What films have you watched recently?

Myranda

chrispy108 said:

Grand Budapest Hotel, it was lovely

Loved that film... the feel, the look the whole thing brilliantly done

racefaceec90

watched repo man last week.still as good as i remember it 

chrispy108

Myranda said:

chrispy108 said:

Grand Budapest Hotel, it was lovely

Loved that film... the feel, the look the whole thing brilliantly done

It was almost like watching a cartoon. Such a great atmosphere.

boogieman

beed84;199653" said:

OldBoy - amazing film. Completely blew my mind!

The original or the remake? I thought the original was superb. Never seen the remake, I'd worry they had screwed it up and ruined it.

IanSavage

Lixarto said:

guitargeek62 said:

Well it was devised as a trilogy, and it made a shitload of cash, so...!

Well, yes - the love of money is the root of all shit films.

Watched "Captain Phillips" this evening. Rnjoyable isn't the right word, but it was very good.

I think you're probably right

beed84

boogieman said:

beed84;199653" said:

OldBoy - amazing film. Completely blew my mind!

The original or the remake? I thought the original was superb. Never seen the remake, I'd worry they had screwed it up and ruined it.

The original.  Yeah, I'm staying away from the remake; I can't imagine it'll have the same kind of panache.

Phil_aka_Pip

The Colditz Story (John Mills, 1955)

• Portrays the Germans the way Cpt. Mainwaring would describe them.
  
• Not as much story in it as you might expect, especially if you've read Pat Reid's book, and seen the BBC series (although to be fair the latter gives you a lot longer to get to know the characters). More a series of incidents.
  
• Huge disparity of audio levels between the file proper (v quiet) and the distribution companies' fanfares (enough to blow your speaker cones out).
  

racefaceec90

just watched society (1988 horror).just about sums up real society to a t (rich buggering over the poor).

Kebabkid

Skin - it was on BBC1 last night and followed the rather splendid George Michael concert/documentary of "Symphonica".

Anyway, back to the film - a true story about Sandra Laing, who was born black, but to white parents. It would have been strange
anywhere - but in apartheid South Africa it was disastrous.Fine performances from Sam Neill and the wonderful Sophie Okonedo in the lead role.
More info about Sandra Laing here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Laing

Col_Decker

Frozen

 

I only seem to watch disney pixar films these days, thats what having kids does for ya. Anyhoo it has an interesting story, the characters are good, and the snow man is funny.

But boy oh boy is there a lot of singing in it. Real American Broadway style stuff too, at one point I was expecting Babra Dixon and Elane Page to appear singing I Know Him So Well. Really made me want to pull my eyes out and use them to stuff my ears.

guitargeek62

Half-way through The Hobbit part 2 currently.

It's a festering pile of shit, 2/10. One point for set-dressing, and another for sound design.

I might change my rating later, but Smaug'll have to be damn good to warrant it.

*edit* It's finished. No redemption at all from Smaug - he looked impressive, but I was disappointed by Cumberbatch's performance tbh - it would have been nice to have Lee in that role as a continuation of Tolkein's blessing. It feels like a schoolkid's attempt at rewriting the book, not from someone who is supposedly a huge Tolkein fan.

randomhandclaps

Watched The Purge.  Kind of like a shit reworking of the shit remake of Assault On Precinct 13, just with a premise that becomes more unworkable as the film moves on.

Lixarto

Yes, "The Purge" was deeply shit, and I'll not be watching any films with hobbits in.

joneve

Anchorman 2 - I was one of the people that loved the first one - but the second was pretty shit save for a few scenes. Not that I was surprised. 

Lone Survivor - Based on a true story - an absolutely epic film. Predictable what happens, but the manner in which it's shot and how shit went down (it's supposed to be very close to the book which is written as an account by the dude who survived) is legit. Entertaining couple of hours. 

@guitargeek62 - I felt the same way about End of Watch. Superb film. 

Loobs

Watched We Need To Talk About Kevin on the weekend. 

Thought it was excellent. Brilliant performances, brilliant production. Very powerful, very disturbing. 

randomhandclaps

 

Lixarto said:

Yes, "The Purge" was deeply shit, and I'll not be watching any films with hobbits in.

Indeed.

Loobs said:

Watched We Need To Talk About Kevin on the weekend. 

Thought it was excellent. Brilliant performances, brilliant production. Very powerful, very disturbing. 

It really get's under your skin.  I thought it plays with your feelings and sympathies for the main characters very well.

boogieman

Loobs;207446" said:

Watched We Need To Talk About Kevin on the weekend. 

Thought it was excellent. Brilliant performances, brilliant production. Very powerful, very disturbing. 

I keep meaning to see that. Some of my friends have raved about the book, but I hated it and gave up reading after a few chapters. I'm hoping the film is better as the premise sounds very good.

EricTheWeary

Random quote bar I cant get rid of. 

Anyhoo...

The Grey. Its not very good.

Worlds End. Disappointing but had its moments I suppose. 

Gravity. It is visually amazing. If I had a huge HD TV and a blueray player I'd put it on every time someone came round. However, I dont so was just a very ordinary fillum with a limited plot.

camf

Loved Grand Budapest Hotel... my fave Wes Anderson film and I'm a fanboy... fanman really... the boyhood years were in another century... sniff.

holnrew

Cap 2 last week, it was brilliant.