Author Topic: What was the last film you watched? (Read 952595 times)

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #6475 on:** 05 July, 2016, 09:56:37 am »

What We Do In The Shadows - mockumentary about ancient vampires coping with modern life in NZ.

T42 · « **Reply #6476 on:** 05 July, 2016, 05:56:35 pm »

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant. Kid flick but fun.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #6477 on:** 06 July, 2016, 07:28:13 pm »

Now You See Me 2. If fits well with the popular saying that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, in that it has magic which is insufficiently distinguishable from technology. Harry Potter it's not. Michael Caine appears in a white suite (does he ever wear anything else?). The popcorn sustained me.

Jaded · « **Reply #6478 on:** 07 July, 2016, 11:35:46 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 06 July, 2016, 07:28:13 pm

Now You See Me 2. If fits well with the popular saying that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, in that it has magic which is insufficiently distinguishable from technology. Harry Potter it's not. Michael Caine appears in a white suite (does he ever wear anything else?). The popcorn sustained me.

Leather or velour?

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #6479 on:** 08 July, 2016, 09:51:46 am »

A mixture of salt and sweet. You were asking about the popcorn?

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #6480 on:** 09 July, 2016, 08:52:11 pm »

The Homesman.

A good adaptation of the book.

T42 · « **Reply #6481 on:** 10 July, 2016, 09:25:54 am »

After reading the comments above, finally watched Groundhog Day and enjoyed it.

Chris S · « **Reply #6482 on:** 10 July, 2016, 09:50:09 pm »

Quote from: T42 on 10 July, 2016, 09:25:54 am

After reading the comments above, finally watched Groundhog Day and enjoyed it.

Watch it again tomorrow, you'll enjoy it just as much!

Asterix, the former Gaul. · « **Reply #6483 on:** 12 July, 2016, 03:00:15 pm »

Quote from: Chris S on 10 July, 2016, 09:50:09 pm

Quote from: T42 on 10 July, 2016, 09:25:54 am
After reading the comments above, finally watched Groundhog Day and enjoyed it.

Watch it again tomorrow, you'll enjoy it just as much!

He probably did.

T42 · « **Reply #6484 on:** 12 July, 2016, 05:38:34 pm »

Didn't, but will before too long.

Started watching the Netflix "Narcos" series. First ep OK. Have read, though, that they left out Pablo's bro Roberto, substituting some fictional bloke who eventually ratted to the CIA, and Roberto is suing them for it - that and their acquiring the rights to the "Escobar" trademark. Shame. Roberto was a pro cycling champion.

L CC · « **Reply #6485 on:** 12 July, 2016, 08:06:40 pm »

Ghostbusters

Much better than I feared.

Kim · « **Reply #6486 on:** 12 July, 2016, 08:09:57 pm »

Quote from: fboab on 12 July, 2016, 08:06:40 pm

Ghostbusters

Much better than I feared.

That's good to hear.

I had a dream the other night that it wasn't shit, and that the dire trailer was an elaborate ruse. Almost as disappointing to wake up from as the Freddie Mercury one.

caerau · « **Reply #6487 on:** 13 July, 2016, 02:48:15 pm »

We watched a real gem last night -

Me, Earl and the Dying Girl

I was a bit dubious at first as it seemed to be typical teen angst type stuff but it had a 4.5/5 rating and so we thought - meh, why not. Turned out to be very witty and amusing, oozed charm from every orifice and managed to be a real tear jerker at the same time. Absolutely wonderful movie - I'd thoroughly recommend it, but bring your hankies.

Chris S · « **Reply #6488 on:** 22 July, 2016, 06:18:50 pm »

Lara Croft - Tomb Raider.

Bit of an Angelina Jolie theme going on here recently.

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Kim · « **Reply #6489 on:** 22 July, 2016, 11:41:20 pm »

Continuing the theme...

Hackers

Barakta found the DVD in a charity shop a while ago, and it was the first thing to hand while checking that libdvdcss2 was installed correctly^[1]. I realised I'd never seen it all the way through, so decided to rectify that.

Oh my god it's dire. It should be destroyed in case impressionable children find it and think the 1990s were really like that. Okay, it's maybe not that bad, if you ignore everything pertaining to computers, don't find the main characters obnoxious, can cope with the horrendous sexism, gratuitous product placement and don't question why all the school-age characters are played by adults but most of the adult characters are about 12.

On the plus side, they did do some dumpster-diving (though that's not traditionally a sexual activity that culminates in a firearms offence, but maybe I've just been doing it wrong), and the Wikipedia article about the film contains the following gem:

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The cast spent three long weeks getting to know each other and learning how to type and rollerblade.

Which is so fantastically 90s that it almost makes up for what I just watched.

I think I need a good strong dose of Sneakers^[2] to recover...

_{[1] Which represents about 1000% more h4xx0ring than you'll see in the entire movie.
[2] Proper Hollywood hacking, Robert Redford and River Phoenix. What's not to like?}

T42 · « **Reply #6490 on:** 23 July, 2016, 08:26:05 am »

Interstellar yet again to see if we could understand that McGonagle chappie without subtitles. Nope.

Chris S · « **Reply #6491 on:** 23 July, 2016, 10:49:39 pm »

London has Fallen

Thankfully, I only stole this film - I didn't actually buy it, so all I had to do was delete it from my drive.

What a hateful piece of Pro-American shite it is. It's like Independence Day - but worse.

TL;DR

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Kim · « **Reply #6492 on:** 23 July, 2016, 11:48:42 pm »

Sneakers

I refer to the post above.

Never gets old.

ian · « **Reply #6493 on:** 24 July, 2016, 11:50:07 am »

Quote from: Chris S on 23 July, 2016, 10:49:39 pm

London has Fallen

Thankfully, I only stole this film - I didn't actually buy it, so all I had to do was delete it from my drive.

What a hateful piece of Pro-American shite it is. It's like Independence Day - but worse.

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It's a bloke's film.

I loved it. They blow up London and then blow it up some more. What's not to like?

The new Independence Day, on the other hand, was entirely disappointing.

tiermat · « **Reply #6494 on:** 24 July, 2016, 11:56:33 am »

Xmen 3, The Disappointment. So called due to thinking that Jean Grey is dead (see X2) only to find she isn't! The one saving grace, so far, is that Cyclops appears to have "bought the farm".

Canardly · « **Reply #6495 on:** 24 July, 2016, 12:11:42 pm »

Passchendaele. Grim stuff, Slough of Despond etc.

T42 · « **Reply #6496 on:** 24 July, 2016, 01:10:12 pm »

Seabiscuit. All the way through I was thinking it too sweet to be wholesome and when it ended I thought the story had been mucked about to add a bit of syrup & moral uplift, but on looking the nag up on Wiki the whole thing turns out to have been true. Duh. Still a bit hyperglycaemic, though.

Aidan · « **Reply #6497 on:** 24 July, 2016, 02:21:50 pm »

The BFG. thoroughly enjoyable, worth seeing in 3D too

citoyen · « **Reply #6498 on:** 24 July, 2016, 02:22:57 pm »

Quote from: fboab on 12 July, 2016, 08:06:40 pm

Ghostbusters

Much better than I feared.

But how is this possible! It has WOMEN in it! Gah! </the internet>

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #6499 on:** 24 July, 2016, 07:40:37 pm »

Quote from: citoyen on 24 July, 2016, 02:22:57 pm

Quote from: fboab on 12 July, 2016, 08:06:40 pm
Ghostbusters

Much better than I feared.

But how is this possible! It has WOMEN in it! Gah! </the internet>

Did I miss something important about Sigourney Weaver in the original or something?

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