What films have you watched recently?

snakemanStoo

Another thread worthy of importing methinks.

Willow.  Fun fantasy romp that the family all enjoyed.

spacecadet

Watched Les Misereables the other night. One of the most spectacular pieces of cinematic stuff I have seen for ages. I was balling my eyes out like a little girl. On the flip side of that, Hot Tub Time Machine is also a recent watch.

oldBlueWolf

Last cinema film was World War Z. Not bad, not what I really expected but good anyway. Watched Paranormal Activity last night which was dreadful. Im planning to see The Conjuring very soon :-)

ftumch

Just watched Django unchained, I can confirm its very good. Les mis in my little lovefilm geloppy for later

tonyrath

Just watched The Heat - very funny in a sweary sort of way  with two female cops instead of two fellas. Melissa McCarthy is very funny as is Sandra Bullock. This evening I watched an early Roger Corman movie Attack Of the Giant Leeches which has got to be one of the silliest monster movies outside of Ed Wood ever made. Good for a laugh on a Saturday night

mike_l

HotRod.

Juvenille, Will Ferrell directed comedy about a teenager who wants to be a stuntman. Quite funny, and Isla Fisher*'s in it.

 

*always good to see..........

fatherjack

Now You See Me - four magicians in bank heist caper with more twists and turns than a twisty turny thing - reasonably enjoyable hokum, 7/10.

VimFuego

Red Dawn, the recent remake, beyond dire, but in a compelling way. I'm often amused by American paranoia about being invaded by a malevolent foreign power when they've spent so much of their recent history invading other countries.

 

Wild at Heart. Not seen this for some 22 years, amazing to think back to when Nick Cage still made good films.

holnrew

mike_l said:

HotRod.

Juvenille, Will Ferrell directed comedy about a teenager who wants to be a stuntman. Quite funny, and Isla Fisher*'s in it.

 

*always good to see..........

One of my favourites, although Will Ferrell produced rather than directed it..

I watched The Guilt Trip last night, it was better than reviews had led me to expect.

Lixarto

Currently watching the 2006 version of "Night of the Living Dead".

It's awful.

guitargeek62

I've got 12 Monkeys, and 13 Assassins on my playlist for this week. Unfortunately they're two separate films, not one awesome one.

snakemanStoo

Flash Gordon.

Cheesier than a cheesy thing covered in cheese with cheese on the side, but fun.

And comments about Ornella Muti

IanSavage

Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows. Slick, good-looking, predictable and instantly forgettable, perfect switch-your-brain-off Saturday night in fodder, but I'd hoped for more. 6/10. 

ddlooping

"Oblivion" - Great visuals and sound, fairly entertaining.

VimFuego

The Great Culling; What's in our water. A docu about fluoride. Fuck, they really are out to get us.

John_P

Saw the new Lone Ranger film yesterday -  a little long but otherwise very watchable and probably predictable but I like the first pirates of the carribean film and as a kid I liked the LR so it was my kind of film

stickyfiddle

Prometheus 

Still shit, and now MrsF agrees

Fretwired

Oblivion: loved the look of the film - the CGI is really top notch and Tom Cruise was pretty good [I think the role was developed with him in mind]. The plot had more holes in it than a Swiss cheese and borrowed too many ideas from other sci-fi films, but it did have a couple of decent twists and English actress Andrea Riseborough was excellent as the communications officer. Worth a watch if you've not seen it.

[Deleted User]

Last night I watched Raging Bull and Flightplan consecutively.

Raging bull was awesome as ever. Great screenplay and absolutely beautiful to look at.

Flightplan was shit.

ICBM

I watched the first half of 'The Keep' the other night - dodgy 1980s horror thing with an impressive cast list. It was almost vaguely ok until the monster appeared, and then it was shit. I only started watching it because the soundtrack is by Tangerine Dream, but even that was a bit crap too really. Lost interest after that and went to sleep.

VimFuego

got that on the magick box to watch, thought with a cast list like that it has to be good. P'raps I won't bother now.

ICBM

VimFuego said:

got that on the magick box to watch, thought with a cast list like that it has to be good. P'raps I won't bother now.

Let me know what happens if you do .

Zodiac51

stickyfiddle said:

Prometheus 

Still shit, and now MrsF agrees

^ this

What I can't understand, is why I have watched it about 6 times though, there are some beautifully shot set pieces that are stunning in HD, and hey Charlize Theron is easy on the eyes, but the rest is just bollox really.

new Total Recall, watched the end half on sky, Friday, watched the end 2/3 last night on sky, might watch the beginning tonight - even though Colin Farrell is a total wanker.

IanSavage

Zodiac51 said:

...even though Colin Farrell is a total wanker.

I'm willing to forgive him almost anything after 'In Bruges'  

EricTheWeary

Slice

Weird. Nightmare giving weird. Good film if you like weird.

chillidoggy

snakemanStoo said:

Flash Gordon.

Cheesier than a cheesy thing covered in cheese with cheese on the side, but fun.

And comments about Ornella Muti

You're talking about the woman of my dreams, Stoo. When she walks down the ramp with Tim Dalton into the rebel camp with those red strides on...........ooooooh my fucking good grief, trouser involuntary.

Myranda

I have watched... Netflix ... hmpf!

fatherjack

Kick Ass 2 - Jim Carey in not totally Fucking annoying shocker. OK, but not quite the same lunatic fun of the first one - they've done some character development, which was a mistake.

It does have its moments, though.

VimFuego

ICBM said:

VimFuego said:

got that on the magick box to watch, thought with a cast list like that it has to be good. P'raps I won't bother now.

Let me know what happens if you do .

well, watched about the 1st hour last night, wasn't gripped. The film looked stunning, but the plot seemed thin. I was shocked at some of the acting, most especially mckellans (sp) who seemed to be going for the Donald Sinden award for hamming it up. THe music was good, but totally out of keeping with the film, and some of it made parts of the film look like an 80's pop video, compete with dry ice, running in slowmo and so on. Maybe I'll go back to the last hour at some point.

Zodiac51

IanSavage said:

Zodiac51 said:

...even though Colin Farrell is a total wanker.

I'm willing to forgive him almost anything after 'In Bruges'  

Forgot that, that was a cracking film, Can't forgive him for Miami Vice though  X_X

boogieman

Pacific Rim. Basically it's Godzilla vs Transformers (but without the fun). Even my son, whose idea it was to see this slice of hokum, said it was shit.

How Idris Elba keeps a straight face thoughout this load of bollocks is beyond me, he deserves an Oscar for not cracking up laughing IMO.