Rate the last movie you watched. - Page 96

Haly · 27-06-2009, 18:08

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Originally Posted by Greenlizard0

I have a fetish for small old American men.

Well someone has to, I guess

Belmit · 27-06-2009, 18:24

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Originally Posted by Greenlizard0

All the parts are played well and it actually took me half the film to realise that a familiar face was Brian Cox's.

Every damn film he's in it takes me five minutes of 'hmm, where have I seen him before...' before I suddenly go 'ah yeah! It's.... um...' then another five minutes to remember his name!

Last film I did that with was The Ring.

Greenlizard0 · 27-06-2009, 18:56

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Originally Posted by Belmit

Every damn film he's in it takes me five minutes of 'hmm, where have I seen him before...' before I suddenly go 'ah yeah! It's.... um...' then another five minutes to remember his name!

Last film I did that with was The Ring.

It's quite annoying, it's like he's in almost anything but as a secondary or tertiary character each time.

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Originally Posted by Haly

Well someone has to, I guess

It's why he keeps on living!

semi-pro waster · 27-06-2009, 23:55

The Hangover

Starring

Bradley Cooper
Ed Helms
Zach Galifianakis
Justin Bartha

Comedy

8/10 Very funny, a lot of it is gross out humour but it's quite cleverly done for the most part and to a greater or lesser extent most of us can probably relate to a night where you don't remember everything that went on.

Greenlizard0 · 28-06-2009, 01:23

Simon Says (Not Mercury Rising)

This god awful piece of crap starts with some kids (like dudes and babes yer know?) who are off camping. They venture into the woods, they get mauled to death in an amusingly graphical manner by a rampant rabbit of a man, whose actions are dictated by whether he says "Simon says..." (see? See that? That's how they got the title!!

).

Except he didn't quite stick to that rule, therefore what he did was rather weird and random. The film ended up not making any sense, and even though the ending had a slight twist, interest had wandered over to the more serious issue of why there are suddenly so many daddy long legs in the lounge. The score was crap too.

Some girl flashed her tits from a moving vehicle so :

1.5/10

Garp · 28-06-2009, 02:18

War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave

Oh dear.. I think this is a "Sci-Fi original" (commissioned by the Sci-Fi channel) which means you know you're in for a cheesily bad film, usually with one or two major TV actors in it.

Mr H.G. Wells would be spinning in the grave at what they've decided "happened next".
It turns out the Martians need to feed on our blood to survive.. bizarrely.. and worked out a way of filtering out the infection that killed them on earth during the first invasion. It's now 2 years after the last invasion, and mankind's technology has stunningly propelled forward to the point of having what appear to be inter-stellar F18s, and Time Jumps which are like mini wormholes across a solar system.

During the second invasion, a counter-attack is arranged. In the mean time, some people are stuck on Mars unbeknown to themselves whilst they're studied by the Martians.

At least I think that's what the plot was. It was so badly done it's hard to figure out quite what was going on in places.

The plot goes downhill from there, the CGI is attrocious, the acting is laughable at best.. and not once does it ever managed to reach the level of "Cheesiness". It's just bad, bad, bad, bad.

The only 'famous' name amongst them is Christopher Reid, Kid of Kid'n'Play fame.

0.5/10 - One of the buildings they hide in does a remarkable acting job, looking amazingly like a building. Stunning work from it, so I'm giving it 0.5.

Jhadur · 28-06-2009, 07:09

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Originally Posted by Garp

It turns out the Martians need to feed on our blood to survive.. bizarrely..

That bit was in the Jeff Waynes - "War of the Worlds" where the narrator saw the new machine picking people up and putting them in a cage it carries. Then later he saw a martian injecting human blood into itself.

So unfortunately not a new idea, but the rest of the movie sounds great

Will run out and see if I can get it on VHS

NokkonWud · 28-06-2009, 10:55

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Originally Posted by Flibster

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.

I've been playing the game on Xbox360 and all of them are captured, the sleeze factor of Murray is still there as good as ever too. It really is a brilliant movie, from those of his films I'm seen I would say only Groundhog Day is a better Murray movie.

Belmit · 28-06-2009, 11:09

American Beauty

Forgot how good this was. I'm sure most of you have seen it so I won't go into a long explanation, but most of the story revolves around Kevin Spacey as a man ground down by living the facade of a perfect life and suddenly decides he's had enough and will do what he wants. This change affects a myriad of other characters, who on the whole end up doing the same.

All outstanding performances, beautifully shot, some great music and one of the best lines in cinematic history:

"1970 Pontiac Firebird. The car I've always wanted and now I have it. I rule!"

9/10

Del Lardo · 28-06-2009, 14:22

No Country for Old Men

Perhaps someone can explain why this is supposed to be a great film because I sure as hell couldn't work it out. Acting was OK but the plot was dull and as original as copy and pasting a work assignment from Wikipedia, I got so bored that I turned it off after 90 minutes which takes some doing!

2/10

27-06-2009, 23:55	#954
semi-pro waster Provider of sensible advice about homosexuals Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 2,615	The Hangover Starring Bradley Cooper Ed Helms Zach Galifianakis Justin Bartha Comedy 8/10 Very funny, a lot of it is gross out humour but it's quite cleverly done for the most part and to a greater or lesser extent most of us can probably relate to a night where you don't remember everything that went on. __________________ "Your friend is the man that knows all about you, and still likes you." - Elbert Hubbard

28-06-2009, 01:23	#955
Greenlizard0 Vodka Martini Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 717	Simon Says (Not Mercury Rising) This god awful piece of crap starts with some kids (like dudes and babes yer know?) who are off camping. They venture into the woods, they get mauled to death in an amusingly graphical manner by a rampant rabbit of a man, whose actions are dictated by whether he says "Simon says..." (see? See that? That's how they got the title!! ). Except he didn't quite stick to that rule, therefore what he did was rather weird and random. The film ended up not making any sense, and even though the ending had a slight twist, interest had wandered over to the more serious issue of why there are suddenly so many daddy long legs in the lounge. The score was crap too. Some girl flashed her tits from a moving vehicle so : 1.5/10 __________________ Last edited by Greenlizard0; 28-06-2009 at 02:34.

28-06-2009, 02:18	#956
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave Oh dear.. I think this is a "Sci-Fi original" (commissioned by the Sci-Fi channel) which means you know you're in for a cheesily bad film, usually with one or two major TV actors in it. Mr H.G. Wells would be spinning in the grave at what they've decided "happened next". It turns out the Martians need to feed on our blood to survive.. bizarrely.. and worked out a way of filtering out the infection that killed them on earth during the first invasion. It's now 2 years after the last invasion, and mankind's technology has stunningly propelled forward to the point of having what appear to be inter-stellar F18s, and Time Jumps which are like mini wormholes across a solar system. During the second invasion, a counter-attack is arranged. In the mean time, some people are stuck on Mars unbeknown to themselves whilst they're studied by the Martians. At least I think that's what the plot was. It was so badly done it's hard to figure out quite what was going on in places. The plot goes downhill from there, the CGI is attrocious, the acting is laughable at best.. and not once does it ever managed to reach the level of "Cheesiness". It's just bad, bad, bad, bad. The only 'famous' name amongst them is Christopher Reid, Kid of Kid'n'Play fame. 0.5/10 - One of the buildings they hide in does a remarkable acting job, looking amazingly like a building. Stunning work from it, so I'm giving it 0.5. __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

28-06-2009, 11:09	#959
Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	American Beauty Forgot how good this was. I'm sure most of you have seen it so I won't go into a long explanation, but most of the story revolves around Kevin Spacey as a man ground down by living the facade of a perfect life and suddenly decides he's had enough and will do what he wants. This change affects a myriad of other characters, who on the whole end up doing the same. All outstanding performances, beautifully shot, some great music and one of the best lines in cinematic history: "1970 Pontiac Firebird. The car I've always wanted and now I have it. I rule!" 9/10 __________________

28-06-2009, 14:22	#960
Del Lardo Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge Posts: 2,539	No Country for Old Men Perhaps someone can explain why this is supposed to be a great film because I sure as hell couldn't work it out. Acting was OK but the plot was dull and as original as copy and pasting a work assignment from Wikipedia, I got so bored that I turned it off after 90 minutes which takes some doing! 2/10