Movies wot I saw 2011

Aodan · Teiam Member

RE: Movies wot I saw 2011

Aodan · Teiam Member

Lesbian Vampire Killers... no really, stay with me here.

I watched this on the recommendation of a friend, and I'm glad I did. It's hilariously horrible and totally low-brow, but it's worth a watch. The only weird thing about it is that considering it's a vampire movie, there's very little blood. Instead of red gore when a vampire is slain, it explodes in what looks like white marshmallow goo.

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

I've seen it too. I really dislike James Corden, but for some reason he's a really big deal (heh) over here.

Still, the movie was... okay...

I watched Jonah Hex yesterday. That was... okay, too. I think the writers actually wanted to make a superhero movie rather than a western with a bit of black magic in it, which is a shame, because it showed some promise and then degenerated into explosions and ultimate weapons and stuff. Josh Brolin was pretty damn good as Hex, though.

And this morning, I (re)watched Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, thoroughly enjoyed it and stand by my previous review. Sweet.

Oh, and I also saw Skyline. Well, the first half an hour anyway. But then I turned it off because I thought I could actually smell the shit on the TV.

Aodan · Teiam Member

I'm guessing your James Corden is our Seth Rogen... that guy is in everything and I'm way over him. I went into watching LVK with absolutely no expectations, and I think that's why I liked it. It was so horrible, but in that "omg I have to watch this with someone else and we have to laugh about it" sort of way ;)

I agree that Jonah Hex was a mild disappointment, but I didn't hate it, and would probably watch it again if it came on. Scott Pilgrim was awesome, but I'm afraid to watch it again. The first time I saw it I knew absolutely nothing about it and I think that's why I liked it so much.

sha76jam · Cpt Acorn Short of An Oaktree

ddvmor wrote:
I've seen it too. I really dislike James Corden, but for some reason he's a really big deal (heh) over here.

I so don't get the James Corden thing. He reminds me of an annoying pubescent boy, who despite evidence to the contary think he's hilarious & God's gift. The weird thing is how many people seem to share his opinion (though none I've ever met). Mind you, I don't really get the Peter Kay thing or the Ricky Gervais thing (with the exception of Flanimals, which is pure genius).

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Ricky Gervais is fine as long as you can't see or hear him.

Aodan · Teiam Member

I can only handle Gervais in small increments.. 10-15 minutes max. Anything beyond that and I get twitchy.

Aodan · Teiam Member

Because I don't want to sound like a sad sack broken record who thinks all movies are awful, I'm just going to say we watched the Jack Black Gulliver's Travels last night. The End.

Truckman · Old. But wise!

I watched "Tora! Tora! Tora!"again today...Great flick as always...It had many of my favorite actors including the great Neville Brand, himself a highly decorated veteran of WWII......Ben

JonnyStead · **"I'm Lois!"**

ddvmor wrote:
Ricky Gervais is fine as long as you can't see or hear him.

You just dont like him, because he does 'your' style of humour better than you! BAM! oh yes I went there :)

Anywho - we watched 'The Town' last night. A caper film with a thinly veiled anti-hero in it. Written and Directed by Ben Affleck it was actually pretty good in places. Worth a DVD - dont worry about Blu-ray for this one

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Hengle recommended that I watch Due Date, a movie that I dismissed as a chick flick purely based on the name. As it happened it was on the telly over the weekend, so I watched it. And thoroughly enjoyed it.

Robert Downey Junior was his ususal awesome self - apart from the occasional accent he doesn't usually really seem to stretch himself much, but he's always hugely entertaining.

Also in the cast was Zach Galifianakis (which may be spelt wrong) who was the beardy guy in the Hangover. He was pretty funny too, and they played well off each other.

My favorite part was when Downey Junior was left alone with the kids. heh heh heh.

To appease Ben, I also watched the classic cold war spy thiller The Spy Who Came in From The Cold starring the legendary Richard Burton as a mopey, miserable ex-spy who was screwed over by London and put out to pasture and is recruited by COMMUNISTS! Except it was all a cunning plan! A cunning plan within a cunning plan within a cunning plan and all wrapped up within a cunning plan! What else would you expect from a leCarre adapataion.

I enjoyed it, but felt that I could have saved myself a good half an hour if the director hadn't insisted on treating me to incredibly slow panning shots of waiters winding their way through restaurants and hundreds of the same lingering shot of Richard Burton looking miserable.

Also there was a short cameo by a young Robert Hardy (Tristan from All Creatures Great and Small) - I say young but he looked like he was getting on for 40 even in 1965.

Henglegert Rinkerdink · Sorry... I must have the wrong street.

Glad you enjoyed Due Date sir, I hope you enjoyed the dog :)

On Saturday I watched Immortals. Mainly because it was that or Twilight and nothing else was on at the same time ... so Immortals is was.

Actually half decent in a "glorious trash" kind of way. Exactly what the new Conan wanted to be but failed so epically to achieve. Brilliant epic scale shots ... massive armys ... great slo-mo fighting ... lots of blood and the added bonuses of John Hurt and Mickey Rourke.

No real outstanding performances but perfectly hammy ... very pretty and a decent use of 3D. Probably won't be as impressive on small screen but hey ... these things aren't meant to be.

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Solomon Kane was watchable. Nothing special but watc hable. James Purefoy seems to be making a career out of playing tortured historical killing machines and he's pretty good at it. I don't think he's actually starred in a good movie yet, though.

Aodan · Teiam Member

ddvmor wrote:
Hengle recommended that I watch Due Date, a movie that I dismissed as a chick flick purely based on the name. As it happened it was on the telly over the weekend, so I watched it. And thoroughly enjoyed it.

Robert Downey Junior was his ususal awesome self - apart from the occasional accent he doesn't usually really seem to stretch himself much, but he's always hugely entertaining.

Also in the cast was Zach Galifianakis (which may be spelt wrong) who was the beardy guy in the Hangover. He was pretty funny too, and they played well off each other.

My favorite part was when Downey Junior was left alone with the kids. heh heh heh.

I watched this the other night on this recommendation and the only lingering thought was that I would like to shoot Zach Galifianakeraweuir3 into space.

RDJ with the kids was probably the only amusing part of that whole thing.

Henglegert Rinkerdink · Sorry... I must have the wrong street.

Happy Feet 2 last night. In the third dimension too.

It was extraordinarily "plot light" given it's length but that was made up for by some pure comedy genius (Brad Pitt and Matt Damon as a pair of Krill were top class). Obviously the usual song and dance numbers, a bit of action, some slap stick and Robin Williams being Robin Williams. It has, if nothing else, given me this little pearl of wisom:

"Today is a day of VICTORY .... for defeat!"

Right ... off to The Thing prequel tonight, I'll let you know just how terrible it is in the morning.

JonnyStead · **"I'm Lois!"**

We took the kids to see Arthur Christmas, an Aardman animation CGI fest with an excellent cast of british voice actors.

The plot may have been entirely predictable, but the execution was top class. Very pretty in places but I thought overall the real strength of the movie came from the script. The old retired 'Grand Santa' had the majority of the best lines - which were delivered brilliantly and the pacing of the movie was just right.

Plenty in there for kids and parents alike - I think its up there as one of the best Christmas movies

Henglegert Rinkerdink · Sorry... I must have the wrong street.

Henglegert Rinkerdink wrote:
Right ... off to The Thing prequel tonight, I'll let you know just how terrible it is in the morning.

The best summation I can summise is "meh"

Alright, looked decent enough ... the jumps weren't jumpy, the gore wasn't gory ... the end was clearly tacked on so as to "not be John Carpenters, this is a prequel!"

Scarest bit was a man shouting "Boo!" ... says it all. Tied it up quite nicely so the end of this film would segue perfectly into the John Carpenter film. Other than that, it'll be fine on Sky ... you know ... waiting won't hurt.

Aodan · Teiam Member

After much waiting (the movie wasn't available here, and all of the erm...less legitimate versions we found weren't very good, but I finally got to see Tucker and Dale vs Evil last night. It's more comedy than horror, but the horror bits are adequately bloody (woodchipper aftermath is fantastic).

Considering I'm full of staples and laughing hurts, it might not have been the best choice of film. It's no Shaun of the Dead, but it was still worth the pain of laughing and well worth the wait to see it.

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ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Well I watched Commissioner Gordon: Year One this weekend. It's an animated movie about one clean cop in a dirty city. Oh, and it has a ridiculous costumed vigilante in it.

Seriously though, it was very, very good. Had a nice noirish feel about it and pretty much all of the voice acting was excellent - with the surprising exception of Batman himself, who sounded like he was putting on his very best reading voice. Fortuantely he didn;t hactually have very much dialogue.

Bryan Cranston as Jim Gordon was pretty damn awesome. Although it's not quite as good as the graphic novel (which remains one of my favourites) you should definitely see this movie!

Also, I watched the first ten minutes or so of Machete yesterday, during which I saw lots of shootings, many stabbings, a decapitation and pretty much all of a lady. It was awesome. But then Catfish came downstairs and I had to turn it off.

sha76jam · Cpt Acorn Short of An Oaktree

Full of staples? This sounds painful & deserving of sympathy! (Unless it's a result of ill advised snacking, in which case it sounds painful & deserving of derision)

I watched Burke & Hare last night. Considering the cast list includes Simon Pegg, Bill Bailey, Ronny Corbett, Isla Fisher, Paul Whitehead, Tim Curry, & probably others I've already forgotten, I expected it to be considerably funnier.

Aodan · Teiam Member

Had a c-section last Wednesday and they used staples to close me up. I try to make it a point not to eat staples and I think I've managed to avoid any staple ingestion so far.

sha76jam · Cpt Acorn Short of An Oaktree

Wait, this means there's a new little Aodan in the world? Well, congratulations! Do I need to compose a grovelling apology for being asleep & somehow missing this news, or did you forget to mention such an inconsequential happening? Either way, am reassured to hear you don't eat staples.

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Nah. Jackie has been getting caught up in the new fad that's taking the world by storm. Cosmetic C-Sections. I was thinking of having one myself!

Also, if anyone cares, I watched the end of Machete. It was very special. Especially when he jumped out of the hospital window using the... well - you'll have to see it for yourself.

Best line in the movie: 'Machete don't text!' Yeah, it was that good!

Truckman · Old. But wise!

ddvmor wrote:
Nah. Jackie has been getting caught up in the new fad that's taking the world by storm. Cosmetic C-Sections. I was thinking of having one myself!

It seems that Hollywood's make-up industry is already ahead of the curve...I can order fake tattoos, zombie bites and c-section scars over the internet... evileye ...Ben

Aodan · Teiam Member

Don't worry.. you didn't miss anything. I'm not one of those pregnant people who need to share every minute detail -- even the fact that there was a kid in there apparently ;) Sorry about that and Thanks for the congrats :D

On Topic: Did we have a TV thread or did I make that up?

-- Edited by Aodan on Wednesday 14th of December 2011 05:09:52 PM

Truckman · Old. But wise!

Aodan wrote:
On Topic: Did we have a TV thread or did I make that up?

I only see movies on TV so it's all the same to me...

And my congrats as well......Ben

Aodan · Teiam Member

Thanks Ben :)

In lieu of a TV thread, I thought I would bring up that while I haven't been watching many movies, I have finally started watching Supernatural. I don't know if it made it's way over there, but it's a pretty decent show about two brothers who fight the powers of evil. Each show has a different baddie, and while that sounds kind of stupid in the way "monster-of-the-week" shows can be, it actually works because the main story arc (at least for the first season) is interesting enough. It's delightfully creepy and because I'm kind of a ghost story nerd, it scratches that itch. I'd been hearing about this show for a while, but I didn't realize that it's actually in it's 7th season. I'm only on the last bit of the 1st season, so I have plenty of episodes to go.

Anyone else watch this? Don't spoil the rest of the eps if you have ;)

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

It has made it over, but I haven't seen any of it. When it first turned up I didn't bother because it sounded a bit shit. Apparently it got quite good quite quickly.

It was kinda the same for Fringe. I watched the first few episodes and was underwhelmed. But now it's being hailed as one of the best genre shows around. Wish I'd stuck with it.

I may try to catch them if they ever get repeated, but I have a PVR full of TV that I haven't watched yet, so it's not like I'm desperate!

If you haven't caught it yet, the UK version of Being Human is bloody awesome. I haven't seen your rip-off yet (and after what you did to the amazing Life on Mars, I'm not sure I want to). And Misfits is worth well a look too.

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Aodan · Teiam Member

I thought the same thing so I never really bothered with it. Normally monster of the week stuff doesn't really interest me. The first couple of episodes in the season were much grittier than the latter half, but the season as a whole was enjoyable. I have to send the discs back and wait for season 2 now.

I watched the original Being Human and I just couldn't get into it despite really wanting to. I don't know why it didn't grab me, but I slogged through the first few episodes but just couldn't commit. I didn't even bother with our version (I usually don't). The only remake I can think of that had any sort of success was The Office and I wasn't that much into either version to be honest. But it just gave the powers that be enough hope that other remakes would work even though none of them really do... I really wish they'd stop it. I've never heard of Misfits.

I never watched Fringe, but the same people that told me about Supernatural told me I might like that too, but like you, I have so much other stuff I'm watching that I don't really have a need to go looking for other shows right now.

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

At the weekend I watched The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. The Swedish one from 2009 rather than the current David Lynch one. It was superb, with particular props going to Noomi Rapace who was excellent. I haven't seen the new one and, although I understand that it's very, very good, I can't see it being better than than the Swedish one. I'll keep an open mind though and watch it when it turns up on the telly.

I also rewatched the Fifth Element which I've always considered to be an excellent, enjoyable film. It didn't let me down this time either - although it was an edited ITV version, so I didn't get to see Milla Jovovich's boobs.