port-ton Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 'Now you see me' After the first 30 mins I would have given it a 9/10 as it was the beginnings of an excellent movie. After that it slowly started going downhill fast to the point that it turned into a movie with car chases etc in it which was totally out of place with the sort of movie it promised to be. Everyone loves a good movie based on magic, and if its done properly then it's magnificent. More often than not though the reveal is always a complete cop-out that wastes every bit of investment you've put into the previous 2 hours. This had seriously one of the worst endings ever that made absolutely no sense and completely ruined the movie. They could have ended the film in a much simpler way that made sense but tried to be too smart but they mistook being smart for doing something so stupid and unrealistic that no one would ever think of it. I feel the exact same way in this movie as I felt after watching the prestige. Cheated and having wasted 2 hours actually enjoying a movie only to have it ruined by a cop-out ending. 2/10 for at least having the opening 30 minutes which was great. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haters Gonna Hate Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 The last four nights I have watched Airplane, The Rock, Enemy of the State and Air Force One. They don't make em like that anymore! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 (edited) Upstream Color : second film by the guy who did Primer. He directs, produces, writes, acts, scores and probably grips as well. It's a very WTF film, quite hard to describe, except to say it's a vaguely sci-fi movie that's also a crime film, that has a 'love' story at its heart, but that it mixes all this stuff up and cuts the narrative up and is very obviously 'arty'. Gets you thinking and is rather spellbinding. 9/10 Edited September 7, 2013 by Christophe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 (edited) Angel Heart pretty obvious rourke was doing it himself eh? 5/10 Edited September 7, 2013 by Christophe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Point Blank French thriller, great plot, high octane stuff with loads of great chase sequences. reminded me of Tell No One a bit. Yeah, smashing. 7.5/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Withnail & I Rewatched this the other day, still my favourite film evar 10/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. What a fucking load of absolute shite. 0/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Monsters Uni. I laughed and actually somehow enjoyed it. 8/10 Outstanding film, I laughed at the stoner monster relentlessly throughout 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lau03143 Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Eye for an Eye Sally Field, Ed Harris and Kiefer Sutherland in this film about rape, murder and revenge. Quite good 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDevil96 Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Oz: The Great and Powerful - 2/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Silent Souls 8.1/10 Film set in desolate north west Russia about a bloke whose wife dies and with a friend they go on a three day ritual to commit her body. Rich with folklore and tradition and metaphors involving birds and water and other stuff. I found this lyrical and moving. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing gravie Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Despicable me 8/10 Great story, some great laughs and of course there's the minions!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballfan25 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Argo 9/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballfan25 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 South Park movie 9/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustOneCornetto Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Wild At Heart A must for fans of David Lynch films, always surreal sometimes funny with a whole host of weird and creepy characters, none more so than Willem Dafoe as 'Bobby Peru'. Watching Nicholas Cage trying to be like Elvis throughout is quite amusing. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathead Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Manic - 6.5/10 2001 independent film featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. Interesting to see them in the early stages of their careers in roles so far removed from their current work. Don Cheadle also played a prominent role and Michael O'Neill featured briefly. I watched it all on YouTube. Despite its amateurish appearance it's a decent watch. After seeing this I decided to watch (500) Days of Summer. Not the type of film I'd usually watch and I did struggle with it at times but ultimately I quite enjoyed it. I'm planning to re-watch it over the next couple of days to try to get to grips with it a bit more but on first viewing I'd probably give it 7.5/10. Also watched The Departed which was way more up my street. What a film. First time I'd watched it and I went in with pretty high expectations but it completely surpassed those. Despite having only watched it once I'd probably say it's my favourite film ever. 10/10 unquestionably. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 After seeing this I decided to watch (500) Days of Summer. Not the type of film I'd usually watch and I did struggle with it at times but ultimately I quite enjoyed it. I'm planning to re-watch it over the next couple of days to try to get to grips with it a bit more but on first viewing I'd probably give it 7.5/10.I fucking hated it the first time I watched it, now I love it. Definitely better on the second viewing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albino Rover Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 500 Days... is better than your average soppy romantic comedy and I still enjoy watching it even after seeing it 3 or 4 times, but like 50/50 a lot of it annoys me and the potential seems greater than the product. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDom Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Got plenty of use from my Cineworld card today... 2 Guns ( 2013 ) It was pretty much what I was expecting from it. Guns, explosions, witty lines and good performances. Wahlberg in particular was a lot of fun, but Bill Paxton was brilliant as well, and we didn't see nearly enough from him. 6/10 You're Next ( 2011 ) This is a bit brilliant this. The first ten minutes left me asking "Am I supposed to be taking this seriously?" and then the question was soon answered with a resounding "no!" and things just kept getting better from there. Some amazing timing in places, some cracking ( and at times hilarious ) nods to movies past and a little present, and then of course there are the deaths, a couple of which you don't know whether to cringe or roll around the floor laughing. VERY impressive movie. 9/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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