deanb Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes So I'd have swapped the titles around personally, the first feels more like a dawn, and this is the "rise". Anywho, overall a pretty great film to watch. I'm not sure if "normally" it'd have subtitles for the apes, but we didn't mind much there being none and made it quite fun, performances help convey the message anyway. Absolutely love Kobo, even if I'd seen one of his best scenes before the movie came out as a featurette. It was quite cool to kinda show how the apes were much the same as the humans before them, with all the military coups n what not. Edge of Tomorrow Had been on my list for a while, was picked out by a housemate to watch. A pretty enjoyable film, I quite like Groundhog Day and this was much the same with the added guns and such. I'd seen folks remark on how the Mimics were pretty cool and I'll agree. It was a relatively simple plot and premise all in all and definitely very video-gamey with the "well I've fucked up, it'd be easier to go back to the checkpoint than continue with my fucked up character". It's like a movie of me playing a Souls game. Even to the point of "well I'm not progressing in this direction, may as well go to a different area entirely". Will probs watch again in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 The Hobbit By no means is it an amazing finale, just solid. But I had to decide between putting it here and in the 'ok' thread, so I thought I enjoyed it more than just thinking it was ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 The Man from Nowhere This movie has like the best arch nemesis of sorts ever. This is what Taken aspire to be. Just watch it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielpholt Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 The Man from Nowhere This movie has like the best arch nemesis of sorts ever. This is what Taken aspire to be. Just watch it. Also bring tissues. That film broke me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies Possibly my least favourite of all the Middle-Earth films. Just about scrapes a 'good' rating. The "Like butter scraped over too much bread" thing really started to show this time, I felt. Not that there wasn't a bunch happening, and it actually felt like a different film, but it was somewhat disjointed and back and forth with the lack of cohesion present in the earlier films. Lots of fun, cool, creative action as usual, but the slightly dodgy effects really undermined certain bits more than in the past. I'm a big fan of Legolas, but his action scenes maybe went too far into God of War videogamey territory. I do think the Bilbo stuff worked rather well though, and there was a nice ending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 The Interview. Not sure what people expected. I guess they expected more. Its just a funny movie. its not trying to say anything and its not really satire. Just a funny movie with a ridiculous premise those dudes must have come up with while they were stoned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielpholt Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 The Interview. Not sure what people expected. I guess they expected more. Its just a funny movie. its not trying to say anything and its not really satire. Just a funny movie with a ridiculous premise those dudes must have come up with while they were stoned. I think you just described all the films featuring those guys as the main protagonists. Whatever, I enjoy their team-ups, I just think some people expected something truly different; and not another Rogan/Franco comedy. Those are pretty hit and miss with folk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 (edited) Gone Girl - A really good adaptation of an average novel. The film does a great job at making you feel sympathetic towards Amy - she isn't so likeable in the book. Guardians of the Galaxy - enjoyable, but I don't get why everyone was raving about it. Too many explosions, too much slow-mo and too little in the way of all that interesting plot for me to love it. Edited December 29, 2014 by Nexus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 BAN HIM!! BAN HI....wait. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TCP Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) The Hobbit Battle of the Five ArmiesIt was pretty good compared to the other two, though I really think they'd have been better going to two movies rather than three. I'm honestly surprised PJ didn't drag the ending out a bit, he would have been forgiven in wrapping things up a little more, I think. I'm sort of sad there won't be another one, the first one came out when I was a freshman in highschool, it's almost a yearly tradition now (except for all those years in-between Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit). So what were the five armies? We have the dwarves, the elves, the orcs... does the second orc army count as a separate army? Do the humans from Lake Town count as an army? Are the eagles an army? Edited January 4, 2015 by The Cowboy Poet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 Orcs (only one army, two fronts) versus Elves, Dwarves (more the Iron Hill dwarves than the company), Men of Lake Town, and yes..The Eagles. Beorn doesn't count as an army. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 Shutter Island Neat thriller. Maybe a tad overlong and the dream sequences look a bit too... crappy, but I suppose that might've been intentional. Either way, it's all well-played and some nice casting choices with Max Von Sydow and Buffalo Bill. The twist is very much Memento, but the ending here really makes it too. Birdman Absurd, tense, entertaining, impressive. A marvellous film about narcissism, desperation, artistic integrity, celebrity and relationships. And all the better because it revolves around a very contained area for nearly the whole runtime in a faux-single long take that actually covers a few days. Though my friend felt anxious, because it flows so easily from one thing to the next and there's a constant 'drum score' throughout. Lots of great performances, particularly from Keaton, but Edward Norton steals every scene he's in. The ending is a bit... eh, but everything else is ace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 I say god DAMN hot heart watching 2 great films back to back I see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielpholt Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Only Lovers Left Alive - Kind of disappointed by this one. The film has a wonderful world, the actors are all on fine form but nothing really happens. Music was fun however and again, the two leads knocked it out of the park; I just wish a little more had happened. Blue Ruin - Again a tiny bit disappointing. The film starts strongly, and ends with one of my favourite scenes of the last few years, but the middle gets a little long. It's certainly one that I'll revisit again at some point though. The Guest - Probably my favourite of the three here. It's stylish, gripping and looks cool as fuck. I'll skip over the obvious Drive comparisons and say that It's certainly worth a look, and will probably be on my best of list for the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 The Imitation Game Cucumberbatch absolutely fucking stole the show. I'd argue it's his best performance yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Selma Great look at Dr. King's involvement in the Selma march in 1965 as well as how the Civil Rights Movement organized and operated as well as the tension between King's organization, local activists, and President Johnson. Quite relevant these days, too. Some critics, including some historians, say that Johnson is not portrayed fairly, but I disagree; Johnson had tried to avoid a fight in Congress regarding Jim Crow laws because he felt he was wasting political capital he needed to either get out of Vietnam or pass more Great Society legislation. He also felt that revisiting voting rights a year after the 1964 Civil Rights Act (which forbade states from restrciting the right to vote based on race) passed would squander political capital on an issue already addressed. The movie highlights this and humanizes Johnson quite well even though the aforementioned critics seem to want Johnson lionized in every portrayal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Snowpiercer Weird as shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 I only wanna watch Selma because The Bunk is in it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Django Unchained. Fantastic. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) Fuck yeah, I love that movie. Might be my favorite Tarantino film out of all of them, at least until Hateful Eight comes out. Edited January 11, 2015 by Mister Jack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normo Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 I guess Guardians of the Galaxy was pretty good. It was a nice departure from the standard Marvel movie due to it's sense of humour, but even with that, it still felt pretty tame. I think my viewing habits are a bit saturated with Hollywood action movies; I need to see movies from different genres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Beorn doesn't count as an army. You take that back! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) We watched Tim Burton's Batman last week (going in the OK thread), but last night we watched Batman Returns. I haven't watched this since I was about 10 or 12. It's bloody classic. Effortlessly rectifies all the problems and narrative corruptions Burton introduced in the first one. My partner hasn't seriously watched any of the Batman movies (don't ask me how), so we're watching them all in chronological order. She's loving it. 1966 was a hysterical romp. Batman was okay, a little dull and ruined our pace. But Returns just brought it right back up to speed. I wasn't planning on bringing in Forever or & Robin, but now I'm like "screw it, even though they're mainly shit it's worth it'. It'll all be perfect set up for Batman Begins, which, imho, is the best Batman movie yet made. Django Unchained. Fantastic. Fuck yeah, I love that movie. Might be my favorite Tarantino film out of all of them, at least until Hateful Eight comes out. Yes, yes. I think Django is the best movie he's made. That joint with Reservoir Dogs. These are his only two films which are totally singular, totally coherent, and totally entertaining to boot. I think there are a couple of mis-steps later in Django, but on the whole, great. Edited January 12, 2015 by kenshi_ryden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Oh, see I thought the last half of Django was better than the first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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