lichtie23 Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Tin Cup Story of a driving range professional who challenges for the US Open to gain the affection of a lady. Feel good story with some pretty funny moments. Kevin Costner has a knack of making pretty decent sports movies. There is even some boobs in it. 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Just watched Pain & Gain. What a lot of bollocks. Can someone explain to me that has seen it why a true story about murders, kidnapping and torture is a Comedy movie? 4/10. Child abuse, amputees and racist stereotypes add up to Disney's Peter Pan. Go figure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 The Incredibles - family drama ensues when superheroes are forced into a normal life of mundanity after the people they save turn litigious. Wife and kid watched this while I was working last night, so I got the audio-only version. Words cannot describe what an utter joy this movie is; the only negative is that it ends. The Incredibles 2 has just been announced, so we can but hope that Disney don't manage to turn it into one of their usual idea-free saccharine-fests. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyarabnuts Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Virtuality- set in the near future, a starship and it's crew are sent on a possible 10 year mission to our nearest,possibly habitable exo-solar system, because of the nature of this trip, they reach Neptune where they have to decide to turn back or be sling-shotted out to deep space as part of their "entertainment" they have VR goggles where they can choose their own scenarios,cue glitch in the computer programming(a la HAL) where sinister things occur,oh and they are being televised in a sort of outer space big brother thing ! seemed a good plot so I watched this at the weekend,was not too bad until the ending........ just stopped! Looked it up on IMDB only to discover that it was actually a pilot for a series that was never started!!! complete waste of time ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 About the watch Training Day Denzil is the fucking man 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widge Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Having finished work and fuelled by my love of Agents of Shield, I've watched Thor, Captain America, Hulk and The Avengers in 2 days. As well as watching the new Spider-Man (as in the first one) It was strange seeing Coulson in a whole different light. Especially given what you find out! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 (edited) Pompeii - gladiator in ancient Rome must gain his freedom, win the heart of the governor's daughter, and attain vengeance for the slaughter of his people. Oh, and there's something about an exploding mountain...? Only watched this because I dragged the family out to see Godzilla a week early, seat reservation in hand, like a total spanner. The film's a mass of cliche and manages to come over like a remake of Gladiator for a fair part of its running time, disturbingly so at times. Dialogue is functional at best, along with the acting, although Queefer Sutherland puts in a nice turn as the bizarrely English Evil Roman Senator. Having said that, our Celtic hero's accent is from Londinium, so the casting director & dialogue coaches certainly earned their money. Special effects are quite nice, for what it's worth, even before the big hill blows its top. It's all a bit bland though, and very, very familiar. I'd recommend leaving it for DVD, but the effects are the only reason for watching, so...probably not worth bothering unless it turns up as part of your streaming package. Edit: Who keeps giving Paul W.S. Anderson so much money for these films? He's made some moderately entertaining but pretty average films in the past, but they're never going to turn a profit on these budgets Edited May 8, 2014 by BigFatTabbyDave 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeSons Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Just watched Spirited Away for the first time. A wonderful film that everyone should see at some point in their lives. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forehead7 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Edit: Who keeps giving Paul W.S. Anderson so much money for these films? He's made some moderately entertaining but pretty average films in the past, but they're never going to turn a profit on these budgets He does though. Resident Evil: Retribution and Afterlife made $240 and $296 million respectively off of $60 million budgets. Three Musketeers made $130 million off of $75 million. Even if that's not the total cost of the films, they're still clearing huge profits. Pompeii has a budget of $100 million and it's at $96 million taken so far so it'll probably at least break even. Say what you will about him (and I could have some choice words about the Resi films), his movies make money so it's no wonder he keeps getting the funding to make whatever the f**k he wants. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albino Rover Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 "We can't afford to let ourselves be guided by cultural standards, particularly now. There was a time when the average person wasn't even aware of box office grosses, but now cinema has become a sport. For young people today, that's what they know. Who made the most money? Who's the most popular? Who's popular now, as opposed to last year, last month, last week, until the cycles of popularity are down to a matter of hours, minutes, seconds, and the work that's been created out of seriousness and real passion is lumped together with the work that really hasn't." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 (edited) He does though. Resident Evil: Retribution and Afterlife made $240 and $296 million respectively off of $60 million budgets. Three Musketeers made $130 million off of $75 million. Even if that's not the total cost of the films, they're still clearing huge profits. Pompeii has a budget of $100 million and it's at $96 million taken so far so it'll probably at least break even. Say what you will about him (and I could have some choice words about the Resi films), his movies make money so it's no wonder he keeps getting the funding to make whatever the f**k he wants. Where are you getting those figures from? IMDb shows a loss at the US box office for almost everything he's made in recent years, which is generally considered to be the benchmark for success from US funders, as I understand it. Fair play to him if those are worldwide grosses; he's obviously doing very well for himself. But he's quite fortunate to have found some sensible backers. And his wife too, the b*****d Edit: just looked up the worldwide grosses; that's an incredible swing between US and RoW takings. $20m box office for Three Musketeers vs $112m elsewhere Maybe one of the few occasions that the US can claim to have better taste than Europe Edited May 9, 2014 by BigFatTabbyDave 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 "We can't afford to let ourselves be guided by cultural standards, particularly now. There was a time when the average person wasn't even aware of box office grosses, but now cinema has become a sport. For young people today, that's what they know. Who made the most money? Who's the most popular? Who's popular now, as opposed to last year, last month, last week, until the cycles of popularity are down to a matter of hours, minutes, seconds, and the work that's been created out of seriousness and real passion is lumped together with the work that really hasn't." Does anyone really make their choice of viewing based on box office? Dunno about anyone else, but if I haven't seen one of Marty's films lately, it's because it didn't look interesting to me personally. Plus I haven't enjoyed much of his more recent work, no matter how serious and passionate it may have been. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albino Rover Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Does anyone really make their choice of viewing based on box office? Dunno about anyone else, but if I haven't seen one of Marty's films lately, it's because it didn't look interesting to me personally. Plus I haven't enjoyed much of his more recent work, no matter how serious and passionate it may have been. I think his point is that, lest we forget, the value of film is way beyond the financial, and that cinephiles chatting casually about millions and worldwide grosses are what trivialises the medium. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forehead7 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Where are you getting those figures from? IMDb shows a loss at the US box office for almost everything he's made in recent years, which is generally considered to be the benchmark for success from US funders, as I understand it. Fair play to him if those are worldwide grosses; he's obviously doing very well for himself. But he's quite fortunate to have found some sensible backers. And his wife too, the b*****d Edit: just looked up the worldwide grosses; that's an incredible swing between US and RoW takings. $20m box office for Three Musketeers vs $112m elsewhere Maybe one of the few occasions that the US can claim to have better taste than Europe I took them from Wikipedia, which cites Box Office Mojo (which I just checked to confirm). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 wasn't sure where to post this but for anyone who has access to multiple regions, The Wolf of Wall Street is now on Argentinian and Mexican Netflix. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 The Italian Job (1969) Fantastic fun, and so much better than the shitey modern version 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 I took them from Wikipedia, which cites Box Office Mojo (which I just checked to confirm). Pretty impressive. Cap doffed, etc. To Paul Anderson, not you 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 The Box - a movie that seeks to answer the age-old question; would you open the door to Frank Langella? Cameron Diaz is offered a million bucks in exchange for pressing Dracula's button. Only problem is, a random stranger will die. Of course, life isn't that simple, and consequences ensue. Didn't realise this was directed by the Donnie Darko guy until the credits went up, but it's obvious in hindsight. It's an obtuse thriller that piques the interest as to where the plot is going, before turning out to be very straightforward, and a wee bit silly too. Langella's a little underused, and Diaz doesn't cheat on husband James Marsden, which will surely get somebody's Hollywood Card revoked. The film was clearly supposed to be chilling and a bit disturbing, but sadly doesn't manage to pull it off, and is ultimately unsatisfying. BigFatTabbyWife tells me that the story was originally adapted as a decent Twilight Zone episode, so maybe try that instead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Just watched Spirited Away for the first time. A wonderful film that everyone should see at some point in their lives. If you haven't already dive into the rest of the Ghibli back catalogue. I found the more obscure Only Yesterday and Ocean Waves to be two of the more rewarding, they are both not fantasies, which most associate Ghibli closest with, but both are lovely films. I saw The Wind Rises on Friday. It's a sure fire 9/10. It a biopic and therefore unlike anything Ghibli or Miyazaki has done before so it's it little hard to compere it to anything they've done previously. I heard a lot of people say "aww but it's not a proper Ghibli film" due to it not plowing a furrow similar to Spirited Away orHowl's Moving Castle, but those people can do one because I think Ghibli has always tried to be diverse in its output (perhaps they've been selective in their Ghibli viewing) and this one certainly isn't a kids film, I would question whether children would even enjoy it. Outside of animation a biopic about a Japanese aircraft designer would have been right up me street anyway so it was always going to be a winner with me. I'm sure in years to come, while I doubt it will rank with Grave of the Fireflies, Totoro of Spirited Away it will rank along side the best of the rest of Ghibli's output and certainly above the likes of Ponyo or The Cat Returns. It actually left me wanting to find out more about the protagonist... I enjoyed how it didn't follow him from cradle to grave, rather focussing more on simply on his life between c1920-1938, his most interesting years, he actually died in 1982. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Island of Terror (1966) Hokey British horror, terrible effects but great fun to watch Peter Cushing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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