What films have you watched this week?

[prinnysquad]

I watched Aladdin yesterday. Quite enjoyed it reely.

[speedlolita]

American Psycho. In a word: awesome.

[PaTaito]

Sunshine on bluray....

[Soundwave]

Just wandered back in from Sherlock Holmes 2.

Pretty good IMO
Good story, some quality directing, RDJ is a star as always...just much more of the same & I for one loved it.

If you liked the first it's definitely worth seeing...if not then this one won't convert you.

Neil

[JazzFunk]

Just saw an Uwe Boll film I've never heard of, Rampage, and it was actually OK. The plot owes a great deal to the Postal games, what with it being about a young guy who fashions a suit of body armour and proceeds to massacre many of the local suburban community via twin-machine gun fire. Not as fantastic as it could've been but also pretty good in its own low-budget way. Doesn't actually feel like a Boll film, either.

[koopatroopa90]

I watched Aladdin yesterday. Quite enjoyed it reely.

Was that when it was on ITV? Watched it on the HD channel which looked really good actually. Wondering whether it is just an upscaled reel or what that they broadcast as doesn't seem to be on the Disney release list again this year...

[JazzFunk]

Rewatched Wedlock, due to me bigging it up on the Sci-Fi thread, and me not actually having seen it since 1992.

It was bloody good form, despite it not being quite the force it once was (I thought it had more exploding heads!!!) Surprisingly solid, this has held up well, plus has James Remar in the all-important 'C*nt Mode' that he did so well, pre-Dexter.

Leon Ahoy, if you're still out there, SPEAK!

[Baseley09]

Transformers: dark of the moon, after rise of the fallen it couldn't get any worse, fortunately this one while still full of terrible things, was much better. For the first time the shooting of the action was good and the design work was better.....off set with being too long, unecessary cheese and a horrid score.

[JazzFunk]

Rise Of The Footsoldier. Gripping stuff, makes Green Street seem a bit Bill Cosby. Wasn't expecting much of this but found it thoroughly entertaining and well-acted, despite being a tad grim (and Mr "Injury Lawyers 4U" being in it, and being rather good to boot).

Nice.

[Paddy]

Transformers: dark of the moon, after rise of the fallen it couldn't get any worse, fortunately this one while still full of terrible things, was much better. For the first time the shooting of the action was good and the design work was better.....off set with being too long, unecessary cheese and a horrid score.

Pardon my ignorance but is that the second or third one?

Alos, how many minutes of slowdown does the film have?

[Baseley09]

Pardon my ignorance but is that the second or third one?

Alos, how many minutes of slowdown does the film have?

Dak of the moon is the third one, still couldn't call it good but it wasn't entirely without merit and does remedy some of the cheeseball and slowdown etc.....but it's all still there of course

[Dogg Thang]

Watched X-Men First Class last night. I loved it. A real treat with so much in it. Most of the characters were excellent, even some of the dregs mutants like Banshee. The look was good (with the exception of Azazel), the colours were great and the story was pretty packed yet not messy, with a clear focus on Charles and Eric. For me, it was easily the best X-Men film and actually I think it's somewhat of a shame that they tried to tie it into the others as those movies rule out a proper retelling from here, leaving probably just real unknown mutants if they go for a sequel. A really enjoyable movie.

[Sketcz]

Watchmen
Empty, vacuous nonsense of absolutely no redeeming value. No action for the first 2 hours, and then a little fisticuffs. Extended and extremely characterisations, and they're all terrible. Every character is a godawful arsehole, to the point where the only character I could cheer for was the invisible enemy of Soviet Russia, hoping they would nuke the lot of them into oblivion. Plus, it's as confusing as hell. What the hell was going on exactly? Did the original heroes have super powers? Or was it just people in costume?

Apparently this was adapted from a Comic Book - to which I can only conclude said comic must have been mind numbingly inane trash. The only thing worse than Watchmen is the 1960s Batman TV series, and then only just...

I'd recorded it from the night before, so it was on tape, and in the end I just watched it on fast forward. Even then I switched off once they got to the ice base and started fighting.

In my mind I like to think the Russians launched the nuke and EVERYONE DIED. ****ing worst movie I've seen in 2011. Worse than the hurt locker. A bunch of nothing about nothing.

[prinnysquad]

The only character to have proper powers is Dr Manhattan. I don't think the characterisations are terrible at all. I can see how they'd be unappealing, loathesome even, but a twat of a character does not constitute a terrible characterisation. Their motives have more depth in the comic.

Not understanding what is going on is a failing of the film, or due to fastforwarding chunks. Once again, the comic is clearer. It's about the rise of vigilantes in the last century, and the subsequent banning of them. A nuclear accident has created Dr Manhattan, who has helped the US to win in Vietnam, changed the course of Presidential history, and provided a strategic advantage which has pushed the superpowers to the brink. Vigilantes are being murdered by a person, and for reasons, unknown. Sociopathic lunatic Rorschach, who sees the world in black and white morality, investigates, contacting the other Watchmen. The characters all have major issues - either with their position in life, relationships, or desire to do good. The fact that some may find them goddawful arseholes is obvious - they're vigilantes. The author of the comic offers a critique of the superhero concept, the reliance on icons, and a comment on brinkmanship and power politics. The comic also has a story within a story which parallels one of the main characters' actions and motives.

The comic is a deeper, richer experience, with a lot of subtext and imagery. The film did a fairly decent job of some of it. This leads me to think that you'd hate it, John, though I'd argue to the day I die that it's not vacuous and empty. Nonsense, mind-numbing and inane I can accept - if it's not your thing it's not your thing, but a quick shivvy at the various resources on the web will show that the comic is not simplistic and empty with no redeeming value. There's a lot to the comic; love it or despise it, it's clear that it contains a degree of depth. And the 60s Batman bad? Come on! It's great fun!

[kryss]

Never seen Watchmen but Adam West Batman was batsh*t crazy awesome.