What film did you watch last night?

[GrumpyGregry]

Jerry Maguire.

Forgotten how much I love that movie.

 

[AndyRM]

Went to see Chappie last night.

8/10

Ignore the (other) Internet halfwits who have scored it poorly. This is a really clever bit of social commentary as well as a visual feast. Chappie is the most engaging robot since Deckard.

 

[talisman50082]

Cowspiracy:The sustainability secret. Thought provoking issues regarding greenhouse gases etc. Seems that cows cause more pollution than cars.

 

[ayceejay]

I watched The Counsellor and I would love for someone to tell me what it was all about. The image of Cameron Diaz like a fish on the side of an aquarium makes me feel unclean.

 

[jhawk]

"Tears of the Sun". Brilliant film!

 

[AndyRM]

I watched The Counsellor and I would love for someone to tell me what it was all about. The image of Cameron Diaz like a fish on the side of an aquarium makes me feel unclean.

Dressed up in all the verbose w*nkery is a simple message 'greed is bad'.

To be honest, I quite enjoyed it. Mostly because it's stupidly pretentious and doesn't care. Diaz was exposed as a hopeless actress (hardly a surprise), and wonder if they chucked that bit in with the car to see if she was daft enough to agree to it.

 

[Tin Pot]

The Siege 1998
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0133952/
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According to an interview that screenwriter Lawrence Wrightgave to CBS in 2007, the film was a box office failure upon its theatrical release, "but it was the most-rented movie in America after 9/11." Wright also claimed that the initial release bombed because "Muslim and Arab protesters picketed the theaters. They were furious at being stereotyped as terrorists.""

Also goes to show how the debate has not moved i since 1998 at least. The movie has all the issues you'd expect.

And reminds people that this was all a big deal before 9/11

Quite good. 8/10

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Last night I watched 2 episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Season 6 of 7), covering the war between the Federation and the Dominion, with the second episode seeing our heroes taking back control of Deep Space Nine from the Dominion. It was pretty spectacular: full-on Space Opera.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

The Imitation Game
(and then Enigma)

TIG didn't do it for me.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I watched The Counsellor and I would love for someone to tell me what it was all about. The image of Cameron Diaz like a fish on the side of an aquarium makes me feel unclean.

I thought the violence was pornographic and won't watch it again.

 

[swee'pea99]

Watched something called Real Steel, which I'd never heard of, tho' it came out as recently as 2011, and apparently cost $110million to make. That's big bananas. It sounded pretty daft from the description, but it got 7.1, so I thought I'd give it a go. It was ok, I suppose. Not worth $110million tho'...

 

[ayceejay]

Watched something called Real Steel, which I'd never heard of, tho' it came out as recently as 2011, and apparently cost $110million to make. That's big bananas. It sounded pretty daft from the description, but it got 7.1, so I thought I'd give it a go. It was ok, I suppose. Not worth $110million tho'...

What would you do with $110 million swee pea?
I look at the selection on Netflix and despair when I think of the wasted money

 

[benb]

Watched something called Real Steel, which I'd never heard of, tho' it came out as recently as 2011, and apparently cost $110million to make. That's big bananas. It sounded pretty daft from the description, but it got 7.1, so I thought I'd give it a go. It was ok, I suppose. Not worth $110million tho'...

I quite liked that. I thought it had unexpected emotional depth, and was actually quite a touching film.

 

[swee'pea99]

I quite liked that. I thought it had unexpected emotional depth, and was actually quite a touching film.

It wasn't awful by any means...just not worth the money, IMHO.

Tonight, From Hell - a Jack the Ripper movie with Johnnie Depp as a Police Inspector. That wasn't worth $33million. Again, got pretty reasonable reviews overall, but pretty damn clunky in my view...spent a lot of it only half-watching, while browsing aimlessly...

 

[swee'pea99]

What would you do with $110 million swee pea?

Oh, and the answer to that is God Knows. But the last time I saw a budget like that really pay off was Gladiator, t'other night.