Films

[Guest]

Well, variety is the spice of life, Ted.

[kaosmark2]

Well, variety is the spice of life, Ted.

Unpleasant if you have too much of it?

[DomDom1984]

Went to see St. Vincent tonight and was delighted. You won't have many curveballs thrown at you here, but you WILL have some exceptional performances, and a wonderfully charming movie.

[Ted Dansons Wig]

You need to watch sin city two then.

She's the queen of the disappointing sequels.

Although it's not as bad as the critics reckoned it's not a patch on the first.

Just watched it. Not very good unfortunately - shame after I really liked the first one. And Eva Green was utterly gorgeous.

[DomDom1984]

Eva Green's tits for much of her time on screen. Cannae whack that.

[The Nal]

Went to see St. Vincent tonight and was delighted. You won't have many curveballs thrown at you here, but you WILL have some exceptional performances, and a wonderfully charming movie.

Nice movie yeah. Gets a bit sentimental at times mind you. But Murray is excellent.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

After been recommended and told it was so emotional so many times by friends I decided to watch The Book Thief.

I have now decided to get new friends.

[viberunner]

You dont think he's just an MTV director with a big budget? All style but feck all else.

Se7en was great - but Alien3?

It's unfair to classify Alien 3 as a Fincher film, it's not the film he wanted to make and was famously studio-driven over his wishes, almost saw him leave Hollywood.

I quite like Benjamin Button, don't need to see it twice but an unusual Hollywood film. He has made some classics, but for me he needed nothing on his CV apart from Fight Club to be a god. That he did Se7en, The Game, an Zodiac too is groovy.

[Ted Dansons Wig]

Took both teenage kids to the Hobbit last night. So very very long. So very very noisy.

Seeing it in IMAX only accentuates how little substance there is behind the cgi

[russycarps]

Took both teenage kids to the Hobbit last night. So very very long. So very very noisy.

Seeing it in IMAX only accentuates how little substance there is behind the cgi

so it's as crap as the other 2 then?

[The Nal]

Took both teenage kids to the Hobbit last night. So very very long. So very very noisy.

Seeing it in IMAX only accentuates how little substance there is behind the cgi

Watched 45 minutes of the first one and was drooling with boredom so I turned it off.

Any other movies "available" does anyone know? Tis the season.

Have Gone Girl, Fury, Horrible Bosses 2, The Good Lie.

Edited December 19, 2014 by The Nal

[Ted Dansons Wig]

so it's as crap as the other 2 then?

Well I quite enjoyed the first one in a mindless way. Depends what criteria you use. If you go expecting loads of folk with stunning hair running around shouting a lot - it's fine. I find most Hollywood films are like that. It's only when you start looking for the finer points (like plot) it starts to weaken. All six films effectively follow a similar format. Run about and shout - get caught by nasty bad people - kill nasty bad people - run about and shout a bit more - get caught by nasty bad people. Repeat. If I never see Middle Earth again it'll be too soon

[Ted Dansons Wig]

Watched 45 minutes of the first one and was drooling with boredom so I turned it off.

Any other movies "available" does anyone know? Tis the season.

Have Gone Girl, Fury, Horrible Bosses 2, The Good Lie.

Horrible Bosses 2. Nearly as funny as the Hangover 3.

[TheJackson]

Just ordered Pulp Fiction, The Shining and The Exorcist on blu-ray (3 for £17 deal on Amazon) as they're all supposed to be the bomb and I've never seen any of them. Don't hurt me.

[Ted Dansons Wig]

Just ordered Pulp Fiction, The Shining and The Exorcist on blu-ray (3 for £17 deal on Amazon) as they're all supposed to be the bomb and I've never seen any of them. Don't hurt me.

3 crackers. That'll make for a hell of a good night in

[TheJackson]

Does The Exorcist still hold up well today? I was also considering A Clockwork Orange as I've never seen that either, but I've heard weird (rapey) things about it.

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[Ted Dansons Wig]

Does The Exorcist still hold up well today? I was also considering A Clockwork Orange as I've never seen that either, but I've heard weird (rapey) things about it.

Still holds up. The thing about all three to some extent is they have become so iconic you feel like you've seen it a thousand times. Except these were the ones the others nick from.

[philipsteak]

Still holds up. The thing about all three to some extent is they have become so iconic you feel like you've seen it a thousand times. Except these were the ones the others nick from.

I had that when I finally got round to watching 2001

[FloorFiller]

i love the three LOTR films. all really brilliant films. but fucking hell did i struggle to sit through the first two Hobbit films. so glad i chose not to see them in the cinema and instead waited for them to be on Netflix. don't think i could've sat through them in one sitting - needed continuous breaks. supposed to be going to see the last one soon but think i may just wait for that to appear on Netflix in a year as well

[kaosmark2]

The hobbit, as a book, is 1/3 of the size of the shortest LOTR one. Why does it need 9 hours of film?

Edited December 19, 2014 by kaosmark2

[Ted Dansons Wig]

i love the three LOTR films. all really brilliant films. but fucking hell did i struggle to sit through the first two Hobbit films. so glad i chose not to see them in the cinema and instead waited for them to be on Netflix. don't think i could've sat through them in one sitting - needed continuous breaks. supposed to be going to see the last one soon but think i may just wait for that to appear on Netflix in a year as well

I would say this one is possibly the best of them. The first two were basically lots of wandering about and one big sequence. First one was escape from the goblin king the second was the encounter with Smaug.

This one is the last 80 pages of the book and is pretty much one long action sequence.

So it's a little bit more exciting and completely fecking exhausting. Sure as hell not films you'd ever want to watch twice

[LondonTom]

The hobbit, as a book, is 1/3 of the size of the shortest LOTR one. Why does it need 9 hours of film?

$$$

[kaosmark2]

$$$

Which is why I refuse to watch it.

[FloorFiller]

the fact that Azog, one of the central antagonists throughout the first two films, is only mentioned briefly (and never seen / encountered) in the book shocked me. i'm all for the directors putting their own spin on it and making it their own work, but Jackson clearly took the piss a bit with these films and took a few too many liberties. i thought it sounded overlong when they announced it as two films - three is just ridiculous

[metallimuse]

I would say this one is possibly the best of them. The first two were basically lots of wandering about and one big sequence.

Wasn't that the same for the first trilogy