Last Film You Watched? (use spoiler tags in this topic)

[jonnyhiboy!]

Friday The 13th. It was only ok tbh because of what happened towards the end when we actually see the killer. I expected to be entertained more. When A Stranger Calls however was a very suspenseful, perfectly paced thriller/horror with great sound effects, building up of tension and a clever move with an ambigious ending. Very good film, didn't know what people were complaining about it losing it's touch halfway through, i remained engaged for all the film. Have you checked the children?

[Escape]

Originally Posted by jonnyhiboy!

Friday The 13th. It was only ok tbh because of what happened towards the end when we actually see the killer. I expected to be entertained more. When A Stranger Calls however was a very suspenseful, perfectly paced thriller/horror with great sound effects, building up of tension and a clever move with an ambigious ending. Very good film, didn't know what people were complaining about it losing it's touch halfway through, i remained engaged for all the film. Have you checked the children?

The remake was just poorly acted by the main actress. If you ever get a chance Jonny, check out 'When A Stranger Calls Back'. It's got a terrific intro to it IMO.

Last theatrical film I saw was 'Immortals' and man did it stink. The 3-D even worse. The friggin' film was so dark you couldn't see diddly. A waste of extra cash for those who have to pay it.

I also saw that Jonny Depp film 'The Rum Diary' which was another dog biscuit. It basically went nowhere by the end credits. Boring and the two funniest scenes were in the trailer. So I went 0 for 2 on Sunday and I'm actually being more careful in the films I choose so as not to go wasting my hard earned cash on garbage that makes the millionaire actors richer.

[zippy]

Just got back from watching Take Shelter. Yes it is slow moving which some equate to boring. It's not boring at all. I thought it is well worth seeing. It's about a man who begins to have visions of an ominous storm brewing and fears for his family. He decides to renovate an old strom shelter in the back yard. He worrie's about his sanity because his mother was a schitzophrenic (too lazy to check the spelling ) I won't say any more. Zippy says 8/10.

Originally Posted by jonnyhiboy!

An American Werewolf In London. This was just great. It's not all about the gore, it's more about the thrilling, suspenseful and effective build up within the story. The characters are all very good, as is the acting. Overall it was a great mixture of enjoyment, fun and genuinely great film. The effects in this are great now, think of how much of an impact they would have had then. The only thing i will say is that this film does not have any black comedy like i've heard everyone saying. It takes itself very seriously and wouldn't suit a bit of humour thrown in.

Glad you liked it Jonny. Was one of my faves years ago and yeah, the effects were excellent at the time. So was Jenny Agutter in the shower

The Adventures of Tintin (2011) - IMDb in 3D - slow to start certainly but once it got going it was a rip roaring adventure in the style of Indiana Jones, but remaining somewhat faithful to the book and the humour of Herge. 7/10

The 6th Day (2000) - IMDb - Arnie stars in this enjoyable futuristic action thriller, with underlying messages about the dangers of human cloning. 7/10

[Hubbs]

Puss in Boots

Was this really needed?? a sequel/prequel spin off from the 'Shrek' franchise, you gotta be a fan of Shrek for this to be a winner for you methinks.

Its a nice idea to explore the routes for the character but the characters are so weak, even in 'Shrek' they were, and its so so cliched and unoriginal. Sure its for kids to a degree but these days animated films are as much for adults as they are for kids, especially Shrek, and this is just an obvious money spinner really.

It looks great as all cgi flicks look, there are one or two amusing moments but personally I just hate the western/Mexican/Spanish theme being used here, making the small villages out to be basically Mexicans from something like 'The Three Amigo's', why!!?

We know why, because Banderas is basically doing his 'Zorro' thing, a spoof of course but none the less the same thing, also add another cliche using Hayek and voila! a Spanish/Mexican Puss in Boots *groan*. The fact they also made 'Jack n Jill' Southern US rednecks with Billy Bob Thorton is even worse, I dunno what the obsession is in films with US Southern hick accents geez! sounds awful.

So it didn't tickle me personally but it does have some nice ideas, 'Humpty Dumpty' is by far the best thing in the film.

[zippy]

Originally Posted by Gort

Glad you liked it Jonny. Was one of my faves years ago and yeah, the effects were excellent at the time. So was Jenny Agutter in the shower

I saw that movie when I was 17. Jenny Agutter was definately hot.

[Claireofthemoon]

Originally Posted by jonnyhiboy!

An American Werewolf In London. This was just great. It's not all about the gore, it's more about the thrilling, suspenseful and effective build up within the story. The characters are all very good, as is the acting. Overall it was a great mixture of enjoyment, fun and genuinely great film. The effects in this are great now, think of how much of an impact they would have had then. The only thing i will say is that this film does not have any black comedy like i've heard everyone saying. It takes itself very seriously and wouldn't suit a bit of humour thrown in.

Glad you liked the movie, but how could you miss the black comedy?

Spoiler

His friend Jack being one of the undead and some of his lines. The fact that Jack keeps getting grosser each time. The scene in the porn theater where all of David's victims are telling him different ways to do away with himself??

I think you need a rather twisted sense of humor to appreciate how funny some of it was. Apparently you don't have one of those.

[Claireofthemoon]

The Ward not one of John Carpenter's best, but pretty good horror. He doesn't feel the need to use gross shit to try to make the film scary which to me is good.

The Ledge Charles Hunman (Sons of Anarchy) is on the ledge of a very tall building and has to jump off at a specific time. Terrence Howard is the cop trying to change his mind aand listen to his story. Very good character driven film with impressive acting by all.

Batman: Year One (Video 2011) - IMDb - Animated version of the excellent graphic novel by Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli. It's a faithful adaptation but I just think it works better in it's original format. 6/10

Panic Button (2011) - IMDb - Best British film I've seen since Hush a couple of years back. Some of acting isn't the best but the plot and the tension is superb. It's a massively way over the top revenge flick but totally works. 9/10