šŸ“½ Films I have seen

This man, Bo Gritz, is like Rambo. But he also seems to be more of a dick than Rambo. He is also, apparently, the person that Hannibal from the A Team is based on.

Watched Southpaw the other night. Good watch! Jake Gyllenhaal is a quality actor so it was always going to be worth a watch. I wonā€™t spoil it. I imagine most boxing fans will enjoy.

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Watched The Interview at the weekend. Hilarious!

You know what youā€™re going to get with James Franco and Seth Rogen, though for me, Franco really makes it!!

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Sing Street is fun movie bout kids+music+paedophiles i would watch it if i was you

Ghostbustersā€¦

ā€¦ugh, I really didnā€™t want to have to write this. Mild spoilers ahead I guess.

Mixed feelings. I wanted to go and see the film in the cinema to counter-act all the shit that the makers of this film have caught because I think itā€™s been entirely unfair - the film looked ok from the trailers but I think it became popular just to shit on the film for no reason.

The first 2/3 of the film was enjoyable, funny in places and with a couple of quite good laughs. There were equally some jokes that really died a death, but overall it was pretty pleasant and harmless fun. The final 1/3 of the film is a complete mess.

Far too much CGI, a really confusing and not well explained villain and plot and over the top action which is about as far away from Ghostbusters as you can get - these are meant to be scientists not superheroes!

The original cast all have cameos throughout the film, but I wasnā€™t satisfied by a single one of them. They all made me cringe in separate ways. Really awful and you can tell that nobody really wanted to be there.

My feeling leaving the cinema was one of sadness really. There was definite potential here but I think this has to go down as a big swing and a miss. Kristen Wiig and Leslie Jones were fine, Chris Hemsworth was very funny but his stupid guy schtick was way overplayed, Melissa McCarthy was only mildly irritating but Kate McKinnon was trying way too hard to be ā€œthe goofy oneā€.

I would be interested in a continuation of this universe, but with a different cast and director. The fact that this was a film starring women in the main roles has absolutely no bearing on this, I just think that the brand is tainted now although it can be salvaged by the right people. Give it 3 or 4 years, get together a mixed team of guys and gals to play the Ghostbusters and make sure that the script is 100% before the film even gets greenlit - you can smell the rewrites on this thing from a mile off.

Overall, it wasnā€™t a complete trainwreck but very disappointing. Whatever credit was built up in the first hour of the film was pissed away really quickly in the last 30 minutes or so which is a massive shame. I think the blame has to go with Paul Feig and the studio who clearly didnā€™t care that they were putting out an inferior product, but rather just shunted the whole thing onto the world stage when it needed a hell of a lot more work.

5/10 bros

ā€œThe Hunt,ā€ one of the best films iā€™ve watched recently. Not an easy watch tbh, but the performances are incredible. Thomas Vinterberg, one of the Dogme 95 directors. Jeez he should make more films. Mads Miklesson is great in the lead. He was that bad guy in Casino Royale, Le Schiffre or something. Also played Hannibal Lector in the TV series.

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Originally posted by @TedMaul

ā€œThe Hunt,ā€ one of the best films iā€™ve watched recently. Not an easy watch tbh, but the performances are incredible. Thomas Vinterberg, one of the Dogme 95 directors. Jeez he should make more films. Mads Miklesson is great in the lead. He was that bad guy in Casino Royale, Le Schiffre or something. Also played Hannibal Lector in the TV series.

Fantastic film - really speaks to the sensationalism of modern times. Very human characters, at times it felt more like a documentary than a film to me.

Incredibly affecting film. I could see how it would pan out but just powerless to stop things,

Eddie the Eagle.

Bloody great little film.

Watched Batman v Superman extended edition the other night.

3 hours of my life that I wonā€™t get back, turgid dross about sums it up.

I like Jesse Eisenberg and I think his Lex Luther was way OTT and probbaly the only bright bit of the film!

2.5 hours to build up to THE fight and for what?

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Watched Batman v Spuerman extended edition the other night.

3 hours of my life that I wonā€™t get back, turgid dross about sums it up.

I like Jesse Eisenberg and I think his Lex Luther was way OTT and probbaly the only bright bit of the film!

2.5 hours to build up to THE fight and for what?

Spuerman has always been a cunt

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Am I the only person in the world who doesnā€™t rate The Shawshank Redemption? And why is it always in the top 10 of peoples favourite films?

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No, I hate it with a passion, sentimental slop with Morgan Freeman giving the archetypal ā€œmagical black manā€ performance. Just shit.

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Shawshank is Gr8 movie! I think it gets criticism just cos it hasnā€™t got a typical Hollywood ending - most people donā€™t like to see convicted murderers and wife beaters getting away with it - but I think itā€™s a lot of fun, and the sex scenes are super-erotic!

Warcraft - it was ok, I suppose, if you like Orks.

Dunno Bear, everyone loved Matt Damon in The Talented Mr Ripley and he was offing people like on a weekly basis and getting away with it. Agree about Shawshank sex scenes though!

Went to see Ghostbusters myself today. Think Super Michael was a tad harsh in his review. Itā€™s a better movie than Ghostbusters II, for a start. Didnā€™t mind the plot - Iā€™ve seen some of Paul Feigā€™s work with Melissa McCarthy before.

I watched the Half in the Bag re-review of the original. I havenā€™t seen their review of this yet. They hold the original in huge regard. They love the sarcastic humour, its quotability. They also say that like Robocop and Total Recall, theyā€™re movies that didnā€™t need to be rebooted. Iā€™ve seen Total Recall, and gave up on Robocop halfway through. Iā€™m sort of offended they exist, whereas Iā€™m actually pretty glad this movie does.

It made me laugh. I think it got the mix of science and comedy right. Iā€™m glad that they didnā€™t do a beat for beat retread. The characters are close enough to the originals to be familiar, different enough to be interesting. Kirsten is an Egon Ronay ashamed of her friends. McCarthy is definitely the Spengler of the piece. McKinnon is Venkman channelling the A-Teamā€™s Murdoch. The fourth Ghostbuster seems a lot more fleshed out too.

sorry thatā€™s Being John Malkovich

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Bittersweet, edgy humour, well acted and just a great wee film. Watch this film.

Just watched Sacha Baron Cohenā€™s AKA Ali Gā€™s latest offeringā€¦ Grimsby.

A lot of Elephant cum and tea bagging so should suit Bearsy a treat!!

Pretty average but some LOL moments as youā€™d expect.