What film did you watch last night?

Can you keep a secret? On Netflix.

The definition of a chick flick, a B-movie version at that, totally predictable and cliche and average acting at best, cheap sets and mediocre dialogue but I still enjoyed it more than that film about the power pill saw yesterday. It shows how forgettable that movie was.
 
Jokester said:
Yep, I went back and watched BR (Final Cut - the fact this exists at all says something) and there's a lot of rose tinted glasses going on I think - particularly as regards the pacing and story. If you removed Rutger Hauer's monologue (that he ad-libbed as well!), would it be remembered so fondly?
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I'll echo this, let me start by saying Bladerunner is in my top movies of all time, love it from start to finish. However it has not aged well in parts and it is indeed carried heavily by the end act with Hauers haunting monologue. The monologue wasn't really ad-libbed, he cut down the original quite lengthy monologue with Scotts blessing before filming and the only part he actually adds himself, is the "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die." Regardless though, still an iconic and haunting ending.

I've mentioned in here before I never wanted a sequel when it was announced but now we have it, i'm glad and for me its an absolutely worthy follow up.
 
Pain & Gain. It's a Michael Bay film so full of slow-mo, Dutch angles, scantily dressed women and some inappropriate humour but despite being stupid - it was good silly fun.

6/10.
 
Ad Astra - 2/5

Dad goes mental, tries to microwave the Earth, son travels to Neptune to ram a nuke up his backside and encounters space monkeys on the way.

The above just above covers the plot and I was genuinely confused what the point of the film was after watching it but Pitt was excellent.
 
Pigeon_Killer said:
Ad Astra - 2/5

Dad goes mental, tries to microwave the Earth, son travels to Neptune to ram a nuke up his backside.

The above just above covers the plot and I was genuinely confused what the point of the film was after watching it but Pitt was excellent.
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Film looked great with some nice early set pieces especially the moon buggy part. Like you, I felt it was a bit of a pointless endeavor and wasn't really satisfied with the ending.
 
The Vanishing 8/10
Old Dutch mystery / horror film. Really good and great ending.

The lives of others 8/10
Another quality foreign film. This time about people under surveillance by the Starsy in East Germany.

Both far better than anything coming out of Hollywood these days.
 
We were soldiers (2002) - 5/10
Never watched this till this weekend and now I remember why I put it off. Really suffers from having characters you don't care about and action sequences that don't feel tense at all. Very much had Mel Gibson's fingerprints all over it and not in a good way.

Platoon (1986) - 8/10
Not seen it for years, but after We were soldiers I was hungry for Nam, but done right. Didn't disappoint, this is the first time I have seen the blu-ray transfer and wow. Instantly drawn in from the first frame to the last scene, Stones best film by far.
 
IvanDobskey said:
The Vanishing 8/10
Old Dutch mystery / horror film. Really good and great ending.

The lives of others 8/10
Another quality foreign film. This time about people under surveillance by the Starsy in East Germany.

Both far better than anything coming out of Hollywood these days.
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Lives of Others is excellent, quite unsettling and moving from memory.
 
I watched The Island of Dr Moreau last night after watching The Island of Dr Moreau - The Most Disastrous Movie Ever Made on youtube, knowing the history behind the film makes it watchable, it's still terrible but it's the good kind of terrible when you know why it is so terrible
 
Minusorange said:
I watched The Island of Dr Moreau last night after watching The Island of Dr Moreau - The Most Disastrous Movie Ever Made on youtube, knowing the history behind the film makes it watchable, it's still terrible but it's the good kind of terrible when you know why it is so terrible
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You have me intrigued. I might check this out later tonight.
 
Pigeon_Killer said:
Ad Astra - 2/5

Dad goes mental, tries to microwave the Earth, son travels to Neptune to ram a nuke up his backside and encounters space monkeys on the way.

The above just above covers the plot and I was genuinely confused what the point of the film was after watching it but Pitt was excellent.
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And it was never explained how both the Lunar and Martian bases appear to have artificial gravity yet they were still using chemical rockets to get about.
 
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