A movie for a tired man...

[Pogue Mahone]

Ok, tards, little help here.

I've got a 2 week old baby at home and it's my job to give her a feed at 11pm every night. My missus goes off to bed early, so I have the telly all to myself and it's a great time to watch fillums.

The thing is, I'm absolutely cream-crackered. Had bugger all sleep last night and I'll be propping my eye-lids up with matches to this evening. I would therefore like a recommendation for an entertaining, exciting and gripping 90 minutes of film-making to peruse while pouring expressed breast-milk into the lungs of my second-born.

If it's very slow-moving or has a complex plot it'll be too much for my fatigue mashed brain to take. Can't be completely brain-dead though, like Transformers 2, because that would just depress me. Some kind of sci-fi/thriller type-thing would be great. I really enjoyed District 9, for example. That would be absolutely perfect if I hadn't seen it already. I also thought How to Train Your Dragon was great. The action sequences at the end would get me through the grave-yard shift with ease.

Any ideas?

 

[Decotron]

I watched Adventureland in that type of humour and found it most enjoyable.

 

[Randall Flagg]

A Team & The Expendables

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Thanks Deco and RF.

C'mon cock-suckers, I need more suggestions!

 

[Mick1991]

Taken.

 

[Eyepopper]

The Town is worth a watch if you've not seen it Pogue.

 

[PhilipB]

Green Zone

Unthinkable

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Nice one, tards. Some good suggestions there.

What about sci fi?

Or something with monsters?

Can't beat a creature feature when you're jaded...

 

[Xander45]

Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, From Dusk till Dawn, Planet Terror, Machete.

I enjoy Roberto Rodriguez's work, well apart from Spy Kids.

 

[Scholesgoals]

try inception, its meant to be quite a simple film.

 

[Eyepopper]

Nice one, tards. Some good suggestions there.

What about sci fi?

Or something with monsters?

Can't beat a creature feature when you're jaded...

Underworld 1 & 2

Kate Beckinsale in tight rubber

 

[Xander45]

Fifth Element is a good sci-fi/action one if you haven't seen it. Although chances are you will have.

 

[R.N7]

Nice one, tards. Some good suggestions there.

What about sci fi?

Or something with monsters?

Can't beat a creature feature when you're jaded...

Children of Men
The Host

 

[askabob]

Star Trek (2009), The Matrix, AI: Artificial Intelligence, Blade Runner, Independence Day

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Children of Men
The Host

That would be perfect.

Unfortunately, I've watched it

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Nice one, tards. Some good suggestions there.

What about sci fi?

Or something with monsters?

Can't beat a creature feature when you're jaded...

Pandorum. Two birds with one stone.

 

[Prophet_of_Doom]

Saw Total Recall under similar circumstances a few weeks back (babysitting after a 24 hour shift). Had seen it before but it still does the business.

 

[Zebs]

I second Taken.

Although you may have to warn your wife that you will have to leave her for Liam Neeson.

 

[Decotron]

Jfk?

 

[R.N7]

Brotherhood of the Wolf is alright, has got a monster in it.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Pandorum. Two birds with one stone.

Ok, that's on the list.

Looks a bit dark and scary though. If my wee girl grows up as a self-harming emo weirdo, I'm coming after you.

 

[Ivor Ballokov]

Have you seen The Descent? Sounds exactly what you're after.

The Descent (2005) - IMDb

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Ok, that's on the list.

Looks a bit dark and scary though. If my wee girl grows up as a self-harming emo weirdo, I'm coming after you.

Have you seen Event Horizon?

 

[RedSky]

Event Horizon is a pretty good film.

Wow weird ^

 

[PeteReDevil]

Have you seen The Descent? Sounds exactly what you're after.

The Descent (2005) - IMDb

took me completely by surprise, when I watched on TV having never heard of it before.

Spoiler

When it started I thought I was in for some girl-on-girl action!

 

[Scholesgoals]

Ok, that's on the list.

Looks a bit dark and scary though. If my wee girl grows up as a self-harming emo weirdo, I'm coming after you.

pans labyrinth?

 

[Legend16]

The Town, The Hurt Locker, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Let the Right one In

 

[datura]

Survive Style 5 +

 

[Ivor Ballokov]

took me completely by surprise, when I watched on TV having never heard of it before.

Spoiler

When it started I thought I was in for some girl-on-girl action!

haha that would have been a nice twist.

Have you seen the sequel, it is hilarious, the most one-dimensional characters you'll ever see in a horror.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Hmmmm.... This seems to fit the brief.



Anyone seen it?

Looks suitably brain-dead without quite plumbing the depths of Transformers.

 

[nimic]

Serenity.

Get him to the Greek.

Snatch.

Uuuh.. sort of just throwing out random movies here.

 

[Xander45]

The Room, Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus

 

[RedSky]

You could watch 2 episodes of Firefly in 90mins.

 

[PeteReDevil]

haha that would have been a nice twist.

Have you seen the sequel, it is hilarious, the most one-dimensional characters you'll ever see in a horror.

there's a sequel?! That I've got to see then

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Survive Style 5 +

The Room, Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus

Please bear in mind I won't be able to get high first

 

[datura]

Going for a series might be an idea, I'm re-watching Twin Peaks at the moment.

 

[RedSky]

band of brothers, watch one of those a night? Plenty of stuff to go for.

 

[Xander45]

Battle Royale is a cracking film, although another you've probably already seen.

Hmm.. a lot of the films i like involve large numbers of people dying, better balance it out,

Moon.

 

[RedSky]

Moon.

That'll send him to sleep.

 

[Xander45]

Yeah but i was trying to balance out my bloodbaths.