Good films I watched this weekend (Vol 2)

[Adam B]

BlackST said:

Hopefully a few others in here watch it and give it an ok review.

always happy to have my opinion changed but I found the first one disappointing, a good premis but really badly executed

57% on rotten tomatoes doesn't bode well

Edited by Adam B on Saturday 2nd August 13:36

[BlackST]

Adam B said:

BlackST said:

Hopefully a few others in here watch it and give it an ok review.

always happy to have my opinion changed but I found the first one disappointing, a good premis but really badly executed

57% on rotten tomatoes doesn't bide well

I guess it isn't the best idea to watch the sequel if you found the first disappointing
Rotten apples gave 22% for Need for Speed whereas I thought it was good to just shut off and watch hyper cars racing and some ok car stunts being performed.

[Halb]

Possibly the best interpretation of Sinbad is on tomorrow morning at 6
Douglas Fairbanks, he had twinkly eyes.

richatnort said:

Just sitting down to watch 12 angry men. Trying to watch some more of the classic films from back in the day.

Anyone got any good oldies? No horror please

The Maltese Falcon.

[Adam B]

Guardians of the galaxy, bloody good fun with some great fx and genuine lol moments 8/10

[lordstig]

monty python and the holy grail

[K12beano]

Adam B said:

Guardians of the galaxy, bloody good fun with some great fx and genuine lol moments 8/10

Enjoyed this one yesterday too. Appropriately silly in places, good casting, the odd good gag, plenty of action and never got bored so quite well-paced.

I didn't have particularly high hopes, but would say 'better than expected' - 7/10

[jammy_basturd]

Saw Guardians of the Galaxy on Friday, the first scene with the Walkman sets the tone perfectly. As others have said, story is good, jokes are great, laughing all the way through. I'd say it's the best comic book based film that's been released so far. A solid 9/10 for me.

[Watchman]

Edge of Tomorrow

Look, I know you can criticise any time travel film regarding loopholes but if you just "go with it" it's really bloody brilliant.

It's also hard not to compare every time loop story to Groundhog Day especially as the point is for the characters to use the time to learn and in that respect this is the same, but it was a good story, great representation of aliens, and enjoyable characters.

Cruise is setting the bar for modern SciFi IMO.

10/10 - even better than Oblivion.

[anonymous-user]

Captain America the winter soldier

Much better than the first one and I enjoyed that!

9/10

[Ace-T]

richatnort said:

Just sitting down to watch 12 angry men. Trying to watch some more of the classic films from back in the day.

Anyone got any good oldies? No horror please

A Matter of Life and Death
North by Northwest
Casablanca
The Big Sleep
Some Like it Hot
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Ladykillers (original,though the Coen remake is ok)

[E65Ross]

Watchman said:

Edge of Tomorrow

Look, I know you can criticise any time travel film regarding loopholes but if you just "go with it" it's really bloody brilliant.

It's also hard not to compare every time loop story to Groundhog Day especially as the point is for the characters to use the time to learn and in that respect this is the same, but it was a good story, great representation of aliens, and enjoyable characters.

Cruise is setting the bar for modern SciFi IMO.

10/10 - even better than Oblivion.

I did enjoy this, but wasn't expecting to. But yes, did come across very much like Groundhog Day!

[Studio117]

The Expendables 3:

Quite enjoyed this. Silly amount of old action heros and doesn't take itself too seriously.

Ridiculous story and action scenes but enjoyable none the less.

7/10

[zygalski]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5TGDJJ9dIY
King of Kong
Diehard video game fans compete to break World Records on classic arcade games.
Surprisingly good. 8/10

[Justin Cyder]

Stayed up late twice this week for The Godfather & Apocalypto. Seen both loads of times, always worth a spin when they're on. One thing I noticed in The Godfather for the first time, when Michael Corleone kills Sollozo & McCluskey there is no music in the background, but the ever louder sound of of a subway train.

Late to the party for sure, but I never spotted that before & it's a very good dramatic device.

[VEA]

Watched Bad Words yesterday. Enjoyed it... probably 7.5/10

Currently watching something called Ping Pong Summer Only 20 mins or so in but liking it so far.

[Patch1875]

The house of magic - 7yo daughter 7/10 me 4/10 thought I would have enjoyed it as I love cats but I fell asleep for some of it

[Adam B]

jammy_basturd said:

Saw Guardians of the Galaxy on Friday, the first scene with the Walkman sets the tone perfectly. As others have said, story is good, jokes are great, laughing all the way through. I'd say it's the best comic book based film that's been released so far. A solid 9/10 for me.

For those of us of a certain age I went misty eyed over the C90 mix tape, resulted in a cracking soundtrack, did chuckle at the final scene too

[whoami]

zygalski said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5TGDJJ9dIY
King of Kong
Diehard video game fans compete to break World Records on classic arcade games.
Surprisingly good. 8/10

I loved King of Kong.

Talk about obsessed though.

[E65Ross]

Just watched "Lost in Translation"

Has anyone on here seen it? Hard to describe it without it sounding like a dreary love film but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Bill Murray and Scarlett Johanssen play their roles superbly.

8/10

[Obi Wan]

E65Ross said:

Just watched "Lost in Translation"

Has anyone on here seen it? Hard to describe it without it sounding like a dreary love film but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Bill Murray and Scarlett Johanssen play their roles superbly.

8/10

Yep. I can't decide if I like this or not though. Nothing really happens and I found the ending to be unsatisfying, that been said it does have Scarlet Johanson.