Last movie watched...

[JamesC]

Maybe I should give it another shot but I just remember finding Lost in Translation smug, pretentious and booooooring. Not even Murray could keep me interested.

I felt the total opposite; I loved it!

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Bruce Lee's presence throughout the film is almost hypnotic; you can't take your eyes off him and his fight scenes are a joy to watch.

^This.

There have been some great martial artists working in film since Bruce Lee's passing but none of them come close to matching his screen presence IMHO.

[Sideshow Bob]

I must admit to quite enjoying the Underworld series of movies and found them not too bad.....In other words I've seen a lot, lot worse...
Unfortunately though, I find myself agreeing with Pictsy,  in that it certainly was an opportunity missed,  as the movies had the potential to be so much better than they were.
And although Kate Beckinsdale looks magnificient in her black leather /PVC outfit,  I'm afraid that can only hold your interest for so long.......A good cast in most of the movies, special mention to the excellent Bill Nighy and Michael Sheen, just can't make up for poor storytelling..
An opportunity missed I'm afraid.

Cheers

[pictsy]

Monster vs. Aliens

It's a fun and amusing film about Monsters vs. Aliens.  That about sums that up.

[Recrewt]

Maybe I should give it another shot but I just remember finding Lost in Translation smug, pretentious and booooooring. Not even Murray could keep me interested.

I felt the total opposite; I loved it!

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Bruce Lee's presence throughout the film is almost hypnotic; you can't take your eyes off him and his fight scenes are a joy to watch.

^This.

There have been some great martial artists working in film since Bruce Lee's passing but none of them come close to matching his screen presence IMHO.

I'm a big Bruce Lee fan but I have to say that Fist of Fury is probably my least favourite of his films.  The end bit is great but it really slows down mid-movie and I find some of the anti-Japanese sentiment a bit much.

But, I agree with James that his screen presence is stunning.  I would highly recommend getting hold of Game of Death - it's an absolutely awful movie that Bruce never got to complete but if you head straight to the extras and find the uncut pagoda scene then what you have there is arguably the finest Bruce Lee that has ever been captured on film.

[Ghost MacRoth]

Elysium

Pile of crap.  Don't get me wrong, some stunning graphics, great cinematography, stellar acting, etc, but none of that can cover up the fact that the script is utter bollocks.  Too many co-incidences all charging toward the resolution point of the film, which leaves you really not giving a shit how it turns out, who lives, who dies, who fucking cares.  Really pissed me off, was looking forward to seeing thi8s, but such a letdown. 

[Mabs]

Maybe I should give it another shot but I just remember finding Lost in Translation smug, pretentious and booooooring. Not even Murray could keep me interested.

I felt the total opposite; I loved it!

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Bruce Lee's presence throughout the film is almost hypnotic; you can't take your eyes off him and his fight scenes are a joy to watch.

^This.

There have been some great martial artists working in film since Bruce Lee's passing but none of them come close to matching his screen presence IMHO.

I'm a big Bruce Lee fan but I have to say that Fist of Fury is probably my least favourite of his films.  The end bit is great but it really slows down mid-movie and I find some of the anti-Japanese sentiment a bit much.

But, I agree with James that his screen presence is stunning.  I would highly recommend getting hold of Game of Death - it's an absolutely awful movie that Bruce never got to complete but if you head straight to the extras and find the uncut pagoda scene then what you have there is arguably the finest Bruce Lee that has ever been captured on film.

In a way, you can understand the anti-Japanese sentiment, there were a lot of atrocities commited by the army towards the Chinese, with a loss of life numbering in the millions.

As it goes, what is your favourite Bruce Lee movie, Recrewt and JamesC? I would have to say mine is Big Boss; its the first Bruce Lee film I saw and immediately fell in love with! I also have a large softspot for Enter the Dragon! I haven't watched Game of Death though.

[pictsy]

Ahh Bruce Lee films.  I think I watched them all from a friends box set back when I was at university.  I remember First of Fury and being surprised about the anti-Japanese sentiment, but only to a degree.  There are certainly parallels in our own culture.

I remember Game of Death being pretty awful but watching it because of the circumstances that surrounded it.

Enter the Dragon is the film I am probably most familiar with as it was the first Bruce Lee film I saw and I have seen a few times - although I haven't watched a Bruce Lee film in around 10 years.

I am now of to decide my evening viewing pleasure.

[Karl Stephan]

Elysium

Pile of crap.  Don't get me wrong, some stunning graphics, great cinematography, stellar acting, etc, but none of that can cover up the fact that the script is utter bollocks.  Too many co-incidences all charging toward the resolution point of the film, which leaves you really not giving a shit how it turns out, who lives, who dies, who fucking cares.  Really pissed me off, was looking forward to seeing thi8s, but such a letdown.

Agreed.

My gripes were:

1) Why build the damn thing in space when people can reach it anyway? Why not use the polar caps (less heating required and cheaper to maintain). There's NO good reason to have it up there.
2) One program runs the whole damn satellite. ONE. And everyone can instantly recognise the crack presented in raw code immediately.
3) I know the exoskeleton looks like the dogs bollocks an all, but why can't it just be strapped onto your limbs instead of screwed into one's bones...through one's dirty clothes...with NO healing time!
4) The ending was just lazy and utterly predictable.
5) They could have made three District 9's with its budget!

Good Sci Fi has to make total sense to remain credible. You can only ask an audience to suspend their disbelief for so long before they lose interest.   

[Proteus4]

I watched Gravity today. In 3d. I've only seen avatar and hobbit: an unnecessary journey (48fps 3d) in 3d before. They were both shit. Gravity was totally and utterly spellbinding. I was completely sucked in. I left the cinema reeling, feeling like I'd actually been in space. I know the criticisms are that it's short on plot, heavy on cheese, and some of the physics isn't quite right, but actually I thought they got everything balanced just right. As Cuaron says, "it's a fiction, not a documentary" and I for one thought it was totallyfuckingmega.

Also watched An Adventure in Space and Time - really enjoyable and quite moving. Walder Frey was brilliant.

Also, finally got round to watching man of steel. That was a mess. They totally wanked up the flashbacks instead of telling it in a linear way (which broke the impact of daddy Kent's death) and why oh why oh why oh why was there so much flipping Russel Crowe?? In the end it just very quickly turned into very strong people hitting each other over and over again and I cared not a jot about any of them. Not even the beautiful Amy Adams could save this for me.  Plus, the plotting and scripting were both shocking. One plus point - it does have Richard Schiff in it, and he's great in everything. Ever.

Peace
Dave

[TordelBack]

Why not use the polar caps (less heating required and cheaper to maintain).

The xenoptera have a landbridge from Tasmania now.  No muscles in your head.   

More seriously, I understand that there's quite a lot of heating energy available in Earth orbit, getting rid of it being the real problem. 

Haven't seen Elysium yet, but the reviews on here aren't heartening - the trailers looked good, and District 9 was great.  Ah well.

[JamesC]

Maybe I should give it another shot but I just remember finding Lost in Translation smug, pretentious and booooooring. Not even Murray could keep me interested.

I felt the total opposite; I loved it!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bruce Lee's presence throughout the film is almost hypnotic; you can't take your eyes off him and his fight scenes are a joy to watch.

^This.

There have been some great martial artists working in film since Bruce Lee's passing but none of them come close to matching his screen presence IMHO.

I'm a big Bruce Lee fan but I have to say that Fist of Fury is probably my least favourite of his films.  The end bit is great but it really slows down mid-movie and I find some of the anti-Japanese sentiment a bit much.

But, I agree with James that his screen presence is stunning.  I would highly recommend getting hold of Game of Death - it's an absolutely awful movie that Bruce never got to complete but if you head straight to the extras and find the uncut pagoda scene then what you have there is arguably the finest Bruce Lee that has ever been captured on film.

In a way, you can understand the anti-Japanese sentiment, there were a lot of atrocities commited by the army towards the Chinese, with a loss of life numbering in the millions.

As it goes, what is your favourite Bruce Lee movie, Recrewt and JamesC? I would have to say mine is Big Boss; its the first Bruce Lee film I saw and immediately fell in love with! I also have a large softspot for Enter the Dragon! I haven't watched Game of Death though.

I'd have to go with Enter the Dragon with Way of the Dragon second.

If Bruce Lee had lived I think Enter the Dragon could have been the first in a series. It's basically a martial arts Bond film (but far better than any of the Bond films if you ask me).

[Mabs]

I'd have to go with Enter the Dragon with Way of the Dragon second.

If Bruce Lee had lived I think Enter the Dragon could have been the first in a series. It's basically a martial arts Bond film (but far better than any of the Bond films if you ask me).

Yeah I love the 'Bond' aspect to Enter the Dragon! In fact the baddie could quite easily feature in any of the earlier Bond films! As for Way of the Dragon, it's been years since I watched that one. I love the way Bruce Lee beats seven shades of crap out of Chuck Norris! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqzQ2qrtBeg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Recrewt]

Maybe I should give it another shot but I just remember finding Lost in Translation smug, pretentious and booooooring. Not even Murray could keep me interested.

I felt the total opposite; I loved it!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bruce Lee's presence throughout the film is almost hypnotic; you can't take your eyes off him and his fight scenes are a joy to watch.

^This.

There have been some great martial artists working in film since Bruce Lee's passing but none of them come close to matching his screen presence IMHO.

I'm a big Bruce Lee fan but I have to say that Fist of Fury is probably my least favourite of his films.  The end bit is great but it really slows down mid-movie and I find some of the anti-Japanese sentiment a bit much.

But, I agree with James that his screen presence is stunning.  I would highly recommend getting hold of Game of Death - it's an absolutely awful movie that Bruce never got to complete but if you head straight to the extras and find the uncut pagoda scene then what you have there is arguably the finest Bruce Lee that has ever been captured on film.

In a way, you can understand the anti-Japanese sentiment, there were a lot of atrocities commited by the army towards the Chinese, with a loss of life numbering in the millions.

As it goes, what is your favourite Bruce Lee movie, Recrewt and JamesC? I would have to say mine is Big Boss; its the first Bruce Lee film I saw and immediately fell in love with! I also have a large softspot for Enter the Dragon! I haven't watched Game of Death though.

I'd have to go with Enter the Dragon with Way of the Dragon second.

If Bruce Lee had lived I think Enter the Dragon could have been the first in a series. It's basically a martial arts Bond film (but far better than any of the Bond films if you ask me).

Of all the Bruce Lee films I would probably agree with you Mabs that Big Boss is my favourite - it's the one that has had the most repeat viewings.

As for game of death, check out the uncut pagoda scene on youtube.  Unfortunately, the rest of the film is not that good. 

   

[pictsy]

Daybreakers

A vampire film with an interesting concept.  The execution didn't live up to it's potential, however.  It is always sad to watch a film that has really good ideas but not the story to back them up.  The cast is good and it's relatively entertaining but I can't help think it could have been a whole lot better than what it was. 

[Colin Zeal]

After the sad news of the death of Lewis Collins I started watching Who Dares Wins on youtube. It's a piece of of right wing propaganda trash, equally as ridiculous as Rambo II and Red Dawn. My left wing socialist principles should be offended by all of those films yet I can't help enjoying all of them. WDW was never going to win any awards but it is one of those films that is so bad it's good.

the climactic raid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5OquYTgQBk) on the bad guys who have taken hostages is such a daft section that it never fails to raise a smile. Two men hanging from ropes attached to the underside of a helicopter? Lewis Collins wearing a shirt a size too small so that it shows of his muscles while running? This film had it all.