[Terminus Est]

Saw There Will Be Blood the other day.

An incredible performance from Daniel Day-Lewis. His performance alone makes this film worth seeing.

Amazing.

[Thelomen Toblerone]

Watched Hellboy 2 today, was pretty good. 8/10 I say, exactly what you want/expect from a superhero flick. A hot woman, a cool good guy and sidekick, great badguy with mandatory English accent, some good fight scenes, and a fair few laughs.

Also, watched The Lives of Others the other day. Just WOW. What a great film, especially as I've been to the Hohenshoenhause Prison featured in the film and know exactly what the psychological torture used at that period was like, and how devestating it proved (we were toured by an ex-inmate). A great insight into the DDR, a great directorial debut, some top-notch acting and a moving and superb storyline. If you havent seen it, GO NOW. Rent it, stick it on, repeat ad neaseum.

[caladanbrood]

Just got back from watching Get Smart - it was great fun, if a little predictable, and not as good as Johnny English either.

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

Aptorian;374242 said:

For the first time? What, have you been living under a rock for the past 6 years?!

No, I just never got around to watching them. I have now seen part three as well. Great. They need to make another.

[Slum]

I watched Mummy 3....they should have left good enough alone. Way too much cheesy, cornball shit for one movie.

[Darkwatch]

Just a random thought that occured to me at work today.

The futur in "Fifth Element" looks like what would happen if Paris and New York merged into one huge planetary city.
Has all the stereotypical fashion/style of Paris and all the stereotypical attitude of New York.

This has lead me to reclassify "Fifth Element" as dystopian Sci-fi horror.

[caladanbrood]

That would be fairly horrific!

[Cougar]

caladanbrood;374458 said:

Just got back from watching Get Smart - it was great fun, if a little predictable, and not as good as Johnny English either.

Sweet mother of god, Johnny English was a steaming pile of green baby poo! What happened to your taste Broody!

Slumgullion Spitteler;375205 said:

Way too much cheesy, cornball shit for one movie.

Also, surely this is true of every movie in the Mummy franchise?

[Cougar]

Saw the trailer for the new Guy Richie movie RockNRolla in the cinema last night, looks like it has potential, a London gangster flick of course, but I've heard a few good things and now he's ditched his husband he might be back on (his admitedly rather predictable and caricaturish) form.

Apologies for double post

[Slum]

Cougar;375364 said:

Also, surely this is true of every movie in the Mummy franchise?

Probably, but this one was full of so many awful one-liners that were completely out of place, it was ridiculous.

And, honestly, I don't really remember the other films very well. It's not like they're of a quality for repeat viewings.

[Thelomen Toblerone]

I saw that trailer and thought it looked a bit poo.

Anyone seen "the reaping" with Hilary Swank? The trailers on my 300 dvd and it looks good, but I wanna know before I rent it.

[Cougar]

Thelomen Toblerone;375377 said:

I saw that trailer and thought it looked a bit poo.

Anyone seen "the reaping" with Hilary Swank? The trailers on my 300 dvd and it looks good, but I wanna know before I rent it.

First up, you probably thought it was a trailer for a documentary about your life.

Second, I wouldn't rent the Reaping, I watched it on sky movies the other week and it was reasonably entertaining and far from terrible but not worth £3.95.

[stone monkey]

Cougar;375368 said:

Saw the trailer for the new Guy Richie movie RockNRolla in the cinema last night, looks like it has potential, a London gangster flick of course, but I've heard a few good things and now he's ditched his husband he might be back on (his admitedly rather predictable and caricaturish) form.

My major problem with him is that Richie pretty much makes the same film every time he makes a film. And it's not a particularly good film either. Apart from Swept Away, of course, which might have been improved by the kind of cartoonish Cock-Er-Nee gangsters that seem to be the only kind that Richie can imagine.

To be fair that's not entirely his fault; Richie's a public school educated, lifestyle tourist who has no idea what it's like to grow up in a community with these people. So the only thing he really knows about that kind of person is what they themselves tell him - as he has been known to hang around with some of the more photogenic ones - and, of course, they're only going to paint themselves as lovable rogues who ain't to be messed with and who love their dear old mums... As no one would portray themselves as a cancer on society, would they?

[caladanbrood]

Cougar;375364 said:

Sweet mother of god, Johnny English was a steaming pile of green baby poo! What happened to your taste Broody!

Rowan Atkinson is my god

[dktorode]

This has so many levels of AWESOME!!

hahahaa

[cerveza_fiesta]

FINALLY

saw iron man

A wonderful 2 hours of senseless action, CGI flying robots and piss-poor acting

just what I wanted and just what I got.

I give it a solid 9.5/10 for entertainment. (I reserve my 10/10's for stuff on the awesome level of "chronicles of riddick")

[Lisheo]

YES!!!! I LOVE RIDDICK!!! AT LAST, ANOTHER ONE!!!!
Although Pitch Black was by far and away, the king of Riddick movies.

Laster Lycaon Lisheo, loves Vin Diesel in a purely platonic way. When he's the scum of the galaxy killing the scum of the galaxy.

[cerveza_fiesta]

Lisheo, on Oct 1 2008, 11:18 AM, said:

YES!!!! I LOVE RIDDICK!!! AT LAST, ANOTHER ONE!!!!
Although Pitch Black was by far and away, the king of Riddick movies.

Laster Lycaon Lisheo, loves Vin Diesel in a purely platonic way. When he's the scum of the galaxy killing the scum of the galaxy.

oh hell yeah. Riddick is one of the very few movies I've watched more than twice. I can't even say that about LOTR movies and everybody's seen those like a bazillion times.

I really like pitch black, and it has a cool story but I still like chronicles better.

Mainly because of the necros...they're just a cool race and concept, the ships and effects were beautifully done in that movie and I just like the idea because it reminded me a lot of Memories of Ice with the Pannion Domin and such.

But I watch Sci Fi for the eye candy almost exclusively. I could give a shit if Shatner is the most horrible actor ever. The star trek movies are cool in my books because of the ships, the engine rooms, the phasers etc...

[Obdigore]

Watched 'Righeous Kill'. Spoiled the movie for the GF, as always, by telling her the ending about halfway through the movie.

Pretty good movie, although all the big names play their normal hard-ass roles...

[James]

Attempted to watch LOTR trilogy over this long weekend.
Ended up watching first half of every and then the last 5 minutes.
Then youtube-d a better ending:
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=1yqVD0swvWU
"Why not fly there?" - genius

Jimms