Movie recommendations

ONeill · February 09, 2010, 10:08:36 PM

Feck me. Just finished watching The Road there. I normally love those bleak and depressing films but Jaysus that gave me with an awful feeling in the gut throughout. Engrossing and glad I watched it but I never want to see it again.

I haven't read the book and I know it's worse. I never want to read it.

I won't sleep. The wife looks hungry.

Dinny Breen · February 09, 2010, 10:11:25 PM

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I haven't read the book and I know it's worse. I never want to read it.

Tell me about it, still waking up in cold sweats.

mylestheslasher · February 09, 2010, 10:11:43 PM

Quote from: ONeill on February 09, 2010, 10:08:36 PM
Feck me. Just finished watching The Road there. I normally love those bleak and depressing films but Jaysus that gave me with an awful feeling in the gut throughout. Engrossing and glad I watched it but I never want to see it again.

I haven't read the book and I know it's worse. I never want to read it.

I won't sleep. The wife looks hungry.

I read the book and I can tell you it is amazing but there is no way I want to watch that film, the sadness of it is overwhelming.

Tony Baloney · February 09, 2010, 10:15:40 PM

Quote from: ONeill on February 09, 2010, 10:08:36 PM
Feck me. Just finished watching The Road there. I normally love those bleak and depressing films but Jaysus that gave me with an awful feeling in the gut throughout. Engrossing and glad I watched it but I never want to see it again.

I haven't read the book and I know it's worse. I never want to read it.

I won't sleep. The wife looks hungry.

You know what that means Shane

ONeill · February 09, 2010, 10:16:35 PM

Tis ok - chucked her up a ham shank.

blewuporstuffed · February 10, 2010, 12:03:41 AM

Quote from: ONeill on February 09, 2010, 10:08:36 PM
Feck me. Just finished watching The Road there. I normally love those bleak and depressing films but Jaysus that gave me with an awful feeling in the gut throughout. Engrossing and glad I watched it but I never want to see it again.

I haven't read the book and I know it's worse. I never want to read it.

I won't sleep. The wife looks hungry.

exactly how i felt too, stunning film, but not sure i could watch it again. read the book and felt the exaxt same. One of the few truly moving films i have seen

The Iceman · February 10, 2010, 03:48:18 PM

Quote from: blewuporstuffed on February 10, 2010, 12:03:41 AM
Quote from: ONeill on February 09, 2010, 10:08:36 PM
Feck me. Just finished watching The Road there. I normally love those bleak and depressing films but Jaysus that gave me with an awful feeling in the gut throughout. Engrossing and glad I watched it but I never want to see it again.

I haven't read the book and I know it's worse. I never want to read it.

I won't sleep. The wife looks hungry.

exactly how i felt too, stunning film, but not sure i could watch it again. read the book and felt the exaxt same. One of the few truly moving films i have seen

havent seen the film but loved the book. although is was very sad and moving there was a real hope and innocence from the boy that warmed the heart too

Minder · February 11, 2010, 02:08:33 PM

Anyone seen "Up in the air", any use?

blewuporstuffed · February 11, 2010, 02:40:48 PM

Quote from: Minder on February 11, 2010, 02:08:33 PM
Anyone seen "Up in the air", any use?

yeah, i thought it was quite good, although alittle slow to get going.
clooney is very good in it

Billys Boots · February 11, 2010, 02:52:32 PM

For anyone interested in the Millenium trilogy by Steig Larsson, all three books have been filmed in (their native) Swedish in the last year - all have had a cinema release and the first two are out on DVD.

I watched 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' last weekend, and it was good. For the record, I enjoyed the books, though they were a bit one-dimensional from a characterisation perspective. And the fact that the 'hero' was a journalist stuck in the craw quite a bit. Lisbet Salander (the 'Girl') is a very interesting focal point however, both in the books and the movie.

mc_grens · February 11, 2010, 03:09:03 PM

Quote from: Billys Boots on February 11, 2010, 02:52:32 PM
For anyone interested in the Millenium trilogy by Steig Larsson, all three books have been filmed in (their native) Swedish in the last year - all have had a cinema release and the first two are out on DVD.

I watched 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' last weekend, and it was good. For the record, I enjoyed the books, though they were a bit one-dimensional from a characterisation perspective. And the fact that the 'hero' was a journalist stuck in the craw quite a bit. Lisbet Salander (the 'Girl') is a very interesting focal point however, both in the books and the movie.

the books are certainly great page turners, but could end up a bit Dan Brownish in fil form as there isn't quite enough action in them.

AbbeySider · February 11, 2010, 03:13:37 PM

Quote from: blewuporstuffed on February 11, 2010, 02:40:48 PM
Quote from: Minder on February 11, 2010, 02:08:33 PM
Anyone seen "Up in the air", any use?
yeah, i thought it was quite good, although alittle slow to get going.
clooney is very good in it

Saw it last night and enjoyed it but it wont change the world or anything.
Good acting by Clooney, snappy dialogue and moralistic story with a twist. Its worth a look.

ONeill · February 11, 2010, 11:50:08 PM

Quote from: Galwaybhoy on January 08, 2010, 11:44:28 PM
I watched District 9 the other day. The first half was good and it had so much potential, I loved the documentary style method of shooting the early parts of the film. The way it showed how the aliens were treated and how they lived in the slums, some of them had integrated with the humans while some were hiding weapons and were fighting back against the humans for the way they were being treated. I thought the storyline was very deep and I loved that, the fact it was set in South Africa there were similarities to the apartheid history of the country as some could say the aliens were oppressed and at times I really didn't know whos side I was on, The humans or the aliens.

But then the second half of the film was a complete letdown, with a very annoying lead and it turned into a film that was basically similar to any hollywood action movie. It was a shame for a film that had so much potential.

Agree with this. The first half was very enjoyable and engrossing. Then it became Hollywood SFX which was a great shame as the lead role grew on you.

Capt Pat · February 12, 2010, 02:15:27 AM

I saw the wolfman tonight, decent action movie, big budget Hollywood effort. They didn't develop the characters enough or even at all in some cases meaning you don't care enough about the chracters or the love story or whatever. Very gory and fast moving.

7 out of 10.

maddog · February 12, 2010, 10:43:44 AM

Saw Invictus the other day. Really enjoyed it. I like the detail they put into the match scenes but couldn't work out why they couldn't get the Andrew Maertens double to hit each kick off more than about 3 yards. Looked really silly when they had obviously put much research into the remainder of the game to tell it as it developed.