What have you watched recently?

MagicMarker

2012 - What the fúck was Emmerich thinking?

missingtime

Deleted User wrote: »

The Men Who Stare at Goats - I really enjoyed this, in fact I loved it. After all the negative reviews I was expecting a mediocre comedy but found a rewarding film with some superb performances.

Thought Ewan McGregor was shown up a lot though. He was annoying toward the end

Otis Driftwood

Zombieland and I thoroughly enjoyed it,was great fun.

Plus the cameo from Murray was just outstanding.

Ridley

irishh_bob wrote: »

i love you man , pretty crap i thought considering the good reviews

It was better than I expected. Thought it would be some kind of 40-Year-Old Virgin variation of The Cable Guy.

Comedies really need to start getting endings that aren't clichéd. I was surprised when I saw The Break-Up and

the couple actually stayed apart at the end.

MickShamrock

Cirque Du Freak: The Vampires Assistant - Pretty much what I expected. Nothing special.

tman

Stinicker wrote: »

I saw Clash of the Titans in 3D this evening and it was very impressive, the special effects, scenery and general plot were all good. A very good movie, especially for those interested in History and has a fantasy and epic battle theme to it also.

Haven't seen it yet, but isn't it all based on mythology, not history?
Looking forward to seeing it after God of War III reignited my love for Greek mythology

irishh_bob

MagicMarker wrote: »

2012 - What the fúck was Emmerich thinking?

when has that guy ever made a good movie

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

irishh_bob wrote: »

when has that guy ever made a good movie

stargate?

Stinicker

tman wrote: »

Haven't seen it yet, but isn't it all based on mythology, not history?
Looking forward to seeing it after God of War III reignited my love for Greek mythology

Yes it is based on Mythology but because of this it gives an insight into ancient Greece historically with the sets etc. There are scenes which reminded me of the siege of Minas Tirith in LOTR3 and of lord Voldemort in Harry Potter (Ralph Fiennes) who portrays Hades in the film was also lord Voldemort.

Good Film and not overlly adorned with 3D either as 3D was more a last minute decision than the plan from the outset, it only cost $70million to make and filming commenced less than a year ago. The backdrops portrayed in the film are stunning though.

Duggy747

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

stargate?

The Patriot wasn't too bad, either!

fluke

Poseidon - Time filler
Shutter Island - Atmospheric but underwhelming
Legion - Tripe
Kick Ass - Awesome!!!!

tman

Stinicker wrote: »

Yes it is based on Mythology but because of this it gives an insight into ancient Greece historically with the sets etc.

Sitill not too sure I agree with that tbh, I doubt they went out of their way to be historically accurate for a fantasy film... Can't exactly see it ever being used in history class as an example of life in pre-Christian Greece

Anyway, I'm dragging this waaaaay off topic;

Last night I watched Bladerunner (Final cut)
A truely timeless film, and definitely up there with Oldboy as one of my doubtless favourites. It scrubbed up nicely for HD as well!
About the only part that took away from my enjoyment and broke the immersion was the blatently 80s hair of some of the female characters.

After that I felt like a bit of braindead entertainment, so finally got around to watching Blade Trinity... Really wish I hadn't now:(

don ramo

clash of the titans, saw it 3D save your money,

thought it was rather like LOTR part 1, the action was good, but iw as expecting more of an epic final battle, like the end of LOTR 1, youd almost think there was more to come from the story,

i think you should see it, the pacing is very good so the story is always moving, the 3D is tripe and non existent, and TBF makes everything darker, (the one negative about seeing avatar this way)

Tony EH

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

my withnail and I blu ray arrived earlier today and it's just ending ****ing fantastic movie
looks and sounds damned fine in HD too, this one is going to be many's a rewatch

Always found the ending to that film terribly sad. Withnail's "Hamlet" monologue is the finest moment in the film.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

yeah, i was saying that while i was watching it. When 'I' cuts his hair, you know everything's changed. Think I'll watch it again tonight after the pub

MagicMarker

irishh_bob wrote: »

when has that guy ever made a good movie

Universal Soldier?

sky88

just waatched the international i thought it was just a terrible film did not like it one bit

Agricola

Zombieland. Good in parts but feels like abit of a missed opportunity too. If they had gotten more laughs from the zombie killing and given less time to the predictable romance, it would have been alot better.

bnt

Earlier: watched the Disney / Pixar film Cars on TV. Not quite what I was expecting: NASCAR-type racing at the beginning and end, but the middle of the movie is basically Doc Hollywood with cars as characters. City bigshot lands in a small town, gets arrested and sentenced to community service, catches the eye of a local lady, and learns to love the small town life.

Later this evening: finally saw No Country For Old Men. After the way it was built up in the press, I was slightly underwhelmed, and don't think it's the Coen Brothers' best work, not when compared to Fargo or A Serious Man. Which means that it's merely excellent. :pac:

RichTea

Gone on an Easter weekend binge of great films.

So far I have watched The Godfather, Raging Bull, Casablanca and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

Nice!

Shryke

Watched Harry Brown earlier. It wasn't as dark as I was led to believe. It was good though. Anything with Michael Caine usually is. More or less it's to do with a pensioner living in an estate having to deal with violent youths.
It has similar themes to Death Sentence, a fantastic film I also watched quite recently.

Duggy747

Heat is on again on BBC2, this time on my surround sound at last!

Yeah! :cool:

DazMarz

Watched Pulp Fiction last night with 3 of my friends, one of whom had never seen it before... We were all enthralled by the movie, despite having seen it so many times before. After the film concluded, we asked the other person what they thought...

"Meh, was ok. Didn't understand the structure. Wasn't that good."

Amazingly, none of us murdered her...:mad:

Roisinbunny

Watched Final Destination 4 last night just for something "easy on the brain" to watch.. it was so over the top stupid and predictable we laughed our way through it.. There's an hour and 10 mins of my life I won't get back:rolleyes:

Roisinbunny

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

stargate?

Love that film

tman

Duggy747 wrote: »

Heat is on again on BBC2, this time on my surround sound at last!

Yeah! :cool:

Wouldn't that only be broadcast in pro-logic at best though?
Get it on DVD or better yet Bluray you cheapskate!;)

Watched the first half of Highlander the other day... I just couldn't handle the awesomeness of it any more and had to save the rest for another night.
Pretty poor HD transfer unfortunately (compared to the impeccably restored Bladerunner, anyway)

pocketvenus

Last film I saw in cinema was Remember Me on Saturday which was excellent & am def going to see it again.

Last night rewatched Little Miss Sunshine - such a great film.

Tony EH

The People Under the Stairs

Rubbish.


Kiss Me Deadly

Brilliant.



End of review.

missingtime

Up in the Air - great movie. loved clooney and vera farmiga, they were great on screen together. looks like a rom-com and if that put you off honestly give it a shot is a great movie

Ninja Assassain - really silly and violent and deliciously cheesey. loved it. highly recommended. and has one of the best on screen kisses i've seen in ages!

splashthecash

Primer

Short enough film (About 1hr 15mins). Pretty good yarn about some smart guys who invent a kinda time machine and how their relationship strains as they use it and also trying to make sure that nothing is changed when they go back...very confusing, would probably need a couple of views.