SaltyTON Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 I think it might have been his first 12A... It was a decent enough film (7/10), fun to watch but NOTHING with a big red guy with knobs on his head can ever be worth 10/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDom Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Blades of Glory ( 2007 ) It's amazing that a movie with two unbelievably unlikeable lead characters can actually be as much fun as this is. It's not blowaway or anything, but I'm beginning to like Will Ferrell a wee bit more after this, adding some weird charm to Chazz Michaels, the sex addict figure skater. It's a fun comedy that's not going to be remembered as a classic. 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Farce of the Penguins (2006) (V) If it didn't have penguins in it, it would suck as it wasn't very funny. How the hell they managed to get such a well known cast to agree to this I don't know. Samuel L Jackson Jason Alexander Christina Applegate James Belushi Jason Biggs Drea de Matteo Whoopi Goldberg Gilbert Gottfried Alyson Hannigan Jamie Kennedy Jon Lovitz 6/10 as it was fun in parts, although nothing special. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkBlue62 Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 GomorraA film about the Camorra, the Neapolitan Mafia. Five intertwining stories are covered, detailing the grip organised crime has on Naples and the impact on the population. One story involves a 13 year old working his way into the local gang culminating with him 'proving' himself in a shocking way, another deals with a mafia money distributor who hands out cash to the relatives of dead or imprisoned camorista in the unassuming manner of an insurance salesman. He ends up becoming involved in a brutal feud. The other stories detail the path taken by two young thugs, detailing the brutality and senselessness of trying to 'make it' as a gangster, the story of a tailor who becomes a victim of the mob's contorl of the garmet industry and, most chillingly, how the mafia dispose of toxic waste by burying it in the countryside around Naples poisoning the local land and people. It's based on the book by Roberto Saviano which caused a sensation when it was released. The film doesn't really have an overarching narrative - it really looks to cumulatively show the corruption and degradation of life in Naples caused by the influence of organised crime. It's almost like a documentary, the violence isn't stylised at all - one assassination happens literally in less than a second, far removed from the Hollywood gunfights you see in most crime films. Also, the assassins in the film are drugged up kids or fat middle aged men in poorly fitting shorts and vests rather than any notion of suave glamour. It's quite long and isn't a conventionally satisfying film to watch - the film doesn't come to a climax in the sense that everything isn't tied off. It is an important film though - perhaps an antidote to assinine treatments of organised crime by showing the depravity and ugliness of murder and the mob. The film ends with a few statistics about crime in Naples - if you piled up all the toxic waste dumped by the Camorra it would be almost twice as high as Everestl; the Camorra have killed 3,000 people in the last thirty years, more than any other criminal organisation and one murder every three days; some of teh £100bn+ they earn through crime has been invested in teh rebuilding of the World Trade Centre. Frightening stuff - apparently the book details a Camorra clan who relocated to Aberdeen to run their operations, so mind what's in those mock chop suppers Doric loons! No need to watch it now 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungo Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Death race total shite 1/10 Mirrors boring horror 3/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyal-blue Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 (edited) Looking forward to American Pie tonight! Believe it or not I've never seen it before! Edited October 17, 2008 by loyal-blue 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinkinFighter Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Hitman 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kejan Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 Lars & The Real Girl, 8.5/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberman Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 Judgement Night 6/10 Quality soundtrack, the De La Soul and Teenage Fanclub song was brilliant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBairn Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 The Boy With The Striped Pyjamas 9/10.Fantastic film, which everyone should go and see. Won't spoil it by ruining the plot, but set around the family of a German concentration camp commandant in the Second World War. Was the weirdest aftermath to any film I've been to see. After it finished no one in the audience moved during the credits rolling for well over a minute. MarreZ recommended the book to me a few months ago and said that the movie looked good. One of the few movies I actually want to go to the flicks too see. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Half A Person Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 (edited) My son and I got a few of DVDs to watch yesterday... Sky High- 7/10 Cheesy Disney film about a super-hero High School. It's between Harry Potter Mean Girls and High School Musical and is surprisingly decent. Doesn't take itself too seriously and there's not the usual preachyness which blights a lot of kids' films. Scooby-Doo -3/10 Scooby-don't. Appalling. The Iron Giant 9/10 One of the best animated movies I've ever seen. Clever and funny and moving. It's not one of those films that 'work on two levels' i.e. a few double entendres thrown in to the script; it's just a movie that both adults and kids will enjoy because it's so well written and produced. Tremendous! Edited October 18, 2008 by Half A Person 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanaldinho Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 Ratatouille 8/10 Funny and very well done, really enjoyed it. Record 8.5/10 Bloody hell that film was scary! If I wasn't watching it with 4 pals I doubt I would have made it all the way through. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberman Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 The Living Dead At Manchester Morgue 6.5/10 is all I can say about this zombie flick! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 Mirrors - 4/10 It was okay, too predictable 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satans_Husband Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 The Living Dead At Manchester Morgue 6.5/10 is all I can say about this zombie flick! You could also have said that it features every accent in the British Isles. It's a crazy film. Did it not set the trend for breasts being ripped off by zombies? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 dead mans shoes 8/10 usual shane meadows style cheap bleak british film paddy considine is crazy intense 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungo Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Taken Liam Neeson kills lots of people as he tracks down his kidnapped daughter. Overall - an Ok movie but a bit repetitive and predictable. 5/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Watched Saw IV (2007) again, can't really say much as it was a shit copy and couldn't see a bloody thing. What I did see it was still bloody confusing as there was so much to-ing and fro-ing with the time line, and I'm not that good with facial recognition. Take a mark off (from the 9/10 I gave it when I saw it at the cinema) as the ending was a bit crappy. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Burn After Reading by the Coens. Very enjoyable, if a little confusing at times I'll give it a 7/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkBlue62 Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Watched Saw IV (2007) again, can't really say much as it was a shit copy and couldn't see a bloody thing.What I did see it was still bloody confusing as there was so much to-ing and fro-ing with the time line, and I'm not that good with facial recognition. Take a mark off (from the 9/10 I gave it when I saw it at the cinema) as the ending was a bit crappy. 8/10 Cant wait for Saw V this weekend 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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