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Quote from: Professah Byah on 22 May, 2011, 11:33:33 PM

Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country.  I remember this being a lot better, but it really is a goofy big cartoon adventure that's hard to dislike even if everyone is now playing a parody of their own characters.

I felt that about The Voyage Home as well. I mean, Spock with an 80s headband - What's not to like?

TordelBack

Quote from: Professah Byah on 22 May, 2011, 11:33:33 PM
Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country.  I remember this being a lot better, but it really is a goofy big cartoon adventure that's hard to dislike even if everyone is now playing a parody of their own characters.

Mmmm, I remember taking this quite seriously in the cinema, subsequent rewatchings have exposed its many flaws - notably a completely nonsensical plot.  It is however great fun, and you can't go too far wrong putting William Shatner in a bearskin, Christopher Plummer in an eyepatch, and David Warner in a lumpy forehead.  Still think the zero-G assassination sequences are pretty cool looking, and Captain Sulu is a hammy delight.

Colin YNWA

Wristcutters: A Love Story

Watched this last night. It was a pretty random pick from LoveFilm by my wife based on the fact that she's going through all the films with the mighty Tom Waits in them at the moment (I stirred her away from Dracula) and my oh my what a fantastic film this is. Love it when a film you've never heard of and have no preconceptions about gives you a warm hug and peck on the cheek like this. Best film feel good film about suicide I have ever seen.

Fantastic stuff and highly recommended.

radiator

Not a film, but I've been working my way through The World at War, which I picked up a few months back. I've ripped it all onto my iPhone and watch a couple of episodes a day on my commute.

Despite being almost 40 years old, it's still a really powerful series - utterly chilling and absorbing. It's really shaken my somewhat romantic view of WWII. Hard to believe that ITV used to broadcast this sort of thing!

Being a fairly broad overview, it has kind of left me wanting more information and context - a lot of things are really brushed over, but there is a lot of supplementary material on the DVDs, so hopefully this will help flesh things out a bit.

Band of Brothers up next.

James Stacey

OK so I'm a bit behind the curve on this one but .. Van Helsing. Not sure which was worse, the acting, the CGI or the accents. Either way it was shite

Buddy

Quote from: James Stacey on 24 May, 2011, 10:53:56 AM
OK so I'm a bit behind the curve on this one but .. Van Helsing. Not sure which was worse, the acting, the CGI or the accents. Either way it was shite

I quite liked Van Helsing... but that may have something to do with Kate Beckinsale in a corset and tight pants.

James Stacey

Quote from: Buddy on 24 May, 2011, 11:44:26 AM
Quote from: James Stacey on 24 May, 2011, 10:53:56 AM
OK so I'm a bit behind the curve on this one but .. Van Helsing. Not sure which was worse, the acting, the CGI or the accents. Either way it was shite

I quite liked Van Helsing... but that may have something to do with Kate Beckinsale in a corset and tight pants.

Yeah that kinda kept me watching to the end

Professor Bear

Kate Beckinsale does nothing for me - the end result of never starring in good films is that a section of your audience will develop a Pavlovian response to your presence in anything that eventually overrides the need to fawn over the human form.  See also: Stuart Townsend, Milla Jovovich, her that played Terminator 3.

Drive Angry, which has Nic Cage on cruise control if anything.  A pretty enjoyable grindhouse movie that's not quite as funny, clever or inventive as it thinks it is, it is still very good in places, and to its credit will make you wonder why you're still watching the rather hateful and juvenile Supernatural.
The motel shootout really grates, though.  I'm pretty sure I am not the only one thinking that entire action scenes shouldn't take place in slow motion.

Michaelvk

Quote from: Professah Byah on 24 May, 2011, 01:16:49 PMI'm pretty sure I am not the only one thinking that entire action scenes shouldn't take place in slow motion.

Ooh dear.. Then maybe skip Dredd..
You have never felt pain until you've trodden barefoot on an upturned lego brick..

TordelBack

Quote from: Michaelvk on 24 May, 2011, 03:22:31 PM
Ooh dear.. Then maybe skip Dredd..

I'm hoping for Green Hornet-style slo-mo action scenes, rather than 300 pecs-and-spittleporn variety.  The GH stuff was amazing, and best of all the techniques used varied in almost every scene so it never got dull.

klute

Quote from: Buddy on 24 May, 2011, 11:44:26 AM
Quote from: James Stacey on 24 May, 2011, 10:53:56 AM
OK so I'm a bit behind the curve on this one but .. Van Helsing. Not sure which was worse, the acting, the CGI or the accents. Either way it was shite

I quite liked Van Helsing... but that may have something to do with Kate Beckinsale in a corset and tight pants.

I also quite liked Van Helsingnot for the same reasons ofc i think sometimes it just helps not going into watching something like that and expecting much from it.
loveforstitch - Does he fall in love? I like a little romance in all my movies.

Rekaert - Yes, he demonstrates it with bullets, punches and sentencing.

He's Mega City 1's own Don Juan.

HdE

Ven Helsing is brilliant fun. I'd deck anyone who said different if I didn't have this chronic case of RSI.

Last movies I watched were Green Hornet - I had low expectations, and it was utterly fantastic. Also saw 'Grown Ups', which was a fun slice of good natured nonsense, and 'Due Date' which was a helluva lot better than reviews had led me to believe. Robertt Downey Jr plays those sorts of roles really well. he's uncomfortably believable as an irascible  douchebag.

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Professor Bear

Quote from: Michaelvk on 24 May, 2011, 03:22:31 PMOoh dear.. Then maybe skip Dredd..

You just put me off it, Mick.

uncle fester

#628
Last movie I watched (last night) - LA Confidential. Never seen it before. Great story, great cast.

Yep, that's me, finger on the movie pulse...  

And the other night we went to see Attack The Block. Which rocks.

Richmond Clements

Quote from: Professah Byah on 24 May, 2011, 06:26:41 PM
Quote from: Michaelvk on 24 May, 2011, 03:22:31 PMOoh dear.. Then maybe skip Dredd..

You just put me off it, Mick.

What? Wasn't a picture of a car with wheels enough to tell you it was going to be pish?