Films I watched this week

[chris watton]

Halb said:

I've seen Rec 2, which I thought was wk. I wanna watch Quarantine though.

It's not too shabby at all - although it's virtually a frame-by-frame remake of the Spanish version.

'Deb' from Dexter is the lead role...

[Halb]

The Wild Geese was on C5!!!!

[Pesty]

Ahhh fal and bren porn.

Seen it too many times awesome film.

[Veeayt]

Bone tomahawk - not recommended for family viewing. Very violent, but a nice film overall. Crichton-ish plot with western involved.

Ash vs evil dead - great fun. Simple plot devices, a breath of fresh air

[vixen1700]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2866360/reviews?ref_=t...

Coherence.

Really low budget sci-fi on Netflix.

Excellent and well worth a watch.

[Jader1973]

Trainwreck.

It was.

-eleventeenbillion/10

[ukaskew]

vixen1700 said:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2866360/reviews?ref_=t...

Coherence.

Really low budget sci-fi on Netflix.

Excellent and well worth a watch.

Glad somebody else has watched this. Made for $50k and better than most sci-fi films put out by the Hollywood studios.

[vixen1700]

ukaskew said:

Glad somebody else has watched this. Made for $50k and better than most sci-fi films put out by the Hollywood studios.

Had a night in by myself last night, Sky had packed up due to the wind so Netflix was the answer.

Never heard of it before, but it just pulled me in right from the start and had me riveted all the way through. Felt gutted when it finished, wanted it to go on longer.

Also watched The Signal with Laurence Fishburne which is another pretty good watch.



Oh and a crap London gangster film with Gabriel Byrne to round the evening off, but have forgotten what that was called.

[CooperD]

Watched The Quiet American last night. Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser are in Vietnam in the 50's before the Americans invaded. Very good thriller and well worth seeing.

Edited by CooperD on Friday 20th November 19:03

[Pickled]

Legend of Barney Thompson.

Starring Robert Carlyle & Ray Winston, plus a small part for James Cosmo.

Carlyle is Glaswegian socially inept barber who becomes an accidental serial killer, and Winston is the Cockney DI after him - some good black humour in places, with a twist involving (Carlyle) Barney's Mum.

Not great but not bad either 6.5/10

[Halb]

Pesty said:

Ahhh fal and bren porn.

Seen it too many times awesome film.

Ripe for a remake I reckon.
Still love the original.
But it'd have to be in the same vein, good actors in the parts, not action stars like Statham.
Less story on Flynn, and more time for stuff in Africa.

[shirt]

this week:

birdman 10/10

saw this when it came out so revisiting it. top film, definitely worth the oscar adulation and i think destined to be a future classic. great cast, acting, direction, everything.


calvary 7/10

has all the ingredients of a great film yet only manages to end up being a good one. gleeson is fantastic and there is a lot to like, just some things should have ended up on the cutting room floor - the weird noo yoik rent boy, aiden gillan's accent and dylan moran's entire character being good examples. if they'd ditched some of the 'comedy' it would still be a dark humored tale of redemption, just one that'd score 2 points higher.

[shirt]

irocfan said:

Nom de ploom said:

No Country for Old Men...I've watched this three times now and I still can't love it. I like it for certain elements but I feel really let down by the denoument...

it might as well have been called "random stuff happens" and that would sum it.

A blistering performance from Bardem can't elevate it either beyond 6/10

glad I'm not alone in not getting the love for this film. Sure the acting is good but but but

i think the problem with this film is there is no pay-off. the big gunfight you're expecting happens off screen and then everyone you like dies.

i read the book hoping that it'd shed more light on the story. it doesn't at all. yet whilst the book doesn't need the detail of the shootout scene, you really notice it missing on the screen as the film just falls flat.

[Halb]

It's also one of the few films where the protagonist dies/fails. That ultimately doesn't sit well with audiences.

[GravelBen]

I watched, uh, 'Zombeavers'.

Dont.

I did know better, but I was curious.

[Stu R]

GravelBen said:

I watched, uh, 'Zombeavers'.

Dont.

I did know better, but I was curious.

So bad it was worth watching, IMO

[Pesty]

Halb said:

Ripe for a remake I reckon.
Still love the original.
But it'd have to be in the same vein, good actors in the parts, not action stars like Statham.
Less story on Flynn, and more time for stuff in Africa.

You couldn't get a cast like that these days. Plus they would fk it up. PC bks. They'd have to have super ninja women who can kick men's arses etc etc.

[Halb]

The Eiger Sanction.....I had forgotten that CLint and George sit on top of that crazy rock, gave me vertigo just looking at it...

Pesty said:

You couldn't get a cast like that these days. Plus they would fk it up. PC bks. They'd have to have super ninja women who can kick men's arses etc etc.

Hmm, difficult to think of British grandees who could do it...Hopkins is way too old.
No-one in their 70s. The three officers and the RSM should all be grandees.

Officers

Ralph Fiennes - Burton
Colin Firth - Rafer
Hugh Grant - Flynn
Gary Oldman - RSM?
Ken Branagh

rest
Dom West
Andrew Lincoln
Daniel Craig
Idris Elba
Chewetel Ejiofor
Chris Bale
Clive Owen
Daimian Lewis
Sean Bean - sgt
Sean Pertwee
Gerad Butler

[parabolica]

12 hour flight LHR to LAX so got a few films in:

Amy I wasn't a huge Amy Winehouse fan before despite enjoying most of her music - certainly didn't know anything beyond the tabloid headlines. But wow what a film/documentary and I've come away with a much better understanding of her meteoric rise and fall. It's really well made (Same guy who made the Senna doc) and I'll confess to having a lump in my throat at the end. 9/10 - only because I don't know enough about her to judge whether the film was biased or skewing facts in any way.

MI - Rogue Nation enjoyable, brain-out fun. Good action and stunts; amazing to think this generation of MI series is 20 years old but still produces solid films even if the formula remains largely the same.

Mad Max - Fury Road I saw it in IMAX and loved it; loved watching it again. More brain-out fun, great visuals, stunts and awesome music.

Ps special award to American Airways who don't edit any of their films for in-flight showing - I usually fly BA or Emirates and they do censor their films. Was refreshing not having to put up the annoyance of missing words or scenes!

[Pesty]

Halb said:

Hmm, difficult to think of British grandees who could do it...Hopkins is way too old.
No-one in their 70s. The three officers and the RSM should all be grandees.

Officers

Ralph Fiennes - Burton
Colin Firth - Rafer
Hugh Grant - Flynn
Gary Oldman - RSM?
Ken Branagh

rest
Dom West
Andrew Lincoln
Daniel Craig
Idris Elba
Chewetel Ejiofor
Chris Bale
Clive Owen
Daimian Lewis
Sean Bean - sgt
Sean Pertwee
Gerad Butler

Hmm maybe except for Hugh grant. Not too bad. I doubt Daniel Craig et al would play minor supporting roles.

Anyway I too watched eager sanction again. Good film one of clients best IMO under rated.

Pope I've got to waste you a little. Was a bit surprised at some of the language.