Movie recommendations

Dinny Breen · January 24, 2012, 03:31:45 PM

Watched Moneyball yesterday, one for any sports geek that loves stats - really enjoyed it 8/10.

lurganblue · January 24, 2012, 06:10:20 PM

I know what your saying cm, but yes the wahlberg one. Didn't enjoy it one bit. I presume there is an improvement in the second one then?

mc_grens · January 24, 2012, 09:14:17 PM

Quote from: lurganblue on January 24, 2012, 06:10:20 PM
I know what your saying cm, but yes the wahlberg one. Didn't enjoy it one bit. I presume there is an improvement in the second one then?

Original is great. Its sequels (and, at least one prequel I think) get progressively worse.

The Tim Burton/ Whalberg one was terrible.

Recent one was decent.

Tony Baloney · January 24, 2012, 09:23:10 PM

Quote from: mc_grens on January 24, 2012, 09:14:17 PM
Quote from: lurganblue on January 24, 2012, 06:10:20 PM
I know what your saying cm, but yes the wahlberg one. Didn't enjoy it one bit. I presume there is an improvement in the second one then?

Original is great. Its sequels (and, at least one prequel I think) get progressively worse.

The Tim Burton/ Whalberg one was terrible.

Recent one was decent.

Thought the last one was pretty decent. Definitely not as bad as the previous one.

HiMucker · January 27, 2012, 11:54:04 AM

Anybody see Killer Elite yet? Whtached it last night and thought it was very good and entertaining. Its set in the 80s which gives it avery cool retro feel. Its also based on true events (which no doubt its severly jazzed up all the same) A solid 8/10. Some quality tashes and side burns in it.

screenexile · January 27, 2012, 01:11:31 PM

Quote from: Dinny Breen on January 24, 2012, 03:31:45 PM
Watched Moneyball yesterday, one for any sports geek that loves stats - really enjoyed it 8/10.

Very enjoyable show for a sports fan . . . fcuk the Yanks love their stats though!!!!

ballinaman · January 27, 2012, 01:54:38 PM

Quote from: screenexile on January 27, 2012, 01:11:31 PM
Quote from: Dinny Breen on January 24, 2012, 03:31:45 PM
Watched Moneyball yesterday, one for any sports geek that loves stats - really enjoyed it 8/10.

Very enjoyable show for a sports fan . . . fcuk the Yanks love their stats though!!!!

Hugely overated i thought. How the fcuk can that lump Jonah Hill get nominated for an oscar and Fassbender doesn't. Joke.

screenexile · January 27, 2012, 02:15:31 PM

Fair enough about Hill I didn't think he deserved an Oscar for playing a geek but I liked the Movie and thought BP was very good in it!

nrico2006 · January 27, 2012, 04:08:34 PM

Going to fire on War Horse tonight to see what the fuss is about - anyone here seen it? Still have to get around to watching Midnight Run from taping it last week, saw it years ago but remember very little about it.

Watched an old favourite last weekend in EdTV and also saw Sleepy Hollow. EdTV wasn't as good second time around (obviously) and I thought Sleepy Hollow was average enough.

Don Johnson · January 28, 2012, 10:32:58 PM

Went to the cinema twice in the last week.

J Edgar - I really liked this, think partly because I have read a lot about Hoover anyway so I got a lot of the stuff in it where my girlfriend didn't have a clue, I am not sure she liked it as much.

War Horse - heard from a poster on here (Mickey Linden) this was a great film so had high hopes, was really disappointed. Drawn out and boring imo.

On a side note, during J Edgar two middle aged women sat a few rows behind us and wouldn;t shut up the whole film, at some points actually talking out loud, not whispering. I don't understand why these idiots even go to the cinema if that is how they are going to get on? It is one thing that really annoys me.

ballinaman · January 28, 2012, 10:51:23 PM

Quote from: nrico2006 on January 27, 2012, 04:08:34 PM
Going to fire on War Horse tonight to see what the fuss is about - anyone here seen it? Still have to get around to watching Midnight Run from taping it last week, saw it years ago but remember very little about it.

Watched an old favourite last weekend in EdTV and also saw Sleepy Hollow. EdTV wasn't as good second time around (obviously) and I thought Sleepy Hollow was average enough.

Turned war horse off after an hour...one of the worst movies I've seen in a long tine

ONeill · January 28, 2012, 11:39:05 PM

Did exactly the same with War Horse. You'd just seen it all before. Might give it another go some time but tried too hard to pull on the heart strings. I don't have a heart.

lurganblue · January 29, 2012, 11:08:01 AM

Watched the hangover 2 last night and I have the guard for later. Enjoyed the hangover despite it being the same as the first only in a different city. Still had some laughs though so can't complain

paco · January 29, 2012, 12:14:05 PM

Very impressed with Warrior, when is The Grey out? Reminds me of The Edge, an old favourite.

Celt_Man · January 29, 2012, 03:37:12 PM

Saw a right few movies in the last while...

The Hangover and the Inbetweeners are kinda in similar insofar as they were grand, watchable few laughs in them but wouldn't go out of my way to watch them again... first half of both movies weren't great, picked up in the second half

True Grit - quality movie, love Westerns anyway and really enjoyed this one too. Loved the whole 'feel' of it and the dialogue was snappy, sharp and very witty in spots. 3 main characters were very well played...

Think I've already talked about Sherlock Holmes 2 - cracking movie, one of the most enjoyable I've seen in a while

Lincoln Lawyer - Read the book but it was ages ago so forgot the finer poitns of the plot. Fairly good movie, almost straight into the action and Marisa Tomei is smoking hot...