DA Baracus Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Passengers. Enjoyable although Aurora forgiving Jim and then just living with him on the ship at the end is an odd one 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Captain America avengers civil war Spider-Man. It was okay, I don't really like the superhero films much though. This is going to sound ludicrous but I hate the way that the fights have absolutely no consistency whatsoever. Characters get shot, blown up, thrown into explosive cars, chucked off roofs and all survive unharmed. Then someone punches them and it's game over. It just bores me. 5/10 10 cloverfield lane. This was good until the last 15 mins or so when it completely imploded. What a ridiculous and terrible ending. 1/10 Why watch a genre you don't like? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumigoo Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Watched Sing Street for the second time tonight. Loved it more than the first time (although to be fair the first time was on a tiny screen during a flight). If you haven't seen it then you need to get it watched! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Randomly watched The Krays - the 1990 film with Kemp brothers.Started off quite promising but some of the over acting was ridiculous. It actually ended up being quite farcical. 3/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 A Monster CallsDecided to go and see this, heard good things in the reviews and I loved The Orphanage by the same director, Spaniard JA Bayona. It's a magical realist drama about Conor O'Malley, a young boy whose mother is suffering from cancer. His life is complicated by bullying at school, partly caused by his mothers illness, the prospect of having to live with his grandmother, who he doesn't get along with, and coping with the fact that his father is largely absent from their lives, living in the US.In the middle of these circumstances he begins to experience dreams where a huge tree monster, voiced by Liam Neeson, who tells him that he will tell him stories and then demands that Conor tell him his story. The film is then split between Conor dealing in his day-to-day life dealing with bullies, family and his sick mother and the nightly visits of the monster. At no point is there any doubt that the monster is a dream and not 'real'. I thought it was a great film, balancing the serious and genuinely upsetting subject matter with the fantastical sequences. The effects are great, with the monster motion captured superbly and the animated sequences integrating into the film seamlessly. What really makes the film though, is the performance of Lewis MacDougall as Conor, who just captures the character perfectly. The frustrations, anger and confusion of the situation are clear but they don't rub anything in your face. The rest of the cast are also great, Felicity Jones as his mother, Signourey Weaver as his buttoned up grandmother and Neeson as the monster are great. Apparently Tom Holland (the new Spider-Man) did some of the motion capture so he is due some credit as well. It's easy for subject matter like this to turn into mawkish and sentimental films but this film is so heartfelt and real. I read after coming out that it hasn't done that well at the box office, which is a shame as its one of the best films I've been to see in a long time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Bronson.......first time i've watched this. Definitely not what I was expecting and no idea how accurate it is but Tom Hardy is outstanding.........you fucking c***s 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominique Malonga Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 The Guv'norThe story of Lenny "The Guv'nor" McLean. Basically his son goes about interviewing old colleagues and friends to see what type of man he was etc. It's shite, mainly because of the arsehole son. Some of the old footage is decent, particularly the Roy Shaw fights but most of it is laughable. There's a bit where the son says Lenny would have beaten Mike Tyson and Klitshko in his prime "on the cobbles" yet you see him sparring not long after and Mike Tyson would not have many sleepless nights, put it that way. There's no disputing he was a hard man. If it was a fight outside a pub against normal people I doubt you would have seen much better, he would have been a seriously scary man in that environment without a doubt. Against a Word Champion boxer of the same size/weight it would be a different story. In fact any decent pro would probably put him away. Iron Mike in his prime would have knocked him spark out.The worst thing about this film is the son though. There's a bizarre 5 or ten minutes towards the end where he walks in to a cafe and gets involved in a fight he then tried to talk about the rage inside him and saying it's hard to go out etc. His cousin/friend then pipes up and says it's difficult to come down here because of "the hipsters and the change of it all" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 7 hours ago, ICTChris said: A Monster Calls Decided to go and see this, heard good things in the reviews and I loved The Orphanage by the same director, Spaniard JA Bayona. It's a magical realist drama about Conor O'Malley, a young boy whose mother is suffering from cancer. His life is complicated by bullying at school, partly caused by his mothers illness, the prospect of having to live with his grandmother, who he doesn't get along with, and coping with the fact that his father is largely absent from their lives, living in the US. In the middle of these circumstances he begins to experience dreams where a huge tree monster, voiced by Liam Neeson, who tells him that he will tell him stories and then demands that Conor tell him his story. The film is then split between Conor dealing in his day-to-day life dealing with bullies, family and his sick mother and the nightly visits of the monster. At no point is there any doubt that the monster is a dream and not 'real'. I thought it was a great film, balancing the serious and genuinely upsetting subject matter with the fantastical sequences. The effects are great, with the monster motion captured superbly and the animated sequences integrating into the film seamlessly. What really makes the film though, is the performance of Lewis MacDougall as Conor, who just captures the character perfectly. The frustrations, anger and confusion of the situation are clear but they don't rub anything in your face. The rest of the cast are also great, Felicity Jones as his mother, Signourey Weaver as his buttoned up grandmother and Neeson as the monster are great. Apparently Tom Holland (the new Spider-Man) did some of the motion capture so he is due some credit as well. It's easy for subject matter like this to turn into mawkish and sentimental films but this film is so heartfelt and real. I read after coming out that it hasn't done that well at the box office, which is a shame as its one of the best films I've been to see in a long time. It's biggest problem is probably the marketing folk not knowing how to pitch it. Folk stupidly take young kids along as it features a CGI monster and has a boy as the main character. Adults are probably put off as it looks like a kids film. Really special film. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Saw Rogue One yesterday with the family; unfortunately had a raging headache and nodded off briefly a couple of times to escape from it. Still enjoyed it well enough; a few good characters and some amusing lines, and it was bittersweet to see Peter Cushing back on the big screen, albeit a slightly dodgy version that was firmly ensconced in the Uncanny Valley, along with the other brief CGI returning character. Didn't think James Earl Jones got Darth's voice quite right this time either, but his inevitable ass-kicking scene was creepily effective. Certainly better than any of the prequels, for what it's worth. Maybe even as good as The Force Awakens, if you take out all the happy tingly feelings from seeing Han, Leia, and Luke again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart of Northern Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Hunt for the wilderpeople 10/10 Watched this with my 11 year old son. He was laughing from the start. Also nearly cried at the dog/Boer scene. Touching without being clawing. Would highly recommend. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart of Northern Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Also Killer Joe. Obviously watched this on my own! Only just discovered this. Great film. The Chicken drumstick scene is mental. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 The Imitation Game 8.5/10 I've never been a big fan of Benedict and hadn't been too keen to watch this as it sounded a bit too worthy. I needn't have worried. He is superb in it and really likeable (for someone so socially awkward). The plot rips along well and the treatment of his, er, treatment is handled well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampden Diehard Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Silence You can't go too far wrong with Martin Scorsese, can you? Aye, maybe you can. This came in an two and a half hours and it was probably an hour too long. Essentially, it's about attempts to bring Christianity to 18th century Japan and the persecution that took place. It moves pretty slowly and is quite gory. If nothing else, it highlights the (lack of) worth of religious missionary work and the damage that can be done in the process. 5/10 The Ardennes Excellent Belgian film about two brothers, both a wee bit dodgy, one of whom is a nutter. He gets out of jail after getting caught in one of their capers and quickly gets back into old ways. Well worth making the effort to see although it would have to be one of the wee independent piccy houses probably. 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 3 hours ago, jam20 said: Collateral Beauty 4/10 Another Will Smith failure sadly. Loved itself too much. I like Robbie Collins' reviews. Collateral Beauty got it in the neck.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Watched Assassins Creed today. I'm a huge fan of the games so I loved it. Just seeing the franchise on the screen was enough for me. As a film, the plot is rushed and iffy. If you're not into the games, you probably won't like it much. Combat sequences are impressive though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) I've decided to go for a threesome. Probably just edit this post movie by movie. Might do the other two another time. Die Hard Been a while since I've got into this one. Forgot how absolutely incredible Alan Rickman was as Hans Gruber, which is pretty poor of me tbh. It's an absolutely perfect action movie where everything clicks into place. A couple of terrific dumb characters. One being the deputy chief of police that turns up to call the shots and the news guy in the studio who says with confidence that Helsinki is in Sweden. Able dickheadery comes from an arsehole reporter too, despite not being on screen long, he's very much deserving of a punch in the face. So aye, everything from the lead downwards is great. Can't fault this movie at all. 10/10 Die Hard 2 Hadn't actually seen this before this morning. This is absolutely nowhere near the first one, although it's still a lot of fun. It does go over the line into pure cheese at times which I thought the first movie managed to just about avoid several times. There's no Gruber here, although there was one villain where I thought if we had him front and centre, he could have improved things a fair bit. The McClane character doesn't get worse thankfully, and the stuff on the plane with the reporter and his wife stays fairly decent. It's a good action movie for sure, but the first movie set a fairly high bar. 7/10 Die Hard With a Vengeance Slightly better than the last one, mainly down to the plot being fairly simple and a wee bit of a change in tempo as well. Decent villain, a great partner for McClane through the whole thing, and some cracking action to carry it forward. Some belting scenes as well. The Harlem scene is definitely one of my favourites of the whole series. 8/10 Edited January 10, 2017 by Randy Giles 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 I saw a trailer for the new XXX film (that shit with Vin Diesel). It looks like Jay from the Inbetweeners describing his weekend. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmc Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 I saw a trailer for the new XXX film (that shit with Vin Diesel). It looks like Jay from the Inbetweeners describing his weekend. Looks like it's so bad that watching more than 6 minutes of it could give you brain cancer..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellinwigan Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Looks fucking terrible 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 The problem with Die Hard is that McClane went from a normal cop to almost a superhero that could drive a car into a helicopter. And the less said about the last one the better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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