Athena Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 It's 2016 now, so time for a new thread . Talk about the last film(s) you saw and what you thought of them. Last night we watched Interstellar. It was pretty good, but not as good as The Martian in my opinion. There were a couple of things that I feel could have been better in Interstellar. I quite enjoyed seeing it, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolf woolf Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 I rewatched Mad Max: Fury Road, directed by George Miller. In the first viewing I didn't notice how retro it is, in both cinematography and sound effects. It would look cool if they decided to release it in black and white; but I think it looks better this way, the colours are part of the experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 There were a couple of things that I feel could have been better in Interstellar. Like making it an hour shorter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Noooo! Hush, Raven. Interstellar was awesome just the way it was, I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 "Hey! I can influence dust! I know, I'll make it into a clever pattern to convey my message rather than just writing in the ruddy stuff!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 We went up to a friends house on Wednesday and had a film marathon ... started with Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2 as they hadn't seen either of them before, and they loved them. Then watched The Man from U.N.C.L.E which I hadn't been keen to see as the trailer looked awful, but ended up enjoying it a lot. Would be quite happy to watch a sequel. Finally, we watched Big Hero 6 which was brilliant. Some of the cityscapes looked amazing! Yesterday, we went to see Spectre at the multiplex yesterday morning, as OH hadn't seen it yet. He enjoyed it, but thought the script was a bit ropey, then in the afternoon, we went to the local cinema to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens which made both of us feel about 8 years old again. I'm not a huge Star Wars fan, but I did see them when they first came out when I was little, but after The Phantom Menace we didn't watch the rest of the prequels, but as it was in JJ Abrams hands, thought I'd give this one a go, and I really enjoyed watching this new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 "Hey! I can influence dust! I know, I'll make it into a clever pattern to convey my message rather than just writing in the ruddy stuff!" But then the movie would only be 10 minutes long, and kind of pointless. Stop questioning the plot, Raven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Like making it an hour shorter. "Hey! I can influence dust! I know, I'll make it into a clever pattern to convey my message rather than just writing in the ruddy stuff!" Completely agree. For a film that everyone told me prided itself on being scientifically accurate, it went way off the pretentious wall towards the end. It was so far up its own... anyway. It was good, but it had serious problems. No idea what the last film I watched was, sorry! Mrs Brown's D'Movie, I'd imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbielleRose Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 I just had to watch The Holiday again last night for the 1,000th time. I think I've watched it 5 times in the last 2 weeks. Right now I have Insurgent on but I'm not far enough in yet to form an opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 But then the movie would only be 10 minutes long... Result! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Just home from watching Star Wars, brilliant, more in keeping with the earlier films which was a good thing in my opinion. My daughter and a friend went to see Joy and thoroughly enjoyed it, very inspirational apparently! As I left I saw a poster for a film I hadn't heard about, Trumbo, about Dalton Trumbo's life.. I have to see it, but can imagine I'll be going on my own! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karen.d Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 The first two films I've seen in 2016 have been 'The Sound of Music' (it wouldn't be New Year's day with it it!) and 'Wreck-it-Ralph' (I fell asleep during this!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 I watched Cedar Rapids, because of Ed Helms. Was not disappointed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 I just re-watched Knowing. It's the only Nicholas Cage movie I can tolerate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peacefield Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I just re-watched Knowing. It's the only Nicholas Cage movie I can tolerate. Have you not seen Raising Arizona, Chalie?? I've not seen Knowing, but RA is the only Cage movie I like Last night at our NYE party we watched two terrifically terrible films, Christmas Icetastrophe and Roboshark. They did not disappoint when it came to the lame factor! My friend convinced me to see Star Wars tomorrow. She's obsessed, but I can take it or leave it, I guess. I feel like I need to see the first 3 (the OLD films) first but no time. I'm hoping she can give me some background since I think I only saw the third movie once and that was back when it came out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookShelfy91 Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Last movie we watched was the new star wars movie. Really enjoyed it. God Leia has gotten old! Shelfy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I watched half hour of The Book Thief. I liked it so far but I wasn't in the mood to watch the sad events I knew were coming up so I will watch the rest maybe tonight. But the voice of Death grated on me as so totally wrong!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Oh I watched The Maze Runner too. I liked that and thought it much better than Divergent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Last movie we watched was the new star wars movie. Really enjoyed it. God Leia has gotten old! Shelfy As have Luke and Han, no one seems to be commenting on that, though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 As have Luke and Han, no one seems to be commenting on that, though... I was completely underwhelmed by all the oldies characters whenever they appeared. Their entrances didn't seem to carry any gravitas at all for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Begins Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Oh I watched The Maze Runner too. I liked that and thought it much better than Divergent. Both stray from the books so far! But the movie for Maze Runner was better than the book, I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaliepud Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Kingsman: The Secret Service.. Pretty good but far too much swearing, shame as otherwise would have been fantastic for my youngest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Yesterday I watched Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas, which was okay. Not anything spectacular, and not something I'd normally even watch, but it fit my mood yesterday. Didn't like the rushed ending, though. Then I also watched Sharknado that was on TV It started right after SDfN. I certainly hadn't planned on watching Sharknado, but then I saw Ian Ziering was on it and watched for a few minutes and then had it on the background. It was quite hilarious I liked the filming though. Nice edits and scenes and cuts. Felt really old, though: at one point Ian was meeting her daughter and I'd expected a 5yo girl to turn up, but it was someone who was around 20 years of age. !!! Oh lordy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 As have Luke and Han, no one seems to be commenting on that, though... Good on you, Raven! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Due Date.....fell asleep before the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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