The quality of movies is inversely relagted the amount of promotion. Everywhere I that flick is advertised.Quote:
Originally Posted by oscar
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The quality of movies is inversely relagted the amount of promotion. Everywhere I that flick is advertised.Quote:
Originally Posted by oscar
Let the Right One In was overhyped. It's a bit dull.
Encounters at the End of the World is superb and slightly nuts - highly recommended if you liked Grizzly Man.
Star Trek is good fun.
State of Play - solid average thriller that starts off well. Helen Mirren's character annoyed the hell out of me but Crowe was good in his role as a reporter trying to unravel a conspiracy. The original two main roles were to be played by Pitt and Norton but scheduling difficulties meant Crowe and Ben Affleck were drafted in. 3 out of 5.
Check out the Original BBC Mini Series it was based on, it is fantastic.Quote:
Originally Posted by shakermaker1982
In The Loop. If I tried to describe just how good it was I fear I'd break the swear filter and get a permanent ban.
I was at both of these with John83. I reckon that's a bit harsh on Let the Right One in. It's a decent film, just has a serious problem with pace (if it was a simple case of being a slow pace that would be fine, it's that the pace didn't suit the story), but it's worth a look.Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
Star Trek is brilliant, and indeed a whole heap of fun.
Saw Changeling at the weekend, thought it was an outstanding film if not a little bit long.
A few really good performances from Jolie, Malkovich and Donovan thrown in there.
Saw some of [I]Texas chain-saw massacre: The Begining/I] (something) on TV. Great photography, better post-production then the original (obviously) but with the same angle of shots so very watchable. Also, villians are known from almost the start of the film so they are not quiet as scary, adversarial conversation between teens and villains. Alround a good holiday advertisement for Texas.
superb is a bit much? was good tho and glad I went to see it. fav guy was the penguin guy...Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
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Originally Posted by Aberdonian Stu
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role models- disappointing. It could have been a lot better. The script looked rushed to me.
i'd veer more towards superb than good, that poor penguin was an apt symbol i thought. you should both check "Deep Water" if you haven't already seen it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billsthoughts
Saw "Taken" with Liam Neeson, first half drags a bit, but the rest is some pretty high octane violent action, I liked it.
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Originally Posted by oscar
wouldnt necessarily agree with u Oscar
saw "Angels and Demons" last nite - After the absolute trash that was the "Da Vinci" code , this was a huge improvement.
a average film but it was substantially better than its predacessor imo
Thought it fairly run of the mill myself, but not the too bad of a filmQuote:
Originally Posted by SaucyJack
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins...Not as bad as I thought it would be.
Going to check this out. I think it will be a love it or hate it film.Quote:
Originally Posted by ken foree
Saw it last Monday. Love it. 5/5Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
Star Trek - 6/10.
Some great bits, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Bones, Simon Pegg, the in-jokes my missus didn't get.
Some awful bits, The lad playing Kirk was woeful, Leonard Nimoy, Simon Pegg getting ony fifteen seconds screen time.
Saw Synecdoche, New York last night & definitely not a mainstream film & probably could be call it arthouse. While the acting is excellent from Hoffman & Morton (red hair suits her :cool: ) in particular don't think I understood it all. Without giving anything away the first 30 minutes & the rest are almost completely different films. Going to have to watch this again when comes out on DVD.
I remember watching Adaptation & while I got it in the first viewing only on second viewing did I fully get it but that was a mainstream film.
my local cineworld won't be showing Kauffman's masterpiece so I'm not a happy man. Instead she dragged me along to Angels and Demons and it was a bag of *****.
Saw Milk didnt think much of it Milk was a bit of a sneaky so and so.
Frost/Nixon This is very good really enjoyed it
Role models Funnier than i thought it would be a grand "film for a hung over sunday i dont need to think about" kind of film
A friend of mine from San Francisco advised me to skip it. He said it presents a pathetically one-dimensional picture of a man who did a lot of great work on a huge number of social and political issues, summarising his life as "gay politician" when he should be remembered for much more.Quote:
Originally Posted by anto1208
Just watched 'Song For a Raggy Boy'. Brilliant movie and acting, but some violent and horrific scenes in it. Can't say much else, other than the trauma suffered by those boys was truly sickening.
saw angels and demons yesterday. average.
This was one of the highs for me, can't stand the little creepQuote:
Originally Posted by tiktok
I'd give it 8 out of 10, am a big fan of the whole Star Trek "thing" though
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Originally Posted by anto1208
Watched the first half of Milk, thought it was passable but a bit slow. Never got around to watching the rest of it. Rather overrated I think (granting I only saw half of it).Quote:
Originally Posted by John83
Frost/Nixon is a good film made great by the two lead roles in it.
glad you liked it so much bohspartisan and you seem to have much of the same "wtf" reaction i did pete. i was floored by the performances though and the sheer other-worldliness of the thing. definitely a david lynch-type of film in places and i've yet to watch it a 2nd time myself, which for this kind of picture is very necessary. i've yet to see Adaptation, i must get it on netflix. i have Milk waiting at home too.Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
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Originally Posted by ken foree
heh, not bad, not badQuote:
Originally Posted by centre mid
saw a british film the other nite called "Awayday" - set in the late 70's in england , its about a young guy and his desire to join the local football club hooligan gang -- very good
Read the book, decent read looking forward to seeing the movieQuote:
Originally Posted by back of the net
Eden Lake english horror film about a couple that go camping and get stalked by a group of young kids ( nasty little ****s ) gets very dark very quickly very enjoyable.
That sounds like a remake of a romanian film that I cant for the life of me remember the name off.Quote:
Originally Posted by anto1208
Saw "Drag me to Hell" earlier. Doesn't take itself too seriously and found it quite enjoyable. Don't go expecting a masterpiece and I think you should have fun, better than a lot of the horrors recently that just try far too hard.
Watched Fanboys - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489049/ - earlier
Despite the negative reviews, it's a gentle parody and glowing tribute to Star Wars fans. Of which I am one.
And it's got Kristen Bell in the Princess Leia slave outfit.
Saw it last night and thought it was pretty crap. I don't get all the hype about it but I'll agree that it didn't take itself too seriously.Quote:
Originally Posted by passinginterest
Slumdog Millionaire. Avoided all the movie hype, but watched it on Dvd and it's very good.
The more I think about it the more I liked it. Just telling people about it I find myself getting excited and enthusiastic, I think I just enjoy that time of comedy/horror/gross out type film. It wasn't afraid to play around with conventions of the genre and it just came across like the cast and director were having a ball making it.Quote:
Originally Posted by superfrank
Rented "In the Valley of Elah", thought it was very good, Tommy Lee Jones deserving the Oscar nomination he got for it, supposedly based on real events.
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Originally Posted by SaucyJack
Yeah saw it when it was in the cinema very good flim.
Rented "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" at the weekend good show but I felt iat almost 3 hours was overly long could of done with being 30-45 min shorter