Films I watched this week

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Watched the Robocop reboot but only half way through as the wife is knackered. Pretty much as expected for the first half, I reckon it'll be a 5.

Now the screaming baby has stopped and is almost sleeping I'm left with Apocalypto, God knows why.
I'll be honest I think it's a 9/10, losing a point only for the evil chief saying "I'm walking here" when the tree fells (thanks Mel!) but my god it's depressing. A couple of thousand years and we're still acting like the savages we are.

[Beati Dogu]

It's set about 500 years ago with the arrival of the Spanish in the new world. It's very gory, but generally well done. It lost mega points for me with the predictable waterfall scene and the solar eclipse bit. All very Tintin's Prisoners of the Sun.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Having literally just finished the film, I forgot about the ending that places it circa 400 years abo

Again, having just re-watched it I'd definitely lower my score from what I remember. Although good, it's a Hollywood cliche dressed up.

But it's still good despite.

8/10

[toasty]

Carol - 1950's rich woman going through divorce has relationship with younger woman. Not my thing but it kept the OH happy as she'd been wanting to see this for a while. 5/10 from me including a bonus point for the one minute I found quite interesting. 7/10 from Mrs Toasty.

[belleair302]

Went old school last night and re watched the Long Good Friday. A great British gangster flick with some very recognisable faces. A film of its time but still great drama. I still laugh at the discussion about the Olympics coming to the Docklands and this film was made in 1979/80.

[Halb]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Watched the Robocop reboot but only half way through as the wife is knackered. Pretty much as expected for the first half, I reckon it'll be a 5.

Now the screaming baby has stopped and is almost sleeping I'm left with Apocalypto, God knows why.
I'll be honest I think it's a 9/10, losing a point only for the evil chief saying "I'm walking here" when the tree fells (thanks Mel!) but my god it's depressing. A couple of thousand years and we're still acting like the savages we are.

I watched both.

Love Apocalypto. I think I recall thinking 'why would I watch this' when it came out. But after watching it, I realised how brilliant it was. Very nice to see a quality film that isn't big white hero centric.

Robocop. What a soulless and needless remake. Didn't see a point save that it was like a video game version of a seminal classic. There was some decent half-arsed conspiracy plot at the end, but not enough to save it from the kiddification of the story to dross levels. No baby food? How did the organic bits function?

[Pesty]

Caught the last half of robocop. Not as bad as I'd imagined just don't see the point of it really. Nothing will be as good as the original.

Also watched apocalypto. Agree with above its very close to being. 10 for me.

[Halb]

Pesty said:

Not as bad as I'd imagined just don't see the point of it really. Nothing will be as good as the original.

Same for me, I was expecting utter dross, but it was just meh and wasted some good actors.

[ZX10R NIN]

I went old school & watched Once Upon A Time In America good film 8/10 & The Driver a great film 9/10, the remake doesn't cut it in comparison.

[ajprice]

Watched Cast Away last night (the Tom Hanks film, not Castaway, the one with Oliver Reed and Amanda Donohoe)

I liked the ending, the '4 years later' was a bit of a jump, and he did look a bit too healthy after 4 years of eating crabs, fish and coconut milk. Good film though.

[Halb]

Tom Cruise...he's a technician..he's a pretty good technician...

[Johnny]

Deadpool on Friday.

Thought it was fantastic. Very much want to go and see it again.

[Halb]

Names is for tombstones, baby!

[Poisson96]

Went to the Cineworld classic showing, saw Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Gets a solid 8/10 from me, really enjoyed it a lot more than expected and wouldn't hesitate to see again.

Spotlight

Not a pretty story, but gripping in a good way. Achieves the sincerity Danish Girl aimed for and missed spectacularly. 7.5/10

Deadpool

Gets a Francis/10 from me Really enjoyed it, my film of the year so far. I'm even rewatching it tomorrow, something I rarely do.

2016 so far:

Deadpool 69/10
Bridge Of Spies 9/10
Big Short 8.5/10
Ferris Bueller's Day Off 8.5/10
Spotlight 8/10
The Revenant 7.5/10
The Good Dinosaur 7/10
Black Mass 7/10
Snoopy 7/10
Spectre 6.5/10
Brooklyn 6.5/10
Capture The Flag 6/10
Room 6/10
The Danish Girl 2/10
Daddy's Home -10/10

[Adam B]

Triple 9 - taut, tense, lots of sweaty foreheads, decent plot and realism, but a little bit muddled and a silly final scene take the edge off. 8/10

[parabolica]

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[Frimley111R]

Hotel Transylvania - 7/10 good family animated movie (might not suit small kids)

The Big Short - 9/10 - all about people who saw the economic crash coming. It has Steve Carrel, Brad Pit and Christian Bale in. A proper 'fking hell' film!

[droopsnoot]

ajprice said:

Watched Cast Away last night (the Tom Hanks film, not Castaway, the one with Oliver Reed and Amanda Donohoe)

I liked the ending, the '4 years later' was a bit of a jump, and he did look a bit too healthy after 4 years of eating crabs, fish and coconut milk. Good film though.

I always find myself drawn to that when it's on, not quite sure why.

Watched "Skyline" the other night, or in fact from a recording over a few nights. Not incredible, not sure why I stuck with it for as long as I did. Now part-way into the "Miami Vice" film with the bloke from Ballykissangel and some others. Quite good so far.

[TREMAiNE]

Poisson96 said:

The Revenant 7.5/10
Room 6/10
Daddy's Home -10/10

Really?

Revenant a 7.5, Room a 6 but daddy's home a 10?

I know everyone is entitled to their own opinion... But that is just wrong.

Revenant is a 9. Room is a 9. Daddy's Home is a 4.

[Frimley111R]

TREMAiNE said:

Poisson96 said:

The Revenant 7.5/10
Room 6/10
Daddy's Home -10/10

Really?

Revenant a 7.5, Room a 6 but daddy's home a 10?

I know everyone is entitled to their own opinion... But that is just wrong.

Revenant is a 9. Room is a 9. Daddy's Home is a 4.

Revenant more like a 6. There's nothing great about it, LdC spends 90% of it moaning and grumbling or saying nothing and many of the survival scenes are laughable too. The Gray with Liam Neeson in was much better and more realistic.