Films I watched this week

[Brigand]

digimeistter said:

maccas99 said:

Midnight Special

Watched this last night and quite liked it. It's a SciFi/road trip type movie and I quite enjoyed the soundtrack.

7/10

I watched this last night and really enjoyed it, cheers for the heads up

Watched this earlier with the missus, a very good movie. Had a slight 80's vibe to it as the story reminded me of the likes of D.A.R.Y.L, Flight of the Navigator etc with the authorities chasing down a kid. Great soundtrack and cinematography too.

[popeyewhite]

Halb said:

I now these films are made for morons]

[chris watton]

Halb said:

Independence Day.

My word, I didn't expect them to float a turd as big as the first one, but they did. I now these films are made for morons, but the exposition was just over the top, it was way too basic, 'you're in a coma that you've bene in for 77,000 days...just thought I'd remind you,'
There's about ten good minutes of film in it, probably the worst summer blockbuster I've ever watched. Wanted to be godzilla, alien, predator and a tonne of superior products all rolled into one with a He-Man morality tale tagged on it.
I wanted them all to die as soon as they killed the good aliens.

On reflection I have to agree.

It was as if the film makers rushed it and just used the very first draft script (or initial scribbles of loose ideas written on half of one side of an A4 sheet), without even a hint of honing it. For the money they had, a wasted opportunity.

ETA - Took my wife to watch the new Ab Fab movie last night. It was OK, but not half as funny as I thought it would be - I was starting to doze off half way though..

Edited by chris watton on Sunday 3rd July 08:25

[Halb]

I laughed out loud at bits where others didn't, I was routing for those telepathic sweet tentacled lovelies.

http://whatculture.com/film/independence-day-resur...

[judas]

ClockworkCupcake said:

judas said:

Tried watching this recently. Gave up after 20 minutes.

Heyy! Long time no "see". Hope you and Ace are well.

Hey chap! We're good thanks How's things with you?

[Cotty]

A Walk in the Woods
Comedy/adventure tale of two friends hiking the Appalachian Trail. It was ok, couple of laughs 5/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1178665/?ref_=fn_al_tt...

[Pesty]

I'll give that a go just because the AT is something is love to do. Cheers

[anonymous-user]

Batman vs Superman

Much, much better than I was expecting judging from the reviews and the premise. A bit silly towards the end and at 3 hrs long is a bit bum numbing.

Enjoyed it though 7/10

Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 4th July 11:49

[Don Veloci]

VEA said:

Don Veloci said:

coopedup said:

Oldboy with Josh Brolin, really enjoyed it, quite some story too.

Loved the original so will be watching this one at the weekend and hopefully it compares.

Yup, whilst the new one is good, the old one is much better!

Yip! The remake is really like a photocopy or fax of the original where the real quality of the original thing has been lost. Cannot figure if Sharlto Copley was a good performance or a OTT comic book villain.

[irocfan]

Terminator: Genisys... dare I say I quite enjoyed it? Yes it was cheesy, yes the helicopter chase was a appalling, yes there were too many nods at what went before...

Other questions:
Why do non-fleshed robots have teeth?
Why round up all humans, why not just kill them outright?
Why was there a spoken countdown in the time travel complex? Machines wouldn't need it

There were loads of others but those 3 just stuck

[daddy cool]

Had Friday & Sat night to myself this weekend so settled down for some mindless action:

Batman vs Superman: Big fan of the 3 Bale movies, so didnt expect much, but thought Affleck was good. Bloody hell, that guy is massive!
As for the plot, again ive got used to Nolan's trilogy being set wholly in the real/believable world, so initially jarred having Batman now occupying a world of proper "superheroes". That said, The Dark Knight Returns was a fave graphic novel of mine years ago so it was fun seeing they lifted quite a lot from that, although reversed the overall outcome.
Was annoyed that they shoehorned a big "unbeatable" CGI boss in at the end, as per every other comic book movie in the past 10 years.
Jeremy Irons' Alfred... what a miserable bugger he was!
6/10

13 Hours: The secret soldiers of Bengazi:
The "true" (terms & conditions apply) story of 6 'Merican CIA contractors who disobey their stand-down order and go to help a small US diplomatic outpost in Libya when it all kicks off, fending off wave after wave of locals who run straight at them shooting from the hip, while our hunky bearded heroes cap them and trade wisecracks. Later on the US eventually send backup, which is in the form of 2 or 3 more bearded laidback Special Ops types who get to wear oakley sunglasses and act laidback and nonplussed by everything.
Its directed by Micheal Bay, but actually quite restrained for him.
6/10

[Halb]

Cotty said:

A Walk in the Woods
Comedy/adventure tale of two friends hiking the Appalachian Trail. It was ok, couple of laughs 5/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1178665/?ref_=fn_al_tt...

Really wanted to watch that at the flicks.

[Cotty]

I like films about the outside, especially hiking stuff carrying all your gear on your back, probably why I like The Way about a father walking the Camino De Santiago following the death of his son
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1441912/?ref_=nv_sr_3

[Jader1973]

Finding Dory.

Very good.

9/10.

The short at the start (Piper I think) was stunning. It actually looked real. Pixar at the top of their game.

10/10

[popeyewhite]

Cotty said:

The Way

Looks interesting, thanks.

[maccas99]

popeyewhite said:

Looks interesting, thanks.

I really enjoyed watching this one, it's a powerful story with great acting from Sheen.

[Cotty]

popeyewhite said:

Cotty said:

The Way

Looks interesting, thanks.

If you don't know about the Camino de_Santiago, which I didn't its worth having a quick read of the wiki before seeing the film
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_de_Santiago

[coopedup]

Cotty said:

popeyewhite said:

Cotty said:

The Way

Looks interesting, thanks.

If you don't know about the Camino de_Santiago, which I didn't its worth having a quick read of the wiki before seeing the film
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_de_Santiago

Really enjoyed this film, fascinating story.

[jammy_basturd]

Having walked the Camino I'll have to check out the film!

[Cotty]

jammy_basturd said:

Having walked the Camino I'll have to check out the film!

You certainly live up to your name, I would love to walk the Camino but I would never be able to take off the 5 or so weeks it takes to walk from Saint Pied de Port. I know there are different and shorter routes or you can just do the last 100 kilometres to get your Compostela certificate. But the 780km French route just seems the right one to do.