The Films Thread

[jman]

Sad..

Would pick Sharon Stone over them two anyday of the week.. "Consider dis a divorce"!!


Im going to download the remake when it comes out.. just so I can contribute to its downfall 

[Late]

Loved the original Total Recall, but still looking forward to the remake.


Watched The Dictator last night. As is always the case with Sacha Baron Cohen films, there were a few bits that went too far or missed the mark completely for me - but you can't really cater for everyone, and I guess I laughed at a lot of scenes that other people would find offensive...
I'll give it 6.5/10.

[harv]

I wonder how true to the original it's going to be...they might even replicate the cock up with the camera moving back too far and the audience being able to see the hooks holding up the scenery right at the end lololol.

[jman]

Expendables 2... was a mixed bag to be honest...

I wont post any major spoilers... but obviously talking about the film.. I am going to mention some bits of the film you might not know about going into it... so click off if you dont want to know...


Well it was pretty akin to the 1st one... absolutely overloaded in testorone fuelled action...lame story .. but excellent action.... the first 10-15 minutes of the film are cracking, a great opening scene.. (even if we did miss the first couple of minutes getting into the packed cinema (there were 5 people there lol))... however, one thing I was pretty pissed off at.. Jet Li has an awesome first 15 minutes.. then disappears and doesnt return for the rest of the film... what the hell is up with that.. I dont know... but obviously as one of the major expendables in the first film, he was missed throughout the rest of the film, and the camaraderie he has with Dolph was definitely missed.. although Dolph is slowly turning into one of my favourite expendables!! 

It was great to see Arnie back on the big screen properly (although he's still limited to about 10-15 minutes max screen time)...and JCVD makes an awesome villain.. the rest are as you were... some of the lines/scenes feel a bit wooden.. and misjointed.. the cameo of Chuck Norris for example was so out of kilter with the rest of the film... it made no sense as to why he turns up when he did.. but he does kill a shit load of people and delivers an awesome meme line so he's forgiven.. lol... some lines by arnie and bruce fail to hit the spot though.. they seemed a bit wooden together... Im looking forward to arnie's real return to the screen (Last Stand - release in January).... Sly is still great as the leader.. but why grow the tasche??  It looks terrible.

Overall, Im not ashamed to say I enjoyed the film... because it was bad-ass.. but its obvious, they all got together and said.. ahh fuck the story.. no-ones coming to watch the film for that anyway! 

[Late]

The Cabin In The Woods. (Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller.)
What a cracking film. Unmistakably Joss Whedon - it has his style as well as a handful of actors familiar to fans of his shows. A horror film that on the surface looks terribly cliched but right from the outset makes it quite apparent that there's a lot more than meets the eye. Ninety minutes long, but took longer to watch as it made me hit the rewind button several times to fully appreciate a few scenes.
To say much more is to risk spoilers.
8.5/10 for me.

[Dragontao]

Thanks for that Late, I have that to watch but have not got round to it yet.

Watched a film called "the Raven" on Saturday night. John Cusack stars as Edgar Allan Poe in a thriller where somebody is killing people in the manner of Poe's tales.

Cusack is good in the role (I think he'd make a good Dr Strange in a live action movie). Story is pretty good, with some nice gory killings, particularly nasty is the pit and pendulum murder! Ouch. It's better than average and very watchable. 7/10.

Bought Alien and Aliens on Blu-ray for £7 apiece in Asda on Saturday evening. They had the others as well but I couldn't remember if I had them on DVD (I forgot my phone, which has a spreadsheet with my collection details on to avoid situations like that lol) and the only two I'd bother getting again on blu-ray were the first two so I bought them anyway. Both contain the original releases and special/director's cut editions .


JMAN - no way would I choose Sharon Stone over Kate Beckinsale, but I might be persuaded to try a threesome with the pair of them so I could possibly make a direct comparison. 

[jman]

Watched The Bourne Legacy.... obviously there is no Matt Damon at all in this one, although Renner (who bears a striking resemblence to Jeremy Kyle lol!) does a fair job... its set during the third bourne film.. so whilst Jason Bourne is doing what he did, another operative has his own problems to deal with... and this film follows him, it has pretty much the same feel as the other 3 bourne films... however the action and cool scenes that are synonymous with Bourne are few and far between in this one.... it kinda made the film a little boring... and its not until the cool final scene where the action really starts... and by that time its too late to save the film.

5/10 - watchable.. but more Bore than Bourne

[harv]

Beckinsale is a hornbat, I've never thought Sharon Stone that attractive tbh...although saying that, I wouldn't kick her out lol

[Dragontao]

Sharon Stone in Nico, Sliver, Basic Instinct, Total Recall and a few others ... phwooooaaaar, but Kate Beckinsale in anything tops her, but especially the Underworld films and Van Helsing.

[jman]

You two need to stop masterbating so much... you are obviously both as blind as a bat..

Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct pretty much tops anything 

[ancelotti]

Behave yourself, Jman!

Elisha Cuthbert in The Girl Next Door
Scarlett Johansson in The Island
Jessica Simpson in The Dukes of Hazard
Charlize Theron in Aeonflux
Jessica Alba in Sin City
Jennifer Aniston in Horrible Bosses

Just 6 off the top of my head. Sharon who?  Kate Beckinsale is FAF, though. (Underworld, wow!)

[Late]

Safe.
Decent enough premise, and good action scenes, but the scripting and acting left a lot to be desired. Typical Statham fare, then.
Watchable enough if you just want to switch your brain off and watch a Jackie Chan film without Jackie Chan.
5/10

Dark Knight Rises.
I should've waited... The camcorder version I watched was okay quality, but a good film deserves better.
Not as good as it's immediate predecessor (the protagonist is nowhere near as good as The Joker, and the story gets very slow in a few places) but still thoroughly enjoyable.
7.5/10. Might revise that opinion upward after I've seen the blu-ray.

[jman]

I watched The Dictator on Sunday...

Nowhere near as good as Ali G/Borat... laughed a few times.. but mostly I found it all a bit crappy.

3/10

[harv]

Have now found all of the Movies With A Twist Collection Part 3 and downloaded them all separately. There must have been more Blu-Ray rips in the original torrent though because it's around 20GB short of the original torrent but that's no biggie

And I haven't seen the majority of them either which is cool

[bealec]

They are going to turn The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw into a film. It could be interesting. Not sure whether it will interest people other then Reading and Cardiff fans and people who hate Mark Lawronsen.