What films have you watched recently?

Monkeybone

300: Rise of an Empire. Entertaining, but not as good as the first for me. Although Eva Green makes up for anything I didn't like, slightly in love with her.

HAL9000

The Theory of Everything. Great acting but couldn't save a pretty dire film. Very superficial. Didn't learn anything much about the characters. Also, although I'm sure I wouldn't understand the physics, there was no real attempt to describe what Stephen Hawking had achieved. Disappointing.

therose789

Recently watched 'flight'. was canny depressing! Dont watch it if you're feeling a bit sad. 

ThePrettyDamned

holnrew said:

ThePrettyDamned;464979" said:

It's such a beautiful day. 

A surreal film.  However, it's sad, hard hitting and wonderfully written and animated. 

Genuinely made me feel things. 

Is that the Don Herzfeldt (probably spelled wrong) one?

That's the one.  

I don't recommend it if you're on a downer.  It put me on one, so if I already felt shit, I'd be an absolute mess. 

But it was very good indeed, I thought. 

Philly_Q

HAL9000 said:

The Theory of Everything. Great acting but couldn't save a pretty dire film. Very superficial. Didn't learn anything much about the characters.

Isn't that always the way with biopics though? 

Unless they concentrate on a very small part of the subject's life, biopics just leap from one significant event to another - a wedding, a birth, an accident, a success, a failure, a descent into alcoholism or madness, a death..... they're nearly always rubbish.

holnrew

A Long Way Down. I liked it a lot. Pierce Brosnan, Imogen Poots, Toni Collette and Aaron Paul all try to kill themselves on the same night, but end up not. 

d8m

Despicable me 1+2

Pleasantly surprised although 2 not a patch on 1.

Lixarto

"Non-Stop", with Liam Neeson being grumpy on an aeroplane, and Michelle Dockery as the most well-spoken flight attendant you'll ever hear.

Deadman

'Mama'. Biggest load of shite I've ever seen.

randomhandclaps

Deadman said:

'Mama'. Biggest load of shite I've ever seen.

I think I put about it earlier in this gargantuan thread, it is behind turd.  The amount of crap being released under the 'Guilermo Del Toro Presents' banner is depressing.

strumjoughlamps

The Grand Budapest Hotel, absobloodylutely brilliant

Philly_Q

randomhandclaps said: Deadman said: 'Mama'. Biggest load of shite I've ever seen.
I think I put about it earlier in this gargantuan thread, it is behind turd.  The amount of crap being released under the 'Guilermo Del Toro Presents' banner is depressing.

I'd completely forgotten I'd seen that until I looked it up just now.  I remember it wasn't good, but I quite liked the creature design if nothing else.  It was better than Oculus.

Lixarto

"Locke" with Tom Hardy being grumpy in a car.

And nobody else.

bingefeller

Lixarto said:

"Locke" with Tom Hardy being grumpy in a car.

And nobody else.

I thought that was pretty good.  I liked how he had his boss down as "Bastard" in his phone.   

I watched The Drop, which also has Tom Hardy in it.  It's quite good, nothing special though.  I'd recommend it if you want something to watch just to pass some time.  

Lixarto

I thought it was very good indeed - a remarkable peformance and a very sure-footed script.

A little too much concrete I think. But yes, "Bastard" )

(I have met Tom Hardy; he is very charming)

dogload

I watched that 'Foxcatcher' today based on the recommendation of Radio 4's film programme. A little intense and I know nothing about wrestling, but I was impressed by Steve Carell's performance as the increasingly mad John DuPont. 

A surprisingly good watch!

Danny1969

I'm surprised by all the love for the grand Budapest hotel in this thread I mean it was good but not great IMHO

Locke would make a good audio book other than the boss joke there's no need to see the screen

d8m

Not a  film but miss d8m has persuaded me to watch Game of Thrones after a year of resisting.

Got to be honest its not as bad as I thought!

Skipped

I watched Dumb and Dumber To.
It is not as good as the first Dumb and Dumber. But..... there are a couple of moments when I was crying with laughter. And a film has not done that since.......Hmmm.....maybe the last time I watched The Jerk.

breakstuff

The Quiet Ones on Netflix.Low budget British horror but surprisingly,reasonably decent.Drags a bit in the middle but still pretty creepy.