DeeMan Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 RED STATE Nice little plot to it, few real world things throwing in (Westboro Baptist Church). Didn't really like the ending as its seemed to go off in a tangent from three kids getting kidnapped and how evil the church was to how corrupt the government was. 6/10 worth a watch, but probably wouldn't watch it again 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDom Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Frozen ( 2010 ) This is one of them movies where I look at the plot and just feel that I KNOW it's going to be shit. But you've got to give it a shot, because you can always be proven wrong. Right? Well, that is certainly the case in this instance. Basically three people go up a chairlift and wind up stranded there. First three things got right. Three absolutely likeable characters. It's an absolute nightmare situation and as the movie goes on it takes complete advantage of that. It unfortunately tails off as the daylight hits and they feel calmer and then the climax is a complete washout but for about an hour and 10 minutes of this, you have a right cracker. 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDom Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 (edited) Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe ( 2010 ) Cracking first installment to what I HOPE is a good series of movies. I certainly have my hopes up after this. Quite disappointed that... ... it appears the Ice Queen is done for, because I thought Tilda Swinton was amazing, but I suppose given how good she is this shouldn't be a surprise. 8/10 Edited September 8, 2011 by DomDom 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDom Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian ( 2008 ) At least I got the date right this time. Anyways, every bit as good as the first movie, which was nice to see. They replaced the pure evil of the Ice Queen with a much more sinister, and equally as imposing villain this time around. An incredibly pleasant ending to proceedings follows a terrific climax. It's probably better than the first movie by a very small margin and gives me hope that any future movie is going to be a worthy follow up. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qos_75 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)I watched it on the flight back from Vegas last week. A decent enough yarn it has to be said. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the jambo-rocker Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 (edited) Fright night 3D 77% I was pleasantly suprised by this. First 20 minutes were nothing special but it picked up. Tennant wasn't half bad as was the 3D, which I'm never big on, but it worked pretty well for this. Decent watch Edited September 8, 2011 by the jambo-rocker 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)I watched it on the flight back from Vegas last week. A decent enough yarn it has to be said. I thought that was a great wee film. Fluid, nice looking and McConaughey was good as the lead in it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe ( 2010 ) Cracking first installment to what I HOPE is a good series of movies. I certainly have my hopes up after this. Quite disappointed that... ... it appears the Ice Queen is done for, because I thought Tilda Swinton was amazing, but I suppose given how good she is this shouldn't be a surprise. 8/10 The films get better as they go on, just like the books. Prince Caspian is my favourite of the books, and the best of the films thus far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDom Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Well, I'll give them credit. They know how to make consistant movies, even when they change the director. There's a bit more going on here. They don't waste any time speeding up the pace of the movie, but they don't seem to compromise on the characters with Eustace creating a lovely change of pace, annoying but at the same time a good comic presence who you can kinda warm to BEFORE his major change. The fight/battle scenes were all better done here too. Wasn't as big a fan of the plot because the threat didn't seem as big as before so I could never really buy into it, but everything else is made up for it. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDom Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Jonah Hex ( 2010 ) Does anyone wanna see a movie with John Malkovich being good and Josh Brolin being even MORE cool than usual, yet is still shite? Here it is. The plot is absolutely horrible. Played for laughs originally and that makes it work. However, things then take a turn for the serious and that is when things go downhill quickly. 2/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forehead7 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 The Guard Really funny, even if the story was all over the place. Loads of ridiculous lines from Gleeson. I love the character, and he's got loads of offense lines from him which are just amazing. 7/10 I'm also watching this weird film just now, it's called Miss March. Some kid ends up in a coma and is going across country to find his old girlfriend. Loads of bullshit but they end up in a big RV and one of the guys is hooking up with a girl. She opens the window(it's a massive window) and the RV goes over some bumps the girl goes flying out the window 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggie_Murray7 Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Jonah Hex ( 2010 ) Does anyone wanna see a movie with John Malkovich being good and Josh Brolin being even MORE cool than usual, yet is still shite? Here it is. The plot is absolutely horrible. Played for laughs originally and that makes it work. However, things then take a turn for the serious and that is when things go downhill quickly. 2/10 I gave it higher purely for the funny/cheesey lines. But the ending was fucking atrocious. By far the worst comic book adaptation I've seen. It had litterally f**k all to do with it.....they may as well just have created an entirely different character and made the movie. I thought Brolin was pretty good in it. But did anyone who has seen it feel they ripped off scenes/lines from other films a bit? I mean the bit with the sheriff and the coffins is straight from a Clint Eastwood film is it not? As I also said a few pages back when I watched it, was there any need for half the film to be taken up by people just saying the name "Jonah Hex"...."Jonah Hex"? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the jambo-rocker Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 I'm also watching this weird film just now, it's called Miss March. Some kid ends up in a coma and is going across country to find his old girlfriend. Loads of bullshit but they end up in a big RV and one of the guys is hooking up with a girl. She opens the window(it's a massive window) and the RV goes over some bumps the girl goes flying out the window I actually quite liked this as well, even though it was weird and easy watching. The firemen bit was my favourite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forehead7 Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 I actually quite liked this as well, even though it was weird and easy watching. The firemen bit was my favourite. Craig Robinson(the black rapper guy) was amazing in it, and his dick at the end 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 (edited) Kill List - 2011 Well, as the credits rolled, I just sat there stunned at the final scene, trying to make sense of it all. I'd need to see it again but it is slowly paced, really well acted, really bloody violent and, well, shocking. Reminded me of The Wicker Man, Jay was marked out (almost literally by the mark on the back of the mirror) as a possible "recruit" and had to make the ultimate sacrifice. Not sure what to score it out of 10, would need to see again. Watched it loved it, I enjoyed it, if you can say that. It's a well acted, clever film. I enjoyed the way they built up the tension by almost emphasising the banality (a word you'll see in a lot of the reviews) in the first acts. There's an underlying sense of unease about the whole thing, mainly because the audience knows what Jay and Gal do for a living and also because of some of what happens. The actual scenes of violence are really quite shocking and I've seen plenty violent films. The bit in the kitchen is just horrific. I saw it in the same cinema that I saw 'The Killer Inside Me' in and it reminded me of the Jessica Alba scene in that, really quite difficult to watch. It's great acting from Neil Maskell, I think he really conveys the unravelling of his character well. The final act and the ending are interesting. Obviously what's happening is building up to this but you coudl argue that the change in the film is too jarring and doesn't quite fit. Personally I thought it pulled it off and the scene in the tunnell is fist chewing. The final scene was horrific but actually quite predictable, although the absolute final payoff gave more of a twist to it. All in all, I'd recommend going to see Kill List, 8/10. Edited September 9, 2011 by ICTChris 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDom Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Animal Kingdom ( 2010 ) I was tempted to go full whammy on this one, but decided against it as it didn't quite draw the emotion that a perfect movie should for me, but it's about as good a 9/10 movie as I'm ever going to watch. It's about a young guy who goes to live with his criminal bank robbing family who seem to be getting away from that, but this doesn't stop the police coming for them, and it becomes a bit of a game of, literally, life and death. It's an astonishing piece of work and is also quite brutal at times as well. I can't recommend it enough. 9/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Hobo with a Shotgun (2011) Despite the obvious there's a lot more to this film than you might expect. It's almost a parable within a Grindhouse film, and a well executed one at that! That and it stars Rutger Hauer, one of the greatest actors of all time. 8/10 - not as good as Machete, but then it's not really as much of a comedy so relies on much more imagery to get its point across, which in a film like this is a lot harder. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerSaint Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 The Social Network Quite enjoyed this film. Good storyline and a few moments that made me chuckle. 8/10 Read up about it after the movie wondering how close it was to the truth. It turns out that Eduardo actually got Ben Mezrich to write the book - which in turn made the film - to make Zuckerberg's image look bad. The complete opposite of the film and wasn't what I was expecting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zizou-5 Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Went to go see The Troll Hunter tonight and have to say, it is one of my movies of the year, if not THE movie of the year so far!. It was just a great movie, the action scenes were brilliant, I thought it was really hillarious at points. It even went into great detail at times. A great watch and a movie I am going to see again next week! 10/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberman Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Final Destination 5 6/10 More of the same but amusing nonetheless 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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