Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted September 26, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted September 26, 2014 I quite enjoyed Godzilla. Especially the whole skydiving sequence on the big screen. I’ve seen it thrice, and by the third time, I found it a bit of a chore to sit through until the third act. I don’t know why I didn’t initially. Maybe it was giddy anticipation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted September 27, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted September 27, 2014 (edited) Cronenberg's "Naked Lunch" is up on MUBI now. You need to see that mental shit. Edited September 27, 2014 by bAzTNM#1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Thunderplex Posted September 27, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted September 27, 2014 Busy day today. Started with Filth. Really enjoyed this. James McEvoy played the lead in a dislikeable manner that kept you hooked. Was not the movie I expected, which wqs a nice surprise. Â Bad Neighbours. This is the last Seth Rogen film I am going to watch. He repulses me. The film itself was not that bad, but most of the really funny bits were in trailer. Even Zac Effrontery come over well as the bad guy, but it was alls point for me by Rogen. Â The Raid 2. More of the same, which is a good thing, but I found it over long at 2 1/2 hours. Not as much shooting as the first, but this was made up with twatting people with a stick, of which there is lots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted September 27, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted September 27, 2014 Bad Neighbours. This is the last Seth Rogen film I am going to watch. He repulses me. The film itself was not that bad, but most of the really funny bits were in trailer. Even Zac Effrontery come over well as the bad guy, but it was alls point for me by Rogen.I tried to watch this last night. Admittedly, I'm no fan of Rogen, but even my sisters couldn't stand it and they asked that we turn it off after about 20 minutes, and they'll watch any old shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted September 27, 2014 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 27, 2014 I thought The Raid 2 was boring aside from the brilliant bit with the car. It's a 90 minute film stretched out by an extra hour. Pointless bits of attempted plot and the fights weren't as good as the first one. Â That said, they should totally make a spin-off film for Hammer Girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted September 28, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted September 28, 2014 (edited) Busy day today. Started with Filth. Really enjoyed this. James McEvoy played the lead in a dislikeable manner that kept you hooked. Was not the movie I expected, which wqs a nice surprise. Â Yeah, it's a great film. It's quite a sad film really. It's basically how somebody starts off all nice and then at the end turns into a cunt, and the emotional reasons why he has turned into a cunt. Some bits are just hilarious though. Recommended. Edited September 28, 2014 by bAzTNM#1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted September 30, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted September 30, 2014  Bad Neighbours. This is the last Seth Rogen film I am going to watch. He repulses me. The film itself was not that bad, but most of the really funny bits were in trailer. Even Zac Effrontery come over well as the bad guy, but it was alls point for me by Rogen.I tried to watch this last night. Admittedly, I'm no fan of Rogen, but even my sisters couldn't stand it and they asked that we turn it off after about 20 minutes, and they'll watch any old shit.  I watched it recently too, I've whinged about the state of American mainstream comedies on here loads so I won't repeat myself but I really hated this film, why are parties in films so over the top? It completely ruins it for me, it's easy enough to show a party that's semi realistic look cool but the ones in this film were fucking stupid, a party where the whole place is pumped full of weed smoke and looks like a carnival? I wouldn't even have thought that was cool when I was 13 and I'm a heavy weed smoker. The fact that the film also wasn't at all funny, all the characters were hateable and it ended with cloying cutesy sentimentality didn't help either, fuck off.  Speaking of shit over the top parties in films I watched Runner Runner the other day, the thought of Justin Timberlake in the lead did put me off but I bum Batfleck so I gave it a watch, more stupid unrealistic parties with a wafer thin story underneath it. I didn't like it at all but I'm a skint illustrator so I don't think I'm really the target market for seeing people with loads of money acting like complete twats in a movie that's completely style over substance. I think it could've been ok if it was toned down a bit with a better lead and less of the lifestyle porn that left me cold. At least Ben Affleck still looked cool in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphinx Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I thought The Raid 2 was boring aside from the brilliant bit with the car. It's a 90 minute film stretched out by an extra hour. Pointless bits of attempted plot and the fights weren't as good as the first one. Â That said, they should totally make a spin-off film for Hammer Girl. Yes, agreed! The first Raid stuck to what it was good at ie the fights. The second one tried a story, but I weren't attached to anyone. From memory, the second's fights were less believable than the first too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted September 30, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted September 30, 2014 Yeah Raid 2 went for BIGGER fights but because they were bigger the danger and roughness seemed to disappear. One guy fighting 30 guys in a huge open space never seems as badass and tense as one guy fighting say...three guys in a tiny cramped hallway. Plus the story was so convoluted and dull. No one cares about betrayals, conspiracies etc. just put the main guy in an extremely dangerous basic situation and then make him fight his way out. It's not rocket science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted September 30, 2014 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 30, 2014 Evans got ideas above his station. That said, his segment in VHS 2 was fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 It seems like I'm one of the only people on here who really liked The Raid 2. I can understand people finding it too long at 150-minutes, but I was never bored watching it, I found the action to be great, and I enjoyed it to the point where it is one of the best films I have seen in 2014.  I have been meaning to give it a second viewing though (the above is based on seeing it when it first came out earlier in the year) so my opinion of it could easily change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members DEF Posted September 30, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted September 30, 2014 The Raid 2's action is excellent but it's infuriatingly wedged into a crap mediocre crime drama that's legit an 1hr to long. The final fight is quality though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted September 30, 2014 Moderators Share Posted September 30, 2014 Haven't seen Raid 2 yet, but agreed on his bit in VHS 2. really well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Thunderplex Posted September 30, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted September 30, 2014 Just watched the new Arnie film Sabotage. Run of the mill auctioneer with no big surprises. It reminded me of one of Steve Austins more recent low budget movies for some reason. Felt Arnie was just wedged in there. Not too long, so a good watch if you just want a bit of action and gore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Went to see The Equalizer tonight. I really liked it. It is just a whole lot of fun with lots of blood and violence (cut from an 18 to a 15 in the UK sadly though) and just enough story to keep it progressing along . Probably a little style over substance at times, a little too long at over 2-hours and it has its flaws, but I really enjoyed it. Denzel Washington is great as usual as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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