Stevo985 Posted May 1, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted May 1, 2013 Chindie speaks the truth, as discussed at length previously in this topic. Not sure how you can say they're the same. Apart from the storyline obviously being largely the same, they're incredibly different films. And yeah, they're planning on making the rest but last I read Fincher isn't nailed on to direct them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 The Invasion Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman I really did not know what to make of this movie It was no where near as good as Invasion of the body snatchers thats for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Fantastic Panama Canal documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OweJGiLawQA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hogso Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 I watched As I very recently finished the book, in my on going journey through King's bibliography, I got the film too. It's such a mess. Jeez. Morgan Freeman, good actor. But possibly the single worst casting of a character I've ever seen in this. They must surely have thought when casting it 'hm, we need a bit more star quality in the cast. I don't think Morgan freeman is doing anything, let's cast him as the insane gut totting military colonel, it'll be great!' Then there's Duddits. A down syndrome boy/man, pretty difficult character to cast/transfer to the big screen. They give him a silly catchphrase, and turn his way of talking into something quite comical. He calls the main gray boy 'Mistah Gay'. It's funny. It shouldn't be. Oh Yeh then they changed the ending so Duds is actually an alien. And that guy from Homeland is Jonesy, and his gives Mr Gray a permanent 'posh English' accent which is hilarious. You'd expect King himself did the screenplay and directed it, it's so mental (see Maximum Overdrive (or not)) I will say, 5/10, for being unintentionally hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted May 3, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted May 3, 2013 Easily one of the worst movies i've ever seen. Awful, awful. Shame on you Mr.Freeman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 YOU CROSSED THE CURTIS LINE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelle Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Agreed, it's awfull. But King movies tend to be either awfull or just slighlty better, this one, It, maximum overdrie, langollers, etc, or awesome like Shawshank redemption, The green mile, Stand by me. As long as King himself doesn't get close to it it's usually a good film. I mean, he wasn't pleased with Kubrick's The shining so he made a remake of that master piece. I love his books but I just wish he could let professional film makers do the films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 I watched 42 last night. Decent enough film but I thought it was a bit flat. I'm usually a sucker for a sports biopic (or often a film with just a sporting theme - to the extent that I watched and quite enjoyed American Flyers ) but it felt as though the film didn't quite pack the punch that I guess the story may have actually had. I may be mistaken about that, though - perhaps some of our colonial brethren or baseball afficianados could put me straight? About the film or the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Went to the cinema and watched Iron Man 3 last night. Totally enjoyable, disengage the brain movie with some quality performances from Downey Jr, Guy Pearce and Paltrow but the star of the film undoubtedly was Ben Kingsley as The Mandarin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted May 5, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted May 5, 2013 Seeing Iron Man 3 again tonight. Be interesting to see what my mates make of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Star Trek next week! I don't care if it turns out to be awful. It has spaceships and Benedict Cucumberpatch, what else do you need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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villa4europe Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 saw iron man 3, enjoyed it, way better than the 2nd one, found it a bit strange, he doesnt spend that long in the suit and i think they might have overplayed the mk 42 suit a bit and then underplayed the other suits at the end, performances are good, the bit with the kid was good, the comedy worked although there is a lot of it, pearce and RDJ are both very good and sir ben was great but - i cant make my mind up if i liked the mandarin, dont think he got built up enough before the reveal and then he was almost too comical afterwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Bloody fantastic. All that needs to be said. WATCH IT! Never been a huge fan of foriegn film but this is making me change my mind. **** brilliant. The Hitler moustache bit had me crying, especially as I knew he'd do it because it's what I'd have done!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 1st winter soldier concept art - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted May 5, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted May 5, 2013 1st winter soldier concept art - There's quite a few bits floating around. Iron man is better on second viewing. Still has issues but massively enjoyable, on a second viewing the fanboy in me is less disappointed as the (arguably cheap) trick it plays is less galling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 If you fancy some Oirish comedy-horror nonesense - check out Grabbers! It's totally daft, not entirely brilliant in the horror department but funny nonetheless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Had an urge to watch this last night: I've lost count of how many times I've watched it but it had been a while. It's still an absolutely brilliant film, love it. Part II is scheduled for tonight, looking forward to it. Might give Part III a miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 I watched 42 last night. Decent enough film but I thought it was a bit flat. I'm usually a sucker for a sports biopic (or often a film with just a sporting theme - to the extent that I watched and quite enjoyed American Flyers ) but it felt as though the film didn't quite pack the punch that I guess the story may have actually had. I may be mistaken about that, though - perhaps some of our colonial brethren or baseball afficianados could put me straight? About the film or the story. Where did you see it snowy? I've searched around and it has no UK release date, or did you manage to catch it online? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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