DVD's and Films You Have Watched Recently

[NEWM]

Zack and Miri Make a Porno.

 

What a fucking massive waste of time.

 

Low expectations, expected plenty of good gags between the wafer thin plot and Seth Rogan having no problem snaring women that wouldn't go near him in real life. Was hardly any.

 

Not charming, not funny, not worth it.

[alex1]

Zack and Miri Make a Porno.

 

What a fucking massive waste of time.

 

Low expectations, expected plenty of good gags between the wafer thin plot and Seth Rogan having no problem snaring women that wouldn't go near him in real life. Was hardly any.

 

Not charming, not funny, not worth it.

 

 

Oh no! I've just bought this.

 

Must say, watched Step Brothers the other evening and thought it was extremely funny.

[LaGoosh]

Watched In Bruges the other night. Fucking brilliant, makes all that Guy Ritchie stuff look like a right load of unintelligent nonsense. One of those films that is endlessly quotable, but my favorit exchange was easily:

 

Ray: Harry, I've got an idea.

Harry: What?

Ray: My room faces out the canal, right? I'm going to go back to me room, jump into the canal, see if I can swim to the other side and escape.

Harry: All right.

Ray: If you go outside around the corner, you can shoot at me from there and try to get me. That way we'll leave this lady and her baby out of the whole entire thing.

Harry: You completely promise to jump into the canal? I don't want to run out there, come back in ten minutes, and find you fucking hiding in a cupboard.

Ray: I completely promise, Harry. I'm not going to risk having another little kid dying on me.

Harry: So, hang on - I go outside and I go which way? Right or left?

Ray: [upset] You go right, don't you? You can see it from the doorway! It's a big fucking canal!

Harry: All right. Jesus. I only just got here, haven't I? Okay, on the count of one, two, three, go. Okay?

Ray: Okay.

[long pause]

Ray: What? Who says it?

Harry: Well you say it.

 

[Devon Malcolm]

Watched In Bruges the other night. Fucking brilliant, makes all that Guy Ritchie stuff look like a right load of unintelligent nonsense. One of those films that is endlessly quotable, but my favorit exchange was easily:

 

Ray: Harry, I've got an idea.

Harry: What?

Ray: My room faces out the canal, right? I'm going to go back to me room, jump into the canal, see if I can swim to the other side and escape.

Harry: All right.

Ray: If you go outside around the corner, you can shoot at me from there and try to get me. That way we'll leave this lady and her baby out of the whole entire thing.

Harry: You completely promise to jump into the canal? I don't want to run out there, come back in ten minutes, and find you fucking hiding in a cupboard.

Ray: I completely promise, Harry. I'm not going to risk having another little kid dying on me.

Harry: So, hang on - I go outside and I go which way? Right or left?

Ray: [upset] You go right, don't you? You can see it from the doorway! It's a big fucking canal!

Harry: All right. Jesus. I only just got here, haven't I? Okay, on the count of one, two, three, go. Okay?

Ray: Okay.

[long pause]

Ray: What? Who says it?

Harry: Well you say it.

 

I think In Bruges was the best film I saw in 2008. It's absolutely brilliant. Ralph Fiennes clearly nicked his performance from Ben Kingsley's in Sexy Beast, but that could never be a bad thing.

[Carbomb]

Depp looks like a man who was given little in the way of a fleshed out character to play and therefore compensates by giving something of a 'performance', it's not Pirates bad but it's still shit.

 

Woah - what's wrong with Depp's Pirates performance? It was fucking great - he made Captain Jack Sparrow into one of the most recognisable characters in movie history.

[JamesTyler]

Never before have so many people worked so hard and spent so much money to make something so crappy and cheap looking.

 

Paris Hiltons stylist and publicist springs to mind.

[Steveo2007]

Depp looks like a man who was given little in the way of a fleshed out character to play and therefore compensates by giving something of a 'performance', it's not Pirates bad but it's still shit.

 

Woah - what's wrong with Depp's Pirates performance? It was fucking great - he made Captain Jack Sparrow into one of the most recognisable characters in movie history.

Definitely agree. I honestly don't think Depp is capable of a bad performance, just the possibility of being cursed with a bad movie and not much to work with in the way of script.

[NEWM]

Depp looks like a man who was given little in the way of a fleshed out character to play and therefore compensates by giving something of a 'performance', it's not Pirates bad but it's still shit.

 

Woah - what's wrong with Depp's Pirates performance? It was fucking great - he made Captain Jack Sparrow into one of the most recognisable characters in movie history.

 

He's awesome, but Jack Sparrow was way too panto for my tastes. And not in a knowing, "hes supposed to be wacky" way either. Just jarring and irritating. Great for kids though.

[FLips]

Depp looks like a man who was given little in the way of a fleshed out character to play and therefore compensates by giving something of a 'performance', it's not Pirates bad but it's still shit.

 

Woah - what's wrong with Depp's Pirates performance? It was fucking great - he made Captain Jack Sparrow into one of the most recognisable characters in movie history.

 

He's awesome, but Jack Sparrow was way too panto for my tastes. And not in a knowing, "hes supposed to be wacky" way either. Just jarring and irritating. Great for kids though.

 

While i'm not saying he was bad, he was just Willy Wonka with a gruff voice and pirate suit.

[Joe_the_Lion]

Depp looks like a man who was given little in the way of a fleshed out character to play and therefore compensates by giving something of a 'performance', it's not Pirates bad but it's still shit.

 

Woah - what's wrong with Depp's Pirates performance? It was fucking great - he made Captain Jack Sparrow into one of the most recognisable characters in movie history.

 

I hate the Pirates film and can't stand Depp's Keith Richards impersonation. However, in the context of the films themselves his Sparrow performances are fine - the problem with Public Enemies is that he's supposed to bring seriousness and gravitas to the role and never comes close, he does a cardboard cutout gangster schtick and nothing more.

 

 

[Onyx2]

I only just heard about Whatever Works - a Woody Allen film starring Larry David. Sounds like perfect UKFF fodder, has anyone seen it?

[Rob Lowe]

I only just heard about Whatever Works - a Woody Allen film starring Larry David. Sounds like perfect UKFF fodder, has anyone seen it?

Its limited release so I'm waiting for a half decent torrent. Its had very mixed reviews though so even as a big Larry David fan I'm not gagging to see it.

[Whinehouse]

I watched Angel-A earlier this week.

 

*SPOILERS* In case anyone really wants to see this.

 

Directed by Luc Besson (which was quite surprising, given how understated the film is), it's about a deadbeat loser named Andr

Edited July 8, 2009 by Whinehouse

[tiger_rick]

Zack and Miri Make a Porno.

 

What a fucking massive waste of time.

 

Low expectations, expected plenty of good gags between the wafer thin plot and Seth Rogan having no problem snaring women that wouldn't go near him in real life. Was hardly any.

 

Not charming, not funny, not worth it.

Totally disagree. I saw it a couple of months ago and although I can barely remember it (which means it's re-watch time), I fucking loved it. The plot is ridiculous, the hot babe being into the fat lad is ridiculous, the whole bloody thing is ridiculous but I think it works. It isn't a thinker, it isn't particularly original or anything but it's a really funny movie. I just laughed my arse off almost all of it and then at the end, I cared enough to hope there was a happy ending. Great stuff.

 

I loved Juno.

You nutter! It's a tedious, pretenious piece of shit with characters and dialogue and story that is so utterly desperate to be clever but is actually so fucking dumb that it makes Mr Bean look like a work of Shakespeare.

 

Love the In Bruges quote that LaGoosh posted. Saw that not too long ago, was blown away by it, it's fantastic.

 

I watched Dirty Harry the other week, first time I'd seen it. I enjoyed it but it wasn't particularly thrilling for the most part. The Dirty Harry character was terrific but on the whole, I'd have preferred a bit more drama.

 

Also watched my first ever western at the weekend. The Good, the Bad and The Ugly. I enjoyed it a surprising amount. it dragged on a bit and being a spaghetti western, the dialogue seemed a bit hokey but I got into the characters and enjoyed the story. Will definitely be buying some more.

Edited July 8, 2009 by tiger_rick

[insert_name_here]

I've just been to see Transformers 2 and it actually wasn't that bad, i wasn't expecting much from it but i enjoyed it quite a bit. Edited July 8, 2009 by insert_name_here