Movie recommendations

[Capt Pat]

I got up and left seven pounds after about seven minutes, did I miss something? It had the worst possible start to a movie for me with mention of suicide and judgemntalism and an IRS agent playing God. I did not want to know any more about it.

[stiffler]

Watched Gran Torino tonight- didnt live up to expectation, i thought it was very predictable although Eastwood (yet again) delivers.

[leenie]

has anyone seen the curious life of Benjamin button ... any good ?

[pintsofguinness]

has anyone seen the curious life of Benjamin button ... any good ?

boorrriinnngggg

[pintsofguinness]

I fast forwarded, it didnt.


I tried 7 pounds this evening for about the fifth time, give up after 40 minutes.  Put on Criminal minds.

[longrunsthefox]

Went to 7 pounds at the wekend... awful. A load of unconvincing sentimental slush. After a while was hoping Will Smith would get shot in a drive-by shooting. Had to stay to the end as the foxy lady was with me. In the words of the late great Eric Morcambe, 'Rubbish!'     

[screenexile]

Went to 7 pounds at the wekend... awful. A load of unconvincing sentimental slush. After a while was hoping Will Smith would get shot in a drive-by shooting. Had to stay to the end as the foxy lady was with me. In the words of the late great Eric Morcambe, 'Rubbish!'     

Saw it tonight. Couldn't agree more. Fell asleep halfway through for about 20 minutes and apparently missed absolutely nothing.

[leenie]

Man i was looking forward to that ... think i will give it a miss now
which of the films now would you say is a must see?

[screenexile]

I'd say Slumdog Millionaire, Role Models and Yes Man are the three best I've seen recently although there is a lot of opposition to Slumdog.

Also a lot on here are touting Revolutionary Road and the Wrestler but they weren't my cup of tea. I'd say if you didn't like American Beauty you wont much care for those 2.

[pintsofguinness]

Man i was looking forward to that ... think i will give it a miss now
which of the films now would you say is a must see?

Frost Nixon
Gran Torino
Che
Definance

[leenie]

if yes man is anything like liar liar that no chance i'd watch that

deffo going to watch slumdog

but i love american beauty..... so think i will watch revolutionary rd!

[screenexile]

Sorry yeah Frost Nixon was good I enjoyed that. Hoping to watch Che and Gran Torino in the near future.

Yes man isn't like liar liar it's a bit more serious but very good I thought. Based on a book by Danny Wallace where he tried an experiment of saying yes where he wouldn't have before for 6 months and seeing where it led him.

[screenexile]

Is the Reader the holocaust one with Winslet and Fiennes? I thought it's been getting great reviews?

[ONeill]

has anyone seen the curious life of Benjamin button ... any good ?

Worth going to see although nearly 3 hours long. The CGI on the facial appearance of the lead actors growing old/young is interesting. I watched it over a week - probably best watched in one sitting. Unique but Gump-ish.

[Denn Forever]

I got up and left seven pounds after about seven minutes, did I miss something? It had the worst possible start to a movie for me with mention of suicide and judgemntalism and an IRS agent playing God. I did not want to know any more about it.

Saw it last night. 

People here don't seem to have liked it but it was perfect, suspend disbelief cinema. 

Very unBlockbuster, unHollywood like film.  No CGI or action to keep you awake but if you wanted a good yarn, it was brilliant.