villa4europe Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 watched the fighter, liked it alot you can instantly see why its getting the awards nods, bale is brilliant, the boxing isnt bad, the brotherly love is good, the sisters are ugly, my only slight reservation was not knowing his story too well they did IMO make him seem like an average boxer who managed to land a flurry and win fights, he won fight of the year 3 times also if anything during the credits it looks like bale might have played down dickie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 3, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted February 3, 2011 So is The Fighter "based on a true story", then? I know nothing about boxing, and I've never seen any of the famous boxing movies such as Raging Bull or the Rocky films. I think the only one I've seen is "The Harder They Fall" (because I'm a Bogart fan). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 yeah its a true story, mainly based on a book but MW says he befriended the 2 brothers and that they are very happy with it, the story around wards comeback seems to be a bit off (according to wiki) and the family stuff without reading the book i dont know but its not particualry nice stuff so id be surprised if it was way off what i did notice from the film was how much of a nicer picture they painted of wards ex and her new partner, not sure if that was reality of a huge compliment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieB Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Just watched "Invictus".. what a great film and very inspiring....134 mins, leaves you feeling uplifted. Morgan Freeman was fab as per & I have to say so was a beefed up Matt Damon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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VillaAlex Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Watched a few recently. Winters Bone 7/10 Probably not for everyone, a bit slow at times but a good story about a girl searching for her drug dealing father in a rough town who suddenly disappeared. In the mean time she struggles to look after her ill mother and her two younger siblings with little income coming into their home. Lost Highway ?/10 :shock: Really don't know what I watched, a very confusing film which a lot of the time looked like some porno. Needs a rewatch like most David Lynch films... Harry Brown 6/10 Decent watch, hilariously unrealistic though. Michael Caine pretty much carries the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudley_villa Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Films i have seen over the last few weeks... The fighter, yes would recommend Little fcukers, no not even funny. 127hrs, easy to follow ok. Burried, Again easy to follow shite but ending. The green hornet, nope boaring. True grit, Pointless want my 2 hrs back.The only one of those I really fancy is True Grit. Will treat it as another filming of the book, rather than a remake of the John Wayne version. Was proof that kids and cowboys dont work, Was a cheap and abrupt ending like they run out of ideas or money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 That film 'Sanctum' really looks shit. I know this is recommend a film, yet can I recommend that nobody goes to watch that bollocks? I don't want to see it do well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted February 4, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted February 4, 2011 Films i have seen over the last few weeks... The fighter, yes would recommend Little fcukers, no not even funny. 127hrs, easy to follow ok. Burried, Again easy to follow shite but ending. The green hornet, nope boaring. True grit, Pointless want my 2 hrs back.The only one of those I really fancy is True Grit. Will treat it as another filming of the book, rather than a remake of the John Wayne version. Was proof that kids and cowboys dont work, Was a cheap and abrupt ending like they run out of ideas or money... It's how the book ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Has anyone seen 'Tangled' by the way? I've been to the cinema three times already this week but am tempted to see it. I know it's a childrens film but it does look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted February 4, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted February 4, 2011 I think I'm going to see Tangled on Wednesday with the girlfriend. Also want to catch 127 hours while it's still showing, but might not be able to. Think I'll wait for The King's Speech to come out on DVD though, especially as I'll have my big new TV soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I've seen Tangled, it's pretty good, some great characters and good fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 4, 2011 Moderator Share Posted February 4, 2011 That's a co-incidence. See yer one from Last Tangled In Paris died the other day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 5, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted February 5, 2011 Saw Black Swan last night. I thought it was incredible, and it was properly terrifying. I wouldn't class it as a horror, but it's an example to all horror films as to how to build tension. I don't think I've ever felt tension like it at the cinema and I found it far more "scary" than any horror I've seen in recent times. That's the third film I've seen in the past couple of weeks (King's Speech and 127 hours were the others", and whilst the others were good, Black Swan stands out as easily the best of those. Quite a few films out that I want to see still. True Grit is a must see for me, I want to see the new Eastwood film (i forget the name) and I quite fancy Buitiful with Javier Bardem, although I'm struggling to find a cinema that's showing it. If anyone knows of one I wouldn't mind you letting me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Have to say I loved the ending to 127 hours and the way it was put up against that Sigur Ros song, great stuff from Boyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Jon Voight is awesome in this movie Manny : Whatever doesn't kill me makes me stronger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Anyone seen that wall street sequel? any good? fancy getting a film off of psn and its the only decent rental i can find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 7, 2011 Moderator Share Posted February 7, 2011 Finally got around to seeing Where The Wild Things Are (does the American title add an "At" to the end? ). It wasn't quite as good as I imagined it would be. Though I think if I'd been in the 8 to 10 year old range it would have been magical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 7, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted February 7, 2011 Cowboys and Aliens. WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Amazing film, THE DIRECTORS CUT i might add the original theatrical version they released is complete and utter gash i cant believe they didnt release this version as the original Id put it up there with other historical greats such as Spartacus and Lawrence of arabia i think its that good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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