Good films I watched this weekend (Vol 2)

[TREMAiNE]

American History X

Not as awesome as I was expecting (based on its #31 place on the IMDB top 250) but still an enjoyable, powerful film. The last few minutes really brought out the feels :'( !!

8/10




Grudge Match

Like everyone else, I was hoping to see an epic Rocky Vs. La Motta fight - sadly we didn't get that at all, just a slosh of punches. Also, De Niro's character clearly won the fight but the judges decision was for Sly's character - even though he clearly lost!?

And is it weird that as a 21 year old I found the 60 year old Kim Basinger ridiculously attractive in this?

6/10

[BlackpoolRock]

Wolf of Wall Street. I rented it off Sky store. Brilliant, in fact I watched it twice.

[clarkmagpie]

BlackpoolRock said:

Wolf of Wall Street. I rented it off Sky store. Brilliant, in fact I watched it twice.

Watched it this afternoon,
Thoroughly enjoyed it. The end was a bit of a let down, kinda fizzled out.

[TREMAiNE]

clarkmagpie said:

BlackpoolRock said:

Wolf of Wall Street. I rented it off Sky store. Brilliant, in fact I watched it twice.

Watched it this afternoon,
Thoroughly enjoyed it. The end was a bit of a let down, kinda fizzled out.

Seeing as it followed the true story fairly accurately, the ending isn't really something they could have improved on - unless they showed his multiple suicide attempts before the final scene!

[anonymous-user]

BlackpoolRock said:

Wolf of Wall Street. I rented it off Sky store. Brilliant, in fact I watched it twice.

i have watched it twice maybe a third time. it is accuse the pun, 'a roller coaster ride' film , that sucks you in.

The lambo scene is excellent.

[Negative Creep]

DuncanM said:

Bullett said:

Robocop, the new one.

Rubbish, but to be expected. It looked ok the CGI was good but that was clearly where all the money was spent as they clearly didn't spend any on the script or plot. It made no sense! it lacked the satire of the original. There was no bite, it was a mind in neutral bang bang ooh pretty film. The baddies were rubbish the goodies bland, who was corrupt was sign posted in big letters about 5 minutes in. It was full of techno babble.

It gets two points for the walking noise and the music.
Regards
I'm not saying that the original was a work of art but it had coherence, some great baddies, characters you cared about and it was taking a swipe at popular culture. I think this is a big issue with modern films, too many of them are by the numbers cash-ins carefully sanitised junk.

4/10

Original is a work of art IMO, I'll probably watch the new one from a masochistic point of view now tbh

one of my favourite films of all time. Not in a guilty pleasure way, but because it's brilliantly made and as intelligent as it is enjoyable. I was hoping the remake would fall into the popcorn category, but never expected it to be so flat and dull.

[Pesty]

RyanTank said:

The Lone Ranger (2013).

Really enjoyed this. got a bit ridiculous around the train scene. but all in all a great film.

Johnny Depp made the film tho! without him i imagine it either wouldn't have been made or have just been a flop.

6/10

Pesty said:

Adam B said:

Godzilla 7/10

a blend of:
plot 2/10
characterisation 1/10
tension 0/10
great big whizz bang CGI explosions and effects 9/10

leave your brain at the door its a pretty good Friday popcorn action movie

Absolutely spot on. I'd just add god zilla looking ' badass' 10/10

Really? 10/10!!??
We must have watched a different movie?

Read the previous post again roll eyes smiley not that hard to work out FFs,

Wait a minute you liked lone ranger maybe it is.

[anonymous-user]

My Way

First Korean film I've watched. It's about a young marathon runner, who gets drafted into the Japanese Imperial Army in WW2.

Just a fabulous film, up there with my top WW2 films now.

9/10

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606384/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 26th May 15:20

[g3org3y]

Trance.

Quite an enjoyable film with plenty of plot twists and an interesting story line. Worth a watch (but wouldn't bother buying on DVD).

7/10.

[TREMAiNE]

X-Men Days of Future Past

I'm not the biggest superhero fan but this was awesome - dare I say it was as good as the avengers?! Only gripe was the inevitable plot holes that come from a film about time travel.

8/10 - though close to a 9.


Killer's Kiss

Stanley Kubrick's first film, only 67 minutes and sadly not particularly good - it wasn't bad though.

6/10

[H22observer]

Wolf of wall street was great. Martin Scorcese films can be a bit hit & miss, but i really enjoyed it.

[rich85uk]

digimeistter said:

My Way

First Korean film I've watched. It's about a young marathon runner, who gets drafted into the Japanese Imperial Army in WW2.

Just a fabulous film, up there with my top WW2 films now.

9/10

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606384/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Edited by digimeistter on Monday 26th May 15:20

You should watch Brotherhood from the same director, very harrowing and moving

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386064/?ref_=nv_sr_1

[GetCarter]

H22observer said:

Wolf of wall street was great. Martin Scorcese films can be a bit hit & miss, but i really enjoyed it.

It was okay IMHO, but worth watching for the telephone moment alone. (And the replay of the Lambo moment), both of which were VERY funny.

Rest gets a 7/10. Too long. Slow start. Gets better.

[daddy cool]

This weekend:

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit - 6/10
Reasonable Jason Bourne/Mission Impossible type shenanigans. 2nd half more action than the first. I usually quite fancy Keira Knightley but she pulled some weird faces in this which put me off.

Ride Along - 1/10
Didn't laugh once. Felt like it was really aimed at a different target audience (the type that say "naw-im-sayin?" a lot) Awful.

Lego Movie - 9/10
Very funny, loved it.

The Machine (2013) - 6/10
Low budget sci-fi about dead/wounded service people being fitted with artificial intelligence and robotic bodies - fan of Blade Runner, Terminator & (the original) Robocop may be interested. The soundtrack was very good actually - reminded me of those films.

[anonymous-user]

rich85uk said:

digimeistter said:

My Way

First Korean film I've watched. It's about a young marathon runner, who gets drafted into the Japanese Imperial Army in WW2.

Just a fabulous film, up there with my top WW2 films now.

9/10

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606384/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 26th May 15:20

You should watch Brotherhood from the same director, very harrowing and moving

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386064/?ref_=nv_sr_1

I will, how he made that on a fraction of the budget of Saving Private Ryan is astounding! The director deserves some serious recognition ! It's a better film IMO

[Jaroon]

Oculus - American horror, nicely produced with a decent concept plus that lovely girl who played Amy Pond in Doctor Who. She's quite good so I hope this heralds a scream queen career in the states. 6.7/10

[AndyTR]

The Angels Share, good indy film 8/10

[Mercury00]

Just watched the Pixar film Up and wasn't impressed. Everyone goes on about Pixar as if they're the pinnacle of films, but for me they're mostly average. Up started off brilliantly but descended in absurdity and randomness, so Pixar remain the Apple of the film world for me. It's a real shame they couldn't continue on from the tone and maturity set at the start of the film

[Jader1973]

The World's End. 8.5/10

Thought it was really good. Unfortunate that the official soundtrack is just the score, and not the songs.

[GarryDK]

Weekend watching

The Lone Ranger - 5/10 basically Captain Jack Sparrow as a Native American.

Captain Phillips - [b]7/10[b/] really enjoyed this, the pirates were played very well.