Rate the last movie you watched.

[Desmo]

Skyline

Why? Just....why? I knew this was supposed to be a bad film and yet I still watched it. Why?

2/10 only because I thought aliens were actually quite cool and very angry.

[Belmit]

Originally Posted by Fayshun

Perfume: The story of a murderer

Jean Baptiste has a remarkable nose, and lives for scent, both good and bad. He needs to learn how to save smells.

Not my usual type of film, aquired on a whim, watched in bed with Lom.

8.5/10

Love this film. Very well made but not very well known.


Some two word reviews of recent films.


Bad Teacher

Surprisingly good.

7/10


Super 8

Ended poorly.

7/10


Green Lantern

Ball bag.

2/10


The Hangover Part II

Adequate sequel.

7/10


Paranormal Activity 2

Equally spooky.

7/10


So basically quite a lot of above average but not brilliant films.

[Belmit]

The Road to Perdition

Can't believe it's taken me this long to see it, especially as American Beauty is one of my favourite films (same director).

Whilst not quite as good as that, it was certainly a better production than everything else I've seen recently. There was a line where Tom Hanks is talking to his kid about money that made me belly laugh too.

8/10

[Will]

Yeah loved that movie - was really surprised when I first saw it, seeing Tom Hanks in such a cold hard contrast to his previous roles.

[Will]

This reminds me... I haven't been to the flicks in ages - completely lost track of what's out there at the moment, I'm sure I remember seeing lots of trailers earlier on in the year making me think "I must go and watch that!".

[Muban]

Bridesmaids.... is it supposed to be good right from the get go, or does it take a good 20 odd minutes to get going before it gets properly funny? I rented this as so many people told me how good it was but I sense it's so not for me after having watched the first 20 odd minutes. Humour is an odd thing though what appeals to one does not appeal to the other.

[Del Lardo]

Transporter 3

This film is most likely a 15 year old boys wet dream, drive a fast car, make a sexy lady fall for you and then kill some bad guys. Alas I'm not 15 which is a shame as I remember the first film being quite good fun, the third itteration suffers from a distinct lack of quality driving and what little there is is often sped up so it looks stupid. The female lead deserves special mention for portraying quite possibly the most annoying heroine even seen on the big screen and I frequently found myself wishing the film would end with her catching a stray bullet.

4/10

[Del Lardo]

Hangover 2

If you've seen the first one then you'll know what to expect from the sequel. If you haven't seen the first one then watch it instead as it's by far the better film.

The Hangover 2 reunited the old gang for a wedding in Thailand and surprise surprise despite the best efforts of the groom to behave they end up waking up in a scummy hotel room in Bangkok with no recollection of the previous night and one of their party missing.

Hilarity ensues as they try to find him but nowhere near as much hilarity as the first film because you know what level of crude debauchery to expect. Think American Pie 2, same level of humour as the first but nowhere near as funny as it wasn't new and shocking anymore.

Still it's well worth a watch with plenty of moments that had me tittering away to myself though I did nearly get in trouble with Miss DL for having rather too much knowledge about some of the seedier aspects of the film

7/10

[Del Lardo]

Bullitt

I was inspired to finally get round to watching this film after the disappointment that was Drive and I wasn't disappointed. The plot is fairly basic and Steve McQueen plays Steve McQueen but they do a good job of wrapping themselves around the important bit, the car chase. Lots has been written about the car chase by people far more talented than me so I will give you a brief summary, it gave me the horn in a way that nothing since Ronin has managed.

8/10

[Del Lardo]

Conan The Barbarian - 2011

I'm sure there was a good film in there struggling to get out but unfortunately Conan suffers from the same problems as many recent Superhero/Mythicalhero films. The good action sequences and CGI are really let down but an incoherent story line and badly written script, the cast do well enough with what they are given and are suitably pretty, muscular and scary (where appropriate) but half way through I was already waiting for the end.

4/10