Godfather 1&2

Godfather 1&2

 

One great film that very rarely gets superseded by the sequel.

The Railway Man,powerful film, excellent  8/10

The Railway Man,powerful film, excellent 8/10

stunning book too

Sex Tape

 

Kind of funny,but overall not impressed.My missus made the pick 

War of the worlds had a good soundtrack.

talking about soundtrack, ennio morricone's piece on once upon a time in america is my all time favorite

 

just watched amorres-perros, 7.8/10 

this is the end 8/10, i just can't seem to hate on a rogen-franco comedy 

talking about soundtrack, ennio morricone's piece on once upon a time in america is my all time favorite

 

 

 

Excellent film and soundtrack

Excellent film and soundtrack

 

yep,  deborah's theme is my favorite, felt like it sums up the whole movie perfectly, beautiful yet tragic

 

 

gave me the chills everytime

Edited August 1, 201510 yr by havelschayes

Watched gone girl last night. Was pretty good, although I spotted the plot twist within 5 minutes. Solid 7.5/10

Watched 71 the other night , really enjoyed it .

Set in Belfast I 1971 it is a topic most films struggle to keep the middle ground on and not come down in favour on one side of the fence but 71 managed it very well .

well worth a look 8/10 ( the camera work is a bit "shaky" at times but still worth watching ).

Chappie

 

Neill Blomkamp film, same guy who did District 9. 

 

Love the way he films things, got a unique visual style that I like. 

 

The film itself had a pretty paint by numbers plot and is basically an X rated version of Short Circuit (kinda)... Dragged a little in the middle but ended quite strongly. Worth a watch though. 

 

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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

 

Again brilliantly shot... The film is done to be like one continuous shot never cutting away just sweeping in and out of rooms. Very cleverly done and makes the film interesting for that alone. 

 

Michael Keaton is great in the lead role as an over the hill actor and the film follows him in the lead up to opening of his Broadway play and him battle his ego.

 

Edward Norton, who I rate really highly as an actor is also great in this. 

The Sand Pebbles and then Back to the future, I'm a movie fanatic.

The Worlds End.

Enjoyable Simon Pegg romp. Sort of like an amalgamation of Paul, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz

The Worlds End.

Enjoyable Simon Pegg romp. Sort of like an amalgamation of Paul, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz

 

I hated that film, I actually switched it off as soon as they encountered the first robot things!

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation.

 

Cruise is back for the fifth installment, and hasn't aged a day. The plane stunt is fantastically audacious, capping off a brilliant pre-credits sequence. A motorbike chase through Morocco is very exciting and Simon Pegg returning as Benji for his third MI film as the comic relief is much needed amongst the spies, double crosses and Jeremy "I can't act" Renner's unwelcome second appearance.

 

One of the best of the series, behind only the first and possibly the third one, I give it

 

8/10  

Edited August 3, 201510 yr by Blueblur

Can't remember which comedian it was but I liked:-

 

" 'Mission impossible' should be renamed to 'Mission really really difficult, but he'll manage it in the end' "

Chappie

Neill Blomkamp film, same guy who did District 9.

Love the way he films things, got a unique visual style that I like.

The film itself had a pretty paint by numbers plot and is basically an X rated version of Short Circuit (kinda)... Dragged a little in the middle but ended quite strongly. Worth a watch though.

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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Again brilliantly shot... The film is done to be like one continuous shot never cutting away just sweeping in and out of rooms. Very cleverly done and makes the film interesting for that alone.

Michael Keaton is great in the lead role as an over the hill actor and the film follows him in the lead up to opening of his Broadway play and him battle his ego.

Edward Norton, who I rate really highly as an actor is also great in this.

I liked Chappie. It did lose its way a bit in the middle as you say. I did not see the end coming at all (until just before) so that was good. I liked the actor who played Chappie's creator. A strong performance as he could easily have turned in a lazy depiction of a 'geek'.

Watched Casablanca with the missus last night, first time for her, I've seen it before but it never gets old, one of my favourite films.

"Here's looking at you kid"

10/10

Oh yeah and the missus had me watch "after the sunset" on Saturday.

What a brilliant film that was but saying that I'm a huge Pierce Brosnon fan & Salma Hayek, what more can you really say?

Chappie

Neill Blomkamp film, same guy who did District 9.

Love the way he films things, got a unique visual style that I like.

The film itself had a pretty paint by numbers plot and is basically an X rated version of Short Circuit (kinda)... Dragged a little in the middle but ended quite strongly. Worth a watch though.

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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Again brilliantly shot... The film is done to be like one continuous shot never cutting away just sweeping in and out of rooms. Very cleverly done and makes the film interesting for that alone.

Michael Keaton is great in the lead role as an over the hill actor and the film follows him in the lead up to opening of his Broadway play and him battle his ego.

Edward Norton, who I rate really highly as an actor is also great in this.

Watched about 15 mins of chappie but it didn't really suck me in. Think it was the whole 80's baddies character design. Will give it another chance as I really loved district 9 and elysium.

Watched about 15 mins of chappie but it didn't really suck me in. Think it was the whole 80's baddies character design. Will give it another chance as I really loved district 9 and elysium.

What's awesome about the baddies is that they are a real life South African hip hop group called Die Antwoord and they are using their stage names in the film.

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation.

 

Cruise is back for the fifth installment, and hasn't aged a day. The plane stunt is fantastically audacious, capping off a brilliant pre-credits sequence. A motorbike chase through Morocco is very exciting and Simon Pegg returning as Benji for his third MI film as the comic relief is much needed amongst the spies, double crosses and Jeremy "I can't act" Renner's unwelcome second appearance.

 

One of the best of the series, behind only the first and possibly the third one, I give it

 

8/10

Really? I thought Jeremy Renner was amazing in the hurt locker. Will have to catch this for the chases and stuff.

yep,  deborah's theme is my favorite, felt like it sums up the whole movie perfectly, beautiful yet tragic

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuyYc0gINbU

 

gave me the chills everytime

Got to love his work on the spaghetti westerns, iconic soundtracks.

I liked MI IV as well, and thought Jeremy Renner was good in it.