Widge Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I'm watching Edward Scissorhands for the first time. Does it ever explain why he has scissors for hands? I know he is supposedly not finished but at what point when building a man do you put massive scissors at the end of his arms? He did the scissors himself. That was the part of him that wasn't finished. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Saints Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Legend - I was disappointed. Tom Hardy's performance held it together but the script was poor. The narration throughout the movie was cringe-worthy and Emily Browning read it pretty terribly. In terms of her character Frances, Browning probably did the best that she could. The script-writers ensured that she had absolutely no personality whatsoever. I shed no tears when she popped her clogs. In fact, I was delighted to get rid of her moaning pus. . 5/10 Straight Outta Compton - With Dre and Ice Cube involved in the production, it's difficult to say how much they left out of the story in order to save face. Having said that, I thought the film was very good and extremely well-acted. 7.5/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11thHour Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron - 7.5/10. Enjoyed this one much more than the first, felt the story as a whole was more solid. Couple of really funny bits throughout and liked the amount of screentime that each character got. I will say though that Ruffalo was right poor in this I thought, considering he's a half decent actor. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Watched a ton of stuff over the weekend: Fantastic Four - a massive pile of steaming shit, and i'm very easily pleased when it comes to superhero fluff so you know it's bad 0/10. The Hellstrom Chronicle - Started watching this but there was a massive fight outside my flat so i stopped to watch. The first 20 minutes were amazing though, part documentary and part science fiction. It's about a (fictional) scientist who believes that insects will win the fight for control of the planet, The photography is amazing and the soundtrack sublime. The first 20 minutes gets 10/10 but i might revisit the rest tonight. Didn't want it spoiled with all the banging so watched... ...Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade instead which is the best Indiana Jones film, 7/10. The Longest Yard - Adam Sandler prison sports comedy, remake of the same film that was remade as Mean Machine. It's stupid, predictable, crass, hokey and smarmy, but i laughed at bits and didn't hate it, 4/10. Horrible Bosses 2 - Stupid and shit, couple of good gay and dick jokes, 2/10. Maze Runner 2 - The Scorch Trials - Really stupid and really shit. Ooooh can we trust Littlefinger? Is he the bad guys? Are the other bad guys really the bad guys or not? (HINT - They're called WCKD - World Crisis Killzone Department) Are you getting an idea of how shit and stupid this is yet? That's before they get to the stupid, shit zombies and the stupid, shit mountain resistance. Stupid and really shit, 1/10 for Littlefinger being Littlefinger. St Vincent - This was nice, good child actor, splendid turn from Bill Murray although i think his stroke sufferer impression was a bit OTT. Melissa McCarthy is really not that annoying at all when she plays it straight. Weird bit with Naomi Watts as a pregnant Russian stripper/prostitute with a hat of gold. Just nice, 7/10. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killienick Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 He did the scissors himself. That was the part of him that wasn't finished. No. He had the scissors on already when Vincent Lee was showing him his new hands. The hands then got cut to pieces by the scissors. There is absolutely no good reason for the scissors other than the fact that is looked cool. The soundtrack to this film is what we had playing when the wife and I got married. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killienick Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron 6.5/10 Enjoyable but not as good as the first in my opinion. I liked the team dynamic and camaraderie like the comics incarnation of the Avengers. Interesting relationship between Hulk and Widow. Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch were underused I feel, there wasn't much introduction or character development there and Ultron just seemed quite weak compared to his comic counterpart. I'll give it another go tonight though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 The Hellstrom Chronicle - Started watching this but there was a massive fight outside my flat so i stopped to watch. The first 20 minutes were amazing though, part documentary and part science fiction. It's about a (fictional) scientist who believes that insects will win the fight for control of the planet, The photography is amazing and the soundtrack sublime. The first 20 minutes gets 10/10 but i might revisit the rest tonight. Didn't want it spoiled with all the banging so watched... I was hoping you were going to review the fight, tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Minertaur Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 St Vincent - This was nice, good child actor, splendid turn from Bill Murray although i think his stroke sufferer impression was a bit OTT. Melissa McCarthy is really not that annoying at all when she plays it straight. Weird bit with Naomi Watts as a pregnant Russian stripper/prostitute with a hat of gold. Just nice, 7/10. Watched this last night on Sky Go. Can't argue with anything you said there. The wee lad in it was superb as was Murray. Why oh why can't I ever win anything like they did at the bookies? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurph Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 All This Mayhem Skateboarding documentary about Tas and Ben Pappas and the rise of commercial skateboarding in the 90s. Even if you don't like skateboarding, there are so many twists and turns in this. Absolutely incredible. 9 or even a 10/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Legend 8/10 Cracking performances from both Tom Hardy's. Very funny in parts, his take on Ronnie is outstanding, the Alan Partridge style voice accentuates the sheer unpredictability of the man. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the jambo-rocker Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Punch-Drunk Love 8/10 Quite liked this, mostly because it made me so animated watching some of the payoff moments, which even in itself films rarely do for me. I can totally see why Sandler was so well received in this; I actually felt giddy as f**k at the crowbar moment, as well as SHUT UP. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestersKTID Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Inside out 8/10 Went to this with the mrs at the weekend at the new cineworld in silverburn. Only 40 odd seats in the screen which was weird. A woman had placed her small child in one of our seats and gave us the look of you don't expect me to move her do you? Just move your kid to the vacant seat at your left ya daft bam. When we finally got seated the film was like every other pixar film. Great idea for a film, great voice cast, and lots of little things that only adults will get/notice. The trailer for the film was awesome and thankfully the whole scene made it into the film. The trailer for frozen in contrast didnt end up in the movie..., it was the best bit aswell. I loved Fear and Anger, brilliantly voiced by Bill Hader and Lewis Black. Black in particular was perfect as Anger. I knew his voice straight away from watching a Big Bang theory episode where he plays a Professor who goes mental. If you don't like Big Bang, that one scene with black could change your mind. A few really funny moments near the end. All in all a good watch which keeps up Pixars fantastic reputation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 The Scorch Trials I thought this was better than the first one. I think the biggest problem this has is it kind of falls into the middle ground between The Hunger Games and the Divergent series and it really struggles to find an individual voice. If you can separate it from the 'young adult' tag, it's a distinctly watchable film with a very decent young cast. There's some good experience gluing things together well, and the story is progressing at a reasonable pace. I've never read the books so I've no idea what the source material is like, but the characters do feel a little bit generic and the script can be a bit cheesy at times but I'll certainly see out the series. 6/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 (edited) Whisky Galore (5/10) Been on my to-do list for years, the shame of being Scottish and not having seen it. Decent overly-twee fare with accents sounding more Irish than Scottish in places not doing the film any harm. Some particularly funny moments, but passages of dullary too. Nowhere near the best Scottish movie of all time that some say of it, and one of the lesser Ealing comedies (looks silly when considered beside something like Kind Hearts and Coronets, for example). Edited September 15, 2015 by banana 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Minertaur Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 No Escape - Owen Wilson stars as an employee of a company called Cardiff who ends up in a rather sticky situation in Thailand. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the film - maybe being tired meant I didn't think too much about the story but it was a very tense film with a lot of action. The kids in the film annoyed me though - one getting upset about losing her teddy bear as an armed gang of nutters chase them through the hotel shooting everybody else around them 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killienick Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Hansel & Gretel - Witch Hunters 3/10 Absolute pap! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 I knew his voice straight away from watching a Big Bang theory episode where he plays a Professor who goes mental. If you don't like Big Bang, that one scene with black could change your mind. ...and we're not talking Oxnard on the beach! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiepiemuncher Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Rear window - 6/10 A man sits at his window mainly perving on everyone . It's an okay film , certainly not a top 100 film. 1 film to go Your obviously all filmed out. That is a classic. Hitchcock at his true suspenseful best. If you had seen that film at the start of your marathon I've no doubt you would've came out with a better review. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestersKTID Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 ...and we're not talking Oxnard on the beach! We're talking Oxnard IN THE ONION FIELDS 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killienick Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Your obviously all filmed out. That is a classic. Hitchcock at his true suspenseful best. If you had seen that film at the start of your marathon I've no doubt you would've came out with a better review. Spot on. It's a classic in more ways than one. The slow build up just isn't done very often any more. My Hitchcock preference is North by Northwest though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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