Author Topic: What was the last film you watched? (Read 959937 times)

Jaded · « **Reply #1800 on:** 16 October, 2011, 12:30:35 am »

Enema of the State.

I couldn't help thinking about Teethgrinder throughout.

LindaG · « **Reply #1801 on:** 16 October, 2011, 07:22:09 pm »

Quote from: mrcharly on 16 October, 2011, 12:20:25 am

Breakfast on Pluto is one of the all time great films (and stars one of my favourite actors, the straight man's male crumpet, Cillian Murphy).

I like him too. I really must search this film out.

We just watched The Accidental Tourist, starring a Hurt and Geena Davies. I don't know why Crusty finds it so hilarious when I cry at weepies

It really is very, very good. Gently paced with some wonderful acting. And a dog.

tonycollinet · « **Reply #1802 on:** 16 October, 2011, 09:10:45 pm »

The way back

Not bad.

finch · « **Reply #1803 on:** 16 October, 2011, 09:39:18 pm »

The way back

definately sounded better backwards as mentioned on R2's tweet of the day

we just watched 127 hours which was great but would also have been even better backwards

border-rider · « **Reply #1804 on:** 16 October, 2011, 09:40:16 pm »

Die Hard 2

I have no idea why.

jogler · « **Reply #1805 on:** 16 October, 2011, 10:11:14 pm »

The Book of Eli.

if ever a film ended with the perfect scenario for a sequel,this is the one

fuzzy · « **Reply #1806 on:** 17 October, 2011, 09:55:05 am »

Hurt Locker

Worked for me.

Jaded · « **Reply #1807 on:** 17 October, 2011, 10:05:58 am »

Johnny English Reborn.

Better than I'd hoped.

LindaG · « **Reply #1808 on:** 17 October, 2011, 10:12:24 am »

Patagonia.

Really good. Recommended. Except for one really naff corny piece of cringy dialogue. But I'll forgive them for a two-word mistake.

tiermat · « **Reply #1809 on:** 17 October, 2011, 10:21:25 am »

On Saturday night I watched Brassed Off.

It showed, quite well, the differences between my upbringing and Mrs T's.

I watched it and wept at the sadness of it all, and the black humour. Mrs T sat there straight faced throughout and, in the last 30 minutes or so, got the laptop out so she could go on facebook etc, she was obviously so taken by the film

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #1810 on:** 17 October, 2011, 12:49:24 pm »

Quote from: Mal Volio on 16 October, 2011, 09:40:16 pm

Die Hard 2

I have no idea why.

Quite. Totally the wrong time of year. Die Hard & Die Hard 2 are the best Christmas films in the history of all things ever. Trufax.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #1811 on:** 17 October, 2011, 01:17:52 pm »

Jennifer's Body. Dreadful schlock.

redshift · « **Reply #1812 on:** 17 October, 2011, 01:36:56 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 17 October, 2011, 12:49:24 pm

Quote from: Mal Volio on 16 October, 2011, 09:40:16 pm
Die Hard 2

I have no idea why.

Quite. Totally the wrong time of year. Die Hard & Die Hard 2 are the best Christmas films in the history of all things ever. Trufax.

I was just thinking this the other day.

"Now I have a machine gun. Ho Ho Ho"

Captain Zep · « **Reply #1813 on:** 17 October, 2011, 09:22:37 pm »

"Still Walking" the first Japanese film I've seen that wasn't anime or a horror. It's sort of a family drama. Nice to see "real" Japan and heartening to see a culture very different to our own, yet the people similar in so many ways.

Frere · « **Reply #1814 on:** 18 October, 2011, 12:00:52 am »

@ Captain Zep, may I make a suggestion? try 'Departures' for another Japanese film that isn't a horror/manga/anime. Very gentle yet moving insight into how the Japanese do funerals. Not as grim as the subject might lead you to think, it's very delicately handled, and shows very well the Japanese mastery of understatement and subtlety. Recommended.

Frere

Wascally Weasel · « **Reply #1815 on:** 18 October, 2011, 09:27:26 am »

Quote from: Frere on 18 October, 2011, 12:00:52 am

@ Captain Zep, may I make a suggestion? try 'Departures' for another Japanese film that isn't a horror/manga/anime. Very gentle yet moving insight into how the Japanese do funerals. Not as grim as the subject might lead you to think, it's very delicately handled, and shows very well the Japanese mastery of understatement and subtlety. Recommended.

Frere

For another interesting take on Japan try 'Tampopo', the quest for the perfect noodle!

GruB · « **Reply #1816 on:** 18 October, 2011, 12:04:32 pm »

Limitless on DVD. It was suprisingly enjoyable. Some inventive cinematography as well.

LEE · « **Reply #1817 on:** 19 October, 2011, 08:22:35 pm »

American Flyers

A story of a grueling (Hell of the West) cycle race set against a sub-plot of terminal illness, '80's music and "Village People" moustaches.

Truly dreadful and capturing nothing of what it's like to ride a bike., have a terminal illness or have a "Village People" moustache.

I look back on the 2 hours I spent watching the film as time I wish I'd spent shooting myself in the face.

Did American men all look so gay in the '80's?

A film you should only consider watching after a few beers, with cycling friends and in an ironic way

LindaG · « **Reply #1818 on:** 19 October, 2011, 10:12:01 pm »

Super. This may be my new favourite film of all time. It is utterly wonderful and a work of pure art. Mind, I liked American Flyers as well.

mattc · « **Reply #1819 on:** 20 October, 2011, 11:31:14 am »

Quote from: LEE on 19 October, 2011, 08:22:35 pm

Truly dreadful and capturing nothing of what it's like to ride a bike., have a terminal illness or have a "Village People" moustache.

Did American men all look so gay in the '80's?

tom Selleck was quite popular at the time, possibly even a role model.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #1820 on:** 20 October, 2011, 01:26:28 pm »

Quote from: LEE on 19 October, 2011, 08:22:35 pm

Did American men all look so gay in the '80's?

Yes. This was, don't forget, the decade that spawned Top Gun. Top Gun is, on any poll whether offishul or not, the gayest film in the history of all things evvah. I mean, forget anything you might find at

(click to show/hide)

; Top Gun has it in a cocked (fnarr fnarr) hat..

Biff · « **Reply #1821 on:** 21 October, 2011, 11:20:55 pm »

Another Japanese offering I'm aching to see:

Frere · « **Reply #1822 on:** 21 October, 2011, 11:48:18 pm »

Contagion: lots of names, pandemic sweeping the world, society breaking down, omg where's the vaccine movie. Directed by Steven Soderbergh - not bad, not his best but not his worse. Similar to Traffic in style. Neatly bookended with Gwyneth Paltrow almost at the beginning, in a post mortem, having the top of head taken off and scalp folded over her face - tbh the only reason I went to see it is that I find her to be somewhat smug & irritating, and this was too good to pass over - and ends with her identified as patient zero. The science and medicine as portrayed in the film is supposed to be accurate, apart from some quibbles on population numbers portrayed for given areas.

Summary: Reasonable popcorn movie. If you go watch it, cough and sneeze (for laughs) halfway through and be prepared for some hard staring.

Frere

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #1823 on:** 22 October, 2011, 05:29:52 pm »

I'm watching Avatar just now. Didn't see it at the flicks. I think they could have cut an hour out of it and it wouldn't have suffered for it.

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #1824 on:** 23 October, 2011, 01:55:52 pm »

I watched two films last night - Mishishi and Babylon AD.

The first because I wanted to watch it, the second because my film of choice (Defiance) didn't work.

Well, Mishishi is beautifully shot, lovely in concept. Nice to see an animi-type Japanese film that didn't involve screaming samurai. The ending is extremely wtf tho'. Massive, massive story threads left totally flailing loose and not in a good way. TBH, having looked up some info, I see that this comes from a series. So the film would be a great introduction to a series. Just with that ending it doesn't stand on it's own.

Babbling on AD was a better than expected action flick, but had a totally shit ending - looked like about 15minutes got cut out.

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