What general film/series have you just seen.. marks out of 5

[Markgway]

I didn't think MDB was predictable.

I mean, it's not the female Rocky is it?

I had no idea where the story was headed or the moral dilemma that Clint would face.

[bradavon]

Me either.

[romerojpg]

It's excellent. I love how Clint goes for old fashioned film-making, feeling no need for wall-to-wall CGI.

Guess you never went to the cinema to see his latest film them

[bradavon]

I forgot about that one. It didn't look very Clint, so I didn't bother.

[romerojpg]

I guess you also forgot his two war films packed with dodgy CGI shots every few minutes?

[luckystars]

I guess you also forgot his two war films packed with dodgy CGI shots every few minutes?

Yes they should've used real grenades on those actors

[romerojpg]

Just the evil Japanese

[luckystars]

Just the evil Japanese

Oh hush.


Come to think of it, did Clint kill a lot of them off with a real Tsunami for Hereafter?

[Markgway]

Piranha (2010) *.5

Lousy exploitation pic didn't even meet my limited expectations.
Bad acting, bad writing, characters you don't give a shit about, excessive use of CGI....
Only the balls-out gorefest set-piece 2/3 of the way thru saved this dumb trash from a BOMB rating.

[saltysam]

The Happening 1/5 Wtf was everyone involved in this nonsense smoking?? Marky Mark as a science teacher who,in one ludicrous scene asks a plastic plant for permission to take a leak just plain stupid,though i must admit the opening 3-4 minutes are well done and quite chilling.Gets a point for being more watchable than Lady In The Water.

Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part One 2.5/5 Penultimate Potter film seems to be marking time before the big finale,with lots of rather boring sequences of Potter/Ron & Hermione setting up tents and being miserable in various locations.Still while for me a lesser entry in the series it's still well made and certainly not bad.

[Markgway]

Red **
Half-baked action comedy has a germ of a good idea (pensioner assassins) but wastes a good cast on limp material.
Hard to believe that Mary-Louise Parker is 46 here. She looks at least a decade younger.
Also the violence is too strong IMO for a '12' (a neck is broken in the first 10 mins) but that's no real surprise.

[brooce-leroy]

I thought RED was a 4/5 or 3/4. Great fun with the whole cast on top form. Just a real breeze to watch.

[Markgway]

The Island (1980) *

Michael Caine versus a bunch of pirate wankers who look like rejects from some MIA Monty Python sketch.

Remember when we were arguing about what a turkey was?

THIS is a TURKEY.

[bradavon]

It looked dreadful. I turned over.

[Markgway]

Salt **

Surprisingly dull thriller gets off to an OK start but is undone by a murky, risible plot that takes some swallowing. This should've been a lot more fun.

[bradavon]

I thought it was okay but no way a keeper.

[saltysam]

Repo Men 2/5 Genre movie can't quite decide what it wants to be,a Robocop type satire,a gory sci-fi actioner or a chase movie.in the end it falls somewhere between all three genres and fails to satisfy.the premise is quite good,in the future people needing life saving organs can buy them via high interest loans,when they fall behind on the payments the said Repo Men come to take them back.First half hour was pretty good but the picture fizzled out and never quite recovered.

[Shingster]

Completely unengaging film I thought, intensely derivative as well.

[gasteropod]

Escape from New York: 4/5

Now I fully appreciate and enjoy it, and the US BD is pretty good PQ-wise, shame about the complete lack of extras.

[Markgway]

The Other Guys *
Rock bottom action comedy. I gave up after an hour. Life is too short to sit thru this kind of lame-o shit.

Easy A **.5
Not bad teen comedy should offer some appeal to those who enjoy John Hughes movies from the 80s. Some witty dialogue and a charismatic performance by Emma Stone at its core compensates for a badly structured script.

[Markgway]

The Spy Next Door **.5

Surprisingly enjoyable family comedy isn't really for Chan fans, but if you have young kids you could do a lot worse than pop this good natured fluff on for them.

[saltysam]

Daybreakers 2.5/5 Ok Vampire yarn,a well made effort from the Spirling Brothers,who made the awful Undead a few years back.though it offers no real surprises it benefits from a very good cast, (Ethan Hawke,Sam Neill,Willem Dafoe) and a lean 98 miniute brisk running time.

[romerojpg]

A keeper Salty?

Hey its worth watching the documentary on the disc (its about 2 hours long!) really tells a good tale of how it was made and the troubles they had, and the fact the directors sat in their bedrooms and did a lot of the CGI!!! fuck me imagine Mr Bay doing scenes from Transformers 3 on his laptop haha

[Markgway]

Coincidence: I watched DAYBREAKERS last night.
I'd give it ***/4
I found it intelligent and quite gripping even though (as Sam says) there were no major surprises.
The atmosphere reminded me a bit of Gattaca (another underrated Ethan Hawke picture).
Not a keeper for me but I would recommend it to vampire fans.

[romerojpg]

Not a keeper and you gave it 3, your standards for keeping must be high

I watched it a few days ago as well.