What was the last movie you watched?

[ROBO]

Originally Posted by Claireofthemoon

Agreed. Woody wrote a great script.

Cowboys and Aliens It had the potential to be good but just didn't succeed.

I thought Cowboys & Aliens was ok at the beginning, the mystery of Daniel Craig's amnesia and all was interesting but I think the aliens are what ruined it for me. For a highly intelligent species they seemed pretty stupid, and then there were the cowboys.

[Hubbs]

Dungeons & Dragons (2000)

Hmmmm what to think of this little gem hehe I saw this at the cinema on release (yes) and at the time I kinda liked it for some reason, now upon a rewatch I can't see why I thought that.

I guess at the time the effects were a little more impressive than today's standards of course plus there weren't the huge amount of fantasy films there are these days so this was quite a special little event. Looking back now it really is a terrible film haha the acting from everyone is just abysmal and full O' cheese, Irons goes beyond taking the piss really with his rather queer hissing, cackling and facial expressions whilst his second in command played by Bruce Payne is just the campest guy I've seen for ages...oh and he has blue lipstick on too.

The film revolves around the cliched to max partnership of Wayans, doing his best Eddie Murphy impression, and Whalin trying to be heroic and cool. The pair are just awful together and completely not amusing in any sense, there is of course allot of attempted humour throughout but it all falls flat on its face hard.

There really is nothing to recommend here other than to laugh at, the effects are the worse cgi you will have seen for a major release (even though its an old film yes I know), tonnes of obvious bluescreen and even the costumes, makeup jobs and props all look cheap and tacky.

I still can't understand why Irons would agree to this, ditto Richard O' Brien of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' and quite the cult name here in the UK. I suppose its because his scenes were a homage to the classic 'Crystal Maze' he once hosted, almost a homage to him really, the guy is legend but this brings him down.

The film was indeed mauled upon release but at the time (twas much younger back then) I gave it some leeway, it kinda reminded me of the 'Mortal Kombat' film and how, even though it was weak, it still had a glimmer of quality. But now I simply cannot allow that leeway anymore, the film may be enjoyed by younger kids but basically its crap.

[jonnyhiboy!]

Escape - I should be seeing The Grey on tuesday so when i see it feel free to tell what that thing was that bothered you.

[ROBO]

Originally Posted by jonnyhiboy!

Escape - I should be seeing The Grey on tuesday so when i see it feel free to tell what that thing was that bothered you.

Make sure you stay till after the credits in The Grey, there's a rather ammusing extra little bit.

[VolcomMartin]

Nick and Norah's infinite playlist. Re-watch. Cool.

[jonnyhiboy!]

Originally Posted by ROBO

Make sure you stay till after the credits in The Grey, there's a rather ammusing extra little bit.

I'm quite open to the fact that it might be preposterous?

[jonnyhiboy!]

Atm i can't be bothered explaining movies. I would however urge anyone to see Frantic and also Like Crazy. I loved that Frantic just forced you to think. Very intelligent thriller, yet also slow paced, technically speaking, but it also is fast paced as it's an excellent film. Maybe i was assuming i wouldn't like a paedo's film which is why i was a little surprised it was good. Like Crazy was so honest, it felt so real and normal, a hundred miles away from Hollywood romances and really emotional in a unique way. So refreshing and brilliant.

[ROBO]

Originally Posted by jonnyhiboy!

I'm quite open to the fact that it might be preposterous?

Just mke sure you stay after the credits

[Hubbs]

Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God (2005)

Not really much better than the first film, in fact the effects are less impressive and less frequent also making the film rather dull to say the least.

Payne reappears in this sequel despite seemingly being killed convincingly in the first film (minus his blue lipstick) but this time he's up against a team of five challengers. These five challengers/adventurers are the most boring and unimaginative looking set I've seen in an adventure film, surprisingly female orientated the team look drab and silly, admittedly close to D&D lore but uninspiring none the less.

The whole film is pretty dull really with nothing much happening right up until the end where there is some decent dragon action, I think D&D followers will get more of a kick out of this but newcomers will be less enthralled. I have seen worse and this isn't quite as cheesy as the first.

[Claireofthemoon]

Killer Elite enjoyable Jason Statham action movie.