Lone Ranger - It was entertaining, but I'm torn. I like the quirkiness of the movie Tonto but at the same time it bums me out that it isn't true to the TV series.
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Lone Ranger - It was entertaining, but I'm torn. I like the quirkiness of the movie Tonto but at the same time it bums me out that it isn't true to the TV series.
I watched a documentary film called Restrepo about US Marines and their battles in a remote valley in Afghanistan. It had the usual chaotic combat footage and scenes of marines relaxing in a sressful position.
What was really striking ws the understandable grief they felt when one of their comrades was killed in a Taliban attack, which contrasted with their significantly blaze attitude to female civilian deaths and children casualties, which they witnessed.
Another thing that really struck me was how a young Captain - 30 maybe - was expected to negotiate with Afghan elders when he clearly had no idea about the culture, and admitted at the beginning of the film that he had not read up on it in order to keep an open mind. You couldn't blame this chap, but the really shortsighted political policies that whoever was runing the campaign were using.
Very illuminating.
I'd like to see that one sometime, Paul. It looks really interesting. It's just that things with a lot of death in them are hard to watch. For me anyway.
The Spectacular Now. A relatively realistic coming of age story, by which I mean it is not in the vein of John Hughes, as celebrated as they are.
Also Ran, the brilliant, stately, despairing, tragic tale of a Japanese warlord who is betrayed by his sons. Based on Japanese legends and King Lear.
This has Kirk Douglas as a master criminal planning to rob an giant insurance company in Hamburg.
Apart from some ludicrous fight scenes and a silly car chase involving maximum destruction, there is the nail
biting robbery involving high tech gadgetry which Douglas and his accomplice pull off until the inevitable double cross blows the whole thing out of the water.
It's alway a shame to see class actors like Douglas reduced to the rubbish of the seventies and beyond, even though they still manage to give of their best. 6/10
I watched Prisoners last week, it was quite violent at times but overall it was a good film. I really liked Jake Gyllenhaal’s performance. 7/10
Being a great cat person, I watched this enjoyable documentary about felines. They really are the most enigmatic
creatures and also the most beautiful. 9/10
http://youtu.be/izqCgnEEKwc
The Act of Killing, directed by Joshua Oppenheimer. 9/10 This was a truly excellent documentary. In the end it was somewhat disturbing, but rarely have I seen a movie or read a book that shows the layers of good and evil in human beings like this one did.
2 Guns
This is the story of two undercover agents from different organizations who try to do the right thing while the bad guys keep popping up all over the place. The scene with the chickens is gross, totally unexpected at least from my limited experience, and I can't forget it.
Score: 10/10
I watched Liberal Arts last night and enjoyed it a lot. Josh Radnor was really funny throughout and I think he was superb as an actor, director, and writer. This movie took me back to my years in college. 7/10
I went to see Inside Llewyn Davis last night. Astonishingly good film, and one of the Coen brothers' finest outings - very much in the vein of their earlier A Serious Man, which is quite possibly my favourite film.
The Lego movie with my son. I do understand why it's so popular, it is probably the best 'kids' movie I have seen. I put kids in brackets cause I think I had more fun than my son. This is the best version of Batman I have seen, and I have seen most if not all of them. His song about depression and being an orphan was very funny.
Another part of the movie was how great it's beginning was showing cameras all over and directions about how to live your life, a small 1984 vibe.
Hi there Lokasenna, I'm looking forward to watching Inside Liewyn Davies myself so I'm pleased to read your recommendation. :smile5:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lokasenna
The last film I watched was The Wolf of Wall Street. One of the most morally bankrupt and misogynistic films I can remember watching. Cracking fun though, and a cool 9/10 rating from me. Leonardo DiCaprio is surely the new king of Hollywood. :cool:
I enjoyed The Wolf of Wall Street as well.
Last night I saw Last Vegas. Four friends go to Las Vegas for a wedding and bachelor party and have some adventures and get to know each other better even thought they have known each other for the past 60 years.
Score: 7/10
About Time
This was an "extraordinary ordinary" movie and the best one I've seen about time travel.
Here is the theme song written by Mike Scott: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSgU0gNL2Ac
Score: 10/10
Love Actually
After watching "About Time", I looked through the library for other work by Richard Curtis and found "Love Actually". What I liked about this movie and the other one was the way ordinary events and people presented initially in a humorous way get resolved as the movie progresses. One stops laughing at the characters and starts empathizing with them.
Score 10/10