Stevo985 Posted October 4, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 4, 2012 Seeing "Killing Them Softly" later. Really looking forward to it. I shall report back. It was very good. Although the girl I went with hated it. The plots a bit back and forth and I think she got bored with it. Wasn't really what I was expecting. If you're expecting an all action gangster flick then you'll be disappointed. Loved Gandalfini's part in it. Thought he was really excellent, even though it was a small role. Plus, I'm only up to season 2 of the Sopranos, and haven't seen him in much else, so the difference in how he looks now compared to then was striking for me. Much older looking, and much fatter. Fit the part well. He was the stand out for me Pitt is cool as **** as usual, and the two robbers are pretty funny (don't know the actors' names). Quite a few laughs in it. And I definitely wasn't expectign the parallel to the American Recession, but that was clever, even if it did shove it down your throat a bit. Would recommend it, just don't go in expecting Goodfellas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Really liked Looper, not sure what was complex about it and quite liked the message. It's not one the best films I have ever seen but its a very good movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Just back from Looper , yeah I enjoyed it , though some of it you sort of saw coming It's an 8/10 sort of film , would have been 8.5 if Emily Blunt had got them out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Thought the little kid was a great actor. Who is he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Finally plucked up the courage to watch Irreversible. I think it's been mentioned in this thread before. My god I feel drained, what an ordeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Think that's bad? Try watching 'Enter the Void'. That film was so offensively awful that I felt angry after it was finished. I don't think I've been angry after watching a film, but two and half hours of watching the following did it; voyeurisitic overhead shots looking down on a set completely drained of life, terrible actors struggling to convey any sense of emotion, a strange drug trip scene that pretty much looked like the equaliser graphics on windows media player, a plot i can't quite recall but it had something to do with the tibetan book of the dead, and a cgi-bellend thrusted towards you in a quite frankly laugh-out-loud pretentious final stretch. Ugh. Awful film. Gaspar Noe needs slapped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Have got The Artist and the american version of Girl With The Dragon Tattoo to watch over the weekend... expecting to enjoy both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoD Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Just watched Looper, really like most of it. It was well constructed, reasonably unique story but was not a fan of the ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Watched the Swedish 'Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' and didn't really enjoy it having read the book. Usually the case I guess. Weren't keen on how the Blomqvist character was portrayed. Gonna brave, Ichi the Killer tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted October 7, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 7, 2012 Gonna brave, Ichi the Killer tomorrow. You'll never look at my avatar in the same way again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Watched the Swedish 'Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' and didn't really enjoy it having read the book. Usually the case I guess. Weren't keen on how the Blomqvist character was portrayed. Gonna brave, Ichi the Killer tomorrow. I watched the American remake of GWTDT last night, it was pretty good considering it came out so soon after the Swedish original. Enjoyed both versions and wouldn't grumble at the castings for either film. (btw, Ichi The Killer is a seriously f**ked up movie - enjoy!!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 8, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 8, 2012 American version > Swedish Version of TGWTDT. Imo of course. I think they got both the characters of Blomqvist and Salander bang on in the American version, where as they weren't quite right in the Swedish version, which is key to the film. I thought the American one was much truer to the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCU Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Saw Looper yesterday and really enjoyed it. I thought Joseph Gordan-Levitt played his role well and how they made him look so alike to Bruce Willis was a good touch. I agree with the person who said the little boy was a good actor too. 8,16...32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Ugh. Awful film. Gaspar Noe needs slapped. His next film is allegedly going to be a 3D porno. Hooray! I didnt think Enter the Void was too bad, but yeah the acting was atrocious. I don't know whose dick Paz de le Huerta has been sucking, but she sure as shit doesnt get acting jobs based on her talent. Horrific actress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 I think Enter the Void was based on Noe's use of DMT. Strange film which looks amazing at times. I don't think I've ever jumped out of my seat as much as that car crash scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted October 8, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted October 8, 2012 I, because it's pretty I think, decided to buy Prometheus on Blu-Ray and got the disc over the weekend, gave it rewatch last night. It's still completely daft on a second view. Pretty but bloody hell the flaws... Anyway, there are a number of alternate and deleted scenes on the disc, though they are seperate from the film (no extended cut here). Sadly, as I suspected might be the case, theres no saving this film. The extra scenes are, in the main, alternate takes, and you can really tell why they were excised. A few feel really, really amateurish - an alternate scene in the finale plays out almost exactly as the same scene does in the eventual release, but with a slightly shifted setting and with a polar flip of tone that, well... it plays out like a comedy, in truth, so bad is the dialogue and how the little moments play out in it. I almost, almost, have to believe it's a comedy outtake of the scene because I can't believe Ridley would for even a second considered wasting time filming that seriously, intending it to part of the final moments of the film. Much of the rest of the deleted scenes are simply scenes from the film where a few seconds here and there have been carved out, which leaves you feeling a strange sense of deja vu as you watch the cut material thinking 'Hang on... that's exactly as it was in the film...? Oh no wait, this 5 second bit here was chopped...and this line here too...'. There is a single scene that goes some way to solving a problem I had with the film, the revelation Idris Elba has that feels so jarring in it's suddenness is eased a little by a chat he has with Vickers in the cut scenes, but still it doesn't really help with the feeling it's a revelation pulled from thin air. Most of the cuts are taken from the third act (which is where the wheels really fall off the film) but little is added by them. Theres an extended final action scene that perhaps could have stayed in the film,watching it made me revisit the scene in the final cut as it made me notice that the it had clearly been carved up in editting for cinema release, but despite playing out as final action hurrah of the movie its completely unbelievable given scenes just moments earlier. I think the film is still worth a watch if you've not seen it, but go in knowing you're about to watch a missed opportunity. Then turn your brain off and go 'Daww, it's so pretty!'. It really is a polished turd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 go onto youtube and search ''honest trailer prometheus'' or something like that pretty much sums up the film for me ah ha, I didn;t realise you could do this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 go onto youtube and search ''honest trailer prometheus'' or something like that pretty much sums up the film for me ah ha, I didn;t realise you could do this The "And starring" bit at the end cracked me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Really enjoyed Ichi. Loved the Kakihara character. The violence was far too cartoonish to be that unnerving although only having the BBFC 18 rated version I think I am missing a few scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Woody Allen boxset available here for a tenner. Worth it for Annie Hall and Manhattan alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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