What film did you watch last night?

Bony Maloney · 7 Jan 2015 at 10:56

The Theory of Everything.
Fabulous and very humbling movie. Eddie Redmayne particularly fantastic as Stephen Hawking, Felicity Jones excellent as Jane Hawking.

9/10.

King4aDay · 7 Jan 2015 at 12:41

Under The Skin 8/10

Nervy, disturbing and oblique with some absolutely cracking visual effects and a great discordant soundtrack. Hilarious juxtaposition of ScarJo and Weegies.

Went to bed thinking about it and woke up still thinking about it, which is always a good sign.

Gman · 7 Jan 2015 at 13:01

Pighardia said:
Controversial, but I honestly believe that in the future, that is the one people will look back on as the best of the trilogy.

Lima said:
I actually thought the dark knight rises was an absolutely abysmal film. I-M-O pretty much everything about it was terrible. A generous 5/10. I'm prepared to be slaughtered now by the fanboys

Got to agree it would have been good until the very end when the bomb was detonated in the water, it blew not that far off land and Gotham in the film was basically at sea level. The entire place would had flooded.

rant over

Rybo89 · 7 Jan 2015 at 13:20

SixTwoSix said:
was it...

the whole "i'm your dad" thing? Really peed me off!

Yeah, come out of nowhere, showing the flashback of the affair.

Thought we was going to get some kind of Outlaw film, but no.... We got a turd twist to the plot.

ChroniC · 7 Jan 2015 at 13:42

Will21st said:
Avatar Extended Special Edition 9/10

brilliant film-making and nuts and bolts story-telling. Love it.

Haha. Each to their own!

Birdman!

Didn't like it, however I think it might be an occasion where I am wrong, if things aren't subjective.
The acting is very theatrical, and in your face down your throat, but at half way I wanted it to end. The effort for the camera work, and most probably the actual acting will be considered fantastic by many and it's an ambitious idea. Just not for me.

Malevolence · 7 Jan 2015 at 16:36

Will21st said:
Avatar Extended Special Edition 9/10

brilliant film-making and nuts and bolts story-telling. Love it.

That's the one I have, absolutely stunning movie in full HD on a large screen.

Captain · 7 Jan 2015 at 17:30

Gone Girl. 7/10.

Story took a rather unexpected turn which is always good, ended rather abruptly though which i didn't like.

chroniclard · 7 Jan 2015 at 17:36

Paddington, fairly poor even for a kids flick, no real humour or character, missed opportunity for me. 4/10

mrk · 7 Jan 2015 at 17:38

There wasn't much hype over it anyway and it smelled like a stinker to me immediately. Good to see my senses didn't disappoint

Uncle Petey · 7 Jan 2015 at 17:39

But easyrider says it's 9/10. You guys are clearly idiots.

chroniclard · 7 Jan 2015 at 17:51

7 year old and 4 year old enjoyed it(though not as much as the decent kids films), wife and I were a bit "meh".

V F · 7 Jan 2015 at 18:25

Gman said:
Got to agree it would have been good until the very end when the bomb was detonated in the water, it blew not that far off land and Gotham in the film was basically at sea level. The entire place would had flooded.

rant over

Plus everywhere was New York. The thing I loved about 89/Returns Batman was, there was nothing that resembled real places. It was a place known as Gotham City itself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnDdNewiwcM#t=400

Uncle Petey · 7 Jan 2015 at 19:12

Saturday night at the movies was quality. The good old days with Barry Norman doing his thing too.

V F · 7 Jan 2015 at 20:21

Indeed. None of this opinionated Kermode stuff.

The good ol days.

dl8860 · 8 Jan 2015 at 09:48

Saw The Theory of Everything last night.

Absolute 9/10, very ambitious but amazingly well made. I was pretty much weeping for most of the walk home, though I can't really tell why. Emotionally stirring in a very good way. Massively impressed with Redmayne, he was incredible.

King4aDay · 8 Jan 2015 at 10:31

Elysium 6/10

As with the brilliant District 9, Blomkamp does a good job making the special effects feel meaty (sometimes literally!) and there is some attempt at social commentary but overall this a much weaker film with largely two dimensional characters and a cliché ridden plot.

BillHicksRIP · 8 Jan 2015 at 10:33

Nightcrawler - 8/10. Solid performance from Jake Gyllenhaal. Quite unnerving there's people like that out and about right now.

Coherence - 8/10. A group of people at a dinner party fall foul of Schrodinger's Cat when a comet goes over and their alternate selves start showing up. No-name cast (apart from Homeland's Max) but a really well done head**** of a script.

Youth In Revolt - 3/10. The Michael Cera boat certainly left me on the dock. Great cast, great intro credits but I want to wring the guy's neck, especially if he's sporting a moustache.

insane200 · 8 Jan 2015 at 10:36

The Maze Runner.

7/10 quite a good film, few nice effect's in the maze, left me wanting to see the sequel later this year.

SixTwoSix · 8 Jan 2015 at 11:16

dl8860 said:
Saw The Theory of Everything last night.

Absolute 9/10, very ambitious but amazingly well made. I was pretty much weeping for most of the walk home, though I can't really tell why. Emotionally stirring in a very good way. Massively impressed with Redmayne, he was incredible.

Watching this on Saturday, I know it's going to get to me because the trailer had me choked a little each time I watched it.

That was offset by the trailer for Jupiter Ascending afterwards with the actor playing Hawking as a cardboard cut out bad guy.

shorttricky · 8 Jan 2015 at 12:14

Finally got round to watching Babadook. It's been so hyped, I was expecting a lot and was assuming I'd be disappointed.

Totally wrong. Brilliant brilliant film. One of the best horrors in a loooooong time.

Kind of had a vibe of what would have happened if Kubrick hadn't made the Shining, but made Evil Dead instead.