The Last Film You Watched

[SpecialCourt]

Caught up on 127 Hours last night. Probably nothing new to add, over all it was pretty great. I get massively put off by Danny Boyle's more overbearing stylistic choices (that god awful, not proper slow motion effect is the worst and the opening scenes were nearly unbearable), but it's to the credit of Franco's performance, the details of the true story and the near perfection of some scenes (the fast track back to the Gatorade in the truck, the torrent of water and the 'detachment' scenes in particular) that overall it was a riveting watch.

[Matthew A]

I watched Being Elmo last night. It was very easy to watch, and really uplifting.

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Although it was fairly lightweight, and the story of adversity (poor/bullied) seemed to be thrown in just to try and add some drama. The strangest part was some of the archive footage- for example what are the chances that his first meeting with Kermit Scott was filmed, and in such a set-up fashion with the camera rolling as he opened to the door to the family? It made it feel a little odd.

[dangerous_jamie]

I watched Being Elmo last night. It was very easy to watch, and really uplifting.

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Although it was fairly lightweight, and the story of adversity (poor/bullied) seemed to be thrown in just to try and add some drama. The strangest part was some of the archive footage- for example what are the chances that his first meeting with Kermit Scott was filmed, and in such a set-up fashion with the camera rolling as he opened to the door to the family? It made it feel a little odd.

I agree! It was just so lovely that I managed to overcome it.

[jules]

Watched 'The Chaser' last night. Really good. It portrayed the Korean Police as a right bunch of hapless idiots. I wonder if thats actually the general consensus of the police over there?

[Eddy Crapshack]

Mad Detective - A nice little offbeat spin on the usual police procedural. Felt short at just under 1 hour and a half, and I would of liked to have cared a bit more about the main character.

Hardware - A little boring to begin with until the killer robot gets loose. I like the punk style, entertaining enough.

Melancholia - Loved it. One of the few films I have the urge to watch again immediately. Plus Kirsten Dunst's boobs.

[Mark1412]

Man, Melancholia was fantastic. I did the exact same thing and watched it twice in a row. Think it's about time for a third.

[dangerous_jamie]

Mad Detective - A nice little offbeat spin on the usual police procedural. Felt short at just under 1 hour and a half, and I would of liked to have cared a bit more about the main character.

Hardware - A little boring to begin with until the killer robot gets loose. I like the punk style, entertaining enough.

Melancholia - Loved it. One of the few films I have the urge to watch again immediately. Plus Kirsten Dunst's boobs.

Hardware is my favourite Christmas movie.

[dangerous_jamie]

PS. I went to a screening of the remastered Four Flies on Grey Velvet tonight. It's funnier than I remember, both intentionally and not, but a great watch especially on the big screen.

[zildjian]

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[Eddy Crapshack]

PS. I went to a screening of the remastered Four Flies on Grey Velvet tonight. It's funnier than I remember, both intentionally and not, but a great watch especially on the big screen.

Got the blu-ray coming next week, haven't seen it before so I'm looking forward to it!

[funtasticrich]

watched Innkeepers. Fairly slow paced and could have done with a few more scares. On to Human Centipede II next

[SpecialCourt]

I really want to see The Innkeepers, but I've got no on demand services and I'm sure it's not out on dvd or in the cinema anytime soon. House Of The Devil was one of my favourites from a few years back so excited for this.

[BennytheBigDog]

Saw the Big Lebowski for the first time the other night. Was raving about how awesome it was for ages so I agreed to give it a go. Queue two hours of me not laughing once. Just an awful film. If I was high I'd probably like it. But when I was high, I thought Dude, Where's My Car? was genius so that's not saying much. I don't know how anyone can get any pleasure out of this, let alone it being a cult film.

[Si]

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[tomcat]

The Descendants - Thought it was really good, but the fat kid ruined it somewhat.

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I thought the attempts at humour that involved him were just a bit too obvious and just generally found his character a bit annoying. Also didn't really get why he followed them around for the whole film, surely the daughter would have told him to go away at some point? They didn't exactly seem close enough for him to follow them around for the whole film.
Also wasn't really a fan of how the whole land-selling thing was handled, would have been nice to have some idea of what he panned to do with it, even if it was just to take his daughter camping.

Definitely enjoyed it though, I'm just nit picking really.

[Shoddyrob]

Saw the Big Lebowski for the first time the other night. Was raving about how awesome it was for ages so I agreed to give it a go. Queue two hours of me not laughing once. Just an awful film. If I was high I'd probably like it. But when I was high, I thought Dude, Where's My Car? was genius so that's not saying much. I don't know how anyone can get any pleasure out of this, let alone it being a cult film.

Christ, you have truly horrible taste

[BennytheBigDog]

People seem to be rabid mad on it, but I don't get it at all. They walk around into implausible situations and proceed to be really thick and hapless. Reminded me kinda of Kevin Smith, except I find his films reasonably funny. I could not wait for the Big Lebowski to end, from start to finish it was incredibly tiresome.

[dangerous_jamie]

I really want to see The Innkeepers, but I've got no on demand services and I'm sure it's not out on dvd or in the cinema anytime soon. House Of The Devil was one of my favourites from a few years back so excited for this.

I wouldn't trouble yourself. It's paced like HotD but with no pay off. I hope Ti West is back with something better soon.

[funtasticrich]

human centipede 2 is one of the worst movies i've ever seen. some of the worst "acting" in a film.

[Placebograeme]

I really want to see The Innkeepers, but I've got no on demand services and I'm sure it's not out on dvd or in the cinema anytime soon. House Of The Devil was one of my favourites from a few years back so excited for this.

I think it is getting a general release sometime this year (Feb or March I presume) so look out for it, I'm not sure how wide the general release will be though. I enjoyed it for the most part but some bits in it:

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Notably, the ghost

looked and felt quite amature compared to how well made House of the Devil was made. Still worth a watch but, in my opinion, it isn't as good as HotD which I also absolutely loved and thought was the best FrightFest 09 film.

[slick nick]

Limitless was a decent watch, despite the at times sickening cinematography.

[pennyroyal_teea]

Watched Deathrace 2000 earlier, just for laughs.

[dangerous_jamie]

I really want to see The Innkeepers, but I've got no on demand services and I'm sure it's not out on dvd or in the cinema anytime soon. House Of The Devil was one of my favourites from a few years back so excited for this.

I think it is getting a general release sometime this year (Feb or March I presume) so look out for it, I'm not sure how wide the general release will be though. I enjoyed it for the most part but some bits in it:

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Notably, the ghost

looked and felt quite amature compared to how well made House of the Devil was made. Still worth a watch but, in my opinion, it isn't as good as HotD which I also absolutely loved and thought was the best FrightFest 09 film.

Where were you sat?

[imogen]

Going back over some old points from the last few pages.

I absolutely love going to the cinema, and feels it's a lovely event. But then I only ever go to the Picturehouse chain cinema in York (mainly shows more independent film). I've never been annoyed by the crowd in there and I love that I can take wine in with me. I'm a member so it makes a ticket £6 and I go loads more than I used to now it costs less. It's also got a lovely cafe-bar

Oscar nominations: I think The Artist definitely deserved so many nominations, it was absolutely lovely, and a brilliant idea.
I thought Werner Herzog's Cave of the Forgotten Dreams should have been nominated for best Documentary as it was one of the best uses of 3D, and was brilliant.
I was surprised We Need To Talk About Kevin wasn't nominated for anything as it was abrilliant adaptation of an excellent book with great acting (in both main and supporting roles), definitely one of my films of last year.
I was surprised Melancholia wasn't nominated for best cinematography, as I really didn't like the film much but the cinematography was beautiful.

Think I might see The Descendants tomorrow, or Sarah's Key which the cinema are showing as part of Haulocaust Memorial Day, but I guess it depends how I'm feeling mood wise!

[BennytheBigDog]

Posh cinemas are class it has to be said. There's one near my cousin's in Edinburgh where waiters bring you glasses of wine while you watch the film. They had a premier for something or other at it once and we saw J K Rowling and Sigorney Weaver heading in. It was the best day EVOR.