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Leprachaun
Jennifer Anniston with a big nose. Was really funny, more at the film than with it but was decent entertainment and rather daft 5/10
 
Interstellar is a dumb movie. I liked it, it had a couple of interesting ideas and the bookcase voyeur scene was real nice; was like being inside of Malkovich's head again. The mad spaceman was fun and dumb. I loved the wave scene - very exciting, that was dumb. The expository dialogue was super dumb and began to grate after a while. Mathew Mc was a creepy father but still good. The film reminded me that I actually quite enjoy Armageddon, despite it being dumb.

If it cut it's length by a third and took that super cereal, po-faced expression off it's mug it would be more enjoyable and it's dumbness would be less of an issue.
 
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BAMSOLA said:
Its a pretty subtle but very rewarding film that takes a while to really pick up in terms of pacing so I would definitely recommend watching it again if you can. As for your points in relation to the movie:

Both the connection between the Schultz brothers themselves and also their connection with Du Pont is supposed to be frosty and very dysfunctional.

One of the opening scenes where they are wrestling gives hints (again very subtly) as to why this is and it would appear that there is a lot of jealousy coming from Mark, but very little from Dave over the reverence with which Dave is held in the sport in contrast to Mark. As for their relationship with Du Pont, Mark is there for the initial adulation and importance that he is being given by his role at Du Pont's ranch and being selected by somebody with such wealth behind them, Dave seems to be interested in having somewhere for his family to settle as it seems he needs to constantly move his family due to Olympic team commitments where as a link up with Du Pont offers the chance of a stable base to train Olympic wrestler and get paid.

Du Pont's reasons are a little more difficult to grasp accept where you take into account his relationship with his mother who seems quite overbearing and is into her Horses and doesn't seem to think much of his own personal sense of ambition or drive(and ultimately despite his efforts to impress her she doesn't think much of Wrestling either), he begins to see wrestling as the sport of the common man (as opposed to Horse/Equestrian sports which are far more upper class sports) so the opportunity to both impress and exert power among working-class young men who would never have seen such wealth as his before is a clear motivation for getting involved with both brothers and Olympic wrestling (he could never have done the same in Equestrian sports as he would be dealing with more wealth, more educated athletes). In the end it looks like a vain attempt to impress his mother with his authority and mentor-ship of young athletes.

As for why he does what he does ultimately that is open to question, but there are strong hints throughout that he suffers from mental illness (he was later judged to be so) and so his unpredictable behavior throughout is in keeping with the more extreme end of that condition. So if you see it through his distorted world view as with the gym scene where Du Pont pretends to be coaching when his mother enters the hall, you could say he sees Dave Schultz as a threat to the false image of himself that he so desperately wants to be true, he wants to be "a coach, a mentor, a father" to paraphrase him, but both his social awkwardness and lack of coherence as well as lack of any real knowledge of wrestling gets in the way of his ambitions.

It really is a brilliant but subtle character study of all three characters. A firm 8/10 for me but that is just my opinion and I'd urge you to watch it again if you have the time.

PS Typo, its Steve Carrell giving a very good performance as Du Pont.
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I admit i was watching it on LED TV, so probably it does let some steam off.
 
Edge of tomorrow
I went into this not expecting it to be very good as I hated the original. But have to say I was pleasantly surprised. As far as reboots go it was genius casting Tom Cruise in the Rene Zellweger role. He obviously had a lot of influence in the writing and stuff cos they've really upped the ante on the action and sfx, it's still set in London though.
A decent watch. 56/74
 
Paddington:

As kids films go, it was quite good. Some quite chucklesome moments and a nice happy ending. Quite a strong cast for a kids film too!

In terms of Roadhouse, Paddington was the Bar, Kidman was the thug and The Browns were the bouncers.
 
Kingsman: The Secret Service

Time pass film. No critical value to it, but still enjoyable. Standard plot line. Wafer thin. Lots of implausibles and roll eyes and OTT scenes. A film that does not take itself seriously.

Worth watching once if you are bored.

Rating: 6/10
 
Edgar Allan Pillow said:
Kingsman: The Secret Service

Time pass film. No critical value to it, but still enjoyable. Standard plot line. Wafer thin. Lots of implausibles and roll eyes and OTT scenes. A film that does not take itself seriously.

Worth watching once if you are bored.

Rating: 6/10
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Now everyone knows how ancient you are.
 
Edgar Allan Pillow said:
Kingsman: The Secret Service

Time pass film. No critical value to it, but still enjoyable. Standard plot line. Wafer thin. Lots of implausibles and roll eyes and OTT scenes. A film that does not take itself seriously.

Worth watching once if you are bored.

Rating: 6/10
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I'd say that's about accurate. Don't really see what all the fuss was about, very mediocre film with the kind of School boy/girl sensibility that works with Kick Ass 1 because its self aware and witty but fails by some distance here because it lacks both qualities.
 
You didn't think it was self-aware? Everything about the movie screamed that it was, that it didn't want to be overly serious, realistic or gritty but merely wanted to have balls to the wall fun. The ending was a triumph to that very notion.
 
BAMSOLA said:
I'd say that's about accurate. Don't really see what all the fuss was about, very mediocre film with the kind of School boy/girl sensibility that works with Kick Ass 1 because its self aware and witty but fails by some distance here because it lacks both qualities.
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What a burden political correctness is even on the English language. :smirk:
 
Locka said:
You didn't think it was self-aware? Everything about the movie screamed that it was, that it didn't want to be overly serious, realistic or gritty but merely wanted to have balls to the wall fun. The ending was a triumph to that very notion.
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Nah, I though it was badly written chavy film making which lacked any real sense of self awareness and got too carried away by the fun aspect and forgot to add some wit to it.

I also think the Sun newspaper product placement was unforgivable and tells you exactly the type of crowd they were aiming at.
 
Locka said:
You didn't think it was self-aware? Everything about the movie screamed that it was, that it didn't want to be overly serious, realistic or gritty but merely wanted to have balls to the wall fun. The ending was a triumph to that very notion.
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Agreed. Brilliant fun because it didn't take itself too seriously.
 
Of course it was incredibly self-aware. And if you had any doubts even when watching it (and I don't understand how you could), you only needed to look at who directed it. Vaughn loves this type of nonsense (and executes it perfectly).
 
I saw the trailers for Kingsman and thought it looked a bit too silly. I will wait until it's on sky movies or something and I'm bored. It's when I watch all manor of crap!
 
Who cares when he makes films as entertaining as Kingsman.
 
Rooney in Dublin said:
I really like Layer Cake, myself. I haven't seen Stardust, read the book but I'm dubious about a film adaptation. Really worth a watch?
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Though I was semi-joking about it being his best film - I do quite like it. It's exactly what a film that's trying to be a live-action fairy-tale should be. His best film is definitely First Class in my opinion.

Been ages since I saw it, but I wasn't really taken with Layer Cake, just seemed bland... I also find Kick-Ass to be vastly overrated, which is why I was pretty surprised when it turned out that I enjoyed Kingsman.
 
Annihilate Now! said:
I do quite like it. It's exactly what a film that's trying to be a live-action fairy-tale should be.
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It's a charming film. Beautiful scenery, great costumes, a very funny Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer looking as gorgeous as she always did. I haven't read the book so can't compare, but I wouldn't have thought it has been butchered/destroyed/ruined the way The Golden Compass (Northern Lights) was. Saying that, I thought the Golden Compass was alright until I read the books. I can't Savalbjorn it now.
 
langster said:
It's a charming film. Beautiful scenery, great costumes, a very funny Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer looking as gorgeous as she always did. I haven't read the book so can't compare, but I wouldn't have thought it has been butchered/destroyed/ruined the way The Golden Compass (Northern Lights) was. Saying that, I thought the Golden Compass was alright until I read the books. I can't Savalbjorn it now.
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I watched Stardust not expecting to enjoy it, thinking it would be cheesy and sentimental, but it is actually well made and entertaining. Give it a go RiP, bet you'll like it.
I thought Kickass was great. Funny and quirky but the second one was a massive let down.
 
Right I'll give Stardust a watch!

I re-watched Die Hard 2 last night, I'd seen it ages ago and didn't really remember it that well. If I'm not mistaken, it's widely seen as the weakest of the trilogy (the others didn't exist), but I think I'd read on here a few posters saying it was a bit underrated and wasn't that bad. I guess I enjoyed it, I mean it's balls to the wall fun and action, and it kicks off so quickly, it's great. But at the same time, it feels like it's going for overkill too often, and it's not as enjoyable as Die Hard 1, or even Die Hard with a vengeance (which I love). It's got all the 80s/90s action films clichés though, with the whole plot basically being given to us while the baddy is warming up naked in his room watching TV, a terrible cop who turns out to be half decent at the end, an amusing two minute side-kick (goddamn Marvin) and the 'tech-savvy' (a guy who knows what an antenna is, basically, this was the early 90s, let's not get too excited) guy who's just useful enough for the plot, but not quite enough to thwart the bad guys.
 
Rooney in Dublin said:
Right I'll give Stardust a watch!

I re-watched Die Hard 2 last night, I'd seen it ages ago and didn't really remember it that well. If I'm not mistaken, it's widely seen as the weakest of the trilogy (the others didn't exist), but I think I'd read on here a few posters saying it was a bit underrated and wasn't that bad. I guess I enjoyed it, I mean it's balls to the wall fun and action, and it kicks off so quickly, it's great. But at the same time, it feels like it's going for overkill too often, and it's not as enjoyable as Die Hard 1, or even Die Hard with a vengeance (which I love). It's got all the 80s/90s action films clichés though, with the whole plot basically being given to us while the baddy is warming up naked in his room watching TV, a terrible cop who turns out to be half decent at the end, an amusing two minute side-kick (goddamn Marvin) and the 'tech-savvy' (a guy who knows what an antenna is, basically, this was the early 90s, let's not get too excited) guy who's just useful enough for the plot, but not quite enough to thwart the bad guys.
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"Just the Fax Pam... just the Fax" is one of the great Die Hard quotes... (in my mind)
 
Saw Focus last night and couldn't get through it cos it's crap. I'm guessing there was a bit of double crossing at the end because drama.
 
Chappie - Frustrating. Somewhere in there is a very good film wanting to come out, but somewhere it gets lost between too much plot, poor pacing and some pretty shoddy acting. I still thought it was alright - but nowhere near as good as I had hoped.
 
Jippy said:
I watched Stardust not expecting to enjoy it, thinking it would be cheesy and sentimental, but it is actually well made and entertaining. Give it a go RiP, bet you'll like it.
I thought Kickass was great. Funny and quirky but the second one was a massive let down.
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I enjoyed it too. Even Ricky Gervais didn't ruin it for me.
 
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