Rate the last film you watched...

[Mendoza]

Jason Bourne- slightly disappointing, only because the first three are so good. Still solidly entertaining- 7.5/10. 

[VladimirIlyich]

To be honest I thought Casino Royale was the last really great Bond film which was sort of a throwback to the Dr No And From Russia with Love films which possessed 007 having a dinner jacket on one minute but then brutal violence and nastiness the next which Craig pulled off really well. He also had alongside him a great female character in Eva Green who didn't put up with Bond's usual sexism and played it straight back at him.

I think since then he looks like he's bored shitless half the time and definitely should have binned it after Skyfall which was ok..ish but not brilliant the way everyone made out it to be.

But I agree I think it should be left now but they won't.

I also think to be a great Bond film you need a great score..

 

Chris Cornell, great song- Casion Royale = Great film

Sam Smith, fucking shite song - Spectre = Fucking Shite film

Ive seen,well most of that Casino Royale modern version and thought it was pretty shit to be honest. I also think Judi Dench playing her role was awful. She's a good actress in the right role,always been good in comedies and reminds me of an older Glenda Jackson,but not as a Bond 'top dog.'

[johnsusername]

The Exorcist. Still great, though it's lost its impact a bit over the years, a lot of it down to copies and pastiches. Can't knock the original, though. One thing struck me was how quiet it is - there's hardly any music or dramatic sound effects.

 

There's something about 1970s films I love.

[Paul]

The next instalment in the boy's movie education:

 

The Green Mile - 9.5/10. Almost a perfect film. Jr was blown away again and has grabbed the novel off the bookcase to take away on holiday.

[Elite]

The next instalment in the boy's movie education:

 

The Green Mile - 9.5/10. Almost a perfect film. Jr was blown away again and has grabbed the novel off the bookcase to take away on holiday.

For me it's better than The Shawshank Redenption.

[Paul]

For me it's better than The Shawshank Redenption.

A bold statement, although my score doesn't leave much of a difference even if I rate Shawshank higher. It's one of the next ones on the list.

[Paul]

Forgot to rate The Thing which I watched with my son last week. I'm downgrading it to a 9/10 simply because of the SFX. They're still creepy in places and I recognise they were incredible for the time and budget, but they're also quite obviously effects and that breaks the spell a tiny bit.

 

It's still tense as fuck and a brilliant example of ensemble drama, despite Kurt's dominance in the main part.

 

We're going to watch Escape From New York next. I plussed it off ITV4 the other night. I've not seen it in probably 30-ish years, since I was roughly my lad's age now. It'll be interesting to see whether it still has the impact (on each of us) it did on me back then.

[Section_31]

The BFG. Didn't think it would be my thing but it was class, I didn't know the story but the scene at the palace was reeves and Mortimer esque and had me creased. 9/10.

[Tony Moanero]

I'm surprised that you never read the book as a kid. Roald Dahl books are boss.

[Section_31]

I'm surprised that you never read the book as a kid. Roald Dahl books are boss.

I only ever read stuff about war and space as a kid, still remember being about six and my mum brought me issue 1 of Firepower with a cutaway poster of a MIG 29 Fulcrum in it. Good times.

 

[Grinch]

Batman v Superman - 6.5

 

Wasn't in any rush to watch it due to the reception it got at the time of release.  Pleasantly surprised by it tbh.  Watchable, perhaps a tad too long.  Affleck made a decent batman.

[Tony Moanero]

I only ever read stuff about war and space as a kid, still remember being about six and my mum brought me issue 1 of Firepower with a cutaway poster of a MIG 29 Fulcrum in it. Good times.

Fair enough. I read all sorts as a kid, but mostly The Secret Seven, The Famous Five, The Hardy Boys, Roald Dahl and loads of comics.

[Hades]

Fair enough. I read all sorts as a kid, but mostly The Secret Seven, The Famous Five, The Hardy Boys, Roald Dahl and loads of comics.

Same. Enid Blyton to Roald Dahl and Hardy Boys. Then Asterix and Tintin to Tolkien and Star Wars.

[Paul]

Ha. Uncanny Hades and TM. Same here (except Tolkein - don't know why). I also read 2000AD, loads of John Christopher science fiction and, weirdly, The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco which was the first book I read that wasn't aimed at kids. Oh and all those Fighting Fantasy choose your own adventure books.

[VladimirIlyich]

I was going to say I didnt read much as a kid but thats completely false as I'd forgotten about comics,magazines and good, old fashioned libraries! I'd say that the books that became films were the ones on the curriculum such as Lord of The Flies etc. Even then I'd say that the books were almost always better than the films. I'm just waiting for a Shiver N Shake full length motion picture.

[Section_31]

I was going to say I didnt read much as a kid but thats completely false as I'd forgotten about comics,magazines and good, old fashioned libraries! I'd say that the books that became films were the ones on the curriculum such as Lord of The Flies etc. Even then I'd say that the books were almost always better than the films. I'm just waiting for a Shiver N Shake full length motion picture.

Yeah I was mad on comics and mags, mainly games mags. To this day I still don't like reading books that are just full of text, possibly due to my dyslexia, I find it genuinely tiring and am unable to get lost in the narrative.

[VladimirIlyich]

Yeah I was mad on comics and mags, mainly games mags. To this day I still don't like reading books that are just full of text, possibly due to my dyslexia, I find it genuinely tiring and am unable to get lost in the narrative.

I think the best way is to find a genre that you genuinely find interesting,eg Crime,Military History etc and then read books that fit the criteria.

Had stages of reading quite a few books about the Mafia,Donny Brasco was one that stood out as I liked the personal perspective narrative. The same with the Vietnam War,inspired by a personal perspective novel called ChickenHawk written by an author named Robert Mason. He was a helicopter pilot in the 7th Cavalry (they exchanged horses for huey helicopters) during the war. That is a superb novel in my view and one I'd recommend people to give a look at.

[Tony Moanero]

Ha. Uncanny Hades and TM. Same here (except Tolkein - don't know why). I also read 2000AD, loads of John Christopher science fiction and, weirdly, The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco which was the first book I read that wasn't aimed at kids. Oh and all those Fighting Fantasy choose your own adventure books.

I read the Fighting Fantasy and The Way Of The Tiger books.

[General Dryness]

I read the Fighting Fantasy and The Way Of The Tiger books.

Loved all of those. And the Lone Wolf ones. Many a night spent rolling me dice.

[Total Longo]

I'll never get why people don't like Quantum of Solace - it's a lovely looking film and rattles along quite nicely.

 

It's fine, it just never feels like a Bond film, and just has a whiff of "interim" about it.

[Lee909]

Cross of Iron 9/10

Great film

 

A bridge to far 9/10

Another great film

 

Just starting The Winter War. A Finnish film of the Winter War with the Soviet Union

[Anubis]

Criminal. 7/10. A sort of Face Off but with memories, and a curiously underutilised Ryan Reynolds.

[Paco]

sing st - 7 wasnt a massive fan of once but this is better without being as good as the commitments. love the music.

[Lee909]

Cross of Iron 9/10 Great film

A bridge to far 9/10 Another great film

Just starting The Winter War. A Finnish film of the Winter War with the Soviet Union

 

Winter War was alright,TV movie budget

 

Then 2 thirds of the way through the Great Escape

[Jairzinho]

Demolition - 7/10. Decent.