ca_gere Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 Humpday - A bromance in the truest sense of the word. I won't give anything away but it has one of the simplest, weird and funny plots i've seen in a while. The acting is really impressive because it's so natural and seems ad libbed. There are only really 3 characters and it looks like it was shot for under a grand but it's consistently engaging. A seriously good indie film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 I bought it for The Rock and Sarah Michelle Gellar playing a porn star. I had absolutely no idea what the fucking hell was going on by about 30 minutes into the film. One of the few movies I've switched off before the end.I persevered until the end in the hope that it may be one of these films where things are tied up in the end. Like fuck. Investigations on Wikipedia discovered that the film was all recut for release and that it consists of 3 'chapters' numbered 4 to 6, the first 3 chapters having been in some comic books. Useful.Director's a dick min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted July 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 I persevered until the end in the hope that it may be one of these films where things are tied up in the end. Like fuck. Investigations on Wikipedia discovered that the film was all recut for release and that it consists of 3 'chapters' numbered 4 to 6, the first 3 chapters having been in some comic books. Useful.Director's a dick min.I read about it at the time it came out, apparently it was originally three hours long and after a test screening at Cannes it just got absolutely mauled so he had to try and re-cut to make it make sense. Which it still doesn't.Film fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Jo-D Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 Shutter Island Watched this last night and thought it was quite good, loved the way the music sounded like ti was from a 50's movie. I kind of saw the twist but thought it was played out well. I enjoyed the ending too. I felt it had a nice insane spookiness about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted July 15, 2010 Report Share Posted July 15, 2010 I'm rewatching 'Twin Peaks'. Again. Still ace. Fucking owls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Wild at HeartNicolas Cage and Laura Dern play Sailor and Lula who take off for California when Sailor is released from prison after serving 2 years for manslaughter. Lulas Mum sets various private detectives and hit men after them. Sex and violence ahoy. And since its a David Lynch film theres gubbins to do with the Wizard of Oz for some reason. Nicolas Cage channels Elvis, Laura Dern wears not much and Willem Dafoe plays one of the best ever film baddies, Bobby Peru. One of my favourite films, not watched in ages. 10/10Out of SightNot seen this in years, still pretty cool. J-Lo used to be pretty fit. I suppose she still is but the shit music kind of puts me off a bit.9/10 Black BookPaul Verhoeven, who directed Basic Instinct, Robocop and Total recall makes a pretty good war film. Set at tail end of WW2 its about a Jewish Dutch girl who joins a resistance party and infiltrates a German headquarters. Some boobs and violence. Subtitled if that bothers you.9/10Also watched 'Shark Tale' with the bairn. I'd seen it before but it was better than I remembered. Robert De Niro was better as a cartoon shark than in any film for years. 7/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsum_Fantastic Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 this looks awesome, mikey from boyzone...cant go wrongIreland's Only Kung Fu Movie (Is The Worst Film Ever Made) | Cracked.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Inception - basically, The Matrix meets Hustle meets Mission Impossible meets Dreamscape. Utter balls. 2/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Dead Man's Shoes - Finally watched this on Saturday after seeing This Is England the other month. Really enjoyed it. That's two Shane Meadows films I've been really impressed by.9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Harry BrownVery disappointing. Set out to be a British Gran Torino but got it all wrong. Gran Torino was restrained, humourous, emotional and excellent. This was overblown, confused and very average. Michael Caine was generally excellent but it was obvious the director was trying to make it stand out by upping the violence and profanity levels. In the end there was too much nonsensical action that barely papered over the plot holes. Emily Mortimer looked distraught by the whole thing and seemed to wonder what she was doing in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Watched "The Departed" last night. I enjoyed it a lot, great acting by an excellent cast and a very interesting plot. I was a bit disappointed by the ending though. 7.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanette Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Saw Shrek 4 yesterday. Enjoyable, but there was something missing, don't know what though. Also it really didn't need to be in 3d! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Harry BrownVery disappointing. Set out to be a British Gran Torino but got it all wrong. Gran Torino was restrained, humourous, emotional and excellent. This was overblown, confused and very average. Michael Caine was generally excellent but it was obvious the director was trying to make it stand out by upping the violence and profanity levels. In the end there was too much nonsensical action that barely papered over the plot holes. Emily Mortimer looked distraught by the whole thing and seemed to wonder what she was doing in it.Couldn't agree more, especially regarding Emily Mortimer. She looked bewildered.It started well enough, but just degenerated into a nonsensical mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted July 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Inception - basically, The Matrix meets Hustle meets Mission Impossible meets Dreamscape. Utter balls. 2/10Agreed. Load of arse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsum_Fantastic Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 well i enjoyed Inception and now think that Christopher Nolan is blockbuster king he has some cajones! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsum_Fantastic Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 This Is England ’86 – 3 minute Channel 4 promo | Bangkok Mafia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 E.T. - not much to say really except 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Lonely Hearts John Travolta and James Gandolfini are cops on the trail of serial killing couple Jared Leto and Salma Hayek in 1940s America. Based on a true story. I really liked this film, it had good performances from all the main actors and I liked the way it was shot and the general feel of it. Hayek was pretty scary. There was a sub plot about Travoltas personal life which I thought was a bit pointless and not that well done but the main story was great. 7/10. The Walker Woody Harrelson is the gay son of a respected businessman in D.C. and spends his time escorting society ladies to events so their husbands dont have to. Some lobbyist bloke gets murdered and ermHarrelson is implicatedor maybe framed.and there was something to do with one of his lady friends having an affair with the deceased.and.erm.there was a photo of them together....and there were a few different blokes that worked for the police andthere were senatorsand congressmen..or FBI or something..and then.ermvendettas.and ulterior motives..and Ned Beatty was this bloke with grey hair and a big office in his house. I didnt understand about 70% of this film. Neither did my girlfriend. We both pretended we did in the hope that it would all come together at the end and we could explain it to the other but it was not to be. Good performance from Woody though. WTF?/10Funnily enough after we switched it off we caught the last half hour of The Jackal and picked the whole story up within 5 minutes. 1/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 well i enjoyed Inception and now think that Christopher Nolan is blockbuster king he has some cajones!Each to their own I guess I guess it's an age thing with me - the thin strands that were suspending my disbelief have long since snapped.If there are four things that I simply cannot stand in movies...1. Time Travel - Gie's peace. The Star Trek movies are bad for the overuse of this lazy plot device. It worked brilliantly in Back to the Future where it was all part of the fun.2. Kung Fu - It began and ended with Bruce Lee for me, anything after that is just risible. The Hero goes to "The Master" to learn the "Old Ways" which usually involves some killer technique - a technique so potent, that "The Master" lives in poverty in a bed of his own shit and gets easily duped and killed by the movie's nemesis. 3. Excessive Gunplay - Guns are a sad fact of life, but how many cinematic bullets have been fired since the era of the modern blockbuster? Inception is no different - waaaaay too much gunplay. What about some decent dialogue?4. Preposterous Plot Devices - Inception and The Matrix have by far and away the most ludicrous plots and "world rules" - even by sci-fi standards - of any movie I've ever seen. I won't give any of Inception away, but the Matrix - ffs - "we're super-intelligent computers with thought patterns, we need energy, lets breed millions of humans and use them as some strange sort of batteries. Shall we lobotomise them, O' Great One? nah, lets give them free will so that one can rise up and destroy us - otherwise there'll be nae 3-movie franchise" Yep, it's an age thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsum_Fantastic Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 i understand your points and would have to watch it again to see if i consider it a favourite, but it was an enjoyable blockbuster. Depends what you need if i want a film about dreams that have good dialouge i'll watch Waking Life. Totally agree about Bruce Lee (Bourne is good though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada - Tommy Lee Jones directs and stars in modern day Western, and I mean STARS in. Fucking excellent performance from both him and Barry Pepper. Well paced, well shot, great story, great acting, great, great, brilliant, wonderful film. Levon Helm is in it too which raises it from 9.9/10 to 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Inception: Absolutely fantastic. Intense, thought-provoking plot that made you work for your enjoyment. Decent cast and nice complementary cinematography. Definitely not for people who only exist for mind-numbing, repetative action dross. 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulscoconutass Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada - Tommy Lee Jones directs and stars in modern day Western, and I mean STARS in. Fucking excellent performance from both him and Barry Pepper. Well paced, well shot, great story, great acting, great, great, brilliant, wonderful film. Levon Helm is in it too which raises it from 9.9/10 to 10/10Great film! Was Lee-Jones' first stab at directing, couldn't have done better if you ask me. Pepper was fantastic, surprised he hasn't landed a decent lead role yet. Great story, and some really good black comedy (with corpse). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 So Inception is either absolutely great or completely awful. I'm looking forward to seeing it myself to decide. Not out here yet though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 So Inception is either absolutely great or completely awful. I'm looking forward to seeing it myself to decide. Not out here yet though It's extremely well made and if you can buy into it's movie universe and rules, then you'll have a ball. Sadly, I just couldn't switch on to it at all, same as with The Matrix.As I said in my earlier post, it's likely an age thing with me...though I still adore LOTR and other fantasy or sci-fi movies, so go figure!This one left me cold though, maybe because of Nolan's style of direction - to smug and up-his-own-arse for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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