Movie recommendations

[ballinaman]

Went to see Skyfall last night. Liked it a lot - solid 8.5/10.

Any criticism of cliches in a Bond film seems strange. Thin line behind a cliche and the Bond formula of girls, guns, gadgets, big opening sequence, over the top villains, cheesy one-liners, cars, casinos, money shots for Omega etc. etc. Any director knows they have to work any film around the formula.

Compared to the slickness of Casino Royal I thought it was poor. The product placement was ridiculous and I nearly spat my coke out when i heard the "Welcome to Scotland" line. Bland entertainment for a hungover Sunday is about the only thing it fits the bill for IMO.

[Tony Baloney]

Went to see Skyfall last night. Liked it a lot - solid 8.5/10.

Any criticism of cliches in a Bond film seems strange. Thin line behind a cliche and the Bond formula of girls, guns, gadgets, big opening sequence, over the top villains, cheesy one-liners, cars, casinos, money shots for Omega etc. etc. Any director knows they have to work any film around the formula.

Compared to the slickness of Casino Royal I thought it was poor. The product placement was ridiculous and I nearly spat my coke out when i heard the "Welcome to Scotland" line. Bland entertainment for a hungover Sunday is about the only thing it fits the bill for IMO.

I didn't notice the Audi, Heineken, Omega, VW, Sony or Coke product placements so I have no idea what you are talking about... 

[ballinaman]

Went to see Skyfall last night. Liked it a lot - solid 8.5/10.

Any criticism of cliches in a Bond film seems strange. Thin line behind a cliche and the Bond formula of girls, guns, gadgets, big opening sequence, over the top villains, cheesy one-liners, cars, casinos, money shots for Omega etc. etc. Any director knows they have to work any film around the formula.

Compared to the slickness of Casino Royal I thought it was poor. The product placement was ridiculous and I nearly spat my coke out when i heard the "Welcome to Scotland" line. Bland entertainment for a hungover Sunday is about the only thing it fits the bill for IMO.

I didn't notice the Audi, Heineken, Omega, VW, Sony or Coke product placements so I have no idea what you are talking about... 

I was gasping for a Heineken all weekend...subliminal advertising...only way to go!

[Nally Stand]

Went to see Skyfall last night. Liked it a lot - solid 8.5/10.

Any criticism of cliches in a Bond film seems strange. Thin line behind a cliche and the Bond formula of girls, guns, gadgets, big opening sequence, over the top villains, cheesy one-liners, cars, casinos, money shots for Omega etc. etc. Any director knows they have to work any film around the formula.

Compared to the slickness of Casino Royal I thought it was poor. The product placement was ridiculous and I nearly spat my coke out when i heard the "Welcome to Scotland" line. Bland entertainment for a hungover Sunday is about the only thing it fits the bill for IMO.

I didn't notice the Audi, Heineken, Omega, VW, Sony or Coke product placements so I have no idea what you are talking about... 

I was gasping for a Heineken all weekend...subliminal advertising...only way to go!

After reading that Heineken paid £28m for their bottle to appear in it. Almost a third of the estimated production budget.

[NAG1]

Nick Cage should just stop making movies now 

[The Iceman]

This is a trailer for a documentary on some type of Gladiator Football in Florence :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW-wxTW7OCI
Looks like hurling without the sticks

[trileacman]

Seen killing them softly, thought it was disappointing, a real art-house flick which laid it on heavy with the whole economic undertone thing. Waste of time really.

[Puckoon]

Was moderately to serverely hung over for most of yesterday so I caught up with a few movies:

The Grey - really enjoyed it despite what I read on here
The Raven - not a bad movie, but not a great one either, although the girl is cute

[tbrick18]

Watched the Avengers movie over the weekend....dont see what all the fuss is about. It's ok, nothing special. 7/10.

Also watched Expendables 2....much more enjoyable. Total tongue in cheek action I thought it was a good old fashioned over the top goody vs baddy A-Team like film with gore!  A solid 9/10.

[Tony Baloney]

Dead Man's Shoes on FilmFour tomorrow night.
I like it. Feck the rest of yis.

Like it too. Mentioned on Page 1 of this very thread.

[laoislad]

This is a trailer for a documentary on some type of Gladiator Football in Florence :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW-wxTW7OCI
Looks like hurling without the sticks

Crazy stuff.
Seen worse in Laois county finals though.

[waterfordlad]

I went to see Argo Wednesday night. Now that is a good film about the rescue of American hostages in Iran around 1980 and the interesting plan they came out with to try get them out without being caught by the Iranians. Ben Affleck starred in it and directed it.
I agree with most of the commetns about Skyfall. Too much hype about it and wasn't as good as some reviews made out.

[No Soloing]

Dead Man's Shoes on FilmFour tomorrow night.
I like it. Feck the rest of yis.

Dead Man's Shoes is excellent. It's one of the best films of recent years, imho

[screenexile]

Dead Man's Shoes on FilmFour tomorrow night.
I like it. Feck the rest of yis.

Dead Man's Shoes is excellent. It's one of the best films of recent years, imho

For the life of me I don't know why they had to cast an American with a shit accent to play the lead role. . . it's like we don't have actors in Ireland or something?!

[Agent Orange]

I agree with most of the commetns about Skyfall. Too much hype about it and wasn't as good as some reviews made out.

Typical Bond movie, lots of hype, predictable plot and far too long. Its more of a series of car adverts with the odd watch thrown in.