Well that's the point. Who the feck put money into this script? It's an abomination.
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Sadly, there's a market for films like that.
Watch Baadasssss! instead.
Game of Shadows
Second time of watching and still very enjoyable. I really like Robert Downey Jr as Sherlock
Second time of watching and still very enjoyable. I really like Robert Downey Jr as Sherlock
The Avengers
Superior Marvel Comic Book film. Just throughly entertaining, so much so that I was more then willing to forgive it for the little inconsistancies/liberties taken with the story. Thought the script was sharp and the direction from Whedon excellent... and he did a great job in balancing the action between the 6 heroes, Loki and Jackson.
8.5/10
American Reunion
Urgh, I had hoped for so much more. Was a big fan of the first two films, but this seemed like a very lazy effort on behalf of the writers, who seemingly rested on their laurels and relied on your existing preconceptions of these characters as being funny in themselves, rather then actually coming up with funny dialogue/scenarios.
That's not to say it wasn't funny at all, as I chuckled a few times throughout the movie... but I wasn't brought to full-blown laughter at any point.
3/10
Superior Marvel Comic Book film. Just throughly entertaining, so much so that I was more then willing to forgive it for the little inconsistancies/liberties taken with the story. Thought the script was sharp and the direction from Whedon excellent... and he did a great job in balancing the action between the 6 heroes, Loki and Jackson.
8.5/10
American Reunion
Urgh, I had hoped for so much more. Was a big fan of the first two films, but this seemed like a very lazy effort on behalf of the writers, who seemingly rested on their laurels and relied on your existing preconceptions of these characters as being funny in themselves, rather then actually coming up with funny dialogue/scenarios.
That's not to say it wasn't funny at all, as I chuckled a few times throughout the movie... but I wasn't brought to full-blown laughter at any point.
3/10
Safe
Good all-round action jaunt. I'm a big fan of Jason Statham and this ticks all the boxes. Car chases, shootouts, fight scenes, smart alec remarks and multiple homicides. The little Chinese girl was really good in it as well.
8/10
Good all-round action jaunt. I'm a big fan of Jason Statham and this ticks all the boxes. Car chases, shootouts, fight scenes, smart alec remarks and multiple homicides. The little Chinese girl was really good in it as well.
8/10
Probably been done and talked about loads, hence why I won't waste time with a review...but just watched Despicable Me for the first time...brilliant and very funny 
Amazingly, the trailer was 10x better than the film.
Roger Ebert trolling by putting The Tree of Life in his top 10
http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2012/04/the_greatest_films_of_all_time.html
Aguirre, Wrath of God (Herzog)
Apocalypse Now (Coppola)
Citizen Kane (Welles)
La Dolce Vita (Fellini)
The General (Keaton)
Raging Bull (Scorsese)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick)
Tokyo Story (Ozu)
The Tree of Life (Malick)
Vertigo (Hitchcock)
http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2012/04/the_greatest_films_of_all_time.html
Aguirre, Wrath of God (Herzog)
Apocalypse Now (Coppola)
Citizen Kane (Welles)
La Dolce Vita (Fellini)
The General (Keaton)
Raging Bull (Scorsese)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick)
Tokyo Story (Ozu)
The Tree of Life (Malick)
Vertigo (Hitchcock)
The Pirates! - A Band of Misfits
Saw this last weekend, new one from Aardman. Decently funny, pretty much what you'd expect.
Worth a gander.
Saw this last weekend, new one from Aardman. Decently funny, pretty much what you'd expect.
Worth a gander.
Wait- what? I'm pretty sure it's completely taking the piss. The whole film was written based on a spoof advert that appeared in another film wasn't it? Deathproof, or some bollocks.
Nah, that was Machete. Different film, though Trejo(Heat aside) has made alot of crap in his time.
Yes, a shit film that spawned a handful of shit films. It was Grindhouse, of which Death Proof was part of.
In fairness Tree Of Life will either leave you thinking Malik is either a piss artist, a genius of something in between the two. I think he is something inbetween the two. Both extremes are on show in Tree Of Life.
It's based off some old bollocks yes, but there's no knowing or wit about it like there was with Machette. It's just very, very bad, and played straight.
He's planning on releasing a 6 hour version of it, which I would gladly watch as it felt like a lot of stuff got cut down in the editing, barely any of the filmed shots involving Sean Penn were used in the completed version apparently.
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Ahh, Sean Penn, champion of the fight for the Malvinas for a minuscule 6 hours. I'm sold!
I enjoyed it although it was a bit silly and very predictable. Plus the end was a bit ho hum. Neeson was excellent mind. Well worth a watch. 6.5/10
I didn't hate it that much and it had a great deal going for it but so much remained unknown and unsaid even by the time the titles rolled by interspersed by so much rather pointless soft porn that I didn't really care about the main characters. I don't like every plot point to be telegraphed and then explained I would have liked to know at least a little bit about the main characters past. All in all I'd give it a miss unless you are bored. 4/10
Won't happen, he's wanted super extended versions before...just never happy. Probably wouldn't see any of his post-Days of Heaven films if it wasn't for a studio forcing him to finally release something, perfectionist.
Huge:
A shit film about two comedians who aren't funny, don't have a routine and are not funny. Did I mention that the film lacks comedy? Self-important crap and the directorial debut of Ben Miller. Hope he doesn't make any more shite coz I like him.
2/17.5
A shit film about two comedians who aren't funny, don't have a routine and are not funny. Did I mention that the film lacks comedy? Self-important crap and the directorial debut of Ben Miller. Hope he doesn't make any more shite coz I like him.
2/17.5
That would be interesting to see although its actually the parts with Penn in them(as well as others) which don't work for me as well as i'd like them to.
The family parts work the best for me in the sense of them being a sort of literal interpretation of some of the metaphorical meanings behind the story of Oedipus.
Agreed. It's probably the weakest parts of the film so it would be interesting to see if it would come off better in another version.
The only film that it can even begin to be compared to is Tarkovsky's The Mirror, in which the main character is recollecting his past in the present day and who is barely even revealed, and it came off brilliantly. I also think the fact that Penn is such a big name mostly served as an distraction in the end.
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Chronicles.
8/10
Loved it. Fund footage stuff is getting a bit tiresome but some of my favourite films have involved it recently. (Troll Hunter) I just thoroughly enjoyed this. From them playing with their powers and learning to control felt very natural to me through to what it has to be said was quite an epic fight sequence at the the end which many larger budget superhero films could do with taking note of. Did anyone else expect it start suddenly gong all Akira and Tetsuo at the end or was that just me.
8/10
Loved it. Fund footage stuff is getting a bit tiresome but some of my favourite films have involved it recently. (Troll Hunter) I just thoroughly enjoyed this. From them playing with their powers and learning to control felt very natural to me through to what it has to be said was quite an epic fight sequence at the the end which many larger budget superhero films could do with taking note of. Did anyone else expect it start suddenly gong all Akira and Tetsuo at the end or was that just me.
I think the use of the security camera and news helicopter footage which made them smaller on the screen but having a full effect on their environment actually made the last fight feel more epic, rather than seeing close up slo mo cgi of the protagonists which jars me out of the film everytime. Been reading up on it, Akira was one of the influences for the film so it makes sense also the actor who played Andrew is up for the Tetsuo role. (Wish they'd just make it a like for like action film and have it in Japanese.)
Man On A Ledge Silly with plot holes a mile wide but if you want a bit of brainless entertainment it isn't too bad. Just be prepared to avoid examining the logic if the plot. Blokes will like it for the most gratuitous and pointless outfit change in cinema history where the skinny girl with the huge chest changes from a figure hugging outfit to a leather/fake leather body suit and taking a great deal of time to do so. somewhere between 3/10 and 5/10 or more if you are in the mood for a brainless bit of entertainment
Whenever you find the time, watch it. Watched the first 3 parts and it's absolutely brilliant. Would recommend it ahead of Dekalog since obviously it's a bit artsy, this is just a fantastic character study and wonderfully well made so great for anyone who's happy watching foreign language stuff. Love the score.
I watched and enjoyed the first part but then sort of stopped because of the prospect of putting in the effort to watch them all.
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Better than Chicken Run?
I watched this again the other night. Got over my previous misgivings and just watched it for what it was, enjoyed it a lot more this time. Good film.
Night on the Galactic Express - Two cats living in a surreal Italian landscape go on a train ride through the universe. I love it when I find films like, just so full of originality. Strange, slow moving, dream-like and good. I wish they'd still do animations like this.
Death at a Funeral (2007) - Decent, if not a bit forgettable farce.
Death at a Funeral (2007) - Decent, if not a bit forgettable farce.
Alexanderplatz was my grandmother's favourite, we watched it quite a few times together, its in my Top100 I submitted.
Just watched
The Last Samurai - Great music and Ken Wattanabe is a great actor. Very beautifully captured and I liked the dialogue a lot. Overall a very good movie in my opinion. 7 / 10.
The Last Samurai - Great music and Ken Wattanabe is a great actor. Very beautifully captured and I liked the dialogue a lot. Overall a very good movie in my opinion. 7 / 10.
Always loved that movie.
Watched a whole host of Blu-Rays of late...
Drive
My favourite film of 2011. I think I recall it not being all that popular on here(?), but I bloody love it.
This was also probably the best quality Blu-Ray from the four I watched. The visuals were more vibrant, and the audio really stood out.
9/10
Source Code
My second favourite film of 2011. Think the film manages a number of plot threads very well, and constantly keeps you interested in both the plight of the main character and the fate of the train and those it effects.
It does have it's cheesy/corny/cliche moments, but I can forgive those as it general remains fast paced throughout and constantly has me on the edge of my seat. Overall I'd say it's a throughly entertaining way to spend 90 minutes.
8.5/10
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
I remember being underwhelmed by this when I saw it at the cinema and came away thinking it was just okay, but a 2nd viewing has changed that view. I laughed quite a bit, never remember it being quite as funny the first time around, the performances are all fun and it never takes itself too seriously... which considering the plot-line, is the only way to approach such a film.
7/10
Super 8
Regret not seeing this in the cinema now... it's a very entertaining pop-corn flick with some impressive special fx (Even if they are slightly OTT at times). The film manages to make you care about the majority of the main characters, and does a good job of ramping up the intruige and tension as the movie progresses.
Also, it casts children that can actually act. What a novelty.
7.5/10
There's some pretty outlandish ratings in that list there
Yeah...all of them.