Films I watched this week
Discussion
Whilst I'll probably never watch it again, FWIW I did enjoy Hail, Ceasar. Admittedly when I first left the cinema I wasn't that impressed, but over the next day or so I started to remember all the quirks and Coen-isms that really did make me laugh - Raplh's "so simple" routine, George's "reactions to a green screen/divine entity" scene, Frances' "scarf caught in the projector" scene, Alden's "John Wayne fine-acting" scene. I heard someone say it was the most Coen of the Coen Brother's films, and I would totally agree. The story just seemed to stop without explanation, but I did enjoy it.
"Eye in the Sky"
RIP Alan Rickman
- quick mosey over to the cinema across the road from work yesterday lunchtime: cheaper and quiet!
Good mix of action AND drama - focus is on a drone surveillance in Kenya with US, UK & Kenyan forces all involved - to capture known terrorists. It becomes an insight into the impact of collateral damage of a missile strike, the potential imapcts in a propoganda war and political fallout.
It was better than eating lucnh at work!
(I was surprised Dame Helen played a British Army senior (citizen?
) officer, since she's now 70, although she doesnt' look it)
8/10
RIP Alan Rickman
- quick mosey over to the cinema across the road from work yesterday lunchtime: cheaper and quiet!
Good mix of action AND drama - focus is on a drone surveillance in Kenya with US, UK & Kenyan forces all involved - to capture known terrorists. It becomes an insight into the impact of collateral damage of a missile strike, the potential imapcts in a propoganda war and political fallout.
It was better than eating lucnh at work!
(I was surprised Dame Helen played a British Army senior (citizen?
) officer, since she's now 70, although she doesnt' look it)8/10
Zammy said:
Film4 showed Requiem for a Dream the other night, made the missus watch it for the first time, she's still not talking to me but hey at least she can say she has seen it!! :-D
Not surprised at all you silly boywhat depressing film that is, everyone is a looser at the end, no one wins aside from Jennifer Connelly characters evil drug dealer now pimp
TCEvo said:
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.
agree, excellent moral dramaPost-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.
Veeayt said:
Warcraft - Went with my son. I played all parts including '94 Orcs&Humans, and felt the film was somehow lacking. My son never played it, and loved it to bits 
Have to say this is arguably the best video game film I've seen.
Funnily enough Mark Kermode reviewed this just recently and he really enjoyed it. In his words "nobody was more surprised than me".Have to say this is arguably the best video game film I've seen.
He also had nothing invested in the games in anyway and went in blind. He found it engaging, like how everyone gets an equal crack at the story, and overall found it an enjoyable movie.
In fact his review actually made me more interested than I was in seeing it.
Recently watched:-
Odd Thomas - Quirky comedy, horror, B-movie based on the books of Dean R. Koontz starring Anton Yelchin as 'Odd' a chef who can see dead people and see's it as his duty to help them rest. Very surprised how much I enjoyed it. Light Spoiler....
I think it's very rare for a movie these days to actually have a scene that pulls so hard at the heart strings without feeling contrived and forced, this one has that moment and it is played to perfection by all concerned. Yelchin sell's it so well you feel his pain and sadness, genuinely heart wrenching. Will admit it got very, very dusty as not having read the book I had no clue what was going to happen and it was a real gut punch
It's good, not un-missable great, but well worth a watch IMHO 7/10 (10/10 for 'that' scene all on it's own)
Since the local cinema is doing 5 tickets for €25 (valid for 1 month), I went to see Money Monster at lunchtime, so my 2nd lunchtime fillum this week!
It was interesting, given my line of work - finance, not TV host (!).
Directed by Jodie Foster, starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts - and Jack O'Connell playing an American!
5/7
...or something!
It was interesting, given my line of work - finance, not TV host (!).
Directed by Jodie Foster, starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts - and Jack O'Connell playing an American!
5/7
...or something!
Originally over looked the The Do Over
Looked like another crap adam sandler film made for netflix but heard some people saying it was actually very funny and brought back some memorys from the good old adam sandler films such as happy gilmore and billy madison.
Gave it a shot and it actually was pretty funny, Now it will never eclipse the aforementioned films but was still pretty funny and had some chuckling moments in it.
Cant see it being for every body but if you liked the old adam sandler films this was is certainly worth a watch.
Looked like another crap adam sandler film made for netflix but heard some people saying it was actually very funny and brought back some memorys from the good old adam sandler films such as happy gilmore and billy madison.
Gave it a shot and it actually was pretty funny, Now it will never eclipse the aforementioned films but was still pretty funny and had some chuckling moments in it.
Cant see it being for every body but if you liked the old adam sandler films this was is certainly worth a watch.
X-Men Apocolypse
A bit long, but enjoyable if you are an X-Men fan. Scenes with Quicksilver are absolutely great to watch. Though I am less convinced by the lass who plays Sansa Stark playing Jean Grey.
I also think it was a little too early to be bringing out the Phoenix but I guess you don't have much choice when facing a supposedly immortal and all powerful mutant. I did like that Magneto can levitate now like he can in the comics and I think the scenes showing the great pain in his life were really well done. You can totally sympathise with him wanting to send everyone to a horrible metally death.
Jenifer Lawrence as Raven/Mystique just seems to get hotter and hotter. She's frickin' gorgeous.
A bit long, but enjoyable if you are an X-Men fan. Scenes with Quicksilver are absolutely great to watch. Though I am less convinced by the lass who plays Sansa Stark playing Jean Grey.
I also think it was a little too early to be bringing out the Phoenix but I guess you don't have much choice when facing a supposedly immortal and all powerful mutant. I did like that Magneto can levitate now like he can in the comics and I think the scenes showing the great pain in his life were really well done. You can totally sympathise with him wanting to send everyone to a horrible metally death.
Jenifer Lawrence as Raven/Mystique just seems to get hotter and hotter. She's frickin' gorgeous.
Alex said:
The timelines in the X-Men film world are all over the place now. At the beginning of The Last Stand, the Prof and Eric visit Jean Grey's home, and she is a little girl. They are digitally younger, but still seem much older than McAvoy and Fassbender do.
I think they decided to throw a big FU to the original 3 movies.Gassing Station | TV, Film, Video Streaming & Radio | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff