Alkaline Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 Damn right. Normally I find out about these things after they happen. He was really cool too, I just asked him to sign it but he made a point of asking my name and how to spell it. Maybe he didn't want me to ebay it. For years when I was a kid I had this poster on my wall:Now THAT would have been cool to get signed, but at least I had something and not just a bus ticket.That's great. It's always good when you meet someone like that and they are actually cool about it rather than getting all pissy about signing something and having a quick chat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted February 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 Uncle Buck - still a classic.****St Elmo's Fire - still a classic.***** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 I spent my Saturday night drinking alone and watching Sweet Home Alabama, because it was on. It wasn't awful and I have decided Reese Witherspoon is a bona fide hotty yet rather annoying. What a sad state of affairs this was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 I spent my Saturday night drinking alone and watching Sweet Home Alabama, because it was on. It wasn't awful and I have decided Reese Witherspoon is a bona fide hotty yet rather annoying. What a sad state of affairs this was.Contemplated this but went for Ferris Bueller on Film Four instead. I believe I made the correct choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 I saw The Lovely Bones at the weekend and thought it was ok. I haven't read the book but on the strength of the film i'll give it a go.I also quite enjoyed it....thought it was visually pretty decent, too. My g/f says it's not a patch on the book, and was 'sanitised' for the 12A rating.Other films recently seen...Inglourious Basterds.......enjoyed a lot, surprisingly.Tell no one (saw it when it came out, but enjoyed it again on TV recently). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus.H.Christ Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 I'm really into war films, Band of Brothers is as good as it gets, There was a few times i was watching it i, erm, may have felt a wee bit teary...There's a new mini series coming out from the some of the writers from Band of Brothers, it's called 'The Pacific'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 Pineapple ExpressI've been kind of avoiding this because James Franco was in a main role and he wasn't great in the Spiderman films...also I've found that films about the antics of stoners can be a bit dull to non-stoners, but I picked this up in a 3 for 9 deal at Asda and it's actually very, very funny. Slightly overlong, could have lost about 15 minutes and it would have been fine. Seth Rogen is just Seth Rogen. 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 Jennifer's BodyMegan Fox pretends to be a virgin and gets sacrificed by a rock band who play a gig in her smalltown music venue which for some reason also burns down in a rather superfluous plot development. Because she isn't a virgin and has by self-admission taken it up the shitter and everything, she turns into a demon zombie thing but becomes normal again once full of flesh torn from various high school dudes. It was OK, nowt special. 7/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulscoconutass Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 Tell no one (saw it when it came out, but enjoyed it again on TV recently).Good shout, didn't look like it would be up to much, but I really, really enjoyed this!Recent winners for me have been:Benjamin Button: quite long, but great story, told with conviction.Survive Style 5+: Just amazing, nothing else to say really.The Hangover: Great laughs, much better than expected.Up In The Air: Pretty cool story with a decent twist at the end.Kill Bill I & II: Still love the first one more but such an ace double-bill.Taken: Never gets old or boring, top drawer action-fest.Drunken Master 2: poorly dubbed import but the athletic prowess of old-school Jackie Chan is awe-inspiring!All reviews here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 Uncle Buck - still a classic.****St Elmo's Fire - still a classic.*****What he said....'cept with the ratings reversed.Uncle Buck - comic tour de force by the late, great (and very fat) John Candy. The wart/growth/melanoma scene with the headmistress still cracks me up 20 years on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 A Bronx Tale - hadn't seen this one in 15 years and it's still a great movie. A directorial debut for Robert De Niro, who takes a supporting to Chazz Palminteri (who wrote the original play). It's a coming-of-age tale about Calogero, a young Italian/American boy growing up in the Bronx and follows his life at and 9, then at 17. He lives with his mother and honest, hard-working father (played by the Bobster), but is drawn to and ultimately influenced by, the charismatic and dangerous local crime boss Sonny LoSpecchio (Palminteri).It plays like a less violent Goodfellas (though there's a great bone-crunching bar room brawl) with similar voice-over narration.Well worth a look**** 1/2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 The Kingdom - I enjoyed it. Good pace, exciting, some good acting and great action scenes. Although it seems to have been intended to tell all sides of the story (Islamic Fundamentalist Nutjobs and extended family, Arabian Good Guys and the mixed colour, mixed sex, mixed background FBI anti-terror team from the USmotherfuckingA) I still thought it was a little "Team America" and the way that the actual story developed/how it ended was startlingly obvious and unoriginal. Still, 7/10 for the enjoyability. Catch A Fire - Based on a true story in Apartheid-era Seeth Eefrika. Derek Luke's anti-apartheid hero pits his wits against Tim Robbin's anti-terrorist squad leader. Best film I've seen in a long time. Watch it. 9/10. Tonight, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. No anti-terrorist teams expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted February 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 Jennifer's BodyMegan Fox pretends to be a virgin and gets sacrificed by a rock band who play a gig in her smalltown music venue which for some reason also burns down in a rather superfluous plot development. Because she isn't a virgin and has by self-admission taken it up the shitter and everything, she turns into a demon zombie thing but becomes normal again once full of flesh torn from various high school dudes. It was OK, nowt special. 7/10.I thought this film sucked. It couldn't seem to decide whether it wanted to be comedy or horror so it tried to do both (not very well in either case) and it just feels weird and uneven. It's not funny or scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 I thought this film sucked. It couldn't seem to decide whether it wanted to be comedy or horror so it tried to do both (not very well in either case) and it just feels weird and uneven. It's not funny or scary.Yeah, I agree it did seem a bit indecisive in tone but I thought it was pretty well made and better than other variations on the theme that I have seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 Tonight, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. No anti-terrorist teams expected.I quite liked this film, I think certain scenes work better if you have seen the Johnny Cash bio-pic 'Walk the Line'.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 I quite liked this film, I think certain scenes work better if you have seen the Johnny Cash bio-pic 'Walk the Line'....Ray as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Jo-D Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 I quite liked this film, I think certain scenes work better if you have seen the Johnny Cash bio-pic 'Walk the Line'....yip I liked this tooIt's cause your smell blind.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 DoubtSuperbly acted and it held my interest a lot more than I expected it to but it was short on actual drama or incident. The climax felt like a bit of a let down with no real resolution to it as well.The Damned UnitedBrilliant film, possibly the best film about football I've seen. Liked it even more as Aberdeen proceed to live it out in real life the week after I watched it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Knight Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 I've just watched this clip on MTV. It is the last video interview Johnny Cash did a few weeks before his death.Today would have been his 78th birthday.The video has some interesting comments about amphetamines 'I Expect My Life To End ... Soon' | News Video | MTV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TelecasterSam Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 Terminator SalvationWatchable.......OK I suppose, some will like it.... it dissapointed me a little.... in the plot, the "Marcus" character didn't tie into the previous films imo !..... and I'm not that great a fan of Christian Bale......*** 1/2 out of 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted February 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Precious - heard so much hype about this film so I was really excited to see it. In reality it was boring as fuck. I spent most of it looking at my watch wondering when it was going to end. Paps.** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Top GunFirst time I've properly watched this for years. It's a great Friday night film, lots of ace quotes, superb action and some amazingly cheesy music. Unfortunately it's really let down by the bits involving any acting. The love story is preposterous and any scene between Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis just leaves you wondering how they ever thought it would be believable. Thankfully there's always another sequence with awesome fighter jets coming along to save the film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorge Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Went to see The Crazies last night: I don't usually go for the horror-remake type films but this one was really quite good, not all that scary though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanette Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Precious - heard so much hype about this film so I was really excited to see it. In reality it was boring as fuck. I spent most of it looking at my watch wondering when it was going to end. Paps.**Whaaaat?!?!It was scarily realistic! Maybe it was the hype that did it though. Expectation and all that jazz. I saw it on the day it came out so there wasn't an awful lot of media converage etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted February 28, 2010 Report Share Posted February 28, 2010 Red RoadA woman called Jackie works in a Glasgow CCTV centre, one evening she follows a couple on camera into a patch of wasteground as it looks as though something dodgy is about to occur. It doesn't, the couple have a knee trembler but she keeps watching. Once it's over the guy turns round and Jackie recognises him although it's not clear why. She starts to look for him on CCTV all the time, ends up following him and eventually speaking to him. Things progress with her becoming more and more involved with him and his mates - you don't find out exactly what has happened until near the end and it keeps you watching. It's pretty good and certainly worth the 3 it cost in HMV...9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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