pittsburgh phil Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Goldeneye. Mental, ludicrous stuff. A patently absurd film. Pierce Brosnan’s first film as Bond is easily his best and one of the best Bond films overall. Despite it being complete nonsense in so many different ways (tonally being perhaps the main one given how it lurches from Carry On style innuendo to Cold War politics) it’s deeply entertaining. There are some times when I was laughing out loud at some of the shit in this film. The dialogue is often hilarious. Great soundtrack. The theme song is one of the best, although I found out it was written and Bono and The Edge, even though it’s Tina Turner who sings it. The music is iconic given it’s the same used in the game, and even the sound effects will be familiar with those who battered the N64 game. It’s a shame that Brosnan would be let down by increasingly shit writing with his other Bond efforts. His next one, Tomorrow Never Dies, is just boring and has one of the limpest bad guys ever. The World is Not Enough is disjointed po-faced rubbish with a deeply silly and ineffective bad guy. Die Another Day goes in the opposite direction and massively overdoes the stupidity and mentalness given the invisible car stuff and the bad guy who changes his face.Famke Janssen is ridiculously sexy in GoldenEye. Also, Sean Bean is a great villain. One of those films if I'm flicking channels I'll always stop to watch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 30 minutes ago, pittsburgh phil said: 3 hours ago, DA Baracus said: Goldeneye. Mental, ludicrous stuff. A patently absurd film. Pierce Brosnan’s first film as Bond is easily his best and one of the best Bond films overall. Despite it being complete nonsense in so many different ways (tonally being perhaps the main one given how it lurches from Carry On style innuendo to Cold War politics) it’s deeply entertaining. There are some times when I was laughing out loud at some of the shit in this film. The dialogue is often hilarious. Great soundtrack. The theme song is one of the best, although I found out it was written and Bono and The Edge, even though it’s Tina Turner who sings it. The music is iconic given it’s the same used in the game, and even the sound effects will be familiar with those who battered the N64 game. It’s a shame that Brosnan would be let down by increasingly shit writing with his other Bond efforts. His next one, Tomorrow Never Dies, is just boring and has one of the limpest bad guys ever. The World is Not Enough is disjointed po-faced rubbish with a deeply silly and ineffective bad guy. Die Another Day goes in the opposite direction and massively overdoes the stupidity and mentalness given the invisible car stuff and the bad guy who changes his face. Famke Janssen is ridiculously sexy in GoldenEye. Also, Sean Bean is a great villain. One of those films if I'm flicking channels I'll always stop to watch. Aye they're both quality. Xenia is also frequently hilarious with her screaming and expressions when she kills guys via her thighs or is getting off on violence. Sean Bean played the villain well with a good range going from dashing expositional tit to shouty Northern w**k. He also survives some amount of shit (point blank gun shot to the head, massive explosion, falling hundreds of feet off of the satellite relay) and is only killed when the exploding wreckage of the relay smashes in to his face. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pittsburgh phil Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 And Alan Cumming somehow getting frozen and shattered into smithereens! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 I AM INVINCIBLE! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 (edited) Bumblebee (cinema) I was highly sceptical about this film given how poor so many of the other Transformers movies have been, but this was excellent. Set in the 80s, it used its setting very well with the music, pop culture references and it’s tone felt very much like a movie of that time. There was something distinctly E.T about the relationship between Charlie and Bumblebee. I felt that John Cena was probably a bit underused and probably unnecessary but Hailee Steinfeld was perfectly cast and pretty much carried the movie on her own. 9/10. A glorious, family friendly film. And yes. I’m a grown man, watching a Transformers movie. What fucking of it? Edited December 21, 2018 by Kyle 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Gremlins. Because it's Christmas. 10/10. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Stan & Ollie - 9/10 (cinema)Saw the Unlimited screening of this last night and loved it. Steve Coogan is excellent as Stan Laurel, and absolutely nails his facial expressions during their skits in particular. Didn't make it along to this unfortunately. Looking forward to catching it in January 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Mary Poppins Strikes Back Hmm. The plot is good and there are a couple of nice moments but the whole thing is scuppered by Emily Blunt (Mary) and most of the other main characters being gash/wooden. The first 10 or 15 mins is real tumbleweed stuff. It could have been so much better. Maybe Emma Stone in the lead role could have made the whole thing more sassy and cheeky. The male leads are very weak. Films like Paddington 2 raised the bar so high that this feels a bit dated and clunky in comparison. Dick Van Dyke’s late cameo drags it from a 3/10 to 4/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Easy Rider Somehow manages to be both mesmerising and boring as f**k at the same time. 5/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Momentum (2015) Bog standard action, heist thriller set in South Africa. No idea how Morgan Freeman was cajoled into it. The ending left things open for a possible sequel? Olga Kurylenko is the heroine. 5/10 Jack Reacher : Never Go Back (2016) Pretty boring. Never go back & watch this again. 4/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Wreck it Ralph 2Really good premise, well made and pretty funny. Bit too much in your face brand advertising for my liking but I guess it fit in with the film 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 The arrival 1996 Charlie Sheen in poor alien film that’s dated badly. Chucked it half way through. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Carlito's Way Classic Al Pacino gangster flick. One I go back to every couple of years. Damn near perfect. 10/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Unbroken (2014) Based on the experiences of Louis Zamperini, a US olympic athlete, serving in the US Air Force, who's plane was shot down by the Japanese in WW2. 50 days adrift in the ocean with 2 of his crew, they are picked up by the Japanese Navy. He is singled out brutally by "The Bird", the Japanese p.o.w camp commander due to him being recognised as an Olympian. Decent, inspiring film, directed by Angelina Jolie/Coen brothers. 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Wall - E i don't normally bother with Disney movies or animation but I was talking to a couple of work colleagues about the future of humanity the other day and this film was mentioned so I thought I'd check it out. I was pleasantly surprised, the vision of a toxic earth and idle people living in space stations was wonderfully realised. It was slightly saccharin in the end but it's a kid's movie so I'll give them a free pass. 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchan30 Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 I have just watched the 1st die hard for the 1st time ever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 St. Vincent (2014) Bill Murray in usual droll form, as a seemingly nasty old bum, with the usual vices - booze, gambling, sex (with Naomi Watts) but there's a lot more to him though as the story unfolds. Enjoyed it 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 1 hour ago, buchan30 said: I have just watched the 1st die hard for the 1st time ever. Thoughts? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchan30 Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Thoughts?Was alright actually (barring the shit attempts at a german accent) good action movie with the usual love interest. Was a bit predictable that the cop was go pull a gun on someone, just wasn’t sure who it would be. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 It's a Christmas classic! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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