Yeah as said above, Sherlock Holmes is an entertaining way to spend a couple of hours. Good light hearted fun. Worth going to see.
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Yeah as said above, Sherlock Holmes is an entertaining way to spend a couple of hours. Good light hearted fun. Worth going to see.
Can't understand the criticism for the ending of the Road, here's my thoughts
SPOILER: Maybe you needed to read the book, though I thought the film gets it across just as well, but the Earth is finished. There is no cure on the way, people won't survive past a couple of decades at tops, the entire planet is doomed. So the kid meeting the family at the end isn't entirely a cop out because a) he's a dead man walking anyway and b) the message of the story is to hold on to your humanity through trying times. The kid does this, as does the man, so do the family I presume, so the ending is a way of rewarding that faith, even if it is just fleeting. Personally I think an ending with the boy walking into the darkness would have been doom and gloom overload and wouldn't have left the viewer/reader satisfied. There needed to be a pay off for putting up the opresiveness throughout
It's probably just a subtle thing jebus, but
SPOILER: it doesn't feel like a fleeting reward. It feels like an ''everything's going to be okay'' kind of thing, particularly with the little hints that nature isn't finished (the beetle was one, and I can't recall the other - something in the narration? I'm told it's hinted at in the closing lines of the book too.).
I'm just sick of that in film - even I Am Legend was completely rewritten so that, as Tom Hanks said, even the last man on earth gets a happy ending in Hollywood.
Have to agree with Jebus on this, I think I would have slit my wrists if they had of went with the original ending...There's only so much desolation/depression I can take..Brilliant movie by the way.
Yeah, that scene with the Judge is one of those moments alright.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam_Heggy
Really enjoyed the film, if it did get a bit out of hand in the end. Would have liked to see Foxx die too.
Saw Fourth Kind and Paranormal Activity recently although Fourth kind was better (mostly because i prefer the idea of alians better to ghosts) they were both mediocre movies 2.5/5 for both paranormal activity was particulary rubbish
I went to Avatar and after they hype was expecting to be dissapointed but I have to say I thought it was brilliant:),as somebody else said here a cinematic experience.Sure it has holes but overall thoroughly entertaining.
I second that avatar was excellent have to say. in 3d especially
Re-watched, after 3 years, the first Bourne (Identity) and remembered why the series is so good. Franke Potente is sexily semi-wooden in the lead female and I kind of felt bad for Chris Cooper in the end.
Also caught the movie "Admiral" on dvd. It's the true story of Admiral Kolchak who was a hero of Tsarist Russia then fought against the Soviets. A little stilted in parts but the special effects are good and that it's based on facts is both scary and engaging. Only with subtitles though.
5 minutes of heaven. Starring James Nesbitt and Liam Neeson.
Absolutely incredible performance from James Nesbitt in this. Liam Neeson comes into to his own later in the film as his character reveals himself.
Nesbitt who plays the character Joe returns some 30/40 years later to meet Allistar (I think) played by Neeson,the man who killed his brother in front of the young Joe on behalf of the UVF. Both men are brought together for a TV programme covering the proposed reconciliation.
A very moving and emotional drama. Still available on BBC iPlayer.
Watched it when it was on tv last week sometime I think, definately well worth catching.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harpsbear
Brazil (1985)
Following a mistake made by central services, the governing bureaucracy in a dystopian future, an innocent man is arrested, and eventually dies in custody. The film follows the attempts of an employee of the bureaucracy to escape the world he lives in, of forms, regulations, processes to be followed, and a perpetually disappointed cosmetic surgery addicted mother, to find the love he sees every night in his dreams. By a happy coincidence, she lives upstairs from the arrested innocent and is trying to get restitution for the grieving widow. At least I think that's what happens. Like many Gilliam films, the true meaning isn't what's on the surface. I get that it's a satire on government taken to extremes, but I had a nagging suspicion midway through the film that nothing actually happens. At all. I might watch it again just to make sense of it. But I probably won't.
Went to see Avatar, 3D was interesting storyline was about as deep as an episode of Captain Planet combined with an episode of Care Bears and a bit of Action Man thrown in. Should have been about an hour shorter. I'd give it 2/5 only worth seeing for the graphics and 3D experience.
Saw Avatar 3D recently.
What more to say? - it's an event movie that was never going to hold up to much scrutiny regarding plot and dialogue.
I enjoyed it for what it was - a visually stunning adventure movie.
Saw "Moon" with Sam Rockwell the other day, thought it was very good and at least deserved an oscar nomination for Rockwell....also a nice pretty good film score from Clint Mansell.
Finally saw Avatar 3D today, very much meh from me
First hour and a half dragged to the point where I considered leaving (and I love being in the cinema, have only walked out of one movie and that was partially due to being very sick as well)
Picked up after that but the story was very samey from every other movie like this
3D was alright but not the leap forward I had been led to believe it was
This Sporting Life (1963) Richard Harris excels as an initially charming pit worker who's excellence on the rugby field gets him a contract with the city rugby team. His new found fame brings out the worst in him, and he takes it out on Rachel Robert's widowed landlady. She initially resists his approaches only to be won over and eventually repulsed by her tenant's attitude off the pitch. Ironically, it is the same attitude he brings to the game that wins him the applause of the crowd.
Excellent sports-based film, and one I wished I'd seen earlier. Highly recommended.
Inglourious Basterds, finally. Excellent show, Tarantino back to his very best, absolutely loved it! Christoph Waltz surely must get the Supporting Actor Oscar as well. 9/10
and The Invention Of Lying. Not quite as good. :D
Not bad though, couple of good giggles in it, specially the Stephen Merchant / Barry cameos. 6.5/10
i watched did you hear about the morgans and up in the air, both are gick imo, both are also down as comedy, didnt laugh once, dont go to see them, rent it instead if your interest, but id advise not to even pay money for that, wait till it comes on telly..... brutal
Saw "Beetlejuice" after many many years (was on Comedy Central). I caught it first time in the cinema and enjoyed it, and it's definitely an odd movie, but just didn't have it 20 years later.
Saw Adam and Paul on TV the other day, great film if a little grim, but well worth a view.
Saw the Stepfather at the weekend. 0/5. Avoid.
Went to a preview of The Lovely Bones tonight and while it was decent, as with most of my fav books when turned into movies, I was a bit disappointed. Still it made me cry and laugh and was worth the 3 hours round trip to see it! 8/10
i think that was poor, altho, it was funny as fook, when he cracks his hand of the car winda :)Quote:
Originally Posted by cfdh_edmundo
For some reason I found myself having breakfast watching "The loneliness of the long distance runner" this morning on tv, it's probably a tough watch, with lots of future stars in it, but the development of the character, with his inbuilt flaws playing a part in the end, is something that makes it very enjoyable. Tom Courtney was terrific in it.
Really, what High grant, j Parker and G Clooney were not as good as they usually are? Wow thats a shock:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by danthesaint
Eventually got to see SlumDog Millionaire - was very impressed, it was shocking and exciting, with great acting and a killer storyline
Also rewatched In Bruges - a bit overrated, and the dialogue is fairly childish, the acting just about saved the movie
Ah go on away, it's fricking hilarious.Quote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
dont mind hugh grant, agree on the rest, i was kinda bored and it was the only thing on watch movies online that looked good, turned out it was pants insteadQuote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
agree also with in bruges, a few funny bits but i would say its a film id watch loadz of times
Cabaret (1972) - Michael York plays an English student who moves to 1930's Germany to complete his German studies, and takes a room in the same house as Liza Minnelli's American cabaret signer, who is also an aspiring actress. Despite being billed as a musical, there's not a lot of singing, apart from the songs in the nightclub where Minnelli works, there's only one other song in the whole film, and it certainly doesn't feel like a musical. The power of the Nazi party casts an ever-growing shadow over the film's proceedings. The picnic scene expresses this growth excellently. A single boy sings a Nazi anthem, and gradually the rest of the attendees join in, until finally the first singer is revealed as a member of the Hitler Youth.
I'm no fan of musicals, but I certainly didn't dislike this. Put it in the "one to watch" files.
Just watched Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels last night and it still never gets old 8/10
Watched the Curious Case of Benjamin Button with the kids last night. I am not a fan of Mr Pitt but due to the fantastic make up for most of the movie I totally forgot it was him and was completely absorbed in the story. It was heartwrenching (yes I cried, as usual) and unrealistic but really worth the long haul. Maybe it was the drugs the doc had just given me but I found it an amusing and entertaining movie. 8/10.
Apocalypto - Great flick imo. 8.5/10
Agree, even if the scene of the beheadings and the spears did scare the bejaysus outta meQuote:
Originally Posted by Dunny
watch Assassination of a High School President earlier.
When the SAT scripts are stolen from the principal's office, and discovered in the locker of the basketball team's star player, and the school's president, the journalist who discovered them becomes the school hero, and is recommended for a prestigious internship. While doing some fact checking on the story, the student discovers a greater conspiracy than he had suspected.
It's a film noir set in a high school, complete with femme fatale, and a gum chewing detective in a trenchcoat. If you liked Brick, you should check this out.
My other half, a devout Gibson worshipper, went to see it in the cinema, with her Granny! They hadn't heard much about it (except Mel made it) and thought he might be in it. She said that after the first few headchoppings and disembowellings? she couldn't handle her popcorn and gummi bears!Quote:
Originally Posted by Magicme
I had to give up on that around the hour 30 mark. Painful to watch. How Fincher went from Zodiac to Benjamin Button I'll never know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magicme
Watched District 9 last night. Very very good. Special effects were good, the story good and the chances of a sequel are good. Very happy. Also saw the original Taking of Pelham One Two Three, and was pleasantly surprised. Robert Shaw was very good, didn't know much about Walter Matheau either but he was credible too.
Would highly recommend both.
Also saw The Firm (2009) and Cass. Wouldn't recommend either.
Just watched "Sin Nombre" very good film 8/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1127715/
Valentines Day... Hollywood's version of Love, Actually. The less said the better.
I went to see My Name is Khan last night. Gotta say it was pretty good. It's breaking bollywood box office records apparently.