I found it quite entertaining, found myself wanting to see a sequel at the end. Now its not going to win any awards but worth a look. Then again I do tend to find this type of film entertaining I also like the Sorcerers Apprentice despite my hatred for Nicolas Cage.

craftypaddy

i saw the devil, a revenge film that is packed with gruesome scenes, very good film.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588170/
i saw the uncut version by the way, worth a watch 2 1/2 hours flew by