Good films I watched this weekend (Vol 2)

[ajprice]

Halb said:

HorneyMX5 said:

Pain and Gain

It's not a classic but it has it's moments. Typical Bay slow-mo sequences and iffy direction. The stand out is The Rock. Who knew he could actually act? A proper funny and sometimes quietly deep performance. Without him the film would have been considerably poorer.

7/10

Showed it in his early roles; Walking Tall and Be Cool.

I'll add Southland Tales. Richard Kelly's second film after Donnie Darko, its weird, reviewers slammed it, there's loads going on and it doesn't make much sense, but I like it . Johnson plays an amnesiac action film actor who's written a screenplay with a porn star (Sarah Michelle Gellar) about the end of the world. He's channelling the William Shatner talking with weird... pauses, does this finger tapping nervous twitch thing, and its so far away from the F&F franchise action stuff he does now.

[tobinen]

Kajaki - film set in Helmund province based on a true story of British soldiers caught up in a minefield. Good tension and unpredictability and well acted IMO. 6.5/10

[Halb]

ajprice said:

I'll add Southland Tales. Richard Kelly's second film after Donnie Darko, its weird, reviewers slammed it, there's loads going on and it doesn't make much sense, but I like it . Johnson plays an amnesiac action film actor who's written a screenplay with a porn star (Sarah Michelle Gellar) about the end of the world. He's channelling the William Shatner talking with weird... pauses, does this finger tapping nervous twitch thing, and its so far away from the F&F franchise action stuff he does now.

Wow, never heard of it, that sounds cool!

[Melman Giraffe]

Kingsman

Superb entertainment 9/10

Loved it

[slyelessar]

Ant-Man 6.5/10. Some really fun moments, good stuff. Nothing amazing though. Paul Rudd plays the role well.

[ajprice]

Halb said:

ajprice said:

I'll add Southland Tales. Richard Kelly's second film after Donnie Darko, its weird, reviewers slammed it, there's loads going on and it doesn't make much sense, but I like it . Johnson plays an amnesiac action film actor who's written a screenplay with a porn star (Sarah Michelle Gellar) about the end of the world. He's channelling the William Shatner talking with weird... pauses, does this finger tapping nervous twitch thing, and its so far away from the F&F franchise action stuff he does now.

Wow, never heard of it, that sounds cool!

Can't see it after a quick look on Netflix/Amazon, so it might be a DVD job now. Here's a write up.
http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/17221/looking-back...

[ZesPak]

slyelessar said:

Ant-Man 6.5/10. Some really fun moments, good stuff. Nothing amazing though. Paul Rudd plays the role well.

I was a bit set-up for disappointment which made it all the better. I thought it was a great movie without world-ending scenarios as seems to be the norm these days. I've always liked Paul Rudd since Friends and Evangeline Lilly is just .

Me and the missus enjoyed it after the disappointing Minions movie.
It was, dare I say it, better than Avengers 2, but that's probably more because of expectations than anything else.

[qube_TA]

Melman Giraffe said:

Kingsman

Superb entertainment 9/10

Loved it

And again! Baffles me why anyone enjoyed this.

I think I saw a different film with the same title

[toon10]

qube_TA said:

Melman Giraffe said:

Kingsman

Superb entertainment 9/10

Loved it

And again! Baffles me why anyone enjoyed this.

I think I saw a different film with the same title

Each to their own. (I'm with you by the way, it was awful.)

[jammy_basturd]

qube_TA said:

Melman Giraffe said:

Kingsman

Superb entertainment 9/10

Loved it

And again! Baffles me why anyone enjoyed this.

I think I saw a different film with the same title

I agree with this. It was enjoyable enough, but certainly no better than average.

[Melman Giraffe]

jammy_basturd said:

qube_TA said:

Melman Giraffe said:

Kingsman

Superb entertainment 9/10

Loved it

And again! Baffles me why anyone enjoyed this.

I think I saw a different film with the same title

I agree with this. It was enjoyable enough, but certainly no better than average.

All down to taste, some have good taste and some not so good

[jammy_basturd]

Ahh, thanks!

[qube_TA]

but a 9?!

A 9 would make it possibly the greatest film you've ever seen, like ever, in the world, the whole world, all it. That kind of film, one of those.

Is it really?

[Melman Giraffe]

qube_TA said:

but a 9?!

A 9 would make it possibly the greatest film you've ever seen, like ever, in the world, the whole world, all it. That kind of film, one of those.

Is it really?

Yes it was, it had everything and was a thoroughly good watch. Love it

[qube_TA]

Melman Giraffe said:

qube_TA said:

but a 9?!

A 9 would make it possibly the greatest film you've ever seen, like ever, in the world, the whole world, all it. That kind of film, one of those.

Is it really?

Yes it was, it had everything and was a thoroughly good watch. Love it

doooood, we need to put you on a program, there are clearly a lot of films you've not seen.

You'll thank me, promise.

[jbudgie]

qube_TA said:

Melman Giraffe said:

Kingsman

Superb entertainment 9/10

Loved it

And again! Baffles me why anyone enjoyed this.

I think I saw a different film with the same title

Agreed, I was looking forward to this . But turned out to be a complete waste of time.

[Bullett]

I loved it. Gave it an 8/10 if I recall.
Very entertaining apart form SLJ's stupid disappearing speech impediment.
Don't know if it helped I had no previous knowledge of it, not seen an advert or read about it. Only knew it was related to Kickass.

[HorneyMX5]

Run All Night.

Neeson and guns. This guy is churning out a lot of these action films at the moment and this one of the better ones. Bit predictable etc but worth a watch.

6/10

[Halb]

HorneyMX5 said:

Run All Night.

Neeson and guns. This guy is churning out a lot of these action films at the moment and this one of the better ones. Bit predictable etc but worth a watch.

6/10

He hit an unexpected vein of gold with Taken, and is pimping that mine deep before his knees/hips crumble.

[qube_TA]

Bullett said:

Only knew it was related to Kickass.

I really disliked that one too, I saw an early trailer and it looked great, but hardly any of the bits from that made it to the film. The whole thing missed. I didn't bother with KA2