Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:21 pm  

jimmys sidestep wrote:

Watched "we need to talk about Kevin" over the weekend. Very grim subject matter and harrowing in parts but I thought it was really enjoyable and thought-provoking. Tilda Swinton is amazing as Kevins Mum and I cannot believe she wasnt Oscar nominated.

8 out of 10 but dont watch it if you want something light hearted or need cheering up!

The only thing I didn't like about it was the Arty nature of it, Swinton was fantastic.

Watched "Like Crazy" recently and loved it. I like love stories when they have central characters whose relationship is believable as ultimately you end up caring about them much more.

"Man on a Ledge" was entertaining enough.

Finally watched "Shame" which i thought was excellent despite it being very slow. The relationship between Fassbender and Mulligan was superbly acted. Powerful stuff from McQueen.

"Snowtown" I thought was amazing. Dark, chilling, atmospheric, a very uneasy watch. It's quite mesmerising at times and I found the implied violence much more powerful tham the actual violence. Up there with Drive as one of the best i've seen recently.

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:52 pm  

Right, three of late

Troll Hunter, Drive and Chronicle

Loved Troll Hunter, I'd imagined a totally different film to how it actually was.

I was imagining a film about secret set of people going out hunting trolls and not the actual angle of Troll Management, I enjoyed it apart from the ending, it just didn't seem plausible because the ministry guy who disagreed to filming seemed so wet and kind of let them get on with it for so long to just think sod it I've had enough, the time they had with any incriminating footage was so long that they could have millions of hard copies.

So good apart from the end 6.5/10

Drive
God the direction and dialogue was doing my head in for the first 30-40 minutes, and the main character was really getting on my nerves. If he'd have been paid by word, it wouldn't have been a big pay day for him.
The thing is though the more the film went on the more the direction actually worked, the more menacing it actually made the lead character and the more I enjoyed it, the elevator scene is brutal as is the motel scene, those scenes felt like the Peter Jackson style of old before Hollywood started giving him a budget.

7.5/10

Chronicle
Firstly I'm getting bored of these first person camera styles, got that out the way BUT I did like the film, I went through the range of emotions of really feeling for the central guy and the crappy hand he'd been dealt with in life to going full circle and being happy with how his story ended.
Loved how they had super powers but could be hurt easily if they didn't concentrate on not getting hurt.

7/10 would have got more but sick of this camera style now.

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:21 pm  

Dark Knight Rises

7/10

Can see why this is getting mixed reviews - the weakest of the 3 films by a long way.

Things I didn't like -

The inaudible main villain
The action sequences (just not that good or original)
The length of time spent following commissioner Gorden around the streets of Gotham
The plot
Cat Woman - not as good as Michelle Pfeiffer
The ending - well we didn't see that one coming...

Its a good film but i really did expect more.

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Sun Jul 22, 2012 8:09 pm  

dany1979 wrote:

Dark Knight Rises

7/10

Can see why this is getting mixed reviews - the weakest of the 3 films by a long way.

Things I didn't like -

The inaudible main villain
The action sequences (just not that good or original)
The length of time spent following commissioner Gorden around the streets of Gotham
The plot
Cat Woman - not as good as Michelle Pfeiffer
The ending - well we didn't see that one coming...

Its a good film but i really did expect more.

Just seen and and really enjoyed it. Where have you read the mixed reviews? The Mail is the only paper I've seen give it a bad review. There're some plot holes in it, but then again its about a crime fighting bat.

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Sun Jul 22, 2012 8:33 pm  

Charlie Sheen wrote: Just seen and and really enjoyed it. Where have you read the mixed reviews? The Mail is the only paper I've seen give it a bad review. There're some plot holes in it, but then again its about a crime fighting bat. The Guardian review is pretty mixed but there are others too. Did you think it was better than the first two? I found the first few minutes the most entertaining but the exchanges between Bane and Batman were particularly dull for me. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/jul/19/the-dark-knight-rises-review

Charlie Sheen wrote: Just seen and and really enjoyed it. Where have you read the mixed reviews? The Mail is the only paper I've seen give it a bad review. There're some plot holes in it, but then again its about a crime fighting bat. The Guardian review is pretty mixed but there are others too. Did you think it was better than the first two? I found the first few minutes the most entertaining but the exchanges between Bane and Batman were particularly dull for me. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/jul/19/the-dark-knight-rises-review

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:52 am  

Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - Crap. Only the racist woman made me laugh and that was about three times.

Jack & Jill - Crap. How they got Pacino to do that I'll never know.

Safe House - Can understand why some people said there was no storyline but it was enjoyable none the less.

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:27 am  

dany1979 wrote:

Dark Knight Rises

7/10

Can see why this is getting mixed reviews - the weakest of the 3 films by a long way.

Things I didn't like -

The inaudible main villain
The action sequences (just not that good or original)
The length of time spent following commissioner Gorden around the streets of Gotham
The plot
Cat Woman - not as good as Michelle Pfeiffer
The ending - well we didn't see that one coming...

Its a good film but i really did expect more.

You are kididng right? Anne Hathaway in that Catsuit is possibly one of the greatest sights ever She was the definition of sexiness throughout, even when not in the suit. Looks aside i though her character was great, and not one that pandered to Batman - they needed each other, and were both a challenge to each other, abliet in different ways.

I really enjoyed it - people whinged about Bane's voice, i didn't have a problem. As for the ending you saw all those reveals about Bane etc coming? I didn't.

The initial fight between Bane & Batman was brutal. The other less so, but i'm not complaining.

Also my take on the film was also about Gotham's redemption itself with others taking responsibility and doing the right thing as well as Batman.

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:04 pm  

Gaz_E wrote:

You are kididng right? Anne Hathaway in that Catsuit is possibly one of the greatest sights ever She was the definition of sexiness throughout, even when not in the suit. Looks aside i though her character was great, and not one that pandered to Batman - they needed each other, and were both a challenge to each other, abliet in different ways.

I really enjoyed it - people whinged about Bane's voice, i didn't have a problem. As for the ending you saw all those reveals about Bane etc coming? I didn't.

The initial fight between Bane & Batman was brutal. The other less so, but i'm not complaining.

Also my take on the film was also about Gotham's redemption itself with others taking responsibility and doing the right thing as well as Batman.

She was sexier dressed as the maid but i guess thats down to personal preferance

No I didn't see the reveals about Bane coming but by that point I just didn't really care and I really didn't find the fights brutal at all. How many times did the film need to remind us about the broken auto-pilot...

Good film but better than the first two? no way.

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:58 pm  

Can't wait to see 'Ted'.

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:21 pm  

Saw Spiderman on Saturday, slow pacing very frustrating, Garfield is a far better actor in the role than Maguire but just didn't enjoy the film, couple of moments great, the rest...pah.