LongTimeLurker Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Mockingjay part one Had low expectations for this having killed time on a very long flight reading the book a few months back. Very lazily written by an author going through the motions to cash in on the success of her initial Battle Royale rip off and second repeat of the same basic formula. The script writers managed to knock the story into reasonable enough shape in what was always going to be the most difficult installment for them to make a watchable film out of. End result is entertaining, if you can remember what happened in the first two. Probably seems completely turgid, if you don`t. Next one should be good, because they will have much more action to work with and have set the stage well for what happens at the end. 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 The Interview This seems to just be an exercise in crude jokes and how many they can fit into an hour and 45 minutes. How anyone could try and call this "satire" is anyone's guess, because it barely ever comes close to that. Horrible. 1/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Stranded - Christian Slater on the moon! Strange alien bacteria creates a new lifeform that threatens life on Earth if it escapes. Tries to ape Alien whenever possible, and fails miserably, not least because everything looks like it was filmed in somebody's garage. Slightly reminiscent of '80s crapfest Creepozoids, only less goofy and subsequently not as interesting, despite being equally bad. What happened to Christian Slater anyway? He's been doing shite like this for ages. Did he shag some studio head's wife or something? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 The American Media never really liked him due to his Strachan-esque interviews, so any slightly bad film got terrible reviews. His ego couldnt cope so he turned to drink and drugs, got arrested a couple of times, beat up his girlfriend and took a gun on a plane and never got touched by the top movies again 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Watched half of My Neighbour Totoro on Christmas Eve before drifting off due to being completely knackered - 11/10 etc. etc. Cruise of the Gods - a solid 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE KING Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 St Vincent...8/10 ...but then anything with Bill Murray in it for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 The American Media never really liked him due to his Strachan-esque interviews, so any slightly bad film got terrible reviews. His ego couldnt cope so he turned to drink and drugs, got arrested a couple of times, beat up his girlfriend and took a gun on a plane and never got touched by the top movies again Ah, so a slight case of the Sizemores, then. Fair enough. He'll be fine once Jack Nicholson finally carks it and he gets that inevitable biopic Oscar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMDP Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 I watched The Way, Way Back last night and enjoyed it. A good cast (Steve Carrell, Allison Janney, Sam Rockwell & Toni Collette) in a movie about a dysfunctional nuclear family on holiday in the USA. A solid four star film. **** -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Ah, so a slight case of the Sizemores, then. Fair enough. He'll be fine once Jack Nicholson finally carks it and he gets that inevitable biopic Oscar. Knowing his luck he'll likely die the day before Nicholson. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Exodus: Gods and Kings A fairly typical historical epic from Ridley Scott. Entertaining enough with some pretty impressive 3d special effects. A solid 7/10 for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinkle Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 The Drop - 7/10 Tom Hardy and James Gandolfini star in this. Wasnt the film i expected after i had seen the trailer however was still quite decent 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locheedfcno1 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Boyz n the hood not seen it for years. Enjoyed watching it again**** 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Jurassic park. Childhood classic and a solid 9/10! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuits Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Stranded - Christian Slater on the moon! Strange alien bacteria creates a new lifeform that threatens life on Earth if it escapes. Tries to ape Alien whenever possible, and fails miserably, not least because everything looks like it was filmed in somebody's garage. Slightly reminiscent of '80s crapfest Creepozoids, only less goofy and subsequently not as interesting, despite being equally bad. What happened to Christian Slater anyway? He's been doing shite like this for ages. Did he shag some studio head's wife or something? Loved him in true romance - one of my favourite films ever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieStevenson Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Starred Up An intense and brutal prison drama with a pretty gripping plot. A stand out performance by Jack O'Connell, no surprise at all to see he's now made it to Hollywood. Good on him! 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumigoo Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 I got my girlfriend and I Cineworld cards for Christmas so we used them for the first time today to go and see Night at the Museum (not exactly the most glamourous of opening films to use our cards on). I actually have a soft spot for the Museum films, in the same way I like National Treasure and other family action/fantasy type films. They are always fairly entertaining in an 'Indiana Jones light' kind of way. This latest Museum film is probably the poorest of the three but it is still watchable enough but it is totally forgettable. 5/10 Think we are going to see the much more serious Exodus tomorrow, just to get our fill of fantasy/history films. I used to really pick and chose the films I went to see but now with these cards I think I will end up watching any old shite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We Are Pars Fans! Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Let's be cops Much better than I expected. Really funny at some points. Well worth a watch 7/10 Sin City 2 Not a patch on the first film but still ok. Jessica Alba is stunning 6/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumigoo Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Exodus: Gods and Kings It was okay. Looks amazing and is reasonably entertaining but with it being a Ridley Scott epic it also feels like it drags a wee bit. There's a fair bit of over the tope scenery chewing too. Also, there were some horrific pieces of casting in this. It is in no way a spoiler but Ewen Bremner is in this in a tiny role but he sticks out like a sore thumb. In these films it always seems to be the case that they should really be speaking in Middle Eastern accents, but instead they do posh English with a bit of foreign. However Bremner does Egyptian/broad Scots and the result is truly terrible. 6/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyblair Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 My son wanted to go see the latest Hobbit film so crammed in the first two over the weekend and went to see the Five Armies on Monday. Top notch 3 films which I never expected to enjoy but thoroughly did. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyblair Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Watched The Interview last night and actually quite enjoyed it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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