What films are you watching?

[sebastian firefly]

Watched Bad Boy Bubby the other night. Just an ordinary tale of every-day life in Australia. Or not, as the case may be.

 

One of the strangest, most disturbing, most f***ed-up films I have ever seen, about a 35-year old man who has been kept at home all his life and used as a sex slave by his mum, and whose only method of communication is to mimic what other people say and do, who escapes into the outside world.

 

Well worth a watch but be prepared for some uncomfortable viewing.

 

havent seen this for years thanks for reminding me i shall seek out this week

ta v much

 

try elephant alan clarkes original can be found lumped in with the firm

[LVSaint]

Exit Through the Gift Shop. 7.5/10 Worked very well as I knew nothing of what was to come, going into it. Well done Banksy.

[keithd]

i watched unthinkable at the weekend. was alright, michael sheen did a pretty good job but then whatever part he plays is usually good

 

6.5/10

[dubai_phil]

I watched Pearl Harbour on telly this evening (the 2001 version with Kate Beckinsale before Underworld woof woof)

 

It is dire apart from the action scenes and flying sequences which (especially the Spitfire stuff) were almosy really really good

[Scudamore]

He makes cheesy Hollywood blockbusters, which is the complete antithesis of what the Coen Brothers do, and I will never forgive him for what he and George Lucas did to that last Indiana Jones film...

 

 

He also makes fantastic films. The reason you get upset about the last Indiana Jones film is because of the legacy set down by the man himself.

[Durleyfos]

The Human Centipede.

 

Oh...My...God...

 

[LVSaint]

Watching Ponyo again with my son. It's educational too as it features a tsunami hitting Japan. 8.9/10

[dubai_phil]

Unbreakable was on telly again tonight.

 

GF had never seen it. Very well put together film of a normal bloke working out what he actually was. Think at the time it suffered being compared to I see Dead People.

 

Worth watching again just to see Sam L Jackson's bad hair

[Redbul]

Submarine Another teenage rights of passage/coming of age movie but without being pretentious. Yes, there's the boy meets girl scenario and the angst of the burgeoning relationship and the fears of teen relationships set against the backdrop of the parents in one relationship being strained by the arrival of the Mum's first love (Paddy Considine) and the other Mum being diagnosed with a terminal illness....

Written and directed by Richard Ayoade, this is one of the most refreshing and entertaining films I've seen this year. Some very funny and some very touching moments (Christmas coming early in the Bevan household for example).

Defo 8.5/10; I want to go and see this again!!

[saint lard]

Antichrist.

So very disappointing.

[LVSaint]

Cemetary Junction. 4/10 Blaahhhh... Fairly watchable as a tame story, but instantly forgettable. Gervais and film do not mix well. Hasn't really done anything decent since Extras apart from The Ricky Gervais Show (which is podcast material from the mid 2000s anyway).

[Redbul]

Let Me In

Just watched this on Box Office and was preparing myself to rubbish it mercilessly for having the audacity to try and emulate the quite brilliant Let The Right One In.

I can't though, it turned out to be one of those rare gems, a worthy Hollywood remake. There were enough subtle differences between the two films to make Let Me In well worth watching.

Good though it was there were some things that still didn't let it measure up to the Swedish version; there are less characters in Let Me In that demands the 2 central characters, Abby (Chloe Moretz (Hit Girl from Kick Ass)) and Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road)) have more depth. Good though they were they just didn't have that chemistry that there was between Oscar and Eli.

Also, the soundtrack wasn't quite as emotive as Let The Right One In.

But, if you haven't seen the Swedish masterpiece; see this, you won't be disappointed.

9/10

[dubai_phil]

He's not the Messiah, he's just a very naughty boy.

 

Well this one threw me. A Royal Albert Hall Opera version of The Life of Brian.

 

It utterly cannot and does not work on any level. Eric Idle in the lead with walk on surprise guest parts. The story being re-worked and sung with a full blown OTT BBC Orchestra Choir & Soloists.

 

You say to yourself "It isn't any good", I have to turn the sound up because I can't hear the words the Soloists are singing.

 

Betty Palin reads a 30 second intro

 

It is just very very wrong. You ask yourself WTF were any of this lot thinking.

 

And yet at the end you realise. It is just totally, completely and utterly SILLY, and by the end I was singing along and hooting with laughter with the tears rolling down the cheeks, at the entire Silliness of it.

 

Honest to God I really don't know if I should give it -5/10 or 15/10

 

But what I do know is that this evening I fancied something silly, and to give them their due the Boys delivered.

 

If your are under the age of 40 you probably think I am totally nuts, if you were a Python fan you may think Nooooooo. But if you like Silly

 

Get a few tinnies down the neck, kick the lass out and you may just think it works in it's own silly way.

 

hell, I loved it it ain't my thing but yes 15/10

[badgerx16]

Watched TT3D on Sunday, a documentary about the build up to last year's Isle of Man TT races, generally concentrating on Guy Martin but including Connor Cummins, Ian Hutchinson, and John McGuinness, amongst others. Even for an armchair bike racing fan this is a must see - if only for the last 20 minutes.

[mitch01]

A couple of films I've enjoyed recently:

 

Michael Clayton - George Clooney is just very watchable. Not an action film but the characters are well developed and its very well shot. Got it on DVD soon after.

 

Requiem for a Dream - Hadn't ever seen this so I downloaded it. Superbly directed by Darren Aronovsky, brilliantly done nightmareish sequences like in his new film "Black Swan". Just a fantastic movie.

 

Moon - really interesting themes. Definitely worth a watch.

[SuperMikey]

Going to see The Hangover 2 this evening. I don't make it a habit of going to see films in the cinema (rip-off) and thought that the first Hangover film was incredibly over-hyped, but looking forward to this nonetheless.

Anyone else going tonight?

 

I'll report back with my view...

[Hamilton Saint]

I watched Pearl Harbour on telly this evening (the 2001 version with Kate Beckinsale before Underworld woof woof)

 

It is dire apart from the action scenes and flying sequences which (especially the Spitfire stuff) were almosy really really good

 

Have you ever watched Tora! Tora! Tora!? Probably the definitive account of Pearl Harbour. Also of minor interest (unless you're a huge WWII film fan), is Midway. Similar topic (a Japanese attack on the U.S.-controlled island of Midway, north-west of Pearl Harbour), but it relies on lots of stock footage from the US military, and a couple of other war films. Worth a look, though -and it gives you a slice of WWII history.

[dubai_phil]

Have you ever watched Tora! Tora! Tora!? Probably the definitive account of Pearl Harbour. Also of minor interest (unless you're a huge WWII film fan), is Midway. Similar topic (a Japanese attack on the U.S.-controlled island of Midway, north-west of Pearl Harbour), but it relies on lots of stock footage from the US military, and a couple of other war films. Worth a look, though -and it gives you a slice of WWII history.

 

Of course!

First time I saw it we were actually taken to the local cinema by our History teacher (one of those year end specials that used to happen back in the day)

 

It was the benchmark I used when I (finally) watched the newer version. That's why I said PH as a movie with the whole "build the characterisations up" was naff, but the flying sequences and moments with the guys grabbing guns in emplacements and shooting were fairly well "inspired" by that original movie" and were really well done.

 

I think that Midway and Sands of Iwo Jima were why I managed to get into The Pacific so quickly. To the GF (younger, Eastern European) who had never seen those films, she didn't really understand the magnitude of the War in The Pacific Geographically, Logistically or simply horro of Jungle wise

 

Although I hated history at school those movies helped build the enjoyment of the quality of that series.

 

I did a tour (the HOLIDAY version) in Vietnam about 3 years ago and again, I found the reality of the places I went was enhanced by the movies I had seen, everything simply became more real. Heck even the much abused Green Beret and John Wayne came flooding back when I landed at (as Big John would say) Darrr Naaaang airport.

(Bit like finding the Bridge Over the River Kwai film set in ..... Sri Lanka FFS)

 

Also unrelated we used to recruit IT Staff from The Philippines so ages ago I went to Manilla on business and had an astonishing day out to the river where they shot Apocaplypse Now. Sort of ruined the movie a bit to find it was a tourist spot 45 minutes outside Manilla though.

 

The OLD war movies - The Longest Day, Bridge Too Far and the like come back to mean so much more when you go to the actual sites. Modern war movies and the CGI effects don't seem to have that same impact to make me want to go out and see and learn. TCM doesn't quite match the old Sunday afternnon Beeb War Movies.

[dubai_phil]

A couple of films I've enjoyed recently:

 

Michael Clayton - George Clooney is just very watchable. Not an action film but the characters are well developed and its very well shot. Got it on DVD soon after. Agree cracking film, well put together

 

Requiem for a Dream - Hadn't ever seen this so I downloaded it. Superbly directed by Darren Aronovsky, brilliantly done nightmareish sequences like in his new film "Black Swan". Just a fantastic movie.

 

Moon - really interesting themes. Definitely worth a watch. Agree seen it twice now, very clever story

 

Watched a decent thriller on a Movie Channel last night - The Echelon Conspiracy. Simple, had a few plot holes in it or things anyone who knows about "hacking & spyware etc" would have done differently, but a decent story in decent locations and an enjoyable evening in.

[SuperMikey]

Going to see The Hangover 2 this evening. I don't make it a habit of going to see films in the cinema (rip-off) and thought that the first Hangover film was incredibly over-hyped, but looking forward to this nonetheless.

Anyone else going tonight?

 

I'll report back with my view...

 

I enjoyed it. It plays for laughs more than the first one, but it delivers. There will be some who complain about the plot being essentially the same as the first installment, but it didn't matter to me.

 

They made Bangkok look good as well, which is a bit mental considering what a 'hole it is.

[Hamilton Saint]

Of course!

First time I saw it we were actually taken to the local cinema by our History teacher (one of those year end specials that used to happen back in the day)

 

It was the benchmark I used when I (finally) watched the newer version. That's why I said PH as a movie with the whole "build the characterisations up" was naff, but the flying sequences and moments with the guys grabbing guns in emplacements and shooting were fairly well "inspired" by that original movie" and were really well done.

 

I think that Midway and Sands of Iwo Jima were why I managed to get into The Pacific so quickly. To the GF (younger, Eastern European) who had never seen those films, she didn't really understand the magnitude of the War in The Pacific Geographically, Logistically or simply horro of Jungle wise

 

Although I hated history at school those movies helped build the enjoyment of the quality of that series.

 

I did a tour (the HOLIDAY version) in Vietnam about 3 years ago and again, I found the reality of the places I went was enhanced by the movies I had seen, everything simply became more real. Heck even the much abused Green Beret and John Wayne came flooding back when I landed at (as Big John would say) Darrr Naaaang airport.

(Bit like finding the Bridge Over the River Kwai film set in ..... Sri Lanka FFS)

 

Also unrelated we used to recruit IT Staff from The Philippines so ages ago I went to Manilla on business and had an astonishing day out to the river where they shot Apocaplypse Now. Sort of ruined the movie a bit to find it was a tourist spot 45 minutes outside Manilla though.

 

The OLD war movies - The Longest Day, Bridge Too Far and the like come back to mean so much more when you go to the actual sites. Modern war movies and the CGI effects don't seem to have that same impact to make me want to go out and see and learn. TCM doesn't quite match the old Sunday afternnon Beeb War Movies.

 

Thanks for your interesting reply.

 

OMG! John Wayne in The Green Berets. How out of touch was that?! I remember seeing that and being appalled by its political view of the Vietnam War.

 

Have you see The Train with Burt Lancaster and Paul Scofield. Scofield plays a Nazi officer trying to steal all the best French art classics (paintings) and ship them back to Germany by train. Lancaster plays a French railway engineer linked to the Resistance, who does everything he can to stop it. What's great in the film is the focus on the French trains and the railway infrastructure of France at the time. Interesting and different approach.

[Crab Lungs]

Time for a bit of 'Thin Red Line' tonight.

 

I have to agree with a YouTube comment I saw about this earlier;

 

"When I was young I thought the Thin Red Line was overrated and Saving Private Ryan was underrated - now that opinion has reversed"

 

I think I'd agree.

 

I'd also agree with this comment:

 

"watch this movie with your girlfriend, and if she thinks this was boring, then break up with that heartless *****, tell her to go watch a twillight movie"

[Crab Lungs]

OK, this might have slipped under the radar for some of you who like war films but I'd highly recommend "The Great Raid". Just seen it, very moving.

[bpsaint]

Watched A couple of films this weekend, firstly Hangover Part II, which even though its just a rehash of the first one, was still enjoyable. Put me off ever going to Bangkok though, what a ****hole! Hopefully they'll leave it at that now though, anymore in the series and it will go downhill very quickly!

 

X-Men: First Class I thought was errrr first class! Admittedly i'm a bit of a comic book geek so it was always going to appeal to me, but I thought the script and storyline were very well done, and setting it slap bang in the middle of the Cuban missile crisis was inspired. Some great performances throughout, and felt quite proud that a large part of the crew hailed from Britain, particularly Nicholas Hoult who has come a long way from the loner kid in About A Boy. Some rather fine looking women in it too which was most welcome.

[Redbul]

The Beat That My Heart Skipped The cover says this is a gangster film, but I think this is a little misleading. It's basically the story of a Parisian 'real estate trader' and his gang whose methods are somewhat illegal. The film is focused on the central character of Thomas Seyr and the conflict he has in deciding to continue to follow in his fathers footsteps and continue the shady property dealing or (and this sounds bizarre but works very well) become a concert pianist like his mother, unfortunately deceased.

So the film follows the violence of Thom's day job and his almost diametrically opposed determination to realise his dream of concert pianist.

 

Quite violent and brutal in places the film documents Thom's attempts to make the transition.

 

Excellent film with a fabulous soundtrack featuring the likes of The Kills and Bloc Party.

 

8.5/10

[Redbul]

13 Assassins Takishi Miike's take on the Samurai genre. A very good film in it's own right, it's a slow burn start as the plot is introduced (a straightforward one really; the assassination of a cruel lord, half brother of the shogun) and the characters are introduced, but it builds to a furious crescendo with a fight scene that must be all of half an hour long!!

 

Seven Samurai it ain't, but in fairness it doesn't try to be. It falls down however in that there isn't much in the way of humour or lightheartedness (the role of Kikuchiyo played by Toshiro Mifune in 7 Samurai for example) and you never really feel any empathy or feeling for any of the characters.

That aside, I enjoyed it, but not as much as I was hoping to given Miike's pedigree.

 

7/10

Edited 11 June, 2011 by Redbul
Typos. As per....

[TheCholulaKid]

Le Diner de Cons - a French farce that made me laugh out loud at times

Marathon Man - one of my favourite 70s films

[SuperMikey]

Le Diner de Cons - a French farce that made me laugh out loud at times

Marathon Man - one of my favourite 70s films

 

That's a good film, I was looking forward to the US remake when I saw the names that they had attached to it, but it turned out to be crap. LDDC is a good film though, always reliable for a fair few laughs!

[saintscottofthenortham]

Watched 'Paul' the other night. Had a really low expectations for it but bloody loved it! 8.5/10

[latter day saint]

Watched 'Paul' the other night. Had a really low expectations for it but bloody loved it! 8.5/10

think i will watch that tonight, after your ringing endorsement

i watched Rango with my son yesterday. thought it would be boring but i rather liked it. the animation was very good & the story worked on a child & adult level. 8/10

[dubai_phil]

Just watched Get Carter for the first time since, well, when I wasn't old enough to realise how damned good a film it really was.

 

Strangely the ONLY bit I remembered was the final scene.

 

9/10

 

Oh and of course when I first watched it The Human League hadn't been invented so the theme music hits a lot of memory notes as well

[View From The Top]

Watched Diary of a Wimpy Kid with my nipper. Got to say, one of the best kids films I've seen.

 

Watched Animal Kingdom last night. Now that is a seriously good film.

 

Also found Adjustment Bureau and easy watch.

[dubai_phil]

Just watched The Hangover for the zillionth time...

 

Bit more poignant this time round as I have to do that whole Stag thing myself sometime soon. The Tyson bits are still quality loage moments even though he truly cannot act

[SuperMikey]

I want to go and watch The Tree of Life, anyone seen it? Not sure whether it's been released over here yet, but it's had rave reviews across the board.

[Durleyfos]

Watched the A Team film on Saturday.

 

We weren't looking forward to it much as we'd heard pretty mixed reviews about it (mostly bad, though) and throughly enjoyed it!

 

It was much better than I thought it was going to be.

 

Obviously it wasn't a patch on the original TV series, but as a 90 minute piece of entertainment it was pretty good.

 

I've had worse Saturday nights in!

[latter day saint]

had a bit of a film fest over the weekend.

1st i watched Transformers : Dark Side of the Moon with my son. normaly not fused with these type of films but i used to have Transformer toys as a nipper so i liked the other 2 in the series & this didn't disappoint me. loads of special effects to entertain & the lovely Rosie Huntington-Whitely to drool over. a bit long at 2 & a half hours though.7.5/10

2nd up was The Green Lantern. entertaining but no different than all the other super hero films released. Ryan Reynolds is like-able in the lead roll and i did lol at Mark Strongs character. 6/10

3rd was Super 8. written & directed by JJ Abrams of Lost fame & produced by Spielberg. this film,set in 1979, tells the story of a group of friends who witness a major train crash & the strange events that occur in their small town in the aftermath. i thought this was a great film. a good young cast & great production levels which make it feel like it was filmed in the late 70's.has the "look" of ET & Close Encounters imo. 9/10

[saint_bert]

Watched Diary of a Wimpy Kid with my nipper. Got to say, one of the best kids films I've seen.

 

Watched Animal Kingdom last night. Now that is a seriously good film.

 

Also found Adjustment Bureau and easy watch.

 

The 2nd DOAWK is worth a watch too.

[pap]

I watched Transformers : Dark of the Moon a couple of weeks ago. Easily the best of the Transformers films, but still far too focused on squishies and still depicting the robots as dim-witted teenagers. These are highly advanced robots capable of interstellar travel, ffs. Fans of the 80s show should check out Transformers Prime, which is a new CGI show masterminded by a couple of the Lost writers. Definitely one for Blu Ray players when it hits.

 

Otherwise, caught X-Men : First Class. It's a good X-Men movie, but then all of them are IMO. I seem to be the only geek who has time for Last Stand.

[Crazy Diamond]

Exit Through the Gift Shop. 7.5/10 Worked very well as I knew nothing of what was to come, going into it. Well done Banksy.

 

My housemates were watching that earlier this year. There were mixed opinions.

 

Tomorrow I'll be watching All the President's Men. Not seen it, heard a lot about it, nice and journalism-y.

[dubai_phil]

Just watched Repo Men on telly.

 

Gruesome, but actually a good film.

 

Sh1t ending

 

5/10

[Jonnyboy]

Just watched Repo Men on telly.

 

Gruesome, but actually a good film.

 

Sh1t ending

 

5/10

 

Repo MAN is much better

[dubai_phil]

Repo MAN is much better

 

Yeah suppose I should have retuned to HD & I could have read the title better

 

Doh

[Jonnyboy]

Yeah suppose I should have retuned to HD & I could have read the title better

 

Doh

 

No, I mean there is another old film called Repo Man with Emilio Estevez - its much better.

[RonManager]

No, I mean there is another old film called Repo Man with Emilio Estevez - its much better.

 

Classic - got a pirate copy on vid somewhere.

 

'Being a Repoman is INTENSE' - Harry Dean Stanton RIP.

 

Edited 13 July, 2011 by RonManager

[Verbal]

Repo Man - produced by a Monkee. I didn't know that.

[Sheaf Saint]

King Solomon's Mines - on Film 4 now.

 

My god this film is terrible!

[Sheaf Saint]

Just watching Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story on More 4.

 

Following the global financial meltdown of 2008, Michael takes a look at the knock-on effect of the capitalist system and exposes some of the truly shocking practises of some of the world's biggest corporations.

 

It makes me f***ing ashamed to part of the same race as these vultures who prey on the vulnerability of working people for their own profit.

[badgerx16]

Just watching Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story on More 4.

 

Following the global financial meltdown of 2008, Michael takes a look at the knock-on effect of the capitalist system and exposes some of the truly shocking practises of some of the world's biggest corporations.

 

It makes me f***ing ashamed to part of the same race as these vultures who prey on the vulnerability of working people for their own profit.

 

The longer the film goes on, the more scary it gets - it seems that the USofA was run by Goldman Sachs. And how the hell can you pay airline pilots $19k a year ?

Edited 16 July, 2011 by badgerx16

[CHAPEL END CHARLIE]

The 1935 version of 'Mutiny on the Bounty' on DVD - the one with Clark Gable and the wonderful Charles Laughton. Good fun but historically inaccurate to a impressive degree.

 

I understand Captain Bligh may not have been quite the monster depicted here (no Bounty crew member was ever Keelhauled for instance) and Fletcher Christian's band of mutineers most certainly did not live happily ever after on Pitcairn Island. I will have to seek out a copy of the Marlon Brando version - If I remember correctly the plumy 'British' accent he employs is quite extraordinary.

[dubai_phil]

Just watching Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story on More 4.

 

Following the global financial meltdown of 2008, Michael takes a look at the knock-on effect of the capitalist system and exposes some of the truly shocking practises of some of the world's biggest corporations.

 

It makes me f***ing ashamed to part of the same race as these vultures who prey on the vulnerability of working people for their own profit.

 

You're reminding me of late of Neo in The Matrix, you seem to have taken the Red Pill of late :-)

 

Had King Arthur on the Movie Channel last night.

 

Once you get your head around the stupid time-line change and Clive Owen as an Action Hero Arthur, it's actually a much better film than I had expected

 

Enjoyable entertainment and a new concept - blaming King Arthur for having to put up with the fecking Jocks being in a UK. 6/10

 

(Oh and Man vs Fish just afterwards on Discovery had to have the daftest thing I ever saw - fishing for Mako Shark with a handline from a kiddies' "swimming pool" only dinghy in the middle of the ocean... (he caught one) Matt someone Smith I think is a dead cert to end up as a Darwin Award winner before long.)