The Film Thread

[The Bear]

The Runner. Ok but Nic Cage character was annoying.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Don't forget he is also a master of accents.

 

[PPB]

I liked him in Face-Off.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Con Air, The Rock and Face/Off are all ridiculous over the top movies (great fun though) and he fits quite well into them. He's unintentionally hilarious in everything else he ever does.

 

[PPB]

Con Air, The Rock and Face/Off are all ridiculous over the top movies (great fun though) and he fits quite well into them. He's unintentionally hilarious in everything else he ever does.

They are ridiculous, but mostly are watchable. All except Ghost Rider.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

The National Treasure films were awful, zero redeeming features. He's been in tons of absolute crap since he got in tax trouble.

 

[The Bear]

He was brilliant in Wild At Heart.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Lord of War is a good watch.

 

[The Bear]

Yeah I thought that was a decent film. His performance was nothing special though.

 

[PPB]

Lord of War is a good watch.

Yes it is.Also enjoyed Left Behind.

 

[leedswolf]

Went to see Legend.
I can see why it got mixed reviews. If ever a film could be accused of glorifying violence, in some ways, this is true here.
Ronnie always denied being homosexual. Reggie was not "the nice one", he was vile. The wedding was in a registry office, not a church.
Hardy is really good, but too much of the film is entertainment, rather than true.

Were they good to their mum though?

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Watched Pride tonight.

The story of a lesbian and gay group who went into a Welsh pit village to raise funds and show solidarity with the striking miners, and the resulting consequences.

I know I am viewed as almost Thatcher's spawn and therefore probably you would think I would have hated this. Not a bit of it. You would have to go a long way to find a more bitter-sweet, poignant, touching, uplifting and glorious piece of film. Fantastically acted by a superb cast, a fantastic script at times both heart-rending and hilarious, often within mere seconds of each other.

A truly, truly brilliant film. So pleased I got to watch it.

 

[Tony Towner]

I also watched Pride today, there was something in my eye at the end when the Miners joined the '85 Pride March. Although the pendant in me kept twitching at some of the factual inaccuracies

 

[Langers]

The Maze Runner.

Totally bang average - nothing especially wrong with it, but nothing stood out whatsoever. A poor mans Hunger Games. Which isn't original either. Still - it wasted a couple of hours that I could have otherwise spent slagging off Steve Morgan.

 

[Paul]

Just for you :

 

[Langers]

:icon_lol:

That's glorious.

 

[North West Wanderer]

Saw The Martian yesterday.
Clever, witty and a decent watch. Felt rushed for 2 hours 20 mins!

 

[PPB]

The spoof/comedy Spy. I found it neither funny or entertaining. Jason's worst film by far.

 

[Langers]

A few other films I've watched recently:

San Andreas - a non existent plot that makes Independence Day look like Shakespeare - but forget the 'plot', forget the atrocious acting and The Rock's biceps - fucking awesome effects of California being hit by a huge earthquake. I got what I expected from this. One quick point - there were TWO scriptwriters on this film. I haven't quite worked out what 1.5 of them were doing.

Sex Tape - a mate told me it was funny, and it has Cameron Diaz in the nip. Point 1 - it's not funny. At all. Point 2 - nah, not really. Utterly awful film.

Gravity - WHY didn't I go and see this in 3D on the big screen? Beautifully shot, really atmospheric, incredibly tense. Great stuff - thought it was excellent.

 

[PPB]

Loved Gravity, one film that really needs to be watched in 3D. Beautiful.

Going to see Everest over the weekend, heard only good things about it.