Movie review thread...

MN5

[quote name='Kirwan']I love that you two are obliviously talking about two different films.[/QUOTE] 
 
Haaaa I never even noticed. Brilliant. Classic fernage from us there.

Virgil

[quote name='MN5']Haaaa I never even noticed. Brilliant. Classic fernage from us there.[/QUOTE] 
 
US!..mate i knew what movie i was talking about..and it was shite! 
 
Green Lantern actually looks like it MIGHT be good. 
 
One that has caught my attention is Super 8, from the genius that tortured us for 7 years with Lost.

taniwharugby

haha, I have seen the ad's for Green Lantern and thought I know that one with Seth Rogen was supposed to be pants, but why are they making a new one already <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />

Bones

[quote name='Hooroo']Anyone seen Stone?? (Robert Dinero (baaaad spelling) Milovich (I think) and someone else who I like but name escapes me) 
 
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucked!!! Fast forwarded it to the end to see what happened. Suuuuuuuuuucked!![/QUOTE]With you on that! Just what the fuck happened there? SFA.

taniwharugby

The Rite - Anthony Hopkins 
 
Unless you are an exorcism nut, don't bother, very average storyline about a young guy who is about to throw away a promising career as a priest (how could you) as he does not know if he believes, but gets convinced to go to the Vatican to study exorcisms and gets taken under the wing of the 'master' Anthony Hopkins....

Tim

Best suggested title to date for a Human Centipede sequel: 
 
Human Centipede: The Fellowship Of The Ring

dogmeat

Brighton Rock - Helen Mirren strives as always to make 60 (nearly 70) sexy but overall I found this although well made and sympathetically updated to Mods/Rockers 60's overly long and slow. 
 
I guess I have a problem with the source material. I've always struggled with Greene as an author and his overt issues with Catholicism. I don't find the 1950's version (with Richard Attenborough as a working class hood FFS) the classic its held up to be and this ones no better. 
 
Hard to take a nasty bastard seriously when he's called "pinky".

Virgil

Sucker Punch - Heard alot about this one, thought it was ok..certainly more about style then substance. 
Worth a watch though, 7/10.

taniwharugby

The Girl who kicked the Hornets Nest; really enjoyed the 1st 2, but thought this was a bit slow only really kicking off in the last half hour or so, which was well after they could have finished the movie

raznomore

Super 8. It was about the best popcorn movie I have seen in years. Think old school Spielberg, like ET or Close Encounters with less kitsch. Fantastic child actors and solid character actors. 
 
Bugger all CGI and some serious scares. 
 
9/10. Best movie I have seen this year.

Tim

Watched Hal Ashby's final feature, [I]8 Milion Ways to Die[/I]. Bit muddled and sloppy. The hook to get Jeff Bridges into the noir situation was fairly week too. I like bridges in those 80's neo-noir roles though, and the movie was watchable. 
 
Would've made a good episode of [I]Miami Vice[/I].

Tim

Watched [I]Mike's Murder[/I] as well. Not bad - drug murder told largely from the perspective of a naive girlfriend (Deborah Winger).

Nepia

Had a bit of a movie marathon (for me) on the weekend. 
 
Che Parts 1 and 2: 
Part 1 was pretty good, although it took me a while to figure out who every one was. However the story was easy to follow which wasn't the case in Part 2. Part 1 was set in Cuba during the revolution. Part 2 was set in Bolivia and is basically an account of Guevara's last days. But I really had no idea who anyone was, where they were, what was happening .... 
 
I didn't find them too political, apparently Sodenbergh had litte interest in Che before Del Toro brought the story to him. Basically my opinion of him is still very gray - one man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter and all that! It seems to be less favourable of Che than the Motorcycle Diaries - if not as good a film(s). 
 
Part 1 gets bonus points for the inclusion Catalina Sandino Moreno. 
 
Part 1 - 7.5/10 
Part 2 - 6/10 
 
The Adjustment Bureau: 
I actually enjoyed this movie despite the iffy reviews it received - and going in I really had no idea what it was about, so wont spoil it for anyone else. Lets just say it isn't set in the 40s or 50s as I assumed from pictures of the movie. Matt Damon is his usual trustworthy self, Emily Blunt is decent and Anthony Mackie is good yet again (he was in the Hurt Locker). 
 
7.5/10

taniwharugby

watched Paul the other night, had some good laughs but overall, pretty average...

taniwharugby

Trust - not the kind of movie you can say is 'good' because the subject matter is not nice, that being said, I thought it was well portrayed and acted, and any parent living in todays internet age (moreso if you have a daughter) would be horrified as the movie progressed. 
 
Basically, a 14 yr old girl meets a 16 yr old guy online, he then later admits he is 20, then 25...... 
 
Like most movies, you sit there saying you wouldnt have done that or this, but ultimately, this happens, that is the scary part!

allblackfan

I read Let the Right One In late last year and enjoyed it. Saw the DVD the other night and it's a good representation of the creepiness and horror depicted in the book.The music is pretty good too.

taniwharugby

did you watch the original subtitled or the English re-make?

Sneakdefreak

Watched Big Trouble in Little China last night on Four. Just remember what old Jack Burton always says: this is still a fun movie to watch. 8/10

taniwharugby

[quote name='Sneakdefreak']Watched Big Trouble in Little China last night on Four. Just remember what old Jack Burton always says: this is still a fun movie to watch. 8/10[/QUOTE] 
 
 
haha, I watched it too, Cattrell was a hottie before she became a cougar

raznomore

[quote name='taniwharugby']haha, I watched it too, [B]Cattrell was a hottie before she became a cougar[/B][/QUOTE] 
 
Agree I thought she was hot as a kid in Mannequin.

The Silver Fern

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