Rate the last movie you watched.

[Wossi]

[REC]

Spanish horror about a reporter and camerman that get caught in an apartment complex 1 night when following the fire service for a news report. Think Blair Witch crossed with Descent but better. Can't say what happens as it will spoil it, but considering I don't scare easily I was almost at the point of filling my pants from about half way through till the very end.
I suppose watching it on my own in a closed room with surround sound wasn't the best idea I ever had (you'd have thought I would have learned when I watched the original Japanese version of The Grudge).

I'd have to give it 8.5/10

I'm off to watch a Disney film now.

[Belmit]

Mr. Brooks

Kevin Costner in double-life schizo serial killer mode.

Not really sure where to start, but this'll do. It's brilliant. The best performance is probably William Hurt as Costner's 'attention to detail' split personality, but only by the smallest of margins, and possibly because he gets the slightly more 'fun' part of the two. Costner is still outstanding though, which threw me a little as he's not been prevalent in the mainstream as of late.

I constantly found myself trying to outthink Mr. Brooks but I kept failing; he's just too good. Or rather 'they're' too good. The plot is really enthralling and the story is superbly paced. I really loved the theme of father and daughter, (which I didn't really pick up on until right at the end... and frustratingly I'm sure that's exactly how they meant it to be), and the very, very end is quite shocking but a little annoying that they used an old movie plot classic to trick us a little. Demi Moore was also very good, again, surprisingly with her recent absence from our screens. Her performance seemed very forced at first, almost over-eager, but I came to appreciate that a lot of that is meant to be the character.

Intricately woven story, a worryingly accurate portrayal of how a serial killer might think, and a couple of nice little action scenes to mix things up. Rare that I would give a film this score.

10/10


Edit: A couple more things I forgot to mention. First, that I've never had more empathy for a cold-blooded killer, and second, as an audience member, laughing along with a psychopath who's laughing along with his other personality sharing a joke is weird.

[Belmit]

No Country For Old Balls

Sorry, Old Men.

Certainly Oscar-worthy stuff, especially Javier Bardem as the contract killer personifying death itself. An apparant complete transposition of the book straight to film (minus some minor plot segways), I found myself fairly gripped all the way to the finish. Which it did, all of a sudden.

Just brilliant performances, but really no payoff in terms of your average film. Maybe I missed something subtle along the way as the film expertly dealt with destiny, the chosen path, morals and the inevitability of missed opportunity. Maybe the point was that sometimes there is no point? When it's time it's time.

8/10

[divine]

Fast and Furious

Exactly what you'd expect. Fast cars, action, mild violence, somewhat contrived story.

Good stuff, just what I wanted.

7/10

Side note: New Vue Cinema is great, Premium seats are nice big leather jobs with arm rests you can actually use. Not like Odeons idea of a premium where you get 5 inches more of sticky floor and a bit of extra padding on the seat. There were also beanbags but they were a bit too close to the screen for my liking. I was perfectly happy with my big leather seat for £4 though.

[Belmit]

The Invasion

Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig battle an alien infection, in what is pretty much another remake of Invasion of the Bodysnatchers, except less scary because there's no pointing and screaming.

Very well made and gripping enough to keep me watching, but felt quite long even at 90-odd minutes. Didn't give us much of an ending except for a slight moral pondering on whether giving up emotion is a price worth paying for world peace.

6/10

[Psymonkee]

3 more from me:

Hannibal

First saw this in the cinema when it came out. I remember being confused, most people thinking it sucked and the smell of scampi fries. Oh and my friend snoring

Second viewing now and I have to say having now read the book it misses out a few characters and their interactions. Ending is different because of this but the film I feel stands up well enough on it's own. Makes for an enjoyable (if slightly creepy) film with excellent tension.

Recasting of Clarice Starling was a little odd (especially watching them so close together) but the performance was acceptable.

7/10


Quantum of Solace

Too much action not enough story - still really not sure what took place throughout Pace was relentless and explosions etc were pretty though.

It struck me after the film though that maybe they are trying to tell a larger story of many films which is fine in it's own way but simply not what I (or the rest of the Bond fans) are used to.

Noisy, Explosive and somewhat fun.

6/10


Snakes on a Plane

Watched this immediately after QoS and have to say I enjoyed this far more. Paper thin plot, over the top characters, epic attacks by the snakes - all good

Predictable but very entertaining. Didn't pay much interest at first (was browsing the web) but as soon as the snakes were released I was hooked

7/10

[semi-pro waster]

Boksuneun naui geot (Sympathy for Mr Vengeance)

Starring

• Kang-ho Song
• Ha-kyun Shin
• Du-na Bae
• Ji-Eun Lim

Weird, just plain weird

8/10 Bought when I thought Zavvi was shutting down and I'm glad I did. It's probably lost something in the translation since there were a few times when I thought it could have used more subtitles since I don't read Korean but overall well told and interesting, be aware that you've got to be following relatively closely to actually link all the strands sometimes. One of my mates reckon it is more depressing than Requiem For A Dream, I'm not sure I'd go that far but it might give you an idea of the films level.

Office Space

Starring

• Ron Livingston
• Jennifer Aniston
• David Herman
• Ajay Naidu

Comedy

7/10 I had pretty low expectations for this but it's a whole lot funnier than I would have anticipated, a few things were overplayed but pretty good really. An easy way to pass 90 minutes and probably a wise choice after the above film.

[Glaucus]

The great escape

9/10. it maybe old but the story and music just make this a classic which just doesn't age.

[Tak]

Originally Posted by divine

Fast and Furious

Exactly what you'd expect. Fast cars, action, mild violence, somewhat contrived story.

Good stuff, just what I wanted.

7/10

Ditto this review but I'd probably give it 8/10 Leave brain at the door, watching cars going broooooom and going fast

[Haly]

Taken

Really enjoyed this. Totally unbelievable half the time but very enjoyable and Liam Neeson was brilliant in it.
Think Jack Bauer on speed

8/10