LinkinFighter Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Contagion 6.8/10 Solid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quentin Taranbino Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Rock of Ages - 6/10 The musical bits are great and good choice of music throughout. The bits in between are turd though apart from Bryan Cranston being spanked 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 jojo, I remember going through that exact chain of thought in my mid-teens. I used to be heavily into music and spent most of my wages on CDs. One of my friends' brother is a proper film guy- he spends every minute of his free time watching films, reading about them, writing, rewriting and amateur filming, and he goes away to masterclasses about editing and all sorts of things. He's my go-to guy when I see something I really like and he'll talk about everything, really openly too, which is nice- if he doesn't like something that I loved, he'll talk me through his thoughts and he encourages me to do the same. He's quite reserved about the stuff he writes and doesn't show it to anyone, but I'm pleased to be one of the people that he talks to about his ideas. I remember I hung out with him one night when I was maybe 15 and he just showed me film after film after film, and between them talked about his favourite shots in those films, and what Kubrick did to get this effect, and how Scorsese's director of photography came up with this idea...it was fascinating. I then went through a phase of watching really great films, and some less great ones, and thinking about the technical side of it, putting the microscope over it if you like. Pretty soon I came to a conclusion that film is definitely the supreme art form- it combines craft and vision with precision and technology- it's so complicated and so hard to do, but the feeling when you've just seen something that 100% works for you is absolutely mind-blowing. I reckon Scorsese summed it up best when he said: "Cinema's a matter of what's in the frame, and what's out." Yeh, im starting to agree with you. as you say, every single thing in a set has been thought out, every shot has been thought out. Films just excite me more now, theres not really any new good music coming out any more, but there is plenty of films. Also, even a bad film is still enjoyable, most of the time. Wheras a bad album is just awful, and lets face it, most music is bad. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter Jazz Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Yeh, im starting to agree with you. as you say, every single thing in a set has been thought out, every shot has been thought out. Films just excite me more now, theres not really any new good music coming out any more, but there is plenty of films. Also, even a bad film is still enjoyable, most of the time. Wheras a bad album is just awful, and lets face it, most music is bad. Fair enough you prefer films to music but this post is verging on ignorant/bonkers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellboy1978 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Frightnight (2011) Utter pish 1/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zizou-5 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Yeh, im starting to agree with you. as you say, every single thing in a set has been thought out, every shot has been thought out. Films just excite me more now, theres not really any new good music coming out any more, but there is plenty of films. Also, even a bad film is still enjoyable, most of the time. Wheras a bad album is just awful, and lets face it, most music is bad. Never been more appropriate 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roverthemoon Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Went to see Sightseers (2012) A pretty dark British comedy with great performances by the two main leads. An enjoyable watch with some very good laugh out loud moments but not quite sure it fully works overall. As I said the leads were good but supporting cast felt a bit weak. 6/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utdtillidie Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 MIB 3 - 6/10 - Does what it says on the tin Spiderman (Newest one) - 7/10 - Enjoyable but not as good as the previous starter film. Killer Joe 6.5/10 - Strange film, not sure what to make of it. Good in parts shite in others. Got better as film went on then just ends like that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daviehaybhoy Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Inbred: Low budget British horror/black comedy. Appalling script and direction. Not even bad enough to be good. -8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 The Master Enjoyable, a little WTF? but in a good way, great stuff from Jaquim and PSH, Dern looking indredz as ever 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Pishing myself at idiots going on about Ted, winning an Oscar and shit. You shouldn't be allowed away from a telly showing Jez Kyle. Mad men. Smartass talking teddy bear was NEVER going to be anything other than pesh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Spiderman (Newest one) - 7/10 - Enjoyable but not as good as the previous starter film. Better than Daredevil, but not as good as the first couple of McGuires. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDom Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Watched a whole bunch. The Night Listener - 6/10 The Ides of March - 8/10 The Astronaut's Wife - 3/10 An Education - 8/10 The first three was a Lovefilm tripple whammy on my night shift night off. The Ides of March is terrific right from the word go, and Ryan Gosling in the lead role is terrific. An Education seen Peter Sarsgaard as an older guy smooth talking his way into the pants of younger Carey Mulligan. And by god he was a smooth criminal. Me and my mate had a good laugh watching this one as a result. The Astronaut's Wife starts badly, gets worse and just gets ridiculously bad at the end. The saving grace was some unintentional humour. The Night Listener is a good wee movie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forehead7 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 There Will Be Blood I'm not sure, I wasn't really digging it and was thinking Daniel Day Lewis was a bit overrated until the church scene with Paul Dano, both his talents and the film really picked up there. I started to really enjoy it from then on. 8/10 - probably, Daniel Day Lewis and Paul Dano were very good and probably take this up a couple of marks. I think I've got Gangs of New York on my computer and My Left Foot is on Lovefilm Instant so I'll try and see them as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11thHour Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 (edited) The Watch - 6/10. Pretty meh with a few laugh out loud moments. But generally very poor, half assed acting throughout. Vince Vaughn was funny as per but thought he had a poor performance at the same time. Edited December 7, 2012 by 11thHour 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Just back from seeing End Of Watch, I really enjoyed it, definite 8/10. Pena and Gyllenhall were great, a few pretty funny bits as well. However I feel this film could have been so much more, as has been mentioned, the black gang doesn't seem to retaliate, and after ICE(?) have a word they seem to stop going after the cartel, there was easily enough there for another hours worth and it would still have been captivating. I also agree with forehead about when they get shot and the funeral bit, pretty heartfelt stuff. BTW, Ugly Betty? If you liked this film, then watch Southland, you'll love that. Also, I feel like EoW was kinda like a feature-length Southland, but not as good. I kept expecting these two to turn up and save the day 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forehead7 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 BTW, Ugly Betty? I knew she was in it and even after seeing it, I had no idea. Had to google "America Ferrera End of Watch" to see. Mind was a bit blown. I might check out Southland over the holidays since all my regular tv will be stopping with new episodes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellstorm Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 The Bourne Legacy. Forgettable action film. If it wasn't piggybacking off the original Boune movies, very forgettable. Some good action, but missing the magic of the original trilogy somehow. 5/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Co.Down Hibee Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Had a few on sky+ . The Green Hornet. Enjoyable enough flick, Seth Rogen does a great job as the kind of hero, the action isn't bad either ,never saw any of the old tv show so no idea if it is a good comparison or not, pretty good hour and a half. 7/10 The Lincoln Lawyer very good courtroom drama , hasn't been a good one of those for a while but this is a real return to form for Mathew Mcconaughey who was also superb in Magic Mike, hopefully this is the end of him in endless pish rom coms. 8.5/10 Big Fat Gypsy Gangster Words fail me 0/10 Any Given Sunday Love this film, one of Pacinos finest performances,that team talk stays with you for life and the action is great. Cameron Diaz gives possibly her best and perhaps sexiest performance ever . Great movie all round 9/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forehead7 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 L.A. Confidential Really enjoyed this. I've never been big on Russell Crowe but he was fucking badass in this. Guy Pearce was great as well. Spacey is always fantastic. Great wee story and very entertaining. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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