Mel Hutchwright Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Today I saw Burn after Reading and thoroughly enjoyed it. Brad Pitt was the stand out for me, easily the most under rated actor around. Brad Pitt's performance was great and shit I'm going to join in with the Brad Pitt appreciation too. I thought he stole very scene he was in, and was genuinely very funny in it. His hair is a thing of splendour too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Saw 5.Utter pish. 2/10 if only because some of the traps were quite ingenious. See, I wanted to give it a low mark but couldn't bring myself to do so as it had lots of Jigsaw in it. It was not meant to be a horror like the others (save the five people in the 'game'), it was just to give background and admit that 2 and 4 were pointless as they didn't mention them at all! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raith Against The Machine Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 (edited) Saw 5 stuff: Methinks Saw 5 was a sort of necessary evil. All of the storyline stuff had to be shown to lead into the 6th, and final, film - but you can't have a Saw film without the gory stuff, so the game with the five folk is just shown between story bits, despite it having bugger all to do with anything. I imagine that once we've seen the 6th one, 5 will fit into the series much better. They probably could've done in it just 5 films, making the last one quite long and including the storyline from this one, but its probably better that they've put it in a film of its own. So... what's in the box, then? Edited October 25, 2008 by Dunc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofjenova Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Burn After Reading - 7/10 Good entertainment, the abrupt ending was a nice antithesis to today's over-long films . Brad Pitt's performance was worth the admission fee alone, though I wasn't overly sold on Frances McDormand's character. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberman Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Bitten 5/10 A vampire love story, some very fit birds in it and some amusing patter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrgirl Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Rendition 9/10 I don't normally enjoy films as I lose interest half way through. This film was utterly fantastic. I was enthralled from start to finish. Well worth a watch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gall09 Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Brooklyn Rules - 6/10 Film about 3 friends who grow up together in Brooklyn, as one of them gets involved with the local mob more and more, the 3 of them get dragged into a situation that they struggle to get out of. Not bad, Scott Caan plays a good part but it's quite slow and Freddie Prinze Jr just didn't convince with a Brooklyn accent at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) Good fun. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Eagle Eye 5/10 Pretty standard action flick that got a bit boring by the end. The chick in it was pretty annoying. The support from Billy Bob and Michael Chiklis was the best thing about it. What other films end up with a crazed super computer that has gone out of control? I could only think of I, Robot but there must be others. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDom Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Burn After Reading ( 2008 ) People have been going on about Brad Pitt, and you can't blame them, but there's two better performances here. George Clooney as the gradually paranoid guy and John Malkovich as the slightly unhinged analyst. The movie takes a while to get going. Infact, a good half hour. It's all fun and games from the point that they find the disc of "shit" though. It also has one of the funniest things in a movie recently. The dildo chair. 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Deep Blue Sea (1999) Pretty poor film, brought up to average by great performances by LL Cool J, and the king of cool Samuel L Jackson. Just remember if you're black you can be bitten in half and still be able to walk! 5/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Stuart. Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 EAGLE EYE (2008) Reasonabley good film. cunfusing in parts. 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundermonkey Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 The Hulk 6.5/10 The one with Edward Norton. It's alright. At least there is no Father subtext bollocks and the CGI is far superior. I reckon they should dispense with love interests in these movies as Liv Tyler is gash at best. Best bit is when Tim Roth asks the Hulk if that's all he's got, just before the Hulk volleys him into a tree. Now that Marvel have their own studio and are in complete control of their own movie adaptations I feel we are going to see loads more cross overs such as the scene with Tony Stark at the end of this movie. Little adverts for the next movie to get the fanboys frothing. It's still a bit too Frankenstein for me, I'd prefer more "Hulk Smash" action. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jose_chilavert Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 The Hulk 6.5/10The one with Edward Norton. It's alright. At least there is no Father subtext bollocks and the CGI is far superior. I reckon they should dispense with love interests in these movies as Liv Tyler is gash at best. Best bit is when Tim Roth asks the Hulk if that's all he's got, just before the Hulk volleys him into a tree. Now that Marvel have their own studio and are in complete control of their own movie adaptations I feel we are going to see loads more cross overs such as the scene with Tony Stark at the end of this movie. Little adverts for the next movie to get the fanboys frothing. It's still a bit too Frankenstein for me, I'd prefer more "Hulk Smash" action. theres a similar scene at the end of the iron man film, well after the credits involving another marvel character there are supposedley upcoming nick fury, thor, luke cage and captain america films, then an avengers film! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundermonkey Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 theres a similar scene at the end of the iron man film, well after the credits involving another marvel characterthere are supposedley upcoming nick fury, thor, luke cage and captain america films, then an avengers film! I'm sure I heard Nick Fury get a name check during the Hulk. Avengers, New Avengers or a mix of both? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) A combination of being really funny and having Christine Taylor, it couldn't really fail. So it can have the highest mark I can give a comedy, as they aren't really great cinematographic works! 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundermonkey Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) A combination of being really funny and having Christine Taylor, it couldn't really fail. So it can have the highest mark I can give a comedy, as they aren't really great cinematographic works! 8/10 Why can't they be? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin M Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Woody Allen's peak saw comedies that were great in terms of cinematography, regardless of whether you find them funny or not. Manhattan in particular is an amazing depiction of New York. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Why can't they be? Should really say, I haven't seen any that are great cinematographically. Possibly the older ones would have spent more time getting everything right. I did give Blues Brothers 10/10 though, forgot about that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Eagle Eye 5/10Pretty standard action flick that got a bit boring by the end. The chick in it was pretty annoying. The support from Billy Bob and Michael Chiklis was the best thing about it. What other films end up with a crazed super computer that has gone out of control? I could only think of I, Robot but there must be others. 2001: A space oddessy, the andromeda syndrome, the matrix trilogy etc etc, pretty much a sci fi staple - as old as the martians 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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