rate the last film you watched

why were you and rabo never this fun ana?

#52 Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

Script is a bit of a mess on this one. It ended & I thought to myself what exactly was this all about? Micky Rourke's character was wasted & I wasn't sure if Jonnny Depp's was worthy of so much screen time as his character seemed kind of underdeveloped. Still it delivered on the action front & despite being patchy was still never anything but entertaining.
'Are you a Mexican or a MexiCant?'
7

#53 Cross of Iron (1977)

I really enjoyed this despite war films not being one of my favourite genre's. James Coburn gives a classic performance & as usual Peckinpah shoots violence in a realistic way that always looks brutal and completely unglamorous. I felt maybe too much time was spent shooting the war going on rather then spending time giving more depth to the key characters but overall a very good film.
7.75

#54 Psycho III (1986)

I like this much more than most judging by it's imdb score. Sure Hitchcock made one of the all time great films that defined the horror genre for years to come but the sequels are good enough to deserve their existence. You still have the great location of the Bates motel & Anthony Perkins plays Norman as well as he does in the original. Anthony Perkins directed this one. I know he was typecast as nothing but Norman Bates & wanted to get away from that so they probably dangled the director carrot in front of him to get him to play Norman again. He does a good job & the script is better than the 2nd film yet the surrounding cast isn't as entertaining as the second part. Still, pretty decent stuff & by no means as bad as most people will tell you.
6.25

Another page, another free mention.

Those first 20 seconds! 'soft....white...bwahhhhahh'

I have always wanted to do a punk cover of Raindrops, but then my band and my wrist broke

"Hey.. What are you doing?"

"Stealing your woman."

"Take her... Take her."

"Well you're a romantic bastard, I'll give you that."

God I love that movie. The dialogue between those two is perfect. Such great chemistry.

Plus I'm glad this movie is finally getting the attention it deserves. I've been banging on about it since the Masterplan. Life is rough being a Soapbox B lister.

Well done Unintended for pointing out this obscure gem that nobody had ever even heard of before you brought it to our attention.
Here you go fella.

Thanks. Feels good man

Exam

decent thriller,good watch only negative i can think of is the length of it
7/10

Harry Brown



A performance of genuine gravitas from Michael Caine and some really nice/unsettling/horrific cinematography. Emily Mortimer is great as usual and Plan B is surprisingly decent. So why did I find this sorta reprehensible? It's exploitative but I like exploitative when it's quite clear where the moral heart of it lies. When Tarantino does it, when Rodriguez does it, you know it's Good vs Bad, it's a popcorn flick, it's fucking entertainment as we all like a bit of gore and pulp. But it's like this wants to be taken seriously as arthouse and to be making salient, piercing insights into the underbelly of society. Which is all well and good, but not if the goodies are so clearly good and the baddies are paper-thin with no mention (or even hinting) of circumstance, pressure or anything else tangible affecting them. Motives aren't questioned. It's just "the yoof are bad, watch and cheer as this old man fucks 'em up. Oh btw don't question why he needs to take it into his own hands, it's EMOTIONAL innit. Lol, yeah more dead chavs WOO!11".

Which is maybe what I find so reprehensible.

5.6/10

I've heard so many people say the same thing about Harry Brown. It seems outside of the UK it's been received much better probably because the political stance isn't as obvious to a foreign audience but either way thats put me off seeing it. Oh & the fact Caine is a tory voting, tax dodging cunt.

#55 L'armée des ombres [Army of Shadows] (1969)

Another great film by Jean-Pierre Melville. Really liked everything I've seen by him now. He takes his time with everything from the storytelling to the way the camera observes whats going on rather than being intrusive. Also he manages to somehow shoot in a way which is visually stunning yet uses only dull colour pallets on his sets. Everything feels slow yet always gripping. After seeing 5 of his films I can safely say he's one of my favourite directors.
This ones about the French Resistance whilst under German Occupation & the lengths people would go to to help the cause despite the consequences of being caught. Real gripping cinema.
8.5

#56 Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990)

The weakest of the series. Not terrible but just very forgettable. Olivia Hussey is fucking TERRIBLE as young Norman's mother. The film goes backwards & forwards from his childhood to the present day by using a phone-in show which feels completely cheesey. I think they would of been best of either making a complete prequel of Norman's early years or just making a final sequel. Juggling both into one story just left me not giving much of a damn about either.
5

everything (2004)



just saw this on bbc2 and was a lot better than i expected. winstone plays a guy who keeps going to this prossie but not to shag her just to chat which she finds a bit weird. went by pretty quickly considering most of the time it was just them two on screen. worth a watch anyway.

7

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I like this much more than most judging by it's imdb score. Sure Hitchcock made one of the all time great films that defined the horror genre for years to come but the sequels are good enough to deserve their existence. You still have the great location of the Bates motel & Anthony Perkins plays Norman as well as he does in the original. Anthony Perkins directed this one. I know he was typecast as nothing but Norman Bates & wanted to get away from that so they probably dangled the director carrot in front of him to get him to play Norman again. He does a good job & the script is better than the 2nd film yet the surrounding cast isn't as entertaining as the second part. Still, pretty decent stuff & by no means as bad as most people will tell you.
6.25
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good film. ;D

not seen it for a while.

used to be on tv fairly regular.

Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach (2008)



Do not watch this. I love Sean William Scott but to be able make this pile of a film entertaining it would take some epic character actor. Jim Carrey migh have made this work. As a 'for instance'. Granted, tennis as a premise for a comedy film would be difficult.

3/10

From within



7/10

aidan looks and speaks like a faggot but nonetheless a good "scary" film compared to most horror films out there.

Ninja Assassin


Pfff.

4.6/10

The goods



5/10


some chuckles here and there but it is hard to watch Jeremy Piven

[053] The Two Escobars

Pretty interesting made-for-TV documentary about the last few years of the lives of Andres Escobar and Pablo Escobar; I had no idea the two were connected and I thought this film did the story justice. I remember all of the things that took place from watching the news when I was a little girl, but seeing them now at this age kind of turned them into a new perspective. Parts of it were harrowingly devastating, and parts of it were amazingly exciting. Pretty much like everything that comes from this country.
7/10

[054] Star Trek

I have never seen a single episode of the series but I know all about it from pop cultural references, so I don't know if the film did the series proud or if it was faithful at all to it, but it felt like it. I thought it had decent action scenes, nice FX and a spot-on casting. The only thing I'd deduct points for has to be the sad attempt at a comic relief by Simon Pegg. Other than that, I was entertained and it got me interested in watching the series. I hope there's a sequel. 7/10

[055] Never Let Me Go

Oh jeez, don't waste your fucking time with this if you're planning to. This is just the 'indie', British, Keira Knightley pouty-lipped version of The Island. It's only 90 minutes but it was boring and dull. Half of the film I had no idea what the fuck I was watching, nor what the actual plot was about. By the time when they subtlely through dialogue and words started revealing the plot I wasn't interested anymore. This is a chick flick for pretentious girls who want to cry at the end of a film and not feel like teeny-boppers watching Titanic in the 90's.
4/10

[056] The Graduate

This was good for the first hour or so, around the end it becomes yet another romantic film with a predictable ending. Why ruin such an interesting premise with that crap? I wanted Mrs Robinson to shoot them both on a drunken rage, or something like that. Would've been more fun. It was still miles better than the film I saw afterwards though, The Green Hornet.
6/10

[057] The Green Hornet

Oh fucking hell, screw Catwoman, this is the worst film I've ever seen. Can't believe it was directed by Gondry, I lost all respect for him. Kinda funny though, that all through this film I kept thinking 'the only motivation for these actors has to be the money', there's no other explanation why some decent performers and a generally good director decided to do this film. I mean, in one scene Seth Rogen pushes a bullet out of a window of a car moving at high speed and you actually hear the thing fall on the ground WTF?! It's amazing how shit it can be.
Where to begin criticizing this? The acting was preposterous: Seth Rogen has to be the worst attempt at a comedy actor of the last 10 years surely? So obnoxious I felt like putting my fist through my laptop. And the acting in general...ugh, those 'party' scenes looked so staged and fake, awful. Then when you think things can't get any worse, Cameron Diaz walks in with her stupid grin and shit acting skills bought at a community center acting class. Predictable action sequences, too flashy, too high-tech, too slick. This felt like it was written by an amateur or someone who knows nothing about films, the jokes would only be funny to 13 year olds, if at all. If you don't want to miss out on the incredible delivery of such classic one-liners as 'let's roll!' and 'confused? you should be', then definitely go see this. But you'll waste your money. God I'm so angry.
1/10