Dante_Lockhart Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Chronicle - 6/10 Showed promise, just lost interest in it towards the end. Was predictable, but entertaining enough. Ending was shit. Ironclad - 7.5/10 Decent enough story, awesome battle scenes, just not enough oomph when they weren't fighting. Loved some of the characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted February 27, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 27, 2012 Good result for The Artist at the Oscars. I expect the backlash will start now. Backlash began not long after it came out - an awful lot of the audience appears to have been largely nonplussed by it. Anyone who listens to Kermode and Mayo on 5Live will know that they largely receieved correspondance from people who's overwhleming reaction was 'It's not really all that, is it?', with complaints specifically that it's got all the depth of a cardboard cutout. As someone who is unlikely to watch the Artist, my own thoughts on the very idea of it makes me unsurprised at the reaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 As one brought up with Tarantino and pretty much anyone that followed, i can not see the appeal of a silent film. give me two hours of people talking anyy day. I won't bother with The Artist, despite what Oscars voters (old men) say. Chuffed for Woody Allen though. Anyway, just got my hands on We Need To Talk About Kevin, looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted February 27, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 27, 2012 Anyway, just got my hands on We Need To Talk About Kevin, looking forward to it. Have you read the book? (I'm guessing you have btw) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 No I haven't, I have an aversion to any story told as a series of letters. Does it differ much from the film? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Watched X-Men: First Class on Saturday. Liked it. Fassbender and McAvoy gave good lead performances I thought. And I do like a bit of January Jones :nod: Fassbender sounded more and more Irish as the film went on! I did like it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Step Brothers - Brilliantly silly. Boats and Ho's! Great daft fun. Babel - Good, interesting if depressing film let down by too many unresolved questions/situations. Gonna watch Mesrine at some point this week. Heard alot of good things about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 You will not be disappointed with Mesrine!!!! Total class! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted February 27, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 27, 2012 No I haven't, I have an aversion to any story told as a series of letters. Does it differ much from the film? No, it stays quite true to the book. In fact it's one of the better adaptations i've seen. It also has a (not surprisingly) fantastic performance by Tilda Swinton. It's a pity about your aversion btw, because imo the book is superb and I'm always interested in the old Nature/Nurture debate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted February 27, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 27, 2012 Watched X-Men: First Class on Saturday. Liked it. Fassbender and McAvoy gave good lead performances I thought. And I do like a bit of January Jones :nod: Fassbender sounded more and more Irish as the film went on! I did like it though. I did stifle a laugh as he turned into 'Magneto'Mara' towards the end. That film would, regardless, have been far better if it was just about him offing Nazis for 2 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Mesrine is ace. Vincent Cassel is magnificent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Insidious Good horror Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevMur Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Saw 'Rampart'. I was looking forward to it, but was disappointed. Nothing new in it for me. Woody's very good in it, but even then he never seems to get out of third gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Cronenberg is the man and Debbie Harry is naked. What more needs to be said? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted February 28, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 28, 2012 Cronenberg is the man and Debbie Harry is naked. What more needs to be said? Broken link is broken Dave, but I take it it's Videodrome? He loves a nice bit of 'body' horror does our Mr.Cronenberg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Cronenberg is the man and Debbie Harry is naked. What more needs to be said? Broken link is broken Dave, but I take it it's Videodrome? He loves a nice bit of 'body' horror does our Mr.Cronenberg. Broken link is unbroken? Don't we all love a bit of body horror? My favourite director by far it would seem. I won't say much about the film and I'd be hard pressed to explain anyway but it would be great if people could watch it knowing almost **** all about it as I did. It's not his best work but it's, ahem, creative and original to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Videodrome is **** brilliant, definitely my favourite Cronenburg film. I guess noiseheads/power electronis artists must have a similar taste in cinema, as that is sampled a lot. Propergol did a wonderful track using a bunch of samples called Nicki Brand, and I've used it too - Brian O'Blivion's "Battle for North America" speech LONG LIVE THE NEW FLESH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted February 29, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 29, 2012 Latest Avengers poster, with new, UK only, shitty title! Presumably because of the old TV series, still, what an awful name. And the poster seems to have been done by someone halfway through a Photoshop course. Anywho, new trailer tonight, here's hoping it's a goodie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 29, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted February 29, 2012 Having said I'm not a fan of superhero movies, or of the Marvel universe (I was always a D.C. kid), I DID used to like Sergeant Fury. So it really pisses me off that they've made Nick Fury black. Not a racist thing, it's just that he wasn't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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