Movie recommendations

Started by corn02, October 23, 2007, 10:13:39 AM

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pintsofguinness

Watched Forgetting Sarah marshall, it's not a bad show, I was expecting the worst.  Russell Brand is actually quite good in it!

Fired up and Echelon conspiracy best avoided though.
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magickingdom

saw 'the hangover' last night... silly as expected but some very good laughs, worth seeing

Canalman

Got that Benjamin Button movie out on Friday. Pure utter dung...... had to switch it off halfway through.

fitzroyalty

Quote from: magickingdom on June 14, 2009, 01:44:44 PM
saw 'the hangover' last night... silly as expected but some very good laughs, worth seeing
Probably the funniest film out this year. Stupid, but hilarious!

fitzroyalty

It's one for the lads. Nothing witty or clever about its style of comedy but you'll still pi55 yourself.

P.S. Superbad was lies.

ziggysego

Quote from: hardstation on June 14, 2009, 11:30:37 PM
What do you mean by stupid?

Role Models
Superbad
Zack and Miri Make a Porno

If it's anything like these, I'll avoid.

If it's something like Step Brothers, I'll watch it. That was stupid but funny. Those other 3 were just shite.

Yes, Role Models was bad. I didn't see Superbad. But HS, Zack and Miri Make a Porno was hilarious!!!
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ziggysego

It was good. It was vintage Kevin Smith. The film ROCKED!
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maggie

Superbad was a load of dung.
Have heard great reviews for Hangover.

Galwaybhoy

Quote from: Capt Pat on June 13, 2009, 11:10:56 PM
Quote from: ardal on June 13, 2009, 07:43:37 PM
Quote from: Drumanee 1 on June 13, 2009, 02:02:00 PM
anybody seen 21?,being shown tonight on sky prem

Don't buy the popcorn and get too comfortable. Very disappointing. You'll watch it the whole way through and then wonder why; in my opinion

I thought it was pretty good to be honest.

To the terminator people, it is a movie and a very entertaining one as well, get over it. The Terminator movies are just about the most far fetched movies ever made and that is saying something so a few inconsistencies do not really spoil it.

That does not excuse lazy and poor scrip writing.  The film was poor, sadly it was supposed to be the start of a new trilogy, I liked Terminator 3, though many people didn't, but this one was terrible.  I dint think its asking for much to be able to have a film without inconsistencies, but even then, the film was boring, cringeworthy at times and just plane poor.

flog the lot

see the hangover last night, funniest film i have seem in a long time,
def one to go and see!

SLIGONIAN

Quote from: Galwaybhoy on June 15, 2009, 12:40:13 AM
Quote from: Capt Pat on June 13, 2009, 11:10:56 PM
Quote from: ardal on June 13, 2009, 07:43:37 PM
Quote from: Drumanee 1 on June 13, 2009, 02:02:00 PM
anybody seen 21?,being shown tonight on sky prem

Don't buy the popcorn and get too comfortable. Very disappointing. You'll watch it the whole way through and then wonder why; in my opinion

I thought it was pretty good to be honest.

To the terminator people, it is a movie and a very entertaining one as well, get over it. The Terminator movies are just about the most far fetched movies ever made and that is saying something so a few inconsistencies do not really spoil it.

That does not excuse lazy and poor scrip writing.  The film was poor, sadly it was supposed to be the start of a new trilogy, I liked Terminator 3, though many people didn't, but this one was terrible.  I dint think its asking for much to be able to have a film without inconsistencies, but even then, the film was boring, cringeworthy at times and just plane poor.

Such shite, T4 was fantastic, 9.5/10, the action was awesome, and fast paced, the story actually came together quite well. ACting was good, maybe not enough character exploration, but i came out thinking was great and cant understand what people problems are, plot holes give specifics. Arnie was the icing on the cake.

4 stars in Total Film, and Empire. Over 200 million worldwide at box office and counting.

Seen State of play, yes man and push last weekend on dvd, all really good.

Hangover looks good, not sure itll be released over here.
"hard work will always beat talent if talent doesn't work"

Derry Dolly

stuck on you and wedding crashers both on last nite..decided with stusk on u as ive seen the other and fell asleep last half hour..rippin  :-[
good show though! :)

Galwaybhoy

Quote from: SLIGONIAN on June 15, 2009, 11:13:48 AM
Quote from: Galwaybhoy on June 15, 2009, 12:40:13 AM
Quote from: Capt Pat on June 13, 2009, 11:10:56 PM
Quote from: ardal on June 13, 2009, 07:43:37 PM
Quote from: Drumanee 1 on June 13, 2009, 02:02:00 PM
anybody seen 21?,being shown tonight on sky prem

Don't buy the popcorn and get too comfortable. Very disappointing. You'll watch it the whole way through and then wonder why; in my opinion

I thought it was pretty good to be honest.

To the terminator people, it is a movie and a very entertaining one as well, get over it. The Terminator movies are just about the most far fetched movies ever made and that is saying something so a few inconsistencies do not really spoil it.

That does not excuse lazy and poor scrip writing.  The film was poor, sadly it was supposed to be the start of a new trilogy, I liked Terminator 3, though many people didn't, but this one was terrible.  I dint think its asking for much to be able to have a film without inconsistencies, but even then, the film was boring, cringeworthy at times and just plane poor.

Such shite, T4 was fantastic, 9.5/10, the action was awesome, and fast paced, the story actually came together quite well. ACting was good, maybe not enough character exploration, but i came out thinking was great and cant understand what people problems are, plot holes give specifics. Arnie was the icing on the cake.

4 stars in Total Film, and Empire. Over 200 million worldwide at box office and counting.

Seen State of play, yes man and push last weekend on dvd, all really good.

Hangover looks good, not sure itll be released over here.

It was always going to do well in the box office, its a huge franchise movie, they do well on name alone.  Also while they might have given it good ratings many more have given it bad ones, and the general consinsis is that its not a very good film.

The plot holes are not really the problem, though there are a few they are not that bad, as for the Kyle Reese plothole that someone mentioned that can be explained easily.  I just think its a poor film, as you said character exploration was poor, a love story there was no point in, and stupid scenes  such as restarting his heart with wires, those machine made motorbikes that for some odd reason were made human-friendly.  Also the cringeworthy scenes such as that John Connor needs a new heart.  Marcus might as well have held a sign above his head with "me, me, me" written all over it.  It was so obvious and made me roll my eyes.

Also the film didn't have the gritty rough feeling that the flashback scenes from the first two films had.  I didn't expect exactly the same, but it could have been made to look a bit more gritty.  Also scenes were cut to bring the film down to a PG certificate, done obviously so more kids could go to the film and more money could be made.  Trust me I'm not slating the film for the sake of it, I LOVE Terminator, since I was a kid, I have seen the other three films well over 10 times each and I never do that with any film, I couldn't wait for this one either but left very disappointed.  To me it was basically a cash in on the franchise to make a bit of money.  Its nearly as bad as Wolverine.

SLIGONIAN

Quote from: Galwaybhoy on June 15, 2009, 11:28:52 AM
Quote from: SLIGONIAN on June 15, 2009, 11:13:48 AM
Quote from: Galwaybhoy on June 15, 2009, 12:40:13 AM
Quote from: Capt Pat on June 13, 2009, 11:10:56 PM
Quote from: ardal on June 13, 2009, 07:43:37 PM
Quote from: Drumanee 1 on June 13, 2009, 02:02:00 PM
anybody seen 21?,being shown tonight on sky prem

Don't buy the popcorn and get too comfortable. Very disappointing. You'll watch it the whole way through and then wonder why; in my opinion

I thought it was pretty good to be honest.

To the terminator people, it is a movie and a very entertaining one as well, get over it. The Terminator movies are just about the most far fetched movies ever made and that is saying something so a few inconsistencies do not really spoil it.

That does not excuse lazy and poor scrip writing.  The film was poor, sadly it was supposed to be the start of a new trilogy, I liked Terminator 3, though many people didn't, but this one was terrible.  I dint think its asking for much to be able to have a film without inconsistencies, but even then, the film was boring, cringeworthy at times and just plane poor.

Such shite, T4 was fantastic, 9.5/10, the action was awesome, and fast paced, the story actually came together quite well. ACting was good, maybe not enough character exploration, but i came out thinking was great and cant understand what people problems are, plot holes give specifics. Arnie was the icing on the cake.

4 stars in Total Film, and Empire. Over 200 million worldwide at box office and counting.

Seen State of play, yes man and push last weekend on dvd, all really good.

Hangover looks good, not sure itll be released over here.

It was always going to do well in the box office, its a huge franchise movie, they do well on name alone.  Also while they might have given it good ratings many more have given it bad ones, and the general consinsis is that its not a very good film.

The plot holes are not really the problem, though there are a few they are not that bad, as for the Kyle Reese plothole that someone mentioned that can be explained easily.  I just think its a poor film, as you said character exploration was poor, a love story there was no point in, and stupid scenes  such as restarting his heart with wires, those machine made motorbikes that for some odd reason were made human-friendly.  Also the cringeworthy scenes such as that John Connor needs a new heart.  Marcus might as well have held a sign above his head with "me, me, me" written all over it.  It was so obvious and made me roll my eyes.

Also the film didn't have the gritty rough feeling that the flashback scenes from the first two films had.  I didn't expect exactly the same, but it could have been made to look a bit more gritty.  Also scenes were cut to bring the film down to a PG certificate, done obviously so more kids could go to the film and more money could be made.  Trust me I'm not slating the film for the sake of it, I LOVE Terminator, since I was a kid, I have seen the other three films well over 10 times each and I never do that with any film, I couldn't wait for this one either but left very disappointed.  To me it was basically a cash in on the franchise to make a bit of money.  Its nearly as bad as Wolverine.

Each to their own, I loved the atmoshere created in this one, I was really rooting for the characters, the love story I didnt see it, it was just lust, Wright was already dead in a way so I got the heart swap, and connors importance made sense, the robots big deal the terminators are the same size of humans so ther terminator friendly too.

The flashbacks from the original terminators were like escape from NY movies and I think MCG was right to go this route.

Restarting the heart was a trbute to McGyver :P, joking but didnt ruin the film in all fairness. But I just wish fans like youself got as much out of it as me, Im a huge fan and was nervous about this one so was relieved coming out.
"hard work will always beat talent if talent doesn't work"

Galwaybhoy

I'm glad you liked it, I wish I did, trust me I wanted to!  But I was very disappointed in it.  I'm just going to pretend this film never happened. ;D

However Bales new film with Depp has got me attention, it looks good.