What films have you watched recently?

RocknRollDave

Finally got round to watching the excellently-filmed and acted, but overly short and oddly unsatisfying Gravity, last night. Just sat and watched Muppet Christmas Carol with my little one and actually had to fight back a tear.....

ICBM

goldtop said:

The Danish Girl - the latest movie wherein Eddie Redmayne gets right inside the a physically different character. And he does it very well again. It's a good movie, 7/10.

Mostly disappointed though because after watching it, I looked up the fascinating true story, and many more important/controversial/interesting stuff was left out.

That was true to some extent with the Stephen Hawking one as well. I still thought it was good though, and he's a remarkable actor. I haven't seen The Danish Girl yet.

snakemanStoo

Minions : very silly, funny, enjoyed it.

Kingsmen  :  very silly, funny, enjoyed it.

Neil

Iron Man 3 on BBC last night - just seemed to be non stop explosions of one sort or another.

Not my cuppa tea at all.

hotpot

I watched a Disney film 'Tomorrowland' late last night after getting the latest KODI set up on my PC. Turned out very enjoyable SciFi film.  

Philly_Q

I watched Spy last night.

Went in with no expectations, I've never seen a Melissa McCarthy film before, I don't like most American comedies... but it was very funny.  Looking forward to the Ghostbusters reboot now.

sweepy

Watched Revenant over the New Year, visually stunning and gripping film, highly enjoyable . Joy, oh dear,the same cast working brilliantly in Silver Linings Playbook, in this, it's a turgid mess of a film, avoid

EricTheWeary

Philly_Q said:

I watched Spy last night.

Went in with no expectations, I've never seen a Melissa McCarthy film before, I don't like most American comedies... but it was very funny.  Looking forward to the Ghostbusters reboot now.

I watched a bit of that programme on what ex spies thought about spy movies and they really liked that one. I probably CBA to get to the cinema to see it but once I can get it into a small screen I'd be keen. 

boogieman

hotpot;920290" said:

I watched a Disney film 'Tomorrowland' late last night after getting the latest KODI set up on my PC. Turned out very enjoyable SciFi film.  

I really must watch that again. I saw it on a long haul night flight and just didn't understand it at all. I suspect I might have fallen asleep in the middle though. The bits I remember looked very well done.

Nikko

Watched 'The Hobbit - Battle of the five armies' last night. Really enjoyed it. I was a massive fan of the LOTR trilogy but I personally think the Hobbit trilogy is much, much better.

Snap

EricTheWeary said:

Bird Man. I found it hard going. As a film it's admirable as craft and film buffs and students can pick it apart for years to come but I struggled to get engaged with it.

I started watching it, but tbh it got on my wick after about half an hour and I turned it off. Films should be enoyable, not a chore.

I have started watching Interstellar - I am about 1hr 20 in, and tbh, it could have had the first hour cut out. I have a feeling it will be pretty rubbish, or at best average.

menamestom

Snap said:

EricTheWeary said:

Bird Man. I found it hard going. As a film it's admirable as craft and film buffs and students can pick it apart for years to come but I struggled to get engaged with it.

I started watching it, but tbh it got on my wick after about half an hour and I turned it off. Films should be enoyable, not a chore.

I have started watching Interstellar - I am about 1hr 20 in, and tbh, it could have had the first hour cut out. I have a feeling it will be pretty rubbish, or at best average.

I'd go with the former.

Agree about Birdman as well, although it's a good film and worth the chore in the end.

Snap

Rubbish? Balls, I like scifi, I like Christopher Nolan, and most of the actors in the film. I like the score too. I'll see it through.

Birdman - nah, can't be arsed. It bugged me.

menamestom

Hateful 8.  Seemed quite formulaic Tarantino to me.  Kurt Russell was pretty good but the film is too static, both in location and plot.  I though Django was better but still worth watching.

Star Wars TFA.  Very good.  Visually 9/10, overall 7/10.  Big homage to 'A new hope', ticked all the boxes for Start Wars Fans but the plot too close to the original.  Hopefully, having alleviated everybody's fears, the next episode can take a few more risks.  Great ending though.

Not a film but Fargo Season 1.  Absolutely amazing, loved it.  Dark, but charming. 

Magnum Force.  70's classic.  Sparse, sinister and good soundtrack.

Bad Santa.  Classic Xmas film.  Looking forward to Bad Santa 2 next Christmas.  Shit happens when you party naked.

Elf.  First time I've seen this.  Daft, but some really funny moments.  My 6 year old lad found it hilarious and watched it 3 times.

underdog

I watched Kingsmen again last night, still incredibly entertaining.

Nunogilberto

Fight Club - saw it the other night for the first time, believe it or not.

A little bit too arty farty for me, with the philosophical BS at every turn.

EricTheWeary

menamestom said:

Snap said:

EricTheWeary said:

Bird Man. I found it hard going. As a film it's admirable as craft and film buffs and students can pick it apart for years to come but I struggled to get engaged with it.

I started watching it, but tbh it got on my wick after about half an hour and I turned it off. Films should be enoyable, not a chore.

I have started watching Interstellar - I am about 1hr 20 in, and tbh, it could have had the first hour cut out. I have a feeling it will be pretty rubbish, or at best average.

I'd go with the former.

Agree about Birdman as well, although it's a good film and worth the chore in the end.

I think had I been sat in an art house cinema with a bag of maltesers and really focussed on Birdman I could have got more out of it. At home I was just too easily distracted from it and I had to keep coming back to it like a text book. Instellar on the other hand I have watched but now can't remember a thing about so it didn't make much of an impact! 

HAL9000

Snap;920870" said:

I have started watching Interstellar - I am about 1hr 20 in, and tbh, it could have had the first hour cut out. I have a feeling it will be pretty rubbish, or at best average.

Interstellar is one of the few films I've actually walked out of rather than wasting 90 minutes of my life that I'd never get back.

dern

Star wars - nothing more than a nostalgia trip imo. Loved the original in 77 and the two follow ons but this just seemed like the stitching together of the best bits of those. Shame.

Chappie - enjoyed it although fell short of the superb district 9.

Saw some old classics before christmas and of those the one still still blows me away was Heat.

fretmeister

Watched the kids xmas prezzie films

Pixels: Adam Sandler. Urgh. Gaming nostalgia was fun, and there was a Cheap Trick tune. Other than that 4/10

Minions: Not as bad as feared, but nowhere near as good as Despicable Me. Clearly a promotional campaign for toy selling. 5/10

Inside Out: Dull dull dull. 3/10