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Watched "Iron man 2", found it very underwhelming, too much bickering and shouting between Downey's and Paltrow's characters. Scarlett Johannson looked great, but not really that convincing, and her character wasn't really necessary. Too much star-power in the movie,Imho. Pretty self-indulgent for Jon Favreau to both direct and put himself in the film. Samuel L. Jackson saturation continues, he dosesn't have to take every role offered to him, apparently Nick Furey is black now.
Watched Bruno the other day. TBH dont really know what to think about it, had some awful stuff in it (the dildos-urgh!!) but the scene near the end when they were in the cage together was hilarious.
I haven't, but the consensus among critics seems to be that it's about as good as the first one; a little better made, but not much new over the last one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dunny
People have done it in the past, and with far bigger roles. Favreau had a short cameo in the first one, and little enough screen time in the second.Quote:
Originally Posted by SaucyJack
Actually, that's a big in-joke. The writer of one of the big comic arcs asked Jackson a good few years back if he could use his image for Furey. Jackson was amused, and agreed. So the Furey of the comics has looked exactly like Samuel L. Jackson for quite some time!Quote:
Samuel L. Jackson saturation continues, he dosesn't have to take every role offered to him, apparently Nick Furey is black now.
in the Marvel Ultimate line, Fury is based on Jackson, in one issue he even says only Samuel L Jackson could play him in a movie!Quote:
Originally Posted by SaucyJack
Finally saw Kick Ass on DVD. Very good!
Yeah alot of these Marvel Movies so far have alot of the Ultimates comicline tied into them just wait till you see Thor and Captain America next summer, Samuel L Jackson does a good job in this movie much better than the made for Tv movie about Nick Fury the white Nick Fury which starred David Hasslehoff i liked Iron Man 2 my only thing about it though was the fight at the end was over all too easyQuote:
Samuel L. Jackson saturation continues, he dosesn't have to take every role offered to him, apparently Nick Furey is black now.
[QUOTE=John83;1417498]I haven't, but the consensus among critics seems to be that it's about as good as the first one; a little better made, but not much new over the last one.
People have done it in the past, and with far bigger roles. Favreau had a short cameo in the first one, and little enough screen time in the second.
Actually, that's a big in-joke. The writer of one of the big comic arcs asked Jackson a good few years back if he could use his image for Furey. Jackson was amused, and agreed. So the Furey of the comics has looked exactly like Samuel L. Jackson for quite some time![/QUOT
I guess I'm out of touch, I used to collect alot of Marvel titles including Iron Man but haven't bought anything in about 20 years, guess I'll google "Marvel ultimate line" and catch up, but I'm still pretty tired of Jackson.
Just watched Mulholland drive. ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????
never has sexy felt so wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neish
Bad Lieutenant: Port Of New Orleans is quite good, though the second half is an occasionally hilarious, always entertaining mess. Nick Cage gives one of his 'so intense it hurts' performances. Carries it off though. Worth a look though don't expect anything straightforward and don't bother if you hate Cage or Herzog.
Saw about 20 minutes of Greenberg ... 20 minutes of my life I'll never get back again!!!!
Assumed it was a comedy as Ben Stiller was in it ... I was gravely mistaken!
I saw it...Rubbish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dunny
Not a patch on the first which i really enjoyed.
Does nothing new and doesn't give the same sense of dread that the first one did.
It was the secret film at the Dublin Film Festival this year, which I paid for. There was a film crew at the door asking people what they thought it would be. the vast majority were expecting Kick-Ass, or possibly Scott Pilgrim as it had just started appearing in festivals in the States, instead we got this dreck. It's "that" indie film that tries desperately to be every other indie film you've ever seen, without ever really getting why people enjoyed them. Genuinely thought that the writer watched about 15-20 independent movies back to back and set out to write his own version of every one of them. 2 hours of my life that Ben Stiller owes me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Needless to say, I will not be paying for the secret film at next year's festival.
Saw that as well Wolfie. It was downright frustrating the way the guy just couldn't catch a break at all. I'm not a fan of Will Smith but it was well played. The story kind of pimped the lie of the 'American dream' a bit though I thought. These characters are held up as proof that the rewards are there for those who struggle to overcome their adversity but for many, many similar characters who try as hard the story still ends in the gutter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfie
I said it before, I'll say it again, watching that film made me confused and aroused pretty much at the same time. Great picture.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neish
Been on a bit of a film frenzy recently. Watched Centurion last night, enjoyable enough at 2 am, could have been developed a little more perhaps. fight scenes are quite vivid!
Saw We Don't Live Here Anymore last week, not great, but Mark Ruffalo was quite good in it.
Watched Brooklyn's Finest. So disappointing.
last fortnight i have watched:
Get him to the Greek - really funny. Puff Daddy was fcking excellent. Jeffrey.
Cemetary Junction - Gervais/Merchant production. A bit predictable but generally alright. Gervais really is a bit too hollywood for my tastes when it comes to happy endings.
The Crazies - very enjoyable. I like Natalie Imbruglia but i'd Radha Mitchell. Timothy Olyphant has become one of my favourite actors.
The Girl Who Played with Fire - decent adaptation but ultimately disappointing.
Saw 'Due Date' over the weekend. I wasn't expecting much based on the reviews but it's really good. It tries a bit too much to be like 'Planes, Trains...' and 'Midnight Run' but that Zach (whatever his name is) from 'The Hangover' is one funny f*cker!
Also saw 'The Killer Inside Me', last week. Not for the faint hearted but great flick. Casey Affleck is quickly becoming the best thing on the silver screen since De Niro, in my opinion.
And 'Ghost Writer' with Ewen MacGregor; poor.
Terrible, terrible film. Must be 10-15 minutes of footage in it with the description "Ewan McGregor travelling".Quote:
Originally Posted by Damo
Worst English accents I've ever heard (including Liverpool native Kim Cattrall), only Olivia Williams emerges with any credibility
Saw Green zone and The Social Network over the wkd.
Green zone is a fairly standard army iraq flick. Kinda a bourne identity in iraq. Interesting that the film got a significant amount of bad press in the US, considering it draws on the WMD debate (or lack thereof).
The Social Network, interesting story and def worth a look. Best way to summarise is that it was 2 hours long and I didnt notice the time. Havent bothered to look it yet how close to the truth it actually is.