Sgt. Strike Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 I listened to Eaters of the Dead myself, FA. Good book. The movie, I do believe, time compressed, and even skipped over some parts. However, if they did the whole book, it would have to have been like the Lord of the Rings, where you watch them do a lot of riding, in this instance, than anything else. All in all, though, both are quite good, and follow each other quite well. I do believe that the story is loosely based on true events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 El secreto de sus ojos (The Secret in Their Eyes). Nice crime movie, refreshing that it is not in English - and that it is not all about car chases and gunfights.What do you do when the law lets you down? How can you cope with it? Do you continue with your life and seek new happiness or do you turn vigilante? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 El secreto de sus ojos (The Secret in Their Eyes). Nice crime movie, refreshing that it is not in English - and that it is not all about car chases and gunfights.What do you do when the law lets you down? How can you cope with it? Do you continue with your life and seek new happiness or do you turn vigilante?Wow, I'm amazed to see a title in spanish in this thread I've been meaning to watch that movie, it stars two actors I enjoy a lot: Guillermo Francella and Ricardo Darin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Now that is a fine film. Loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 The Raid sounds amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 The Raid sounds amazing. Did you watch the Trailer on that IMDB page? I was hooked throughout and laughed at the bit right at the end of the trailer - the SWAT guy doesn't like the bad guy and definitely doesn't like those tiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Love it when he throws that chap and then shoots him to bits. It probably won't be showing anywhere near me, but I'm going to see that if I can, looks like a very manly film indeed. Jeers to the Hollywood remake though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Seraphim Falls. A movie that (it seems to me) wants to leave you full of impressions and symbols, but to me the parts that were supposed to leave you with all that, leave you a bit robbed of a good manhunt movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 There's something dreadfully stupid about that kind of film where characters are dedicated to one goal, and then when they are about to attain it, they chuck it all aside. Sometimes for a decent reason, sometimes not, but surely the very fact that you have struggled so hard would compel you to go ahead? "I'm sorry, I didn't realise your family was in the house when I ordered it burned down." is not really a great excuse, is it. As if ordering his house burned down would have been completely fine if it had been empty. Several big decisions in that film simply do not make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Very true. I was also somewhat surprised by the old Indian who guarded the waterhole - and whose ownership nobody questioned. Giving a horse for a litre of water, receiving a horse for free... it is all quite normal when an old Indian with a bit of wisdom is involved. And just when I got over it, a trading lady turns up in the middle of the desert, throwing the movie into the supernatural realm. Too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 50/50. What is it like to be 27 and have spinal cancer! It is not great, apparently. The writer actually had cancer, so I assume it has more than a hint of truth. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a decent actor but I can't move past the fact that he looks about twelve years old. Seth Rogen does his usual thing, which wavers between genuinely hilarious and shit, sometimes in the same scene. Quite funny in places, but have tissues on stand by if you cry easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I was looking forward to The Avengers. I'm not looking forward to it as much now that Hollywood has decided that Britain is thick and might get it confused with The Avengers and have renamed it as Avengers Assemble over here. Seriously, how f%&!ing thick do they think we are? On the bright side it's a Joss Whedon film so I'm reasonably sure that it'll be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Sounds like they're a die cast model kit now. Though wasn't the last Avengers (our version) film absolutely dire? And I do mean, absolutely unforgivably bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Yep, so not sure how they think that even that would get us confused as nobody went to watch that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 We Need To Talk About Kevin. A good film about a horrible subject. Nonlinear, the story spirals around the event itself and creates a kind of loop of hopelessness, implicating the family as a whole. A really good, but very depressing watch. Minus points for getting an actor who looks evil to play Kevin. This film isn't as bad as others, but it's a constant vein of idiocy running through media that you can pick out who is evil just by looking at them. It's just not true. The Grey. Full of stupidity (wolves are the bad guys, for starters, which is mental), but some good scenes. Liam Neeson is stuck with facets of his performance from Taken. Some shallow philosophising and religious thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Strike Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 A good movie, that's been out a while, is Idiocracy. Very poignant, and even, in some degrees what's going on right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Just found a Blu-Ray I don't remember buying. That's actually quite frightening. /purchasing stops here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 /purchasing stops here You know you can't stop, don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I can! I can! It iz just a qvestion of will power! I must be stronk! Friday the 13th, the 2009 version. Actually has a good initial set up, some actual acting here and there, but quickly turns stupid and merely gets stupider. Utter tripe that ticks all the cliche boxes. Why do I bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Take Shelter. Chap suffers apocalyptic visions but sadly there's a history of schizophrenia in his family. It was superbly acted, especially by the two leads who are actually a believable couple, and it's the first film in ages which has kept me tense and excited because I was unable to guess how it was going to turn out. Really, really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 A movie FA really likes?! :scribbles the title: (read: :sends himself an email:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbes Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Big things have small beginnings... Prometheus Official Wondercon Trailer #2 And if you haven't seen... Peter Weyland at TED 2023 The movie trailers give me the creeps for some reason... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 The only shame about trailer 2 now I've seen it is that the film holds no surprises whatsoever for me The space jockey is alive during the film, evidently he's going to take off and attack/destroy/convert Earth (likely the latter) and the reason he's in his big chair for the original Alien is because he's about to fire his big, honknig space gun at the Prometheus in this film shortly before he bites the dust. So that's a few minutes of the story I don't need to see now. Oh, and nobody's getting off the planet alive, unless this is a real re-imagining (just another word for reboot really) in which case he can do whatever he likes - and I hope he does because whilst the original Alien was suspenseful, I can't really sit through it nowadays as it's a bit slow when you put it next to Cameron's sequel (I know, sacrilege) but thankfully he appears to have picked up the pace for this one and certainly has the benefit of some truly stunning visuals. In terms of the visuals, I actually really like the fact that he's making a film for cinema and not even thinking about a DVD release because the Prometheus streaking across the clouds in that zoomed-out shot is going to be a speck of dust on a TV screen - I actually do like the fact that he's obviously making the film he wants, his way. The rest of it is people running around being silly billy's. And I know I'll still watch it - it is going to be the movie event of the year, but I will kick myself very hard if I spoil it any more by watching more trailers On a vaguely related note, I was very good when it came to Star Trek and only watched the one, very vague trailer before seeing that - not that they actually released many trailers early on to cause too many spoilers. Back on topic, I hope he will be tempted to discard the fact that he's already made Alien and remake it. From there the series is his to do with as he likes, as he doesn't have to bother with the Ripley character (not even for an Alien remake) and since I suspect this will change the established universe at least a little bit he can discard all of the other films - probably for the best in the case of 3 and 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 whilst the original Alien was suspenseful, I can't really sit through it nowadays as it's a bit slow when you put it next to Cameron's sequel Aw, come on ref! Comparing the two is like comparing Psycho to The Devil's Rejects. Both good films, but Alien's pacing is exactly what it needs to be for it to work. Same with Aliens (including the last bit, where I even timed the countdown because I am a sad, sad bastard). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 And I know I'll still watch it - it is going to be the movie event of the year, but I will kick myself very hard if I spoil it any more by watching more trailers Thinking the same damn thing. I better stop tracking the movie at AvPGalaxy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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