Good films I watched this weekend

[3sixty]

toasty said:

Saw Death Race with Jason Statham.

It's a Ronseal film, you know what to expect and you won't be disappointed.

I quite liked it.

[jimpritchard]

Watched Butterfly on a wheel last night, unusal to see Mr Brosnan playing a baddie, fantastic twist at the end, almost on a par with The Game, which for those who have not seen it, has probably THE best ending of any movie I have EVER seen!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489664/

Edited by jimpritchard on Tuesday 30th June 22:57

[him_over_there]

jimpritchard said:

Watched Butterfly on a wheel last night, unusal to see Mr Brosnan playing a baddie, fantastic twist at the end, almost on a par with The Game, which for those who have not seen it, has probably THE best ending of any movie I have EVER seen!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489664/

Edited by jimpritchard on Tuesday 30th June 22:57

You can't be talking about the unbelievably ste "The Game" with Michael Douglas are you ?

You can't be. That film was laughably bad, with plot holes you could fly a jet through and impossibly implausible plot points and twists.

Utter garbage.

[BAHN-STORMA]

him_over_there said:

jimpritchard said:

Watched Butterfly on a wheel last night, unusal to see Mr Brosnan playing a baddie, fantastic twist at the end, almost on a par with The Game, which for those who have not seen it, has probably THE best ending of any movie I have EVER seen!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489664/

Edited by jimpritchard on Tuesday 30th June 22:57

You can't be talking about the unbelievably ste "The Game" with Michael Douglas are you ?

You can't be. That film was laughably bad, with plot holes you could fly a jet through and impossibly implausible plot points and twists.

Utter garbage.

I'm with him_over_there on this one!





Oh and thanks... I just lost 'The Game'

[oobster]

I know the title of this thread is Good films I watched this weekend but the Mrs and I have just wasted an hour or so of our afternoon by watching Cloverfield.

I actually wanted all the characters to be killed, what a bunch of annoying tts.

[Legend83]

Slumdog Millionaire, at last.

Brilliant.

[shirt]

watched syriana again last night. amazing film, destined to become a classic.

[Legend83]

shirt said:

watched syriana again last night. amazing film, destined to become a classic.

Really? Not seen it so can't comment but friend of mine said it was a snore-fest.

[patmahe]

Batman Begins - forgot how good it was, brilliant how you can see the story coming together and the fact that he isn't just an instant hero, he's full of doubt and guilt, very complex for what is essentailly a comic book character.

[shirt]

Legend83 said:

shirt said:

watched syriana again last night. amazing film, destined to become a classic.

Really? Not seen it so can't comment but friend of mine said it was a snore-fest.

i can see how some might think that, but its a fine film. i say 'destined to become' as it reminds me a lot of 70's film thrillers that didn't do so well on release but now adorn most people's dvd shelves. if someone watched it and told me it was st, i'd seriously doubt their judgement in future.

its written/directed by stephen gaghan - the guy who got the oscar for 'traffic'. the style is pretty similar to traffic as well - sparse, tense, no wasted dialogue and little in the way of plot hints.

the cast is terrific. matt damon doesn't have much to do in his part, but for clooney its a career defining role, he nails it. the supporting cast are very strong.

rent it, watch it. it stands up very well to repeat viewing, it will take a couple of vuews just to work out what actually happened.

[Invisible man]

Gran Torino.......not what I expected, quite deep for a hollywood film, I enjoyed it

[AdeTuono]

Mum and Dad. Thoroughly nasty film. I need to go and scrub my brain to wash it away. Watched Hostel, all the Saw films and Texas Chainsaw afterwards as a bit of light relief.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1129428/

Click on Plot Keywords to get an idea.

[im]

AdeTuono said:

Mum and Dad. Thoroughly nasty film. I need to go and scrub my brain to wash it away. Watched Hostel, all the Saw films and Texas Chainsaw afterwards as a bit of light relief.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1129428/

Click on Plot Keywords to get an idea.

Click on 'Full Synopsis' to get a real feel for how nasty this film is.

This 'torture-porn' genre does nothing for me - and the Brits seem to be doing it better than the yanks lately. I can't remember the name of it but I watched the Brit film with a Girl & her Boyfriend camping by the lake in the woods when the chav-types set up camp 200 yards away...that was pretty dire and in the same mould - it didn't even have a redeeming end for the heroine - but then thats the point of these type of films I suppose.

[anonymous-user]

Watched "The Escapist" last night - really enjoyed it

[AdeTuono]

im said:

AdeTuono said:

Mum and Dad. Thoroughly nasty film. I need to go and scrub my brain to wash it away. Watched Hostel, all the Saw films and Texas Chainsaw afterwards as a bit of light relief.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1129428/

Click on Plot Keywords to get an idea.

Click on 'Full Synopsis' to get a real feel for how nasty this film is.

This 'torture-porn' genre does nothing for me - and the Brits seem to be doing it better than the yanks lately. I can't remember the name of it but I watched the Brit film with a Girl & her Boyfriend camping by the lake in the woods when the chav-types set up camp 200 yards away...that was pretty dire and in the same mould - it didn't even have a redeeming end for the heroine - but then thats the point of these type of films I suppose.

Eden Lake?

[im]

AdeTuono said:

im said:

AdeTuono said:

Mum and Dad. Thoroughly nasty film. I need to go and scrub my brain to wash it away. Watched Hostel, all the Saw films and Texas Chainsaw afterwards as a bit of light relief.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1129428/

Click on Plot Keywords to get an idea.

Click on 'Full Synopsis' to get a real feel for how nasty this film is.

This 'torture-porn' genre does nothing for me - and the Brits seem to be doing it better than the yanks lately. I can't remember the name of it but I watched the Brit film with a Girl & her Boyfriend camping by the lake in the woods when the chav-types set up camp 200 yards away...that was pretty dire and in the same mould - it didn't even have a redeeming end for the heroine - but then thats the point of these type of films I suppose.

Eden Lake?

Yeah..thats it...

Watch that and you don't come away feeling good about life thats for sure.

[boomboompow]

I know I'm a bit late to the party with this one; but finally watched Slumdog Millionaire for the first time having bought it nearly a month ago and never put it on. What a fantastic film; not a huge Danny Boyle fan but I really really liked this one!

[RDM]

Law Abiding Citizen is quite good, couple of plot holes I thought, but good
film nonetheless.

[snowy slopes]

Going to be watching mars attacks tonight, might not be the best film ever, but it makes me laugh so cant all be bad

[okgo]

Watched memento forthe first time today.

Thought it was great