Rate the last film you saw

[Longfordian]

Saw The Hangover. It's very funny in parts but not as wall to wall hilarious as the reviews would suggest. The lad who plays the character Alan is brilliant though. 3/5 for me.

[pete]

Watched Wedding Crashers again. Probably the best of the Vaughan/Wilson films.

[osarusan]

Under Siege 2. Subtle and understated. A commanding performance by Siegal. The film never descended into melodrama or cliche.

[endabob1]

Rented "into the wild" last night, it's a couple of years old but if you haven't seen it it's worth getting out, bsaed on the true story of a college graduate giving up everything to live in the Alaskan wilderness

[SkStu]

one of those rare occasions where the film is as good as the book. Emile Hirsch was very good as was the Eddie Vedder soundtrack.

[eamo1]

The gf gave me Into the Wild on dvd,excellent film.If you go into youtube and type in "magic bus alaska" you will find a good bit of footage from ppl who have visited there.And to think if he had just kept walking down the river there was a safe place to cross where he could have gotten better food(no,there wasnt a supermacs/starbucks:D) and so wouldnt have had to eat those berries.
Im going to see Transformers 2 now in awhile,will let ye know what its like.

[eamo1]

Seen Transformers 2 last night.It kinda dragged on a bit as was nearly 3 hours long.Some of the support characters were VERY annoying but the fight scenes,the battle scenes,the sound they make when they transform made the kid inside me very happy:).Overall a very good effort.My major gripe with the first movie was too much talk not enough action,this second movie put that right:D.Sometimes you just want a movie where you can turn your brain off going in the door,this is one such movie.Very good effort as i said.8/10.

[bennocelt]

one of those rare occasions where the film is as good as the book. Emile Hirsch was very good as was the Eddie Vedder soundtrack.

i think they compliment each other very well -

[superfrank]

Watched Rushmore again last night. I think it's a really good film, even though the whole thing seems a bit too hard to believe at times.

[thischarmingman]

Saw "Let the Right One In" a while back now and enjoyed every minute. It's a compelling, utterly unique, atmospheric, touching and genuinely creepy vampire film. One of my favs of the year so far.

[bellavistaman]

Looking for Eric, 4 out of 5, 3.5 it cantona wasnt in it.ha. Very enjoyable film i must say surprised me how it went.

[DeLorean]

Rented "into the wild" last night, it's a couple of years old but if you haven't seen it it's worth getting out, bsaed on the true story of a college graduate giving up everything to live in the Alaskan wilderness

Excellent film alright. Powerful enough.

Watched Forgetting Sarah Marshall again recently and it's some laugh. That Paul Rudd guy is priceless- I Love You, Man is another good one.

[pete]

The Hangover. Funniest film seen in long time. Not the most original & some obvious gags but that doesn't matter. Lots laugh out loud moments. Mick Tyson cameo a little weird.

While it might have had the subtlety of a man kicked in the balls the kid with the stun gun had me crying with laughter

Definitely funniest credits ever!

[jebus]

Watched an hour of Transformers 2, utter garbage thats even worse than the first one. Michael Bay needs to be executed pretty soon.

Two movies I caught whilst on holiday that should be out here in the next few months are The Brothers Bloom and Food Inc.

Brothers Bloom stars Adrian Brody, Rachel Weisz and Mark Ruffalo and is very enjoyable, if a little long. Well worth checking out though.

Food Inc. is a documentary on where our food comes from, not just the usual look at battery farms either, this shows some startling facts on who controls the wheat and soya industry, how this came about and how devestating it has been for the American farming community. Suffice to say you realise that to have a clear conscience when eating you need to exclusively eat the dirt from your back yard

[pete]

The Departed.

Still trying to figure out how that got an Oscar. Really shows how much those awards have been devalued. Scripted lifted 90% from Internal Affairs & hopeless Hollywood ending. To think Scorsese said he didn't lift from original script.

[Closed Account 2]

The gf gave me Into the Wild on dvd,excellent film.If you go into youtube and type in "magic bus alaska" you will find a good bit of footage from ppl who have visited there.And to think if he had just kept walking down the river there was a safe place to cross where he could have gotten better food(no,there wasnt a supermacs/starbucks:D) and so wouldnt have had to eat those berries.
Im going to see Transformers 2 now in awhile,will let ye know what its like.

Very true, great film, hard to believe it's based on a true story.

FYI - For those interested with a PS3, the North American Bluray for this will work on UK PS3s - it's a great film and the scenary shots are fantastic.

[John83]

Brothers Bloom stars Adrian Brody, Rachel Weisz and Mark Ruffalo and is very enjoyable, if a little long. Well worth checking out though.
It's the second film by the guy who made the very clever indie high school noir Brick. I don't think it's out here yet, but it looks worth a look if and when it arrives.

[Dodge]

The Departed.

Still trying to figure out how that got an Oscar. Really shows how much those awards have been devalued. Scripted lifted 90% from Internal Affairs & hopeless Hollywood ending. To think Scorsese said he didn't lift from original script.

Is there a way I can ignore pete's posts in this thread :p

[Neish]

Is there a way I can ignore pete's posts in this thread :p


Everything he said there is spot on

[ken foree]

Everything he said there is spot on

except for the "t" in "Internal" Neish ;)

[Roadend]

Not seen inernal affairs, is it any good?

[ken foree]

hmm dunno that one either, sounds like something you might find on tube8?? they did film the end of the departed in the alley next to my job here, hordes of people would stand daily in a car park waiting for a glimpse of jack or leo or marty... it was about 95 american degrees out too. morons!

[John83]

Not seen inernal affairs, is it any good?
At this stage, I'm unsure whether you mean Infernal Affairs or are riffing on ken foree's post.

Anyway, Infernal Affairs is worth a look. I hear a shot for shot remake that was somehow almost an hour longer won an Oscar.

[ken foree]

At this stage, I'm unsure whether you mean Infernal Affairs or are riffing on ken foree's post.

give him some credit john, clearly the latter! :D

[shakermaker1982]

I tried to watch Benjamin Button the other night and had to give up before the two hour mark. Painful. Slow. How did Fincher go from the Zodiac to Button?

[SkStu]

Defiance - decent. 3.5/5

Powder Blue - not sure what i think of it actually but Jessica Biel gets them out. Twice. 5/5

[Neish]

I tried to watch Benjamin Button the other night and had to give up before the two hour mark. Painful. Slow. How did Fincher go from the Zodiac to Button?

Agree there it could of done with a good 45 min - 1 hour cut off it

[Dunny]

Tenacious D In The Pick Of Destiny.

Hilarious show.

[Closed Account 2]

Breach is a very good film, was released in 2007... based on the true story of Robert Hansen.

[tetsujin1979]

Saw Enchanted the other night, possibly the sheer exhaustion talking, but I didn't hate it

[shakermaker1982]

Breach is a very good film, was released in 2007... based on the true story of Robert Hansen.

I enjoyed that. Decent thriller.

[jebus]

Went to see Public Enemies last night and I really enjoyed it. Thought the story moved along at a nice pace and that it was well cast and well shot

[passinginterest]

I watched Street Fighter on Sci Fi the other night, pure genius, Van Damme as Guile, Kylie as Sonya Blade, Gomes Adams as M. Bison (his last film before he died I think), loved it :D

[6yardpunisha]

Gary the Tennis Coach with Stiffler from American Pie, abosolutey hilarious

[thischarmingman]

Saw Enchanted the other night, possibly the sheer exhaustion talking, but I didn't hate it

A. Film + Amy Adams = worth watching.

[tetsujin1979]

I watched Street Fighter on Sci Fi the other night, pure genius, Van Damme as Guile, Kylie as Sonya Blade, Gomes Adams as M. Bison (his last film before he died I think), loved it :DKylie was Cammy, Sonya Blade is in Mortal Kombat

A. Film + Amy Adams = worth watching.This is true, she is extremely watchable ;)

[passinginterest]

Kylie was Cammy, Sonya Blade is in Mortal Kombat

I had a feeling I was getting that wrong, thanks for the correction :)
I missed the first half hour or so, so I was raking my brains for the names of some of the less prominent characters.

[DeLorean]

Has anybody seem S.Darko? I loved Donnie Darko but have a strong feeling this will be rubbish.

Definitely want to see Public Enemies before it leaves the cinema.

Atonement and August Rush are amongst the worst I've seen recently/ever. Eagle Eye was crap too.

[SkStu]

Has anybody seem S.Darko? I loved Donnie Darko but have a strong feeling this will be rubbish.


big fan of Donnie Darko too. We have S. Darko on freeview and i havent watched it for much the same reasons as you. Went so far as to watch the trailer and it looked bearable but i still cant help but feel that they are just milking the success of Donnie Darko for the sake of it...

im going to continue to avoid this one i think....

[DeLorean]

big fan of Donnie Darko too. We have S. Darko on freeview and i havent watched it for much the same reasons as you. Went so far as to watch the trailer and it looked bearable but i still cant help but feel that they are just milking the success of Donnie Darko for the sake of it...

im going to continue to avoid this one i think....

Ya shur it's not even by the same writer/director. I'll watch it alright just for the sake of it but I won't be disappointed no matter how bad it is, expectations are that low.

[jebus]

Atonement wasn't great but it was worth it for that tracking shot of the Dunkirk evacuations alone, one of the best shots in cinema history in my book

If only Keira Knightley could act, and ate a hamburger every now and again, it could have been alright

Here for those of you who want to watch it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Z-UJDPJOs

[John83]

Has anybody seem S.Darko? I loved Donnie Darko but have a strong feeling this will be rubbish.
I saw the DVD the other day. Did it even get a run in the cinemas here?

I just checked rottentomatoes.com. It has four reviews so far, all of which are negative. I'd skip it for now.

[thischarmingman]

Atonement and August Rush are amongst the worst I've seen recently/ever.


Atonement wasn't great but it was worth it for that tracking shot of the Dunkirk evacuations alone, one of the best shots in cinema history in my book



Thought Atonemore was very good when I saw it, as jebus mentioned the Dunkirk shot is a real highlight, although I didn't turn my nose up at a wet Keira Knightley either. :)

August Rush is one of the worst films I've ever seen. Utter crap. What's the point of Jonathan Rees Myers?

[John83]

What's the point of Jonathan Rees Myers?
I don't know. He can't even do a believable Irish accent.

[anto1208]

Saw the box for S. darko and was quite excited really enjoyed donnie Darko but i read the back and the actors are some guy from 1 tree hill, 1 guy from step up 2 the street and some other guy of similar "MTV generation actors" and put the box back down.

Saw Public enemies very dissapointing first 45 mins could be cut some really poor writting, then a great bit in the middle followed by a draw out poorly shot ending.

Its shot really close up in a lot of parts so you end up with a cinema screen ( thats not that clear anyway ) being half full of a head and the other half being out of focus which is really difficult to watch. ( i was right in the middle of the cinema ) and makes it pretty hard to see whats going on. It may look better on a TV screen but its another to avoid really.

[DeLorean]

I saw the DVD the other day. Did it even get a run in the cinemas here?

Don't think so. Went straight to DVD release in the US but was supposed to go to the cimenas first around Europe, obviously not Ireland though.

[Ash]

Just when I thought I couldnt pick out a worse DVD than whatever sh!te I got
last time, I went and outdone myself yesterday with "Flashbacks Of A Fool"

I felt mighty foolish when I had a flahback of picking it off the shelf in XtraVision

On a scale of 1 to 10 ... it was terrible!

[superfrank]

Wastched Bronson today.

It was actually really good, although the whole film is heavily reliant on Tom Hardy's performance.

[cheifo]

Went to see Public Enemies last night and I really enjoyed it. Thought the story moved along at a nice pace and that it was well cast and well shot

Saw this recently and its a film thats hard to review for some reason.

Looks very good which you would expect from Michael Mann and Depp is good-while some of the Tough guys in smaller parts are convincing.

The first 45 minutes were missing something though. Script could have been better and I wasn't convinced I was watching the 1930s.

Def worth a look though.

[Longfordian]

Saw Role Models and The Spirit. Role Models was funny enough in parts, not a classic but watchable. The Spirit was just brutal and even the presence of Eva Mendes and Scarlett Johansson couldn't save it.