Films I watched this week

[DoubleSix]

jammy_basturd said:

GetCarter said:

The Big Short.

8/10

Watched this again last night.

I love the little touches, like when Brad Pitt is talking about selling the CDOs and then says he has to go for his colonic, or woman at Standard & Poor with really bad eyesight!

Yup. Enjoyed this one very much. A good film.

[ApOrbital]

Just put on Hardcore Henry if you are a shoot them up gamer like me you will love this film.

[WD39]

'Chinatown'

Who did what to who and what the knats crochet is going on.

Something about O2 and a drought.

Perhaps I drifted off for a crucial two minutes.

[ApOrbital]

Hardcore Henry 8/10 full on action.

[marcosgt]

Birdman - WTF!!!!

M

[Pommygranite]

marcosgt said:

Birdman - WTF!!!!

M

Yeah I couldn't watch it - just painful.

[parabolica]

Just watched Money Monster - meh. Interesting premise and a really strong cast, but the whole thing felt a bit contrived and the events in the 3rd act seem to happen very quickly and cleanly, it just felt fake. There were some laugh out loud moments which I was surprised by. I dunno; it passed the time but will probably never watch again.

[Cotty]

Finally got round to seeing Predestination after finding out it was based on a short story called All You Zombies by Robert A. Heinlein who was a favourite author of mine. Wow really well done, loved it, but then I love time travel stories. Loved the era it was set in.

[Cotty]

ApOrbital said:

Hardcore Henry 8/10 full on action.

Looking forward to watching this. As a gamer I would be reaching for a controller most of the time.

[easytiger123]

Nice Guys with Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe. Very enjoyable action/comedy set in the late 70's. Really enjoyed it even if the plot was pretty secondary to the chemistry between the leads. Some very funny moments. Solid 8/10

[Alex]

Pommygranite said:

marcosgt said:

Birdman - WTF!!!!

M

Yeah I couldn't watch it - just painful.

I thought it was one of the best films of the year.

[marcosgt]

Alex said:

Pommygranite said:

marcosgt said:

Birdman - WTF!!!!

M

Yeah I couldn't watch it - just painful.

I thought it was one of the best films of the year.

I just wasn't sure WHAT to make of it!

Performances were good, but it seemed to lack something.

M

[toasty]

marcosgt said:

Alex said:

Pommygranite said:

marcosgt said:

Birdman - WTF!!!!

M

Yeah I couldn't watch it - just painful.

I thought it was one of the best films of the year.

I just wasn't sure WHAT to make of it!

Performances were good, but it seemed to lack something.

M

Entertainment. That's what was lacking. Sure it's clever in a cinematography sense but it was dull dull dull.

[North West Tom]

Hail, Caesar. Absolutely awful.

[marcosgt]

toasty said:

Entertainment. That's what was lacking. Sure it's clever in a cinematography sense but it was dull dull dull.

Yeah, I think you're right... Well acted, some clever cinematography and quite probably lots of 'in-jokes' that I completely missed, but nothing to engage me.

I didn't really care what happened to any of the characters... Or maybe that was the point in some Nihilistic way?

M.

[TCEvo]

Had a run of ste films recently but a couple of decent ones over the weekend (coincidentally both from 2014):

99 Homes

Post-market crash Florida. Nuilder/chippy loses home to opportunistic real estate agent who's busily picking up defaulted property; finds himself working for the agent as the deals become larger & dodgier.

Very good low budget fare. English bloke who played one of the Facebook creators in the Social Network's the lead, Micheal Shannon excellent as the agent.

The Theory of Everything

Hawking bipoc, sort of film that the UK does very well.

Redmayne superb as the lead.

[toon10]

North West Tom said:

Hail, Caesar. Absolutely awful.

Hats off to you if you managed to watch it all. I didn't even make the hour mark. A truly WTF movie.

[thainy77]

toon10 said:

North West Tom said:

Hail, Caesar. Absolutely awful.

Hats off to you if you managed to watch it all. I didn't even make the hour mark. A truly WTF movie.

I tried this at the weekend, 10 minutes was all i could stand.

[Alex]

thainy77 said:

toon10 said:

North West Tom said:

Hail, Caesar. Absolutely awful.

Hats off to you if you managed to watch it all. I didn't even make the hour mark. A truly WTF movie.

I tried this at the weekend, 10 minutes was all i could stand.

Would that it were so simple.

[jammy_basturd]

I was tempted to splash out and see Hail, Caesar at our local independent cinema. Glad I didn't. I didn't think it was truly awful, but I would rate it on the bad side of average.