Good films I watched this weekend

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chippy17

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242 months

Monday 2nd March 2009
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I too watched Tropic Thunder, bordering on brilliant but not

The Stuntman *

609 posts

216 months

Monday 2nd March 2009
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The Dreamers.

Eva cloud9 Green.

a kinky film

marctwo

3,666 posts

259 months

Monday 2nd March 2009
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The Dark Knight - very good indeed, Heath Ledger is genuinely scary.

BAHN-STORMA

2,712 posts

189 months

Monday 2nd March 2009
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Legend83 said:
Thankfully we had Tropic Thunder to follow - pretty amusing. Didn't realise Tom Cruise was in this...he was hilarious. Downey Jnr stole the show though.
Saw this last week - very funny, especially Tom Cruise!

Robert Downey Jnr. "What d'you mean 'YOU PEOPLE'?" biglaugh

becksW

14,682 posts

210 months

Monday 2nd March 2009
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Ended up watching a good part of Shawshank Redemption the other night due to channel hopping, thought I'd watch a bit of it before going to bed, of course even though I've seen it 3 or 4 times before, I ended up watching the rest of it. As good as ever.

becksW

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210 months

Monday 2nd March 2009
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benoli said:
Licence to Kill (ITV)

tumbleweed
I also watched this, though T. Dalton is perfectly acceptable as a Bond, I really didn't think that much of this film. Good lorry scene at the end but not much else, seemed a bit drab (though Q lightened the mood a bit)

crofty1984

15,830 posts

203 months

Monday 2nd March 2009
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Quantume of Solace was good, but occaisionally disinteresting.
American Beauty was as good as ever, althought I don't think the Italian dubbing for Thora Birch was the right actress (too "girly")

fathomfive

9,874 posts

189 months

Monday 2nd March 2009
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becksW said:
Ended up watching a good part of Shawshank Redemption the other night due to channel hopping, thought I'd watch a bit of it before going to bed, of course even though I've seen it 3 or 4 times before, I ended up watching the rest of it. As good as ever.
The closing scene is really powerful. Fantastic film.

Fats25

6,260 posts

228 months

Monday 2nd March 2009
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marctwo said:
The Dark Knight - very good indeed, Heath Ledger is genuinely scary.
Snap.

I would have said "was genuinely scary". I thought the film was brilliant and cannot wait for the next installment.

_Deano

7,405 posts

252 months

Monday 2nd March 2009
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Kung-Fu Panda, Madagascar 2, Bolt, Meet the Robinson, - Watch them with my son, these were actully good films. He actully sat still and watch Bolt all the way through when we were in the cinema.

IronMan, The Dark Knight, Cloverfield - Was a bit dissapointed with the end of Cloverfield as i wanted to know what happened to the Alien. Ironman was a brain off enjoyable film and i love the performance of Bail and Ledger in the DK.

Slagathore

5,808 posts

191 months

Monday 2nd March 2009
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Forgot to mention Shoot 'Em Up biggrin

The most unrealistic film I have ever seen, but still found it funny to watch!

Plus it has Monica Bellucci in cloud9

okgo

37,712 posts

197 months

Monday 2nd March 2009
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becksW said:
Ended up watching a good part of Shawshank Redemption the other night due to channel hopping, thought I'd watch a bit of it before going to bed, of course even though I've seen it 3 or 4 times before, I ended up watching the rest of it. As good as ever.
Same, its hated on by some people, as its a cool film to love, but there is a reason for its success, it truly is great.

And to prove the Oscars are a bunch of st, it didn't even get one!

shalmaneser

5,927 posts

194 months

Monday 2nd March 2009
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American History X - Been meaning to see it for ages, and I'm glad to say it was as good as everyone told me it was going to be!

benoli

1,351 posts

188 months

Monday 2nd March 2009
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becksW said:
Ended up watching a good part of Shawshank Redemption the other night
http://www.imdb.com/chart/top

seems as though 400,000 people think it's a good film too
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monthefish

20,439 posts

230 months

Monday 2nd March 2009
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becksW said:
Ended up watching a good part of Shawshank Redemption the other night due to channel hopping, thought I'd watch a bit of it before going to bed, of course even though I've seen it 3 or 4 times before, I ended up watching the rest of it. As good as ever.
Indeed. Great film, even on the 27th viewing...


Slagathore said:
Forgot to mention Shoot 'Em Up biggrin

The most unrealistic film I have ever seen, but still found it funny to watch!
I thought it was terrible. Very dissapointing.

Slagathore

5,808 posts

191 months

Monday 2nd March 2009
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monthefish said:
Slagathore said:
Forgot to mention Shoot 'Em Up biggrin

The most unrealistic film I have ever seen, but still found it funny to watch!
I thought it was terrible. Very dissapointing.
I thought it was going to be a serious film when I read the synopsis. How wrong was I? laugh

After 5 mins I realised what I was going to be in for, I still never felt the need to change channels, though.

The fact that it was so unbelievable made it a bit easier to watchlaugh

Skipppy

1,135 posts

209 months

Monday 2nd March 2009
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Watched 'The Ruins' which was pretty good to be honest.


Nobody You Know

8,422 posts

192 months

Monday 2nd March 2009
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Sat and watched 12 Monkeys on Saturday night (me and mate had the lurg and track day on Sunday so stayed in) we didn't mean to watch it but caught the beginning and then couldn't turn it off, really enjoyed it.

Sushi

858 posts

199 months

Monday 2nd March 2009
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the international...what a horrible horrible film...

AlexKP

16,484 posts

243 months

Monday 2nd March 2009
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Legend83 said:
Ingredients:

- Tropic Thunder
Let me stop you right there.

Here is the review of that steaming pile of a movie that I posted on the IMDB.com


Possibly the worst film in many years, 26 January 2009
1/10
Author: BlokeWithABrainUK from United Kingdom

* * This comment may contain spoilers ***

For some reason I ordered this on DVD (it was released this weekend). I had glanced at the IMDb score and thought "Good score, must be a fun way to kill a couple of hours..." How tragically and naively wrong I was.

Clearly the IMDb rating has been influenced or manipulated in some way by those with a vested interest. Nothing else could explain the current rating in relation to the vast majority of reviews.

So please pay attention to the following message: DO NOT BUY THIS FILM ON DVD - IT IS BEYOND DREADFUL.

I buy a lot of DVD's, but I am actually really angry that I wasted £10 on this, it is so staggeringly poor. I truly wish I could get my money back as I feel conned.

OK - the film. Well, many others here have already commented, but I am moved to say that rarely has such a total lack of talent been put before the public. I liked Stiller in "Zoolander" - pithy and clever. I quite like "Night at the Museum", and "Meet The Parents" was good fun.

"Tropic Thunder" on the other hand is a whole different barrel of excrement.

Given that it is written by, produced by, scripted by, directed by and starring Mr Stiller, I can only conclude that a/ he has not watched the film himself, or b/ it is noble of him to take the blame.

Some key points: - The script is incoherent, as is Downey Jnr (and most of the rest of the cast).

- The script is desperately poorly written.

- The plot premise is promising, but squandered in minutes.

- The opening two minutes of the film (the spoof trailers) are the only amusing part of the film. It then goes off a cliff like a weighted Artic carrying a lorry load of lead balloons.

- It's crude and crass. Not funny crude and crass. Just nauseatingly puerile and unpleasant. I can't even suggest it is schoolboy humour, as it isn't that sophisticated.

- It isn't satire (satire is intelligent and makes a point). It isn't a spoof (a spoof is ludicrous and funny). It isn't "comedy" either (comedy makes you laugh and smile). It is actually almost a new genre entirely of it's own.

- Jack Black is the worst he has ever been, and his character - a bloated "comedy star" obsessed with hard drugs is so repellent that I spent the entire agonising length of the movie with my face a fixed mask of horror (according to my better half who also attempted to endure this).

- Tom Cruise achieves staggering new heights of embarrassment. His rabid expletive ridden tirades are not biting satire, they are just cringeworthy and forced.

- Nolte is pointless and looks uncomfortable as if he has a horrible sinking feeling throughout. Matthew McConaughey, a great actor when he tries, gives his best shot. But given that his character is effectively one joke which isn't funny in the first place, he is on a hiding to nothing from the start.

- Steve Cougan actually manages to be the best actor in all this hideous mess, and he is dispatched early on anyhow. I think he should be grateful as he is the only one to escape with a shred of dignity.

The stellar cast must be appalled at what Ben Stiller has created. Overblown, pointless, unfunny visual diarrhoea with no discernible redeeming qualities whatsoever. Surely Mr Stiller will never again be able to persuade such actors of note to take part in another debacle.

It saddens me that at no point in the pre-production process did someone have either the nerve or the knowledge to say "Hang on a minute Ben, this just simply isn't funny." Ben Stiller has committed the cardinal film making sin - a comedy that is not only devoid of any laughs, but actually so poor it is offensive to a viewer with any level of discernment.

Having just about managed to watch it (a supreme act of will in itself), I feel insulted and scammed out of my money. I turned to my wife and said, "That was possibly the worst film I have seen in a decade". She not only agreed, but used one of the overused expletives from the movie to describe her dissatisfaction at a wasted 1hr40min of her life.

If I could give it less than one star I would.
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