Book of Eli - Denzel Washington - took two attempts to watch it all the way through - a bit of a duff Mad Max type film. Watchable. 4/10

 

Green Zone - Matt Damon - enjoyed it, always like films based out in Middle East, etc. 7/10

 

Planet 51 - was enjoying it til I nodded off, kids liked it - must be good. 6/10

 

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - see above - 6/10

 

Good Will Hunting - Matt Damon/Robin Williams - look, there was fook all else on this Saturday just gone, never seen it before - quite enjoyed - the scene were Robin Williams was going on about his late wife farting in bed had me in tears - half decent. Oh, and Minnie Driver looked far better than I can ever remember. 7/10

 

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - its Swedish so no famous actors/actresses - great thriller - didn't bother me that it was in subtitles great revenge scene on the pervy Probation Officer- looking forward to the 2nd in the trilogy in the next week or so - well worth the watch and highly recommended. 9/10

 

That's me, Jonathan Woss, over and out.

I'm of this opinion for most Japanese remakes (Battle Royale aside) - I just don't think Japanese emotions translate well into English speaking countries. The actors all just look terrible in them.

I bloody love Battle Royale.

 

Stone Cold Steve Austin's filum The Condemned is a blatant rip off. Although i find it an OK watch

Watched Bad Teacher at,the weekend.

 

Insultingly bad. How does such shit get made?

The words you're looking for are

 

Cameron Diaz

 

And long may it continue

'The Burning Plain' just about to start on Film 4. For anyone who hasn't seen it, it's very good.

Battle Royale was remade as The Hunger Games, except everyone pretended it wasn't!

Battle Royale was remade as The Hunger Games, except everyone pretended it wasn't!

They disguised it well by removing anything resembling a battle and just hid up a tree instead

They disguised it well by removing anything resembling a battle and just hid up a tree instead

 

 

Ha, must admit that's how I saw it.  After all the hype I was most disappointed.  Seemed like a kid's film to me.

 

Is the second one worth watching or is it much of the same?

Ha, must admit that's how I saw it.  After all the hype I was most disappointed.  Seemed like a kid's film to me.

 

Is the second one worth watching or is it much of the same?

 

not seen it yet, the mrs asked me to download it for her gay mate

 

with such an endorsement am in no hurry to watch it

Battle Royale was remade as The Hunger Games, except everyone pretended it wasn't!

 

I read the Hunger games books, I'm now in no hurry to see the film.

Just watched Anchorman 2. Not v good. Maybe because im tired but i didnt find it to be very funny.

Just watched Anchorman 2. Not v good. Maybe because im tired but i didnt find it to be very funny.

Nooooooo

 

I can't watch it as I'm afraid of being disappointed

Finally watched Wolf of Wall St tonight

 

Superb

Nooooooo

 

I can't watch it as I'm afraid of being disappointed

 

It's funny.

 

Just not as funny as I wanted it to be.

 

I think the main problem is that its predecessor was so good. There are so many quotable lines from the first one. I can't remember any from the second, but I know I enjoyed it when I watched it.

I'm really into my WWII stuff at the moment for some reason.

 

Hitler: The Rise of Evil.  I think it was a min-series from about 10 years ago, but I watched it all in one go.  Robert Carlyle plays the role of an up-and-coming Hitler superbly. 

 

The Pianist.  How and why the fuck had I never watched this before???  Heartbeaking, moving and utterly, utterly brilliant.

 

 

Hitler and his cronies really were a nasty bunch.

Dallas Buyers Club

 

other than winning oscars I had no idea what it was about or anything

 

don't judge a book by it's cover

 

 

it's a v good film, but that poster suggests happy go lucky business man or something, look at him, all happy and that

 

not at all

'Grand Budapest Hotel'. Typical Wes Anderson film. You'll either love it or hate it. One of those films that makes you smile rather than laugh out loud. I sometimes think he's more concerned with making it look great than he is with the script.

Aye, style over substance generally though ive always watched via stuff more than once

 

Probably because I like the style

Watched Non Stop at the Valley on Saturday night. Bit more of a whodunit than I thought it would be, but decent enough.

Watched Oldboy the other night.  Quite enjoyed it despite some of the massively OTT fight scenes (although I imagine the intention was for them to be ridiculoulsy OTT).

 

Think I read earlier in this thread that it's a re-make, but, thankfully, I've never seen the original so have nowt to compare it to.

 

Enjoyed it, but that might be something to do with a bit of a man-crush I have on Josh Brolin - one of the few men on this planet who look cool with a 'tache.

 

7/10

Watched Oldboy the other night. Quite enjoyed it despite some of the massively OTT fight scenes (although I imagine the intention was for them to be ridiculoulsy OTT).

 

Think I read earlier in this thread that it's a re-make, but, thankfully, I've never seen the original so have nowt to compare it to.

 

Enjoyed it, but that might be something to do with a bit of a man-crush I have on Josh Brolin - one of the few men on this planet who look cool with a 'tache.

 

7/10

Did he eat a live octopus/sea thing like the bloke in the original?

 

Been meaning to watch the remake to see if Hollywood go for the same *spoiler alert* incestuous *spoiler alert* twist

Did he eat a live octopus/sea thing like the bloke in the original?

 

 

 

Can't recall him doing so.  The first half of the film was him just locked in a room and having to eat some chinese food, which he appears to find quite repulsive - nothing live though.

 

I can confirm though that they haven't left out the *spoiler alert* incestuous *spoiler alert* twist.

 

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Watched Non Stop at the Valley on Saturday night. Bit more of a whodunit than I thought it would be, but decent enough.

 

Watched this last night at the Valley also. Enjoyable. Still can't make my mind up though. Think I'll give it a 6.5/10.

Recommend folk download rather than spend at the cinema.

Can't recall him doing so.  The first half of the film was him just locked in a room and having to eat some chinese food, which he appears to find quite repulsive - nothing live though.

 

I can confirm though that they haven't left out the *spoiler alert* incestuous *spoiler alert* twist.

 

 

this is the scene from the original - no doubt it's real and unedited

 

 

I used to be impressed in a grim way but pales into insignificance since I got a video about squids from the gonch 

I always reckoned Josh Brolin would have made an excellent Batman. He's looking a bit long in the tooth these days, mind.

oh look, lars von trier has brought out some more art house shite

 

which has been subsquently ripped

http://workinprowess.com/we-watched-nymphmaniac-so-you-dont-have-to/

 

i hate lars von trier

Dallas Buyers club - decent