Last movie watched...

[HdE]

Cockneys vs Zombies.

Terrible but good fun and some very entertaining swearing.

Never underestimate the entertainment value of creative profanity!

[radiator]

Watched the end of 21 Jump Street.

A couple of inspired gags early on lead me to believe it was going to be better than it ended up being, and i found my mind wandering before the end. Had heard really good things, but it was nothing special.

2.5/5

[Professor Bear]

Skyfall - a bit long, but entertaining enough if you ignore some plot holes and don't try to figure out any themes.  I have no idea what it was trying to say about the older Bond movies as the tone seemed to swing between dismissive in one scene and then celebratory in another, and there's a similarly confusing attitude towards some nebulous idea of "old fashioned" espionage adventures that had me totally stumped because in this super-gritty 21st century film Bond drives a JCB on the back of a moving train, has a wrestling match in a pit full of giant man-eating lizards, meets a shadowy supervillain in his hidden island lair, chases a baddie through the hidden underground tunnels of Olde London, and escapes an exploding helicopter by fleeing through equally hidden tunnels under the Bond family mansion - it's fine to celebrate this kind of outrageous storytelling conceit through homage, but the film is rubbishing it at the same time as doing it with a straight face, so it's all a bit inconsistent.
Not sure about delving into Bond's past, either, and not so much because it seems to contradict some of what was said about him in Casino Royale as because Bond movies aren't really about him as a character, not even this one.

That all sounds very negative, though, so ignore it, as I did enjoy Skyfall, especially the bit where Bond has to set up the final confrontation somewhere desolate, remote, far from human beings and devoid of any kind of modern convenience and the screen just closes in on the word "SCOTLAND".

[Tiplodocus]

Is Skyfall still in cinemas?

[Tiplodocus]

DREDD on bluray. 

Paid much more attention to the music this time (and enjoyed it) and spotted some extra gore but though it's the Dredd character I wanted, it's not the Dredd movie I wanted. 

And, as at the cinema, I did find my attention wandering in the middle until the arrival of [spoiler]the Dark Judges[/spoiler].

Piss poor extras as well.

Am I allowed to stay on the forum?

[Hawkmumbler]

Is Skyfall still in cinemas?

I had to walk out of the kast showing here in Bolton due to stomach bug on the 29th December. Pity as I was really enjoying it.

[I, Cosh]

DREDD on bluray. Paid much more attention to the music this time (and enjoyed it) and spotted some extra gore but though it's the Dredd character I wanted, it's not the Dredd movie I wanted.

And, as at the cinema, I did find my attention wandering in the middle until the arrival of the Dark Judges.

Piss poor extras as well.

Am I allowed to stay on the forum?

You might have your privileges restricted but you should be alright. At least you bought it, which I have no intention of doing.

Jonah hex.

Jonah shit more like.

I have missed that particular review style and though I'd try resurrect it.

Sorry. I'm off to the pictures this afternoon to see Denzel Washington's latest so will try and oblige.

[Hawkmumbler]

DREDD on bluray. Paid much more attention to the music this time (and enjoyed it) and spotted some extra gore but though it's the Dredd character I wanted, it's not the Dredd movie I wanted.

And, as at the cinema, I did find my attention wandering in the middle until the arrival of the Dark Judges.

Piss poor extras as well.

Am I allowed to stay on the forum?

You might have your privileges restricted but you should be alright. At least you bought it, which I have no intention of doing.

Why ever not?

[radiator]

Skyfall - a bit long, but entertaining enough if you ignore some plot holes and don't try to figure out any themes.  I have no idea what it was trying to say about the older Bond movies as the tone seemed to swing between dismissive in one scene and then celebratory in another, and there's a similarly confusing attitude towards some nebulous idea of "old fashioned" espionage adventures that had me totally stumped because in this super-gritty 21st century film Bond drives a JCB on the back of a moving train, has a wrestling match in a pit full of giant man-eating lizards, meets a shadowy supervillain in his hidden island lair, chases a baddie through the hidden underground tunnels of Olde London, and escapes an exploding helicopter by fleeing through equally hidden tunnels under the Bond family mansion - it's fine to celebrate this kind of outrageous storytelling conceit through homage, but the film is rubbishing it at the same time as doing it with a straight face, so it's all a bit inconsistent.
Not sure about delving into Bond's past, either, and not so much because it seems to contradict some of what was said about him in Casino Royale as because Bond movies aren't really about him as a character, not even this one.

Skyfall is surely the most overrated movie since Avatar - I'm staggered at how well it has done. Like Avatar,  it was an enjoyable cinema experience. Nothing more, nothing less. And though I don't really care for the franchise, it seemed like a step back into playing it safe and trying to please everyone (such as the painfully obvious choice of Adele for the by the numbers theme tune after a couple of pleasingly off the wall choices of artist). The tone seemed schizophrenic as a result, gritty one minute, silly the next. Story was a mess.

Gorgeous cinematography though - it deserves awards for that.

[Spikes]

Predators - on telly last night. Only seen this once before at the pictures, and i didnt really didnt rate it much then, but i have to say i quite enjoyed watching this again last night. Not a classic, and far too much was lifted from the first film, but the Predator itself, unlike its Alien cousin, is still good value.
So until we get the film the Predator deserves, thisll kinda do.

[Frank]

Bond has to set up the final confrontation somewhere desolate, remote, far from human beings and devoid of any kind of modern convenience and the screen just closes in on the word "SCOTLAND".

See the bit in Trainspotting where they get off the train in the middle of nowhere.

Predators - on telly last night. Only seen this once before at the pictures, and i didnt really didnt rate it much then, but i have to say i quite enjoyed watching this again last night. Not a classic, and far too much was lifted from the first film, but the Predator itself, unlike its Alien cousin, is still good value. So until we get the film the Predator deserves, thisll kinda do.

Because the only thing better than the predator is a slightly bigger predator with a disproportionate heid. If Skyfall suffers because it makes too many knowing nods to previous films which don't really add anything or say anything, then Predators avoids that trap by just replaying the entire first film - including having the cast spending the first hour wondering what is this thing? what are we up against? instead of using the fact the entire audience knows exactly what it is and what they're up against to get straight into the action and tell an original story. Larry Fishburn's crazy-acting is emblematic of the film as a whole.

[Hawkmumbler]

Project X- What a vile, loathsome turd of a film. Hateful main characters who threaten to kill each other over pety things, destroy strangers property just because and set fire to shit just because it looks fun. Animal House on crack? No. Animal House was already on crack, but it knew when to draw the line. This is just a piece of shit that should be spat at in the streets and rejected for it's sins. A putrid sore on the face of good taste. 

[JamesC]

Project X- What a vile, loathsome turd of a film. Hateful main characters who threaten to kill each other over pety things, destroy strangers property just because and set fire to shit just because it looks fun. Animal House on crack? No. Animal House was already on crack, but it knew when to draw the line. This is just a piece of shit that should be spat at in the streets and rejected for it's sins. A putrid sore on the face of good taste. 

Not the one with Mathew Broderick and the chimp I presume.

[Hawkmumbler]

Project X- What a vile, loathsome turd of a film. Hateful main characters who threaten to kill each other over pety things, destroy strangers property just because and set fire to shit just because it looks fun. Animal House on crack? No. Animal House was already on crack, but it knew when to draw the line. This is just a piece of shit that should be spat at in the streets and rejected for it's sins. A putrid sore on the face of good taste. 

Not the one with Mathew Broderick and the chimp I presume.

No. Thats a good little flick. I talking about the bloated, ugly, horrible 21st century Animal House rip that has negligable positive features.

[I, Cosh]

I have missed that particular review style and though I'd try resurrect it.

Had a nice day out at the pictures yesterday and this is what I saw.

The Silver Linings Playbook. Silver Linings Gaybook more like.

Zero Dark Thirty. Zero Wank Thirty more like.

Jack Reacher. A Colossal Pile of Shit more like.