Films

[TheSilence]

Watched Kingsman tonight.

Was really good fun.

Dont remember the last time I enjoyed a film as much.

[viberunner]

Saw Jupiter Ascending.

Some great ideas, moments, scenes, dialogue... but it the fight sequences were "light". They went on for too long being too samey.

Best bits were posh space people talking about posh space people's posh space economics.

[TheJackson]

Saw Kingsman last night, it was great fun! Bit of a throwaway film in the sense that I'm not too bothered if I ever see it again, but it was good while it lasted, and didn't take itself seriously.

[The Nal]

Is Kingsman "available"?

[DomDom1984]

I gave Big Eyes a shot, and I pretty much hated it. Walter was a guy who had zero charm whatsoever, and thus made Margaret look like a naïve fool. Not sure how much of that is Christophe Waltz's fault, but credit has to go to Amy Adams for trying to carry this mess.

[When Jokers Attack]

Is Kingsman "available"?

Not yet

[viberunner]

Is Kingsman "available"?

Not yet that I can find. (Brief search).

[Guest]

Watched Kingsman today, it's okay. Very entertaining for the first half, then sort of stumbles for the rest of it. Kick-Ass is infinitely better (the first one, haven't watched the sequel).

[The Nal]

The Armstrong Lie

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1638364/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Enjoyed it

Its pretty good yeah but the documentary Storyville did on the Beeb last year is better.

[FloorFiller]

haven't seen either but isn't one (i think The Armstrong Lie) told from his point of view / features him, whilst the other delves in to it independently? been meaning to watch them both for a while!

[The Nal]

haven't seen either but isn't one (i think The Armstrong Lie) told from his point of view / features him, whilst the other delves in to it independently? been meaning to watch them both for a while!

Yes and yes. Armstrong Lie is more of a movie style documentary, with a story arc. Stop at Nothing is more retrospective, factual and more interesting. And shows how much of a total c**t he is.

[FloorFiller]

my friend who's seen them both was telling me about Stop at Nothing and some of the stuff he got up to. sounds like a real devious twat. will have to get round to watching them very soon!

[t8yman]

Watched Nightcrawler yesterday afternoon, absolutely loved it. Best film I've seen this year so far.

mrs t8y said "well that was shit" when the credits rolled.

I am disappoint.

[Guest]

Just watched Short Term 12 on Netflix. Oh man, the feels!

[DomDom1984]

Aye, it tugs those heartstrings like a World's Strongest Man contender.

[bocumaroy]

Yeah, Short Term 12 is really good.

Watched Nightcrawler yesterday afternoon, absolutely loved it. Best film I've seen this year so far.

mrs t8y said "well that was shit" when the credits rolled.

I am disappoint.

I agree. Maybe I didn't quite 'love' it, but I certainly found it a lot more impressive than any of the Best Picture nominees. The tone is brilliant; quite an unsettling combination of fun silliness and really seething satire. Gyllenhaal's character/performance is one of my favourites in recent memory.

Found both Selma and The Imitation Game pretty good. Nothing outstanding, but important stories told well.

Watched The Green Ray and Chloe In The Afternoon recently; I now love Eric Rohmer. Both films have some of the most beautiful scenes of dialogue I've ever seen.

[The Nal]

Next to no difference in content... Added nothing the other film didn't...

I thought the other film was better but each to their own...

As far as I remember theres a lot more about the court stuff? Been a while since I saw it.

[jump]

I saw Robot & Frank and I'm so glad it wasn't just a story about an old man who hates robots making friends with a robot.

[G-Stud]

Finally saw Big Hero 6 last night after wanting to see it for ages. Loved it to bits

[The Nal]

The first blockbuster movie, Birth of a Nation, is 100 years old this month.

http://youtu.be/302YMeiDSrI

[luckysalt]

Watched Under The Skin last night. Its good but half way through seems to lose all its style and just seems a bit of a mess, if you google the novel plot it makes a bit more sense but otherwise pretty much everything is just visual with no substance.

I would recommend it but I feel a little more could have been explained to the audience. I only dip in and out this thread from time to time so I don't know if the film has been discussed on here and don't want to go into detail too much without knowing others have seen it who want to.

[Mouseboy11]

Guy on Reddit (who leaked the Sony/Marvel deal) seems to think Dylan O'Brien has been cast as the new Spider-Man.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Spiderman/comments/2xl85z/dylan_obrien_is_spiderman/

Betfair are taking bets at 12/1 now if anyone does fancy it...I had a fiver at 16/1.

[jump]

Guy on Reddit (who leaked the Sony/Marvel deal) seems to think Dylan O'Brien has been cast as the new Spider-Man.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Spiderman/comments/2xl85z/dylan_obrien_is_spiderman/

Betfair are taking bets at 12/1 now if anyone does fancy it...I had a fiver at 16/1.

I'm not so sure, the Sony/Marvel leak came about through the hack and Marvel seemed pretty keen to the cast black/latino version of Spider-Man and go for an actual teenager.

[kaosmark2]

Thinking of getting netflix/amazon prime. Anyone got any thoughts as to which of the two is better?

[TheGayTent]

Netflix is far superior - but don't pay for either. Get a free offer (they do it all the time - just remember to cancel it after the free period and then repeat)