Saw a good few movies recently
Garage with Pat Shortt, set in the midlands, local idiot, small town life and tragedy. Enjoyed it a lot, Shortt was good, and the it was well shot.
Kings, the Irish movie set in London. Brilliant stuff, with great scenes, and Colm Meaney. About the Irish in London. (Hope i dont end up like that!!!)
Zonad Escaped convict fool local village into thinking he is an alien. Wasnt expecting much but thought it was very good. Very zany, and Simon Delaney was very good - he should do more movies. Got some bad reviews (mostly about its theme if underage sex!) but I liked it! lol
Six Shooter Short movie that won an Oscar by Martin Macdonagh with B Gleeson. Absolute rubbish and very infantile. cant believe the got an Oscar for this nonsense. Three people on a train who lost a loved one.
The Baader Meinhof Complex About the Red Army Faction from Germany in the 60s/70s. Anarchist group who had Germany in its grip for a while. was a bit too fast paced for me, all action, didnt really show much of the Palestinian connection. Was an ok movie but could have been done better considering it was the producers of the Downfall movie
of Gods and Men true story about 7 French monks who decide to stay in Algeria during the worst years of that civil war. Pressure on them from both the Algerian army and the extremist muslims. Excellent movie, well worth a watch, great acting. The French were rightly peeved that it wasnt nominated for an oscar this year. Might have been down to the fact that some see this as another anti-muslim movie, but I thought it was more about standing up for ones beliefs and morals in the face of extreme fear, ie courage!
(about True Grit - cant they just leave the old classics alone!!!!!!)
Forrest Gump - Yep, tis still the best film ever.
Originally Posted by ARooney28
Biggest travesty ever that Tom Hanks won a best actor award and it wasnt given to Nigel Hawthorne in the Madness of King George - incomparable performances, one is great acting and the other is just been himself!
Don't know if you missed what I said so I'll say it again. Best film ever
Not as good as Madness of King George
I've got the expendables to watch this week. How much hate will I have for it? Is it as bad as the latest rambo?
"If God had meant football to be played in the air, he'd have put grass in the sky." Brian Clough.
You'll NEVER beat the Irish.......you'll just draw with us instead!!!
It's much worse.
You can't spell failure without FAI
"Doubt",excellent moody film with a stern nun (Meryll Streep) suspecting the local priest (Philip Seymour Hoffman) of kiddy fiddling but is struggling to come up with evidence,great acting and supporting cast-8.5/10.
"Knight & Day",I suspected the worst of this action pic but was surprised as the cast (Cruise & Diaz) play it for laughs and the films moves along well. 7/10
Yes Doubt is very good film and highly recommended. Not at all a hard to watch film, as you might anticipate.
I watched The Next 3 Days with Russell Crowe. There was a welcome short scene with Liam Neeson. Apart from that, this was barely watchable on the understanding that it was unadulterated cráp from beginning to end. Usually I have a tolerance and can suspend some belief, but this film requires that you suspend all useful mental function.
I agree. Shocking film. 90 minutes of my life I will never get back. My wife however thought it was one of those movies which is so bad it makes it good. I struggle to understand her logic at times....
"If God had meant football to be played in the air, he'd have put grass in the sky." Brian Clough.
You'll NEVER beat the Irish.......you'll just draw with us instead!!!
Animal Kingdom. Very good movie. Woke up last night at 3am on the couch and Taxi Driver had just started so decided to watch again. Still great. The scene with DeNiro getting thrown out of the election headquarters still cracks me up. The exgarrated Kung Fu stance he takes up was much in evidence in Ireland of the 70's. Almost exclusively by people who couldn't punch their way out of a wet paper bag and generally around closing time or post chucking out in the chipper.
Last film I saw was True Grit (2011). very very good. Whole cast was excellent and some of the dialogue was top notch.
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
The secret in their eyes was class. It's the Argentinian movie that won best foreign film back in 2009, pipping White ribbon in the process. Well worth a watch.
Watched snatch again the other night. DEGS!
"If God had meant football to be played in the air, he'd have put grass in the sky." Brian Clough.
You'll NEVER beat the Irish.......you'll just draw with us instead!!!
Saw this the other day and I would like to echo these sentiments. I'll give it a rating of 9/10.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
Watched Kill the Irishman last night. Top notch gangster movie. True story of Danny Greene an Irish-American gangster (both parents Irish born) who took on the Cleveland Mafia in the 1960's/70's. Christoper Walken, Val Kilmer, Ray Stevenson as Greene. Incredible story. Greene ran the Longshoremans union on the Cleveland docks (honestly at first) before rubbing shoulders with the types who really ran Cleveland. Got booted out of the union for corruption and became the muscle for the main Cleveland illegal gambling boss. Things don't work out well in this relationship/partnership. Some great dialogue in this movie and very fast moving. Sticks fairly close to what actually happened. Should be opening in Ireland around the end of the summer I believe
Trailer here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2zN53Vwnz0 And yes that is Vinny Jones in a bit part.
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Adjustment Bureau. Awful awful awful film. Like a grown up Monsters Inc with magic hats and a theological subtext.
Never Let me go - Extremely moving and thought provoking - 3 great central performances
Limitless - Great dumb fun with lots of plot holes as you'd expect but a good way to pass 90 minutes
Just go with it - Adam Sandler and a very good cast. Jennifer Aniston is in good form, playing a tough single Mom who is helping Sandler out with his love life. Sandler is a little more restrained than normal and show some nice touches in it. Nick Swardson is really good as a goofy friend/cousin, kind of Sean Astin light. Nicole Kidman (yummy) is very good in it, Dave Matthews is odd and at the end is hilarious. The 2 kids are priceless, epecially the little girl. There was some girl Brooklyn Decker who was the romantic interest and while she tried to strut in a bikini most of the time she really added very little, plus she's not so hot. Good movie, worth a watch and if you like Adam Sandler then you'll like it for sure.
6.5/10
"Piranha 3-d" decent goofy horror/action flick, nice eye candy,Kelly Brook, Jessica Szohr.....some of the worst CGI I've ever seen, but I guess that was part of the joke.
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