Films

[minute5072]

First Pixar f**ked with my emotions, then the Nolans f**ked with my head...

two amazing films tho

[Alcatraz]

Saw Inception tonight and thought it was fan-tastic. I found it easier to keep up with than everyone was telling me. The ending is top notch

It also made me realise that my dream patterns are perfectly normal

The A-Team next (I think I'll have seen more films at the cinema in the last week than I have for about the last 3 years!), although I somehow doubt its going to match the quality of Toy Story and Inception

Edited July 24, 2010 by Alcatraz

[philipsteak]

Saw "The Secret in their Eyes" this weekend. Can really recomend it. Its a thriller from Argentina. Very clever, well made film, won the best foreign film oscar this year. I know a lot of people expected The White Ribbon to get it and I haven't seen that so cant compare the two, but its a very good film in its own right. Some beautifully shot scenes too, especially the scene

at the football match

Edited July 25, 2010 by philipsteak

[minute5072]

Confirmed - Mark Ruffalo to play the Hulk, and Jeremy Renner to play Hawkeye in The Avengers...

[philipsteak]

Inception.

Liked it, didn't love it.

Good film, not a great film.

All very clever and pretty and stuff, but it just left me a little cold. He's not very good at characters is he? Or the relationship stuff. Considering how important it is supposed to be, I found it very hard to give a crap about Cobb and Mal.

ETA and while I usually try to avoid worrying about things like this in films, if you were the son of a man with more money than god, don't you think you'd have some kind of actual physical security team. At least a bodyguard.

Edited July 26, 2010 by philipsteak

[metallimuse]

Anyone see the film on BBC 1 Saturday night with Robin Williams and Giovanni Ribishi,The Great White I think it was called?

Great film with a fantastic performance from Ribishi.Everything that guy is in he shines,such a great actor.

[philipsteak]

Anyone see the film on BBC 1 Saturday night with Robin Williams and Giovanni Ribishi,The Great White I think it was called?

Great film with a fantastic performance from Ribishi.Everything that guy is in he shines,such a great actor.

[Steve P]

Finally saw The Wrestler at the weekend. Excellent film and stunning performance from Mickey.

[The Nal]

Inception.

Liked it, didn't love it.

Good film, not a great film.

All very clever and pretty and stuff, but it just left me a little cold. He's not very good at characters is he? Or the relationship stuff. Considering how important it is supposed to be, I found it very hard to give a crap about Cobb and Mal.

Edited July 26, 2010 by The Nal

[Wooderson]

Confirmed - Mark Ruffalo to play the Hulk, and Jeremy Renner to play Hawkeye in The Avengers...

[ste4_20]

If done right this film has the potential to be one of the biggest movies/franchises of all time. Whedon's run on Astonishing X Men was a work of sustained genius - as such Im very confident they're gonna produce something very special indeed. That said I have seen Firefly or Serenity or *cough* Buffy.

[Wooderson]

Did any eagle eyed comic book geeks see the photos of the Infinity Gauntlet prop at SDCC? WTF??!?! If this has anything to do with the Avengers movie (Thanos?!) i'll eat my own cobbler's helmet.

[Purple Monkey]

Disney buying Marvel looks like a license to print money now!

If done right this film has the potential to be one of the biggest movies/franchises of all time. Whedon's run on Astonishing X Men was a work of sustained genius - as such Im very confident they're gonna produce something very special indeed. That said I have seen Firefly or Serenity or *cough* Buffy.

Did any eagle eyed comic book geeks see the photos of the Infinity Gauntlet prop at SDCC? WTF??!?! If this has anything to do with the Avengers movie (Thanos?!) i'll eat my own cobbler's helmet.

Edited July 26, 2010 by Purple Monkey

[Wooderson]

Apparently Captain America will be tied closely to the plot of Thor.

I recommend Firefly, it's a good taster to demonstrate how good Whedon is with an ensemble. It'll probably make you annoyed that we live in a world where we get multiple seasons of dross like American Idol but Firefly onlys gets one. Firefly is throughly entertaining and it's cancellation should have been a criminal offense.

[sifi]

Ive heard great reports about Firefly, yeah. Must check it out if I can find the boxset for reasonable money.

[Purple Monkey]

Ive heard great reports about Firefly, yeah. Must check it out if I can find the boxset for reasonable money.

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Have you read Whedon's run on AXM ? We should really get a comics thread together to discuss.

Edited July 26, 2010 by Purple Monkey

[Wooderson]

I'm a tad disaponted that Thor is not gonna be more like the Ultimate version, where he's a hippy and people think he's crazy but has powers still. I'd find that more enjoyable than a guy from a magical land with Gods and monster and whatnot and it does risk it flopping like all the other non Potter/Rings fantasy films.

[Purple Monkey]

I too liked the Ultimate Thor but can't wait to see Branagh's version which seeems like a great hybrid of Classic/Ultimate. Cap America is in the same vein, as was Iron Man.

I loved the idea of everybody being completely unsure as to whether he genuinely was a God or just a complete nutcase. At least he has his Ultimate-Beard!

Edited July 26, 2010 by Purple Monkey

[jump]

I love the "is he crazy or not" idea about Ultimate Thor but I always found the hippy side of him intresting too, I could see a few early scenes of him destroying oil drills and have him fighting America/China armies over enviromental issues and some comedy scenes of having a power god leading Ghandi style peace protests etc., but I'm hoping it's not gonna be trying to hard to a fantasy film rather than a superhero film.

Not fussed about Green Lantern (unless it's an Avatar style SFX orgy) or Capatin America (far too American) but I am looking forward to Avengers and Runaways though.

[rexclark]

Toy Story 3 was utterly enjoyable. really is one of those movies that appeals to everyone with some really great scenes in it.

[minute5072]

Apparently Captain America will be tied closely to the plot of Thor.

Edited July 26, 2010 by minute5072

[Purple Monkey]

From what I heard they showed very early footage at CC of Red Skull searching for the

Cosmic Cube

Firefly is one of the few series I can watch again and again without getting tired of it.

Pretty impressive ensemble he's got to work with this time!

Fingers crossed he can fit nathan fillion in there still

[Purple Monkey]

I love the "is he crazy or not" idea about Ultimate Thor but I always found the hippy side of him intresting too, I could see a few early scenes of him destroying oil drills and have him fighting America/China armies over enviromental issues and some comedy scenes of having a power god leading Ghandi style peace protests etc., but I'm hoping it's not gonna be trying to hard to a fantasy film rather than a superhero film.

Not fussed about Green Lantern (unless it's an Avatar style SFX orgy) or Capatin America (far too American) but I am looking forward to Avengers and Runaways though.

[minute5072]

Nathan Fillion should have been Green Lantern, not Ryan f*cking Reynolds !

[ste4_20]

Nathan Fillion should have been Green Lantern, not Ryan f*cking Reynolds !