The Film Thread

[The Wengerbabies]

Pearl Harbor, is this a decent war movie or some soppy chick flick?

[Master Splinter]

Pearl Harbor, is this a decent war movie or some soppy chick flick?

The latter.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pM8PrqY5Rg

[Cripps_orig]

Bought a few DVDs today

9
Godfather trilogy
Resident evil afterlife
Shutter Island
The Hurricane
Scott Pilgrim etc

[The Wengerbabies]

Bought a few DVDs today

9
Godfather trilogy
Resident evil afterlife
Shutter Island
The Hurricane
Scott Pilgrim etc

Cripps?

[Master Splinter]

I watched Orphan the other night.

Some interesting themes wrapped up in a familiarly generic package.

[Marc Overmars]

The Karate Kid remake. :bow:

Really enjoyed it.

Jaden Smith is awesome.

[The Wengerbabies]

The hunt is on for an actor to play dead terror chief Osama bin Laden.
Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow has been given the go-ahead to make a film about the killing of the al-Qaeda leader.
She and screenwriting partner Mark Boal were already working on a movie about the US Navy Seals.


It will now be re-worked to add the 40-minute fire fight involving the elite troops at the Pakistan compound.
Due to be released next year, the film’s working title is Killing Bin Laden.
Amy Pascal, of Columbia’s parent company Sony, which bought the rights, said: “Kathryn and Mark have an outstanding perspective on the team hunting the world’s most wanted man.”
Bigelow and Boal made the hard-hitting Iraq movie The Hurt Locker, which won five Academy Awards in 2010, beating Avatar to the Best Film Oscar.


Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2011/05/26/oscar-winning-director-kathryn-bigelow-is-making-osama-bin-laden-the-movie-115875-23157063/#ixzz1NT3PUVzR
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:popcorn:

Hopefully they do a better job then they did with The Hurt Locker.

[danisinkz]

lol i can see the extremists up in arms about that one!

[Master Splinter]

That guy who played Mohinder's dad in Heroes and was also in The Mummy is a must for Bin Laden.

Or Dev from Coronation Street.

[V-Pig]

I just watched Slaughterhouse-5. Not really the sort of film you can easily explain or get people to care about unless they're already familiar with it, or the book. I first read it about a decade ago, and only just came across the film.

Author Kurt Vonnegut said of the film version that "I drool and cackle every time I watch that film, because it is so harmonious with what I felt when I wrote the book."

Worth a watch, for sure.

[The Wengerbabies]

That guy who played Mohinder's dad in Heroes and was also in The Mummy is a must for Bin Laden.

Or Dev from Coronation Street.
Any asian/arab with a beard could do it, they all look the same

[Master Splinter]

Any asian with a beard could do it, they all look the same
:gp:

Bin Laden and Jackie Chan are basically twins.

[The Wengerbabies]

Kaiser; Green Zone was indeed much better than The Hurt Locker.

I think this is because The Hurt Locker was mainly focused on following the soldiers, more specifically soldiers from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, on their day to day lives which is pretty boring tbh and probably why I felt their was no plot (at the end I was thinking oh is that it?) because there was no real plot it was just following the soldiers as they did what they do.

Whereas Green Zone is more about the political aspect and the reasons why we went to war with one rogue soldier determined to get to the bottom of the bullshit. This makes for a much more interesting story, primarily because it actually has a plot.

So yeah good film 8/10.

[Letters]

OMGOMGOMG!

http://www.wimp.com/themuppets/

:dance:

[Cripps_orig]

Just watched Scott Pilgrim vs The World

What a piss poor film.

Expected better from Cera

4/10

[Cripps_orig]

Shutter Island :bow:

Leo has become a great actor. Well he was a good child actor but then a couple of shockers (Romeo and Juliet and Titanic) and his career went in to freefall but has been in some great films the last few years

8/10

Starship Troopers 3 and Star Trek tonight

[Marc Overmars]

Shutter Island was good but I thought it was a bit too elaborate.

[Young Guns 11]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VdONYkKFmQ

From the makers of 300 unsurprisingly.

[Cripps_orig]

Looks good

[Young Guns 11]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8ccSiH4olo

Will definately be watching this.

[Kaiser]

Kaiser; Green Zone was indeed much better than The Hurt Locker.

I think this is because The Hurt Locker was mainly focused on following the soldiers, more specifically soldiers from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit, on their day to day lives which is pretty boring tbh and probably why I felt their was no plot (at the end I was thinking oh is that it?) because there was no real plot it was just following the soldiers as they did what they do.

Whereas Green Zone is more about the political aspect and the reasons why we went to war with one rogue soldier determined to get to the bottom of the bullshit. This makes for a much more interesting story, primarily because it actually has a plot.

So yeah good film 8/10. Yeah, I pretty much agree.

[Cripps_orig]

Starship Troopers 3

Decent eye candy, good to see the main actor back as well. Not as good as the first, much better than the 2nd. 6/10

Star Trek

Never was a Star Trek fan but this is a decent film. 7/10

Tonight, i start the 7 Star War films :dance:

[Young Guns 11]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mObK5XD8udk

:bow:

[Ernesto]

Thought Shutter Island was great myself. I can see where you're coming from, MO. Was there much need for the re-enactment of the Dachau Massacre??

[Cripps_orig]

Phantom Of The Menace - 6/10

Attack Of The Clones - 7/10

Revenge Of The Sith - 8/10

Got better as it went along but not a patch on the originals which il start tonight :dance:

[MissHandbag]

Took myself to watch 'Attack the block' at the weekend - loved it. My favourite line; 'Smells like a shit did a shit.'

[Cripps_orig]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8ccSiH4olo

Will definately be watching this.
Will be going to watch this either this week or next.

Xmen films :bow:

[The Wengerbabies]

Phantom Of The Menace - 6/10

Attack Of The Clones - 7/10

Revenge Of The Sith - 8/10

Got better as it went along but not a patch on the originals which il start tonight :dance:
7,7,9 for me

Also I prefer the prequels, the originals are pretty boring tbh.

[Master Splinter]

Phantom Of The Menace - 6/10

Attack Of The Clones - 7/10

Revenge Of The Sith - 8/10

Got better as it went along but not a patch on the originals which il start tonight :dance:
They're all embarassing, but at least The Phantom Menace had Darth Maul and that excellent battle at the end. Darth Maul should have his own film tbh.

[Master Splinter]

Xmen films :bow:
Apart from 3 and the Wolverine spin-off.

[Cripps_orig]

Apart from 3 and the Wolverine spin-off.

Those are the 2 i have on DVD as well.

Need to get the first 2 to complete the set.

Ive liked them all. Like all the Marvel films tbh. Not seen a bad one yet and i know my films

[MissHandbag]

Completely disagree with that TWB and MS - Empire strikes back was far superior to any of the later stuff I reckon

[Marc Overmars]

I still haven't seen a Star Wars movie. Need to get round to it at some point. Don't they go in a weird order or something?

[MissHandbag]

Yeah the last 3 were written as prequels

Thought phantom menace was the worst

[LDG]

Watched Pirates last night. Depp is so cool. I wanna be him.....well, Jack Sparrow anyway.

[MissHandbag]

Next on my list though might go watch attack the block again

[Cripps_orig]

I still haven't seen a Star Wars movie. Need to get round to it at some point. Don't they go in a weird order or something?
If you watch them in terms of when they were made then its films 4,5,6 then 1,2,3

If you want to watch in story line order then start off with Phantom Menace and end with Return Of The Jedi

Mrs H, i agree about Empire Strikes Back. Best of the lot. Watched that last night

[Master Splinter]

Completely disagree with that TWB and MS - Empire strikes back was far superior to any of the later stuff I reckon

I was saying all the new ones were poor!

The original three were enjoyable.

And Pirates 4 is as awful as the second and third films. Perplexing that a $250 million budget can be wasted on such an unfocused, uninteresting, noisy, pointless mess. Shame on Johnny Depp for keeping this rubbish going.

Hope his next Burton project makes up for his recent run of average films (Sweeney Todd aside).

[Master Splinter]

Ive liked them all. Like all the Marvel films tbh. Not seen a bad one yet and i know my films
You even like The Fantastic Four 1 and 2? They're absolutely awful. As is Elektra.

[Cripps_orig]

I forgot about Elektra tbh.

That was pretty bad.

FF1 and 2 are as good as it gets in terms of films

[Master Splinter]

FF1 and 2 are as good as it gets in terms of films
Seriously? Are you the TWB of the film section?

[The Wengerbabies]

I forgot about Elektra tbh.

That was pretty bad.

FF1 and 2 are as good as it gets in terms of films
FF being Fast&Furious?

[Cripps_orig]

FF being Fast&Furious?

Fantastic 4

Anyway watched the original 3 Star Wars

A New Hope - 9/10

Empire Strikes Back - 9/10

Return Of The Jedi - 8/10

Watching the bonus features. Pretty impressive stuff in this. The amount of problems they suffered in the making of the first film and still to come out with a classic is genius

[Marc Overmars]

Get Him to the Greek.

Pretty good, plenty of lol's to be had like all these Judd Apatow films. Russell Brand does a good job as well which surprised me.

The scene when they smashed up the hotel room after smoking the "jeffery" had me in stiches. :lol:

[The Wengerbabies]

Fantastic 4


Oh not seen them.

[Cripps_orig]

Oh not seen them.

Good films they are.

Watched Star Wars The Clone Wars

Very poor. 4/10

[Syn]

Tarantino's so fucked up. I've got a long way to go.

[Letters]

Get Him to the Greek.

Pretty good, plenty of lol's to be had like all these Judd Apatow films. Russell Brand does a good job as well which surprised me.

The scene when they smashed up the hotel room after smoking the "jeffery" had me in stiches. :lol:

Saw that on a plane. I lol'd. Don't like Russel Brand doing standup but he is pretty good in films.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

this may be a little old

but we don't get movies over here that the Japanese may not get

but my mate lent me 4 lions the other day

haven't had a such a laugh about something that is so very possible and dangerous at the same time in ages

made me look at myself in the mirror and wish a few others did at the same time and say 'WTF'

and at the same time made me wish I was back at home but also glad to that I'm not -

This is England - although set in a different time (was about 10 back then) amde me feel the same way

[Cripps_orig]

X Men First Class :bow:

Great film

[Young Guns 11]

Get Him to the Greek.

Pretty good, plenty of lol's to be had like all these Judd Apatow films. Russell Brand does a good job as well which surprised me.

The scene when they smashed up the hotel room after smoking the "jeffery" had me in stiches. :lol:


I really liked that film. Really loved the bit in the car where he's still having the effects of adrenaline :lol:

[Syn]

Someone who knows Film has recommended:

1) Terry - the movie (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52638942372"

2) Catfish (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1584016/)

Both documentary-types and supposed to be excellent. I'll hopefully get round to watching them next week.

[Letters]

I was somewhat underwhelmed by Catfish.
If you've been on this place long enough you've seen it all before...

[Marc Overmars]

I really liked that film. Really loved the bit in the car where he's still having the effects of adrenaline :lol:

I haven't laughed as much for a comedy since Step Brothers. It had so many little WTF moments in it...like when Aldous sniffs that ant while trying to calm Aaron down..."ok, I probably shouldn't have done that." :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Watching Ace Ventura tonight

[Syn]

I was somewhat underwhelmed by Catfish.
If you've been on this place long enough you've seen it all before...


Just watched it. :lol:

That woman is DF/joker.

[Letters]

Just watched it. :lol:

That woman is DF/joker.

Aye, all a bit mental but those who remember the fourths it's nothing new really.

[The Wengerbabies]

Saving Private Ryan is on C4 tonight, not seen this, shall record it and watch at a later, undecided as of yet, date.

Seems to have a good cast Vin Diesel, Tom Hanks and Matt Damon.

[Young Guns 11]

Watching Ace Ventura tonight

:bow:

[Xhaka Can’t]

http://i.imgur.com/Pz2cA.jpg

[Xhaka Can’t]

http://i.imgur.com/wknPt.gif

[Kaiser]

http://i.imgur.com/Pz2cA.jpg

:haha:

[Cripps_orig]

Ace Ventura 8/10

Watching the 2nd one now

[Cripps_orig]

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

7/10

Not as good as the first but a laugh nevertheless

[The Wengerbabies]

Saving Private Ryan - 9/10

[Cripps_orig]

Watching Arlington Road.

A great film. The ending imo is the best ive seen from all the films ive ever seen

[Cripps_orig]

Watching Arlington Road.

A great film. The ending imo is the best ive seen from all the films ive ever seen

9/10

[Cripps_orig]

Blade trilogy tonight :bow:

[Marc Overmars]

In the process of downloading the first Star Wars movie (IV). Looking forward to it.

[Cripps_orig]

You've decided to go the 4, 5, 6 then 1, 2, 3 route?

Good choice.

If you watched the new ones first, it might have put you off watching the rest.

Dont get me wrong, they are decent but the originals piss on them

[Marc Overmars]

Yeah, thought I'd gain more by watching them in the order they were released. The beauty about prequels is that you can relate to what is going to happen, which obviously I don't know having not seen the originals.

[MissHandbag]

took my 12 year old to see Hangover 2 at the weekend and though neither of us saw the first and my expectations were low - loved it.

[LDG]

took my 12 year old to see Hangover 2 at the weekend and though neither of us saw the first and my expectations were low - loved it.

Loved the first one. Heard mixed reviews about the second, so not sure whether to just wait for the DVD. If it's half as good as the first, then I can't wait.

[Chrissie]

Brian loved Hangover 1 and 2 as I did. Well worth seeing.

[The Wengerbabies]

took my 12 year old to see Hangover 2 at the weekend and though neither of us saw the first and my expectations were low - loved it.
Yeah, I didn't think I'd like the first (haven't seen 2 yet) but I loved it, it was a brilliant comedy. Second looks exactly the same as the first (just a different location) so I'll probably wait for the DVD.

[Master Splinter]

Blade trilogy tonight :bow:
I forgot to mention Blade 3 as another rubbish Marvel film. The First two were good though.

[Cripps_orig]

Not as good as the other 2, agreed but like most Marvel films, still pretty damn good.

Jessica Biel :bow:

Triple H :bow:

[Master Splinter]

Blade 3 must feature the worst representation of Dracula ever.

Is Snipes still in jail?

Demolition Man :bow:

Passenger 57 :bow:

Classic schlock.

[The Wengerbabies]

Demolition Man :bow:

Passenger 57 :bow:

Classic schlock.

:gp:

[Syn]

Watched 'Fire in Babylon'. Great story.

Sir Viv - that is what you call a man. :bow:

[Letters]

http://www.totalfilm.com/news/human-centipede-ii-banned-by-bbfc



The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) has been rejected by the British Board of Film Classification because it is “sexually violent and potentially obscene”.
The relatively rare decision has been made because the second film features “unacceptable material” throughout.
This means the DVD won't be able to be supplied legally anywhere in the UK.
Last year, The Human Centipede (First Sequence) was released, uncut, as an 18, and featured three subjects sewn together end-to-end by an insane doctor.
A report by the BBFC draws focus to two scenes, one of which features sandpaper, another of which features barbed wire, both in places of extreme discomfort.
"The first film dealt with a mad doctor who sews together three kidnapped people in order to produce the ‘human centipede’of the title," says the report, by BBFC director David Cooke.
"Although the concept of the film was undoubtedly tasteless and disgusting, it was a relatively traditional and conventional horror film and the Board concluded that it was not in breach of our Guidelines at ‘18’.
"This new work, The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence), tells the story of a man who becomes sexually obsessed with a DVD recording of the first film and who imagines putting the ‘centipede’ idea into practice."
The report goes on to say the sequel focuses on: “the sexual arousal of the central character at both the idea and the spectacle of the total degradation, humiliation, mutilation, torture and murder of his naked victims".
"The explicit presentation of the central character’s obsessive sexually violent fantasies is in breach of Classification Guidelines and poses a real, as opposed to a fanciful, risk that harm is likely to be caused to potential viewers."
Cook justified the ban by saying: "“It is the Board's carefully considered view that to issue a certificate to this work, even if confined to adults, would be inconsistent with the Board's Guidelines, would risk potential harm within the terms of the VRA, and would be unacceptable to the public."


Oh well, won't take MrsL to see that after all then.

[LDG]

:haha:

Why would people want to watch that anyway??

[The Wengerbabies]

BBFC piss me off. Once a film has an 18 rating anything should go, who are they to decide what an adult can and can't see. They also savagely cut films for no good reason eg. Under Siege. Bastards.

[The Wengerbabies]

True Lies 10/10

Arnie :bow:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E089FnwgUc

:bow:

[Master Splinter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8K87H3T1UU&feature=related

Commando :bow:.

[The Wengerbabies]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8K87H3T1UU&feature=related

Commando :bow:.
:gp:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wk-jT9rn-8

Yeah he did. :bow:

[Master Splinter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFKSX-gFfjo
:haha:

:bow:.

[The Wengerbabies]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFKSX-gFfjo
:haha:

:bow:.
Not seen that. Just been added to my 'to watch' list.

[Master Splinter]

Worth it just for that "nowwwwww" scene tbh.

[The Wengerbabies]

Worth it just for that "nowwwwww" scene tbh.
Anything with Arnie in is worth it.

What a man :bow:

Hope he gets back to acting soon, never seen a bad film from him.

[Coney]

I just watched Slaughterhouse-5. Not really the sort of film you can easily explain or get people to care about unless they're already familiar with it, or the book. I first read it about a decade ago, and only just came across the film.

Author Kurt Vonnegut said of the film version that "I drool and cackle every time I watch that film, because it is so harmonious with what I felt when I wrote the book."

Worth a watch, for sure.


That is interesting because I read Slaughterhouse 5 many years ago and if Vonnegut says the film works then I will have to see it. I didn't realise there was a film too!

[Cripps_orig]

Blade - 9/10

Blade 2 - 8/10

Blade Trinity - 7/10

Great trilogy and having watched the behind the scenes features on Trinity, there are hopes of a 4th Blade film

[Marc Overmars]

Star Wars downloaded. Will probably watch it later this week. :popcorn:

[V-Pig]

That is interesting because I read Slaughterhouse 5 many years ago and if Vonnegut says the film works then I will have to see it. I didn't realise there was a film too!

No, nor me, but it was quite rewarding. It's ages since I read the book, though, so I was mainly going on what he said about it.

[Cripps_orig]

Crash

Pretty good. Seen it before but not for some time.

8/10

Watching Devil now. Never heard of it before now but was made by M Night Schmalala whatever and hes made some good films so should be good

[milla]

Watched the new Jack Sparrow and X-men first class. Cant wait to see the new Transformers and the second part of Deadly Hallow. :good:

[Ernesto]

X-Men: First Class is exactly that- first class.




Hugh Jackman :bow:

[Ollie the Optimist]

saw the new pirates of the Caribbean, loved it. story line is a bit iffy but then i watch it more cos i love the characters then the stories. johnny depp is brilliant in it

[Nozza!]

Oi, geezers, saw Le quattro volte, top notch arty bollocks...

[Letters]

The Devil Wears Prada.


Meh. Not great but was OK I guess.

[MissHandbag]

The Devil Wears Prada.


Meh. Not great but was OK I guess.

I like that film

[Cripps_orig]

Devil 7/10

Pretty good.

M Night Schmalalala :bow:

Not seen a bad film of his yet

[Letters]

Have you not seen 'The Happening'? :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Nope, not yet.

Been intending to. Isnt that the one with Mark Wahlberg in it?

Very good actor.

[Letters]

Oh noes! Grass! And wind!
:lol:
Terrible film.

[MissHandbag]

Have you not seen 'The Happening'? :lol:

Yeah - shit

[Master Splinter]

I like that film
Given your name, not surprising.

[Master Splinter]

Oh noes! Grass! And wind!
:lol:
Terrible film.
:haha:

That should have been everyone's review of that film.

Absolutely shockingly bad it was. A four hour static camera shot of a leaf would have been more worthwhile.

[Master Splinter]

X-Men: First Class is exactly that- first class.




Hugh Jackman :bow:

:lol: That was probably the best bit.

I thought First Class was caught between trying to be an intelligent character study and a big summer superhero blockbuster. It didn't develop either enough to be fully cohesive. It had some great scenes and performances, coupled with some cheesy ones that didn't really work. It also seemed far too rushed, with none of the characters fleshed out enough. Michael Fassbender was excellent. Maybe the Magneto film they had planned would have been a better idea. The next installment has the potential to build on First Class, but this first prequel was a good, if slightly underwhelming effort. Also, Beast in Beast Mode was shit. X-Men 2 is still the best in the series.

[The Wengerbabies]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAlGUO4el_0&feature=player_embedded

:popcorn:

[LDG]

Kill Bill Vol 2 was on last night. Love it.

Uma :loveblush:

[MissHandbag]

Given your name, not surprising.

Maybe - but you should know the history of my name - I was adopted as MissHandbag when in Amsterdam - the Dutch term for faghag (because of my effortless dirty dancing on stage with gay men)- I'm not into fashion, designer labels and poncey shit.

And my favourite film is Lord of the rings (nothing to do with gay men I might add)

[Cripps_orig]

Cross

Never heard of it before yesterday but bought it on DVD more for the actors in it rather than the film.

Enjoyable film 7/10

Despicable Me 9/10

Brilliant. Didnt realise Russell Brand did one of the voices til after i watched the film otherwise i probably wouldnt have bought it but despite that, a very good film

[Young Guns 11]

Watched X Men: First Class at the cinema yesterday, disappointing really.

[Master Splinter]

Maybe - but you should know the history of my name - I was adopted as MissHandbag when in Amsterdam - the Dutch term for faghag (because of my effortless dirty dancing on stage with gay men)- I'm not into fashion, designer labels and poncey shit.

Just being facetious! Interesting history lesson though.

[Master Splinter]

Enjoyable film 7/10



When is Enjoyable Film 2 out?

[Cripps_orig]

When is Enjoyable Film 2 out?

Next summer. Could be 2012s big hit

[Cripps_orig]

:lol: That was probably the best bit.

I thought First Class was caught between trying to be an intelligent character study and a big summer superhero blockbuster. It didn't develop either enough to be fully cohesive. It had some great scenes and performances, coupled with some cheesy ones that didn't really work. It also seemed far too rushed, with none of the characters fleshed out enough. Michael Fassbender was excellent. Maybe the Magneto film they had planned would have been a better idea. The next installment has the potential to build on First Class, but this first prequel was a good, if slightly underwhelming effort. Also, Beast in Beast Mode was shit. X-Men 2 is still the best in the series.
You think too much.

Just sit back and enjoy what is a quality film.

Agree with the Beast point though. Looked better in X men 3

Great film that is

[The Wengerbabies]

You think too much.

Just sit back and enjoy what is a quality film.

Pretty much, not seen Xmen FC but why do people feel the need to analyze movies so thoroughly?

Just watch and enjoy, no need to think.

[Master Splinter]

Why do you all get so emotional and angrily invested in football? Why discuss and moan about every liitle detail?

There's far more depth and subjects worthy of discussion within a film than there is in any sport.

Unless the film stars Vin Diesel or Meg Ryan.

[Cripps_orig]

Watching Due Date. Didn't think I'd like this cos it was created by The Hangover lot and that was awful but they have redeemed themselves here.

9/10

[Marc Overmars]

Due Date had RDJ who pretty much makes every film he's in. As good as it gets tbh.

[The Wengerbabies]

I thought Due Date was a bit crap, a poor man's Planes Trains and Automobiles tbh. Gave it 6/10, I think.

[Marc Overmars]

Watched Star Wars last night.

Enjoyed it. Well ahead of it's time for the 70's. 1 down, 5 to go. :popcorn:

[MissHandbag]

Watched Star Wars last night.

Enjoyed it. Well ahead of it's time for the 70's. 1 down, 5 to go. :popcorn:


Good man, I bet you'll enjoy the empire strikes back

[Cripps_orig]

I thought Due Date was a bit crap, a poor man's Planes Trains and Automobiles tbh. Gave it 6/10, I think.

Well yeah, compared to P, T and A, it doesnt really stand up to it but after the Hangover shocker from the creators, its a decent film to watch

[Cripps_orig]

Watched Star Wars last night.

Enjoyed it. Well ahead of it's time for the 70's. 1 down, 5 to go. :popcorn:

The next one, Empire Strikes Back, is arguably the best of the lot.

[The Wengerbabies]

Paul - pretty funny 8/10

[Cripps_orig]

Watching Ghost tonight hopefully

[Master Splinter]

Watching Ghost tonight hopefully
It's terrible beyond words.

So you'll probably love it!

Road House is Swayze's best film :bow:.

[Cripps_orig]

It's terrible beyond words.

So you'll probably love it!

Road House is Swayze's best film :bow:.

Like i said, wouldnt know a good film if it slapped you across the face.

Never seen Road House or if i have, i cant remember it

[Marc Overmars]

The Green Hornet

Not bad but I don't think Seth Rogen was right for the part at all. He should stick to the stoner comedies tbh.

[Coney]

Full Metal Jacket on atm. Great movie.

[The Wengerbabies]

Behind Enemy Lines - Brilliant 9/10

[Cripps_orig]

Just finished watching Ghost.

Arguably the greatest love story ever

Whoopi Goldberg :bow:

Deservedly won an Oscar for this

9/10

[Master Splinter]

Just finished watching Ghost.

Arguably the greatest love story ever

Whoopi Goldberg :bow:

Deservedly won an Oscar for this

9/10
:haha:

You are consistent tbf.

[Master Splinter]

On Seth Rogen, he's surely the most prolific actor around. Seems to have a film out every other week. Like Nicolas Cage. And Natalie Portman this year.

Or Danny Dyer, if you count straight-to-video shit.

[The Wengerbabies]

Never heard of Seth Rogan, what films has he been in?

[Cripps_orig]

Never heard of Seth Rogan, what films has he been in?

Knocked Up, Superbad, Step Brothers, Pineapple Express, Funny People etc all of which I have on DVD :dance:

[Coney]

Just finished watching Ghost.

Arguably the greatest love story ever

Whoopi Goldberg :bow:

Deservedly won an Oscar for this

9/10


When I'm scanning to see what movies to watch, as soon as I see Whoopy Goldberg is in the cast list, I skip on to the next. I find her movies cheesey "wholesome but wise" cringe-worthy toss.

[Cripps_orig]

When I'm scanning to see what movies to watch, as soon as I see Whoopy Goldberg is in the cast list, I skip on to the next. I find her movies cheesey "wholesome but wise" cringe-worthy toss.
Other than Ghost, i dont think ive liked any of her films.

Scratch that, Jumping Jack Flash is another excellent film but them 2 apart, i wouldnt go out of my way to watch her films

[Syn]

Other than Ghost, i dont think ive liked any of her films.

Scratch that, Jumping Jack Flash is another excellent film but them 2 apart, i wouldnt go out of my way to watch her films

Would've thought you'd have been a big fan of Sister Act.

[Cripps_orig]

Would've thought you'd have been a big fan of Sister Act.

Never seen it tbh.

Maybe the first one but i cant remember it and have no intention of watching it again

[Master Splinter]

Would've thought you'd have been a big fan of Sister Act.
It's a masterpiece compared to Ghost.

She did do a voice in The Lion King.

[Cripps_orig]

One of the Hyenas

Great part

Bit surprised you have seen The Lion King.

Didnt think good films was your thing

[Cripps_orig]

Just watched Ghostbusters.

Love watching the bonus features on dvds. So much shit we didn't know about such films.

9/10

Watching the 2nd one now. Its criminal there hasn't been a 3rd film

[The Wengerbabies]

Another Stakeout - 8/10

[IBK]

When I'm scanning to see what movies to watch, as soon as I see Whoopy Goldberg is in the cast list, I skip on to the next. I find her movies cheesey "wholesome but wise" cringe-worthy toss.

I'm exactly the same! She annoys the hell out of me!

[GP]

I'm exactly the same! She annoys the hell out of me!

She's the same in Star Trek too.

[Cripps_orig]

How To Train Your Dragon

Didnt know anything about this film but what a film. Dreamworks have done it again. Right up there alongside the first Shrek film

9/10

Independence Day

As good as it gets. Great cast, great story line

10/10

Watching In Her Shoes and then Knight and Day tonight

[Cripps_orig]

In her Shoes - 8/10

Cameron Diaz :bow:

Knight and Day - 8/10

Cameron Diaz :bow:

Watching Madagascar 1 and 2 tonight

Also, just read that Spielberg is thinking of making Jurassic Park 4. Hope so.

[Marc Overmars]

The Emipire Strikes Back. :bow:

[Young Guns 11]

Braveheart :bow:

Simply fantastic

[Cripps_orig]

Braveheart :bow:

Simply fantastic
Marcs pretty good in it tbh

Endings the best bit though

[The Wengerbabies]

Casino Royale - 6/10 not great a bit boring in places.

Quantum of Solace - 8/10 much more entertaining.

I'm not much of a Daniel Craig fan tbh, I don't think he's very good in the Bond role, could be coz he looks about 60.

[Cripps_orig]

Predator - 9/10

One of the classics.

Watching the 2nd one tonight

[Arsenal Fan]

x men first class was in two words; first class.

[Young Guns 11]

x men first class was in two words; first class.

I thought it was very average

[Cripps_orig]

I thought it was very average
I really enjoyed it.

Hopefully the next one isnt a preguel though and continues the story on after X Men 3

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Just watched Robin Hood (Russel Crowe stylie) - verdict too long

Ach - Shrek?????

Toy Story for animation top drawer

[Master Splinter]

Toy Story for animation top drawer

As far as CGI-animated films go, nothing has come close to Pixar's standard yet. The Toy Story trilogy, Wall-E and Up are not only great animated films, but some of the finest films of recent times.

[Cripps_orig]

Just watched Robin Hood (Russel Crowe stylie) - verdict too long

Ach - Shrek?????

Toy Story for animation top drawer

Shrek is awesome as are the Toy Story trilogy.

In fact, Pixar have been awesome in their films bar one and that one being Wall.E which was as boring as fuck for the first half. Got better when the humans came in to it but the damage had been done.

But everyones due a bad film

[GP]

I watched Senna today.

Truly moving. What a great man he was.

[Master Splinter]

I watched Senna today.

Truly moving. What a great man he was.
Marcos :bow:

We should buy him tbh.

[The Wengerbabies]

Air America - 8/10

Mel Gibson :bow:

[Cripps_orig]

Predator 2 - 7/10

Not as good as the first but still enjoyable. Good action and a lot more people killed.

Red - 8/10

Great cast, great story line, was never going to fail

[Young Guns 11]

The last air bender was rubbish

[Master Splinter]

Lakeview Terrace.

A bit meh.

Seems to think it has something to say, but it doesn't.

And Samuel L. Jackson doesn't swear much in it. Pointless hiring him tbh.

[Cripps_orig]

Shark Tale 8/10

Skyline 8/10 Far better than what I thought it would be.

[Young Guns 11]

Shark Tale 8/10

Skyline 8/10 Far better than what I thought it would be.

I've heard Skyline was beyond awful

[Cripps_orig]

Reviews for it would suggest it was awful but I don't pay much attention to them. I prefer making up my own mind over a film. I enjoyed it. Won't go down as the best dvd I have but also not the worst.

[Letters]

Hated Shark Tale <_<

[LDG]

The last air bender was rubbish

Yeah, something has put me off watching that film. Not sure what.

[Letters]

Yeah, something has put me off watching that film. Not sure what.

Homophobia?

[LDG]

Homophobia?

Nah, I don't mind spiders.

[Marc Overmars]

Paul. :bow:

Enjoyable. I liked how the spoke about Paul having an influence on modern day sci-fi. Pegg and Frost worked great together as usual too.

[Cripps_orig]

State Of Play :bow:

9/10

Politics may be the boringest shit in the world but political thrillers are pretty awesome tbh.

Always thought Rachel McAdams was a looker as well.

Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck brilliant as usual.

Watching Step Brothers in a bit

[Marc Overmars]

Watched the first 3 Star Wars movies. Good stuff, it's nice to finally be able to piece together so much of the influence it's had on popular culture, which was previously lost on me.

Return of the Jedi was my favourite.

On to the prequels. :popcorn:

[Young Guns 11]

Anybody watched the extended editions of the LoTR triliogy in a row?

I have :cool:

[GP]

Anybody watched the extended editions of the LoTR triliogy in a row?

I have :cool:

:pal:

[Letters]

Anybody watched the extended editions of the LoTR triliogy in a row?

I have :cool:

We did it one day over Christmas one year. Got the projector out at church and watched it on a screen.
We paced ourselves, had a break in the middle of each film and between them.
Was pretty good.

I was single then, obviously.

[Cripps_orig]

Anybody watched the extended editions of the LoTR triliogy in a row?

I have :cool:

One if not the greatest trilogies of all time and probably the only films that have been better than the books tbh

[Cripps_orig]

Just finished watching Streetfighter. Didn't realise there was stuff after the credits. Hope this means there's a 2nd film. 20 odd years in the making.

What a film

Watching Superbad now

[Young Guns 11]

We did it one day over Christmas one year. Got the projector out at church and watched it on a screen.
We paced ourselves, had a break in the middle of each film and between them.
Was pretty good.

I was single then, obviously.

:lol:

Me and my flatmate did it when we were too poor to go out, made a bet with eachother that, if either fell asleep they'd give the other a tenner. Did it in 12 hours :cool:

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Shrek is awesome as are the Toy Story trilogy.

In fact, Pixar have been awesome in their films bar one and that one being Wall.E which was as boring as fuck for the first half. Got better when the humans came in to it but the damage had been done.

But everyones due a bad film

Don't know bout Shrek, the human characters freak me out......it was like being in a room of people wearing coloured contact lens!

UP was a pretty good animation movie!

[Cripps_orig]

Taken :bow:

Liam Neeson at his best. Not long enough though.

Maggie Grace looks awesome in it as well

9/10

Also watched Superman Returns. That was too long. An ok film but not a patch on the old ones. 7/10

[Master Splinter]

Also watched Superman Returns. That was too long. An ok film but not a patch on the old ones. 7/10

Superman 4 :bow:

The special effects :bow:

Also, Taken is shit.

[Cripps_orig]

Cant remember what happens in Superman 4.

Or the thrid one for that matter.

More importantly, There'll be a Taken 2 :bow:

[Letters]

3 is the one with Richard Pryor as a computer hacker/comedy sidekick.
4 is when he tries to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

Neither are as good as the first 2

[dazthegooner]

Brought the Godfather trilogy last year still haven't watched any yet might watch the first one over the weekend.

[Letters]

All very good. Even the 3rd one which isn't rated as highly, I still thought it was a great film.

[Cripps_orig]

Talladega Nights and Tangled tonight

Dont think TN is one of Ferrells best. Sacha Baron Cohen ruins the film. Hate the guy and says something his best film is the one we cant see him in ie the Madagascar films.

Never seen Tangled

[Syn]

Dont think TN is one of Ferrells best.

You sick fuck.

It's awesome.

[Cripps_orig]

You sick fuck.

It's awesome.
Only seen it the once and its a decent film but ive seen better. Anchorman, Step Brothers are better.

[Master Splinter]

Dont think TN is one of Ferrells best. Sacha Baron Cohen ruins the film. Hate the guy and says something his best film is the one we cant see him in ie the Madagascar films.


Cohen's films have been pretty shit. He was ok in Sweeney Todd though.

But the original Ali G and Borat stuff on TV was and still is brilliant. There was no need for the films.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

just finished Gangs of New York for the upteenth time

DDL = great

LDC and CD = rubbish

[GP]

You sick fuck.

It's awesome.

Shake and bake!

[Young Guns 11]

Pirates of the Carribean 4 - quite good, dragged on a bit though, probs the best after the 1st imo

[Master Splinter]

just finished Gangs of New York for the upteenth time

DDL = great

LDC and CD = rubbish

:gp:

DiCaprio is thankfully much better now. He's been consistently great since The Departed. He was good when he was young, but was iffy until The Aviator/Departed. Gangs Of New York is mostly excellent though.

[Boss]

Have to decide between Anchorman and Fever Pitch for tonight.

Heard decent things about both, tbh

[Xhaka Can’t]

http://www.stevenhumour.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/luke-use-the-force.jpg

[Japan Shaking All Over]

finally decided to give Ironman a try, first not second

[Cripps_orig]

Tangled 8/10

Team America 9/10

Pretty awesome. Great songs, great acting

[GP]

Have to decide between Anchorman and Fever Pitch for tonight.

Heard decent things about both, tbh

You haven't seen Anchorman??

What kind of fuckwittery is this??

[Letters]

Salt.

Mmm. Pretty good :)

[Japan Shaking All Over]

just watched Letters from Iwa Jima.......on cable again

prob is that being in Japan, no subtitles.......aboutbthe 4th time now so starting to get it

just now saw a trailer for a movie about 4 or 5 people stuck in an elvator......with some crazy shit going on......title over here is Devil, anyone know anything bout this?

[Boss]

You haven't seen Anchorman??

What kind of fuckwittery is this??

Hadn't heard of it in the village till about two weeks ago tbf.

Will watch it tonight, Fever Pitch was decent but nothing spectacular.

[Cripps_orig]

Tears Of The Sun :bow:

John Mclane :bow:

Kareem Said :bow:

Great film

9/10

[Cripps_orig]

just now saw a trailer for a movie about 4 or 5 people stuck in an elvator......with some crazy shit going on......title over here is Devil, anyone know anything bout this?

Watched that recently. M Night Schmalalalala with another decent film. It was better than I thought it would be

[Letters]

just watched Letters from Iwa Jima.......

I'm from Enfield :unsure:

[Master Splinter]

I'm from Enfield :unsure:
:haha:

Oh dear.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Originally Posted by Japan Shaking All Over
just watched Letters from Iwa Jima.......



I'm from Enfield :unsure:

how many times now? :ilt:

[LDG]

Watched True Grit (new version) last night and Atonement.

Both pretty decent.

[Cripps_orig]

Just got 2 new DVDs

Terminator :bow: which il watch tonight

and The Fighter.

Never seen that. Any good?

Should be getting Terminator 2 and 3 soon as well

[Chrissie]

I'm from Enfield :unsure:

Bit late but LOL

[Master Splinter]

and The Fighter.

Never seen that. Any good?



Very good. Not 'the greatest boxing/sporting movie ever' material though. Bale is excellent as always.

But then you think the Fantastic Four films are masterpieces and I don't. So our tastes probably differ a bit.

[Cripps_orig]

Very good. Not 'the greatest boxing/sporting movie ever' material though. Bale is excellent as always.



Probably shit then if you think its good. But il give it a watch and see how it is.

Amy Adams is in it :bow:

[Master Splinter]

Probably shit then if you think its good.
:lol:

Nice and predictable.

Amy Adams is good in pretty much everything, even if the film is not so good.

Now that I have said this however, your opinion must surely be that she is a poor actress.

[Marc Overmars]

The Fighter is quality, best film I've seen this year.

[Coney]

Just got 2 new DVDs

Terminator :bow: which il watch tonight

and The Fighter.

Never seen that. Any good?

Should be getting Terminator 2 and 3 soon as well

Terminator was good... and unusual in that the follow-up movies were also decent. Good trilogy.

[Cripps_orig]

First 2 were brilliant.

3rd was shit though

Salvation is good though

[Letters]

First 2 were brilliant.

3rd was shit though

Salvation is good though

I thought the other way about. Quite enjoyed the 3rd one, was silly but entertaining.
Thought Salvation was awful.
Meh. Each to their own :shrug:

[Cripps_orig]

As long as everyone agrees that the first 2 were brilliant.

Think the 2nd was better than the first though

[Letters]

Oh yeah, 2nd > 1st.
The 1st is excellent but the effects look pretty dated now, 2nd one is one of the early uses of CG in an impressive way.

[Master Splinter]

Terminator 1 and 2 :bow: both superb.

First one was almost an out-and-out chase thriller. Brilliantly tense.

Second was more expansive and had the groundbreaking special effects, as Letters said. Plus one of the greatest bad guys ever. Robert Patrick :bow:

Third was silly fun, but mostly a pointless re-tread. And that woman terminator was a bit shit.

Salvation was good, but didn't really flesh out the Terminator universe enough. Maybe a sequel would fix that? Also, Sam Worthington is more wooden than Arnie. But Arnie made wooden acting an artform. Worthington is just bland in everything.

Did anyone watch the TV series? That was building up to be really excellent. Slow-moving but an intriguing take on story. Shame it was cancelled.

[Master Splinter]

the effects look pretty dated now

So does your face.

[Coney]

As long as everyone agrees that the first 2 were brilliant.

Think the 2nd was better than the first though

But that's just me.

[Cripps_orig]

Watched Sarah Connor Chronicles. Stupid Americans canceling it.

There has to be a new Terminator film surely. They can't end it like that. We want to see John Connor kick terminator ass.

Now that Arnie is considering getting back to acting, you never know.

[Cripps_orig]

Do people tend to watch the Bonus Features on DVDs?

Watched the bonus stuff for The Terminator and it was pretty good. Lance Kendrick was scheduled to play the Terminator and Arnie as Reese but Arnie felt he related more to the Terminator character.

OJ Simpson was also considered :lol:

[Marc Overmars]

Just one more Star Wars movie to go.

Natalie Portman is a bit fit tbh.

[Cripps_orig]

Got T2 and T3 today.

Not seen either for some time. Looking forward to it

[Master Splinter]

Lance Kendrick was scheduled to play the Terminator



Who?

[Cripps_orig]

Who?

Lance Henriksen

Close enough tbh

[Cripps_orig]

Watched T2 and T3 last night.

Hmm the third wasnt as bad as i remembered.

Watching Salvation tonight but before that, going to the O2 cinema to watch the film of 2011 by far, Transformers 3 :bow:

Hope its as good as the other 2.

Sitting in the VIP section as well.

And its for free

[Marc Overmars]

I really hope Transformers 3 isn't as cheesy and poorly written as number 2.

They had a good thing going after the first one but had a shocker after.

[Cripps_orig]

Yeah the 2nd was a bit poor tbh

Megan Fox made up for it though

Shes not in this one though after comparing Bay to Hitler :lol: and she was sacked.

Hope this new bint is good.

Cant wait to see Optimus Prime and co back in action

[Young Guns 11]

Yeah the 2nd was a bit poor tbh

Megan Fox made up for it though

Shes not in this one though after comparing Bay to Hitler :lol: and she was sacked.

Hope this new bint is good.

Cant wait to see Optimus Prime and co back in action

Just watched it. :bow:

Seriously good. Really enjoyed it, best out of them.

Rosie is so fucking hot aswell. Huge improvement on Megan.

[Mr.Singh]

The CGI is just fucking great....shame amc has shit surround sound....the one in my house is better but over all its a great film

[Cripps_orig]

Just watched it. :bow:

Seriously good. Really enjoyed it, best out of them.

Rosie is so fucking hot aswell. Huge improvement on Megan.

This. Loved the film.

And yeah whilst I didn't think Rosie was anything special looking at pics of her, in the film she is stunning. Hope there's a 4th one

[Syn]

Just watched Gone Baby Gone which was just on BBC1. Excellent!

[Cripps_orig]

Saw the trailer for the Harry Potter film out soon, looks pretty good. Although there's a bit in the trailer that isn't in the book.

Haven't seen part 1 yet but as long as they don't miss out on the big battle at the end which they did for Half Blood Prince for some reason then it should be ok

[Young Guns 11]

This. Loved the film.

And yeah whilst I didn't think Rosie was anything special looking at pics of her, in the film she is stunning. Hope there's a 4th one

I'm not so sure, I really liked how they ended that film, sort of wrapped everything up well. Might go watch it again actually.

[Master Splinter]

Just watched Gone Baby Gone which was just on BBC1. Excellent!

Your posts are now officially better than Ach's again.

[Cripps_orig]

Watching The A Team tonight

Loved the tv series. Never seen the film. Hope its good and does the tv series justice.

Might also watch The Aristocats

[Cripps_orig]

Not sure about The A Team.

Not a patch on the tv show but i didnt expect it to be so harsh to critisise it for that but the black van was hardly in it and the music was hardly played.

7/10

The Aristocats - 5/10

Pretty shit

[Japan Shaking All Over]

IronMan 2 has been watched......thought it best as I only saw 1 the other day

couldnt help feeling sorry for the actor who played Rhodes in the first.......Cheadle is a fine actor (apart from the Oceans series, where is London accent is utter crap - has to be having a laugh with that?) but the other guy got shafted out of the role it sounded like

Hangover waiting to be watched tomorrow - wifes choice! had always wanted to see it but was too frightened to suggest it

[bignev]

IronMan 2 has been watched......thought it best as I only saw 1 the other day

couldnt help feeling sorry for the actor who played Rhodes in the first.......Cheadle is a fine actor (apart from the Oceans series, where is London accent is utter crap - has to be having a laugh with that?) but the other guy got shafted out of the role it sounded like
t

Apparently he demanded the same money as RDJ for his role as Rhodes which is why he was replaced!

[Ernesto]

Did you guys not think, even as bad as sequels traditionally are, that Iron Man 2 was shockingly worse than Iron Man?

[milla]

Did you guys not think, even as bad as sequels traditionally are, that Iron Man 2 was shockingly worse than Iron Man?

Saw Dark of The Moon last night, much much better than first and second Transformers. :good:

Hopefully they will introduce Ultra Magnus and Rodimus in the next movie. :pray:

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Apparently he demanded the same money as RDJ for his role as Rhodes which is why he was replaced!

that I didn't know......well suppose he deserved to be canned, thought Cheadle was more expensive than him.....(can't even remember his name)