Forest_Fifer Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Hellboy and Hellboy II on DVD - both get a solid 9/10. Amazing visuals, and just the right amount of humour. Barry Manilow will never be the same...... The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008) - 5/10. Keanu Reeves should only play characters with no emotions - it's all he can do. They didn't muck the story up too much, but it just, sort of, *ended*; it could have done with an extra 10 minutes to explain what had happened and what the human race had to do next. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Highlander (1986) You know the one in which the Scot pretending to be Spanish and the French guy pretending to be Scottish take on the American pretending to be Russian, and a lot of it happens in the only castle that anyone ever sees in films about Scotland (Eilean Donan). Pretty fun, with a good soundtrack. More plotholes than I know where to begin, but good fun to watch none-the-less. 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chico Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 DVD of 'Into the Wild' last night the visuals were amazing, but a somewhat dour 'inspired by a true story' about a young lad who wants to escape his family by travelling to Alaska. the acting was first rate, as was the visuals and music. it as thought provoking. 7/10 for me but not a cheery tale. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theentomologist Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Watching The Terminal on BBC 1 at the moment, and it's probably one of the worst films I've ever seen so far. see its one that should be really good, good plot, tom hanks -good actor-, steven speilberg -decent director-, zeta jones -nice legs-, yet I agree aside from the excellent jazz part of the plot and a legend like benny golson being in the last 5 minutes -this is a poor effort 4/10 Posieden -the kurt russell version- surprisingly watchable tosh. 6/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris123 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Yes Man (6/10) Average film, with strong preformances from the two leads and a few laugh out loud moments, but nothing to shout about. Mississipi Burning (8/10) Excellent thriller 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest saintslad Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 The Dark Knight-9/10 Finally got round to watching this and thought it was excellent hence the 9/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 the thing 8/10 now there is a frozen wasteland horror unlike 30 days of night 3/10 pish and too long ghostbusters 6/10 not aged to well a film made better by your nostalgic memories still got the dark night to watch from christmas just can't get the telly to myself 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Half A Person Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Watched a couple of good films: The Dark Knight - very good, but not 'the best film of the year' or anything. Probably on a par with Daredevil, to be honest ( Hey, I liked it). Heath Ledger was fine in it, but it's easy to play a mad character; much more difficult to play an understated role, like that of a mumbling bummer. Kung Fu Panda- 8/10- surprisingly, very funny. And once you looked beyond the fat jokes, some of the fight scenes were beautifully and stylishly executed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberman Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 A Nightmare On Elm Street 2:Freddy's Revenge 5/10 Not as good as the first one, not enough action/killing and a poor ending 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyt Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 "bedtime stories" load of pish 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothing2add Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Hedwig and the Angry Inch 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 The Punisher (2004) Good fun, although a tad long for the kind of film. And the hilarious cameo by Big Papa Pump was worth the wait! 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberman Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Kiss the Girls 6/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayBees Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 3 films this weekend: The Reader I don't believe Kate Winslet merits oscar buzz for this role as a Nazi war criminal with a toy boy and a secret that is fairly bloody obvious from early in the film. And why have a film with British actors speaking with dodgy German accents. Haven't we learned lessons from Steve MacLaren? Just hire German actors and have it subtitled, for christ's sake. 6/10 The Devil and Daniel Johnston Really engaging documentary about hugely talented singer songwriter Daniel Johnston who was committed to an asylum a number of times. One notable incident was when he pulled the keys from the ignition of a plane his dad was flying and threw them out the window - he survived. Buy his albums. 8/10 The Wrestler Mickey Rourke is perfect for this grim Daniel Aranofsky film about an Ultimate Warrior type wrestler who has hit the hard life since his fall from fame in the 80s. Marisa Tomei in yet another slutty role - fair play to her. 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I feel compelled to warn you all about The Spirit. I don't feel that I can really put into words how bad this film is. Deeply awful performances from actors and actresses who really should have known better. 1/10 (And that's for Eva Mendes getting her arse out.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RkClyde Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 The Dark Knight 10/10 : Excellent film. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 3 films this weekend:[ The Devil and Daniel Johnston Really engaging documentary about hugely talented singer songwriter Daniel Johnston who was committed to an asylum a number of times. One notable incident was when he pulled the keys from the ignition of a plane his dad was flying and threw them out the window - he survived. Buy his albums. 8/10 7/10 Preach on, brother. It's a very sympathetic and at times moving documentary. Even if you don't like his music, it's an excellent piece of work and an insight into the mind of a very troubled and creative man. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Iron Man 9/10 - Downey Jr. was superb as Tony Stark in this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kejan Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Once (2006) 7/10. Musical/Film about an Irish busker who meets a Slovak street vendor in Dublin and their story together. A good film with some nice funny parts but I felt they could've cut the music scences down by a minute or so, some of the songs seemed to drag on a bit, but a nice ending and a good flick, not bad for less than a 100,000 euros or whatever it was filmed on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Once (2006) 7/10.Musical/Film about an Irish busker who meets a Slovak street vendor in Dublin and their story together. A good film with some nice funny parts but I felt they could've cut the music scences down by a minute or so, some of the songs seemed to drag on a bit, but a nice ending and a good flick, not bad for less than a 100,000 euros or whatever it was filmed on. About double that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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