Recently watched "Mesrine: Killer Instinct" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1259014
Very good french crime flick about notorious french bank robber Jacques Mesrine. Vincent Cassel was very good in the lead role
8/10
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Recently watched "Mesrine: Killer Instinct" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1259014
Very good french crime flick about notorious french bank robber Jacques Mesrine. Vincent Cassel was very good in the lead role
8/10
Raising Arizona (1987) Repeat offender Nicholas Cage and his new bride, police officer Holly Hunter, kidnap one of a set of quintuplets after they find out they can't have kids of their own. Hilarity ensues. Coming from the Coen brothers, it has the usual mix of stylish dialogue and quirky, memorable, characters, as well as appearances by John Goodman and Frances McDormand. Not quite as funny as I had been led to believe, but worth checking out.
The Lovely Bones
Only alright. Glad to have seen it, but can see why it's getting a bit of a critical kicking to be honest. Ham-fisted at times, unbelievably hokey in places, though beautiful in others. Saoirse Ronan is very good it must be said, but Stanley Tucci is excellent IMO, in what must have been a horrible part to play. 6/10.
I agree with your assessment but will go see it again as it is still one of my favourite books and though it wasnt translated properly to the silver screen, it is still a great story.Quote:
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Dead Mans Shoes, one word - excellent
a wise choice Roo69 - have you seen any of Shane Meadows other movies (This is England, A Room for Romeo Brass)? Paddy Considine is in quite a lot of them and is excellent as usual. DMS is my favourite though, if i had to pick.
I rented ''Up'' on blu-ray last night and it was bloody fantastic. Wasn't expecting much, just a couple of laughs because it's a Disney-Pixar but it exceeded my expectations.
5/5 for me.
just watched from paris with love
good film, worth going to cinema for
Just back from Avatar....WOW...what a movie!
Felt in a childish mood this weekend so watched Up and Wall E. Really enjoyed Up, laughed and cried my way through it. Wall E on the other hand is over hyped rubbish.
"Passengers"-Luke warm afters of a plane crash-very slow. 4/10
Mulholland Drive. WTF was that about?
Getting confused and aroused simultaneously
then it worked - VERY well. ;)Quote:
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wall-e is terrific, the first 20 minutes are animated kubrick.
mulholland drive is also fantastic, particularly its eerie wtf-ness. i'm making my way through d. lynch's Twin Peaks tv series now too, quite good, particularly season 1. there are entire internet forums devoted to unpacking lynch's more 'difficult' films (e.g. blue velvet, m. drive, lost highway, inland empire) so if you need to know "what happened", you can google them and find answers.
Just about to watch my 5th movie of the day, Breakfast on Pluto (think its my 6th time to see it!) is that a record?
Watched 2 girly chick flicks that I wont bother you with but also watched Gran Torino and Zach and Miri make a porno. Gran Torino was the pick of them, fine moving performance from Eastwood in an entertaining and emotive movie.
Zach and Miri made me realise one thing.....my username on another football forum is highly inappropirate!!!
Seen the lovely bones a few weeks ago,the girlfriend liked it,i didnt think it was all that good.A few people walked out of it.
Going to see Shutter Island at the weekend,im expecting good things.
Triangle
Melissa George, of Home and Away and 30 Days of Night, as a mom who goes away for a little sailing trip. You know all those films where the twist can can be seen from a mile away [m night whatever you call him]. You probably won't have that problem with this.
I can't recommend it enough.
Saw "Big Fan" with Patton Oswalt in it(maybe America's funniest comedian right now, IMO), a pretty good depiction of obsessive fandom, reminded me a bit of the King of Comedy, co-star, character actor Kevin Corrigan also very good in it.
Patton Oswalt on George Lucas;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDCjIjsZp_Y
The Changeling. A true story which makes it even more incredible. Very good movie. 8/10
And Angelina Jolie turns in a good performance for a change, best since Girl Interrupted in my opinion.
also watched Turtles Can Fly, set in Kurdistan and tells the story of a group of boys on the Iraq/Turkey border on the eve of the US Army invasion to take down Sadam. Disturbing but excellent. Id highly recommend it. 9/10.
Yea I thought it was thoroughly enjoyable film with lots of twists and turns,Her performance was great tooQuote:
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Seen Shutter Island last night.It wasnt the out and out chiller i thought it would be.Still a great movie though.Would love to discuss the ending with people though as its been wrecking my head all day today,i wont though:).
Saw Looking For Eric last week. Wow absolutely brilliant and a definite MUST see. Funny, sad, great acting (esp the lead), and football. Cantona is Cantona, cool. Shows what its like to be a football fan, when the rest of your life is in ruins at least you can have 90 minutes of relief. And shows the division between the man utd fans over the GLaziers - which is very apt for today.
Brill Loach at his best
saw it last week, really is one of those films you need to see twice to fully get it
Public Enemy.
Johnny Depp plays John Dillinger.A bit long at 2hrs 12 mins as the story doesn't sustain it.Good gunfights but not a lot else.
Not great 5.5/10
Gonna take my youngest to see Alice in Wonderland this evening in 3D. Is it any good? Is it worth my half hour drive to Armagh?
it's good, but maybe about 20 minutes too long.
the 3d doesn't really add anything either
the red queen is the best thing in it
Umm, so should I just go see it in the local cinema in 2D?
It's a judgement call really. If you're a fan of 3D then yes, if not, then no.
Went to it in 3D and it was ok. Doesnt beat my best 3D experience of the Muppets in Disneyworld in Florida, now that was quality! Think I would have been more disappointed if had seen it in 2D coz it wasnt a great movie and at least the 3D gave it something extra. Was swatting away wee buggers that were flying at me.
Watched two DVD's last night;
"The Invention of Lying" was a poor effort at an interesting premise, mildly amusing at best about a 2/5.
"Harry Brown" was a very different sort of film and a much better one too. Nicely developed story, Caine's character remains vulnerable despite turning vigilate, I thought it was well directed and developed. The mood and atmosphere of urban decay is really well portrayed and you can't help empathising with Caine's character who has been left with nothing to live for. Some of the plot development and characterisation might have been better, but it's defintitely a 3.5 and maybe even a 4/5.
watched hachi a dogs tale tonight
its very good, but very sad
very grim indeed....altho the monologue from timothy spall at the end is class...Quote:
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Watched "Gran Torino" at the weekend, thought it was quite good, nice story and even some funny moments in it.
Sexy Beast - absolutely excellent movie, very funny and Ben Kingsley gives one of the best performances i have seen in a long time. Ray Winstone is similarly excellent. If you havent yet seen it, you should.
Food, Inc. - documentary on how the chicken, beef and pork we eat each day gets from the farm to the plate and how farming and the food we eat has been compromised by Corporate America. Not sure how much it applies to Ireland but definitely an eye opener. Would recommend this highly.
Watched "Somers town" at the weekend http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172206/. Very good film about young friendship. Another top film from Shane Meadows
Saw Zonad last night.
This is one that is really going to polarise people I think, but I loved it.
Parts of it are very slack, but even then the film seems to acknowledge its own shortcomings with a bit of self-deprecating humour.
And the good bits are really good. Great lines SPOILER: like Jenny in the car: "It's like a penis, only smaller!", and surreal set pieces SPOILER: like Don Wycherly's cop gratuitously p*ssing on everyone.
The whole thing was even more mad as first off meself and herself were the only two people in the whole of screen 7 of the omniplex, and then - after a lot of head-scratching - I realise one of the stars of the show is none other than Brian de Salvo! Never knew (since found out) he's got quite an extensive CV as an actor as well as a director. And LoI guru. :)
Anyway, for me, 8/10, laughed all the way through, but I'd pause before recommending it as I'd imagine it's going to be a marmite-type thing. :D
The Blindside
Cliched as hell but fairly entertaining 7/10
Yeah, I'd agree. It's better than I expected.Quote:
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