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

[chefmeister]

The Giver - Pretty tame sci/fi drama similar to 'The Island' or 'Logan's Run'...

6/10

 

[FRUMPY]

Jurassic Park - hadnt seen it in ages and still stands up pretty well. great idea for a movie and is still great watching. Raptors kick ass.
Jurrasic Park 3 - couldnt remember this one but got 20 mins in and remembered it. was pretty poor and no where near as good as first one. Some movies just shouldnt have sequels (jaws etc)

 

[DIG]

Fury - enjoyed it. Good battle scenes. Lebouf was excellent, Pitt was Pitt. 8/10.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

I watched Edge of Tomorrow yesterday. Ground Hog Day meets Starship Troopers.

Nothing special but I enjoyed it.

I have The Frozen Ground sitting on my IQ box. I see there was a reasonable write up today in the HUN on it and the actual events themselves, I'll watch it this weekend when I get home.

 

[RustyHawk]

The Raid: Redemption (2011)
Indonesian martial arts & action movie starring a whole lot of people you've never heard of.

Just flicked over to World Movies this arvo and caught this film about half way in, got me. Should be called Bloodbath at the Ok High Rise Inn.

The martial arts fight scenes are epic and the action intense. So well shot. You fell every punch, kick, slice of the blade and or baton. If this is the standard of Indonesian movie making I have to see more.

Highly recommended but not if you don't like blood n guts and gore.

 

[BotsMaster]

Watched The Best Offer two nights ago. A mate told me about it but I told him id never watch it so he told me the ending. Still quite enjoyed it and paid a bit more attention trying to work out if you can pick the ending but they don't really give it away. Quite enjoyed it.

Lol wtf?

 

[Quivorir]

I told him to tell me, was curious.

 

[stewie griffen]

Don Jon

Home sick so catching up on a backlog of movies I've not seen. God Scarlett was annoying... Kind of reminded me of my ex a little lol. Solid effort, nothing groundbreaking tho 6/10

500 days of summer
Another jgl movie I'd never got around to watching. Again, solid rom com with a slight variation but nothing overly new. 6/10

 

[djrossie16]

Don Jon

Home sick so catching up on a backlog of movies I've not seen. God Scarlett was annoying... Kind of reminded me of my ex a little lol. Solid effort, nothing groundbreaking tho 6/10

500 days of summer
Another jgl movie I'd never got around to watching. Again, solid rom com with a slight variation but nothing overly new. 6/10

A few years back went out of my to see some of JGLs earlier efforts and was impressed with likes of Manic and Sweet Jane. A bit like Ryan Gosling where u have to go back before their mainstream success to see some of their better roles.

 

[chefmeister]

Sunshine - Ralph Fiennes always puts in a solid performance. A disgusting torture scene in a labour camp during the holocaust is particularly 'memorable'.

7/10

 

[Rod Stroker]

The Raid: Redemption (2011)
Indonesian martial arts & action movie starring a whole lot of people you've never heard of.

Just flicked over to World Movies this arvo and caught this film about half way in, got me. Should be called Bloodbath at the Ok High Rise Inn.

The martial arts fight scenes are epic and the action intense. So well shot. You fell every punch, kick, slice of the blade and or baton. If this is the standard of Indonesian movie making I have to see more.

Highly recommended but not if you don't like blood n guts and gore.

It's not
But yes it's a good movie if you can stomach it, has quite a following up here.

 

[rumply]

These Final Hours - enjoyable enough low budget Aussie apocalypse, the main lead isn't Brando but what the hey - 6.5/10

The Chaser - well made Korean crime thriller that I felt just went on a bit too long - 7/10

Starting to get a real taste for Korean cinema, next up are Castaway on the Moon & Memories Of Murder

 

[vast]

These Final Hours - enjoyable enough low budget Aussie apocalypse, the main lead isn't Brando but what the hey - 6.5/10

The Chaser - well made Korean crime thriller that I felt just went on a bit too long - 7/10

Starting to get a real taste for Korean cinema, next up are Castaway on the Moon & Memories Of Murder

Memories of murder is a great film.

 

[djrossie16]

These Final Hours - enjoyable enough low budget Aussie apocalypse, the main lead isn't Brando but what the hey - 6.5/10

The Chaser - well made Korean crime thriller that I felt just went on a bit too long - 7/10

Starting to get a real taste for Korean cinema, next up are Castaway on the Moon & Memories Of Murder

A couple that weren't in the list that i've seen recently and rated highly are
The Yellow Sea http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1230385/?ref_=tt_rec_tt
Breathless http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1373120/

 

[stewie griffen]

Safety not guaranteed.

Big fan of mark duplass, he's so watchable. Quirky movie based on journalists (mainly Aubrey plaza) looking into a guy who placed an ad looking for a time traveling partner. 7/10

 

[peternorth]

Don Jon

Home sick so catching up on a backlog of movies I've not seen. God Scarlett was annoying... Kind of reminded me of my ex a little lol. Solid effort, nothing groundbreaking tho 6/10

did you relate to the movie and titular character stewie griffen ?

 

[Roobs321]

Interstellar
5/10

Kwaidan
8.5/10

 

[toenail11]

Fury- 3.5/5 Awesome performance from Pitt and Lerman
Gone Girl- 4/5 Woh
John Wick- 3/5 A lot of fun

 

[stewie griffen]

Your sisters sister

Another mark duplass indie pseudo rom com. Really enjoyed it

7/10

Welcome to the punch

British cop revenge, lots of guns. Pretty average 5/10

 

[bok_party]

Interstellar
5/10

Kwaidan
8.5/10

Curious on your thoughts on interstellar.

 

[Grogg]

A couple that weren't in the list that i've seen recently and rated highly are
The Yellow Sea http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1230385/?ref_=tt_rec_tt
Breathless http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1373120/

Have a look at Time if you get the chance djr, another Kim Ki Duk beauty I think you would enjoy. Also for fans of Korean Cinema, this is a good site to bookmark if you are just getting started http://www.modernkoreancinema.com/. Also if anybody is interested Asiatorrents.me is usually an open signup.

 

[Catastic82]

Curious on your thoughts on interstellar.

Great sound and visual

Not so great dialogue and ending

 

[bok_party]

Great sound and visual

Not so great dialogue and ending

Haha I meant Roobs specifically but yours will do too

I thought the ending was pretty solid. Might go watch it again.

 

[Catastic82]

I don't know if I'll see it again, it's the space movie I wanted to finally see but Nolan invested so heavily in the father/daughter relationship and doing that pseudo science ending after sticking to a realistic science take on space and time.

Just feel very dissapointed

 

[Roobs321]

Curious on your thoughts on interstellar.

Nolan's deficiencies as a filmmaker have never been more fully exposed as they are here. His worst film, his first genuine dud, and while it is currently regarded as a divisive film, I suspect that attitudes towards this film will only degenerate in years to come. When aiming for the stars, don't ever forget the basics, and ultimately Nolan will have to live with that.

The screenplay is frankly terrible, it's an absolute train wreck. Nolan’s obnoxious handling of multiple physical and time settings, and attempts at profound sentimentality, completely implodes all the goodwill of the film. I cringed several times and even contemplated walking out at one point. The amount of unnecessary expository dialogue, which wasn't a significant problem for me in his previous efforts, absolutely killed the narrative flow. The dual concerns of mission and relativity drama are also imbalanced, often forced to eat each other alive, negating all care factor. The space narrative is drained of all its flow, rendering the planets devoid of interest. Due to all this irritation, moments like the biased interests of Cooper and Brand, the repeated quotes of Dr Brand, and the deception of Mann, will be the tipping point for certain viewers. His emerging trademark of ratcheting up climactic moments with incessant narrative jumps has also never felt more inappropriate. In force feeding his narrative into unnecessary levels of obesity, audience interest falls flat. Ultimately, only 1-2 characters really resonate at all with the audience, whilst the rest remain half-baked. Some solid acting from the core players can only paint over so many cracks.

Nolan has always gravitated towards film worlds that are a little off kilter and are pieced together like a puzzle, as well as delving into the greyed areas of interesting moral questions. Interstellar is not without merit, and has a lot of neat ideas. The opening first act before heading into space was mostly solid, creating an interesting near-future world which is thankfully not overwritten. The rewriting of the history of the Apollo missions was a nice touch that sums up the nature of this particular setting. The entrance of Casey Affleck is a powerful moment of cinema. The Glass-esque Zimmer score is well-pitched. And it is certainly a thrill to see physics come to life on the big screen in such a manner. Interstellar is not a complete disaster, there is enough merit here to praise certain aspects of its film making.

However, those sections of the audience who appreciate the art of storytelling will be intensely aggravated by this film. There is a fundamental disregard for tasteful aspects of film craft here that really rubbed me the wrong way. The handling of the narrative is so significantly flawed as to completely undo all other attempts at something special. In trying to pull off hard sci-fi at the same time as Spielbergian blockbuster, he fails miserably. Far from stellar.

Interstellar does provide an element of genre clarity. It is problematic enough to scare you away from ever wanting to see another film about saving Earth/the human race ever again. There are not many film classics that explicitly concern themselves with that narrative device crutch, it is a cursed plateau. Something like Gravity was wise enough to steer clear of it.