Old Gold Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Pacific Rim Across the board hammy acting, but that doesn't matter. There's a robot equipped with a rocket on it's elbow so that it can lamp giant monsters in the face really hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 I toyed between Pacific Rim and Elysium, evidentally i chose the wrong film Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colb Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 Hansel - he's so hot right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 The Hobbit 2 - pretty shite but nae too shit, maybe a bit less shit than the first one. Nausicaa of the valley of the wind - watched over the course of a week so I've got no idea what it's about really, pretty trippy insect dudes and a stupid tree hugger type protagnist. Not a bad Studio Ghibli but Laputa beats the shit out of it every day. Better than Princess Mononoke though - however the fuck you spell it. Withnail & I - Still fuckin' ace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Hobbit 2: Maybe a bit long but I didn't mind. I enjoyed the whole thing and didn't think ay part of it was being dragged out. Mind you, I love the LOTR films so I expected as much.Boils my piss how liberally they go from Elvish to English though. Pick one and stick to it you fucking pointy eared pricks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 The Shining - Pretty good. Full of wut though. Room 237 - Utter shit. Apparently Kubrick was writing about minotaurs and nazis... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) The Shining - Pretty good. Full of wut though.Which one? The original Kubrick one I'm assuming? The other one is pretty pish even though it follows the book alot more.Oh, the other one was a TV mini series...I watched it all in a oner years ago and just thought it was a fucking whoorin long movie. Edited January 13, 2014 by Teabags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) Which one? The original Kubrick one I'm assuming? The other one is pretty pish even though it follows the book alot more.Oh, the other one was a TV mini series...I watched it all in a oner years ago and just thought it was a fucking whoorin long movie.The original. But I assume it wasn't a directors cut because Room 237 was going on about scenes I didn't see.Looking back The Shining was a terrific movie and meant for a pretty cool discussion with the mrs about "what it was all about". Edited January 13, 2014 by Jaaakkkeee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Moon Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Olypmpus has fallen: got to admit its a pretty good action film but not as good as White House down but a lot more realistic and more tension with the cheesy countdown that stops the bomb on 1 second, I liked it but White House down is better as a lot more action and better story line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 I watched the new Hobbit film last night. Pretty good but I preferred the first. I did like that it had a big influence from Donkey Kong Country. Barrels and mining carts everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Olypmpus has fallen: got to admit its a pretty good action film but not as good as White House down but a lot more realistic and more tension with the cheesy countdown that stops the bomb on 1 second, I liked it but White House down is better as a lot more action and better story line Olympus Has Fallen: Die Hard but in the White House, basically. Terrible film IMO. Only watched it because it was the best of a very bad bunch on my last trip to Ghana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 I watched Fast and Furious 6 recently. I am a huge fan of the film series, in that they are easily the most ridiculous films in production at the moment. Like, more ridiculous than the premise of Transformers. 6 really stepped it up from the bank vault trailing through Rio city centre escapades of 5. The Rock is just ridiculously brilliant. It's really fun to watch films like this, as every 2-3 minutes you can pick out enormous plot holes and it makes you feel smart. Seriously though, some of the most ridiculous stuff ever to make it into a movie is in F&F6. Characters repeatedly do things that would definitely kill them, but seem unharmed by grevious injury. This scene imbued myself and my friends with an enormous sense of glee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqXQUpvIOUQ Can you get any more ridicous than this? The dialogue throughout the film is scattered with that 80s action movie machismo, that is so dated it makes 80s action films enjoyable in the present day. When executed in a filmm from 2012, it becomes unbearably great. 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 I watched Fast and Furious 6 recently. I am a huge fan of the film series, in that they are easily the most ridiculous films in production at the moment. Like, more ridiculous than the premise of Transformers. 6 really stepped it up from the bank vault trailing through Rio city centre escapades of 5. The Rock is just ridiculously brilliant. It's really fun to watch films like this, as every 2-3 minutes you can pick out enormous plot holes and it makes you feel smart. Seriously though, some of the most ridiculous stuff ever to make it into a movie is in F&F6. Characters repeatedly do things that would definitely kill them, but seem unharmed by grevious injury. This scene imbued myself and my friends with an enormous sense of glee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqXQUpvIOUQ Can you get any more ridicous than this? The dialogue throughout the film is scattered with that 80s action movie machismo, that is so dated it makes 80s action films enjoyable in the present day. When executed in a filmm from 2012, it becomes unbearably great. 10/10 Yes!! What a scene!! I was watching Fast Five the other night, and the scene with Vin driving the valt back across the bridge on his own, and i was thinking he has just killed about 30 Police officers with that thing attached to his car, and not one single ambulance shows up to help anyone, just the rock, who shoots the only person who has survived the ordeal! Brilliant Filmage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of Tribe Called Quest Very good documentary although it's a bit of a shame how Q-Tip and Phife both come across as dicks a lot of the time. But the parts about the early days of the group and all the Native Tongues stuff is real good and there's obviously loads of god music throughout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 The Heat - Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock in a buddy cop comedy. McCarthy is funny but I didn't really care for the film.*** Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa - I was excited for this because I've been watching I'm Alan Partridge again, I did not like this though. This Alan Partridge bore almost no resemblance to the character from the TV series, it was like a different character, and the film was stupid crap.** Les Miserables - I absolutely loved this. A lot of LM fanboys were up in arms about it, especially the casting and their vocal performances, but I thought it was about as close to perfect as it could be. Hugh Jackman was terrific as Jean Valjean, and Anne Hathaway as Fantine, good singer but made up for her vocal weaknesses with terrific acting. Definitely deserved that Oscar. Amanda Sieyfried was really good as Cosette. Also whoever played Eponine was terrific as well. I know the studio would have wanted bankable movie stars in it instead of theatre people but the ones they did get performed admirably, and outside the main cast they padded it out with real singers. The only really bad one was Russell Crowe as Javert, he was monosyllabic, didn't sing with any power and was autotuned throughout. This was a terrific journey though. Epic musical numbers and camera work, great performances, emotional as hell, I enjoyed every second of it.***** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 (edited) Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa - I was excited for this because I've been watching I'm Alan Partridge again, I did not like this though. This Alan Partridge bore almost no resemblance to the character from the TV series, it was like a different character, and the film was stupid crap.** I thought much the same. I really thought it would be brilliant, but it had nothing at all to do with the TV series really, and why does chief O'Brian always end up with these roles as bad guys?! Edited January 14, 2014 by The Milner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Navy SEALS - Basically Top Gun but with SEAL's. Lots of stadium rock on the soundtrack and questionable recreational outfits. ** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - Great sequel. I think I liked it even more than the first. The best big box office franchise there has been in some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa - I was excited for this because I've been watching I'm Alan Partridge again, I did not like this though. This Alan Partridge bore almost no resemblance to the character from the TV series, it was like a different character, and the film was stupid crap.**Get out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Hated: GG Allin and The Murder Junkies (Merle & Dino Commentary)A nice hour long interview with Merle and Dino from The Murder Junkies, giving a bit of backround to how the band came to be, and a little info on bits in the original documentary. Pretty Cool. Punk: AttitudeDocumentary about punk, it's roots, and where it's ended up. Not a lot of Blink 182 fans in this by the looks of things. Great watch though. Henry Rollins: 50A live thing from Henry Rollins, telling anecdotes and preaching to the choir. Another great watch. Youtube is fantastic sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Man of steel I was really enjoying it up until the point where they tell you, Russel "fighting round the world" Crowe had managed to download the dna of the people of krypton contained from an ancient artifact to the blood of baby superman.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 The Square - probably the best documentary I've seen in a good few years. It's about the recent Egyptian revolution. Really well balanced and totally gripping. I think it's on Netflix so do seek it out if you get the chance. It's so informative and inspiring I actually think it should be shown in schools. It breaks down the whole situation in a very digestible way without being overly dramatic or sensationalist and made me want to be more Proactive when it comes to issues I feel strongly about. Pretty much blew me away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Star Trek: Wrath Of Khan Into Darkness Out of context, as a standalone film, this is a fantastic couple of hours entertainment. Brilliant sci-fi action movie. Simon Pegg is much less annoying than in the first film and Cumberbatch is fucking awesome as a villain. Top marks again to Karl Urban though. Brilliant as Bones. In context, as a Star Trek film, it was a bit irritating. Is this what we're getting now? Remakes of the whole series (but with surprise twists) instead of new adventures? I could just about accept the premise of the first film that effectively hit reset without losing any of the previous canon. It still left it open for new stuff along the original timeline. But if all they're going to do with the characters is retread the old stories then it's a massive wasted opportunity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJimF Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Star Trek: Wrath Of Khan Into Darkness Out of context, as a standalone film, this is a fantastic couple of hours entertainment. Brilliant sci-fi action movie. Simon Pegg is much less annoying than in the first film and Cumberbatch is fucking awesome as a villain. Top marks again to Karl Urban though. Brilliant as Bones. In context, as a Star Trek film, it was a bit irritating. Is this what we're getting now? Remakes of the whole series (but with surprise twists) instead of new adventures? I could just about accept the premise of the first film that effectively hit reset without losing any of the previous canon. It still left it open for new stuff along the original timeline. But if all they're going to do with the characters is retread the old stories then it's a massive wasted opportunity.You should check out his TV show Almost Human. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Star Trek: Wrath Of Khan Into Darkness Out of context, as a standalone film, this is a fantastic couple of hours entertainment. Brilliant sci-fi action movie. Simon Pegg is much less annoying than in the first film and Cumberbatch is fucking awesome as a villain. Top marks again to Karl Urban though. Brilliant as Bones. In context, as a Star Trek film, it was a bit irritating. Is this what we're getting now? Remakes of the whole series (but with surprise twists) instead of new adventures? I could just about accept the premise of the first film that effectively hit reset without losing any of the previous canon. It still left it open for new stuff along the original timeline. But if all they're going to do with the characters is retread the old stories then it's a massive wasted opportunity. Exactly how i feel. They are decent enough films on their own, but for me they are not Star Trek films, they are just Sci-fi hollywood action films now. It makes me sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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