CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Anyone who doubts Matthew Broderick needs to watch 'Election'. Even if it is Reese Withoutherspoon that steals the show. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I'm sorry but mathew Broderick's finest hour was clearly in cable guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_c Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Give Matthew Broderick a break, isn't his life bad enough married to Sarah Jessica Parker. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Yes he was good in war games. Great film of its time! What do you mean, "of its time"? I saw it recently and it's hardly dated at all Funny thing is, it really hasn't. The electronics have obviously moved on but I expected to be disappointed after not watching it for a while and wasn't. Broderick was also excellent in The Road To Wellville. Love that film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Anyone who doubts Matthew Broderick needs to watch 'Election'. Even if it is Reese Withoutherspoon that steals the show. Yes he's ok, There's far worse actors like Ashton Kutcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted December 11, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 11, 2013 Anyone who doubts Matthew Broderick needs to watch 'Election'. Even if it is Reese Withoutherspoon that steals the show. That's a great movie - that opening freeze frame of Witherspoon's face still cracks me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelle Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Isn't Broderick in Gkory? I think he was quite good in that one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Give Matthew Broderick a break, isn't his life bad enough married to Sarah Jessica Parker. yeah.... Yeah.......its not like the guy has killed anyone ............................................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Best Picture - Drama 12 Years a Slave Captain Phillips Gravity Philomena Rush Best Actor - Drama Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave Idris Elba, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club Robert Redford, All is Lost Best Actress - Drama Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine Sandra Bullock, Gravity Judi Dench, Philomena Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks Kate Winslet, Labor Day Best Picture - Comedy/Musical American Hustle Her Inside Llewyn Davis Nebraska The Wolf of Wall Street Best Actor - Comedy/Musical Christian Bale, American Hustle Bruce Dern, Nebraska Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis Joaquin Phoenix, Her Best Actress - Comedy/Musical Amy Adams, American Hustle Julie Delpy, Before Midnight Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Enough Said Meryl Streep, August: Osage County Best Supporting Actor Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips Daniel Bruhl, Rush Bradley Cooper, American Hustle Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club Best Supporting Actress Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave Julia Roberts, August: Osage County June Squibb, Nebraska Best Director Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave Alexander Payne, Nebraska David O. Russell, American Hustle Best Screenplay Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, Philomena Spike Jonze, Her Bob Nelson, Nebraska John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave Eric Singer and David O. Russell, American Hustle Best Foreign Language Film Blue is the Warmest Color The Great Beauty The Hunt The Past The Wind Rises Best Animated Feature Film The Croods Despicable Me 2 Frozen Best Original Score Alex Ebert, All is Lost Alex Heffes, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Steven Price, Gravity John Williams, The Book Thief Hans Zimmer, 12 Years a Slave Best Original Song “Atlas,” The Hunger Games: Catching Fire “Let It Go,” Frozen “Ordinary Love,” Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom “Please Mr. Kennedy,” Inside Llewyn Davis “Sweeter Than Fiction,” One Chance would like to give an opinion on who i think will win what but its shocking how many of these films haven't been released here yet, cant wait for american hustle, 12 years a slave, dallas buyers club, wolf of wall street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Just saw The Hobbit part 2, and was absolutely floored. Smaug has to be one of the most terrifying antagonists I've seen on screen. And that barrel scene tho 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Cinema Paradiso! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted December 13, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 13, 2013 Just got back from the Hobbit. The first thing I thought was has PJ just turned into George Lucas? Some parts (Smaug) were outstanding, but others (Legolas!?! The stupid love story?) were criminal. Azog as far as I remember was dead before the Hobbit, and his son Bolg was involved in the book, so why didn't they just include Bolg and not bring Azog back to life? The elves are involved in 2 chapters in the book, yet half the movie involved them, and 2 characters that have little or no involvement in the book. This could have been an incredible movie if 1. It stuck to the original plan of having 2 movies and 2. If PJ didn't invent characters or storylines that have nothing to do with the Hobbit. 6/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 (edited) only god forgives yeah not convinced, strange film! plenty of style over substance, awful "script" and no real story or flow to it, the thai cop and the city itself are the stars, film that anywhere else and it wouldnt work IMO but somehow it does work because the city and the cop are so cool, dont know how it got away with it because it should / could easily have been utter shit Edited December 14, 2013 by villa4europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Just got back from the Hobbit. The first thing I thought was has PJ just turned into George Lucas? Some parts (Smaug) were outstanding, but others (Legolas!?! The stupid love story?) were criminal. Azog as far as I remember was dead before the Hobbit, and his son Bolg was involved in the book, so why didn't they just include Bolg and not bring Azog back to life? The elves are involved in 2 chapters in the book, yet half the movie involved them, and 2 characters that have little or no involvement in the book. This could have been an incredible movie if 1. It stuck to the original plan of having 2 movies and 2. If PJ didn't invent characters or storylines that have nothing to do with the Hobbit. 6/10 I think that's a bit harsh. It's his interpretation, and I don't mind slight deviations (Legolas isn't too bad actually as he'll be in the Battle of Five Armies later anyway and is native to Mirkwood) as long as it's entertaining which it was. The barrel scene alone was enough to vindicate their inclusion for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnie Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Just got back from the Hobbit. The first thing I thought was has PJ just turned into George Lucas? Some parts (Smaug) were outstanding, but others (Legolas!?! The stupid love story?) were criminal. Azog as far as I remember was dead before the Hobbit, and his son Bolg was involved in the book, so why didn't they just include Bolg and not bring Azog back to life? The elves are involved in 2 chapters in the book, yet half the movie involved them, and 2 characters that have little or no involvement in the book. This could have been an incredible movie if 1. It stuck to the original plan of having 2 movies and 2. If PJ didn't invent characters or storylines that have nothing to do with the Hobbit. 6/10 Who cares about it not being totally 'faithful' to the original book. The Lord of the Rings wasn't but yet was one of the greatest trilogy's ever made. The Hobbit book imo is unbearable at times anyway. Pages and pages and PAGES of those stupid annoying dwarf songs. Tedious. I watched it last night and loved it. Better and more action packed then the first. Not on the level of the LOTR films but they never were going to be. Didn't like the love story either but the scenes with Smaug were breathtaking. 8 out of 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Smaug was just...wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaForever1970 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 That Godzilla trailer actually looks quite good. Looks like a rehash of the last stinker to me! The tone looks completely different! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 I went to see the second installment of the Hobbit yesterday and I loved it. The love triangle thingy with Kili/Tauriel/Legolas was the only think I actively disliked out of it, but Smaug was done terrifically. Considering it was the first book I ever read I've always desired to see it brought to film and although the first film was a bit slow the second is fast-paced and exciting. Regarding faithfulness to the books the only major LOTR gripe I had was the total exclusion of the Scouring of the Shire, But hey ho. In Tolkeins books the battles are left largely undescribed, with the Battles of Helms Deep and Five Armies brushed over so.... Also you have to take into consideration the fact the Hobbit is pure and simple a kids book and the LOTR is for adults, So this is an adult interpretation if it anyway. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted December 14, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted December 14, 2013 Watching the Hobbit yesterday has made me start on the extended trilogy again.. Easily the greatest trilogy IMO and FOTR is one of the greatest movies of all time. Just pure epic all the way through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Hobbit rather good, although the Orc stuff still bothers. Legolas was a welcome addition (never thought I'd say that about Orlando Bloom) even if he and EVANGELINE LILY OMGOMG were essentially hack & slash merchants. Laketown looked great, easily the most interesting location in the series so far, as it had a more LOTR feel about it. All the set-pieces were exciting enough, which you would expect. I didn't really care for the Necromancer guff, but I guess it helps tie the trilogies together, and there wasn't much of it thankfully. Of course, it's Smaug we pays our monies for, and he was pretty bloody great. Dragons have been completely shit in films so far, apart from in Shrek, so I was a little apprehensive going into it, but I was very impressed. Certainly worth a watch, even if it still doesn't come close (understandably) to the LOTR films. It is too CGI-reliant, IMO, and lacks that rustic charm of the LOTR - there isn't enough clinking when people run, for example. Little things like that made LOTR much more... believable. Saw it in 3D, which was awful: it dulls everything and is annoying as hell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts