Last Film Watched Thread

by I Blame Coco Thu 21 Apr 2011, 3:09 pm

First topic message reminder :

Bit of a running thread we could hopefully keep going....

Meet Joe Black - Never seen it before, thought it was great but maybe a bit too long at 3 hours. One of Brad Pitt's best performances.

Source Code - Bit of a head f**k, won't lie to you i didn't fully understand the ending.

by mystiroakey Thu 04 Oct 2012, 4:53 pm

It was good i admit. Freaky atmosphere

by Guest Sat 06 Oct 2012, 9:55 am

LivinginItaly wrote:The hunger games.

Phenomenal film. Wouldn't be at all surprised if they do a sequel or even a whole series of films. There are so many questions still left unanswered.

The next film comes out next year

I went to watch Sinister last night. Awful movie

by Guest Sat 06 Oct 2012, 9:56 am

LivinginItaly wrote:The hunger games.

Phenomenal film. Wouldn't be at all surprised if they do a sequel or even a whole series of films. There are so many questions still left unanswered.

The next film comes out next year

I went to watch Sinister last night. Awful movie

by ChequeredJersey Sat 06 Oct 2012, 10:06 am

There are, I think, 3 books in the Hunger Games series so I expect all of them to make it to film as the first one was pretty good and did very well

by Morgannwg Sat 06 Oct 2012, 11:54 am

Anyone seen Taken 2 yet?

by compelling and rich Sat 06 Oct 2012, 12:01 pm

yeah there are three books in the hunger games trilogy, well worth a read if people are intrested.

last film i watched was carlito's way (again) , class film

by Morgannwg Sat 06 Oct 2012, 12:08 pm

Oh and btw, the last film I watched was Harry Brown. It's watchable, but a poor film. Why did Caine even do it?

by mystiroakey Sat 06 Oct 2012, 5:19 pm

Was gonna watch looper today- but didnt.. Looks like it could be decent- Anyone seen it?

by **Derbyblue** Sat 06 Oct 2012, 6:36 pm

mystiroakey wrote:Was gonna watch looper today- but didnt.. Looks like it could be decent- Anyone seen it?

https://www.606v2.com/t35693-film-review-looper

by mystiroakey Sat 06 Oct 2012, 6:44 pm

Ta - tried to skim through that because i didnt really want a spoiler. but i take it it is very worth watching

by **Derbyblue** Sat 06 Oct 2012, 6:54 pm

He does a good job in my opinion of not spoilnig anything, but probably a wise choice. I would definitely say it was worth watching, (obviously don't if you aren't into Sci-Fi films).

by jimbryant Sat 06 Oct 2012, 7:00 pm

To summarise my review, an awesome film. Well worth it for anyone, not just fans of sci-fi.

Jim

by drsambo1928 Sat 06 Oct 2012, 9:31 pm

Just saw taken 2. Most ridiculous film ever, it isnt supposed to be a comedy but everyone laughed through the whole thing. Although, if you've seen the first one, you shouldnt go into the cinema expecting realism,what everyone realyy wants to see is Liam Neeson kill or beat up everyone in sight, and it certainly achieved that.

by Morgannwg Sun 07 Oct 2012, 3:24 pm

Ridiculous is it? I'm not a fan of the humour they're putting into films these days. It's ridiculously unfunny. Hangover and A-team for example. I'll still see Taken 2 as I like watching Neeson beat up and kill everyone in sight. The only review I have got is that is was good but not as good as the first one. Besson has announced he will not be doing a 3rd instalment.

I re-watched Armageddon recently too. Great film, but could have been epic had it not been for Michael Bay. Imaginitive story but Bay's cheeseball ideas in some scenes nearly ruined it. Probably would have been a fail had it not been for Bruce Willis, he trully is a great actor.

by Morgannwg Mon 08 Oct 2012, 12:36 am

Just watched Revolver on Netflix and didn't have the slightest idea what was going on with that crap.

by **Crimey** Mon 08 Oct 2012, 1:17 am

I genuinely think Armageddon is one of the most underrated films.

by Stella Mon 08 Oct 2012, 10:23 am

Watched Casino Royale at the weekend. Still brilliant.

by President Trump Mon 08 Oct 2012, 12:17 pm

Watched Paranorman over the weekend with my kids, I thought it was a great film, very slow to begin with but the stop/start animation was great and the storyline was better than I thought

by Beer Mon 08 Oct 2012, 2:45 pm

Casa di ma Padre.

Watched the first 10 minutes.

It's sh*t.

by Cass1234 Mon 08 Oct 2012, 5:20 pm

day of work today so thought id watch some of my recently purchased DVDS was a bit disappointed with them all if im being honest. 21 Jump Street not that funny. The Vow poor ending. Safe House weak storyline.

by Skydriver Mon 08 Oct 2012, 5:27 pm

mystiroakey wrote:Was gonna watch looper today- but didnt.. Looks like it could be decent- Anyone seen it?

Yes, liked it. Occurred to me that it's a slightly quirky film involving Bruce Willis travelling back in time from the future to prevent a disaster situation of sorts... but I enjoyed this one more than Twelve Monkeys.

Another odd coincidence that sprang to mind is that it features an actor who has played a Terminator (in the Sarah Connor Chronicles TV series), also known for having a penchant to travel through time - wonder if this was some kind of deliberate in-joke.

Never heard of the writer/director nor any of the production companies beforehand - if it's a debut for any of them, it's a pretty impressive one.

by **Kenny** Fri 12 Oct 2012, 3:27 pm

The Thing remake , wasn't as good as the Kurt Russell version but not bad really . I liked the way they didn't just copy it and that it leads into the Russell film

by Smirnoffpriest Fri 12 Oct 2012, 3:56 pm

Been meaning to post on here - watched a film I'd never heard of the other night, got it on Lovefilm through the PS3 - God Bless America.

Sounds like a cheesy, overly-patriotic USA gumpf I know. But it's actually a film about a guy whose tired of all the reality TV and cheesy slogans, in offensive pop acts and people mindlessly laughing at other peoples stupidity, or people made to look stupid, that's on TV, and across all media these days. And he was sick of people only caring about getting the next gadget or shiny thing.

So, having been fired from his job because of sexual harrassment for buying a lonely receptionist a book, and tired of his inbred neighbours arguing about reality TV stars while neglecting their baby - he goes on a rampage to kill all these shallow, hateful, petty, mean people.

It's funny and scarily realistic even if it is very low budget.

by Morgannwg Sat 13 Oct 2012, 3:17 pm

Re-watched Sin City recently. Forgot how comic book-like it was. Anyone notice how every character seems to have an Irish name? Or is it just something pointless that I picked up on...

by mystiroakey Sat 13 Oct 2012, 6:14 pm

Smirnoff - sounds kinda funny!!

by LivinginItaly Sun 14 Oct 2012, 9:03 pm

Quasi amici is the Italian name of a French film. Don't know the English title but could be something like "almost friends". A good film about a black guy from the good getting a job as a helper for a rich paraplegic old man. The young black guy helps the old paraplegic rediscover his love for life through a variety of different "let your hair down" experienced. Good film, good acting too.

by Smirnoffpriest Mon 15 Oct 2012, 2:13 pm

Morgannwg wrote:Re-watched Sin City recently. Forgot how comic book-like it was. Anyone notice how every character seems to have an Irish name? Or is it just something pointless that I picked up on...

Yup. it's a classic take on pulp ficition and comic books. All the tough, gritty, white, working class American characters have to be Irish at heart.

I can't wait for the sequel, I think it's going to focus on Dwight (which to be fair, isn't an Irish name).

by Skydriver Mon 15 Oct 2012, 2:31 pm

Yes, I'd heard that Sin City 2 was always intended to be based on the book "A Dame to Kill For" (being a story featuring Dwight and his [ex-] wife).

I think that's still the plan, although they've also said for a long time that a completely new story would also be included.

I'm definitely still interested, but enthusiasm has waned a bit given ridiculously long lead time and relatively poor quality of creative output from Frank Miller of late (thinking particularly of "The Spirit" film and "Holy Terror" book).

by Smirnoffpriest Mon 15 Oct 2012, 2:45 pm

Yeah I like the 'A Dame to Kill for' story, I thought though that they were meant to be including some brief stories from other characters (or from other books based on other characters).

I know what you mean, I was really excited when I 1st heard about it, but has lessened since it's been dragging on, but then the same thing happened with the Hobbit (which dragged on a ridiculous amount) but now that people are begining to talk about it again and the release is coming up soon, my excitement is growning again!.
I'm not that big into comics and prefer Alan Moore to Frank Millar, though I do like the characters/world in Sin City.

by Skydriver Mon 15 Oct 2012, 2:57 pm

Moore and Miller are both geniuses!

Not familiar with much of Moore's work to be honest, but I'd love to know if anyone recognises this movie-ish reference penned by him: "MIND THE ORANGES, MARLON!!!"

Amazing to think that the same person was responsible for side-splitting, utterly bonkers stories such as those and Watchmen...

by Smirnoffpriest Mon 15 Oct 2012, 3:25 pm

I've read Watchmen and V for Vendetta at present, and hope to read The League of Extrondanairy Gentlemen soon (if the missus actually heeds my requests and buys it for my birthday).

Watchmen was amazing, even better than the film (which I loved) and asks very interesting questions about what is a hero? (is it the boy scout who never breaks the rules, even if sometimes he doesn't accomplish much because of it, or the crazy guy who hates evil and will do whatever he can to stop evil people, even if it means becoming one himself, the strategic one, who'll let individuals die so he can save the whole world, or the manic one whose seen that everyone is black and evil, and so is parodying them to display how bad the world is?)
It also asks questions of good intentions as well, and has a great story within a story, with a comic book a character is reading called the The Black Pearl (or something similar) which is very bleak but brilliant).

V for Vendetta is good, but nowhere near as good as the film (which is disappointing as I was expecting it to be even better). Is still very clever and is a good comment on the nations fear mongering papers, xenophobia and right wing governments.

Whats the quote from? I don't recognise it

by Skydriver Mon 15 Oct 2012, 3:59 pm

It's from the 2000AD days. I'd highly recommend picking up a copy of the complete "D.R. and Quinch" if you can find a copy at a reasonable price. Perhaps juvenile, definitely extremely silly, but very funny. The quote is from "D.R. and Quinch Go To Hollywood", whereby the 2 eponymous anti-heroes come across a much-sought after film script when its writer suddenly dies. The title of the movie? Don't know, but I think the third word is "oranges", man...

A one-shot masterpiece by Moore I'd recommend is also with an ex-2000AD'er - Brian Bolland, perhaps best known for his work on Judge Dredd. "The Killing Joke" is a Joker story, featuring Batman (deliberate wording). To keep this semi-on topic, I think the filmmakers behind "The Dark Knight" took a look at this book as one of the best portrayals of the Joker out there. As far as I could tell, they only used one idea though (being that the Joker's actual origin could be any one of several possibilities).

by Smirnoffpriest Mon 15 Oct 2012, 4:40 pm

yeah I heard that 'The Killing Joke' was meant to be dark - will have to check it out.

Thanks for the info, 2000AD sounds interesting, I'm not really into comics but am slowly making my way through Alan Moore and some other people like Miller.

by Morgannwg Mon 15 Oct 2012, 10:32 pm

Smirnoffpriest wrote:
Morgannwg wrote:Re-watched Sin City recently. Forgot how comic book-like it was. Anyone notice how every character seems to have an Irish name? Or is it just something pointless that I picked up on...

Yup. it's a classic take on pulp ficition and comic books. All the tough, gritty, white, working class American characters have to be Irish at heart.

I can't wait for the sequel, I think it's going to focus on Dwight (which to be fair, isn't an Irish name).

But wasn't he 'Dwight McCarthy'?

Skydriver wrote:Yes, I'd heard that Sin City 2 was always intended to be based on the book "A Dame to Kill For" (being a story featuring Dwight and his [ex-] wife).

I think that's still the plan, although they've also said for a long time that a completely new story would also be included.

I'm definitely still interested, but enthusiasm has waned a bit given ridiculously long lead time and relatively poor quality of creative output from Frank Miller of late (thinking particularly of "The Spirit" film and "Holy Terror" book).

Hartigan (Bruce Willis' character) and his story was my favourite. Shame it was kinda shortlived. The talk of a sequel has been going on for years, I hope they still go ahead with it. Sin City was such a unique movie. The fans demand more!

Oh and The Spirit, good god that was absolutely awful.

by mystiroakey Tue 16 Oct 2012, 7:56 am

scarface..

For some reason I had parts confused with carlitos way- even though i have seen both films countless times!!

by mystiroakey Tue 16 Oct 2012, 8:00 am

I know what I have done- I have just watched carlitos way but thought I recorded scarface lol. what i donught!

by President Trump Tue 16 Oct 2012, 8:53 am

I watched the Hangover 2 lastnight, nowhere near as funny as the first and is a lot darker I felt but still some lol moments and Mr Chow saves the film

by mystiroakey Tue 16 Oct 2012, 8:55 am

Yeah i rewatched the hangover 2 the other day- I actually prefered it to the first viewing i had,,

I still feel as though there is just way to much going on. The viewer cant just chill out and enjoy the ride- The film was only done of the success of the other film and the director has just overloaded the film..

by Stella Tue 16 Oct 2012, 8:58 am

It felt like a re-make to me and Mr Chow was just annoying.

It was funny though and better than most comedies of this era.

I watched 'Horrible Bosses' at the weekend. It wasn't bad but tbh, never really made me laugh.

by mystiroakey Tue 16 Oct 2012, 8:59 am

horrible bosses was ok yeah. Not memorable but good enough to watch all the way through

by Smirnoffpriest Tue 16 Oct 2012, 9:56 am

Morgannwg wrote:
Smirnoffpriest wrote:
Morgannwg wrote:Re-watched Sin City recently. Forgot how comic book-like it was. Anyone notice how every character seems to have an Irish name? Or is it just something pointless that I picked up on...

Yup. it's a classic take on pulp ficition and comic books. All the tough, gritty, white, working class American characters have to be Irish at heart.

I can't wait for the sequel, I think it's going to focus on Dwight (which to be fair, isn't an Irish name).

But wasn't he 'Dwight McCarthy'?

Skydriver wrote:Yes, I'd heard that Sin City 2 was always intended to be based on the book "A Dame to Kill For" (being a story featuring Dwight and his [ex-] wife).

I think that's still the plan, although they've also said for a long time that a completely new story would also be included.

I'm definitely still interested, but enthusiasm has waned a bit given ridiculously long lead time and relatively poor quality of creative output from Frank Miller of late (thinking particularly of "The Spirit" film and "Holy Terror" book).

Hartigan (Bruce Willis' character) and his story was my favourite. Shame it was kinda shortlived. The talk of a sequel has been going on for years, I hope they still go ahead with it. Sin City was such a unique movie. The fans demand more!

Oh and The Spirit, good god that was absolutely awful.

Of course, how could I forget Dwight's surname - you are of course right, very Irish.

Hartigan is my fav story as well, along with Marv's. I thought Sin City 1 did a decent amount on his story - though I haven't read the whole story.

by Smirnoffpriest Tue 16 Oct 2012, 9:59 am

mystiroakey wrote:horrible bosses was ok yeah. Not memorable but good enough to watch all the way through

I think that's the perfect description! It's a shame as there was a film out in the 90s along the same premise, I can't remember the name but think Kevin Spacey was the 'horrible boss' and drove his assistant to despair. From my memory it was much, much better, with a little bit darker humour than Horrible Bosses which seems like a lazy rehash.

by Guest Tue 16 Oct 2012, 10:06 pm

been to see a few the last few days

Sinister - despised it, the bumps are far too predictable that they're more funny than scary

Looper - I really enjoyed this, liked the story and was entertained throughout

Killing them softly - brilliant, absolutely superb. There's one particular scene between Pitt and Gandolfini in it and Gandolfini just draws you in, great acting and great movie

The Campaign - won't be everyone's cup of tea but I laughed pretty much throughout, some good gags in there

by mystiroakey Wed 17 Oct 2012, 7:49 am

looper- good film. But i was expecting more

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by Smirnoffpriest Wed 17 Oct 2012, 10:11 am

Cheers Gazzy, really want to see Killing Them Softly and also want to see Looper, which I don't expect to be amazing but a good viewing none the less.

Saw The Expendables 2 last night - amazing that they can go even further into the all out action movie/no plot type of film thatn the 1st one! Was good and enjoyable, lots of tongue in cheek, but was funny seeing (senator) Arnie, Bruce Willis, Stallone, Dolph, Chuck Norris and JCVD all in the same film.
Was a good way to waste an hour and a half though

by **Derbyblue** Wed 17 Oct 2012, 12:25 pm

mystiroakey wrote:looper- good film. But i was expecting more
Spoiler:

I don't quite understand your issue with that "plot hole" mainly because I don't see it as a plot hole.

by mystiroakey Wed 17 Oct 2012, 12:40 pm

ok well i do. explain to me why it isnt if you want a debate. Infact i could list loads. The film is kinda lazy thats all. But still good

another one below

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by **Derbyblue** Wed 17 Oct 2012, 1:21 pm

mystiroakey wrote:ok well i do. explain to me why it isnt if you want a debate. Infact i could list loads. The film is kinda lazy thats all. But still good

another one below

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by mystiroakey Wed 17 Oct 2012, 1:32 pm

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by **Derbyblue** Wed 17 Oct 2012, 1:33 pm

mystiroakey wrote:looper- good film. But i was expecting more
Spoiler:

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