manc-mag 1 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Is it any good in spite of Will Smith? Wor lass is wanting taken along-inexplicably the Will Smith factor isn't the natural deterrent it ought to be to her so I need to build a case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46032 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 I'd quite like to see it like. Will Smith's fairly inoffensive, isn't he? Tick tick tick tick.....BOOM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 I'd quite like to see it like. Will Smith's fairly inoffensive, isn't he? Tick tick tick tick.....BOOM! Have you been honking on your crack pipe, Scott! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1260 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Hidden - Call me old fashioned but I like my thrillers to end up resolved, there's no point in keeping me on the edge of my seat then leaving me there. It's not that I dislike open ended films per se, Lost in Translation for example is quality, but for a film to do that it should really be asking the viewer bigger, unanswerable questions about life, not whodunnit? That said, I did thoroughly enjoy the film and it did ask bigger questions about the nature of guilt, lies, good intentions etc. it just didn't follow the genre convention which was unsatisfying for me. Little Miss Sunshine - I really wanted to hate this film. I don't like to enjoy 'quirky' films. I think Wes Anderson is a mong. And on top of the quirks, this thing has a cute little 6 year old being upbeat when people die and generally tugging at the heart strings in a really manipulative way. And it worked. I thought it was brilliant. The 40 Year Old Virgin is hilarious, playing it straight as a suicidal failure. Could be my favourite of last year. If you liked Me and You and Everyone We know or Sideways give it a whirl. I'm glad someone else has said that. I watched Rushmore when it was on over Christmas and thought it was pap. I really fancied seeing Hidden but I'm not so sure now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46032 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 I'd quite like to see it like. Will Smith's fairly inoffensive, isn't he? Tick tick tick tick.....BOOM! Have you been honking on your crack pipe, Scott! Just trying to redress the balance with all these claims of racism flying around. Seriously though, I don't really have anything against the bloke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 337 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Will Smith is THE reason to see it. Nice to know your lass actually has taste, Sammy - in spite of the fact she's going out with you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 I'd quite like to see it like. Will Smith's fairly inoffensive, isn't he? Tick tick tick tick.....BOOM! Have you been honking on your crack pipe, Scott! Just trying to redress the balance with all these claims of racism flying around. Seriously though, I don't really have anything against the bloke. Is he black? I'm so PC I don't even notice colour tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Will Smith is THE reason to see it. Nice to know your lass actually has taste, Sammy - in spite of the fact she's going out with you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46032 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Will Smith is THE reason to see it. Nice to know your lass actually has taste, Sammy - in spite of the fact she's going out with you The kid in it is his son in real life, isn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46032 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 I only want to see it cos it's set in San Francisco, so I can go "I've been there!" all the way through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 337 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Will Smith is THE reason to see it. Nice to know your lass actually has taste, Sammy - in spite of the fact she's going out with you The kid in it is his son in real life, isn't he? Aye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 The Predator. Without a doubt one of my favourite films of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6783 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 The Predator. Without a doubt one of my favourite films of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Aye, shame about the sequel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1260 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Predator 2 is canny. Bill Paxton is good playing a character very similar to Hudson from Aliens. Not as good as the brilliant first one I'll give you but it's not a bad film by any stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 I just thought it was another pointless sequel tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1260 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Well you may have a point there but it doesn't stop it from being a fun popcorn flick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted January 16, 2007 Author Share Posted January 16, 2007 The Aviator Enjoyable but firmly in the "Only watch once catagory". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1260 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 The Aviator Enjoyable but firmly in the "Only watch once catagory". I know exactly where you're coming from there. It's well made, well acted and interesting but I can't really ever see myself being desperate to see it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6783 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 The Matador. Average. Brosnan was quite good but Greg Kinnear makes me want to vomit. Not sure what all the bi-sexual innuendo was about either..?!??! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indigo 0 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Going to go and watch The Last King Of Scotland in a minute, everything I've heard about it is good, Forest for an Oscar apparently, hope it lives up to the hype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 337 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Going to go and watch The Last King Of Scotland in a minute, everything I've heard about it is good, Forest for an Oscar apparently, hope it lives up to the hype. Read a review in the Guardian which was full of high praise. Fancy seeing it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Lazaru 0 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Going to go and watch The Last King Of Scotland in a minute, everything I've heard about it is good, Forest for an Oscar apparently, hope it lives up to the hype. Read a review in the Guardian which was full of high praise. Fancy seeing it myself. I went to see it at the weekend, it was excellent - particularly the peformance from Forest Whitaker. To be fair Forest Whitaker's career peaked with his debut as an undercover cop in Bloodsport, he's never going to be in a better film than that!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted January 16, 2007 Author Share Posted January 16, 2007 Going to go and watch The Last King Of Scotland in a minute, everything I've heard about it is good, Forest for an Oscar apparently, hope it lives up to the hype. Read a review in the Guardian which was full of high praise. Fancy seeing it myself. I went to see it at the weekend, it was excellent - particularly the peformance from Forest Whitaker. To be fair Forest Whitaker's career peaked with his debut as an undercover cop in Bloodsport, he's never going to be in a better film than that!!! He was utterly fantastic in series 5 of The Shield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indigo 0 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Going to go and watch The Last King Of Scotland in a minute, everything I've heard about it is good, Forest for an Oscar apparently, hope it lives up to the hype. Sadly no. Don't get me wrong it's pretty good, well made, Forest is good, but not on screen enough - it's basically a supporting role - and the standard of acting is pretty high all round. But, there's very little background, meaning you don't come out knowing much more about Idi Amin than you did before you went in and the central character is basically a self-centred wanker, so you don't really give a shit what happens to him. Actually, the more I think about it, the more issues I have with it, considering it's fiction - the main character is apparently an amalgam of a number of people - a few of the story lines are just left hanging with just a kind of half hearted attempt to tie them up at the end. Altogether, it's not bad, but I was expecting to be blown away and it simply didn't deliver on that at all. 6.1/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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