Ray Gin Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 If you go into a film wanting to enjoy it you always will Can't agree with that. There's lots of films that I've both wanted and expected to enjoy but haven't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takeshi's Tynecastle Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Looper - really enjoyed this. Easy to pick holes in the plot and some of the internal logic if you want, but I was in the mood to go with the flow and it was great. Good to see some more original, well-made scifi. 8/10 The Hole (the Joe Dante one, not the Kiera Knightly one) was really good and creepy for the first half, before going safe and Twilight-Zone-lite in the second. Entertaining enough though. 6/10 2Fast 2Furious - a week on I can barely remember the first film, and an hour later I can't remember much more about the second except this one didn't have Vin Diesel but did have Eva Mendes. Passable I guess. 4/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi must stay Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Can't agree with that. There's lots of films that I've both wanted and expected to enjoy but haven't. Course, I suppose I was generalising, I think I have more patience with movies than most have though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Get the Gringo 6/10. Fairly enjoyable despite Mel Gibson and an increasingly unbelievable plot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks said no Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Warm Bodies 7/10 Probably shouldn't have liked this but it was the first zombie film since Shaun of the Dead that I enjoyed. OK its a bit like Twiglet (which I don't like - honest) and there's a daft undertone of who the two main characters are (won't plot spoil). But it was an easy nice watch. Think I'm going soft! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brow Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Lars and the Real Girl - 7/10 Gosling actually speaks and acts. A strange film and pretty twee but very enjoyable. About a delusional man who goes out with a sex doll, its not a comedy though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brow Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Just finished End of Watch - 7/10 Strange one, nothing really happens until the end but its quite enjoyable. Decent performances and a decent take on a police movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Sexington Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 The Midnight Meat Train. 3/10 Vinnie Jones as a supernatural serial killer on the New York subway system. :wiggo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Wiseau Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 The Midnight Meat Train. 3/10 Vinnie Jones as a supernatural serial killer on the New York subway system. :wiggo: Lol wut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Sexington Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Lol wut? Exactly what it says on the tin. Starring Bradley Cooper and based on a Clive Barker short story. Utterly preposterous. Every time Vinnie was trying to look menacing, he'd pull the exact same face he pulled when he squeezed Gazza's balls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Wiseau Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Sounds good mate, I would defo have sat and watched that myself :wiggo: Side Effects - 8 - Really impressive psychological thriller with Jude Law as good as I've seen him in years and Rooney Mara as good as she is in everything. Supposedly Soderbergh's last film? Hope not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Sexington Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Sounds good mate, I would defo have sat and watched that myself :wiggo: In my defence, it was on cable. It's not like I paid cash money to watch it or anything. I had a permanent on from first credits to last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi must stay Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Arbitrage A great looking movie with an intriguing storyline 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 The Midnight Meat Train. 3/10 Vinnie Jones as a supernatural serial killer on the New York subway system. :wiggo: that sounds incredibly bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegas-voss Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 The Conjuring 4/10 Don't know why I bother with these films each one is supposed to be more scary than the next and none of them end up being scary at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegas-voss Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 (edited) Edit wrong thread Edited August 6, 2013 by vegas-voss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegas-voss Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Byzantium 5/10 Boring vampire movie set in the UK.Has a good cast and Gemma Aterton is really hot as usual but its not very good at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EreWeG0.. Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 The Conjuring 4/10 Don't know why I bother with these films each one is supposed to be more scary than the next and none of them end up being scary at all. Agreed. 'Based' on a true story. The word based is very important. Probably 5% truth. Nothing to Seperate from other stories of this type. 3/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zico Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Only God Forgives - I really liked it but can see how it will polarise opinions. It definitely helps if you've seen (and enjoyed) Valhalla Rising as I thought it was like a mixture of that and Drive - brooding and violent, with similar uses of darkness and colour. Kristen Scott Thomas was great but Gosling was a bit pointless; anyone could've played that role. Still, I though it was good. 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks said no Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Arbitrage 8.5/10 Very good Richard Gere movie where he plays a hedge-fund boss who appears to have everything and more, but does he. Twists and oh moments abound with a really good storyline. Would have given it a 9 but for the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brow Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Sharknado - 6/10 Purely for the ending. The rest was ******* drivel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdougg Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 From Dusk Till Dawn - 8/10 purely for the Salma Hayek dancing scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks said no Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 (edited) Gangster Squad 1/10 rented on the basis of Sean Penn was in it and I thought he rarely makes a bad movie, wrong. 12 hours later I can't get my head round what I watched, until I switched it off. It appeared to be an attempt at re-doing a 30's / 40's gangster movie. You know Edward G Robinson / Jimmy Cagney sort of thing. Fail Fail Fail. I really hated it Edited August 8, 2013 by godandgorgie2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markie Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Goldfinger last night My favourite Bind moment with the ejector seat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Draper Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 The Paperboy 1/10 Nicole Kidman's performance aside, this is a load of old nonsense. One of the worst films I've seen in quite some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:shitwine: Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 The Heat - 6/10. Melissa McCarthy is entertaining enough as her usual aggressive/sweary self, and Sandra Bullock is surprisingly good comic foil. Worth a watch. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa - 8/10. Love AP, but I was worried that this film would be the step too far. However, it's got all the character of the TV show, and it manages to feel like a film instead of a 3 episode special. My girlfriend hadn't seen anything Partridge-related going in (I know - I have work to do ), and she enjoyed it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Wiseau Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Gangster Squad - 4 - pretty pish, despite a good cast and a great look. I'll tolerate an LA Confidential / Untouchables rip off if you give me characters with any kind of depth, or a plot which isn't just violence violence violence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks said no Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 The Last Stand 3/10 Arnie and Johnny Knoxville, do I need to say more? Exactly what I thought it would be, if you are a fan of this genre then you might love it. It was ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Total Recall 8/10 - Extra mark for one of the greatest one-liners in Schwarzenegger's career. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTsnS1kkpzM Outstanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 13 Tzameti 7/10 French film about a Georgian lad who unwittingly gets caught up in a twisted underground gambling ring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bilel Mohsni Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 13 Tzameti 7/10 French film about a Georgian lad who unwittingly gets caught up in a twisted underground gambling ring. Saw that years ago... Weird film. Good though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helzibob Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Song for Marion, it made me cry.....quite a lot. I'd say 7/10. Predictable and sad but still a feed good film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Wiseau Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 (edited) The Great Gatsby - 5 - every mark of that is for DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and the source material. Baz Luhrmann keeps up his record of making films that I hate. Edited August 10, 2013 by Tommy Wiseau Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks said no Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 (edited) Playing for Keeps 1/10 mmmm where shall I start? OK spoiler coming up but it needs said. The film starts with Gerard Butler playing socker for Celtic, Liverpool, some US team and Scotland. Hackles up yet ? Within 20 minutes he makes a completely inappropriate joke involving our queen and throughout the film shouts w@nkers to kids. Hated the film and hate him. Edited August 10, 2013 by godandgorgie2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks said no Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 The Raid or The Raid-Redemption 8/10 I'm not normally a martial arts fan, well not since Bruce Lee anyway, but wow!. Set in Jakarta Indonesia this starts slowly and too many guns in first 15-30 minutes but then the guns get dropped and its hand to hand combat for the next hour. Great pre-derby day entertainment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Wiseau Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 The Hobbit - 5 - BOOOOOOOOOORING. Other than the Gollum scene and the bit with the wolves at the very end, my mind was wandering, I was losing interest and was so disengaged with it. 45 minutes of the film before he left his house ffs! There is never enough in the book to justify it being more than - at an absolute stretch - 2 films, and the amount of padding in this to wheel spin it out is beyond a joke. I am on some run of shit films the now btw; that's about 5 stinkers in a row Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Sexington Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Grave Encounters. 7/10. A Most Haunted type film crew spend a night in a old insane asylum. A found footage horror movie in the style of Blair Witch and Paranormal Activities. Ridiculous nonsense. But strangely enjoyable ridiculous nonsense. It's a good setting and the film has a nice creepy vibe to it. Unlike some other movies of this type, things actually happen and they really crank up the crazy as the film reaches it's climax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks said no Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 The Place Beyond the Pines 6/10 Loved Ryan Gosling but just not enough of him in the movie. Good bits but the film wandered aimlessly and into an unbelievable storyline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Goodbye Bafana 7/10 Based on the memoirs of Nelson Mandela's prison guard. Most of his memoirs seem to have been made-up, but it's a good watch none-the-less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ortarkod Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Percy Jackson- 6: Plot was derivative shite, but the characters are pretty likeable, and you can't go wrong with Nathan Fillion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Leaf Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Elysium. Very disappointing as I like Matt Damon. Too many subtitles, too many people speaking in accents that are barely understandable. Don't recommend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GhostHunter Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 The Conspiracy - most people won't like this one, but looking through the shaky cam found footage genre flick, and this movie has more substance and depth than many hollywood blockbusters...an impressive amount of back story went into this, from fake websites to fake wiki entries - very impressive. I may be biased, as the main star of the movie is a friend, however.... 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks said no Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Blood 4/10 Gritty British cop thriller with a very good cast of modern British stars such as Paul Bettany, Stephen Graham, Mark Strong and Brian Cox. Just didn't get it but probably one of those films where you need to be in the mood for it. Also sound was out of sinc with the pictures which became very distracting, dont know if that was the disc or my blu ray player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zico Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Killing Them Softly - was looking forward to this but it was disappointing. Pretty dull story with some annoying characters. 5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grado Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 The raid. 8.5/10 Some great fight scenes well worth a watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWM Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Lockout 6.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tams bird Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 The Conjuring. 8/10. Nearly took my poor mans arm out its socket a few times.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks said no Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Even the Rain 4/10 Film set in Bolivia about the making of a film. Jumps back and forward between present day with widespread poverty/revolt and Columbus discovering the New World. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks said no Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 The Liability 5/10 British gangster movie with Peter Mullan and Tim Roth. Biggest surprise was that I felt Tim was just going through the motions, as if he was doing someone a favour and plodding through the plot. Not a classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Alpha Papa 6/10 Worth a watch for Partridge fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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