Rented "I'm not there" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368794/) turned it of after about 80 mins. All I can say about it is :confused::confused::confused::
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Rented "I'm not there" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368794/) turned it of after about 80 mins. All I can say about it is :confused::confused::confused::
The last film I saw was Valkyrie with Tom Cruise. I didn't expect much going in and well just got want I wanted. It was an entertaining film which got quite exciting towards de end. Tom Cruise never felt like he was a novelty. A lot of good actors in it and de actor who played Hitler was quite good in de few scenes he was in although Bryan Singer used a good few close ups, it never felt overstated he was this evil man.
Seven Pounds very good
Ok here we go..............
good movies ............
From Hell - an interesting movie about Jack the Ripper with J Depp in it. Has an interesting take on the story and if you like conspiracies then you will love thismovie. A bit gory but then the story is too. Well acted and worth a try.
The Scarecrow - an oldie with Al Pacino and Gene Hackman. Bascially two guy thumbing for a lift meet up and go on a long journey across America. Good movie, and Hackman is absolutely brilliant in this - man what an actor!
But a bit similar to Midnight Cowboy and not half as good.
Son Of Mask - surprisingly quite good!
Le The Au Harem D'Archimede French coming of age movie about two young men growing up on a housing estate in Paris - No job, no education, no prospects and a life of petty crime. Made in the early 80s this is like a prequeal to Le Haine, and is well acted.
Once Upon A Time In the West- classic Sergio Leone movie. Good music, good story, good acting. Charlie Bronson has only about 10 sentences to utter in the whole movie, palys his harmoica and is good at looking cool. Lots of baddies - Honda is one - revenge, loose women, horses, shoot outs - the usual stuff that makes westerns so cool
Bad movies.
Once upon a time in Mexico awful silly start - so turned it off. Looked like Depp was in it
Lords of Dogtown - Heath Ledger gives a good performance, and so do most ofthe cast - but the director kind of messes it all up IMHO. He kind of gets you to hate most of the leading characters from the off and im sure that wasnt really meant to be. I really coulnt be bothered if they succeded or not.
Its about skateboarding in calif in the 70s/80s.
Get rich or die tryin - Usual rags to riches story in the hood. Guys trys to get out of hood and become a rapper. Not a bad movie but not as good as Eminens effort. Fifty Cents is the lead character, and plays it very well, very impressive.
Carlitos Rise To Power Prequeal to Carlitos Way. Not very good, and P Diddy is in it. Butunlike 50 Cents who knows what to do, he cant act - which isnt a surprise since he aint from the streets anyway, middle class rich boy.
Cloverfield - avoid like the fcuking plague,
jerky camera which became annoying after 5 mins,
annoying characters who you hoped would get killed after 5 mins,
****e dialogue,
The Lion the Witch and the wardrobe had a more believeable scenario -
my only saving grace was that I fast forwarded long sections of it so it only lasted 50 mins instead of the 1 14 mins its should of - director and or producer should be arrested on sight for crimes against humanity
Fella sharing my house went to the cinema and raved about it ( well he does watch UFC :rolleyes:) , then bought it on DVD and put it on at home its a pile of garbage allright but i didnt have the heart to tell him had to say ah yea its ok.Quote:
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Saw The curious tale of ben. Button I cant see the fuss its long at 2 1/2 hours in which very little happens. follows the same concept of forest gump or big fish but lacks the charm or imagination of those two film.
If it had been 90 mins long it would have been a lot better very hard to keep your interested in it.
Say no moreQuote:
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The Wrestler. Powerful Stuff. 9/10.
Green Street 4/10... Dodgy head guy with dodgy cockney accent. And Frodo Baggins beating people up.. :D
Saw The Reader and thought it was decent enough. Not brilliant or the best film of the year by any stretch of the imagination and it was very slow at times but enjoyable enough and definately stayed with you after seeing it.
Going to either Revolutionary Road or Frost/Nixon tonight. Or Milk. Or Nick and Norah's Infinate Playlist. And Benjamin Button still to come next week. Damn Oscar season.
Outlander. A conveniently humanoid alien crashlands in a Viking village with an even less welcome visitor in tow. It's basically Alien vs. Predator in 8th century Norway. Good fun and good visuals even if it is totally predictable throughout.
I'd give it 6 or 7 out of 10. Just couldn't relate to Tom Cruise being a German officer and when you know what's going to happen, it does take away from the suspense. The actor, Tom Wilkinson, who played Fromm, was also in the Full Monty and my wife kept imagining him with his clothes off (so she told me)!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Two Left Boots
Judging by the type of your wife's imagination, I presume she is from Sheffield.
Looking forward to most of them myself. Just finished reading The Reader and really enjoyed it so cant wait to see it in the cinema.Quote:
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Saw Slumdog Millionaire at the weekend.
An original and intelligent movie with a talented cast. Well worth a watch.
8/10.
Finally got round to seeing "Little Miss Sunshine"
Excellent movie, really impressive, and loved the ending. The ending kicked ass:)
Love these kind of quirky down to earth kind of movies
Brilliant:)
Man on Wire. 9/10
documentary about French guy who (illegally) put a high wire between the Twin Towers in the 70's and walked across 7 times!
Curious Case of Ben Button...I really don't see what all the hype is about..nothing much happens for almost 3 hours. It's just so slow and dull, I was tempted to turn it off so many times but persevered to the end. And am still scratching my head over it.....pointless. The FX guys should win an oscar though...Brad Pit as a 4 foot old man was brilliantly done.
So i'm guessing you weren't at the movies but watched an official copy at home :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ParkLife
The day the world stood still.
Oh dear
'before the devil knows you're dead' - pretty engaging thriller, quite dark, grim, not too bloody and has some good performances. p. seymour hoffman is the main man at the minute for me, i could literally watch him doing nothing. ethan hawke's level was up from what i've seen him in previously and the rest of the supporting cast were decent. also caught 'network' on turner classic movies recently. fantastic, prescient film about the gutter-politics of television and its pervasively (and perverse) global influence. some great rants about the nature of the almighty dollar vs. the foolish naievety of the socially conscious, and some meta-narrative(?) stuff where william holden's character critiques his ex-lover's (faye dunaway) unfeeling, televisual characteristics. great film, really surprised me.
You may enjoy this:Quote:
Originally Posted by ParkLife
http://www.blinkx.com/video/the-curi...ZjoLYxKxiVUoTQ
Cinderella Man Boxer J Craddock rises again to set up a world title fight with the awesome Max Beaur. Not a bad movie, but Im a little taken aback - a boxing movie with a nice ending - surely thats a bit of a no - no!!!!!
Revolutionary Road: Awful, really didn't enjoy it. It was like watching a very earnest play. It was over acting from the "we're going to win an Oscar for this" school. DiCaprio was miscast, Kate Winslett was good in parts but the whole thing was nowhere near as good as it's being made out to be. Real "Oscars-by-numbers" stuff.
2/5
Been let down by The Reader and Revolutionary Road in the last couple of weeks, think I've had my fill of Miss Winslett for a while. Here's hoping Frost/Nixon is worthwhile.
You really are looking to punish yourself :pQuote:
Originally Posted by thischarmingman
Not saying its a bad film but no real fireworks either & it was adapted from a play.
Watched Talladega Nights last night. One of Will Ferrells better films. The 'invisible fire' is worth watching alone. :D
'Tis the season of Oscar worthies. I feel bound to dutifully see them while they're on the big screen. I love political dramas like West Wing and the film JFK or All the President's Men, for example so I reckon I'd love F/N. Doubt looks good as well, I like Amy Adams, she put in one of my favourite screen performances in Junebug.Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
Not long back from the Friday the 13th remake.
On the one hand it's what you'd expect, unstoppable killing machine hacks and slashes his way through a bunch of teens while they drink, do drugs and have sex.
On the other hand, it's too predictable, you see the kills coming far too easily. The best kill is far to early in the film, almost none of the victims are remotely likeable - I was nearly cheering for Jason at one point! - but what's worst IMO (and I acknowledge this is a strange comment to make) is that Jason spends far too much time on screen. He needs to be just off screen, he's much more terrifying as a breaking branch in the background, playing on your imagination than a bludgeoning machete-wielding hulk
Hotel Rwanda not as good as the hype. Harrowing story but film seems to be by the numbers.
Saw Slumdog millionare and actually enjoyed it. Dont know why but i expected it to be a cheesey feel good film but its actually quite gritty
Somers town nice little film some very funny bits.
The interview Ok hard to watch in places but its quite short which is good seeing as there is only really 2 people on screen all the way through. Steve Bushemi i allways enjoy and senena miller is a ride.
Re-watched Big Fish on Saturday night. I think it's a brilliant film. My favourite Burton one.
I saw Burn After Reading last night. Good movie, good cast.
Rented it out friday, not bad but expected a lot more from the Cohen BrothersQuote:
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Decent thread on it which might be of interest to you now you've seen it:Quote:
Originally Posted by Neish
http://foot.ie/showthread.php?t=104370
I didn't find the humour funny in Burn after Reading, but that actor who played the CIA boss had me going.
Revolutionary Road for me, is the most outstanding film I've seen in months.
A masterpiece adaptation of a brilliant book.
Outstanding cast, acting, script, delivery of the lines, scenes and the slow burn to intense emotional eruption. The only person who knows what's going on, is the brilliantly acted supposedly mad son, everybody else is in cloud cuckoo land.
It's a classic now and will still be a classic in 50 years time.
Saw Vicky Christina Barcelone the other night and while it wasn't brilliant, it made a nice change after earnest worthiness of The Reader and Revolutionary Road (sorry geysir!). I can see why Barcelone is in the title of the film along with Vicky and Christina as it is just as important a character and looks wonderful. It's light and flowing and definately a good antidote to current weather/recession woes!
Watched Mean Machine on C4 last night. Awful stuff
Taken, action scenes totally unbelievable but entertaining nonetheless. The daughter didnt seem that bothered with him, I would have left her. Liam Neeson to play James Bond? anyone?
watched a couple in the lweek , i'm not really movie person,
Rockinrolla - excellent , Ritchie's best since Snatch
Cass - Cass Pennant former head of west ham's ICF - based on hoologanism, there's lots of these around now , not a patch on the football factory but definetly worth a watch
The Crew- about a bunch of liverpool armed robbers - not bad , good story line,
I watched The Reader last night.
I broke my cardinal rule of avoiding any film with Ralph Fiennes in it (who is still flogging the one sterile dimension).
I'll have to read the book. The film is raising big issues over a 50 year timespan, but we only get fleeting examination of these issues. Spends too much time on the fornication as if there is something to learn in that area. People have sex, big féckin deal. But somehow aspects of that activity, ties into later events.
The real story is more about German society's attempt to come to grips with guilt before Germany opened up a wider debate about the holocaust and WW2.
The few scenes where the law professor discusses the trial with the law students are central but sparse.
We get glimpses of why our lawyer is ridden by huge deal of guilt.
Overall the film did not pull it off, too disjointed but still well worth a watch.
Rewatched adaptation last night. Quality in a messed up kind of way. Jonze + Kauffman = classic. If you enjoyed Being John Malkovich I'd recommend it. My brother would hate this kind of movie but I thought it was very smart.