Movie recommendations

[Eamonnca1]

Thanks. Always wondered about the accuracy of Enemy at the Gates. Stunning to look at though, I enjoyed it as a film.

[StGallsGAA]

I'd like to see someone make a film version version of book The Devil's Tinderbox. The story of how the USAF and RAF, knowing the war was already won, decided to flex their muscle to the Red Army and needlessly incinerate 750,000 innocent German refugees in the relatively untouched City of Dresden close to the Russian border. 

Taking advantage of the fact that the Luftwaffe had no fuel for their few remaining planes, in one night  they dropped 10,000 tonnes of high explosive and incendiary bombs on an undefended city of no strategic or military significance. 

Since Britain and the US have controlled the film industry since the end of WW2 it's unlikely we'll see the story of Dresden on the big screen any time soon!

[Dinny Breen]

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Not on my radar but saw it recommended further up, a perfect afternoon movie, well acted, funny and cynical. 8/10

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Similar to the above, not as sentimental as I thought it was going to be, strong performances and funny as well. 8/10

Everybody Wants Some!!

If you are a fan of high school/college movies then you will enjoy this, a very loose story line about a bunch of kids not knowing who or what they really are except they all play baseball. 7/10

[Esmarelda]

Thanks. Always wondered about the accuracy of Enemy at the Gates. Stunning to look at though, I enjoyed it as a film.

What do you make of foreign based films where the actors play the role in their own language and accents?

[HiMucker]

Thanks. Always wondered about the accuracy of Enemy at the Gates. Stunning to look at though, I enjoyed it as a film.

What do you make of foreign based films where the actors play the role in their own language and accents?

was the enemy at the gates one were all the german and russian soldiers spoke with an american accent, bar jude law who spoke with an english accent???.   I thought that was a bit weird,  but logically why would they be speaking english in a russian accent i suppose

[leenie]

Anyone seen assassins creed yet ? Wondering does it only appeal to gamers ?

2016 hasn't be a great year for film.. however  can't wait til 2017 - beauty and the beast and guardians of the galaxy 2.

[trileacman]

Thanks. Always wondered about the accuracy of Enemy at the Gates. Stunning to look at though, I enjoyed it as a film.

What do you make of foreign based films where the actors play the role in their own language and accents?

was the enemy at the gates one were all the german and russian soldiers spoke with an american accent, bar jude law who spoke with an english accent???.   I thought that was a bit weird,  but logically why would they be speaking english in a russian accent i suppose

Shit accents bother me more. Enemy at the gates is not a patch on Sean Connerys pure Scottish accent in the hunt for red October which is oft ridiculed.

As I said a shite attempt at a Russian/German accent would be worse, my favourite example of actors speaking however the f**k they want is in the grand Budapest hotel where there's this typical range of British and yank accents and then out of f**king nowhere there's this bogger Carlow accent thrown in. Rises a smile everytime I hear it. It's such a pleasure when your used to that shitty mid Atlantic accent beloved of Hollywood.

[Esmarelda]

Thanks. Always wondered about the accuracy of Enemy at the Gates. Stunning to look at though, I enjoyed it as a film.

What do you make of foreign based films where the actors play the role in their own language and accents?

was the enemy at the gates one were all the german and russian soldiers spoke with an american accent, bar jude law who spoke with an english accent???.   I thought that was a bit weird,  but logically why would they be speaking english in a russian accent i suppose

Shit accents bother me more. Enemy at the gates is not a patch on Sean Connerys pure Scottish accent in the hunt for red October which is oft ridiculed.

As I said a shite attempt at a Russian/German accent would be worse, my favourite example of actors speaking however the f**k they want is in the grand Budapest hotel where there's this typical range of British and yank accents and then out of f**king nowhere there's this bogger Carlow accent thrown in. Rises a smile everytime I hear it. It's such a pleasure when your used to that shitty mid Atlantic accent beloved of Hollywood.

Yeah that's the one.

Why not just get fluent speakers to play the roles? Didn't Tarantino use fluent speakers in Inglorious Basterds? Having said that, perhaps to German speakers, their dialogue might still have sounded terrible if it came through in a non-German accent.

Forgot about Connery in Red October. The English accents in Game of Thrones annoyed me too.

[AZOffaly]

Went to see Rogue One yesterday. Top notch. Very well interwoven with what comes next too. I was wondering how they were not going to leave stuff hanging, and they did it very well.

[Main Street]

I watched the Rogue 1 Star film and thought it was just all too similar to The Force Awakens.  Deja vu.

Chirpy rebel, rogue, renegade republican terrorists escape from the clutches of legitimate government  and carry on a camapaign of terror and mayhem against the legitimate government, recklessly endangering the lives of civilians. Basically outnumbered  and out-weaponed,  the rebel republican terrorists find the government's defensive weak link and exploit it. Film  includes the post-final battle standby star wars' scene of female princess of some sorts (foolishly optimistically) gazing out to a bright future.

[bennydorano]

Not normally one gor the Marvel comic movies but Deadpool was fantastic, very funny.

[Main Street]

Thanks. Always wondered about the accuracy of Enemy at the Gates. Stunning to look at though, I enjoyed it as a film.

What do you make of foreign based films where the actors play the role in their own language and accents?

was the enemy at the gates one were all the german and russian soldiers spoke with an american accent, bar jude law who spoke with an english accent???.   I thought that was a bit weird,  but logically why would they be speaking english in a russian accent i suppose

Shit accents bother me more. Enemy at the gates is not a patch on Sean Connerys pure Scottish accent in the hunt for red October which is oft ridiculed.

As I said a shite attempt at a Russian/German accent would be worse, my favourite example of actors speaking however the f**k they want is in the grand Budapest hotel where there's this typical range of British and yank accents and then out of f**king nowhere there's this bogger Carlow accent thrown in. Rises a smile everytime I hear it. It's such a pleasure when your used to that shitty mid Atlantic accent beloved of Hollywood.

or Alexander the Great with Offaly accents
a Cork actor playing a rogue from Belfast is not going to be able to satisfy exacting accent requirements, is he?
Accents aren't an issue for me in Enemy at the Gates, didn't bother me, though Bob Hoskins in yet another soviet general role might.
It's a work of fiction and  what lets it down is the poor quality CGI, also regular such scenes of typecast Soviet cannon fodder army recruits being brainwashed by bad propaganda amplified by loudspeakers, to commit suicidal onslaught after onslaught against the germans and then  there was the very soppy love story thrown into the mix, 
otherwise a very good entertaining and engaging film

[Eamonnca1]

Thanks. Always wondered about the accuracy of Enemy at the Gates. Stunning to look at though, I enjoyed it as a film.

What do you make of foreign based films where the actors play the role in their own language and accents?

Depends how it's done. Didn't the speak with English accents in Enemy at the Gates? I thought it worked well.

Paths to Glory was a bit confusing for me since we were supposed to be looking at a French regiment. The soldiers had English accents except for Kirk Douglas who kept his American accent. For authenticity I don't mind reading subtitles. Hence Das Boot is a favourite of mine (for a lot of reasons, like the keeping the cast encased in an actual sub and filming as their beards grew longer and skin grew paler).

The Irish accents in Alexander threw me off, big time. Casting Colin Farrell and Angelia Jolie as mother and son was bizarre and not a little creepy. The constant hopping around between three timelines was annoying. The battle scenes were unintelligible. God it was an awful film!

[Eamonnca1]

The battle over Scarriff is one of the best space battles I've seen in a space movie. And I like how the new Star Wars films are getting better at obeying the laws of physics than the old ones. A lot more action is taking place in planetary atmospheres, so the ships fly like planes when they should fly like planes. In space they fly like spaceships. The Hammerhead Corvette scene was a stroke of cinematic genius, and you see the tactical prowess of the Mon Calamari in action.

One reviewer on youtube made a good point. In the old days you'd see a ship getting hit and then just blowing up. Now we get to see a ship being torn apart in far better detail, so you have a better sense of the scale of these giant ships. The Star Destroyers in the new films look bigger and more imposing than they did in the old ones. And the Death Star also looks far bigger. Previously you only saw it up close or far away depending on what models they made. Now you get to see it from all angles and in all positions, and they've made it look even more threatening.

[Milltown Row2]

Thanks. Always wondered about the accuracy of Enemy at the Gates. Stunning to look at though, I enjoyed it as a film.

What do you make of foreign based films where the actors play the role in their own language and accents?

Depends how it's done. Didn't the speak with English accents in Enemy at the Gates? I thought it worked well.

Paths to Glory was a bit confusing for me since we were supposed to be looking at a French regiment. The soldiers had English accents except for Kirk Douglas who kept his American accent. For authenticity I don't mind reading subtitles. Hence Das Boot is a favourite of mine (for a lot of reasons, like the keeping the cast encased in an actual sub and filming as their beards grew longer and skin grew paler).

The Irish accents in Alexander threw me off, big time. Casting Colin Farrell and Angelia Jolie as mother and son was bizarre and not a little creepy. The constant hopping around between three timelines was annoying. The battle scenes were unintelligible. God it was an awful film!

Haven't watched it and doubt I will, same can be said for 'new' biblical/ancient films, as for me they not a patch on the classics, though I thought Gladiator was a cracking film....

As for the accents i much prefer they speak in their own tongue with subtitles, great World War Two film had Germans talking German Americans had their accents and English theirs! Das Boot is great because of its authenticity