Movie recommendations

[Our Nail Loney]

What do you base this on?!?!?

"Wasn't impressed, it didn't look very exciting, not a lot looked to be happening??"

Touche!!

[nrico2006]

Watched 'Hunger' at the weekend and apart from the scene between the Priest and BS it was pretty average.

Also watched 'There will be Blood'.  It was a good show but the story was a bit haphazard.

[Donagh]

Watched the first part of the new 'Che' movie recently. Soderbergh gives a masterclass in movie making with Benicio Del Toro's understated portrayal of Guevara very compelling. The two combine to produce as good a film as you'll watch all year. If it were any other subject matter the Oscars would be raining down on it, but I suspect not.

[stevo-08]

Watched The Kite Runner recently. Very good film. Although as usual, I suspect the book is even better.

[the milkman]

Watched the first part of the new 'Che' movie recently. Soderbergh gives a masterclass in movie making with Benicio Del Toro's understated portrayal of Guevara very compelling. The two combine to produce as good a film as you'll watch all year. If it were any other subject matter the Oscars would be raining down on it, but I suspect not.

Yeah i watched it on saturday, great film! Del Toro was excellent in it.

[under the bar]

Did anyone watch The Garage starring Pat Short over the holidays?  Failry light-hearted until the ending which made you sit up an take notice!

[liihb]

Did anyone watch The Garage starring Pat Short over the holidays?  Failry light-hearted until the ending which made you sit up an take notice!

Yeah I did, thought it was very good. Breffni was some w**ker!

[Tony Baloney]

Watched the first part of the new 'Che' movie recently. Soderbergh gives a masterclass in movie making with Benicio Del Toro's understated portrayal of Guevara very compelling. The two combine to produce as good a film as you'll watch all year. If it were any other subject matter the Oscars would be raining down on it, but I suspect not.

Would like to see this. Didn't even realise it was out until I read a review in one of the Sunday papers. The review said it was okay but got a bit bogged down in the minutiae of guerilla warfare which obviously wasn't to the reviewers liking! Soderbergh can be a bit style over substance sometimes.

[Main Street]

Agreed about the Che part 1. Superb film, more like a docudrama.
Based on Che's reminiscences and accurate dramatisations of his story as he wrote it.
So accurate as to some scenes are replicates of the surviving footage and photographs.
5 cigars.

[T O Hare]

did anyone see Austrailia yet??

[Niall Quinn]

I really enjoyed The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Although I've great respect for F Scott Fitzgerald, to base a film on a seemingly one-feature short story struck me as flawed premise - not so.

I'm normally a fan of Roger Ebert's reviews, but would take issue with this extract from his review of the movie:

"The movie's premise devalues any relationship, makes futile any friendship or romance, and spits, not into the face of destiny, but backward into the maw of time."
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081223/REVIEWS/812239995/1023

I thought the significance of relationships in the movie was in fact exemplified by the enhanced transcience aspect, rather than devalued. Indeed I got to wondering how Ebert's observation would sit with the terminally ill? Would he contend that friendships and romance in some way devalued by differing life expectancy profiles?

[nrico2006]

Australia is a good show, the wee fella in it was brilliant and although it becomes a bit predictable it is very enjoyable.  I have been looking forward to Benjamin Button for a year now. 

[The Iceman]

watched tropic thunder last night - very over rated - only some minor funny parts - felt insulted at times watching it

[Rav67]

Watched Somers Town- another Shane Meadows film, only just over 1 hr long and a simple plot but its very well-made and some funny bits in it.

[pintsofguinness]

Watched that Frost-Nixon film the other night, really good!