Movie recommendations

[CD]

Watched 'The Longest Ride' (5.5/10) last night with Clint's lad in it. Quite enjoyed it. Nothing too taxing, fairly run of the mill but inoffensive and a nice couple of hours spent. Tonight, either Interstellar, American Sniper or Fury. Hopi ng for a 7 or 8 out of 10 from one of these.

American Sniper - 8/10. Brilliant Film. Mr Eastwood does it again.

Yank propaganda at it's worst. 2.5/10 for Bradley Coopers good acting.

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Didnt enjoy it at all.
It's OK to kill kids if those kids are putting the lives of american soldiers on foreign soil at risk is the message I took from it.

I didn't get that at all. At its root it was an anti-war film. It was about the fruitlessness and pointlessness of what these soldiers were doing and how they were brainwashed into 'protecting their families' and 'serving their country'. Chris Kyle was clearly traumatised and indifferent to his post-tour surroundings and his fellow soldiers constantly questioned the morality of what they were doing. The 'gung-ho' American hero type soldiers were portrayed as tossers. I thought Eastwood did a good job of never condoning Kyle's record as a soldier and Cooper really surprised me with his ability to play an ambiguous character.
The U.S. Military were made to look bad throughout the film and Eastwood challenged their ambivalent attitude towards PTS and the wide ranging social and pychological impact of conflict on their soldiers which has been a hot political potato in the states for 20 years.
Or maybe it was just a film where people killed the baddies?? Hooray!

[The Iceman]

Watched 'The Longest Ride' (5.5/10) last night with Clint's lad in it. Quite enjoyed it. Nothing too taxing, fairly run of the mill but inoffensive and a nice couple of hours spent. Tonight, either Interstellar, American Sniper or Fury. Hopi ng for a 7 or 8 out of 10 from one of these.

American Sniper - 8/10. Brilliant Film. Mr Eastwood does it again.

Yank propaganda at it's worst. 2.5/10 for Bradley Coopers good acting.

+1
Didnt enjoy it at all.
It's OK to kill kids if those kids are putting the lives of american soldiers on foreign soil at risk is the message I took from it.

I didn't get that at all. At its root it was an anti-war film. It was about the fruitlessness and pointlessness of what these soldiers were doing and how they were brainwashed into 'protecting their families' and 'serving their country'. Chris Kyle was clearly traumatised and indifferent to his post-tour surroundings and his fellow soldiers constantly questioned the morality of what they were doing. The 'gung-ho' American hero type soldiers were portrayed as t**sers. I thought Eastwood did a good job of never condoning Kyle's record as a soldier and Cooper really surprised me with his ability to play an ambiguous character.
The U.S. Military were made to look bad throughout the film and Eastwood challenged their ambivalent attitude towards PTS and the wide ranging social and pychological impact of conflict on their soldiers which has been a hot political potato in the states for 20 years.
Or maybe it was just a film where people killed the baddies?? Hooray!

I agree! Read the book and you'll hear from Kyle - he was only their to protect his military brothers. He couldn't care less about the foreign policy and didn't agree with the "why" that America would have us all believe. His "why" was not letting another American soldier die..... I believe from talking to a few ex-military that it's a common sentiment amoung the longer serving lads...

[Arthur_Friend]

Watched 'The Longest Ride' (5.5/10) last night with Clint's lad in it. Quite enjoyed it. Nothing too taxing, fairly run of the mill but inoffensive and a nice couple of hours spent. Tonight, either Interstellar, American Sniper or Fury. Hopi ng for a 7 or 8 out of 10 from one of these.

American Sniper - 8/10. Brilliant Film. Mr Eastwood does it again.

Yank propaganda at it's worst. 2.5/10 for Bradley Coopers good acting.

+1
Didnt enjoy it at all.
It's OK to kill kids if those kids are putting the lives of american soldiers on foreign soil at risk is the message I took from it.

I didn't get that at all. At its root it was an anti-war film. It was about the fruitlessness and pointlessness of what these soldiers were doing and how they were brainwashed into 'protecting their families' and 'serving their country'. Chris Kyle was clearly traumatised and indifferent to his post-tour surroundings and his fellow soldiers constantly questioned the morality of what they were doing. The 'gung-ho' American hero type soldiers were portrayed as t**sers. I thought Eastwood did a good job of never condoning Kyle's record as a soldier and Cooper really surprised me with his ability to play an ambiguous character.
The U.S. Military were made to look bad throughout the film and Eastwood challenged their ambivalent attitude towards PTS and the wide ranging social and pychological impact of conflict on their soldiers which has been a hot political potato in the states for 20 years.
Or maybe it was just a film where people killed the baddies?? Hooray!

I agree! Read the book and you'll hear from Kyle - he was only their to protect his military brothers. He couldn't care less about the foreign policy and didn't agree with the "why" that America would have us all believe. His "why" was not letting another American soldier die..... I believe from talking to a few ex-military that it's a common sentiment amoung the longer serving lads...

I think I'll retain my sympathy for the people they murdered. Clint making any films from their point of view any time soon?

[CD]

Watched 'The Longest Ride' (5.5/10) last night with Clint's lad in it. Quite enjoyed it. Nothing too taxing, fairly run of the mill but inoffensive and a nice couple of hours spent. Tonight, either Interstellar, American Sniper or Fury. Hopi ng for a 7 or 8 out of 10 from one of these.

American Sniper - 8/10. Brilliant Film. Mr Eastwood does it again.

Yank propaganda at it's worst. 2.5/10 for Bradley Coopers good acting.

+1
Didnt enjoy it at all.
It's OK to kill kids if those kids are putting the lives of american soldiers on foreign soil at risk is the message I took from it.

I didn't get that at all. At its root it was an anti-war film. It was about the fruitlessness and pointlessness of what these soldiers were doing and how they were brainwashed into 'protecting their families' and 'serving their country'. Chris Kyle was clearly traumatised and indifferent to his post-tour surroundings and his fellow soldiers constantly questioned the morality of what they were doing. The 'gung-ho' American hero type soldiers were portrayed as t**sers. I thought Eastwood did a good job of never condoning Kyle's record as a soldier and Cooper really surprised me with his ability to play an ambiguous character.
The U.S. Military were made to look bad throughout the film and Eastwood challenged their ambivalent attitude towards PTS and the wide ranging social and pychological impact of conflict on their soldiers which has been a hot political potato in the states for 20 years.
Or maybe it was just a film where people killed the baddies?? Hooray!

I agree! Read the book and you'll hear from Kyle - he was only their to protect his military brothers. He couldn't care less about the foreign policy and didn't agree with the "why" that America would have us all believe. His "why" was not letting another American soldier die..... I believe from talking to a few ex-military that it's a common sentiment amoung the longer serving lads...

I think I'll retain my sympathy for the people they murdered. Clint making any films from their point of view any time soon?

He did exactly that with 'Flags of our Fathers' and 'Letters from Iwo Jima'. Two very good films I'd certainly recommend.

[AFS]

American Sniper lost me when it turned into Die Hard for about 10 minutes with the bit on the roof when they got cut off and surrounded.

Enjoyed Jurassic World and Mad Max recently.

Saw Ant Man today. Not fussed on comic book stuff, but it had enough laughs to keep me going for a couple of hours.

[nrico2006]

American Sniper was ok.  Watched Black Hat recently and it was one of the worst films I have seen.  Chappie was a 5 out of 10.  Enjoyed Jurassic World, would give it a 7 out of 10.  Going to finally watch Foxcatcher and Nightcrawler this week.

[supersarsfields]

Watched Interstellar and Walk among the tombstones. Both a bit Meh.

Have Kill the messenger lined up for tonight.

[The Iceman]

Really enjoyed Jurassic World. Plenty of action, laughs and a good ending. Special effects were flawless.

Watched Focus and turned it off after about 40 mins. Didn't see where it was headed...

[nrico2006]

Focus was poor, Will Smith films were always very good but recently they have went downhill.

Watched Nightcrawler last night, very good show with Gyllenhaal giving some performance, creepy boy.

[Soup an Samajiz]

Really looking forward to Southpaw, Gyllenhaal brilliant in just about everything he does

[laoislad]

Really looking forward to Southpaw, Gyllenhaal brilliant in just about everything he does

The trailers looks class. He's in some shape for it.

[Tony Baloney]

Focus was poor, Will Smith films were always very good but recently they have went downhill.

Watched Nightcrawler last night, very good show with Gyllenhaal giving some performance, creepy boy.

Reminds me of you in your younger days when you sported a pair of curtains. That and the creepiness.

[nrico2006]

Focus was poor, Will Smith films were always very good but recently they have went downhill.

Watched Nightcrawler last night, very good show with Gyllenhaal giving some performance, creepy boy.

Reminds me of you in your younger days when you sported a pair of curtains. That and the creepiness.

Like a young Ryan Giggs.

[Soup an Samajiz]

The Revenant - just saw the trailer lastnight... looks like that first Oscar for diCaprio (again)..

[CD]

Watched Fury last nite. 6/10 for me. Thought it was a pointless and unrealistic. The last battle scene was just stupid

4/10 for Fury. Finally watched it last night. Is it just me or does Brad Pitt look like Chris Waddle? scenes and conversations that weren't year appropriate, all been done before only slightly better. Pitt a bit of a one trick pony and the other cast members weren't likeable in any way shape or form. Interstellar tonight