Review the last film you watched

[Bettyboo]

^ I've never actually read the book, but got it free on my Kindle last week; thus, I'll probably read the book first then watch the film; as long as it's not ruined by American actors...

[OhOh]

^No the acting is good, Pacino's Shylock especially so. Venice looks to be the place to have been.

The female lead plays the story well.

The twists and turns at the end are exquisite.

It makes you appreciate the value of an English Literature 1st.

[Bettyboo]

^ good stuff; I'll give it a go.

Watched London Boulevard today, very good. Good cast and a nicely put together film. Worth a couple of hours of anyone's time.

[OhOh]

^I have to agree with you. Good pick.

[Davis Knowlton]

Jason Statham in "Chase". Kind of a bullshit plot, further complicated by no subtitles and lots of the dialogue in either Chinese or Russian, but some good action scenes. If you like Statham, as I do, 7/10. If you hate him, as many Brits seem to, 4/10.

[Bettyboo]

If you hate him, as many Brits seem to, 4/10.

Many or all? He was fine in a couple of early films, but a tough action hero he is not... Come on, Davis - sort your shit out; he's no Bob Hoskins...

[Davis Knowlton]

"Safehouse" - Denzel Washington. Good actor - poor movie. Tried to be a Bourne movie, and failed. Totally implausible, hard-to-follow plot, which turned out to be boring in any case. Some good action scenes. 6/10 - only because it was a rainy afternoon, I had no other movies to watch, and Denzel was ok.

[OhOh]

Prometheus 3D. I thought it would be a Greek tragedy, seems I was mistaken. They missed out Zeus's role and not much about giving humans fire

I saw it at the cinema. Good 3D effects, reasonable action. More of the Aliens thread but no worse that the first two.

Tickets £11.50, glasses £0.80, Popcorn and coke £5.60 = £17.90 per person, not cheap for a group of 4.

5/10

[Butterfly]

coming out soon here, hate 3D though

this is the latest Ridley Scott movie, supposed to be awesome

[Davis Knowlton]

"Memorial Day" - Jonathan Bennett, John Cromwell, James Cromwell. The memories of a WW2 paratrooper and his grandson, who goes on to fight in Afghanistan. A very well done movie, far better than I expected. 8/10.

[WujouMao]

Jason Statham in "Chase". Kind of a bullshit plot, further complicated by no subtitles and lots of the dialogue in either Chinese or Russian, but some good action scenes. If you like Statham, as I do, 7/10. If you hate him, as many Brits seem to, 4/10.

LOL, there is certainly alot of difference between Russian and Chinese and you're hardly going to get a Chinese speaking Russian are we?

I also looked on http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005458/ for the said movie and i dont know of any movie named Chase. Not even his new one "Safe" goes by another name. So just what were you watching Davies?

I was bored and decided to dl Mel's new film that comes under 2 different names. One less political correct than the other. But i like its original title better.

Get the Gringo. I was really surprised by it but it would of been a hell of alot better if my R5 had subs for the spanish, so although i only watched half, i'll give it a 6/10. I really want to see it again with subs so no doubt i'll add another point.

[Little Chuchok]

Jason Statham in "Chase". Kind of a bullshit plot, further complicated by no subtitles and lots of the dialogue in either Chinese or Russian, but some good action scenes. If you like Statham, as I do, 7/10. If you hate him, as many Brits seem to, 4/10.

LOL, there is certainly alot of difference between Russian and Chinese and you're hardly going to get a Chinese speaking Russian are we?

Well considering the countries border each other, and I have heard chinese looking people speak Russian in documentaries,then I would answer a big fat yes to that question.

[alwarner]

^I have to agree with you. Good pick.

You're right that nothing beats the book. Unfortunately in the case of London Boulevard it seems they forgot to use a lot of the plot of the book.

Real shame.

[Davis Knowlton]

Jason Statham in "Chase". Kind of a bullshit plot, further complicated by no subtitles and lots of the dialogue in either Chinese or Russian, but some good action scenes. If you like Statham, as I do, 7/10. If you hate him, as many Brits seem to, 4/10.

LOL, there is certainly alot of difference between Russian and Chinese and you're hardly going to get a Chinese speaking Russian are we?

I also looked on Jason Statham - IMDb for the said movie and i dont know of any movie named Chase. Not even his new one "Safe" goes by another name. So just what were you watching Davies?

I was bored and decided to dl Mel's new film that comes under 2 different names. One less political correct than the other. But i like its original title better.

Get the Gringo. I was really surprised by it but it would of been a hell of alot better if my R5 had subs for the spanish, so although i only watched half, i'll give it a 6/10. I really want to see it again with subs so no doubt i'll add another point.

He's fighting two mobs - one Chinese and one Russian. Members of each mob speak their native language. I also looked it up and it doesn't exist. But, that was the name on the DVD. Or maybe I just dreamt the whole thing. Gonna watch "El Gringo" right now.

[Davis Knowlton]

The Statham movie I watched was the 2011 movie "Safe", mistitled on the DVD.

[alwarner]

^Cheers will hav a look



Watched God Bless America last night. Good Indie flick about a terminally ill guy who goes on a killing spree with a 16 year old school girl.

Some very funny moments in it and the main character snaps at (amongst other things) the vacuous cult of celebrity that seems to be infecting the world.

It did drag a little towards the back end of the film but that could have been down to the time I was watching it.

7/10

Also written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait who was the guy with the high pitched voice in Police Academy 3!

[WujouMao]

Must be a Chinese copy that fucked up with the translation then, or saw Statham running all the time and just named in Chase.

Anyhow, for lingo, you are correct, for both parts. Taken from IMDB

Language:

English | Mandarin | Russian

Also Known As (AKA)

úÁÈÉÓÎÉË Ukraine
A biztonság záloga Hungary
An Toàn Vietnam
Kod shamur Israel(Hebrew title)
Koruyucu Turkey (Turkish title)
Profas Lithuania
Profesionalac Croatia
Protektor Poland
Safe France
Safe - O Intocável Portugal
Todsicher Germany
Chase Dodgy Chinese copy

[alwarner]

I'll have a look at that. Cheers

Noticed it has Chris Sarandon who probably hasn't worked since he was the baddie in The Princess Bride. Expecting an enjoyable stinker.

[WujouMao]

Going to watch "El Gringo" right now.

A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000, and a bloody past, finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.

Funny that ^. Sounds a bit like that Mel film. He crosses over to Mexico with 2+ mill. Although Mel spends most of his time in a Mexican prison.

[Cujo]

'Angels and Demons'
Quite a good tale about the battle between the Catholic Church and the 'illuminate' the organization of scientists that was persecuted by the church for pointing out scientific truths.
It had me rooting for the church for a while there, until I thought, hey wait a minute.....
Good film.
Not new.
Absolutely awesome background of Rome.

[alwarner]

The Illuminate?

Reminds me of the summer of 2004 and my battle with the laminate floor in my front room.

[harrybarracuda]

Going to watch "El Gringo" right now.

A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000, and a bloody past, finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.

Funny that ^. Sounds a bit like that Mel film. He crosses over to Mexico with 2+ mill. Although Mel spends most of his time in a Mexican prison.

If he ever wants to work again seriously, he's going to have to spend most of his time in a synagogue.

[WujouMao]

Back to watching Get the Gringo with matching subs for the Spanish parts.

Last movie i saw with Mel in it was Lethal Weapon, lol

[Bettyboo]

'Angels and Demons'

You're right that nothing beats the book.

In this case; average film, utterly shite book...

I thought Remains of the Day was a really average book too, the film was better - Never Let Me Go was a really good book and a pretty good film.

[Davis Knowlton]

"El Gringo". Total suck. 1/10.