What films have you watched recently?

jd0272

chillidoggy;847768" said:

"Predestination."Thought it was thoroughly engrossing, even if I had no idea what the fuck was going on. I may also mostly be having the odd shuffle over Sarah Snook, who is a ginger.

One shall 'endeavour' and all that.

EricTheWeary

Less fireworks to block out tonight but we still watched Pride. I thought I would hate it and it took me a while to warm to it but in the end I was cheering along.

EricTheWeary

In lieu of the Walking Dead tonight ( reserved for another evening) we got Ex Machina. It's not exactly cheery is it?

jd0272

EricTheWeary said:

In lieu of the Walking Dead tonight ( reserved for another evening) we got Ex Machina. It's not exactly cheery is it?

No but I did enjoy it. I am miserable anyhoo.

Danny1969

Everest : a true story of the ill fated climb in 96 

Not bad 

littlegreenman

EricTheWeary said:

In lieu of the Walking Dead tonight ( reserved for another evening) we got Ex Machina. It's not exactly cheery is it?

Great film though.

Danny1969

littlegreenman said:

EricTheWeary said:

In lieu of the Walking Dead tonight ( reserved for another evening) we got Ex Machina. It's not exactly cheery is it?

Great film though.

Yeah I liked it, the shape of things to come maybe

racefaceec90

am watching prince of darkness atm.

one of my fav john carpenter films (better than halloween). is very underrated imho. 

 

the transmission you are receiving is not a dream.

Philly_Q

Prince of Darkness is underrated, but better than Halloween?  Noooooo!

Heartfeltdawn

Last film watched: Lawrence of Arabia. Absolutely immense. In an era of CGI, seeing all those people riding into battle was stunning. I understood why so many people have hailed it as being influential. As a huge Star Wars fan, I understood why and how David Lean influenced George Lucas so much. 

http://www.starwars.com/news/the-cinema-behind-star-wars-lawrence-of-arabia

 

Philly_Q

Heartfeltdawn said:

Last film watched: Lawrence of Arabia. Absolutely immense. In an era of CGI, seeing all those people riding into battle was stunning. I understood why so many people have hailed it as being influential. As a huge Star Wars fan, I understood why and how David Lean influenced George Lucas so much. 

http://www.starwars.com/news/the-cinema-behind-star-wars-lawrence-of-arabia

 

Was it on a big screen?  There's nothing quite like it.

EricTheWeary

Interstellar. Well, sort of did other things with it on in the background by the last hour. Very long and whilst there are some bits that probably look great on a big screen there was some right old bollocks in it. Some references to other sci fi - 2001, Hitchhikers - that I think I spotted and a sci fi fan might get more but just not a very good film IMHO.

EricTheWeary

Me again. Hardly watched a film for yonks and now loads. Grand Budapest Hotel. Suprised to find a modern film that reminded me of Michael Bentine's Potty Time, although that may be a very vague link. Anyway, beautifully crafted ( Budapest rather than Potty Time) even if it split the Weary family vote : 50% for engaging and whimsical and 50% for dull.

thermionic

I finally watched The Inbetweeners 2 last night. I didn't enjoy the first film at all - take them out of the school and their appeal went imo. The second film was great though! Mr Gilbert finally living out all our fantasies by shagging Will's mum. I also enjoyed the relentless piss-taking of the Home Counties posh girl/Trustafarian called Ben travel bores.

freakboy1610

Terminator Genisys. Having read many bad reviews of this film I wasn't expecting much but I had a 99p voucher from Wauki TV and had promised F Jnr a film night. As it turned out we both really enjoyed it. I liked the ways in which it tied in with T1 & T2 and, as for the time travel stuff not making sense, well it is only pretend! It was miles better than Rise of the Machines and, although I enjoyed the Christian Bale one, that was really out on it's own. Fantastic value in HD for 99p and I want the blu ray for Christmas please. ~:>

not_the_dj

Finally went to see Spectre on Friday.

Not that impressed, seems Craig is now 50/50 with good/rubbish bond movies (CR and SF being the good ones IMO).

Roland

The Martian and Interstellar last week. The Martian was OK, not as good as I'd hoped from reading the book, but worth watching. Some of the story line had to be cut to fit into Hollywood run times. There is also a limit to how much real science you can put into a popular film. Interstellar was better than I expected. Even my wife enjoyed it, although she miss all of the reference to earlier sci fi films.

UnclePsychosis

Had a few long journeys recently so watched quite a few things.

Assembly 7/10

Chinese film set during and after the Chinese civil war. Some very well done (and very brutal) fight scenes. Suspect the rest of the film lost a bit in translation but still really enjoyed it.

Searching For Sugarman 10/10

Astounding. Jut watch it.

Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me 7/10

Interesting look at a band that all my favourite bands were inspired by.

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten 7/10

Not much to say. Good documentary about an interesting guy.

Waynes World 9/10

The product placement scene is probably my favourite film scene ever.

Sarge

Antman 5/10
Scorch trials 3/10

Sunday watching left me yawning

fretmeister

Ant Man. 8/10 

 Best of the Marvel films so far.