What films have you watched recently?

Lixarto

bingefeller said:

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. 

Just watched that this afternoon with my wife.

Enjoyed it; Tom Hardy being grumpy in a NYC bar.

sinbaadi

equalsql;475134" said:

"Predestination". A time travel/paradox flick with Ethan Hawke and Sarah Snook. 

Pretty good actually  .. if just a little bit warped.



Definitely worth watching.

I think everyone figures out its slightly disturbing twist about a third of the way in to the film at most don't they?
Spoiler alert:
I do quite like the inevitable futility take on time travel, but this film doesn't really offer much besides the, and indeed it is warped, moment of realisation that blank is actually blank and blank and blank and even blank.

chrispy108

Lixarto;473542" said:

breakstuff said:

The Purge.



The whole concept is utter nonsense,as is the film itself.





Yes. A pile of shite.

Really? Was it anything other than exactly what it said it was going to be?
I thought it was a perfectly competent film, if you like that kind of thing.

Col_Decker

Watched 'Postman Pat - The Movie'

 

Actually not as bad as you'd think given that postman pat is the worst postman ever. How can keep a job when he loses the mail EVERY day!?!

Some nice jokes for the parents, and his Mrs looked like a right go-er. 6/10

Monkeybone

Recently I have watched The Grand Budapest Hotel, very quirky movie, awesome cast.

Also X-Men: Days of Future Past. An enjoyable movie, if a little long.

Lixarto

chrispy108 said:

Really? Was it anything other than exactly what it said it was going to be?
I thought it was a perfectly competent film, if you like that kind of thing.

You could do all kinds of interesting storytelling with the concept of that film.

They did none.

Pile of shit.

ThePrettyDamned

Lixarto said:

chrispy108 said:

Really? Was it anything other than exactly what it said it was going to be?
I thought it was a perfectly competent film, if you like that kind of thing.

You could do all kinds of interesting storytelling with the concept of that film.

They did none.

Pile of shit.

This was my thinking.  I really enjoyed the idea and thought it would be a horror with a good story, and for the focus to be on the story (like The Ring - there isn't a huge amount of actual scary stuff but it maintains tension through story telling). 

It was, sadly, quite bad. 

breakstuff

Just a boring house siege film with no tension or wit and full of incredibly stupid characters.

Though the bit at the end where Lena Headey's character chins her neighbour is unintentionally hilarious.

VimFuego

keep trying to watch Dark Knight, but it's kinda slow and very long and goes on way past my bed time (I turn into a beautiful princess if I'm not in bed by midnight, or something), is it worth persevering with/buying on DVD?

Col_Decker

Nope. All of the recent Batman films are over rated imo. Far too long. What they need to do is release an Editor's cut in place of a Director's cut, the difference being that instead of loads of extra scenes being put in, the whole film will be about an hour shorter.

breakstuff

Definitely worth it Vim.Stick with it,the second half is very good.

EricTheWeary

Wisdom for Mr Decker. Having re watched the Dark Knight recently I like it but it winds on far too long.

Lixarto

Col_Decker said:

Nope. All of the recent Batman films are over rate imo.

Pretty much.

I quite liked the first one, but after that ...

I thought Heath Ledger was pretty poor as the Joker, and Bane was a waste of Tom Hardy. Michael Caine was great though.

stickyfiddle

VimFuego said:

keep trying to watch Dark Knight, but it's kinda slow and very long and goes on way past my bed time (I turn into a beautiful princess if I'm not in bed by midnight, or something), is it worth persevering with/buying on DVD?

I'd guess if you're already describing it as "kinda slow" and "persevering", then you probably won't enjoy the whole thing..!

randomhandclaps

The greatest thing Christopher Nolan did with his Batman trilogy was save Anne Hathaway's leather clad arse reveal until the 3rd film.  Had he bunged that into Batman Begins then the whole thing would have gone downhill fast for me from there.

ICBM

VimFuego said:

keep trying to watch Dark Knight, but it's kinda slow and very long and goes on way past my bed time (I turn into a beautiful princess if I'm not in bed by midnight, or something), is it worth persevering with/buying on DVD?

I would say yes. I thought it was too slow at first as well, but I watched it just long enough to get into it. If nothing else, Heath Ledger is mesmerising - one of the best screen baddies ever. Two Face is somewhat wasted though (I won't say any more in case it spoils it, if you are going to watch it.)

VimFuego

yeah, I thought heath ledger was excellent. It was like he'd spent a long time studying how mad, criminal types act and behave and thought "nah, fuck it I'm just gonna go completely OTT".

Think I'll pick it up cheap on DVD and have another go (just can't stay up till midnight).

VimFuego

Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Smaltzy, syrupy ending aside I great film. Realised it's nearly 30 years old, where the fuck have all those years gone?!?

sinbaadi

John Wicke - actually really quite okay, for a revenge-kill-everyone type film starring Keanu Reeves.

breakstuff

Armageddon.

Christ I forgot how bad that film is.