Movie recommendations

clarshack · April 07, 2010, 11:47:07 PM

Quote from: pintsofguinness on April 07, 2010, 07:17:09 PM
Quote from: tyrone girl on April 07, 2010, 03:22:09 PM
Is it scary? Anyone seen shutter island? Was gonna go see it tonight
I wouldnt...

thought it got good reviews and that it had a bit of a twist at the end. have it on download and was gonna watch it this weekend.

The Real Laoislad · April 07, 2010, 11:51:32 PM

Quote from: clarshack on April 07, 2010, 11:47:07 PM
Quote from: pintsofguinness on April 07, 2010, 07:17:09 PM
Quote from: tyrone girl on April 07, 2010, 03:22:09 PM
Is it scary? Anyone seen shutter island? Was gonna go see it tonight
I wouldnt...

thought it got good reviews and that it had a bit of a twist at the end. have it on download and was gonna watch it this weekend.

Its not bad in fairness,I got the twist after about 5 mins though

ziggysego · April 07, 2010, 11:54:54 PM

Quote from: clarshack on April 07, 2010, 11:47:07 PM
Quote from: pintsofguinness on April 07, 2010, 07:17:09 PM
Quote from: tyrone girl on April 07, 2010, 03:22:09 PM
Is it scary? Anyone seen shutter island? Was gonna go see it tonight
I wouldnt...

thought it got good reviews and that it had a bit of a twist at the end. have it on download and was gonna watch it this weekend.

If TRLL and I can see the twist coming, anyone can. One to avoid.

Capt Pat · April 08, 2010, 12:14:37 AM

Watch Shutter Island, it is not as bad as these 2 are making out. The twist is obvious enough in a way, worth watching in the cinema as opposed to a download.

leenie · April 08, 2010, 12:27:31 AM

watched the The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus last night .... actually had to watch it twice...
still not sure what i make of it... its like a good film inside a film... think gilliam tried to do to much with it... likes the premise though.

and just watched "an education"... it was a nice film expected more though with it being a nick hornby screenplay.

ziggysego · April 08, 2010, 01:17:55 PM

What did you end up going to see last night tyrone girl?

tyrone girl · April 08, 2010, 01:20:41 PM

Didnt go zig - Shutter Island was only on at 6 15 in cookstown so was too early and there was frig all else on that interested me and dungannon had even more of a dung selection. Went to bingo instead

leenie · April 08, 2010, 06:48:38 PM

was looking through the summer releases there and once i got through all the remakes i found a few worth watching (imo)....

The Expendables (20 August)

Sylvester Stallone has assembled an extraordinary team of crusty action heroes for his gung-ho mercenary blockbuster. Sly himself , Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Mickey Rourke and Bruce Willis, all in the same film? With a cameo from Arnold Schwarzenegger? It's going to be a 1980s theme party with explosions.

The Other Guys (3 September)

Anchorman and Talladega Nights director Adam McKay reteams with his regular star Will Ferrell for a buddy comedy about two hapless cops (Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg) who idolise supertough enforcers Samuel L Jackson and Dwayne Johnson. If this is anything like as funny as Anchorman, it could be the comedy of the year.

Inception (16 July)

Leonardo DiCaprio plus Dark Knight director Chris Nolan equals blockbuster gold. Inception is described as a thriller "set within the architecture of the mind", and details are still sketchy, but a trailer full of morphing buildings and wall-bouncing gunfights suggests that we could have a Matrix-killer on our hands.

The remakes i am looking forward to.....

Robin Hood (14 May)
The A-Team (30 July)

Remakes i will be giving a miss

Bad Lieutenant (21 May)

Abel Ferrara's notorious cop flick, the one that featured Harvey Keitel destroying himself in almost unwatchable detail, has been "reimagined" by maverick director Werner Herzog as, well, a comedy. Kinda. Starring an absolutely mental Nic Cage, this promises to be one of the weirdest movies of the year.

The Karate Kid.

The Iceman · April 08, 2010, 08:57:03 PM

I kind of like the look of the Karate Kid

I think it is a decent remake and a classic concept that has been around since Gordon Lau's effort.

Minder · April 08, 2010, 10:01:05 PM

Get Carter (the original) starting now on Ch5.

ONeill · April 08, 2010, 10:04:01 PM

Shocked at how good Kick Ass was. If i'd been told what it was about beforehand I wouldn't have gone. Really good film in that it's different and some crackin scenes.

Tony Baloney · April 08, 2010, 10:07:33 PM

Quote from: ONeill on April 08, 2010, 10:04:01 PM
Shocked at how good Kick Ass was. If i'd been told what it was about beforehand I wouldn't have gone. Really good film in that it's different and some crackin scenes.

Another one by Mrs. Jonathan Ross.

ONeill · April 08, 2010, 10:24:05 PM

Not sure what you mane there.

pintsofguinness · April 08, 2010, 10:41:27 PM

Quote from: ONeill on April 08, 2010, 10:24:05 PM
Not sure what you mane there.

She wrote the screenplay for it.

ziggysego · April 08, 2010, 11:34:11 PM

Quote from: ONeill on April 08, 2010, 10:04:01 PM
Shocked at how good Kick Ass was. If i'd been told what it was about beforehand I wouldn't have gone. Really good film in that it's different and some crackin scenes.

I know what you mean. I went because my sister and her husband wanted to go. It was surprisingly very good and I'm considering going back on Sunday with a cousin, as I've been raving to him about it.