Re: Rate the last film you watched : Thu Jun 25, 2015 10:37 am  

Lucy - high concept hokum about the commonly held misconception that we only use 10% of our brain capacity.

The devastatingly attractive Scarlett Johansson is an unwilling drug mule, who gets kicked in the belly and the drugs she's carrying just happen to unlock all that unused potential and turn her into some kind of super empathic human computer. Morgan Freeman looks embarrassed as a Basil Exposition professor of brainology, and various ethnically stereotyped gangsters do their inept best to recapture their bad drugs.

2/10 A great load of terrible tosh - what the heck has happened to Luc Besson?!

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Thu Jun 25, 2015 11:39 am  

The Gunman - 5-10 . Another aging star who's pumped up so he can get his shirt off . Not a Sean Penn fan but this will kill 2 hours if you can't be A5ed to do the ironing .

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Thu Jun 25, 2015 6:44 pm  

Kingsman-7.5/10

Parked my brain and just enjoyed it!

Great spy romp in the style of True Lies, Matt Helm & Our Man Flint

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Fri Jun 26, 2015 9:06 pm  

The Avenger wrote:

Kingsman-7.5/10

Parked my brain and just enjoyed it!

Great spy romp in the style of True Lies, Matt Helm & Our Man Flint

Did you get the censored ending, or the one that hits you out of the blue & had me roaring with laughter & spitting my wine everywhere?

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Fri Jun 26, 2015 10:02 pm  

Jurassic World: 7/10, decent enough, great spesh effx and a rollercoaster ride of impressive action. The plot is a little ridiculous at times, but the way the marvelously sexy Bryce Dallas Howard peeled her clothes off in stages helped me overlook most of the flaws.

All in all, as a dino action flick, pretty good.

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Sun Jun 28, 2015 12:10 am  

Assasination - 8/10 - enjoyable Golan Globus movie from the 80's featuring Charles Bronson

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Sun Jun 28, 2015 8:44 pm  

Cronus wrote:

Did you get the censored ending, or the one that hits you out of the blue & had me roaring with laughter & spitting my wine everywhere?

The bit in the church when he tries to leave?

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:06 am  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

The bit in the church when he tries to leave?

No, the bit with the Swedish princess...

It's a very puerile split-second but in the context of the film it had me laughing in a "what the hell just happened?!!" sort of way.

A mate of mine saw a version with it cut out.

[Durham Giant]

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Mon Jun 29, 2015 5:20 pm  

Cronus wrote:

No, the bit with the Swedish princess...

It's a very puerile split-second but in the context of the film it had me laughing in a "what the hell just happened?!!" sort of way.

A mate of mine saw a version with it cut out.

I saw that ending but thought i had misheard the bit earlier.
I obviously hadnt.

[TimperleySaint]

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Tue Jun 30, 2015 7:44 am  

Jobs - 7/10. Always thought Ashton Kutcher was a bit wooden and boring as an actor, but thought he played the part of Steve Jobs quite well. Never gonna set the world on fire as a film, but gave a decent insight into how Apple got started (if you didn't already know), how he got forced out and then brought back in to save the day with the iMac, and was a pretty easy watch.