Films I watched this week
Discussion
Halb said:
Vol 2-10 on next week?
The A- Team, awful waste. I don't see any connections to the series save for the names. Rotten miscasting and writing and direction.
It was awfully fun if you don't think about it too much. Shalto and face were great. Liam was miscast but the rest were OK.The A- Team, awful waste. I don't see any connections to the series save for the names. Rotten miscasting and writing and direction.
Moved at a good pace never dragged once.
6.8/10 for me.
It's the A team it not meant to be serious so I can forgive it all the ste even if I did role my eyes right at the beginning several times.
RacingPete said:
PH XKR said:
(Jurassic World) Would you say ok for small child upon your view or not? The original I wouldnt have a worry with.
Yep, same as original - if you were happy with the kids and that, then go for it - my 6 and 2 year old found it ok, but did get a bit bored after a while.PH XKR said:
77m net profit should demand a new one!
The general rule of thumb is a movie needs to make back double it's production budget in order to be truly profitable these days as the costs of marketing etc. are huge. DoubleSix said:
Halb said:
Mud. Lovely lil film. Mat McConhahey, and two star turns from young actors (I've seen one pop up in S5 of Justified) in the Stand By Me mould.
Great film!Edited by SWoll on Wednesday 27th April 13:48
Watchman said:
Don said:
The Reader. Kate Winslet. Ralph Fiennes. More importantly David Kross.
Not my usual sort of movie, but it was very, very gripping in sad way. The outcome, at the end, was inevitable.
Recommended. This is not a chick flick.
I have watched this film a couple of times but I'm still not sure I have actually enjoyed it. I'm drawn to it like a moth to a flame. It prompted me to read around the subject of post-war Germany a bit and I subsequently found a couple of reviews of the book that the film was taken-from, and the wikipedia article about the book (worth 10 mins of your time).Not my usual sort of movie, but it was very, very gripping in sad way. The outcome, at the end, was inevitable.
Recommended. This is not a chick flick.
It seems the book offers "more" as you'd expect, and the reviews offered both criticism and approval. The subject matter is difficult for post-war Germans. Ignoring the actual perpetrators of the Nazi horrors who should have received some justice, the remaining population at the time the book is set comprises people who lived through the war and may be viewed as complicit (by doing nothing), and the "next generation" who are most certainly not complicit but their natural love of their older relations leaves them conflicted.
It's an interesting, if morbid, insight into a world that is likely alien to those of us born and raised in post-war Britain. We lived within the collective moral righteousness of the winners, and never had to question whether we could be criticised at all.
Funkycoldribena said:
SWoll said:
Read the good reviews of this but found the film itself very dull.
I'm with you on this one,seems to be the new ph Marigold Hotel,bored the pants off me.Edited by SWoll on Wednesday 27th April 13:48
DoubleSix said:
Funkycoldribena said:
SWoll said:
Read the good reviews of this but found the film itself very dull.
I'm with you on this one,seems to be the new ph Marigold Hotel,bored the pants off me.Edited by SWoll on Wednesday 27th April 13:48
I've got nothing against the coming of age genre, "Stand by Me" is a classic movie and a recent great example would be "The Way Way Back" which I thoroughly enjoyed.
DS240 said:
Whiplash (Sky movies on demand at the moment)
Sorry if already spoken about earlier in the thread.
Quite surprised how much I enjoyed it.
I think the two main actors were excellent and the story was good. Good music throughout also.
Going to watch this for the third time this weekend, really love itSorry if already spoken about earlier in the thread.
Quite surprised how much I enjoyed it.
I think the two main actors were excellent and the story was good. Good music throughout also.
coopedup said:
DS240 said:
Whiplash (Sky movies on demand at the moment)
Sorry if already spoken about earlier in the thread.
Quite surprised how much I enjoyed it.
I think the two main actors were excellent and the story was good. Good music throughout also.
Going to watch this for the third time this weekend, really love itSorry if already spoken about earlier in the thread.
Quite surprised how much I enjoyed it.
I think the two main actors were excellent and the story was good. Good music throughout also.
I watched the Martian last night on BluRay and thought it was much better than the first time I watched it in the cinema - 8.5/10 for me.
Interestingly, I read the book and think that the book was too clearly in my mind when I went to the cinema as the film does not do full justice to the book. On second viewing, with the book now a distant memory, I appreciated the film more for what it is.
Interestingly, I read the book and think that the book was too clearly in my mind when I went to the cinema as the film does not do full justice to the book. On second viewing, with the book now a distant memory, I appreciated the film more for what it is.
Halb said:
SWoll said:
I've got nothing against the coming of age genre, "Stand by Me" is a classic movie and a recent great example would be "The Way Way Back" which I thoroughly enjoyed.
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