latest film/ dvd you have seen
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Dark Sith Lord
Grand Master
Just watched Searching for Justice starring Nicholas Cage - Very Good Film! Highly recommended! 8)
PGowdy said:
I ****ing hated that film Pete. I love Kick Ass and still do... I just didn't appreciate Super at all and didn't find it a patch on KA at all
poncho
Grand Master
cronos 5/10 its by the same fella that did pans labryinth
Just watched Tucker and Dale Vs Evil tonight and... it's brilliant. As smart as it is silly and while non of the teenagers can act it kind of works with that b-movie/teen slasher theme and style it's trying to spoof. And the 2 leads, Tucker ad Dale are fantastic and give the film real weight and a much needed strand of believability.
Tho it never pretends it's not being silly it never goes so far into self-endulgent absurdity so as to lose you.
As i said, one or two issues with the lack of acting ability of the support, not least the main girl but it's not quite enough to matter.
Would highly recommend this and i highly recommend very little.
4/5
Also watched Moneyball last night. If you've not heard of it, it's Brad Pitts latest film (don't actually remember the last time i saw him in a "proper" film). I do always enjoy a good sports movie but after seeing the trailer and seeing how "talky" and "baseball" it was i was worried it might lose my, non baseball loving, attention but i needn't have worried. It gripped me from the first few minutes and didn't let up till the credits rolled. It IS very "baseball" but such a fascinating story and so well filmed and acted... (even Pitt!!, who was last seen "acting" 13 years ago in Fight Club ...) that you won't be able to take your eyes off it. Seriously, the 2 hrs flew by and i have a terrible attention span i can't usually even fini....
Sure, there are one or two moment of Baseball talk where i went... "er??... no idea what you're talking about..." but that's not really the films fault.
So another very rare recommendation from me.
4/5
I'm on a roll! After seeing Super earlier this week (admittedly, Super is an acquired taste and will be too wacky and self-indulgent for some but it appealed to my twisted sense of humour and it's SO violent!!
) this makes 3 good films in a row!!! I think i remember that happening back in 2001.... or was it 2000...
Tho it never pretends it's not being silly it never goes so far into self-endulgent absurdity so as to lose you.
As i said, one or two issues with the lack of acting ability of the support, not least the main girl but it's not quite enough to matter.
Would highly recommend this and i highly recommend very little.
4/5
Also watched Moneyball last night. If you've not heard of it, it's Brad Pitts latest film (don't actually remember the last time i saw him in a "proper" film). I do always enjoy a good sports movie but after seeing the trailer and seeing how "talky" and "baseball" it was i was worried it might lose my, non baseball loving, attention but i needn't have worried. It gripped me from the first few minutes and didn't let up till the credits rolled. It IS very "baseball" but such a fascinating story and so well filmed and acted... (even Pitt!!, who was last seen "acting" 13 years ago in Fight Club ...) that you won't be able to take your eyes off it. Seriously, the 2 hrs flew by and i have a terrible attention span i can't usually even fini....
Sure, there are one or two moment of Baseball talk where i went... "er??... no idea what you're talking about..." but that's not really the films fault.
So another very rare recommendation from me.
4/5
I'm on a roll! After seeing Super earlier this week (admittedly, Super is an acquired taste and will be too wacky and self-indulgent for some but it appealed to my twisted sense of humour and it's SO violent!!
) this makes 3 good films in a row!!! I think i remember that happening back in 2001.... or was it 2000...
Pitt was amazing in Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford which was 2008, maybe 2009 so he's been due!
Saw a newly released (on dvd) British film called "The Kill List" the other day - **** me, what a film. I watched it and the first 60-80 minutes were brilliant but then it turned into something I wasn't expecting at all! After it finished I was honestly scratching my head as to what the hell happened - it just turned into a film that I wasn't expecting. Straight away I thought the last 15-20 mins had ruined a perfectly good film but then I read an explanation online and it all made sense! Thinking about for the last 2 days and now thinking it is a very enjoyable film.
Pete, if you like your violence then you have to see this, mainly just for one scene where some bloke is tortured for a good few minutes
Saw a newly released (on dvd) British film called "The Kill List" the other day - **** me, what a film. I watched it and the first 60-80 minutes were brilliant but then it turned into something I wasn't expecting at all! After it finished I was honestly scratching my head as to what the hell happened - it just turned into a film that I wasn't expecting. Straight away I thought the last 15-20 mins had ruined a perfectly good film but then I read an explanation online and it all made sense! Thinking about for the last 2 days and now thinking it is a very enjoyable film.
Pete, if you like your violence then you have to see this, mainly just for one scene where some bloke is tortured for a good few minutes
I must say i don't remember his performance in Jesse James (2007), it was a good film tho and i remember Casey Afleck's performance being excellent. Must watch it again. Pitt was quite good in Benjamin Button tho. My comment was slightly tongue-in-cheek and referring to the fact that we really haven't seen Pitt do much of anything in the last 12 years. Just the odd thing here and there and never anything as good as what he was doing in the 90s. Like Ed Norton he held a lot of promise in his early years as an actor but just seemed to lose interest or ability, i don't know.
I've heard things about The Kill List, it looks interesting. I will have to download it this week and give it a watch.
I've heard things about The Kill List, it looks interesting. I will have to download it this week and give it a watch.
PGowdy said:
I know what you mean Pete. Pitt was the best thing in films like Twelve Monkeys (for which he won an oscar!), Seven and Fight Club. Exactly the same with Norton - he did some great films like Rounders, Fight Club, American History X and even that one with Richard Gere where he plays a kid with multi-personalities. Apparently Norton is very hard to get on with in real life and his recent film choices have been interesting.... watched the Incredible Hulk again the other day and he is good in it, but it is just a shame the film was so poor
PGowdy said:
Let me know when you do Pete A very interesting film
The one with Richard Gere was Primal Fear for which Norton was nominated for an Oscar. Brilliant film! He was nominated again, not surprisingly, for American History X .
Brad Pitt has never won an Oscar but has been nominated 3 times- Twelve Monkeys (1995), The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttom (2008) and now Moneyball (2011).
Brad Pitt has never won an Oscar but has been nominated 3 times- Twelve Monkeys (1995), The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttom (2008) and now Moneyball (2011).
PGowdy said:
I stand corrected! I could have sworn I read that he won an oscar for Twelve Monkeys! He was amazing in that role, but after looking at who actually did win the oscar that year for best supporting actor, Kevin Spacey in the Usual Suspects, I suppose I can just about agree!
Badboybez1
Padawan
Wouldn't mind seeing this. From Bobcat - remember him from Police Academy?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWQryPBeieo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWQryPBeieo
poncho
Grand Master
seen recently the quick and the dead 1995 (6/10). gene hackman what a great actor!
tundra9
Sith Lord
Badboybez1 said:
That looks like a brilliant movie! thanks for the tip
Saw 'The Darkest Hour' last week, not too bad, definatley not the worst film I've seen. Hopefully gonna see 'The Woman In Black' next week, looks good and scary!
