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  • Boom
    Boom Posts: 1,680
    Leroy Ambrose said:

    Just watched Oblivion. Moon meets The Matrix meets 2001 meets Portal 3.

    Derivative as hell, but I kinda loved it. Visually breathtaking, and the soundtrack (partly recorded with M83) is brilliant - especially the ultra-cheesy 'Fearful Odds' - which makes Hans Zimmer sound like a kid with a xylophone

    8.5/10

    Love a bit of hans zimmer
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,436
    Boom said:

    Leroy Ambrose said:

    Just watched Oblivion. Moon meets The Matrix meets 2001 meets Portal 3.

    Derivative as hell, but I kinda loved it. Visually breathtaking, and the soundtrack (partly recorded with M83) is brilliant - especially the ultra-cheesy 'Fearful Odds' - which makes Hans Zimmer sound like a kid with a xylophone

    8.5/10

    Love a bit of hans zimmer
    The Inception soundtrack is the best music ever written to run to. By the time it reaches the last song ('Time') you think you can run like Usain Bolt for hours.
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    Saw Elysium and really liked it, but it was topped by Now you see me......cheesy yes but really enjoyable.
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,233
    jimmymelrose said:

    AddickUpNorth said:

    Anyone seen 'Sightseers'? Watched it on DVD yesterday and laughed. A lot. Excellent British black comedy. Brown lipstick indeed.

    Just watched this. Not funny for the faint hearted. The world comedy can be used but very tenuously. It borders on horror. I liked it in a guilty way.

    If what I say sounds weird then just try the film. Now that's really weird.

    Dark, Bizarre but very good
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,651
    cafc-west said:

    Lincsaddick said:

    I'm looking forward to Elysium .. out soon I believe

    Saw it Friday night. Utter drivel. Poor plot , hardly any real dialogue -shoot 'em up cowboy film in space! 2/10 for the effects.

    Oh blimey, my son really wanted to see this!

  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,355
    cafc-west said:

    Lincsaddick said:

    I'm looking forward to Elysium .. out soon I believe

    Saw it Friday night. Utter drivel. Poor plot , hardly any real dialogue -shoot 'em up cowboy film in space! 2/10 for the effects.

    having seen the trailers .. I'll give it a miss
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    Lincsaddick said:

    cafc-west said:

    Lincsaddick said:

    I'm looking forward to Elysium .. out soon I believe

    Saw it Friday night. Utter drivel. Poor plot , hardly any real dialogue -shoot 'em up cowboy film in space! 2/10 for the effects.

    having seen the trailers .. I'll give it a miss
    Mendonca In Asdas said:


    cafc-west said:

    Lincsaddick said:

    I'm looking forward to Elysium .. out soon I believe

    Saw it Friday night. Utter drivel. Poor plot , hardly any real dialogue -shoot 'em up cowboy film in space! 2/10 for the effects.

    Oh blimey, my son really wanted to see this!

    Wow you are easily put off, I really enjoyed it
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,794
    Went to see Blue Jasmine last weekend. Great performance by Cate Blanchett. Oscar nominee? Good movie. Written and directed by Woody Allen
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,745
    Olympus has fallen - far fetched , a little bit too long but a hell of a lot of fun and much better than i was expecting.

    7 out of 10

    http://youtu.be/vwx1f0kyNwI
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,651
    edited September 2013
    Ah ok , point taken Tel!

    One mans meat is another mans poison i guess.
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  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    Mendonca In Asdas said:

    Ah ok , point taken Tel!

    One mans meat is another mans poison i guess.

    Your son will love it......mine did.

  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,194
    Elysium is getting positive reviews that are tempered a little by the film not being as fresh as the director's previous hit, District 9. Of the dozen people that I know, the only dissenting voice is on this thread.

  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,355
    TEL said:

    Lincsaddick said:

    cafc-west said:

    Lincsaddick said:

    I'm looking forward to Elysium .. out soon I believe

    Saw it Friday night. Utter drivel. Poor plot , hardly any real dialogue -shoot 'em up cowboy film in space! 2/10 for the effects.

    having seen the trailers .. I'll give it a miss
    Mendonca In Asdas said:


    cafc-west said:

    Lincsaddick said:

    I'm looking forward to Elysium .. out soon I believe

    Saw it Friday night. Utter drivel. Poor plot , hardly any real dialogue -shoot 'em up cowboy film in space! 2/10 for the effects.

    Oh blimey, my son really wanted to see this!

    Wow you are easily put off, I really enjoyed it
    from the trailers it looks as though the movie is like 'Mad Max 99' .. Damon does not look convincing as a tattooed warrior
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    Seen many futuristic tattooed warriors recently?
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,745
    Mud Reminded me a lot of " Stand By Me" . 7 out of 10

    http://youtu.be/KFBC8ohhVUs
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,745
    edited September 2013
    Richard Prior : Omit The Logic A superb documentary depicting an extremely talented man who lived life to the full yet was dealt a shit hand at the end . 8 out of 10

    http://youtu.be/nUKpmvsg76o
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,628
    a bit late I know, but I saw The Conjuring a couple of weeks back. Very enjoyable & made me jump out of my seat more than any other film I reckon.
  • swords_alive
    swords_alive Posts: 4,262
    edited September 2013
    Elysium is a top film, clever plot and great effects.
    Of course, if you don't appreciate a worthy effort to portray life on planet Earth in the 21st century, where inequality has grown so huge that the privileged live on a spacestation, and/or can't see contemporary parallels with the politics of immigration or healthcare rationing, you may just take the view that there's 'nothing to see there'.
    cafc-west said:


    Saw it Friday night. Utter drivel. Poor plot , hardly any real dialogue -shoot 'em up cowboy film in space! 2/10 for the effects.



  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,001
    Saw Riddick this afternoon. Much closer to Pitch Black than Chronicles of Riddick in style/tone, for the better in my opinion, but if you like the series this one is for you - but probably not one to go in cold.
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,194
    Dazzler21 said:

    Seen many futuristic tattooed warriors recently?

    Lolz
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  • cafckev
    cafckev Posts: 2,914
    golfaddick said:

    a bit late I know, but I saw The Conjuring a couple of weeks back. Very enjoyable & made me jump out of my seat more than any other film I reckon.

    .

    I saw it last week and i loved it. I lost count of yhe amount of times i jumped out of my seat. Made better by the fact it was based on a true story.

  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,316
    The one I'm excited for is Gravity, the one with Sandra Bullock getting blasted into space
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,194
    cafckev said:

    golfaddick said:

    a bit late I know, but I saw The Conjuring a couple of weeks back. Very enjoyable & made me jump out of my seat more than any other film I reckon.

    .

    I saw it last week and i loved it. I lost count of yhe amount of times i jumped out of my seat. Made better by the fact it was based on a true story.

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA it must've been soooooo scary to know it really happened.
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,738
    Watched " Insidious" last night on Channel 4 .

    Not bad for a "supernatural thriller" and the ending was a bit of a surprise...

    ..until I read today that the sequel opens in cinemas on Friday 13th September.

    Might be worth a look.
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    golfaddick said:

    a bit late I know, but I saw The Conjuring a couple of weeks back. Very enjoyable & made me jump out of my seat more than any other film I reckon.

    Was ok.But all these scary thrillers just morph into one.Ask me what happened in paranormal activity/the conjuring/insidious etc and I'd struggle.They're all the bloody same!

  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    edited September 2013
    Horrors never scare me I find them too entertaining. Woman in black was the only ok one recently. I'd like to see the stage show.

    Best film I've seen in ages was end of watch. I teared up at the end... Couldn't have been done any better.
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,783
    edited September 2013
    swords_alive said:

    Elysium is a top film, clever plot and great effects.
    Of course, if you don't appreciate a worthy effort to portray life on planet Earth in the 21st century, where inequality has grown so huge that the privileged live on a spacestation, and/or can't see contemporary parallels with the politics of immigration or healthcare rationing, you may just take the view that there's 'nothing to see there'.

    cafc-west said:


    Saw it Friday night. Utter drivel. Poor plot , hardly any real dialogue -shoot 'em up cowboy film in space! 2/10 for the effects.



    Swords_alive.
    How pompous.
    You like it, the other bloke doesn't. Everyone's entitled to an opinion. So here's mine:
    Personally, I thought it had a half baked storyline. It had the potential to be excellent, but was let down by too many unanswered questions, too much papering over of cracks in the story and possibly the worst Jodie Foster performance I've seen. Ever. Her accent, which I still can't identify, made me want to cut my ears off.
    But if that floats your boat, knock yourself out.

    I'm afraid your attempt to take the high ground by suggesting others "don't appreciate" the portrayal of the premise or "can't see contemporary parallels" makes you look like a dick who's heard someone else review the film and are trying to pass those opinions off as your own.
    I thought the plot was clear, the portrayal was adequate and the parallels were pretty obvious, thanks.
    Trouble is, the film was shit.

    Just my opinion of course.
  • All_Thaid_Up
    All_Thaid_Up Posts: 2,293
    lordromford said:

    swords_alive said:

    Elysium is a top film, clever plot and great effects.
    Of course, if you don't appreciate a worthy effort to portray life on planet Earth in the 21st century, where inequality has grown so huge that the privileged live on a spacestation, and/or can't see contemporary parallels with the politics of immigration or healthcare rationing, you may just take the view that there's 'nothing to see there'.

    cafc-west said:


    Saw it Friday night. Utter drivel. Poor plot , hardly any real dialogue -shoot 'em up cowboy film in space! 2/10 for the effects.


    Swords_alive.
    How pompous.
    You like it, the other bloke doesn't. Everyone's entitled to an opinion. So here's mine:
    Personally, I thought it had a half baked storyline. It had the potential to be excellent, but was let down by too many unanswered questions, too much papering over of cracks in the story and possibly the worst Jodie Foster performance I've seen. Ever. Her accent, which I still can't identify, made me want to cut my ears off.
    But if that floats your boat, knock yourself out.

    I'm afraid your attempt to take the high ground by suggesting others "don't appreciate" the portrayal of the premise or "can't see contemporary parallels" makes you look like a dick who's heard someone else review the film and are trying to pass those opinions off as your own.
    I thought the plot was clear, the portrayal was adequate and the parallels were pretty obvious, thanks.
    Trouble is, the film was shit.

    Just my opinion of course.
    I thought exactly the same, it was enjoyable enough, but they could have spent some time explaining how Elysium worked, how it was powered, had a stable enviroment, despite being in space and not having a roof. - obviously you could go on for day about this part.

    Jodie Foster was wasted in the role - not a fan of hers but at least give the girl a chance!

    However for a popcorn film it was ok.
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,436
    Jolie Foster. Now there's a would ya. Yes, I know technically it's a 'ya couldn't', but a man can dream. She's been near the top of my list pretty much forever
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    wow so much anger, be cool its just a thread about peoples opinions on films. I agree that Fosters accent was irritating and I didnt get the point, but I enjoyed the film for what it was.

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