Question Film of The Year

[Job]

Started watching captain phillips but after reading what a pile of shite the story is and how hes a douchebag in real life I had to switch off after two minutes of Hanks building up this great guy image.
Deleted..pity..such a great copy.

 

[DaGaffer]

Just watched Dallas Buyers Club. OK film but seriously good acting. You can see why Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto are up for Oscars.

 

[caLLous]

McConaughey is really nailing it recently. I remember him mostly from A Time to Kill but he seems to have gone on to another level in the past year or so. I haven't watched The Wolf of Wall Street or Dallas Buyers Club yet but he was excellent in Mud and True Detective is just great all round.

 

[Billargh]

He was fantastic in Killer Joe too, if you haven't seen it I'd definitely consider giving it a watch.

 

[fettoken]

Watching Nymfomaniac tomorrow with a lass. This movie could be potentially awesome. 4 hours and 20 minutes though.

 

[old.Tohtori]

4 hours and 20 minutes though.

To the, umm, esteemed moviemakers of hollywood and other possibly more independent, future or present, movie makers, could i have a moment to address the movie length of a single piece of entertainment with the following;

 

[Lamp]

Anyone seen the new Robocop?

 

[Olgaline]

Le Good:
- Rush (Great movie through and through)
- Dallas Buys Club (avrage movie, awesome acting!)
- Now you see me (Yes I actually enjoyed it)
- Silver linings Playbook (positive suprise)
- Lone Ranger (some nice lol moments, undeserved bad rap imho)
- 42 (great story, good acting)

Les Disapointments:
- Loopers (soo much potential in this movie wasted)
- 21 jump Street (was expecting bad, turned out to be worse)
- Elysium (Again much potential wasted, and waay to much focus on the same bloody guy/role from District 9)
- Endors Game (zzzzzZz...odd sudden jumps in story without much explanation, and alot of huh? why? ehm? moments)
- Gravity (disapointing, borring & predictable)

 

[Raven]

Do films run on a different schedule in weirdoland or something?

 

[Olgaline]

Aww, I think Raven might have a hard on for me.
oh alright then!

 

[Billargh]

21 Jump Street came out in early 2012 man. Clearly you're a bit mental though since you thought it was rubbish.

 

[Olgaline]

21 Jump Street came out in early 2012 man.

Right, still crap though

Clearly you're a bit mental

This is news?

 

[Edmond]

I watched Ender's Game last weekend, I like Asa Butterfield especially in Hugo, I thought that was a great film, but I really think he was miscast in this, I just couldn't believe in him as the main character

 

[DaGaffer]

I watched Ender's Game last weekend, I like Asa Butterfield especially in Hugo, I thought that was a great film, but I really think he was miscast in this, I just couldn't believe in him as the main character

Its about a kid who becomes a space general and commits genocide (oops, spoilers!) who exactly would you believe in the part?

 

[old.Tohtori]

Ender's game was suprisingly good and not at all as twilighty as i thought it would be, bit heavy watching though(not light popcorn fun).

Did not necessarily prefer the ending.

 

[Olgaline]

I think they tried to press to much into too little a time slot.

a 3 hr. version or endors 1 & 2 would have been the better option imo.

 

[old.Tohtori]

How i would've divvied it up;

Spoiler

First movie being about training etc and ending in the last "pewpew training battle in zero grav", ending in him going to big boy pants school. Second movie more about big boy training and end inthe "simulation" fight.

As a person who ahsn't read the books minds you.

 

[Olgaline]

How i would've divvied it up;

Yup, preaty much

 

[DaGaffer]

Watched About Time last night (Valentine's thing that we didn't get around to watching on Friday), surprisingly OK except there was a much more interesting film just waiting to be written around the concept and characters, and watched the Lego Movie with my daughter this morning, which was absolutely great, but certainly not for little kids (it actually has a plot to follow). Strangely both films turned out to be about Father-Son relationships.

 

[TdC]

Its about a kid who becomes a space general and commits genocide (oops, spoilers!) who exactly would you believe in the part?

tbh I like the book. I absolutely loved battleschool, but I also immediately twigged what they were doing with him, even before OSC gave the game away quite blatently tbh. I worry about watching the film, because I have the horrible feeling that it's going to completely ruin my imagined version of it

 

[leggy]

tbh I like the book. I absolutely loved battleschool, but I also immediately twigged what they were doing with him, even before OSC gave the game away quite blatently tbh. I worry about watching the film, because I have the horrible feeling that it's going to completely ruin my imagined version of it

Couldn't agree more (about book AND film).

 

[soze]

I watched Ender's Game last weekend, I like Asa Butterfield especially in Hugo, I thought that was a great film, but I really think he was miscast in this, I just couldn't believe in him as the main character

I thought the miscast was done on purpose and worked really well. Rather than some kid who holds himself like a general and could succeed we are meant to believe he is a gamer and has great tactics because of that. I liked him in the strange role TBH.

 

[Edmond]

Ok, maybe I looked at it the wrong way, not read the books

 

[DaGaffer]

tbh I like the book. I absolutely loved battleschool, but I also immediately twigged what they were doing with him, even before OSC gave the game away quite blatently tbh. I worry about watching the film, because I have the horrible feeling that it's going to completely ruin my imagined version of it

I didn't think they did a bad job tbh; the Formics looked spot-on, Battleschool looked right, and the tactics in the final battle were faithfully done and well-realised. The problem was that it all felt really rushed; it could probably have been done to better effect as an HBO mini-series. Bean wasn't right either.

 

[Scouse]

tbh I like the book. I absolutely loved battleschool, but I also immediately twigged what they were doing with him, even before OSC gave the game away quite blatently tbh. I worry about watching the film, because I have the horrible feeling that it's going to completely ruin my imagined version of it

Book = great, film = shit.

 

[fettoken]

Ender´s game, really? Really i reserve my judgement mostly but, Ender's game?! I'm sure someone said it already, but, Twilight in space or some such.

 

[Scouse]

Twilight in space or some such.

You actually seen it? It's nothing like that.

But it just ain't the work of greatness that is the book.

 

[fettoken]

You actually seen it? It's nothing like that.

But it just ain't the work of greatness that is the book.

Saw the trailer; haven't read the book.

 

[gohan]

Lego movie is movie of the year! All other movies can just stop trying until 2015

 

[Billargh]

Just got back from Dallas Buyers Club, what a cracking film.