Richard_H
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Tron Legacy. Utter *****.
Good effects though.
Good effects though.
latest film/ dvd you have seen
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monkey_roo
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A couple of contrasting watches in the last week or so:
Les Misserable - or Misserable watch. No idea by but I bought into the hype around this and thought it could be worth watching, it wasn't, by the end I couldn't have cared less who lived and who died and gave up....
Django Unchained - Tarantino on top form again, I loved everything about this film and what a bunch of great performances to boot, well worth a watch.
Les Misserable - or Misserable watch. No idea by but I bought into the hype around this and thought it could be worth watching, it wasn't, by the end I couldn't have cared less who lived and who died and gave up....
Django Unchained - Tarantino on top form again, I loved everything about this film and what a bunch of great performances to boot, well worth a watch.
monkey_roo said:
The last thing on earth i'd want to do is watch Hugh Jackman, Russel Crow and Anne Hathway sing their over-acting, self-adoring asses off. :lol:
I too watch Django last night. Loved it. Great fun. Tarantino making the most watchable hollywood films around as always. Not as strong as his early work but then that's not really fair, you shouldn't judge anyone by the quality of those 2 films. :shock: His films these days border on spoof but his directing, pacing and dialogue still stands tall above all others. So altho not an all-time classic, still one of those films you can't wait to watch again which is such a rarity these days.
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Ha
Yeah in retrospect Les Miss was a bad call, just somehow I wanted it to be good...
Agree with Tarantino. He is making really good films now, not just 'pop-culture' classics, I do love Pulp Fictions and Dogs, Jackie Brown was rubbish and Kill Bill was good but not great. I wasn't a massive fan of Bastards but really liked what he was trying to do and with Django I think he got it just right, although his own cameo with an Aussie accent might have been a misstep
Yeah in retrospect Les Miss was a bad call, just somehow I wanted it to be good...
Agree with Tarantino. He is making really good films now, not just 'pop-culture' classics, I do love Pulp Fictions and Dogs, Jackie Brown was rubbish and Kill Bill was good but not great. I wasn't a massive fan of Bastards but really liked what he was trying to do and with Django I think he got it just right, although his own cameo with an Aussie accent might have been a misstep
Just watched Bourne legacy, ok but no great shakes...a bit strange as I didn't get the link through to the Matt Damon character...
Anyways for a bit of action not great, not as good as the Damon bournes
Watching Top gun tonight though.....so that'll make up for it
" I feel the need for speed" :lol:
Anyways for a bit of action not great, not as good as the Damon bournes
Watching Top gun tonight though.....so that'll make up for it
" I feel the need for speed" :lol:
monkey_roo said:Ha
Yeah in retrospect Les Miss was a bad call, just somehow I wanted it to be good...
Agree with Tarantino. He is making really good films now, not just 'pop-culture' classics, I do love Pulp Fictions and Dogs, Jackie Brown was rubbish and Kill Bill was good but not great. I wasn't a massive fan of Bastards but really liked what he was trying to do and with Django I think he got it just right, although his own cameo with an Aussie accent might have been a misstep
Yeah agreed. I wasn't blown away by Basterds either. Good first half, so-so 2nd half. Meh. Back on form with Django altho i agree, Tarantino himself was, for once awful. Bad choice to play an aussie. But that was once small blot on an otherwise excellent movie.
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Christoph Waltz was truly awesome in Basterds and Django,hopefully we'll see him in Tarantino's next movie.
Is that him? He was easily the best actor by a long way. First time i saw Basterds his character had me gripped. So much tension in those scenes. The part in the farmhouse was a great opener 8)
Other than that a lot of the film drags. Couldn't stand the leading lady. Everything with her (except the apple strudel) was dull dull dull. That scene in the cinema where she puts on makeup and the David Bowie song is playing was so disjointed from the rest of the movie. It makes me cringe every time. Moody cow :roll:
Other than that a lot of the film drags. Couldn't stand the leading lady. Everything with her (except the apple strudel) was dull dull dull. That scene in the cinema where she puts on makeup and the David Bowie song is playing was so disjointed from the rest of the movie. It makes me cringe every time. Moody cow :roll:
Lonebudman
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Yeah thats him,those 2 films just wouldn't of been the same without him,I could watch the farmhouse scenes in Basterds and the first third of Django again and again and again.
Lonebudman
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Yeah sorry I assumed you had seen it xpack,Tarantino's new film is called 'Django Unchained',as Plantman says there is an old film called 'Django'.
x-pack said:
Just came out on DVD/Bluray. I bought it on bluray for £15. Never usually pay that much for films these days but i'm a huge Tarantino fan and wanted to make sure i saw it "properly".
In my opinion it is better than Basterds. It's just a little tighter all round as a movie.
Richard_H
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I'm d/l it now on iTunes. It better not be **** :lol:
Richard_H
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PGowdy said:
£10 to buy £4 to rent. I'm renting it, can watch it on the train on the weekend.
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Took the kids to see Epic today but it didn't live up to its title. Wooden acting, expressionless character animation (which actually complimented the wooden acting) and characters that had no depth and generally weren't that likable. It had a good plot but the makers just didn't pull it off, the kids were pretty disinterested after 20 minutes and we're restless the whole way through.
Yes it's aimed at children but that didn't stop me enjoying The Kroods or wreck it Ralph, two films which had brilliant characters and great moments of humour.
I do now only ever get to watch U's or PG's :lol:
Yes it's aimed at children but that didn't stop me enjoying The Kroods or wreck it Ralph, two films which had brilliant characters and great moments of humour.
I do now only ever get to watch U's or PG's :lol:
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Yeah you can buy a hardcopy on dvd for £10. I always buy Tarantino's films cos i always wanna watch em again at least 3 or 4 times. Literally the only films i would ever buy at full price.
PGowdy said:monkey_roo said:Ha
Yeah in retrospect Les Miss was a bad call, just somehow I wanted it to be good...
Agree with Tarantino. He is making really good films now, not just 'pop-culture' classics, I do love Pulp Fictions and Dogs, Jackie Brown was rubbish and Kill Bill was good but not great. I wasn't a massive fan of Bastards but really liked what he was trying to do and with Django I think he got it just right, although his own cameo with an Aussie accent might have been a misstep
Yeah agreed. I wasn't blown away by Basterds either. Good first half, so-so 2nd half. Meh. Back on form with Django altho i agree, Tarantino himself was, for once awful. Bad choice to play an aussie. But that was once small blot on an otherwise excellent movie.
Hated Basterds (why is spelt in such a retarded way?) with a passion. It's not that it's a bad film as such, it's just ruined by the last 10 mins.
Spolier alert for anyone who hasn't seen it and is thinking of watching it......
Sorry, but I think we all know Hitler didn't die in a ******* Paris Cinema in 1942 (or whenever BastArds is set). He sure as **** wasn't killed by some crack, under-cover, mainly Jewish, America soldiers. He died by his own hand in a bunker in '45.
I find films like that that re-write history, and almost ALWAYS painting America/American's in a better light, little short of insulting. It's a slap in the face to the millions who died between 42-45 that they pretend he was killed in a cinema.
"Oh yeah, you all died slow and painful deaths in the mean time, but sure this makes for a better film"
I wouldn't **** on that film if it was on fire. U157 is the same. I'd gladly smack the Director and the script writers as well.
Rant over.
I didn't like the ending either but not because it changed history because to be fair that was all completely tongue in cheek. It wasn't pretending for a second that that's what actually happened. I just thought the last half hour was plain *****. Shame cos the first 2 thirds were great. He did the same thing with 'Deathpoof'. Awesome right up untill the last act then... :roll: Even Kill Bill, altho awesome and way better than both of those i never really liked the ending. Bit of a damp squib considering the 4 hour build up to it. Django, at least stays strong throughout. Though wouldn't say it was better (or worse) than Kill Bill, that's a tough call.
Basterds. That spelling always bugged me. It's Bastards, as in 'Alan B'stard MP' :lol:
Anyway, if you take the film for a bit of tongue in cheek nonsense depicting what probably should have happened to Hitler, rather than the murdering, lunatic bastard's pussy way out, it's ok. Some really cringe worthy scenes mixed in with some of the finest film moments ever. By that i refer to the farmhouse opening and the Nazi bar scene 8)
Anyway, if you take the film for a bit of tongue in cheek nonsense depicting what probably should have happened to Hitler, rather than the murdering, lunatic bastard's pussy way out, it's ok. Some really cringe worthy scenes mixed in with some of the finest film moments ever. By that i refer to the farmhouse opening and the Nazi bar scene 8)
Richard_H
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Django was enjoyable but not as same level as Dogs. Worth watching but not twice. Stretched out too long.
Richard_H
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All my mates have said utter ***** with no laughs.
