Andy Dufresne Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Harry Brown 9/10 Thought it was a brilliant film 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Undead or Alive: A Zombedy (2007) Sticking by my usual rule of no more than 7/10 for a spoof, but this was pretty damn funny! The director and writer (Glasgow Phillips) was a writer for South Park (around season 6) and Father of the Pride, so you know it's gonna pretty funny! The star of the film played Mike Delfino in Desperate Housewives, means nothing to me but he was in it for 159 episodes so he must be relatively famous, I guess! We've got zombie, a cowboy, an indian and a "dentist" - hell you've got a joke right there! Good fun, although I spent the whole time trying to work out where I knew the zombie sheriff's deputy from - turns out he was in the Uwe Boll "classic" Postal, now it makes sense! 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint dave Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 The Other Guys 2/10 Very poor and very few laughs considering it's cast. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mak Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Mesrine: Killer Instinct - 6/10 Had heard some great reports on this, and as I need to keep my level of French up thought that I'd give it a watch. Bit disappointing, didn't really strike me as anything more than an average gangster film. Not bad, but not great either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 The Other Guys 2/10 Very poor and very few laughs considering it's cast. Aside from Will Ferrell in Elf, none of that cast are exactly known for being funny. Coogan's awful, Johnson is more goofy than funny, Jackson can be, but isn't known for it - and the less said about any member of the Wayans family the better! It cost $100m, did it look like it or was it all spent on salaries? Ferrell, Johnson and Jackson wouldn't come cheap! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quentin Taranbino Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 True Grit (new one) Ooooft- this was good! Now I have only ever seen the original once and that was when I was a kid so I can't really say how it compares, but this was decent and felt like a good old style western. Jeff Bridges is brilliant in the lead role as is the little girl who puts in a great performance. Matt Damon is very good in a role in which I imagine is unfamiliar with him but suprised at how well he pulled his character off. The whole thing is beautifully filmed and the score is excellent. It is neary 2 hours long but not once did it feel like it was dragging. It only drops a mark as I thought they could have used Josh Brolin more than they did as he is a fantastic actor. 9/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forehead7 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Aside from Will Ferrell in Elf, none of that cast are exactly known for being funny. Coogan's awful, Johnson is more goofy than funny, Jackson can be, but isn't known for it - and the less said about any member of the Wayans family the better! It cost $100m, did it look like it or was it all spent on salaries? Ferrell, Johnson and Jackson wouldn't come cheap! Any reason why you put "in Elf", he's funny in pretty much all his films! Dwayne Johnson can be funny, he was when he was doing promos in WWF/E. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Any reason why you put "in Elf", he's funny in pretty much all his films! Dwayne Johnson can be funny, he was when he was doing promos in WWF/E. When I see him in another good film I'll reassess the comment. Until then I stand by it. The Rock was one character, in an arena with 20000+ people most of whom would probably laugh if he told a "Why did the chicken... joke" whilst raping their mother. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forehead7 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 When I see him in another good film I'll reassess the comment. Until then I stand by it. The Rock was one character, in an arena with 20000+ people most of whom would probably laugh if he told a "Why did the chicken... joke" whilst raping their mother. Anchorman, Old School, Semi Pro, Blades of Glory, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Wedding Crashers, Talladega Nights and the aforementioned Elf. Obviously not including The Other Guys because that was the film in question. He's funny in all of those films. Yeah but he still did many funny things, like in a empty arena match with Mankind, they were in an office and he picked up the phone said "it's for you" to Mankind and hit him with it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 The warriors 8/10 Alpha dog 8/10 True story of a drug dealer who kidnaps an enemies brother. Everyones fine 6/10 Robert de niros grown up kids hide there problems from them 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter Jazz Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Anchorman, Old School, Semi Pro, Blades of Glory, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Wedding Crashers, Talladega Nights and the aforementioned Elf. Obviously not including The Other Guys because that was the film in question. He's funny in all of those films. Yeah but he still did many funny things, like in a empty arena match with Mankind, they were in an office and he picked up the phone said "it's for you" to Mankind and hit him with it. Weve been here before me thinks. Im amazed Will Ferrell still gets work. His brainless and in your face humour just has no appeal to me. Agree about Elf though a performance with a bit of subtlety 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forehead7 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Weve been here before me thinks. Im amazed Will Ferrell still gets work. His brainless and in your face humour just has no appeal to me. Agree about Elf though a performance with a bit of subtlety Blades of Glory - Will Ferrell playing Jim Morrison on ice, what's not to love? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Jackie Chan's Who am i? - Cracking film with shite dubbing and awful acting but as all early JC films are its a belting good laugh if your in the right mood The Mummy has just come on though and that's become an must watch for me, even though its around the 7th time ive seen it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter Jazz Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Blades of Glory - Will Ferrell playing Jim Morrison on ice, what's not to love? Will Ferrell playing Jim Morrison on ice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberman Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Tell No One 8/10 French thriller about a man who's wife is brutally murdered on a holiday, 8 years later he recieves an email from her, Cover-up/conspiracy thriller malarky. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Last of the Living (2008) Amusing comedy horror, sort of a cross between Shaun of the Dead and The Omega Man, but set in ChCh. Helped by recognising places to get a feel of where you were in the film. Nothing original about it at all, but fun enough to pass the time! 5/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurph Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 (edited) 127 Hours (2010 (according to IMDb. I thought it was released this year) I thought this was really good. Recorded well and was fast-paced. I like the use of flash-backs, although I got lost once or twice. Great soundtrack though - anything with Plastic Bertrand and Sigur Rós can't be bad! Edit; The blatant foreshadowing annoyed me though, and the intense product placement at times. 7/10 Edited January 30, 2011 by Smurph 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 127 Hours (2010 (according to IMDb. I thought it was released this year) I thought this was really good. Recorded well and was fast-paced. I like the use of flash-backs, although I got lost once or twice. Great soundtrack though - anything with Plastic Bertrand and Sigur Rós can't be bad! Edit; The blatant foreshadowing annoyed me though, and the intense product placement at times. 7/10 First shown at a festival in the States in September 2010. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Kick-Ass - 9/10 A fantastic movie that is much more violent and sweary than you would think. Including an 11 year old girl using colourful language such as c**t and m**********r before brutally murdering many people. It was written by a bloke from Coatbridge so I guess he based Hit Girl on his real life experiences! Even Nicholas Cage is good in this one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the jambo-rocker Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 The Kingdom 69% I thought this film was going to be slow throughout, but from the highway scene onwards this film was imo shit-hot. Children of Men 75% This was pretty decent. The longer duration shots involved in this were brilliantly executed and I can only imagine the time and effort that went into them. Born on the fourth of July 70% 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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