Films I watched this week
Discussion
motorizer said:
Blood father
Grizzly aging ex bike gang member's missing daughter turns up with some evil gangsters in pursuit, Mel Gibson is great as ususal as is William H Macy as his only friend. I think it would have been fairly forgettable without Mel, but as it is 7/10
I'll go about the same- 7/10.Grizzly aging ex bike gang member's missing daughter turns up with some evil gangsters in pursuit, Mel Gibson is great as ususal as is William H Macy as his only friend. I think it would have been fairly forgettable without Mel, but as it is 7/10
Off work with a bad back at the moment, so I thought I'd 'treat' myself t some crap films courtesy of Amazon Prime.
Ironclad
A medieval version of The Magnificent Seven staring James Purefoy, Brian Cox, Jason Flemyng, Mark Giamatti, Charles Dance, Mackenzie Crook and Derek Jacobi, Set in 1215, not long after the barons' revolt and the signing of the Magna Carta. King John (Mark Giamatti at his scenery chewing best) goes back on this word and tries to hunt down and kill, with the aid of an army of Danish mercenaries, all the barons who forced him to sign. A small band of rebels led by a disgraced Templar try to hold Rochester castle to stop King John's army advancing to London.
Brutally violent and a great depiction of the squalor and cheapness of life in medieval times. Not a fantastic film, and woefully inaccurate from a historic point of view, but I rather enjoyed it.
7 gratuitously severed limbs out of 10
Apparently there's a sequel, which doesn't get stellar reviews - may force myself to watch it anyway in punishment for skiving off work.
Wrath of the Titans
Sequal to the remake of Clash of the Titans (I've only seen the original). Starring (and I use this word in the loosest possible sense) Sam Worthington, Rosamund Pike, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Bill Nighy (all of whom should have known better).
Hades and Ares kidnap Zeus and take him to the underworld so they can use his power to release Chronos. Perseus has to save the day yada yada yada.
Just don't / 10
Divergent
Post-apocalyptic society divides people into different groups according to their personality types in effort to ensure peace and stability in pseudo-facist state. Bad guys want to take charge, 'divergents', who don't fit into the groups and hunted down but ultimately are the heroes who save the day (quelle surprise!). Clearly aimed at the young adult audience and teen girl empowerment, enjoyed it nonetheless.
6/10
The sequel, Insurgent is up on tonight's watch list.
Ironclad
A medieval version of The Magnificent Seven staring James Purefoy, Brian Cox, Jason Flemyng, Mark Giamatti, Charles Dance, Mackenzie Crook and Derek Jacobi, Set in 1215, not long after the barons' revolt and the signing of the Magna Carta. King John (Mark Giamatti at his scenery chewing best) goes back on this word and tries to hunt down and kill, with the aid of an army of Danish mercenaries, all the barons who forced him to sign. A small band of rebels led by a disgraced Templar try to hold Rochester castle to stop King John's army advancing to London.
Brutally violent and a great depiction of the squalor and cheapness of life in medieval times. Not a fantastic film, and woefully inaccurate from a historic point of view, but I rather enjoyed it.
7 gratuitously severed limbs out of 10
Apparently there's a sequel, which doesn't get stellar reviews - may force myself to watch it anyway in punishment for skiving off work.
Wrath of the Titans
Sequal to the remake of Clash of the Titans (I've only seen the original). Starring (and I use this word in the loosest possible sense) Sam Worthington, Rosamund Pike, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Bill Nighy (all of whom should have known better).
Hades and Ares kidnap Zeus and take him to the underworld so they can use his power to release Chronos. Perseus has to save the day yada yada yada.
Just don't / 10
Divergent
Post-apocalyptic society divides people into different groups according to their personality types in effort to ensure peace and stability in pseudo-facist state. Bad guys want to take charge, 'divergents', who don't fit into the groups and hunted down but ultimately are the heroes who save the day (quelle surprise!). Clearly aimed at the young adult audience and teen girl empowerment, enjoyed it nonetheless.
6/10
The sequel, Insurgent is up on tonight's watch list.
judas said:
Off work with a bad back at the moment, so I thought I'd 'treat' myself t some crap films courtesy of Amazon Prime.
Ironclad
A medieval version of The Magnificent Seven staring James Purefoy, Brian Cox, Jason Flemyng, Mark Giamatti, Charles Dance, Mackenzie Crook and Derek Jacobi, Set in 1215, not long after the barons' revolt and the signing of the Magna Carta. King John (Mark Giamatti at his scenery chewing best) goes back on this word and tries to hunt down and kill, with the aid of an army of Danish mercenaries, all the barons who forced him to sign. A small band of rebels led by a disgraced Templar try to hold Rochester castle to stop King John's army advancing to London.
Brutally violent and a great depiction of the squalor and cheapness of life in medieval times. Not a fantastic film, and woefully inaccurate from a historic point of view, but I rather enjoyed it.
7 gratuitously severed limbs out of 10
Apparently there's a sequel, which doesn't get stellar reviews - may force myself to watch it anyway in punishment for skiving off work.
There's a nice little retrospective about this film here:Ironclad
A medieval version of The Magnificent Seven staring James Purefoy, Brian Cox, Jason Flemyng, Mark Giamatti, Charles Dance, Mackenzie Crook and Derek Jacobi, Set in 1215, not long after the barons' revolt and the signing of the Magna Carta. King John (Mark Giamatti at his scenery chewing best) goes back on this word and tries to hunt down and kill, with the aid of an army of Danish mercenaries, all the barons who forced him to sign. A small band of rebels led by a disgraced Templar try to hold Rochester castle to stop King John's army advancing to London.
Brutally violent and a great depiction of the squalor and cheapness of life in medieval times. Not a fantastic film, and woefully inaccurate from a historic point of view, but I rather enjoyed it.
7 gratuitously severed limbs out of 10
Apparently there's a sequel, which doesn't get stellar reviews - may force myself to watch it anyway in punishment for skiving off work.
http://cinetropolis.net/guilty-pleasures-ironclad/
I enjoyed this movie, too.
Oh, and don't watch the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans, it is soulless compared to the original - CGI isn't everything..
judas said:
Divergent
Post-apocalyptic society divides people into different groups according to their personality types in effort to ensure peace and stability in pseudo-facist state. Bad guys want to take charge, 'divergents', who don't fit into the groups and hunted down but ultimately are the heroes who save the day (quelle surprise!). Clearly aimed at the young adult audience and teen girl empowerment, enjoyed it nonetheless.
6/10
The sequel, Insurgent is up on tonight's watch list.
I quite enjoyed Divergent too and agree with your appraisal of it. However, I read very poor reviews of Insurgent which say it is rather a pot-boiler that goes over too much ground from the first film and doesn't really advance the plot at all. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on it after you've watched it. Post-apocalyptic society divides people into different groups according to their personality types in effort to ensure peace and stability in pseudo-facist state. Bad guys want to take charge, 'divergents', who don't fit into the groups and hunted down but ultimately are the heroes who save the day (quelle surprise!). Clearly aimed at the young adult audience and teen girl empowerment, enjoyed it nonetheless.
6/10
The sequel, Insurgent is up on tonight's watch list.
chris watton said:
There's a nice little retrospective about this film here:
http://cinetropolis.net/guilty-pleasures-ironclad/
I enjoyed this movie, too.
Oh, and don't watch the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans, it is soulless compared to the original - CGI isn't everything..
Thanks for that, very interesting to see how much dramatic licence had been used in the film http://cinetropolis.net/guilty-pleasures-ironclad/
I enjoyed this movie, too.
Oh, and don't watch the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans, it is soulless compared to the original - CGI isn't everything..
generationx said:
The Empire Strikes Back on Blu ray last night.
35 years later it still stands as, by a country mile, the best in the Star Wars series. Also, as the film to be fiddled with the least by George Lucas in recent years, it's the nearest to the pure version of the original that we can watch.
Marvellous.
Happy to go against the grain but I don't think it's anywhere near the best. I much prefer the first film simply for its impact - the opening scene with the Imperial cruiser is one of the all time greats and up there with the openings to The Spy who loved Me and Goldeneye - but in this there's no beginning and no end. It doesn't stand up as a film in its own right as its obvious there had to have been one before it and one after it too, it's all middle.35 years later it still stands as, by a country mile, the best in the Star Wars series. Also, as the film to be fiddled with the least by George Lucas in recent years, it's the nearest to the pure version of the original that we can watch.
Marvellous.
Of course there are plenty of good bits throughout, but there are also some truly cringe full bits too - Jabba's stupid pig guards, Chewbacca's ludicrous wailing throughout, the scene when we first see Jabba and his entourage enjoying the entertainment, Jabba's hover ships and the battle in the desert over the pit with the huge mouth in it - all laughable (although Leiea chained up in that bikini strangling Jabba offers some very welcome redemption) and not worthy of a film held in such high esteem.
Just my opinion of course
Antony Moxey said:
Happy to go against the grain but I don't think it's anywhere near the best. I much prefer the first film simply for its impact - the opening scene with the Imperial cruiser is one of the all time greats and up there with the openings to The Spy who loved Me and Goldeneye - but in this there's no beginning and no end. It doesn't stand up as a film in its own right as its obvious there had to have been one before it and one after it too, it's all middle.
Of course there are plenty of good bits throughout, but there are also some truly cringe full bits too - Jabba's stupid pig guards, Chewbacca's ludicrous wailing throughout, the scene when we first see Jabba and his entourage enjoying the entertainment, Jabba's hover ships and the battle in the desert over the pit with the huge mouth in it - all laughable (although Leiea chained up in that bikini strangling Jabba offers some very welcome redemption) and not worthy of a film held in such high esteem.
Just my opinion of course
Are you not getting mixed up with Return of the Jedi?Of course there are plenty of good bits throughout, but there are also some truly cringe full bits too - Jabba's stupid pig guards, Chewbacca's ludicrous wailing throughout, the scene when we first see Jabba and his entourage enjoying the entertainment, Jabba's hover ships and the battle in the desert over the pit with the huge mouth in it - all laughable (although Leiea chained up in that bikini strangling Jabba offers some very welcome redemption) and not worthy of a film held in such high esteem.
Just my opinion of course
Antony Moxey said:
Happy to go against the grain but I don't think it's anywhere near the best. I much prefer the first film simply for its impact - the opening scene with the Imperial cruiser is one of the all time greats and up there with the openings to The Spy who loved Me and Goldeneye - but in this there's no beginning and no end. It doesn't stand up as a film in its own right as its obvious there had to have been one before it and one after it too, it's all middle.
Of course there are plenty of good bits throughout, but there are also some truly cringe full bits too - Jabba's stupid pig guards, Chewbacca's ludicrous wailing throughout, the scene when we first see Jabba and his entourage enjoying the entertainment, Jabba's hover ships and the battle in the desert over the pit with the huge mouth in it - all laughable (although Leiea chained up in that bikini strangling Jabba offers some very welcome redemption) and not worthy of a film held in such high esteem.
Just my opinion of course
Mixing up Jedi with empire.... Either top trolling or schoolboy error. Actually scrap that. No schoolboy would make that mistake.Of course there are plenty of good bits throughout, but there are also some truly cringe full bits too - Jabba's stupid pig guards, Chewbacca's ludicrous wailing throughout, the scene when we first see Jabba and his entourage enjoying the entertainment, Jabba's hover ships and the battle in the desert over the pit with the huge mouth in it - all laughable (although Leiea chained up in that bikini strangling Jabba offers some very welcome redemption) and not worthy of a film held in such high esteem.
Just my opinion of course
Dad's Army.
Jesus wept.
What made anyone think it was a good idea to take a well known and loved TV series that starred actors who were the characters and turn it in to a film starring people who were trying to be the originals but couldn't possibly pull it off?
The cast didn't work except Michael Gambon as Godfrey. Bill Nighy just played Bill Nighy as usual.
The film relies on a knowledge of the series to understand the relationships between the characters, and the characters themselves, which means it simply doesn't work because as a viewer you're referring to your memory of the show to interpret the film you're watching.
On the plus side having the original actor play the Vicar was a nice touch, and using the same butcher's van as the series was clever.
1/10 for trying.
Jesus wept.
What made anyone think it was a good idea to take a well known and loved TV series that starred actors who were the characters and turn it in to a film starring people who were trying to be the originals but couldn't possibly pull it off?
The cast didn't work except Michael Gambon as Godfrey. Bill Nighy just played Bill Nighy as usual.
The film relies on a knowledge of the series to understand the relationships between the characters, and the characters themselves, which means it simply doesn't work because as a viewer you're referring to your memory of the show to interpret the film you're watching.
On the plus side having the original actor play the Vicar was a nice touch, and using the same butcher's van as the series was clever.
1/10 for trying.
Money Monsters
George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O'Connell, Directed by Jodie Foster.
A terrible American 'game show' style Host predicts the money markets, gets one share prediction disasterously wrong, and an impoverished investor wants revenge. Guns, bombs, hostages and the obligatory fraudulant fat-cat. That's basically the whole plot.
There's a few one-liners thrown in, one genuinely LOL moment when an on-screen appeal to save the host's life has unexpected results, and a cringeworthy knee-trembler live-on-tv scene that raised a titter.
Cabbage-tv, you don't have to concentrate too hard to follow it.
6/10
George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O'Connell, Directed by Jodie Foster.
A terrible American 'game show' style Host predicts the money markets, gets one share prediction disasterously wrong, and an impoverished investor wants revenge. Guns, bombs, hostages and the obligatory fraudulant fat-cat. That's basically the whole plot.
There's a few one-liners thrown in, one genuinely LOL moment when an on-screen appeal to save the host's life has unexpected results, and a cringeworthy knee-trembler live-on-tv scene that raised a titter.
Cabbage-tv, you don't have to concentrate too hard to follow it.
6/10
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