Movie recommendations

[AbbeySider]

Watched 'The Boy in the Striped Pajamas' on DVD.

The most thought provoking film I've ever seen. Took me and the missus days to get over it.

I always thought that the Shawshank Redemption should have had a dark ending but after watching Striped Pajamas I have changed my mind.

One of the most underrated films I have seen. Very provocative and moving. 

[AbbeySider]

Was at Alice in Wonderland tonight. The visuals were amazing, the 3D worked really well with it. Johnny Depp was fantastic as the Mad Hatter, although Scottish for some reason. Looking at the credits at the end of the film, there was some cast on it. Christopher Lee, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen and Barbara Winsdor.

With all that, there seemed to be something missing with the film. At the ingredients were right, but it just didn't come together. Enjoyable story and very dark, just missing something.

I didnt really like Alice in Wonderland, in fact I was bored silly and it annoyed the heck out of me.
Its a film that focused on the effects and the story and characters lost out. Its too dark for young kids and too childish at times for anyone above the age of 12.
The lead girl that played Alice (Mia Wasikowska) is very limited. Zero emotion and as single toned as Keanu Reeves.
Depp is boring playing the same eccentric character, over and over again. He is practically mash-up of Jack Sparrow and Willy Wonka with a red wig. Its getting pathetic at this stage and he needs to do some real acting instead of this over-acting rubbish. Also Burton needs to grow up and stop making films for his kids. He also needs to separate from Depp and stop having his wife in his films. As for Burtons wife, Helena Bonham Carter, I felt like strangling her if she repeated that tantrum line one more time.

1/5 

[ziggysego]

Was at Alice in Wonderland tonight. The visuals were amazing, the 3D worked really well with it. Johnny Depp was fantastic as the Mad Hatter, although Scottish for some reason. Looking at the credits at the end of the film, there was some cast on it. Christopher Lee, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen and Barbara Winsdor.

With all that, there seemed to be something missing with the film. At the ingredients were right, but it just didn't come together. Enjoyable story and very dark, just missing something.

I didnt really like Alice in Wonderland, in fact I was bored silly and it annoyed the heck out of me.
Its a film that focused on the effects and the story and characters lost out. Its too dark for young kids and too childish at times for anyone above the age of 12.
The lead girl that played Alice (Mia Wasikowska) is very limited. Zero emotion and as single toned as Keanu Reeves.
Depp is boring playing the same eccentric character, over and over again. He is practically mash-up of Jack Sparrow and Willy Wonka with a red wig. Its getting pathetic at this stage and he needs to do some real acting instead of this over-acting rubbish. Also Burton needs to grow up and stop making films for his kids. He also needs to separate from Depp and stop having his wife in his films. As for Burtons wife, Helena Bonham Carter, I felt like strangling her if she repeated that tantrum line one more time.

1/5

I didn't like Helena Bonham Carter in it either. Too me, she lifted the character right out of Blackadder II.

[thebigfella]

Was at Alice in Wonderland tonight. The visuals were amazing, the 3D worked really well with it. Johnny Depp was fantastic as the Mad Hatter, although Scottish for some reason. Looking at the credits at the end of the film, there was some cast on it. Christopher Lee, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen and Barbara Winsdor.

With all that, there seemed to be something missing with the film. At the ingredients were right, but it just didn't come together. Enjoyable story and very dark, just missing something.

I didnt really like Alice in Wonderland, in fact I was bored silly and it annoyed the heck out of me.
Its a film that focused on the effects and the story and characters lost out. Its too dark for young kids and too childish at times for anyone above the age of 12.
The lead girl that played Alice (Mia Wasikowska) is very limited. Zero emotion and as single toned as Keanu Reeves.
Depp is boring playing the same eccentric character, over and over again. He is practically mash-up of Jack Sparrow and Willy Wonka with a red wig. Its getting pathetic at this stage and he needs to do some real acting instead of this over-acting rubbish. Also Burton needs to grow up and stop making films for his kids. He also needs to separate from Depp and stop having his wife in his films. As for Burtons wife, Helena Bonham Carter, I felt like strangling her if she repeated that tantrum line one more time.

1/5

I didn't like Helena Bonham Carter in it either. Too me, she lifted the character right out of Blackadder II.

Was going to pull you on paraphasing Mark Kermode's review on 5 live last night (read your review comments straight after listening to the the podcast  ) but now I'm gonna have to 

Come on Ziggy do you think your the only one who listens to a wittertainment on 5 live 

[ziggysego]

  Swear to God, I don't listen to him. I even commented the same thing to the ones I went to the cinema with.

Mark has his head too much up his own arse for my liking.

[AbbeySider]

Can't recommend The Hurt Locker any higher. Finally watched it tonight. Some great nail-biting scenes.

Same. Best I've seen in the past year at least. If there is any justice Kathryn Bigelow will the Oscar for direction. Yer man Brenner in the lead role will be expecting some bigger
movies off the back of his performance.

I watched the Hurt Locker lately.
Its a tense, edge of your seat thriller but it has a very, very underwhelming ending.

That guy in the lead role was excellent, and Bigelow probably deserved her Oscar for best director but im not not sure was it strong enough for Best Picture; especially with the ending which really let me down.

A good show though, defiantly worth seeing. 4/5

[thebigfella]

Can't recommend The Hurt Locker any higher. Finally watched it tonight. Some great nail-biting scenes.

Same. Best I've seen in the past year at least. If there is any justice Kathryn Bigelow will the Oscar for direction. Yer man Brenner in the lead role will be expecting some bigger
movies off the back of his performance.

I watched the Hurt Locker lately.
Its a tense, edge of your seat thriller but it has a very, very underwhelming ending.

That guy in the lead role was excellent, and Bigelow probably deserved her Oscar for best director but im not not sure was it strong enough for Best Picture; especially with the ending which really let me down.

A good show though, defiantly worth seeing. 4/5

Anything winning would have been better than Avatar though

[Bogball XV]

Can't recommend The Hurt Locker any higher. Finally watched it tonight. Some great nail-biting scenes.

Same. Best I've seen in the past year at least. If there is any justice Kathryn Bigelow will the Oscar for direction. Yer man Brenner in the lead role will be expecting some bigger
movies off the back of his performance.

I watched the Hurt Locker lately.
Its a tense, edge of your seat thriller but it has a very, very underwhelming ending.

That guy in the lead role was excellent, and Bigelow probably deserved her Oscar for best director but im not not sure was it strong enough for Best Picture; especially with the ending which really let me down.

A good show though, defiantly worth seeing. 4/5

Anything winning would have been better than Avatar though

haven't seen avatar yet, intend to take it shortly though - i presume it's pointless unless watching it in 3d on the big screen?  HUrt Locker wasn't a bad movie, but not that brilliant - worth watching, but not in the same league as the likes of No Country for Old Men or The Wrestler imo.

[Canalman]

Totally agree that Hurt Locker is a tad underwhelming. Watchable ..... very watchable but not a classic imo.

[pintsofguinness]

It just shows what a poor year it's been for movies when Hurt Locker wins, a good film but wouldn't get a look in at the oscars any other year. 

[Archie Mitchell]

Harry Brown = Shite!

[Capt Pat]

I thought Hurt Locker was much better than the Wrestler or No Country for Old Men. Hurt Locker did not make it a poor year for movies.

[mc_grens]

Thought Hurt Locker was a fine movie. You can never really place that much stall by who/ what wins best picture...

e.g. The year that Titanic won it was up against LA Confidential. Theres no doubt which of those is the superior film.

[Archie Mitchell]

Boy A is a good watch. About a young lad who done time for murder when he was a child and was released early with a new identity.

[Tony Baloney]

Hurt Locker is the best i have seen in the past year. I thought it was excellent and the ending was just fine. Might not have been explosive or the expected Hollywood ending but was deliberately mundane in showing the quiet family life versus the madness of their work in Iraq.