Seen Any Good Films Lately?

[Lard Bazaar 3,799]

Saw Simon Pegg's new film The World's End last night, about a pub crawl - very good and lots of laughs as usual, I especially enjoyed it as he's just slightly older than me and the story reminded me of my teenage years, with a soundtrack relevant to my life. As expected, Nick Frost is very funny too, but I did think that Paddy Considine was a bit crap - but overall a very good film, with a tasty Schwartz Garlic Mayo Cheeseburger with extra bacon for afters.

[harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,688]

After the interesting Imagine BBC documentary on Woody Allen, insomnia unfortunately made me stay up to watch the following Match Point. Without question the worst film I've ever seen by a so-called auteur, and I've seen several of Godard's 70s movies and Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut. The concept, acting, plot and characterisation are all terrible, but the crowning glory has to be Woody's dialogue - it might fool Martians, the French or even Americans, but to a Brit it's laughable. There's a website that rates it his third best film - please Lord let me never see the 40-odd ranked below it.

[Banshees Scream 110]

Isn't he married to Rosemary's step daughter, Harry?

[Dr. Zorders 1,271]

There's only about 15 or 20 movies at most that came out after about 1999/2000, that I actually like. So..... yeah - never seen Match Point, probably not gonna see it, as I have never liked a Woody Allen movie out of the one or two I've seen (although I'm willing to give some of his old ones I haven't seen a chance if it they come round on TV or whatever). I can IMAGINE how shit Match Point would be though, (see what I did there?). As there's nothing worse than the work of someone who was new, shiny and trendy decades ago but who is now happy to coast through the rest of their life on their reputation alone. Or thinks they are edgy and fresh, but they are not. There's plenty of other examples other than Woody Allen. *COUGH INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS AND KILL BILL2 COUGH*

 

Oh dear me how can I get such a terrible cough in this piping hot weather?

 

I do actually like movies a lot, though. I just don't post about them in this thread because I don't want to offend people. I don't even like the oh-so-sacred Coen Brothers (in fact I hate them). And my opinions of people who enjoyed (or claim to have enjoyed) the "Dark Knight" films, or any other of all these snooze-tastic comic book movies, often include the phrase "re-education camps" before I start hitting the backspace key. So airing my opinions about movies that lots of people like on a regular basis is not really a good idea.

 

You want a good movie from the mid-2000s that you might not have seen, Harry? Have you seen "Collateral" from 2004? Check it out it's really great IMO.

[Dr. Zorders 1,271]

Lost Orson Welles film discovered:

 

and it's called "Too Much Johnson"....... hahaha

 

http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/aug/08/orson-welles-film-discovered-too-much-johnson

[JR976evil 906]

Watched Alan Partridge - Alpha Papa last night, thoroughly enjoyed it. I was quite doubtful whether it could live up to the years of hype and thought perhaps they had overmilked it, but I was pleasantly surprised. He's not quite as excruciating as normal, and there are a few weak spots, but mostly it's so bloody funny these things hardly matter

[the_engineer 1,415]

Watched Alan Partridge - Alpha Papa last night, thoroughly enjoyed it. I was quite doubtful whether it could live up to the years of hype and thought perhaps they had overmilked it, but I was pleasantly surprised. He's not quite as excruciating as normal, and there are a few weak spots, but mostly it's so bloody funny these things hardly matter

 

you know i can't wait to see it but like you i thought it wouldn't live upto the hype, Might go and see it now. If its anywhere near as good as hot fuzz then its worth seeing it.

[Lard Bazaar 3,799]

Watched Alan Partridge - Alpha Papa last night, thoroughly enjoyed it. I was quite doubtful whether it could live up to the years of hype and thought perhaps they had overmilked it, but I was pleasantly surprised. He's not quite as excruciating as normal, and there are a few weak spots, but mostly it's so bloody funny these things hardly matter

 

you know i can't wait to see it but like you i thought it wouldn't live upto the hype, Might go and see it now. If its anywhere near as good as hot fuzz then its worth seeing it.

 

You crusty juggler.

[JR976evil 906]

Watched Alan Partridge - Alpha Papa last night, thoroughly enjoyed it. I was quite doubtful whether it could live up to the years of hype and thought perhaps they had overmilked it, but I was pleasantly surprised. He's not quite as excruciating as normal, and there are a few weak spots, but mostly it's so bloody funny these things hardly matter

 

you know i can't wait to see it but like you i thought it wouldn't live upto the hype, Might go and see it now. If its anywhere near as good as hot fuzz then its worth seeing it.

 

It's better. In fact it may well be the funniest film I've seen all year (not that there's been much competition)

[Spade_Cooley 9,515]

Finally got around to watching "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" the other day. Fucking hell that's a fantastic film. Poncey as fuck, and you're best off watching it on a decent-sized TV than your laptop, but I can't remember the last time I saw a film that beautiful. It made me want to spend £300 on sashimi, until I looked at my bank balance.

[the_engineer 1,415]

Saw the movie 'heartless' last night about this guy with a heart shaped birth mark and he thinks their are demons in london. It was a good idea for a movie but i think alot of the movie was all over the place. Also the movie does allow for you to fill in alot of gaps but there are too many gaps and many different ways to be interpreted. 6/10

[JR976evil 906]

Finally got around to watching "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" the other day. Fucking hell that's a fantastic film. Poncey as fuck, and you're best off watching it on a decent-sized TV than your laptop, but I can't remember the last time I saw a film that beautiful. It made me want to spend £300 on sashimi, until I looked at my bank balance.

 

Ah I've been wanting to see that, it sounds somewhat similar to Bill Cunningham: New York (which is fantastic).

 

Watched an excellent documentary yesterday called Blackfish, about the treatment of killer whales at Seaworld. Heart-wrenching without resorting to melodrama, not as heavy handed as The Cove

[JR976evil 906]

Watched The Black Panther last night, a very matter-of-fact account of the antics of Donald Nielson. It was the subject of a media hate campaign on its original release in 1977, due mainly to its proximity to the actual events I presume, and largely disappeared from view until being unearthed by those good chaps at the BFI. Well worth seeing, one of the better films from a less than prestigious era in British cinema

[Rotten Ali 600]

Rush...

 

Or as I would prefer... Hunt / Lauda.

 

9 out of 10. Not very often I attend a full cinema, but at £6.10 at the Stevenage Cineworld last night, I feel it was very good value.

Now I love my Motorsport, so it hardly goes without saying, that the topic was just up my street. Hunt was my favotive at the time too, so i was apprehensive that Chris Hemsworth would at least give an... or "Thor" a tive performance. But hands down Daniel Bruhl was three times better in the Lauda role. Support actors did a fair job... But with so many actresses performing... "and then all my clothes fell off" routine it was a good watch.

 

The script was a tad pants in a few areas and too many facts were glossed over. Noticed a few continuity errors, but what do you get nowadays for $38 million in a semi factual, heavy method acting, featuring expensive fast old cars in a 1976 period movie?

 

Downsides. Swearing was overdone, not enough gore hits the close up screen (really only Helmuth Koinigg's decapitaion from a fair distance), bit too much reliance on special effects for spins and engine failures, not enough running time and Hemsworth's hair was off putting - all the time.

 

Plus-points. Good background music, Girls, cars, mucky overalls, retro stuff given another outing, sound - gosh the sound - that's the key, no point waiting for the film on DVD or on TV, your speakers may not be up to the rich vibrating roar of Ferrari V12 and Ford Cosworth DFV.

 

Go watch it at the flicks, the story is full enough to even keep non-F1-fans engrossed. Round of applause at the end shows it hit the marks too.

 

Poor in-joke rear spoiler... An American, (Mario Andretti) wins at the end...

[JR976evil 906]

Rush...

 

Or as I would prefer... Hunt / Lauda.

 

9 out of 10. Not very often I attend a full cinema, but at £6.10 at the Stevenage Cineworld last night, I feel it was very good value.

Now I love my Motorsport, so it hardly goes without saying, that the topic was just up my street. Hunt was my favotive at the time too, so i was apprehensive that Chris Hemsworth would at least give an... or "Thor" a tive performance. But hands down Daniel Bruhl was three times better in the Lauda role. Support actors did a fair job... But with so many actresses performing... "and then all my clothes fell off" routine it was a good watch.

 

The script was a tad pants in a few areas and too many facts were glossed over. Noticed a few continuity errors, but what do you get nowadays for $38 million in a semi factual, heavy method acting, featuring expensive fast old cars in a 1976 period movie?

 

Downsides. Swearing was overdone, not enough gore hits the close up screen (really only Helmuth Koinigg's decapitaion from a fair distance), bit too much reliance on special effects for spins and engine failures, not enough running time and Hemsworth's hair was off putting - all the time.

 

Plus-points. Good background music, Girls, cars, mucky overalls, retro stuff given another outing, sound - gosh the sound - that's the key, no point waiting for the film on DVD or on TV, your speakers may not be up to the rich vibrating roar of Ferrari V12 and Ford Cosworth DFV.

 

Go watch it at the flicks, the story is full enough to even keep non-F1-fans engrossed. Round of applause at the end shows it hit the marks too.

 

Poor in-joke rear spoiler... An American, (Mario Andretti) wins at the end...

 

Saw it Sunday afternoon, enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I was gonna. Very fast paced, fittingly I suppose, the F1 scenes are breathtaking

[the_engineer 1,415]

Just finished watching a movie called v/h/s actually quite good a unique take on the found footage movies . Obviously not brilliant but very unpredictable and kept me entertained .

[Lard Bazaar 3,799]

Rush...

 

Or as I would prefer... Hunt / Lauda.

 

9 out of 10. Not very often I attend a full cinema, but at £6.10 at the Stevenage Cineworld last night, I feel it was very good value.

Now I love my Motorsport, so it hardly goes without saying, that the topic was just up my street. Hunt was my favotive at the time too, so i was apprehensive that Chris Hemsworth would at least give an... or "Thor" a tive performance. But hands down Daniel Bruhl was three times better in the Lauda role. Support actors did a fair job... But with so many actresses performing... "and then all my clothes fell off" routine it was a good watch.

 

The script was a tad pants in a few areas and too many facts were glossed over. Noticed a few continuity errors, but what do you get nowadays for $38 million in a semi factual, heavy method acting, featuring expensive fast old cars in a 1976 period movie?

 

Downsides. Swearing was overdone, not enough gore hits the close up screen (really only Helmuth Koinigg's decapitaion from a fair distance), bit too much reliance on special effects for spins and engine failures, not enough running time and Hemsworth's hair was off putting - all the time.

 

Plus-points. Good background music, Girls, cars, mucky overalls, retro stuff given another outing, sound - gosh the sound - that's the key, no point waiting for the film on DVD or on TV, your speakers may not be up to the rich vibrating roar of Ferrari V12 and Ford Cosworth DFV.

 

Go watch it at the flicks, the story is full enough to even keep non-F1-fans engrossed. Round of applause at the end shows it hit the marks too.

 

Poor in-joke rear spoiler... An American, (Mario Andretti) wins at the end...

 

Saw it Sunday afternoon, enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I was gonna. Very fast paced, fittingly I suppose, the F1 scenes are breathtaking

 

Saw it last week, thoroughly enjoyed it.

[JR976evil 906]

Saw The Selfish Giant on Thursday, utterly superb one of the best films I've seen this year, fantastic performances from the 2 leads in particular, pretty bleak but not hard going by any means. Best British film of the year

[Bibliogryphon 9,571]

Went to see The Desolation of Smaug at the weekend.

 

I have now decided to re-read The Hobbit to remind myself what didn't happen in the book.

[JR976evil 906]

Anyone else seen Wolf of Wall Street? Found it highly entertaining, much in the same mould as Goodfellas, Casino and The Departed, very long but engrossing for the most part, especially considering how repellent most of the characters are.

[Toast 16,131]

Went to see The Desolation of Smaug at the weekend.

 

I have now decided to re-read The Hobbit to remind myself what didn't happen in the book.

 

Know the feeling. For a start, Legolas wasn't in the book. That'll be because Tolkien hadn't thought him up yet. But his presence makes perfect sense.

[Bibliogryphon 9,571]

Went to see The Desolation of Smaug at the weekend.

 

I have now decided to re-read The Hobbit to remind myself what didn't happen in the book.

 

Know the feeling. For a start, Legolas wasn't in the book. That'll be because Tolkien hadn't thought him up yet. But his presence makes perfect sense.

 

Whilst I could just about cope with the presence of Legolas as a marketing tool and a link to the LOTR films, the presence of Tauriel and her imagined interspecies romance with Kili is unforgivable.

[Going Underground 74]

Anyone seen the Paddy Considine directed 'Tyrannosaur'?

 

A brilliant film but by god it's a tough watch and not one you'd want to go back to in a hurry.

 

Coming on a forum and reading about celebrities who will possibly die, actually cheered me up.

[Toast 16,131]

Went to see The Desolation of Smaug at the weekend.

 

I have now decided to re-read The Hobbit to remind myself what didn't happen in the book.

 

Know the feeling. For a start, Legolas wasn't in the book. That'll be because Tolkien hadn't thought him up yet. But his presence makes perfect sense.

 

Whilst I could just about cope with the presence of Legolas as a marketing tool and a link to the LOTR films, the presence of Tauriel and her imagined interspecies romance with Kili is unforgivable.

 

Tolkien does have elf/human marriages, so I suppose the possibility isn't that outrageous. Tauriel is a bit far-fetched as a character though, I agree. I mean, Captain of the Guard? I'd find her easier to accept if there were a few more female elf soldiers in evidence.

 

Still, she's bound to come to a sticky end as there wasn't a sniff of her in LOTR.

[Magere Hein 1,400]

Went to see The Desolation of Smaug at the weekend.

 

I have now decided to re-read The Hobbit to remind myself what didn't happen in the book.

 

Know the feeling. For a start, Legolas wasn't in the book. That'll be because Tolkien hadn't thought him up yet. But his presence makes perfect sense.

 

Whilst I could just about cope with the presence of Legolas as a marketing tool and a link to the LOTR films, the presence of Tauriel and her imagined interspecies romance with Kili is unforgivable.

 

Tolkien does have elf/human marriages, so I suppose the possibility isn't that outrageous. Tauriel is a bit far-fetched as a character though, I agree. I mean, Captain of the Guard? I'd find her easier to accept if there were a few more female elf soldiers in evidence.

 

Still, she's bound to come to a sticky end as there wasn't a sniff of her in LOTR.

 

There may be something more to it. Who said that Kili is male? As I understand it, male and female dwarfs look pretty much the same.

 

regards,

Hein