risingdawn Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Argo and Space Jam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 I'd like to see Argo. Was it any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingdawn Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 I'd like to see Argo. Was it any good? Yeah it was really good. I wasn't interested in it but my Mum chose it and it was actually really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucybird Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Me and the boyfriend saw The Great And Powerful Oz last night. Rather enjoyable, and funnier than I expected. It was kind of evocative of Disney classics, especially Alice n Wonderland, and Snow White, and of The Wizard of Oz of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supergran71 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 The last film I saw was Les Miserables - fantastic film, I cried nearly all the way through and the songs were in my head for weeks afterwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 The Lucky One, very predictable but ok..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I liked that film, though I prefer the book. There were a couple of scenes in the book that aren't in the film, that I think would've explained certain things a bit better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingdawn Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 The Lucky One, very predictable but ok..... I think most Zac Efron films are predictable now. I thought it was quite good though. Quite moving at times (or just my teenage riddled hormones! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I watched Life As We Know It the other day which I forgot to mention. Didn't expect much but it was surprisingly very funny at times, and definitely enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 (edited) And I watched From Hell a few nights ago. Quite liked it. Edited March 11, 2013 by bree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 What did you think of it bree? Sorry I took so long to answer this poppy. Capote - I could understand why Hoffman won the Oscar - but the film really didn't engage much with me emotionally. (I think I feel this way about quite a few Oscar-winners - the films seem a bit too made-for-perfection and lacking some passion and rawness - if you know what I mean!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 That happens a lot to me too, Bree, I love an actor's performance yet don't feel the same about the actual film. I watched an oldie over the weekend, which was Mr. Boggs Takes a Vacation (I think that was the name of it) with Jimmy Stewart and Maureen O'Hara. Pretty funny little film! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Yeah it was really good. I wasn't interested in it but my Mum chose it and it was actually really good. Thanks. Hopefully I can watch it in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Parker - It's amazing.... How many directors think you'll jump when theirs a lonely guard walking round a house or when someone has just walked away from someone on the floor. It's not the worst film i've ever seen, but it's pretty ...... J lo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 That happens a lot to me too, Bree, I love an actor's performance yet don't feel the same about the actual film. I watched an oldie over the weekend, which was Mr. Boggs Takes a Vacation (I think that was the name of it) with Jimmy Stewart and Maureen O'Hara. Pretty funny little film! Mr Hobbs Yes, that is a great film! I love all the older movies. Today I went to see Song For Marion, with Vanessa Redgrave and Terence Stamp. It is both hilarious and heartbreaking, but ultimately uplifting. Definitely recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Mr Hobbs Yes, that is a great film! I love all the older movies. Today I went to see Song For Marion, with Vanessa Redgrave and Terence Stamp. It is both hilarious and heartbreaking, but ultimately uplifting. Definitely recommended. Mr. Hobbs!! That's right! Thanks, Ruth Yeah I love a lot of old movies too . I watched The Master last night and oh, man. there's a movie I would never watch again. It's funny because I normally love PT Anderson's films, but honestly, this one went no where and made absolutely no sense to me. Loved Phoenix's acting, however it didn't seem like much of a stretch for Hoffman. For the life of me I could not grasp and hang onto the point of the movie, which bothers me. I thought I might find any positive reviews of it and see if someone else saw something in it that I didn't. For now though I'll consider it a wasted evening . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Salmon fishing in the Yemen , I feel it was just ok but nothing special in fact. Very very predictable plot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I think most Zac Efron films are predictable now. I didn't realise Zac Efron played a young version of Simon Tamm in Firefly until last weekend. When I saw his name flash past in the end credits I thought I'd miss-read it and had to wind it back to make sure I wasn't going mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingdawn Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Went and saw Parker at the cinema with my boyfriend. Was alright. Bit typical of Statham but J-Lo was quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 I watched The Master last night and oh, man. there's a movie I would never watch again. It's funny because I normally love PT Anderson's films, but honestly, this one went no where and made absolutely no sense to me. Loved Phoenix's acting, however it didn't seem like much of a stretch for Hoffman. For the life of me I could not grasp and hang onto the point of the movie, which bothers me. I thought I might find any positive reviews of it and see if someone else saw something in it that I didn't. For now though I'll consider it a wasted evening . My husband and I saw The Master at the theatre a while back. I haven't seen much of Phoenix, but read about his performance and how he had truly pulled off a masterpiece of acting. Well, it was all true, the way he took on the physical aspects of the character was absolutely amazing to me. No, it wasn't much of a stretch, in a way for Hoffman, but man, he was good. Well. As to the point or meaning of the film, I thought Hoffman took Phoenix's unformed character. He was rather a thuggish sort I thought, and gave him focus. At the end when Phoenix had left Hoffman's "organization" (which I thought was a total rip-off of Scientology) he was a different man. Phoenix became a hustler/confidence man like Hoffman was in the film. The scene at the end of the film, when Phoenix was in bed with the girl.........he was totally spinning a tale for her, with much the same "aura" that Hoffman had in the beginning of their association. So for me the meaning was Phoenix's morphing into a focused sort of confidence man. Becoming Hoffman's character in a large way. So, the con continues. And, btw, I'd actually like to see it again, and so would husband. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingdawn Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Just watched Jack Reacher. Going to have a review up on my blog sometime soon. Was actually okay. But having read the books, I don't think Tom Cruise is Reacher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 We saw two movies yesterday, Quartet with Maggie Smith, et als. We both liked it. Yes, it was mushy, yes it was predictable. Don't care. Beautiful ending. Only wish they'd shown the act, not just the sound. Oh well. Other film was the opposite end of the spectrum...Dead Man Down with Noomie Rapace and whatshisname. Well known, his name has slipped my mind at the moment. Revenge film, but at least Rapace can act. Both good actors actually. Mean story though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Southern Comfort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Dangerous Liaisons with John Malkovich and Glenn Close. Verra good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bree Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 A Western from the '50s : Shane. Really liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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