Movie What's the last movie you saw? (4)

[phantom13]

The Counselor: From the brilliantly twisted mind of Cormack Macarthy three words immediately come to mind: brutal, powerful, affecting. Think NCOM but ramped up to 11.

The dialogue is superb in this film & there is a moment where the protagonist is made all too clear of his crushing reality. Probably up there with the best speeches put to film in modern cinema.

Fassbinder and Bardem are superb as usual, but Diaz absolutely owns this one and Ridley Scott has really returned to form here.

See it. Now.

Where did you see this?

 

[Grogg]

melbourne central

 

[Druitt Soldier]

I'm

If anything he's overrated right now, certainly among the common movie-going folk (non-snobs?). I've always thought that the best of Leo and the best of Pitt would make a hell of an actor. DiCaprio does the outbursts and emotional stuff beautifully, but struggles to really convince in the quieter moments. Where as Brad Pitt will often border on terrible when doing the loud stuff, but the way he plays silences, looks and low-key moments is as good as anyone.

I'm gana have to disagree with you there. Dicaprio in blood Diamond during the scenes where he's talking to solo about the baboons and when he's talking about his parents are great.

 

[djrossie16]

The Counselor seems to be getting panned by critics

 

[RobbyRoy]

I'm
I'm gana have to disagree with you there. Dicaprio in blood Diamond during the scenes where he's talking to solo about the baboons and when he's talking about his parents are great.

He's certainly not all bad, and I was actually thinking about that BD scene as I typed that, but I stand by it.

 

[Grogg]

The Counselor seems to be getting panned by critics

I'm not really surprised, tbh.


By no means a perfect film, with some of the violence being very confronting, it's a little slow to begin with and doesn't really hit it's straps til halfway through, but it kinda took off from there. I can see the critics panning it for not delving enough into the psyche of the lead & concluding a lack of overall plot development as the story at times can be light on for details. But (for me anyway) the focus here is not character driven, but more of an observation on the choices we make and the consequences from those decisions.

Edit: Also it probably didn't help Ridley Scott with his brother committing suicide halfway through the shoot.

 

[Elixuh]

The Wolverine - boring. Just so so boring. Out of all the 'comic book' movies the ones involving the mutants are the worst.

 

[The Dice Man]

The Wolverine - boring. Just so so boring. Out of all the 'comic book' movies the ones involving the mutants are the worst.

FFS. no personal offense intended but people have to stop paying money to see or buy this end of the line genre-grabbing bullocks. Its like watching something that never was very goof on repeat. Same formula, different costume. Shit I worked out in the 80s.



Havent watched too many films lately... But have watched 3 seasons of The Shield... Different thread I guess.

 

[Heisenberg_]

The Counselor seems to be getting panned by critics

I agree with the critics, I thought it was shit.

 

[FRUMPY]

The Wolverine - boring. Just so so boring. Out of all the 'comic book' movies the ones involving the mutants are the worst.

yeah i like my X-men and Wolverine movies but this was just crap. The whole premise of the movie was boring and just didnt fit into other x-men movies.

 

[little graham]

Forrest Gump...

Kind of movie you can watch twice a year for twenty years and learn something different eachtime.


If any remembers that cheesy line from a billy Crystal movie " I'll have what she's having" You could say the same about whatever the writers of Forrest gump were on when writing the screenplay.

 

[Macca19]

Monsters University - I know reports have been a bit up and down on this one, but I really liked it. Really fun story. 8/10

 

[treefingers]

One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest - my dads been hyping it up for years so I was a bit disappointed - obviously great acting and a good movie but it didn't really reach my high expectations. I get the feeling this might be a little bit like when I watched Taxi Driver, where I found myself thinking about it weeks afterwards - it kind of grew on me if that made sense despite not loving it right after I watched it.

Anyway before that I saw Filth - absolutely loved that one, went in knowing nothing about it and thought it was hilarious/filthy/great.

 

[Quivorir]

So on recomendations from people here I watched Donnie Darko.

What.

The.

****.

 

[Elixuh]

FFS. no personal offense intended but people have to stop paying money to see or buy this end of the line genre-grabbing bullocks. Its like watching something that never was very goof on repeat. Same formula, different costume. Shit I worked out in the 80s.



Havent watched too many films lately... But have watched 3 seasons of The Shield... Different thread I guess.

No offence taken. But where did I say I paid to see it

 

[Druitt Soldier]

Forrest Gump...

Kind of movie you can watch twice a year for twenty years and learn something different eachtime.


If any remembers that cheesy line from a billy Crystal movie " I'll have what she's having" You could say the same about whatever the writers of Forrest gump were on when writing the screenplay.

great movie. did you know that forest gump the character is the symbolic version of america through out modern history.

 

[Druitt Soldier]

So on recomendations from people here I watched Donnie Darko.

What.

The.

****.

this is a great movie. You didnt enjoy it?

 

[Quivorir]

this is a great movie. You didnt enjoy it?

No, I enjoyed it a lot. But a bit weird.

 

[CrowEater888]

Monsters University - I know reports have been a bit up and down on this one, but I really liked it. Really fun story. 8/10

I liked this as well. Way better than Brave.

Good movie and a definite must see if you have any little ones.

 

[little graham]

great movie. did you know that forest gump the character is the symbolic version of america through out modern history.

I particularly like the deliberate pause when in nam lieutenant Dan asks Gump and Bubba " are you guys twins" not long after the song "it aint me" by creedence was a backdrop. Considering the tasks given to Gump by lieutenant Dan (going down tunnels even though he was way to big for it)and the later references to racism from the black panther brigade. food for thought

 

[Caesar]

Breach - saw a recommendation earlier and watched this based on that. Was pretty ordinary film i thought but probably went in expecting too much. I also just lose interest when characters are so churchy, it boggles my mind how people can be like that.

What didn't you like about it?

I thought it was a pretty good character study and a nice little thriller. It's nice to have a spy movie that relies on acting and dialogue for its tension, rather than balls-to-the-wall action.

 

[Cleavy]

just watched Pirahna 3DD. funny in a bad way.

 

[NSWCROW]

the song "it aint me"

That would be " FORTUNATE SON "

 

[Red Black and Blue]

The Counsellor: 6/10, great acting, some real quality dialogue, underwhelming story.

 

[rumply]

The Last Days on Mars - not bad, not great, the ending fairly predictable, not the worst way to spend 98 min - watching the intro it appears to be a European production of some sort so I was hoping for something a bit different, but nah, just your run of the mill nasty aliens flic.

5/10