mjmooney Posted March 6, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted March 6, 2012 Seconded on The Machinist, superb film. I just re-watched: Still superb, but still rather undermined by Brando's frankly incomprehensible use of eyeliner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 recently watched- submarine - thought it was excellent,not hilariously funny but still really good, the dad is a weird character safe house - a good 45 minutes of it is a bit pointless, the stadium scenes are shit IMO (as always in movies) and the "twist" is glaringly obvious, its still an ok film though, DW is as good as usual but at times he doesnt half look old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSufferingVilla Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Speaking of Nazi Zombies: Outpost is worth a watch. Over the weekend I gave Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans a go. Very odd but strangely compelling. Nicholas Cage is certainly at his best when given a very big bag of Cocaine and told to be himself for 2 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Yeah I liked Outpost. Hadn't seen before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_c Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I think Iron Sky is a must see. It has Udo Kier as Sci-Fi Nazi, he is a B-movie villain god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I recently watched Never Let Me Go, it was really good, but the content was a little disturbing. After that I fancied watching something a bit more light-hearted and ended up watching Date Night which was very funny. Next on the list is Drive. I bought it on DVD a few days ago but haven't had time to watch it yet. I've heard good things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 On a plane yesterday I watched a film called "The Way". Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, James Nesbit, Various Unknowns. Man-goes-on-walking-pilgrimage-to-mourn-death-of-son-and-makes-some-new-friends. A two out of five at best, but it did have one redeeming feature: An argument between James Nesbit and another of the characters has a third character saying "That's funny coming from someone with an Aston Villa badge on his backpack." And sure enough, if you look carefully in later scenes you can see that Jimmy's character does indeed have a 1982-style round badge on the cover flap. Fame for Aston Villa and Irish Villans at last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Ah only 2/5? Shame, I heard about the way when I was having a martin sheen love in when I started watching the west wing and it's on my to watch list. Will watch anyway regardless. Just like I will watch Bill and Ted 3 no matter how shite it's likely to be ( no george carlin of course ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted March 7, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted March 7, 2012 Deffo more than a two-and-a-half movie. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a nice character-study piece, a wee bit hackneyed at times but still worth a look, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Deffo more than a two-and-a-half movie. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a nice character-study piece, a wee bit hackneyed at times but still worth a look, IMO. Fair enough. But it's a film to recommend at your peril. Maybe you could say it's three stars if you like flicks like Beaches and one star if you're more into Iron Man. The characters were a bit weakly developed imo, and it should have been possible to write in a few more laughs, given the subject matter. And even drug-taking cloggies are pissed off at the (laughably erroneous) stereotype of being a nation of drug-takers. Work a bit harder Mr Scriptwriter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Finally seen Downfall and thought it was good, albeit couldn't get all the various parodies out of my mind whilst watching it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 mite go and watch dont be afraid of the dark now, I am seriously bored...dont think I have ever been this bored in my life. only other films I have at the moment that I can watch on my laptop are the skin I live in and irriversible, cant be arsed with subtitles though at the moment so its gunna be dont be afraid of the dark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelle Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 thought Don't be afraid of the dark was ok. Started a bit so so, but got better in the end. Just seen Dances with wolves for the first time. It was decent, but I don't get the hype it got when it came. Costner has made a lot better films than that. But still ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 John Carter looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted March 8, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted March 8, 2012 Are you kidding?! It looks awful. Disney have, in the last 2 weeks, publically released about 15 minutes of the film for people to watch, including one release just the other day of a whole 10 minute segment. They know they've got a potential enormous flop on their hands and are desperately trying to get people interested in watching it. Even people that have liked the film have basically said it's riddled with problems, from terrible plotting to awful dialogue and worse acting. Given that it's rumoured to have cost $250m, and that the rule of thumb with box office returns is that to make money, you need to take twice your budget, they've got reason to be worried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 It's their own fault for giving Andrew Stanton so much money to basically make a movie for himself, yes he has a track record, and has worked on some brilliant films but they are mad if they think it's going to make a profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 John Carter looks good. I'd rather watch a documentary on Jimmy Carter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 didnt bother watching dont be afraid of the dark last night, I couldnt be bothered in the end more fun to listen to the dick heads arguing for what ended up to be 90 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 John Carter looks good. Are you kidding?! It looks awful.No, no, he wasn't clear. Hogso meant he was gay for Noah Wyle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted March 8, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted March 8, 2012 One of the best noir movies ever imo. Highly recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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