vegas-voss Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Sequels that are better than the originals. The Empire Strikes Back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossi_1983 Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 In Bruges Just back from seeing this and thought it was excellent Great interplay between the 2 lead actors, with Colin Farell, especially, superb. It has an excellent script, with comedy throughout, and the struggles of the main characters portrayed very well I can't remember enjoying a film at the cinema as much for over 6 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Gosling Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 In Bruges ****in funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1874M Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Just downloaded Eastern Promise, will watch it at the weekend. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765443/ Looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Gosling Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 The Empire Strikes Back Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Harris Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 ooh! glad this one got bumped again, cracking thread. just watched Vertigo again, still blooming marvellous even after an obscene amount of views. :star::star: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYC-Hearts Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 We watched two films last night: Army of Darkness aka Evil Dead 3 aka Bruce Campbell v. The Army of Darkness (1992). Give me some sugar, baby; although it can't compare to the first film, this is still a classic, campy horror-comedy. If only Raimi would tire of the Spiderman films and reunite with Campbell to direct the long-mooted fourth and final installment... Quien Puede Matar a Un Nino (1976): A couple decide to escape the weariness of the world by vacationing on a remote Spanish island, only to discover that the children of the island have other plans for them. Shockingly nihilistic and with ideas above its station, I'd recommend this to horror fans and adevnturous cinephiles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyanide_cid Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Behave! Aliens or Terminator 2 are the best sequels of all time! Not in my opinion... Best sequels... 1. The Godfather Part II 2. The Empire Strkes Back 3. Aliens Then there is always... Terminator 2 Lord of the Rings 'The Two Towers' Mad Max II Star Trek II 'The Wrath of Khan' Dawn of the Dead (The original) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Toy story 2 Evil Dead II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say What Again Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Had the misfortune of watching The Devil Wears Prada last night. Utter mince. The entire film in less than 25 words: Girl gets job with New York fashion magazine. Girls decides she doesn't want to be like the people in that industry so quits. It gets 1 star purely because Anne Hathaway is stunning throughout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig R Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 The Constant Gardener 7.5/10 Enjoyed this, some class acting performances and a good plot. Cloverfield 6/10 Stupid, in some parts very stupid, but the effects were excellent and I liked the camcorder-style perspective on the events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markie Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Mamma Mia Was in Gold Class at the Omni with the girlfiend for this last saturday. Thought the story was awful, acting was dodgy but singing was OK (apart from Pierce Brosnan!!) On the upside though as you can take drink in all the older generation were on bottles of wine (which they drank the bar dry off!) and started to sing and dance. One of the funniest things I have seen at the cinema for a long time! Film - 3/10 Crowd - 20/10!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig R Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Mamma Mia Was in Gold Class at the Omni with the girlfiend for this last saturday. Thought the story was awful, acting was dodgy but singing was OK (apart from Pierce Brosnan!!) On the upside though as you can take drink in all the older generation were on bottles of wine (which they drank the bar dry off!) and started to sing and dance. One of the funniest things I have seen at the cinema for a long time! Film - 3/10 Crowd - 20/10!! That sounds truly awful. Especially the pished old folk signing and dancing in the cinema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helzibob Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Mamma Mia Was in Gold Class at the Omni with the girlfiend for this last saturday. Thought the story was awful, acting was dodgy but singing was OK (apart from Pierce Brosnan!!) On the upside though as you can take drink in all the older generation were on bottles of wine (which they drank the bar dry off!) and started to sing and dance. One of the funniest things I have seen at the cinema for a long time! Film - 3/10 Crowd - 20/10!! I saw sex and the city in 'the gallery', sounds the same to me. Folk had way too many bottles of wine and were laughing a bits that weren't the slightest bit funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi must stay Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Saw Mamma Mia yesterday. Not a great story and probably more of a girls film. bits of it thought were quite funny, thought Julie Walters was excellent in it. I hope that they put in Pierce Brosnan for a laugh cos he was horrendous, thought the rest of them were good singers though 5/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Saw Mamma Mia yesterday. Not a great story and probably more of a girls film. bits of it thought were quite funny, thought Julie Walters was excellent in it. I hope that they put in Pierce Brosnan for a laugh cos he was horrendous, thought the rest of them were good singers though 5/10 To be fair though she is the UK's best actress at this moment in time. Rescue Dawn. Based on the true story of Dieter Dengler an American pilot captured during the Vietnam war.Good film.7/10. Jeremiah Johnson. Great western about the struggles of a mountain man,seeking solitude in the wilderness.8/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab87 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Wall-E. The animation and effects in this movie are the best I've seen, the story is good and has a strong moral to it. You really feel for the wee robot at times, reminds me of ET. Solid 8/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morry Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Hanibal Rising on DVD. Very interesting to see why Hanibal ended up the way he did in the other 2 films. This is a prequel to those films and starts with hanibal living in a castle in Lithunia during the war. If your a fan of the films you will find this very interesting and not quite what you would expect. Not too gory so you can force the missus to sit through this one if you've just been dragged to see mama mia! There are a couple of head turning moments but you would complain if here weren't any at all I suppose! The guy who plays the young Hanibal is very freaky and great for the part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chester copperpot Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Got Goodfella's on my Ipod, so I suppose I better rate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 OUTPOST A Scottish horror film with an unrecognisable cast and achieved, apparently, on a fairly minimal (sub 1m) budget. Oh pish, I hear you say, let's leave the cinema now. But it's really not that bad at all. A bunch of mercenaries in the depths of strife-torn Eastern Europe stumble into the remnants of a WW2 Nazi science experiment gone horribly wrong. Yup, that's right, undead and indestructible Nazis, who pick off the hapless mercenaries one by one until... well, you know the genre expectations as well as I do, and I have to say the film delivers professionally enough, with a few genuinely unnerving moments. Although it's direct-to-DVD fodder for late night no-brainer viewing, it's well beyond good enough to succeed in that market. And frankly, I far preferred it to the appallingly nilihistic miserablist mince that Scotland's served up in recent years, to the greater detriment of what passes for an industry up here. Step up, L. Ramsay, D. MacKenzie, P. Mullan et al... and f... off. I was entertained. Not greatly, but entertained. David Mackenzie directed one of my favourite films of all-time, The Last Great Wilderness. Haven't seen any of his other movies though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 In Bruges C'mon, I was expecting this to be good. Poorly cobbled together garbage that has no plot and no laughs, no Colin Farrell getting chased by a fat yank is'nt funny, sorry gave away the whole movie there. May well have been written by an 11 year old boy(?) Gets one extra star as it had a midget in it. Death at a Funeral A lighthearted comedy set at a funeral where just about everything goes wrong. Unlike 'In Bruges' it did have a plot and some good gags and it also had a midget in it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Drago Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Kung Fu Panda. Not special, but it had a panda in it doing kung fu, so five stars. Oh and there was a monkey in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heres Rixxy Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Boondock Saints An oldie now, but my mate had been harping on at me to watch it (they are from Boston!). Thought it was going to be gash but turned out it was pretty damn good. Plus Willem Dafoe is superb throughout (and funny!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedbump Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 28 weeks later, decent but not as good as the first, predictable ending although a happy one seeing the frogs with the virus:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambobrett Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Saw The Dark Knight on Wednesday. I'll make it simple, just go and see it! It totally lives up to the hype and then more! Even if you didn't enjoy Batman Begins, I think you'd like it. Not only THE best comic book adaptation, but one of the best films I've ever seen, with perhaps the best villain I've ever seen. Can't be bothered with the stars but I'd say 9.5/10. Reserving full marks until I see it at the IMAX!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 A.I Stuck this on after browsing through my old DVDs for something to watch, forgot how good it is. Utterly brilliant. Kubrick's blunt view (via Aldiss) of the fultility of mankind's dreams told with Spielberg's visual flair makes for a masterpiece. Never really liked any of Kubrick's own work but I know where the guy was coming from and this is a much more accessible vehicle for his philosophical vision IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 I hate AI. It's crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Gosling Posted July 26, 2008 Author Share Posted July 26, 2008 AI really isn't good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Spackler Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Watched my Caddyshack DVD this afternoon. Again. Harold Ramis is a genius. The Gopher, Bill Murray, Judge Smails, racist jokes, the judge's niece, Chevvy Chase (na na na na na), the crass developer and the golf bag, a Japanese guy called Wang, the film has everything. One of the best films of all time, up there with Animal House, Blazin Saddles and Airplane. 5 Stars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 AI really isn't goodIt's a flawed work (some of the acting/script) but philisophically and technically there are not many films these days that are anywhere near as ambitious. I guess it also depends what version you interpreted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonCleaner Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 The Black Night - overhyped and a bit long. But damn good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychocAndy Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 It's been a couple of weeks but Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. I wish I had gone to see sex in the city instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiltedjedi Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Wargames - the Dead code A definate leave your brain at the door type movie. Tries to be happening and is very derivative of lots of other movies. Delivers no real surprises or shocks in it. 4/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 A.I Stuck this on after browsing through my old DVDs for something to watch, forgot how good it is. Utterly brilliant. Kubrick's blunt view (via Aldiss) of the fultility of mankind's dreams told with Spielberg's visual flair makes for a masterpiece. Never really liked any of Kubrick's own work but I know where the guy was coming from and this is a much more accessible vehicle for his philosophical vision IMO. Interesting, I thought it was a piece of media-hyped garbage myself. It also got 5 Stars from Empire, but I don't understand how. Its nihilist cinema at its worst. 2/5 (For some decent photography) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Interesting, I thought it was a piece of media-hyped garbage myself. It also got 5 Stars from Empire, but I don't understand how. Its nihilist cinema at its worst. oi BTW considering it's a Spielberg film it got relatively little media hype and it's run was about a month at the cinema. It split opinion, from what I read of the reviews, most folk who hated it were thrown by the ending and the 'fairy tale' elements. The metaphors about love, Human nature and God went right over their head. The only other high profile film I can think of that explores similar territory is 2001. Anything with Kubrick's name attached is going to be bleak. I just thought it is one of the most unique and interesting films of the 21st century, not least because the clash between Spielberg (master of the hollywood fairytale) and Kubrick (the very opposite) mirrors the way the plot unfolds. That's part of the reason it split audiences IMO, because it had Spielberg's name on the credits a lot of people took it too literally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everybody loves Baz Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Charlie Chaplin and the Temple of Doom. Thought it was rubbish, the piano music was well out of sync with the pictures. ** 2 Stars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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