Author Topic: What was the last film you watched? (Read 939601 times)

fuzzy · « **Reply #1450 on:** 06 June, 2011, 09:29:23 am »

Soldier.

Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Sean Pertwee, Jason Issac and Connie Nielsen.

Russell plays Todd, a selected at birth Super Soldier, all emotion bred out of him. A few years and campaigns down the line finds he is obsolete, he and his comrades being replaced by squad of gentically engineered hyper soldiers.

Todd fids himself injured and dumped on a waste disposal world where a group of colonists struggle to survive after crashing on the planet en route to other worlds. Todd is taken in by the group and made well until he is banished after scaring the crap out of a member of the group during a flashback.

In typical Hollywood fashion, Todd is invited back to the fold after an incident involving a young child and a snake makes members of the group relaise they were wrong. This redemption coincides with the Hyper Soldiers arriving on the planet, with oreders from their commander that any person present is illegaly on the world and therefore hostile.

Battle ensues and our hero makes good........

Not a film to tax the mind.

Not bad though.

Wascally Weasel · « **Reply #1451 on:** 06 June, 2011, 10:47:39 am »

It’s (very loosely) set in the same fictional universe as Blade Runner – with implications that the new soldiers are some form of replicant.

There are a few direct allusions to Blade Runner such as mention of the battle of Tannhauser Gate.

Favourite quote: “I’m going to kill them all sir”.

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #1452 on:** 06 June, 2011, 11:06:05 am »

X-men first class.

That was a lot better than the previous films, apart from the fight scenes. To much posturing.

Fassbender makes a great Nazi-hunter. James Macavoy is a good sleazy rich telepath.

fuzzy · « **Reply #1453 on:** 06 June, 2011, 11:13:11 am »

Quote from: Wascally Weasel on 06 June, 2011, 10:47:39 am

It’s (very loosely) set in the same fictional universe as Blade Runner – with implications that the new soldiers are some form of replicant.

There are a few direct allusions to Blade Runner such as mention of the battle of Tanhauser Gate.

Favourite quote: “I’m going to kill them all sir”.

I got the Tannhauser Gate link (I had to rewind on the Sky+ as it just caught my attention as his 'battle honours' scrolled past on the computer).

'Soldiers deserve Soldiers, sir'

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #1454 on:** 06 June, 2011, 01:52:18 pm »

LA Confidential. No helichopters but loads of killin's. I was mildly surprised that Russell Crowe turned out not to have been deaded after all.

LEE · « **Reply #1455 on:** 06 June, 2011, 06:34:50 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 06 June, 2011, 01:52:18 pm

LA Confidential. No helichopters but loads of killin's. I was mildly surprised that Russell Crowe turned out not to have been deaded after all.

Great film I think. Weren't Russel Crowe and Guy Pearce both in the Aussie soap "Neighbours"?

geoff · « **Reply #1456 on:** 07 June, 2011, 12:44:51 pm »

going through a good patch:

Tsotsi ...which was shocking and heartbreaking.

And on Sunday night's TV: "The Damned United"

urban_biker · « **Reply #1457 on:** 08 June, 2011, 11:28:19 am »

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Part II

A wet bank holiday Monday while we were away camping with the family meant we ended up in the cinema watching the above.

A kids film - U certificate - and surprisingly funny. I was actually crying with laughter at one point.

An excellent family film.

her_welshness · « **Reply #1458 on:** 08 June, 2011, 11:33:19 am »

Quote from: LEE on 06 June, 2011, 06:34:50 pm

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 06 June, 2011, 01:52:18 pm
LA Confidential. No helichopters but loads of killin's. I was mildly surprised that Russell Crowe turned out not to have been deaded after all.

Great film I think. Weren't Russel Crowe and Guy Pearce both in the Aussie soap "Neighbours"?

They were - although Russell Crowe had a teeny tiny part in it.

I loved LA Confidential - the books are pretty good too.

Charlotte · « **Reply #1459 on:** 08 June, 2011, 11:44:14 am »

The Dark Knight, round at Wascally and Ms Weasals' home cinema and den of iniquity.

I've not enjoyed a DVD as much for ages. It was deliciously fucked up and nothing like the other Batman movies in the franchise. For the first time, you get a sense of the real horror of Gotham City's evil. Heath Ledger's Joker is so disturbingly believable - he doesn't want power or money, he just wants to watch it all burn...

citoyen · « **Reply #1460 on:** 08 June, 2011, 12:32:24 pm »

Grow Your Own.

Lightweight Britflick about refugees on an allotment. Enjoyable but a bit flimsy, hackneyed and lacking originality. Stars every B-list British actor you've ever seen on TV or in any similar film in the last ten years.

d.

her_welshness · « **Reply #1461 on:** 08 June, 2011, 12:57:40 pm »

Quote from: Charlotte on 08 June, 2011, 11:44:14 am

The Dark Knight, round at Wascally and Ms Weasals' home cinema and den of iniquity.

I've not enjoyed a DVD as much for ages. It was deliciously fucked up and nothing like the other Batman movies in the franchise. For the first time, you get a sense of the real horror of Gotham City's evil. Heath Ledger's Joker is so disturbingly believable - he doesn't want power or money, he just wants to watch it all burn...

That bit with the pencil made me jump out of my skin

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #1462 on:** 08 June, 2011, 01:43:00 pm »

Quote from: her_welshness on 08 June, 2011, 12:57:40 pm

Quote from: Charlotte on 08 June, 2011, 11:44:14 am
The Dark Knight, round at Wascally and Ms Weasals' home cinema and den of iniquity.

I've not enjoyed a DVD as much for ages. It was deliciously fucked up and nothing like the other Batman movies in the franchise. For the first time, you get a sense of the real horror of Gotham City's evil. Heath Ledger's Joker is so disturbingly believable - he doesn't want power or money, he just wants to watch it all burn...

That bit with the pencil made me jump out of my skin

That bit with the pencil made me write a complaint to the BBFC. The film wasn't, IMO, a 12A.

I went to see it at the cinema, a Vue multiplex. Its the first time I've seen a cinema put up multiple posters warning people that a 12A is not suitable for children.

citoyen · « **Reply #1463 on:** 09 June, 2011, 05:17:28 pm »

Quote from: mrcharly on 08 June, 2011, 01:43:00 pm

That bit with the pencil made me write a complaint to the BBFC. The film wasn't, IMO, a 12A.

I agree. I didn't go as far as writing to the BBFC but several moments in that film did make me question their judgment.

I'm pretty liberal about what I'll let my almost-13yo watch but I increasingly find myself recoiling in distaste at some of the extreme violence in what are ostensibly family films. I find it far more troubling than the occasional F-word, and it boggles the mind when Made In Dagenham is given a 15 while films like The Dark Knight get a 12A. But that's the power of the Hollywood dollar for you.

d.

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #1464 on:** 09 June, 2011, 07:01:57 pm »

Billy Elliot was a 15.

I think it's anything that shows lefty union stuff gets a higher rating. Don't want the children picking up socialist tendencies.

TimO · « **Reply #1465 on:** 09 June, 2011, 07:22:53 pm »

Kung Fu Hustle, which is good silly, albeit quite violent in places, fun. The goodies do win, and the baddies lose, so it all works out in the end.

Apparently Kung Fu Hustle 2 is in production, but that's fairly minimal information from IMDB.

geraldc · « **Reply #1466 on:** 09 June, 2011, 07:36:10 pm »

Currently watching the remaking of 47 Ronin, in which I'm appearing as an extra

Some more filming to do in July, and then it will be out Nov 2012 in 3D.

BrianI · « **Reply #1467 on:** 11 June, 2011, 07:48:21 am »

Dark Star http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Star_%28film%29

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #1468 on:** 11 June, 2011, 09:14:53 pm »

Rear Window. Hadn't seen it before. Liked it.

jellied · « **Reply #1469 on:** 11 June, 2011, 09:34:09 pm »

127 hours. Glad it wasn't actually that long.

Jaded · « **Reply #1470 on:** 11 June, 2011, 10:45:04 pm »

Up in the Air.

Another weepie.

Regulator · « **Reply #1471 on:** 14 June, 2011, 09:29:08 pm »

I'm very sad....

I've just relived my teenage years by watching the biggest schlock movie going...

Elvira! Mistress of the Dark.

Cracking movie - had me laughing out loud

Tourist Tony · « **Reply #1472 on:** 14 June, 2011, 11:12:38 pm »

On iPlayer, Witchfinder General.....

Captain Zep · « **Reply #1473 on:** 14 June, 2011, 11:50:48 pm »

Brazil. I watched it many years ago and found that I didn't remember much of the story, but the atmosphere and "feel" was just as I remembered it.

Jakob · « **Reply #1474 on:** 15 June, 2011, 09:10:44 am »

Rango. Very surprised how risky it was (for a feature animation). Some of the technical stuff was also superb.

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