What's The Last Film You Watched?

Karnorjax · Post by **Karnorjax** » Fri May 09, 2008 8:55 am

Juno... really nice touching piece of film..

Timbob · Post by **Timbob** » Sat May 24, 2008 10:29 pm

"Drop it, asshole!"
"Diplomatic immunity"

Matt should know which movie that is

hippy dave · Post by **hippy dave** » Sun May 25, 2008 8:44 pm

resident evil: extinction.
pretty decent. i thought that was it tho, a triology - but noooo, now it's all set up for a 4th one... which i have to wait for

jessopjessopjessop · Post by **jessopjessopjessop** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:30 pm

Sorry for the lengthy review I wrote elsewhere, but it seems no-one had mentioned it here...

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

First, some context: despite being really fond of all three Jones movies, I am not an obsessive fanboy, and I certainly didn't get my hopes up during the build-up.

But 'Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' was a huge disappointment.

Everything about the film is misjudged and overcooked. The story is overcomplicated which means all the dialogue feels like rushed exposition, which in turn leads to virtually zero character development. Ford's Indy suffers from this, but the other lead characters fair less well. Shia LaBeouf has half the lines needed for a spunky sidekick, John Hurt plays a stock character from the Big Book Of Quirky English Acting, Blanchett does the same but with a foreign accent, and Ray Winstone actually re-enacts an entire scene from 'The Mummy'. Only Karen Allen brings anything interesting to the table and when she appears there is a taste of what made 'Raiders' so good... If only she had been introduced earlier.

The action sequences are overdesigned and effects-heavy, the characters having almost superhuman powers of survival, which removes all peril and drama. The rumours about extensive physical effects are puzzling, given the sheer amount of very obvious CG built into many sequences which negates any traditional work - the reason you can tell? - they do the impossible. As for the story, you will require more suspension of belief than all three Indy movies put together to go along with it.

I don't know whether Lucas, Speilberg or the Aztec Gods are to blame, but if you thought there was anything wrong with the Star Wars prequels, chances are you'll think the same here. All the talk of letting down the fans may be hyperbolic geek-speak, but in reality this film shames itself. It is everything that is wrong with contemporary blockbusters and film-makers with too much money.

Karnorjax · Post by **Karnorjax** » Wed May 28, 2008 10:11 am

spent the weekend on holiday with baby, misses her sister(14) and mum... we watched - Enchanted... kinda fun, st trinians... good laugh, sweeny todd - great and ott gore but fun

hippy dave · Post by **hippy dave** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:45 am

"return of the living dead". not that good tbh.

yesterday i watched "fido", which was pretty decent, quite funny - and i didn't realise it was billy connoly playing fido

i also watched "evil dead 2", which was, as expected, pretty awesome.

Karnorjax · Post by **Karnorjax** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:32 am

dIARY OF THE DEAD ... VERY NICE take on the romero movies.. nice progression and loved the mute amish guy !

Meet Joe Black... why had I never seen this before ?? its fab.. and Brad bit is a superb actor in it !

memly · Post by **memly** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:02 pm

Just watched the Cube trilogy.
Not bad for the amount they cost...

I recently went to see The Dark Knight which was fantastic.

Timbob · Post by **Timbob** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:44 pm

memly wrote:Just watched the Cube trilogy.
Not bad for the amount they cost...

I recently went to see The Dark Knight which was fantastic.

I've got the first one on dvd. Wouldn't want to pay anything for the other 2

memly · Post by **memly** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:47 pm

They were on some dodgy satellite channel called "Zone - Horror".

I dont think I would have bought any of them though...

... it was more a comment of how much the budgets were for each movie.

Timbob · Post by **Timbob** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:18 pm

memly wrote:They were on some dodgy satellite channel called "Zone - Horror".

I dont think I would have bought any of them though... ... it was more a comment of how much the budgets were for each movie.

ahh
well. i thought the first one was quite interesting. as it did something new. more psychological horror than just gore and all. it wasn't perfect, but still.

the next 2 where trying to explain the "world behind". and that's just something you shouldn't do with a movie like that.

Timbob · Post by **Timbob** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:02 pm

Just watched the latest Indiana Jones movie.

Now can i have 90 minutes of my life back?

Kyjapco · Post by **Kyjapco** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 2:06 am

Last film I watched was Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

and wow...!

memly · Post by **memly** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:17 am

Iron Man

Loved it. Harry Robert Connick Downey Jnr the 3rd was great.

custard99 · Post by **custard99** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 12:43 pm

madagascar 2 .... still prefer first one esp the hulucination of steak lol

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