Shandon Par Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 22 hours ago, Blootoon87 said: I thought Under The Skin was utter shite btw, maybe I'm too thick to get the whole arty feel they were going for. Even seeing ms Johanssen naked didn't save the film for me, and that's quite a statement. I knew the story of the book before seeing the film and I think this helped me enjoy it. I wasn't thinking "WTF is going on?" but instead thinking "what a clever way to tackle it". The missus knew nothing about it beforehand and she didn't take to it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 American Hustle 3/10 I watched Silver Linings Playbook and spent the next few days wanting to find Bradley Cooper and punch him. I'm a sucker for 70s big hair etc so was keen to forgive and forget and hopefully enjoy this. I can appreciate the fact he's trying to get real emotion from his actors but it's like everyone is in a different film in terms of their costume and tone. The camera filters seem to change all the time too. The odd scene passes as looking 70's but then other scenes look like a modern US sitcom. Bradley Cooper appears to call someone on their mobile in one scene too. Just doesn't work for me, though Jennifer Lawrence in a bodysuit is always worthy of screen time. Vinyl on Sky Atlantic pisses all over this in every way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blootoon87 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I remember having a pish after Under The Skin and two boys pishing next to me saying that the book was 'more ambiguous'. How is that possible? The film explained f**k all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisleysaints Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Trolls Dreamworks 6/10 but jnr paisleysaints loved it. Lots of singalong moments which he enjoyed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 (edited) Jobs 7/10 Jobbies more like! Only joking, thought it was pretty compelling but I think you'd have trouble if you didn't know what a Lisa was, what NeXT were or why Apple bought them. Pretty much scoring it so high for the dialogue alone Edited January 3, 2017 by Christophe -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Green Room 7/10 Interesting. Some pretty savage moments and some unexpected moments but not really as savage overall as I was lead to believe and I was about Patrick Stewart -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiderDee Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I enjoyed Suicide Squad only because I watched it with zero expectations. The reviews were terrible but it was nowhere near as bad as I had expected. On a better note I recorded and watched 'Killer Joe' which is Matthew Mcconaughey's best performance and is one of the most unsettling films I've seen. Not a film to watch if you're at a low ebb but one of the best indie films of recent years Made me crave some KFC [emoji6] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordfishtrombone Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Re-watched American Hustle. I had watched it at the cinema and was really bored by it but given the reviews it got I thought maybe I was just not in the right mood when I saw it. Having seen it again I still think it's crap. The performances are all decent but I found it a slog to watch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcat1990 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Ethel & Ernest - 7/10.Animated version of Ramond Briggs's touching story of his parents. Very charming and had be absolutely bawling at the end. On iPlayer for anyone interested. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 1 minute ago, Swordfishtrombone said: Re-watched American Hustle. I had watched it at the cinema and was really bored by it but given the reviews it got I thought maybe I was just not in the right mood when I saw it. Having seen it again I still think it's crap. The performances are all decent but I found it a slog to watch. I think given the way the movie goes, the fact that there's only really one non-arsehole character doesn't help. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Sae Under The Skin a couple of years ago. Probably the most terrifying film I've seen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordfishtrombone Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Aye I'm assuming it's Jeremy Renner's character that you are talking about. The rest of the characters were very unsympathetic. It just seemed like an over indulgent director free styling at the cost of a coherent plot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordfishtrombone Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Also Tivo'd and watched Raiders Of The Lost Ark for the first time in years. I felt really sorry for the nazi monkey. You could, unfairly, in my view class the monkey as a Nazi collaborator but I think the monkey was as much a victim of the Nazis as anyone else. I'm not convinced the monkey knew about the shit going down in Germany at that time and her simian support for the nazis was fuelled by propaganda from her patch eyed owner who was a wrong un. Karen Allen said how smart the monkey was so I think the monkey knew the dates were poisoned and it was a suicidal regretful binge once she knew the damage she had done and the pain she had caused Indy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 27 minutes ago, Swordfishtrombone said: Aye I'm assuming it's Jeremy Renner's character that you are talking about. Indeed it is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecto Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Seen Deepwater Horizon on kodi, it past a bit of the afternoon, it is not bad, but it did raise a question, does Mark Walberg just play a version of the same character in every film he is in 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmc Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Re-watched American Hustle. I had watched it at the cinema and was really bored by it but given the reviews it got I thought maybe I was just not in the right mood when I saw it. Having seen it again I still think it's crap. The performances are all decent but I found it a slog to watch. Any episode of the bbc series hustle is a better watch imo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiepiemuncher Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Also Tivo'd and watched Raiders Of The Lost Ark for the first time in years. I felt really sorry for the nazi monkey. You could, unfairly, in my view class the monkey as a Nazi collaborator but I think the monkey was as much a victim of the Nazis as anyone else. I'm not convinced the monkey knew about the shit going down in Germany at that time and her simian support for the nazis was fuelled by propaganda from her patch eyed owner who was a wrong un. Karen Allen said how smart the monkey was so I think the monkey knew the dates were poisoned and it was a suicidal regretful binge once she knew the damage she had done and the pain she had caused Indy. Interesting observation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Green Room 7/10 Interesting. Some pretty savage moments and some unexpected moments but not really as savage overall as I was lead to believe and I was about Patrick Stewart Feel free to not answer if it's too personal a question, but I'm intrigued as to where you get the time to watch so many movies every week? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearwithme Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Deadpool. Having watched a few I've decided I'm just not into superhero movies even though this one spices things up with some bawdy humour etc. 6/10 from my point of view, I know other folk have liked it more. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 I thought Deadpool was underwhelming. I expected better after the reviews. The bar has been lower so much on superhero movies that it was still one of the better ones. Ryan Reynolds was funny but the story was pish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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