Re: Seen any good films lately? [3]

by azriel Wed Oct 07, 2015 3:57 pm

I didnt like Ridley's take on Robin Hood

didnt like Russell Crowe as Robin for a start. Prometheus is sorta 50/50 with me Wink

by Eldorion Wed Oct 07, 2015 4:04 pm

I couldn't even finish Robin Hood when I saw it on some cable channel. Just too lolworthily bad. Prometheus had a few redeeming qualities (set design, Michael Fassbender) but overall it was a mess of a movie that only declined further in my estimation the more time I thought about it (and I wasn't all that positive about it to begin with).

by azriel Wed Oct 07, 2015 4:05 pm

Robin Hood to me was SHAT, Prometheus I can take it or leave it, ( preferably leave it Smile

) And when you think about the decent films he's made... Legend..Thelma & Louise...Gladiator wasnt that bad & it suited Crowe better I feel.

by bungobaggins Wed Oct 07, 2015 4:49 pm

Watched Monster Squad after work. Lots of fun, especially if you're a fan of the classic Universal horror monsters and 80s movie tropes. It's on Netflix.

by Forest Shepherd Wed Oct 07, 2015 5:24 pm

I kind of liked Prometheus because of Michael Fassbender's and Noomi Rapace's (sp?) character.

And my mom liked Robin Hood and I've seen it a couple times now. I can't say it's good, but it has several actors who I enjoyed watching and the story was at least original in a few interesting respects.

The Martian has stellar reviews, so I highly suggest you go see it Huffjuff.

I had thought how odd it was that Kristen Wiig was in the film, but now I read that the film is actually surprisingly funny: a fact that I'm sure is due in at least a few scenes to her presence as she is an excellent comic actor.

I imagine that Matt Damon felt that he needed to redeem his [Spoiler!] piss-poor astronaut character in Interstellar and so pulled some strings to be cast in the lead. Razz

by Forest Shepherd Wed Oct 07, 2015 5:26 pm

I kind of liked Prometheus because of Michael Fassbender's and Noomi Rapace's (sp?) character.

And my mom liked Robin Hood and I've seen it a couple times now. I can't say it's good, but it has several actors who I enjoyed watching and the story was at least original in a few interesting respects.

The Martian has stellar reviews, so I highly suggest you go see it Huffjuff.

I had thought how odd it was that Kristen Wiig was in the film, but now I read that the film is actually surprisingly funny: a fact that I'm sure is due in at least a few scenes to her presence as she is an excellent comic actor.

I imagine that Matt Damon felt that he needed to redeem his [Spoiler!] piss-poor astronaut character in Interstellar and so pulled some strings to be cast in the lead. Razz

by Mrs Figg Wed Oct 07, 2015 7:43 pm

I want to see the Martian too, I think heard they used actual photographs from Mars.

by Forest Shepherd Thu Oct 08, 2015 3:44 am

As opposed to photographs of Arizona. My how the times have changed!

by Eldorion Thu Oct 08, 2015 4:26 am

I thought Damon was good in Interstellar. I dunno how they kept his appearance there secret but it added to the impact of those scenes I think. The character was a douche of course but Damon impressed as usual.

by huffjuff Thu Oct 08, 2015 7:55 am

Yeah I liked Interstellar as well! It really amazes me that they actually brought mathematicians and physicists to make an approx virtual estimate of a black hole (and all the other physics in the movie!

by Pettytyrant101 Thu Oct 08, 2015 3:49 pm

On Prometheus I am waiting to see what comes next- I found it, as it stands, not awful or even bad but definitely very patchy indeed.

The Martian- I put up the audio book of it somewhere on here ages a ago before I even knew about the film- it reminded me of scifi of about the Asimov period- where the solidity of the science underpinning the scifi was as important as the narrative (the narrative bit I didn't think was really anything new or groundbreaking but it serves its purpose well enough) the nub of it is in the trying to survive and the science that underpins the efforts, when it goes right and wrong.

by azriel Thu Oct 08, 2015 4:00 pm

Even tho I thought Prometheus was a bit.....shilly shally....Im looking forward to the next instalment, going by IMDB will be 2017 ? Rapace & Fassbender are apparently still in it, which will be nice as I like continuity Very Happy

by Forest Shepherd Thu Oct 08, 2015 7:28 pm

Eldorion wrote:I thought Damon was good in Interstellar. I dunno how they kept his appearance there secret but it added to the impact of those scenes I think. The character was a douche of course but Damon impressed as usual.

I suppose "piss-poor" was really not the right word to use. I meant that his character is a total dick and not at all the hero that he appears to be in The Martian.

by Mrs Figg Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:08 pm

Forest Shepherd wrote:As opposed to photographs of Arizona. My how the times have changed!

by azriel Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:04 am

Got to see "Terminator Genisys" & I liked it Very Happy

I think I expected cheesy, miss matched hok'um but, it flowed in an easy understandable pace. I didnt feel " WTF ? eh ?" & even tho the only original member of the films was Arnie snr & his CGI pal (jnr) that didnt faze me. I quickly accepted the "new" actors &

Spoiler:

by azriel Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:08 am

In addition to Terminator Genisys, there is a baddie that might surprise you ?

by Forest Shepherd Mon Oct 12, 2015 4:31 pm

I'm glad you liked it Azriel, but your experience with understanding the plot fairly easily is quite the opposite of what whats-his-face said on here a while back about it, and what I've read in reviews. I'm still quite wary of the movie's supposed overly-convoluted plot lines, especially those that arise in the last third of the film.

by azriel Thu Oct 15, 2015 2:50 pm

Well, that was a tad sobering. watched "Mr Holmes" with Sir Ian McKellen playing Sherlock himself.....

Spoiler:

by Mrs Figg Thu Oct 15, 2015 4:18 pm

it sounds a bit of a downer, think I will give it a miss. I want to be uplifted by films not depressed and melancholyfied.

by Forest Shepherd Thu Oct 15, 2015 8:30 pm

Melancholyfied. Razz

by Pettytyrant101 Fri Oct 16, 2015 3:47 pm

Horror themed short Conventional, directed, written by and starring Karen Gillan-

by Eldorion Fri Oct 16, 2015 5:35 pm

My girlfriend has taken it upon herself to expand my cinematic horizons with new stuff, much of which I've heard of but not seen, and some of which is entirely new to me. Largely horror, which she's really into but I'm still not a fan of. About a week ago though we saw The Shawshank Redemption, which was just as good as everyone always said. I knew most of what happened in the movie already just from cultural osmosis, but goddamn, it was really powerful and incredibly well done.

by Pettytyrant101 Fri Oct 16, 2015 5:56 pm

Off the top off my head and in no particular order save the last one, always keep the best till last, here's my recommended horror films to see, I'll prob think of ten more though soon as I post this Mad

-if when you look for any of these films you discover there is more than one version I am referring to the original, every time, why do they even bother Mad

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Nosferatu

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Re-Animator

Evil Dead 2

The Shining

Halloween

Psycho

Alien

The Exorcist 1&3

Come and See

Braindead

The Fog

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Night, Dawn and Day of the Dead

Hellraiser

Society

Jacobs Ladder

Blair Witch Project

Videodrome

An American Werewolf in London

The Haunting

Don't Look Now

Suspiria

The Thing

The Wicker Man

by Eldorion Fri Oct 16, 2015 6:16 pm

That reminds me about The Wicker Man. I had found a version online a couple years ago but it was in crappy quality so I didn't want to see it that way. I'll have to try again. I'm generally speaking not that into scary movies -- just don't usually enjoy the experience -- but I'm trying to expand my horizons.

by Pettytyrant101 Fri Oct 16, 2015 6:22 pm

Thing about the Wickerman Eldo is some of it only exists as crappy footage- the opening ten minutes will look like bad TV- where the film still exists (most of the film) its full remastered HD from the original film where its the bad copy they had to work with, its not.
All you need to make sure is that you get the Directors Cut- the theatrical was butchered.

As to scary- most of the films on that list I would put more in the psychological horror bracket than the try to scare you bracket- more unsettling, unnerving, but in ways that make you think or because they did something ground-breaking, in either narrative, direction or concept or all three.
Though not all of them- I did put Braindead on there after all!