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Flibster · 10-01-2010, 00:11

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Originally Posted by Wossi

The Boat That Rocked

Set in the 60's during the pirate radio ear about a ship anchored in the North Sea played Rock and Pop 24 hours a day and the government trying to stop them. A lot funnier than I had though it would be and has quite an impressive cast list to boot.
8/10

Pretty much sums it up for me as well. Philip Seymour Hoffman is once again, superb.

Belmit · 10-01-2010, 02:27

Taken

Whilst being awesomely kick-ass, I found the whole thing extremely contrived. Liam Neeson's character seems to pretty much know something bad is going to happen, and practically sighs when it finally does. They could have done this far more subtly.

It's no Bourne, but was as close as we'll probably get until another one gets made, if it ever does.

7/10

Glaucus · 10-01-2010, 11:42

Hostage

This well-made thriller harkens back to the gritty crime films of the 1970s. Bruce Willis plays Jeff Talley, a traumatized ex-LAPD hostage negotiator whose new career as small town sheriff doesn't turn out to be as restful as he had hoped; a hostage situation breaks out on 'low crime Tuesday' and he is thrown right back into the business he knows all too well. Some punk kids have shot a cop and are holed up in a local mansion inhabited by crooked accountant Walter Smith (Kevin Pollack), his two kids, and a lot of surveillance cameras. Walter's young son (Jimmy Bennett) escapes his bonds and reports to Talley from the air shafts via his sister's cell phone. The sister--a Goth teen played by Michelle Horn--draws the romantic attention of Mars (Ben Foster), the pot-addled sociopath in the gang, thus adding a unique twist to the damsel-in-distress factor. Meanwhile, amid the buzzing helicopters and mobilizing SWAT teams, another group of bad guys has kidnapped Talley's wife and daughter, in order to force him to retrieve a secret disc in Walter's study. Florent Siri's efficient direction keeps the action flowing in unexpected directions while allowing for plenty of interesting procedural details and sly bits of humour. The score is ominous and the performances are strong, with Foster memorably creepy and Willis excellent as the frightened hero.

8/10
Although I have a massive soft spot for hostage/ban robberies. So probably want to knock a point of. It has a nice refreshing twist of the Negotiators family being kidnapped at the same time. Well thought out and well made imo.

Although Know I need to find some more hostage/bank robbery stuff and I think I've watched most of the good ones.

Flibster · 10-01-2010, 17:06

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

It's a Michael Bay film.

4/10

BBx · 10-01-2010, 17:43

We watched Hostage last night too - seen it before but deffo an 'easy' film to watch.

Premonition tonight... have vague recollections of this one being a bit dodge, but we will see.

BB x

_dogma_ · 10-01-2010, 19:58

Daybreakers

It was alright. Put a different spin on the Vampire genre. Vampirism is called a disease by humans (and a select few vamps) and they're looking for a cure while being hunted down.

Lots of over the top gore and blood and a few funny lines from William Dafoe made it all bearable.

Spoiler Alert! - Highlight below to read!

Also a really cool thing where you can't see his reflection in the mirror but you can see his clothes moving, thought it was a nice touch!

End Spoiler Alert!

NokkonWud · 10-01-2010, 20:20

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Originally Posted by Flibster

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

It's a Michael Bay film.

4/10

I hate this, I really do. So what if it's Michael Bay? He isn't a bad director at all. I'm sick of hearing people go, "Ugh, it's Michael Bay, go watch something by Steven Soderburgh instead", it's snobbery of the highest order. It's like someone is saying " I can't like that, that's for the masses, I'll enjoy this little indie movie instead and say it's the best thing ever", it's what we've seen with movies like Juno, Little Miss Sunshine, etc... It totally boils my piss.
Michael Bay has directed some fantastic action movies that really couldn't have been done any better by anyone else. Bad Boys, The Rock, Armageddon are all brilliant action movies, and the first Transformers was revolutionary in many ways (as well as something I totally enjoy to watch). Sure, Transformers II isn't that great of a movie, mainly because of bad editing decisions, but saying it's a bad movie only because Michael Bay was involved is just plain wrong.

Kitten · 10-01-2010, 20:29

I liked transformers II!

Beebs, premonition is strange but ultimately quite clever & frustrating. Hurt my head a bit tho!

leowyatt · 10-01-2010, 20:31

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Originally Posted by NokkonWud

it's snobbery of the highest order

you mean you haven't learnt that about Flibster by now?

Glaucus · 10-01-2010, 20:50

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Originally Posted by BBx

Premonition tonight... have vague recollections of this one being a bit dodge, but we will see.

Also watching that tonight. on +1 though. Haven't seen it before. but it sounded interesting.

How come there are loads of films on which aren't repeats at the moment. Slum Dog millionaire is on Wednesday. Never seen it, it's been on my list for a while.

10-01-2010, 02:27	#1482
Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	Taken Whilst being awesomely kick-ass, I found the whole thing extremely contrived. Liam Neeson's character seems to pretty much know something bad is going to happen, and practically sighs when it finally does. They could have done this far more subtly. It's no Bourne, but was as close as we'll probably get until another one gets made, if it ever does. 7/10 __________________

10-01-2010, 11:42	#1483
Glaucus Absinthe Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,855	Hostage This well-made thriller harkens back to the gritty crime films of the 1970s. Bruce Willis plays Jeff Talley, a traumatized ex-LAPD hostage negotiator whose new career as small town sheriff doesn't turn out to be as restful as he had hoped; a hostage situation breaks out on 'low crime Tuesday' and he is thrown right back into the business he knows all too well. Some punk kids have shot a cop and are holed up in a local mansion inhabited by crooked accountant Walter Smith (Kevin Pollack), his two kids, and a lot of surveillance cameras. Walter's young son (Jimmy Bennett) escapes his bonds and reports to Talley from the air shafts via his sister's cell phone. The sister--a Goth teen played by Michelle Horn--draws the romantic attention of Mars (Ben Foster), the pot-addled sociopath in the gang, thus adding a unique twist to the damsel-in-distress factor. Meanwhile, amid the buzzing helicopters and mobilizing SWAT teams, another group of bad guys has kidnapped Talley's wife and daughter, in order to force him to retrieve a secret disc in Walter's study. Florent Siri's efficient direction keeps the action flowing in unexpected directions while allowing for plenty of interesting procedural details and sly bits of humour. The score is ominous and the performances are strong, with Foster memorably creepy and Willis excellent as the frightened hero. 8/10 Although I have a massive soft spot for hostage/ban robberies. So probably want to knock a point of. It has a nice refreshing twist of the Negotiators family being kidnapped at the same time. Well thought out and well made imo. Although Know I need to find some more hostage/bank robbery stuff and I think I've watched most of the good ones. __________________

10-01-2010, 17:06	#1484
Flibster Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,388	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen It's a Michael Bay film. 4/10 __________________

10-01-2010, 19:58	#1486
_dogma_ Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife. Posts: 278	Daybreakers It was alright. Put a different spin on the Vampire genre. Vampirism is called a disease by humans (and a select few vamps) and they're looking for a cure while being hunted down. Lots of over the top gore and blood and a few funny lines from William Dafoe made it all bearable. Spoiler Alert! - Highlight below to read! Also a really cool thing where you can't see his reflection in the mirror but you can see his clothes moving, thought it was a nice touch! End Spoiler Alert! __________________

10-01-2010, 20:29	#1488
Kitten Spinky-Spank Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: 668. The Neighbour of the Beast Posts: 11,226	I liked transformers II! Beebs, premonition is strange but ultimately quite clever & frustrating. Hurt my head a bit tho! __________________ "You only get one life. There's no God, no rules, except for those you accept or create for yourself. Then once it's over... it's over. Dreamless sleep for ever and ever. So why not be happy while you're here?" Nate Fisher

10-01-2010, 17:43	#1485
BBx Reverse SuBo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: London Posts: 8,673	We watched Hostage last night too - seen it before but deffo an 'easy' film to watch. Premonition tonight... have vague recollections of this one being a bit dodge, but we will see. BB x

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