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Saw 3 more films at the weekend...
It's a wonderful afterlife
I found it to be an enjoyable little film with some humorous moments here and there. It's nothing special and would say it's a mix between a Carry on film (without the innuendo) and a Bollywood flick. Meh, was mediocre.
Rating: 3/5
Centurion
This is the new film from Neil Marshall (writer/Director of dog soldiers and the descent). It's an ok film, brilliant if you love an action with little brains and plenty of blood and guts. Eating the contents of a deer's stomach is not for everyone.
Rating: 2/5
Date night
I was really looking forward to this film, Tiny Fey and Steve Carrell are hilarious. I found most of the best parts from the first half of the film were in the trailer so it wasn't as funny but it does get even better as it goes on. Even the out-takes in the credits were side-splitting funny. So a very funny film, just a shame the trailer ruins half of it.
Rating: 4/5
It's a wonderful afterlife
I found it to be an enjoyable little film with some humorous moments here and there. It's nothing special and would say it's a mix between a Carry on film (without the innuendo) and a Bollywood flick. Meh, was mediocre.
Rating: 3/5
Centurion
This is the new film from Neil Marshall (writer/Director of dog soldiers and the descent). It's an ok film, brilliant if you love an action with little brains and plenty of blood and guts. Eating the contents of a deer's stomach is not for everyone.
Rating: 2/5
Date night
I was really looking forward to this film, Tiny Fey and Steve Carrell are hilarious. I found most of the best parts from the first half of the film were in the trailer so it wasn't as funny but it does get even better as it goes on. Even the out-takes in the credits were side-splitting funny. So a very funny film, just a shame the trailer ruins half of it.
Rating: 4/5
Nemesis Inferno
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^Lol... "100% Medically Accurate"...
The fact that it also says 'First Sequence' makes it rather obvious it will have an open ending so sequels can occur...
The fact that it also says 'First Sequence' makes it rather obvious it will have an open ending so sequels can occur...
I watched The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas last night. I'm teaching the book to a couple of my classes, so thought I'd give the film a watch as they'll probably end up watching it at the end of term.
Meh. I wasn't impressed at all. I'm not overly impressed by the book either, but it seems to be the "trendy" book amongst English departments these days.
I can't say I like how it basically sugar coats the holocaust, paints the Germans of the time as having no idea what was going on and, essentially, with the film version at least, turns the Nazi family into the victims.
Meh. I wasn't impressed at all. I'm not overly impressed by the book either, but it seems to be the "trendy" book amongst English departments these days.
I can't say I like how it basically sugar coats the holocaust, paints the Germans of the time as having no idea what was going on and, essentially, with the film version at least, turns the Nazi family into the victims.
LiveForTheLaunch
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That Human Centipede movie looks pretty nuts.. I'll probably give it a go.
And yah, I have to agree with the Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. I mean, I enjoyed it, but it wasn't amazing or anything, simply because the relationship development was severely lacking, I found.
Might rent Lovely Bones in the upcoming days.
And yah, I have to agree with the Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. I mean, I enjoyed it, but it wasn't amazing or anything, simply because the relationship development was severely lacking, I found.
Might rent Lovely Bones in the upcoming days.
Well I did write a review of Saw 6 but pressed the back button and lost it 
I really cannot be bothered to type it in again so will sum it up quick.
Let down, badly filmed poor sound no need for the 7th. The traps were good but the story was just far to easy to work out. Its probably the worst one yet tbh just made for the sake of making it.
5/10
I really cannot be bothered to type it in again so will sum it up quick.
Let down, badly filmed poor sound no need for the 7th. The traps were good but the story was just far to easy to work out. Its probably the worst one yet tbh just made for the sake of making it.
5/10
Neal said:
Yeah, when I read it at first I thought it was (mostly) really good, and when I realised what was about to happen at the end, it really was an "Oh **** " moment. However, when I sat down and thought about it a bit more, it kind of made me a bit angry. It only really "works" on an adult level when you know just how unbelievably awful Auschwitz was. As a kids book, I find the "sugar coating" of it really inappropriate.
Anyway, this is a movie thread...
Looking at the film, and trying to separate it from the book, I have to agree with Taylor. The characters, apart from perhaps the mother, were just really flat and uninspiring.
LiveForTheLaunch
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The Lovely Bones
I knew I would like it from the time I watched the previews, and I wasn't wrong. It wasn't the most amazing movie I've seen, mind you, but it was still quite good. The characters are likable, and believable, and they storyline is decent.. It really makes you think.
8.5/10
I knew I would like it from the time I watched the previews, and I wasn't wrong. It wasn't the most amazing movie I've seen, mind you, but it was still quite good. The characters are likable, and believable, and they storyline is decent.. It really makes you think.
8.5/10
ciallkennett
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Went to see Date Night last night. It was ok. It was mildly entertaining, with some good laugh out loud moments in it, but many of the jokes had been seen in the trailer, so were not funny. The scene with the black cab driver had me laughing so much...I think I embarrassed myself as I was laughing quite loudly and profusely through the 5 or so min scene. Probably the best part of it.
The ending I felt was a bit naff. Understandably, it had to end somehow and this was a simple option, but it just felt like a massive anti-climax.
Overall, it was ok.
7/10
The ending I felt was a bit naff. Understandably, it had to end somehow and this was a simple option, but it just felt like a massive anti-climax.
Overall, it was ok.
7/10
Ollie
CF Legend
Went to see How to train your Dragon 3D last night.
Wasn't too sure how much I'd like it by watching the trailers but the film was superb. The animation was great and Toothless was really cute. It was quite predictable though. Easily the best Dreamworks animation I've seen though.
9/10
Wasn't too sure how much I'd like it by watching the trailers but the film was superb. The animation was great and Toothless was really cute. It was quite predictable though. Easily the best Dreamworks animation I've seen though.
9/10
Nemesis Inferno
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Iron Man 2
Great film again, just as good as the first one even with a lack of Jeff Bridges...
Robert Downey Jr. was excellent, as well as Rourke (who wasn't in it enough), Rockwell (who was brilliant), and Samuel L. Jackson (who was his usual awesome self)...
Scarlett Johansson <3
All in all, good bit of fun, fewer gags this time round and maybe slightly muddled but tbh, I didn't notice much...
8/10
Great film again, just as good as the first one even with a lack of Jeff Bridges...
Robert Downey Jr. was excellent, as well as Rourke (who wasn't in it enough), Rockwell (who was brilliant), and Samuel L. Jackson (who was his usual awesome self)...
Scarlett Johansson <3
All in all, good bit of fun, fewer gags this time round and maybe slightly muddled but tbh, I didn't notice much...
8/10
