latest film/ dvd you have seen

[weasel]

Just finished watching Babylon 5 & really enjoyed it, season 1 is a little slow to get started & season 5 is a bit of a let down but 2 to 4 are really good.

That's a fantastic series! Really well written. The effects look ***** now, but it is nearly 20 years old. One of the best Sci Fi series out there IMO.

 

[monkey_roo]

Watched a couple of films today:

Beautiful Creatures - to be honest no idea why I watched this as I am not a lovesick teenager, which is clearly the target audience. That said, it was well enough made and acted but aimed squarely at the teeny vamp swoon loving crowd so doubt anyone here will bother with it.

This is 40 - I squirmed, half laughed and felt very awkward as large chunks of my midlife banality seemed to play out before my eyes. I love an Apatow movie and this one may not have the out and out laughs of earlier movies but if you and the missus feel like watching a film about mid-life perspective that might cut a little close to the bone in places this is well worth the watch. oh and the running in joke about Lost is great.

 

[phantom]

Just finished the UK series Survivors.. It was okay, but it really sucks when a show gets cancelled with an open ending..
Oh well, not long until The Walking Dead is back

 

[Dark Sith Lord]

When is it back Erik?

 

[phantom]

When is it back Erik?

I think October 2013 is the planned date as far as I know... I hope they manage to get back to the same quality as the early shows had

 

[Lonebudman]

Just watched 'The Purge',great premise,crap movie!

 

[monkey_roo]

Watched Broken City tonight, such a shame this one turned out to be a bit of a turkey. Cracking cast but they had so little to work with and the characters were so one dimensional it was laughable at times. One for a rainy day when. Oohing else is on, but not much more.

 

[monkey_roo]

Watched Oz, great and powerful yesterday and really enjoyed it, nice nods to the original film and the book, a little quirky but nice.

Tried to watch Stoker, but gave up, enough said....

 

[tundra9]

Just watched G.I. Joe Retaliation...... It was so bad it was excellent, this movie certainly didn't take itself seriously.
Loved Redmans character, so ******* ridiculous it was epic! :lol:

 

[monkey_roo]

Yeah watched GI Joe the other night, it was total pants but oddly enjoyable

Also watched Jack the giant slayer, which was great fun

 

[starshipriot]

New wolverine movie. Was dreadful. I don't know why I disliked it so much, everyone I know raved on about it. For me, the best part was the 30 seconds or so after the credits was the best part. That shouldn't be the best part for any movie!

 

[Michael Sith]

Just watched zero dark thirty

Really enjoyed it

Worth a watch

 

[fuzzybuzzytoys]

I watched Wall-E for the first time yesterday. Was like a cross between 2001 and Bjork's All Is Full of Love video. Saying that I really really liked it and is up there as one of the best kids films I have ever watched (Tangled being my favourite)

 

[tundra9]

Yeah, Wall-E is really great!

Just saw the remake of Evil Dead, wasn't disappointed, not scary at all though, but they sure didn't spare the gore!

 

[slim]

takashi mike's excellant 13 assassins , bloody brilliant

 

[PGowdy]

I've heard good things about this. Tho i'm not usually into martial arts films i feel i must see this at some point.

 

[slim]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfBmKZVPPHc

his other movie called hara-kiri is damn good as well


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjs3UBzq1Lo

 

[PGowdy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfBmKZVPPHc

his other movie called hara-kiri is damn good as well


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjs3UBzq1Lo

I'm intrigued... i know Hara-Kiri is the Japanese word for ritual suicide so i'm guessing it's another Samurai film. :lol:

 

[slim]

i love samurai movies :mrgreen:

 

[monkey_roo]

Watched a few films today:

Welcome to the punch - enjoyable but if I am honest the trailer is better than the film, great actors working with a very limited script. Don't be put off, it is a good watch but maybe don't expect too much.

The incredible Burt Wonderstone - light, amusing and sweet, very enjoyable in that offbeat comedy sort of way. Plus Olivia Wilde...

 

[monkey_roo]

Finally got around to watching Killing Them Softly, very understated film, very much in the old school mob vain, plenty of violence with a lot of exposition in between.

 

[monkey_roo]

Not sure why there was any ragging on the new Wolverine movie earlier, just watched it at the cinema (rare treat as the kids and wife are away for a few weeks so have some time to myself ) and I thought it was good.

The story riffed on the classic comic story that tells of Logan's time in Japan well enough, the action was good and Jackman really is great in the roll. The story was smaller than others but I felt that worked well. The movie could have benefited from a bigger bad guy but as it serves as a mechanism for Logan to fight himself as much as anyone that is a minor complaint. For an X-Men fan this is a must see and for everyone else it is good fun, well made and entertaining.

 

[TC-14]

As this DVD case with the title 'Gentlemen Broncos' slid across the works canteen table towards me earlier today, you can imagine the jibes from my fellow workmates.

But I'm a big fan of Jared and Jerusha Hess' work, and this was one of theirs I hadn't seen. Napoleon Dynamite? Loved it. One of my all time favourites. While this doesn't come quite so close, it's certainly in the same vein... and worthy of a second, and dare I say it (yes, I dare)... a third viewing.

The following trailer is very snappy (as is their inherent nature), the actual film is more of a gentle stroll... but you do take in more of what's around you when you're walking, than when you are speeding along the motorway in a V8.

"Your Mom's smoking hot... maybe if I play my cards right, someday I'll be your real guardian."

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[PGowdy]

Yeah i enjoyed that too. Not on the same level as Napoleon Dynamite and at times i think it's a bit heavy handed and intentionally grotesque which it could have done without. A whacky watch for sure but quite an enjoyable one.

 

[Dark Sith Lord]

Watched Django laast night! Great one of Tatartinos best! 8) Highly recommended

 

[walkie]

Watched Django laast night! Great one of Tatartinos best! 8) Highly recommended

Tarantino's best maybe??

 

[walkie]

Olympus Has Fallen - Excellent action film with Butler & Freeman in it.

Oblivion - Cruises latest sci-fi flick, 2hrs and felt empty at the end of it, shame

Trance - Danny Boyles latest, it had to happen UTTER *****!!!!

Evil Dead - Someone please make a ****** scary film, please!!!!!

 

[PGowdy]

Watched Django laast night! Great one of Tatartinos best! 8) Highly recommended

Tarantino's best maybe??

Wow, no! Not even close! Good film. A lot of fun but not even a touch on Pulp Fiction. Or Reservoir Dogs for that matter.

 

[Michael Sith]

Django

I watched this last night, I've got to say, Tarantino is a genius, but my taste, shies away from over doing it on the blood spatter etc, not a fan of blood and gore

Having said that I easily got past the bloody scenes, as this was one of the best films I've watched for a while.
The spaghetti western references, in filming and music were awesome, Jamie fox was brilliant and Samuel l jackson is ...well what can you say..brilliant
The humour was good, Christoph Waltz was fantastic, love to see more of him in films, he stole the show for me

Great film and well worth a watch

 

[walkie]

Watched Django laast night! Great one of Tatartinos best! 8) Highly recommended

Tarantino's best maybe??

Wow, no! Not even close! Good film. A lot of fun but not even a touch on Pulp Fiction. Or Reservoir Dogs for that matter.

Well it's all a matter of opinion, for me res dogs is gash.