Films! good, bad, recomendations, and general film talk

[dave_mc]

that's what it was called, i couldn't remember. :lol:

[murraymurray]

watched the wrestler on the weekend. i thought it was great. pretty depressing but really well made movie. was a lot more emotionally involving than the movie i watched prior to it, zack and miri make a p0rn0

[Ian Price]

I liked the wrestler. Depressing yes but well told. I must admit to still having somewhat of  crush on Marisa Tomei.

[murraymurray]

Yeah, getting a bit older, but stil damn hot. And getting her stuff out more so these days

[Ian Price]

Yeah, getting a bit older, but stil damn hot. And getting her stuff out more so these days

Indeed - there must be a reason for her 'stuff' making so many appearances of late. I watched Factotum last night and she makes a smallish apearance in it (and also gets them out again). It's an okay film - nothing special but okay.

[dave_mc]

watched the day of the jackal, was on the other night on RTE. Excellent (read the book too, though not for ages).

[Philly Q]

This week I have watched:  Punisher: War Zone and Hitman.

Two very, very dumb action movies, but the Punisher scores some points for having a plot that at least makes a tiny amount of sense.

[dave_mc]

haha, i guess i'd better admit to watching superhero movie last night. It actually wasn't bad, considering... i mean, it was dumb and derivative (though i guess that's the point), but i still laughed most of the time.

[Plexi Ken]

Just finished watching The Killing of John Lennon, great film. Gives an interesting insight in the mind of an obsessive killer. It's an 'indie', if you're not into that kind of film (lots of voice-over, quite slow) it might not be for you. If you want to learn about why/how John Lennon was killed, give it a go.

[WezV]

i keep seeing the GI joe trailer on tv.

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who thought it was a good idea to do a live action version of team america?

[Philly Q]

i keep seeing the GI joe trailer on tv.

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who thought it was a good idea to do a live action version of team america?

If only it was directed by Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

[Plexi Ken]

who thought it was a good idea to do a live action version of team america?

I hope they keep the sex scene the same  :lol:

[Ian Price]

Last night I watched Touching the Void. More of a documentary than a film - really good if you like that sort of stuff.

[badgermark]

i keep seeing the GI joe trailer on tv.

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who thought it was a good idea to do a live action version of team america?

It doesn't look too bad though! More entertaining than Transformers 2 anyway.

I found it funny that Team America was a total rip into Michael Bay, even going as far as blowing up the Pyramids to make an action scene. Then what is the key action point in Transformers 2? Destruction of an Egyptian tourist attraction. Bay is a tool.

[Will]

I saw 'The Proposal' last week, essentially very predictable from the trailer, with a little unexpected bit before the end.

I thought the acting was better than the recent standard though. Sandra Bullock doesn't seem to be aging too badly, and haven't seen her do much recently, she played her character quite well.