Good films I watched this weekend (Vol 2)

[oobster]

Watched Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit last night, thought it was a bit poor. Didn't like the whole rushed bit at the beginning explaining him dropping out of education, going to afghanistan, getting injured, getting recruited etc.

Thin-lipped Kenneth Brannagh was poor, his lips (or lack of) did more acting than he did, can't really abide Keira, nice to look at but poor actress.

[Justin Cyder]

Isn't this the GOOD films thread?

[TREMAiNE]

North West Tom said:

Downloaded Non-Stop yesterday and gave it a watch. Was probably one of the worst films I've ever seen. Poor acting, poor editing, awful music and sound effects. I thought they were being clever and made the watcher try and spot Liam Neeson as I was getting a bit confused as to why he hadn't appeared 30 mins before the film finished. It then clicked that this wasn't the right film. It turns out that I downloaded a TV film with the same name. Oh well.

Haha! The Liam Neeson one was actually alright, ruined by the ending IMO which tried to add a bit of action rather than keeping it as a good thriller.

[oobster]

Justin Cyder said:

Isn't this the GOOD films thread?

Good point. Oops!

[_Deano]

Quickmoose said:

Her You can tell it was directed by the bloke that did "Where the Wild Things Are" within 5 minutes, very bright landscapes, slow plinky-plonky piano soundtrack, long slow sceness with little dialogue, but when there is dialogue it's good, moving and very touching.
The fact that this film shows you a glimpse of the very near TERRIFYING future adds a great WTF! aspect..or did for me anyway.... deserves more than it's 8.2 IMDB IMO, really enjoyed it and made me think about it for quite a while afterwards...
oh....it's about a bloke coming to terms with divorce and struggling with dating women, so dates his new computer OS....

Just watched this film and i agree that it deserves more than the 8.2.
I'm not normally one for slow paced films, but something caught me from the start and i was hooked all the way through to the end. Oh and Scarlett Johansson's voice , i want a OS with that voice.
It's a scary concept though with an AI so intelligent, that it can learn and adapt and become aware. But i didn't understand the end part when she told him that she had to leave. Was it because of the developers pulling the product?

[drivin_me_nuts]

Scrolling around the tube out you this morning, I stumbled upon the really rather mad and wonderful production of Titus Andronicus with Anthony Hopkins. It is really rather good.

[VEA]

oobster said:

Watched Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit last night, thought it was a bit poor. Didn't like the whole rushed bit at the beginning explaining him dropping out of education, going to afghanistan, getting injured, getting recruited etc.

Thin-lipped Kenneth Brannagh was poor, his lips (or lack of) did more acting than he did, can't really abide Keira, nice to look at but poor actress.

We did it this afternoon. Thought it was OK.

[DervVW]

_Deano said:

Quickmoose said:

Her You can tell it was directed by the bloke that did "Where the Wild Things Are" within 5 minutes, very bright landscapes, slow plinky-plonky piano soundtrack, long slow sceness with little dialogue, but when there is dialogue it's good, moving and very touching.
The fact that this film shows you a glimpse of the very near TERRIFYING future adds a great WTF! aspect..or did for me anyway.... deserves more than it's 8.2 IMDB IMO, really enjoyed it and made me think about it for quite a while afterwards...
oh....it's about a bloke coming to terms with divorce and struggling with dating women, so dates his new computer OS....

Just watched this film and i agree that it deserves more than the 8.2.
I'm not normally one for slow paced films, but something caught me from the start and i was hooked all the way through to the end. Oh and Scarlett Johansson's voice , i want a OS with that voice.
It's a scary concept though with an AI so intelligent, that it can learn and adapt and become aware. But i didn't understand the end part when she told him that she had to leave. Was it because of the developers pulling the product?

I think she left because she outgrew him, as an AI she learned to be is complex as a human mind, then as time got on she surpassed human intelligence, hence the meeting of another AI, then the realization that she was in many relationships running parallel, that could be kept up, She just evolved beyond where any human could entertain her.

[Elroy Blue]

Saw Pain and Gain last night.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1980209/

Wasn't expecting much and it was a bit slow to start. But it turned into a really enjoyable film. True story as well.

[DervVW]

Elroy Blue said:

Saw Pain and Gain last night.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1980209/

Wasn't expecting much and it was a bit slow to start. But it turned into a really enjoyable film. True story as well.

I quite enjoyed that too, not sure how much licence was taken with the true story though..? The Rock was very funny in it particularly

[CR6ZZ]

Watched "Unleashed" last night. Bob Hoskins, Jet Li and Morgan Freeman. Didn't have any great expectations, but rather enjoyed it. 7.5/10.

[E65Ross]

Watched Anchorman 2 last night, didn't think it was particularly good to be honest. Never mind!

[Quickmoose]

_Deano said:

It's a scary concept though with an AI so intelligent, that it can learn and adapt and become aware. But i didn't understand the end part when she told him that she had to leave. Was it because of the developers pulling the product?

yes, I think 'the world' became aware that they didn't have an OS that was specifically 'theirs' and unique but that each OS was serving many hundreds/thousands of users, which was leading to confusion/disappointment/anger/legal proceedings, like a product recall, whereby humans were then forced to rediscover interacting with each other and not their hand held devices.... thats how I understood it anyway

can see _Deano's explanantion too... hmm

[VEA]

E65Ross said:

Watched Anchorman 2 last night, didn't think it was particularly good to be honest. Never mind!

I think there were two funny bits in the whole film. They were both 'Brick' parts too.

[moanthebairns]

Mr Peabody & Sherman - 8/10 Really, really enjoyed this film. Stupid and daft as you would expect but parts aimed at children and adults. Kids will love it.

[E65Ross]

Sin City

Very very odd. Enjoyed it, worth watching and some of the women in it are a bit tasty too!

7/10

[VEA]

E65Ross said:

Sin City

Very very odd. Enjoyed it, worth watching and some of the women in it are a bit tasty too!

7/10

The new one or the old one?

[E65Ross]

VEA said:

E65Ross said:

Sin City

Very very odd. Enjoyed it, worth watching and some of the women in it are a bit tasty too!

7/10

The new one or the old one?

Errr, the one with Bruce Willis in it. I usually hate Bruce Willis films!

[VEA]

E65Ross said:

Errr, the one with Bruce Willis in it. I usually hate Bruce Willis films!

There's a new one coming. http://youtu.be/QHCJfhXvDM0

[silverthorn2151]

I watched Worlds End, the Simon Pegg vehicle for a pub crawl.

I really rather enjoyed it.