Films I watched this week
Discussion
Patch1875 said:
Grand Hotel Budapest- superb 9/10
This movie is one of the best films IMO and easily goes down as one of my all time favorites. The director, whose name has just slipped my mind is truly talented and in a way that far surpasses anyone in old Dreary-Wood. Anderson, thats his name, Wes Anderson. His other films are just as unique and captivating.
As for a movie i watched this week, well, i watched several as i always do, but i cannot remember any of them lol Although i do recall one;
[b]The Hunter [\b]
Incidentally, one of the characters from The Grand Budapest Hotel is the main character in The Hunter. And of course his name has evaded me, but you would know him once you saw him, he was the guy who played the part of Green Goblin in the Spiderman movie, as well as the guy from John Wicke, who played Johns friend.
The Hunter is a very slowly paced film but never boring. Is well written and produced and acted enough to feel for te characters and therefore be pissed off when - spoilers, sorry, see the film. -trust me, you'll get the same feelings when you watch it. But the main character is some one called on by the Government to find and essentially kill one of, if not THE last Tasmanian Tiger i think its called. Which was actually a very real animal 100 years ago when it became extinct. In fact, the footage they show of this animal in yhe beginning is of a real tas tiger, seemingly the last one in existence at the time.
7/10
ESOG said:
Patch1875 said:
Grand Hotel Budapest- superb 9/10
This movie is one of the best films IMO and easily goes down as one of my all time favorites. The director, whose name has just slipped my mind is truly talented and in a way that far surpasses anyone in old Dreary-Wood. Anderson, thats his name, Wes Anderson. His other films are just as unique and captivating.
As for a movie i watched this week, well, i watched several as i always do, but i cannot remember any of them lol Although i do recall one;
[b]The Hunter [\b]
Incidentally, one of the characters from The Grand Budapest Hotel is the main character in The Hunter. And of course his name has evaded me, but you would know him once you saw him, he was the guy who played the part of Green Goblin in the Spiderman movie, as well as the guy from John Wicke, who played Johns friend.
The Hunter is a very slowly paced film but never boring. Is well written and produced and acted enough to feel for te characters and therefore be pissed off when - spoilers, sorry, see the film. -trust me, you'll get the same feelings when you watch it. But the main character is some one called on by the Government to find and essentially kill one of, if not THE last Tasmanian Tiger i think its called. Which was actually a very real animal 100 years ago when it became extinct. In fact, the footage they show of this animal in yhe beginning is of a real tas tiger, seemingly the last one in existence at the time.
7/10
Will check The Hunter out remember seeing a trailer for it and liking the look of it.
Watched two great French sub-titled films round at my mate's place
I supply the wine, his wife supplies supper and he does the movies - not sure if these are Netflix or Amazon but were great entertainment. Strangely a paraplegic link :
EN ÉQUILIBRE - IN HARMONY (2015)
A paraplegic man and the female loss adjuster dealing with his insurance claim have a brief 'understanding'. As usual in French films, deep feelings, a bit of an affair, re-assessment of your position and understanding what really makes you happy.
EN SOLITAIRE - Turning Tide (2013)
A guy becomes skipper on a round-the-world non-stop single-handed yacht race. After several days of racing and in the lead, he has to stop to repair a damaged rudder and moors up just off Mauritius and guess what - he picks up a stowaway who thinks he is getting a short ride back to France. Funnily enough, when the rudder is repaired - he's going in the opposite direction ! The skipper is the wheelchair guy in 'Untouchable'
Some serious yachting in heavy seas if that's what floats your boat.
<Edit> I thought it good but a budget of 17m euros led to 6m euros at the box office. Hmm !
I must check up on these subscription channels one day.
I supply the wine, his wife supplies supper and he does the movies - not sure if these are Netflix or Amazon but were great entertainment. Strangely a paraplegic link :
EN ÉQUILIBRE - IN HARMONY (2015)
A paraplegic man and the female loss adjuster dealing with his insurance claim have a brief 'understanding'. As usual in French films, deep feelings, a bit of an affair, re-assessment of your position and understanding what really makes you happy.
EN SOLITAIRE - Turning Tide (2013)
A guy becomes skipper on a round-the-world non-stop single-handed yacht race. After several days of racing and in the lead, he has to stop to repair a damaged rudder and moors up just off Mauritius and guess what - he picks up a stowaway who thinks he is getting a short ride back to France. Funnily enough, when the rudder is repaired - he's going in the opposite direction ! The skipper is the wheelchair guy in 'Untouchable'
Some serious yachting in heavy seas if that's what floats your boat.
<Edit> I thought it good but a budget of 17m euros led to 6m euros at the box office. Hmm !
I must check up on these subscription channels one day.
Edited by BryanC on Friday 11th December 19:43
The Pick channel (Freeview 11) have been showing Asylum films on Thursday nights. I'm out on Thursdays so I had them recorded, and watched the two so far tonight. Next week isn't an Asylum film, it's Farscape: Peacekeeper Wars. The Asylum films might be back on the week after. Anyway...
Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3723790/
Lampreys are those eels/fish that have a massive sucker mouth full of teeth for a head. They get hungry, eat all the fish, then start on the people. Not the worst Asylum film, but apart from a few bits Christopher Lloyd, what a way to go, its not up there with Sharknado or Piranha 3DD. Shannen Doherty doesn't do much and Christopher Lloyd is the Mayor who doesn't think there's a problem. Same sort of thing as Piranha or any of the other horror B movies with fish
5. Average for what it is, bad compared to most other things.
Megashark vs Kolossus
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4566574/
This one was better/worse, depending on what you think of Asylum films . A giant Russian cold war robot gets 'woken up', elsewhere, a giant shark makes an appearance, wrecking boats. More dodgy CGI, submarines with a crew of women with leather jackets and wonderbras, because why not? Subtitles for characters who speak English with a Russian or Japanese accent. And Kolossus picks up Megashark and hammer throws it into space, to stop the satellite that has a laser on it, the satellite then lasers the moon, because who gives a crap about science and physics and gravity and...
11, or 1.5, Because its much higher on the so bad its good scale.
Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3723790/
Lampreys are those eels/fish that have a massive sucker mouth full of teeth for a head. They get hungry, eat all the fish, then start on the people. Not the worst Asylum film, but apart from a few bits Christopher Lloyd, what a way to go, its not up there with Sharknado or Piranha 3DD. Shannen Doherty doesn't do much and Christopher Lloyd is the Mayor who doesn't think there's a problem. Same sort of thing as Piranha or any of the other horror B movies with fish
5. Average for what it is, bad compared to most other things.
Megashark vs Kolossus
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4566574/
This one was better/worse, depending on what you think of Asylum films
. A giant Russian cold war robot gets 'woken up', elsewhere, a giant shark makes an appearance, wrecking boats. More dodgy CGI, submarines with a crew of women with leather jackets and wonderbras, because why not? Subtitles for characters who speak English with a Russian or Japanese accent. And Kolossus picks up Megashark and hammer throws it into space, to stop the satellite that has a laser on it, the satellite then lasers the moon, because who gives a crap about science and physics and gravity and... 11, or 1.5, Because its much higher on the so bad its good scale.
Edited by ajprice on Saturday 12th December 20:12
Absolutely Anything.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1727770/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Lot better than I thought it was going to be,had me chuckling away.7.5/10.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1727770/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Lot better than I thought it was going to be,had me chuckling away.7.5/10.
t nearly ruined it for me 
No new releases, but off sick with some revolting virus I have huddled under a duvet and watched:
Edge of Darkness, the original mini-series, which I've had lying around on DVD for several years as it's six episodes and three hours. It's a fantastic 1980s political/nuclear/police thriller. I particularly loved "Darius Jedburgh", but I am quite sure you are supposed to. Superb throughout. 9/10.
And re-watched Donnie Darko on DVD. A troubled teenager is instructed to leave his bed and home one night by a talking 6ft rabbit, 'Frank', and in the process dodges a falling aircraft engine. He continues to do as Frank says... I think I saw more connections in it this time around and it made more sense. 8/10.
Edge of Darkness, the original mini-series, which I've had lying around on DVD for several years as it's six episodes and three hours. It's a fantastic 1980s political/nuclear/police thriller. I particularly loved "Darius Jedburgh", but I am quite sure you are supposed to. Superb throughout. 9/10.
And re-watched Donnie Darko on DVD. A troubled teenager is instructed to leave his bed and home one night by a talking 6ft rabbit, 'Frank', and in the process dodges a falling aircraft engine. He continues to do as Frank says... I think I saw more connections in it this time around and it made more sense. 8/10.
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