troon_villan Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Just watched Bridesmaids after a mate said it was funnier than The Hangover, i'll probably punch him in the face next time I see him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Finallly got around to watching 13 Assassins and well worth the wait. A quality Samurai movie up there with the best of them! An absoulute brilliant final battle scene! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Blue Dahlia - 7/10 - classic 40's noir, scripted by Chandler, good characterisation, some ludicrious melodramatic acting from one of the 'dames' mind you La Femme Infidele 7/10 - Claude Chabrol going Hitchcock with a wonderful suspense thriller - about a man discovering his wife's infidelity and his subseqent response - evokes Psycho in more than a couple of scenes. Bullit 6.5/10 - Steve McQueen 60's cop film set in San Francisco - featuring a cracking car chase and a decent plot for mcqueen to hijack with his lead awesomeness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 16, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 16, 2012 Blue Dahlia - 7/10 - classic 40's noir, scripted by Chandler, good characterisation, some ludicrious melodramatic acting from one of the 'dames' mind you La Femme Infidele 7/10 - Claude Chabrol going Hitchcock with a wonderful suspense thriller - about a man discovering his wife's infidelity and his subseqent response - evokes Psycho in more than a couple of scenes. Bullit 6.5/10 - Steve McQueen 60's cop film set in San Francisco - featuring a cracking car chase and a decent plot for mcqueen to hijack with his lead awesomeness. Three good movies there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommybringsgiants Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I checked out 'Goon' this weekend, expecting a silly American Pie style film full of cheap laughs (Semi Pro etc.) I was therefore very happy that it was ace. Violent, funny and surprisingly deep in parts. A solid 7/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Watched Inglourious Basterds on Saturday night again. The first time i watched i'd had a couple of drinks and didnt really pay attention, but watched it stone cold sober on Saturday. Brilliant brilliant film, the bar scene is superb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Finally watched X-Men First Class, Green Lantern and Captain America (My Blu-Rays turned up on Friday). Thought all 3 were superb. Really entertaining. On a side note, can I wait for the Avengers? Can I ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 nor me, the avengers will go one of two ways, really shit or amazing from interviews ive read and clips of the trailer it could easily be too complex with lots of sub stories, the fact that they are trying to kill thors brother IMO will be the most interesting bit there was also a leak last week that red skull toys are in production... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Watched The Reader on Channel 4 last night, which I enjoyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted January 16, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 16, 2012 As much as I'm looking forward to it, my thoughts on the Avengers currently are that it's going to be a hideous mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Superb film 8/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Looking forward to the Avengers film too. I'm still not convinced that they can fit all of the characters in without it being a mess. I just hope the film is more like the Thor and the first Iron Man film. I didn't really like the Captain America film. Some good scenes but overall I thought it was pretty poor. Chris Evans a good choice though when it comes to casting. I'm still not convinced by the Hulk casting though. Very good actor yet Norton suited that role in my opinion. Plus I think he's a better actor overall. I'm not expecting an Oscar nominated film, yet I am hoping they do it justice. It's been a long time coming and I am excited for it. I just have lingerimg doubts about some of it. Fingers crossed that it doesn't end up being a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted January 16, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 16, 2012 I don't have much faith in Whedon to be honest. And the whole idea is just unwieldy - by their very nature each of these characters are larger than life and you're going to be shoving what we can only assume will be 4 major players backed by 2 other big characters, on screen at once, and thats before you get to baddies (which is blatantly the Skrulls, which in itself just makes me go 'Eugh'). It's asking to be a complete mess, unless you break them up into teams (which I think is likely, it's pretty much what the comics always did, especially when they realised that Black Widow and Hawkeye are effectively useless when you've got a **** godlike being, an angry monster, the peak of human ability and smart mouthed bloke in a suit that makes him damn near unkillable) in which case it's going to be disjointed as it bounces all over the shop. And then I look at some of the fiddles done to costumes and the like and none of it looks for the better (wtf is going on with Thor's hair? It looks like he's been homeless with only straightners and peroxide for company for a year)... even the trailer managed to make the whole thing look very cheap. I also agree that Mark Ruffalo is an odd piece of casting, more so when you see some of the publicity shots they've done - what on earth have they gone for with that look? I actually enjoyed most of the films more than I expected to (which made me warm to the idea of an Avengers film, something until recently I saw very cynically), particularly Thor and Captain America, less so Iron Man 2, but I just can't see good things coming from this film. I bloody hope they do though, cos it'd be a helluva ride if they pull it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 16, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 16, 2012 Bloke in my office got a pirate DVD of War Horse yesterday. Bloody fast work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 a few of the things mentioned about the avengers are answered on total films website feature 50 things you need to know about the avengers ed norton wasnt asked to play the hulk because he wasnt easy to work with in the last film and they thought he'd be worse just being part of the mix black widow/hawkeye could have their own back story and they have built in to the story to fit in plenty of hand to hand stuff for them they also said they thought the main story would be loki after the box thingy from captain america, hinted that red skull would be back but didnt mention the skrulls the main thing for me is they have to get thor back to earth, lokki in the body of the scientist steal the box, unleash hell smash the city, black widow/HE story, captain america not liking iron man story, thor upset that CA and IM want to kill loki story, plenty of action, its a lot to get in and i agree with the cistume change comment, i didnt think it was hemsworth at first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Forget the Avengers though. I want to see a film set in the Age Of Apocalypse. Or better yet a story relating to the origins of Apocalypse, which has been done in comic form. Failing that I want to see an X-Men film with Onslaught in it as the villain... For something that isn't Marvel, I would love to see Battle Chasers made into a film. There is plenty of scope there and it would be great to see on the big screen. I would even take an animated film at this stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted January 16, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 16, 2012 I knew about the Norton thing, he famously likes to be involved with the production of a film and will make changes to things and generally be awkward - he was never going to work in something like the Avengers where, at the very best, keeping the story going is going to be like spinning plates, you couldn't just let him change things to his liking on his whim. I don't think there will be much/any backstory for Hawkeye or Blackwidow, Black Widow will be shoved into the mix effectively as 'someone from SHIELD', as they kinda used Iron Man 2 for as much back story as is really needed, and Hawkeye will have similar happen as he already is in cahoots with Agent Coulsen. The Tesseract has had 2 films of set up and is blatently going to be a/the Maguffin. The Skrulls will be in it, I'm sure. Saw some on set photos with very alien looking guns and blokes done up in CGI capture suits meaning they're playing 'something' that isn't human. Plus the Skrulls have been an Avengers enemy before, and the trailer has numerous things that could be nods to Skrull involvement. They are shapeshifters, which could explain quite why Thor and Cap go at it in the trailer, and there are the numerous lasers and explosions the trailer shows. I think they will absolutely fly through the set up for the Avengers, they'll use the tensions between the big egos to underwrite the main plot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted January 16, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted January 16, 2012 Bloke in my office got a pirate DVD of War Horse yesterday. Bloody fast work! Got leaked about a week or two ago. It's Oscar season. Expect lots of leaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 see the things that piss you off thread im sure ive moaned about it at least 4 times! award season films for some reason get released weeks if not months behind the states - war horse - uk 13/1/12 us 25/12/11 the descendants - uk 20/1/12 us 18/11/11 the artist - uk 13/1/12 us 12/10/11 j edgar - uk 20/1/12 us 11/11/11 moneyball - uk 25/11/11 us 23/9/11 even 50/50 uk 21/11/11 us 30/9/11 i dont know why they do it, as soon as the award season is over they start dropping down to around a week apart and then come summer its pretty much same day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 i watched fast food inc, it was good, wasnt overly preachy and trying to make you feel bad about what you eat, instead it looked at how most people dont really have a choice but to eat shit food tracked how farming techniques have changed over the last 50 years, i think it was interesting because it was america where farmers are basically being held over a barrel by huge companies who tell them how to grow what they grow, even the one soya company suing farmers left and centre was interesting, so was the way all these huge food companies have got themselves positions in government bodies so its turkeys voting for xmas when it comes to labelling what they are doing of course its one side of the coin because none of the big companies would be interviewed gasland or man on wire tomorrow night, working my way through the best documentary need to get hold of restrepo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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