Last Film You Watched

[dholliday]

It starts really well but then goes all silly at the end which was a huge let down for me.

i seen Lucy this week,
IMAX doesnt show Morgan Freemans in a good light.

Lucy. What a terrible film.

Watched Lucy last night. It was a bit of a mess tbh, seemed like they spent all the money on Johansson, Freeman and fx and hardly anything on the script and plot.

Just watched Lucy and it had the potential with its storyline to be pretty good but was average if you ask me. The ending is very poor, just finishes and it's a bit like, what's the point of this film!

Utter aimless drivel ! Besson has lost the plot.

Lucy with Scarlett Johanssen. Absolute load of tosh! That is all i'm willing to waste on that film

Finally got round to this and was left as disappointed as with Under The Skin. I expected too much of both, tho' Scarlett Johanssen performances are pretty good.

Still, I thought Lucy was enjoyable for the most part, some fun scenes. My main problem were the gangsters: totally unnecessary, just a stupid dumb distraction. The rest can be said in this quote from a reviewer:

"The end of the movie goes completely off the rails, but in a way that is charming in its stupidity. It's like 2001: A Space Odyssey for those with short attention spans, and those people need to have their minds blown, too, I suppose."

A solid 6/10 with brain in off-mode.

 

[ste d' indica]

I was put off watching this because of Matt Damon...he just seems so over-exposed. But seen as you're bashing Interstellar and recommending this I'll think I'll give it a go after all.




Agreed: Alien an excellent 9/10 and Aliens a very good 8/10. Just rewatched Prometheus for the first time since it came out, it's actually improved...prob because already accepting the nonsense I could just enjoy the ride more. A good 7/10.


Also went through The Marathon Man. Intriguing build-up, Olivier great as the baddie ("is it safe?"), but Dustin Hoffmann's limp turn and the silly plot developments were offputting. An average 5/10, not really worth your time unless you're a fan of Roy Scheider's legs.

I just can't get behind Prometheus. Wonderful looking film and great cast but appalling screenplay, baffling logic, awful dialogue. Massive disappointment on first viewing, actually got worse for me on a further watch.

 

[dholliday]

I just can't get behind Prometheus. Wonderful looking film and great cast but appalling screenplay, baffling logic, awful dialogue. Massive disappointment on first viewing, actually got worse for me on a further watch.

I do agree with your criticisms, hopefully the next one is a lot more focussed. Out of interest what are your favourite sci-fi films? I think I saw you posting about those massive structures in the space thread: i'd love for films to show us stuff like that (bit like some of the classic Trek episodes).

Personally nothing touches 2001, although the first Star Trek movie did a decent job in coming close.

 

[ijjysmith]

Hotel Transylvania (the first one...in prep for watching the second one).

Quite fun actually.

 

[degsy]

Watching 'The Godfather'...Classic.

Michael and the nurse moving The Don as we speak

Enzo the baker and Michael C on the hospital steps pretending to have guns

 

[Freddie Rolex]

fit girls take over and ruin a mans life
(Remove the word fit and most of us can probably relate)

 

[ianefc]

fit girls take over and ruin a mans life
(Remove the word fit and most of us can probably relate)

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Any good?

 

[Jib in lad]

Just watched

The man who would be king.

Brilliant.

 

[Freddie Rolex]

Any good?

Nothing special but watchable It kept me interested which is more than most films do these days but tbh That could be down to the lovely looking girls in it as much as anything else.

 

[ianefc]

Nothing special but watchable It kept me interested which is more than most films do these days but tbh That could be down to the lovely looking girls in it as much as anything else.

I like the idea of the film, but rotten tomatoes panned it so I didn't bother watching but it's on Yify so may give it a whirl. Cheers

 

[ste d' indica]

I do agree with your criticisms, hopefully the next one is a lot more focussed. Out of interest what are your favourite sci-fi films? I think I saw you posting about those massive structures in the space thread: i'd love for films to show us stuff like that (bit like some of the classic Trek episodes).

Personally nothing touches 2001, although the first Star Trek movie did a decent job in coming close.

Alien, Blade Runner, Moon, Solaris, 2001 and The Thing are all top films.

I'll watch any old guff but personal faves include..

Repo Man, Silent Running, Event Horizon, Upstream Colour, Brazil, Lifeforce, Source Code, Cold Souls, Cypher, Serenity, Children of Men, Pitch Black, Contact, Ghost in the Shell, Westworld, The Terminator, The Fifth Element, Gattaca, Primer, 12 Monkeys.

 

[Zatara]

Terrible isnt it....worth watching for the blonde and thats about it.

So many holes in the plot as well.

Nothing special but watchable It kept me interested which is more than most films do these days but tbh That could be down to the lovely looking girls in it as much as anything else.

 

[Zatara]

Cypher is a little known gem.

Alien, Blade Runner, Moon, Solaris, 2001 and The Thing are all top films.

I'll watch any old guff but personal faves include..

Repo Man, Silent Running, Event Horizon, Upstream Colour, Brazil, Lifeforce, Source Code, Cold Souls, Cypher, Serenity, Children of Men, Pitch Black, Contact, Ghost in the Shell, Westworld, The Terminator, The Fifth Element, Gattaca, Primer, 12 Monkeys.

 

[Freddie Rolex]

Terrible isnt it....worth watching for the blonde and thats about it.

So many holes in the plot as well.

It was the holes I was hoping to see tbh

 

[Freddie Rolex]

I like the idea of the film, but rotten tomatoes panned it so I didn't bother watching but it's on Yify so may give it a whirl. Cheers

The idea is better than the film itself shame really but I've seen worse