Life of Pi - 8/10
What film did you watch last night?
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We went to the cinema to see Side Effects. Observations:
1) Good cast. Jude Law was excellent, though this is kind of his bag really - he works well when he's playing someone on the back foot. Rooney Mara was convincing.
2) PRODUCT PLACEMENT. Rolling Rock, Red Bull, BMW, Apple, Blackberry...
3) Having suffered with depression and whatnot in the past, I found the film a bit hard to swallow, in the sense that I kinda understand war veterans getting upset about WW2 becoming a source of entertainment. That's not to say there are no films about mental illness that I enjoy, but this one felt different somehow. Perhaps because of point 4.
4) OH NOES SPOILERS.
1) Good cast. Jude Law was excellent, though this is kind of his bag really - he works well when he's playing someone on the back foot. Rooney Mara was convincing.
2) PRODUCT PLACEMENT. Rolling Rock, Red Bull, BMW, Apple, Blackberry...
3) Having suffered with depression and whatnot in the past, I found the film a bit hard to swallow, in the sense that I kinda understand war veterans getting upset about WW2 becoming a source of entertainment. That's not to say there are no films about mental illness that I enjoy, but this one felt different somehow. Perhaps because of point 4.
4) OH NOES SPOILERS.
The twist from a story about mental illness, depression, drugs to what felt like a fairly by the numbers double crossing thriller annoyed me. I felt like the story started out as something quite interesting and finished as something quite dull.
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Just finished "Running Scared".
Surprisingly, it was a brilliant film, flew completely under my radar.
8.5/10
Surprisingly, it was a brilliant film, flew completely under my radar.
8.5/10
The Avengers 7/10
Guess the hype got the better of me, found the first hour and a half pretty boring. Robert Downy Jr gave some funny moments and The Hulk was pretty epic.
The characters were all a bit to samey, like specialising in close combat and nothing else. I certainly came away feeling pretty disappointed after seeing it - and 7/10 may even be a bit to generous...
Guess the hype got the better of me, found the first hour and a half pretty boring. Robert Downy Jr gave some funny moments and The Hulk was pretty epic.
The characters were all a bit to samey, like specialising in close combat and nothing else. I certainly came away feeling pretty disappointed after seeing it - and 7/10 may even be a bit to generous...
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Goon 7/10
Fairly relentless, almost slapstick violence but a pretty enjoyable watch. Switch off for a bit and enjoy a bit of a different character turn for once from the lead, Seann William Scott (a.k.a. Stiffler from American Pie) who actually pulls off a pretty passable performance as the simple and well-to-do brute of the story.
Fairly relentless, almost slapstick violence but a pretty enjoyable watch. Switch off for a bit and enjoy a bit of a different character turn for once from the lead, Seann William Scott (a.k.a. Stiffler from American Pie) who actually pulls off a pretty passable performance as the simple and well-to-do brute of the story.
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Kill Bill vol 1 - 9/10
Seen it many times, never get's old, love it!
Seen it many times, never get's old, love it!
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Premium Rush. 7.5/10
I am a bike fan so enjoyed it probably a tad more than most would.
Not a bad movie though. Made me wanna jump up afterwards and get out on my bike!
I am a bike fan so enjoyed it probably a tad more than most would.
Not a bad movie though. Made me wanna jump up afterwards and get out on my bike!
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Between the Canals.
An Irish movie set in Dublin on Paddy's day. I am Irish and from dublin and it took me a few minutes to tune in to the accents. Still great to see Dublin and not a totally unbelievable bunch of characters.
7/10
An Irish movie set in Dublin on Paddy's day. I am Irish and from dublin and it took me a few minutes to tune in to the accents. Still great to see Dublin and not a totally unbelievable bunch of characters.
7/10
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A Serious Man - Coen Brothers film, so you might think it would be good. Straight after watching it I thought I would give it a score out of 10 and came up with Chicken.
Probably the most Jewish film I have ever seen, so I am sure some of the comedy went way past me.. Plus, the annoying thing is it just ended, with no conclusion.
Probably the most Jewish film I have ever seen, so I am sure some of the comedy went way past me.. Plus, the annoying thing is it just ended, with no conclusion.
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A Serious Man - Coen Brothers film, so you might think it would be good. Straight after watching it I thought I would give it a score out of 10 and came up with Chicken.
Probably the most Jewish film I have ever seen, so I am sure some of the comedy went way past me.. Plus, the annoying thing is it just ended, with no conclusion.
It was a bloody awful film. Beginning couple mins was okay and it just went down hill from there.
Jews going to Jew.
What about Mr "bow and arrow" man?
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Watched this is 40 last night. Didn't realise at the start that it was a spin off to knocked up. As in the family are the sisters family from the film.
It was actually really good. Some bits in it had me howling with laughter. Well worth a watch! 8/10
It was actually really good. Some bits in it had me howling with laughter. Well worth a watch! 8/10