Rate the last movie you watched. - Page 95

leowyatt · 26-06-2009, 22:05

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Originally Posted by Kitten

Have you seen the Weather Man? Didn't expect much but really enjoyed it. Really allowed him to play the character.

The beer festival scene is particularly interesting

Kitten · 26-06-2009, 22:06

Oh this is because of the boobies...just in case anyone doubted it for a second

Fayshun · 26-06-2009, 23:38

\o/ boobies!

NokkonWud · 27-06-2009, 01:19

I haven't seen The Weather Man, no. I've meant to view it a few times.

If anyone wants a good performance, watch Bringing Out The Dead, but beware, it is NOT a happy film. But it's one of the best depression performances I've ever seen.

Garp · 27-06-2009, 02:25

Sense and Sensibility

Oh dear. More period drama.

Silly women stuck in a "small" cottage in Sussex of a size most families would love, at the whim of a manipulative shrew of a woman.
Middle of 3 daughter (played by Kate Winslet) seems hell bent on throwing herself after any man that expresses even the slightest hint of romance, first Alan Rickman playing.. umm.. Alan Rickman, and then on Greg Wise, even whilst Mr Rickman is still visiting her daily. At the same time Daughter 1, sadly to say the great Emma Thompson looking too old for the age of the character she's playing (good 10 years too old at the time), is being charmed by Hugh Grant playing yet another doddering fopp of a man with clerical ambitions.
Spoiler Alert! - Highlight below to read!

When Mr Wise proves himself to be shallow, and runs to London and marries riches having discovered his playboy lifestyle was to come to an end with his inheritance being taken away from him, not once did anyone dare to tell Kate that she wasn't exactly blameless in this case, being a tart for jumping from man to man in the first place!

End Spoiler Alert!

Reasonable acting from most people, though, it must be said.

Plot - 3/10
Acting - 5/10 (Would have been 10 but for Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman just being the same typecast characters yet again)

Overall.. 4/10

Flibster · 27-06-2009, 12:11

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Originally Posted by Greenlizard0

IMDB lists two, but one in production for 2010, are they doing a remake of this?

I ****ing hope not!

But, it's hollywood, so they probably are.

Bastards!

Flibster · 27-06-2009, 12:44

Ghostbusters - Blu-ray

Excellent film. The hi-def transfer isn't as slick as I was hoping for, still a lot of noise and the contrast is way too high, but it's better than the DVD was.

On the plus side - it's Ghostbusters baby!

All 3 of the headline cast *Aykroyd, Murray and Ramis* are fantastic and so are the supporting cast. I still think this is one of Bill Murray's best films - He plays the sleeze absolutely perfectly.

Got to be a solid 10/10 for this - and not just for the film from my childhood factor - it really is that good.

Greenlizard0 · 27-06-2009, 16:29

Match Point

This scores quite highly on imdb and noting the cast I do remember meaning to watch it, and it was only last night that I did have the pleasure of seeing it.

Anybody who's watched tennis has already worked out when the ball hits the top of the net, sometimes the physics exist to carry it over, and sometimes the physics exist to cause it to fall back into the hitter's side of the court. A point is gained for the person hitting it, or not respectively and so it's easier to characterise what happens as lucky or unlucky; and this is the notion the film starts us with.

Jonathon Rhys-Meyers is an ex tennis pro who begins coaching at a top London club, one that's full with connections of the who's who of society. He begins to fall for the sister (played by Emily Mortimer) of a lad he starts to coach and everything seems fine. The options suddenly available to him through her father are numerous and a new flat and job follow shortly after he marries her.

However, the movie starts to warm as by this time Rhys-Meyers has already infatuated himself with his student's fiancée, and she allows herself to be seduced. They embark on an affair and the film follows him trying to pull all sorts of strings as they secretly meet up. Things take a turn for the worse, when unsurprisingly she becomes pregnant; quite weird, considering he is unable to impregnate his own wife.

The flim has a pretty good story that, while seemingly absurd at first, starts to fall together towards the end in a mood similar to the tennis analogy above.

The dialogue is well written, though sometimes accidentally over pompous at times. All the parts are played well and it actually took me half the film to realise that a familiar face was Brian Cox's. The score was excellent and fittingly included a few famous operas and arias.

7/10

Haly · 27-06-2009, 17:17

On a Woody Allen kick this week Greenlizard0?

Greenlizard0 · 27-06-2009, 17:57

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Originally Posted by Haly

On a Woody Allen kick this week Greenlizard0?

I have a fetish for small old American men.

26-06-2009, 22:06	#942
Kitten Spinky-Spank Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: 668. The Neighbour of the Beast Posts: 11,226	Oh this is because of the boobies...just in case anyone doubted it for a second __________________ "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

26-06-2009, 23:38	#943
Fayshun Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Adrift in the Orca Posts: 6,845	\o/ boobies! __________________ We must move forward not backward, upwards not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling...

27-06-2009, 01:19	#944
NokkonWud BD Recruitment Officer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Smogville Posts: 3,880	I haven't seen The Weather Man, no. I've meant to view it a few times. If anyone wants a good performance, watch Bringing Out The Dead, but beware, it is NOT a happy film. But it's one of the best depression performances I've ever seen. __________________

27-06-2009, 02:25	#945
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	Sense and Sensibility Oh dear. More period drama. Silly women stuck in a "small" cottage in Sussex of a size most families would love, at the whim of a manipulative shrew of a woman. Middle of 3 daughter (played by Kate Winslet) seems hell bent on throwing herself after any man that expresses even the slightest hint of romance, first Alan Rickman playing.. umm.. Alan Rickman, and then on Greg Wise, even whilst Mr Rickman is still visiting her daily. At the same time Daughter 1, sadly to say the great Emma Thompson looking too old for the age of the character she's playing (good 10 years too old at the time), is being charmed by Hugh Grant playing yet another doddering fopp of a man with clerical ambitions. Spoiler Alert! - Highlight below to read! When Mr Wise proves himself to be shallow, and runs to London and marries riches having discovered his playboy lifestyle was to come to an end with his inheritance being taken away from him, not once did anyone dare to tell Kate that she wasn't exactly blameless in this case, being a tart for jumping from man to man in the first place! End Spoiler Alert! Reasonable acting from most people, though, it must be said. Plot - 3/10 Acting - 5/10 (Would have been 10 but for Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman just being the same typecast characters yet again) Overall.. 4/10 __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

27-06-2009, 12:44	#947
Flibster Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,388	Ghostbusters - Blu-ray Excellent film. The hi-def transfer isn't as slick as I was hoping for, still a lot of noise and the contrast is way too high, but it's better than the DVD was. On the plus side - it's Ghostbusters baby! All 3 of the headline cast Aykroyd, Murray and Ramis are fantastic and so are the supporting cast. I still think this is one of Bill Murray's best films - He plays the sleeze absolutely perfectly. Got to be a solid 10/10 for this - and not just for the film from my childhood factor - it really is that good. __________________

27-06-2009, 16:29	#948
Greenlizard0 Vodka Martini Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 717	Match Point This scores quite highly on imdb and noting the cast I do remember meaning to watch it, and it was only last night that I did have the pleasure of seeing it. Anybody who's watched tennis has already worked out when the ball hits the top of the net, sometimes the physics exist to carry it over, and sometimes the physics exist to cause it to fall back into the hitter's side of the court. A point is gained for the person hitting it, or not respectively and so it's easier to characterise what happens as lucky or unlucky; and this is the notion the film starts us with. Jonathon Rhys-Meyers is an ex tennis pro who begins coaching at a top London club, one that's full with connections of the who's who of society. He begins to fall for the sister (played by Emily Mortimer) of a lad he starts to coach and everything seems fine. The options suddenly available to him through her father are numerous and a new flat and job follow shortly after he marries her. However, the movie starts to warm as by this time Rhys-Meyers has already infatuated himself with his student's fiancée, and she allows herself to be seduced. They embark on an affair and the film follows him trying to pull all sorts of strings as they secretly meet up. Things take a turn for the worse, when unsurprisingly she becomes pregnant; quite weird, considering he is unable to impregnate his own wife. The flim has a pretty good story that, while seemingly absurd at first, starts to fall together towards the end in a mood similar to the tennis analogy above. The dialogue is well written, though sometimes accidentally over pompous at times. All the parts are played well and it actually took me half the film to realise that a familiar face was Brian Cox's. The score was excellent and fittingly included a few famous operas and arias. 7/10 __________________

27-06-2009, 17:17	#949
Haly Do you want to hide in my box? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 14,941	On a Woody Allen kick this week Greenlizard0? __________________ Halycopter