The Last Film Watched Thread .................continued again

[Kenny]

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[Nakatomi Plaza]

Watched 22 Jump Street. Not as funny as 21, but a few laughs nonetheless, particularly with the closing credits.

[Guest]

Saw Chef last night. Nice little storyline and a bit different to the usual sort of films on offer. The cast is great with Jon Favreau in the lead role with appearances from Dustin Hoffman, Scarlett Johansson, John Leguizamo, Robert Downey Jr and the almost edible Sofia Vergara. Oliver Platt plays the restaurant critic that appears to be the cause of Favreau's meltdown which then goes viral on the internet.

Cue the appearance of a food truck, Leguizamo jumping on board and Favreau's young son using Twitter to market the whole thing as they drive back from Miami to California. It's a lovely feel good film which concentrates not only on the relationship between the chef and his son but also shows the food as well. There's some fun bits in it and a fair bit of foul language as you'd expect from kitchen workers. 8/10

This film WILL make you hungry whether you have eaten or not. We hadn't and were STARVING by the end. We then went for a curry.   

BOOYAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Shot 21 LCFC]

Natural Born Killers was on again last night. God that film was weird!!

[Guest]

Natural Born Killers was on again last night. God that film was weird!!

If they'd made the film the way Tarantino had written it, it would have been infinitely better

[Shot 21 LCFC]

Agreed.

[jimmyinthewell68]

watched RED last night . not a bad film but little over the top entertainment . about being old and guns . think they made a sequel

[Guest]

Tried watching the sequel but it failed to hold my interest. Don't know if I can even be bothered giving it another go

[XR]

Watched 'Trouble With the Curve' last night. Clint Eastwood is a baseball scout who has lost his vision, his daughter (Amy Adams) tried to reconnect with him through his trip to watch the next big thing in high school baseball.

It's pretty good, some funny moments and moved at a good pace. Justin Timberlake is in it as well as another baseball scout and aspiring announcer and he acts well in it, he's certainly coming along.

[Guest]

When you say lost his vision do you mean eyesight or his ability to see possibilities/situations with a clarity that is superior to others?

Not that I care, Eastwood has descended into film-making that is little else but mawkish sentimentality and awareness of his own mortality. Don't blame him, he's 342 years old and earned the right to do whatever he likes. It's just that I have no interest in it.

[jimmyinthewell68]

he should do dirty harry in a retirement home   

[Guest]

he should do dirty harry in a retirement home   

He did, he called it GRAN TORINO

[seanmichaels]

RED.

Christ, it was f-ing attrocious.

[TRUSSMAN66]

Look on the bright side, It didn't have Sondra Locke in it.....

[incontinentia]

Watched 'Trouble With the Curve' last night. Clint Eastwood is a baseball scout who has lost his vision, his daughter (Amy Adams) tried to reconnect with him through his trip to watch the next big thing in high school baseball.

It's pretty good, some funny moments and moved at a good pace. Justin Timberlake is in it as well as another baseball scout and aspiring announcer and he acts well in it, he's certainly coming along.

I really enjoyed that gc, don't know if Eastwood directed it or not but he sure is a super director.

[jimmyinthewell68]

Sandra locke hasn't made a film since splitting up with Clint Im guessing . that's how bad an actress she is . nice bum in joesy Wales tho   

[trottb]

Rush.

Absolutely fantastic film. Couldn't recommend it enough whether you're a fan of Formula One or not. It's a fantastic story of a great rivalry and is well acted throughout.

[Shot 21 LCFC]

Chronicle

It wont be everyones cup of tea, but I quite enjoyed it. Good tale of power going to the head and getting too much. Dont expect anything to be explained, but its worth a watch.

[JDizzle]

Role Models - Seen it before, but love it everytime. Genuinely hilarious.

[kingraf]

Watched Transformers Age of Extinction on Saturday. The phrase you don't have to be a good movie to be awesome springs to mind

[Scrumpy]

Karate Kid (original)
Not seen it in years but yet it is still very enjoyable.

wax on wax off, Sweep the leg!, no mercy, Cobra Kai, Bonsai's and all that.

Superb.

[Guest]

Still like the sequel when the see a poster of Sato chopping a trunk in half.

Daniel - "Mr Myagi, can you do that?"
Mr Myagi - "Don't know, never been attacked by tree!!"

[Galted]

Two Guns.

Was sh1t


GSoE - 4/10
TSoCA - 4.12/10

[Mind the windows Tino.]

How to Train Your Dragon 2

It was surprisingly alright. I usually take the opportunity to sleep for a couple of hours when I take the kids to the cinema but this one actually kept me awake for the most part. I haven't seen number 1 so I have no idea if this was better or worse but the animation was excellent and the characters had just enough about them to cater for young and old alike. Bit slow in the middle but the big set piece ending was rather good.

GSoE: 7/10
TSoCA: 7.57/10

[Rowley]

Two Guns is very, very poor. Galted is right. Watched 22 Jump Street, pretty much a rehash of the first, but they are smart enough to acknowledge that and play it for laughs. If you enjoyed the first you'll probably enjoy this one.

[Guest]

Under the Skin...I think Scarlett Johansenn is an alien who drives round Scotland picking up fellas in a transit van and enticing then back to this squat where they wade into a gloopy substance for God only knows what reason. She gets her kit off and whilst there are women in Hollywood with better bodies, I don't care, I think she's dead sexy.

Oh, by the way, the film is utter UTTER cack...I think, couldn't watch it all as for huge portions of the film absolutely nowt happens so I kept fwd-ing on my tablet to the bits where she got naked instead.

For films with women I fancy who also get naked, I'd like to include "Black Snake Moan" with Christina Ricci.

Also watched "Tangled", it's old but my daughter hasn't seen it and let's be honest it's makes a f*****g change from sitting through "Frozen" again

[rIck_dAgless]

Odd Thomas

Enjoyed the books and the film does it justice

[Bull]

Thor: The Dark World
8/10
Enjoyed it and great chemistry between Hiddlestone and Hemsworth.

[Shot 21 LCFC]

Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes

Brilliant film. Better than the first. I would highly recommend you go see it.

Ceaser is awesome and Koba looks vicious as f*ck.

[compelling and rich]

got around to watching drive after hearing good things about it, wasn't too impressed average at best.

just didn't buy into that the guy would go around risking his life for the girl he probably shared two sentences with in the whole film

[westisbest]

Watched a couple over the weekend.
 
The Internship.
Thought this was ok. Do like the Wilson/Vaughn duo.
 
Might be one of the few Vince Vaughn fans on here.
Although he plays pretty much the same kind of character, do find him funny.
 
 
Jack Reacher.
Was better than I thought.
Cruise is top draw, another good performance, decent film.

[Galted]

Filth

Rubbish.

GSoE 4
TSoCA 4.17



Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

Ok. P1ssed myself at the window scene but the rest was so-so.

GSoE - 6
TSoCA - 6.04

[Guest]

"VALHALLA RISING" if you like films where the main character is mute and not a lot happens for ages then the main character explodes into action and inflicts horrific injury on people, this film is for you.

[rIck_dAgless]

Quite a specific sub genre is the "procrastinating mute psycho" set DAVE

[hornbloweroafc]

42 - based on the true story of Jackie Robinson, first African-American player to break the baseball color barrier back in the 1940's. 7.5/10 - really enjoyable film would recommend it.

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters - 6/10 (okfamily film twist on greek mythology)

[Guest]

Expendables 3...dragging on far too long, very little blowing up of sh*t and the batch of newbies drafted in are so devoid of character, I couldn't give a **** if they all die.

[superflyweight]

Monuments Men - monumental waste of two hours of my life.

[Rowley]

Religulous - Basically a documentary of American comedian slagging off and taking the pee out of religions and religious people. If you find either Bill Maher amusing or religion ridiculous you'll love it.

[Guest]

SABOTAGE - Slight departure for Arnie as he plays a bit of a bad guy. He leads a team of undercover DEA agents who steal $10 million during a raid only to have it stolen from them. Murder and intrigue abound as we try to figure out whodunnit (it's pretty f**king obvious to be honest) but it's better than The Expendables which tries to shoehorn in as many cheesy one-liners and catchphrases as is humanly possible...still we do get Arnie reviving his famous "Get to da chopper!" line...but apart from that "Expendables sucks.

[Rafa's biceps]

Recently managed to watch X-Men:Days of Future Past and it was simply magnificent! I never thought I'd see a film better than X-Men:Origins of Wolverine but D.o.F.P. Surpassed it! Can't wait for X-Men apocalypse!

[westisbest]

The Lincoln Lawyer
 
Thought it was a good film.
McConaughey was good in it.
 
Didn't think much of Ryan Phillippe.
In fairness, don't think he is that good an actor.

[Guest]

NEED FOR SPEED....dragging on for ages...waiting for Walter White to liven things up or for "Jesse" to at last call someone "B!TCH" May be getting confused as to what I'm watching

Outside of that it's neither "Fast and Furious" or "Smokey and the Bandit" Don't even get the big deal about high performance sports cars but strongly suspect Floyd Mayweather watches this film instead of porn.

[hampo17]

Watched The Expendables 3 the other night, I like these films personally. Switch the brain off and just enjoy the mindless voilence

Watched Godzilla as well, not overly fussed but can see them being sequels. Barely any character development either.

[Shot 21 LCFC]

Watched the Robocop remake. I thought it was ok. Nothing brilliant though. I wonder if there will be a sequel?

[Adam D]

Watched RIPD last night. Silly, ott, poor effects

I liked it!

7/10

[kingraf]

Watched Guardians of the Galaxy last night with the bird. It was a pretty good movie. I'm quite pleased I watched it.

[hampo17]

Watched RIPD last night. Silly, ott, poor effects  

I liked it!

7/10

Yes! Watched this last night, over the top stupid but enjoyable.

[Duty281]

The 1957 version of 12 Angry Men.

Wonderfully written, superbly acted and an ultimate classic.

Awful ending, though; that kid was guilty!

[Guest]

LOCKE - Tom hardy plays a construction guy who walks off site hours before the biggest day of his career to be present at the birth of his child (but it's not his wife's). It's shot entirely in his car and there's only Hardy that's filmed. the other characters are all on the other end of the numerous phone conversations he has during the drive to the hospital.

He's torn between the job he's utterly dedicated to, the family he adores and a seemingly warped sense of duty he feels to this woman and child that stems from his own relationship with his father.

Excellent!!!!!!!

[Derbymanc]

Guardians of the Galaxy in Imax 3D.

Absolutely effin brilliant for a comic book geek like me, and anyone that's going to see it make sure you wait until the end of the credits.

Also anyone that wants to learn more about some of the other characters, check out some of the older comics.

[Galted]

The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug

Poor.  I'm only watching them out of some misplaced sense of loyalty but they really are scraping the bottom of the barrel.  Each instalment makes you realise even more what a sh1t director Peter Jackson is.  For some reason he thought that it would be a good idea to crowbar Lego-(I wish I was played by someone who could act)-las and a love interest into the story.  Sad to say the rest of the film was just as sh1t, special effects can only get you so far.  One to avoid, unless you have some misplaced sense of loyalty or enjoy the contents of barrel bottoms.

4/10 - GSoE
4.08/10 - TSoCA

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