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The new Muppet Movie
2/10
even my daughter didnt like it - soooooooo s l o w
also disagree with those saying Tinker Tailor is a 8/10+ film 6 or 7 at best, well shot, well acted but you could guess 'who dunnit' just by the casting.
Buried watched on Thursday night 5 out of 10. Just kept shouting at the telly bloody stupid Americans. Before that the new Sherlock film was great 9/10
Captain America dull dull dull
Dispicable Me. An above average modern kids movie. Very funny, great to look at although perhaps a touch sentimental for some STW grumps (not me) at the end.
"The Lives of Others"
Surveillance in Stasi-controlled East Berlin in 1984.
Absolutely brilliant film. Very poignant ending.
Drive, I would give it a seven, cool soundtrack and a nice feel about it, but could have been so much better.
The new Sherlock Holmes, I would give an eight, my Mum liked it too.
La Haine - watched last night. Been wanting to watch it for years. 7.5/10. A good (classic) movie, but i felt that it was missing something.
Mesrine next.
The Departed - 7.5/10
Source code the other night on bluray 6/10.
Avatar last night 5/10.
warrior - superb
Tinker tailor soldier spy.. Slow but very good. 8/10
Drive - 7/10
Liked the pace, the cinematography, acting and soundtrack. Really enjoyed the relationships between the different characters.
But for me, it would have been better without the graphic violence - it could have worked really well if it had been implied or bubbling under. As it was it came across as try-hard and sensational.
Not watched it yet but i have just got hesher to watch tonight hopefully thats good.
immortals last night which was ok give it a 7.
And submarine i liked 8 out of 10
Contraband - 6/10
I should've known as Mark Wahlberg is in it. Slow, boring storyline, not much action.
Watched a film called 'The Way' with Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez .It's about a Father whoes son dies and he then does the pilgrimage El Camino walk in his honour . It also stars James Nesbitt and was pretty good .
7/10
The new Sherlock is good, if you like Pirates of the Carribean type films.
I'm not a film watcher, but went to the Odeon to watch it after I'd seen the first one on the telly. Really enjoyed it.
Previous cinema visit was Last King of Scotland. Had to go with SWMBO as she had spent time in Uganda. Actually was really good.
Before that I went to see Toy Story when my lad was about 6yo, so about 16 years ago!
Oooh, just remembered, I watched Vantage Point on DVD a few years ago. That was pretty good IIRC.
8/10 Chronicle.
[i]Bombay Beach[/i] - fragmentary, near-dreamlike exploration of life at the American margin... with dancing. By turns funny & very sad, and beautifully shot.
Didn't know what to expect, but a strangely uplifting experience. 8/10.
Troll Hunter, funny adn very entertaining despite being Norwegian with subtitles, great special effects (unless it was real) and filmed around a fantastic backdrop of fjords and mountains, a great place to go mtb,ing, even night riding if you dare! 8/10
Took our 5yo son to watch the latest Muppets movie on half term.
Utter pants.
In all our opinions.
He lost interest half way through.
Apparently my two nephews (5 & 7) enjoyed it though. There's no accounting for taste I suppose. 😉
Muppets - 7/10
The Muppets
Had some funny moments, kids (6 and 10) loved it.
Any more sugary though, and I'd have come out of the cinema with diabetes.
7/10 (10/10 for kids)
9.5/10
Not a movie but i just watched a first season box set of dexter that a mate lent me and its brilliant!!
Marx Brothers - Duck Soup
Not the best MB film, has it's funny set pieces as usual but it has no flow to it.
The Devils double, no idea how factual, if at all. Few gory moments, plays on stereotypes, but watchable enough.
Drive - 8/10
TT- Closer to the Edge, not really a movie i suppose but 9.9/10, Guy Martin is a brillant in it, especially as he seems to spend most of his time on his mountain bike
BigJohn - Member9.5/10
Didn't think it was that good, the ending let it down I thought.
Cannibal Holocaust. A proper nasty film that I probably wouldn't recommend to anyone who hasn't got a strong constitution or is really into horror. It made all 3 of us who watched it feel very grubby and ill and I cant see myself watching it again. Then again, if the aim of a horror movie is to horrify rather than scare, then it achieved its goal. 6.5/10.
"Adventureland"
I thought I couldn't stand the 2 main actors before this - I was wrong - I love films with virtually no plot
9/10
The Ward - 3/10 (the shower scene moves it up from -2)
Chronicle - 0/10.
Absolutely dire. My wife fell asleep.
Troll Hunter not as good as I was hoping, a bit to long maybe. 6/10
I watched Troll Hunter last night - I thought it was very good.
The Muppets, thought it wasn't that good but if you watched the tv series you'll want to go like I did. Daughter, 7, thought it was ok but not great.
Edit: the highlight was Animal at anger managemnet classes with jack black.
Watched Aliens versus Cowboys last night, better than I had imagined, not that I imagined much to start with but ok.
I recently watched Master and Commander, Far side of the world.
Flippin excellent little film.
Monsters Inc with my 5 yr old boy
What a top movie, the bit in the conveyor/crusher is so funny
Real Steel - 7/10
boxers replaced by robots - basically rocky in a tin can. Predicatble, but enjoyable - take it with a pinch of salt and its a fun film....
Girlfriend finally got me to see Warhorse.
Standard emotionally manipulative american spielberg drivel. Even she didn't like it. Over sentimentalised Dartmoor - not looking forward to the bus loadsof American tourists who will now undoubtedly descend upon my favourite haunts.
Cheers Steven.
3/10
Dogtooth - 6/10
Greek family 'social experiment', quite odd and darkly comical in places.
"The girl with the dragon tattoo."
Was much better than I thought it was going to be. Recommended.
Transformers 3 -
utter utter bobbins. It sounded great, fantastic cgi, BUT... the worst handled human scenes since Attack of the Clones, some random f-words chucked in, obvious plot holes & a complete snooze fest.
Woman in Black - Fantastic!
Just watched Moon sat in a hotel room on my lap top. Sci-fi for adults. Not a life changer but well worth seeing. 8/10.