Films

[worm]

watched a horrible film the other day just because Joseph Gordon-Levitt was in it...

[timespeedsup]

We have to make 127 Hours a success and not cop out and see Season Of The Witch. We have to make the Kings Speach a f**king blockbuster smash, and not take the easy option and go watch Gulliver's Travels. Only then will Hollywood (et al) start to make better films. Inception is the start of this movement - an intelectual blockbuster that people actually embraced and went to see (fingers crossed that Hereafter and Adjustment Bureau will continue the theme); and breakout independent successes like Kickass, The Killer Inside Me and Catfish are getting more and more prevalent. But they need to become the norm, rather than the exception. But unless we support these lower budget/better films, we'll be consined to a lifetime of Transformers 3 and Sex In The City 5 and Pirates of the Carrabien 7.

[ampersand]

watching four lions the now. i feel like i've got add though cos i've lost interest a bit.

some funny bits though. especially the phonejacker.

rubber dingy rapids

[rexclark]

Watched Mr Nice tonight. It's ok, Rhys Ifans is great but the story is somewhat lacking. I've not read the book but I hear It's much better so I may give it a try.

[dan666]

Watched Downfall the other evening. It's a German War film about Hitlers final days in his bunker.

Amazing acting and an amazing film.

[nightcrawler13]

Watched Downfall the other evening. It's a German War film about Hitlers final days in his bunker.

Amazing acting and an amazing film.

[ampersand]

i've seen 20+ versions of the final scene with angry Adolf, but have yet to actually see the film

[Purple Monkey]

Anyone watch all the new trailers that aired during the American football?

Captain America looks like such a fun film. I love the Rocketeer vibe and the fact there's been zero CGI used so far.

Not convinced with Thor but will keep an open mind.

[nightcrawler13]

Anyone watch all the new trailers that aired during the American football?

Captain America looks like such a fun film. I love the Rocketeer vibe and the fact there's been zero CGI used so far.

Not convinced with Thor but will keep an open mind.

[Purple Monkey]

i watched the super bowl, but alas, on BBC

so none of the juicy lovely commercials

[t8yman]

Inception isn't an "intellectual blockbuster" and smart movies will never be the norm- never.

Look at the telly. That's what we deserve.

[G-Stud]

I'm so excited about Thor and Captain America

[worm]

"intellectual blockbuster"

[Purple Monkey]

Inception is just a decent heist movie. Someone has something, there's a plot to get it. Ends on an open ended cliffhanger where you are completely in the dark as to whether the protagonist has f**ked up or won. Nothing more to see here.

It's the Italian Job with suits.

I get slightly worried when people claim it as the only smart movie they have in their collection. It's hardly on the level of Primer.

Edited February 8, 2011 by Purple Monkey

[worm]

Inception is just a decent heist movie. Someone has something, there's a plot to get it. Ends on an open ended cliffhanger where you are completely in the dark as to whether the protagonist has f**ked up or won. Nothing more to see here.

Edited February 8, 2011 by worm

[nightcrawler13]

i'm not sure which i find worse...

people who go on about how intellectual Inception is

or people who go on about how Inception is NOT intellectual

[t8yman]

I just get bored of people who use Inception as some kind of "barometer of smart". it still had cgi, it still had whizzes and bangs, and car chases, and all of the other ingredients of the usual summer tosh. the only difference was that you couldn't f**k off to the bog 3 times and still expect to know what the f**k was going on.

watched 127 hours last night. really impressed. the thing holding me back was "its a bloke in a hole" - which is wrong, it moves along very nippily, and is very engrossing. The nerve bit was obviously a tough watch, and that scene in particular was disturbing in that it was quite bloody, but you didn't really see that much, I think it was the blood, which when you consider how much blood is in many movies today is quite an accomplishment.

[jump]

Anyone watch all the new trailers that aired during the American football?

Captain America looks like such a fun film. I love the Rocketeer vibe and the fact there's been zero CGI used so far.

Not convinced with Thor but will keep an open mind.

[worm]

i'm not sure which i find worse...

people who go on about how intellectual Inception is

or people who go on about how Inception is NOT intellectual

[worm]

Spoilers!

[jump]

Oh get real, it's an exceptionally brief synopsis.

[t8yman]

It's an expceptionally brief synopsis of the ending you mean.

[jump]

the ending you can see coming from a mile away?

[worm]

Only in hindsight, the movie doesn't give you any breathing space as you watch it to figure it out.

[t8yman]

sorry, but from the minute the totem was introduced, I knew the ending. I didnt necessarily know the outcome - but I knew the ending.