Nictarion Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Watched Zero Theorem. It's very much a Terry Gilliam movie, so if you like his stuff it's worth checking out. Good performance by Christoph Waltz, and I really liked the actress (Mélanie Thierry) in it, but overall I thought it was just ok. Didn't love it, didn't hate it. Probably the best thing Gilliam has done since the late 90's though (12 Monkeys, FaLiLV). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isis Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Went to see Slow West at the weekend because yes, I will go to see everything that Michael Fassbender is in. It was a nice film but I was a touch underwhelmed by it. Highly reminiscent of Blood Meridian and any other book about how bloody, violent, and lawless the west was. My enjoyment was somewhat compromised by having to pay £31 for two tickets at 2pm on a Saturday WITH a membership card for that chain of cinemas. That's about 49 of your American dollars. And I bet none of you in the US have ever paid that much to watch a film. Finished S1 of The Killing and straight into S2 before it disappears off Netflix at the end of the week. Binge watching Scandinavian thrillers is where we live now. There is something quite refreshing about watching something with subtitles as you can just switch off your ears to a large degree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howdyphillip Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Watched Zero Theorem. It's very much a Terry Gilliam movie, so if you like his stuff it's worth checking out. Good performance by Christoph Waltz, and I really liked the actress (Mélanie Thierry) in it, but overall I thought it was just ok. Didn't love it, didn't hate it. Probably the best thing Gilliam has done since the late 90's though (12 Monkeys, FaLiLV). I actually adored Zero Theorem. I personally rank it as one of Gilliam's best movies. I thought that the way he laid out the universe in this film was one of the most creative and immersive experiences since Blade Runner. I was also really emotionally attached to the ending of that movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 About to watch Tank Girl for the first time :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaldanya Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 At the weekend I watched the worst movie I think I've ever seen. Green Street (Hooligans). A Harvard student is expelled from uni and goes to the UK to visit his sister. He somehow gets involved with a West Ham firm (the fictitious Green Street Elite). It was so bad. From Charlie Hunam's shitty cockerney accent to Elijah Wood being woefully miscast. There is literally no way you could see EW becoming some sort of hardman at the end of it all. Other than that I'm enjoying Humans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Hanna Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I just finished the new season of OitNB. It was highly enjoyable. Today, I tried Sense8, another Netflix orginal. I watched the first 30~35 minutes and was bored. Many characters were introduced within that time, and I felt no emotional connection to any of them. Maybe because you only gave it 30 minutes? It took me a couple episodes to actually like it/connect, but now i finished the season and cannot wait for the next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 At the weekend I watched the worst movie I think I've ever seen. Green Street (Hooligans). A Harvard student is expelled from uni and goes to the UK to visit his sister. Other than that I'm enjoying Humans. HAH. What made you watch the film? I haven't really met anyone else who has seen that film. It's pretty hilarious. I have a friend who thinks it's a great, which is a bit weird. Agreed about Elijah Wood, though he isn't helped by the rather ridiculous writing/ plot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 HAH. What made you watch the film? I haven't really met anyone else who has seen that film. It's pretty hilarious. I have a friend who thinks it's a great, which is a bit weird. Agreed about Elijah Wood, though he isn't helped by the rather ridiculous writing/ plot. lol ive seen people buy that film a few times actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 lol ive seen people buy that film a few times actually They've got questionable taste in films! I think my friend thought it would appeal to me as I'm a big football fan, but it was still pretty ridiculous all the way through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 They've got questionable taste in films! I think my friend thought it would appeal to me as I'm a big football fan, but it was still pretty ridiculous all the way through. you'd be astonished what people buy ahahahaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 About to watch Tank Girl for the first time :D also, this was awesome lol - crazy and ridiculous and stupid but i loved it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 you'd be astonished what people buy ahahahaa Do you work at a store? I had the cashier roll their eyes when I bought the box set of Gilmore Girls. Always afraid that the people at the store secretly judge me movie/ tv series choices ( they probably do, I certainly would) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Do you work at a store? I had the cashier roll their eyes when I bought the box set of Gilmore Girls. Always afraid that the people at the store secretly judge me movie/ tv series choices ( they probably do, I certainly would) yeah, I do lol. work in HMV. I don't really negatively judge people for what they buy at all actually, most of us here don't give a fuck. i do positively judge people though, if they're buying blade runner and loads of other good movies i'll comment on it. the only time i rly judge is when people buy lots of euro soft core porn lmao as theyre usually one of the regular creeps that comes in but other than that i honestly don't look down on people for buying whatever it is they enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaldanya Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 HAH. What made you watch the film? I haven't really met anyone else who has seen that film. It's pretty hilarious. I have a friend who thinks it's a great, which is a bit weird. Agreed about Elijah Wood, though he isn't helped by the rather ridiculous writing/ plot. I was flicking through Sky OnDemand and nothing else tickled my fancy. I thought let's have a laugh. First there was the truly hideous accent and then when GSE were having their first ruck with the Zulus I bout ruptured myself because the match they were showing was in no way my beloved Blue boys. The only decent film I've seen of that type was I.D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nox Irradiata Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Had a long flight home this weekend from Dallas to Honolulu, and watched Taken 3 and American Sniper on the plane. I also need to get caught up on Penny Dreadful and I think I'll try out Humans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Moff Mithrandir Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 About to watch Tank Girl for the first time :D hah remember watching this when I was a kid. Thought it was pretty cool at the time.wonder how I'd find it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 hah remember watching this when I was a kid. Thought it was pretty cool at the time.wonder how I'd find it now.i really liked it lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veltigar Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I just watched this animated mini-documentary on vimeo called The Fallen of World War II. The documentary examines the statistics of WWII by country (how many people were killed? How many of those were soldiers and how many were civilians? Both in absolute numbers and in percentages) and then it compares those numbers to wars and other massacres that came before and after (taking increased or decreased population numbers into account). It's a great little documentary and I would definitely recommend it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabellaVidal Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 I finally watched Firelight to wash out the taste of Dillane's waste in GoT. Great movie, strong in atmosphere, emotion and symbolism. Restrictions/duties versus desire. It was extremely engrossing and engaging and the performances were superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 I watched L.A. Confidential for the umpteenth time last night. Such a great movie. Every time I watch it I think how much I need to read The L.A. Quartet... maybe this time I actually will. I watched a couple of disturbing movies on Netflix over the weekend - Snap a movie about a schizophrenic musician with just an absolutely brutal scene at the end, and The Sisterhood of Night about a group of high school girls who start "secretly" meeting in the woods at night, completely stop using social media, and won't tell those outside of the sisterhood why this leads to jealousy and an all out witch hunt, this one was just kind of sad. Finally finished season 3 of House of Cards. Meh. Now I'm watching Better Off Ted again. Hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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