Rate the last film you watched...

[Elite]

Brent: Life on the road - 7.5/10

 

I enjoyed it but it suffers from the lack of other noteworthy characters.

[Joe Strummer]

Shame Gervais didn't go back to Freeman and Crook etc or even fucking Ralph Ineson as they also made The Office. Suspect I'll still like the film but it could have been better if it wasn't for egos.

[Joe Strummer]

The Drop - 6/10. Decent enough watch but a fairly wasted script and plot for talents such as Gandolfini and Hardy. Not sure about Hardys mumbling yank accent either.

[Karl_b]

Yeah, I'm going to have to watch Predator this weekend. Great review, Paul.

[Karl_b]

I watched the remake of 'Evil Dead' this afternoon and it wasn't terrible. I love the original and whilst generally I don't see the point of most remakes, this was pretty well done, enough gore and a few scares.

 

6.5 limbs out of 10.

[Guest]

Just been moving the boy's film education on tonight with Predator which I'm having as 10/10. I fucking love it. And here are some reasons why:

 

1. The dialogue is fucking boss. Sparse but also really memorable, it reveals character brilliantly and is also funny as fuck at times. A few favourites:

 

Mac (Bill Duke) to Dillon (Carl Weathers): "You're ghosting us motherfucker. I don't care who you are back in the world, you give our position away one more time, I'll bleed you. Got that?"

 

Blaine (Jesse Ventura), after everyone declines his offer of chewing tobacco: "You all are a bunch of slack-jawed faggots. This stuff right here will make you a God damn sexual tyrannosaurus. Just like me."

 

Blaine, after being told he's been shot: "I ain't got time to bleed."

Mac: "You got time to duck?"

 

Dutch, after the predator has killed one of his team: "Did you find Hawkins?"

Poncho: "I can't tell."

 

2. As shown above, the cast and character names are boss, suggesting the type of team they are: so tough and professional the military relaxes it's formalities for them. They are:

 

Dutch: Arnie - understated for him and better for it; this was maybe the last movie he did which wasn't a vehicle for him. As such it's maybe his best. I wonder whether he had a "no beat down" clause though. He suffers a right beating which we don't see properly as it's from the predator's PoV.

 

Mac - the magnificent, bald and whispering Bill Duke; the bit with him dry shaving and snapping his razor on his cheek is ridiculous and brilliant in equal measure.

 

Blaine - played by the MTV T-shirted Jesse Ventura. He's so over-the-top macho with his mini-gun, facial hair and hat it's ridiculous until the homosexual relationship with Mac is implied and then it becomes genius, especially for the time it was made in 1987.

 

Carl Weathers as the sly CIA man Dillon is great and even better in his redemption.

 

Billy's Native American mystical tracker character is boss for creating tension and even though Hawkins and Poncho are pretty one dimensional they still have their moments. I especially like Shane Black's shit gags as Hawkins.

 

3. The action and violence are great: brutal, professional and exciting - especially when they take out the base. The later switch in weapons and tactics from high tech to primitive somehow enhances rather than diminishes the action.

 

4. The music is superb, both the dramatic militaristic piece that bookends the film and the tense, "what-the-fuck-are-we-dealing-with?" percussion only stuff too.

 

5. The script has not an ounce of fat on it. It goes straight in and is all the better for it. Was it doctored by someone? Shane Black is in it so maybe he did some uncredited stuff. However it reminds me of both Walter Hill and Robert Towne in places. Either way, it's fucking boss. There's almost no exposition except action and the sparse dialogue. It should be a set text for modern day script writers.

 

6. The tension is realised in lots of ways. When they all go mad after Blaine is killed, you're shaken because they are. If even these super pros are worried then what the fuck are they facing? Anna's story of her village with the legend of the hot years when the men are slaughtered is chilling. Also, there's almost no dialogue in the final act which ratchets things up further. Even when Dutch is safe in the chopper at the end, he's shell-shocked.

 

7. Finally the predator is superbly presented. There is a very slow reveal of it and we learn its abilities/vulnerabilities over a long period. It makes Arnie seem small which is ace and the collection of trophies makes him seem really cold and sadistic despite hints of fairness and honour.

 

I could write about this forever but it's doing my head in typing on my phone. Suffice it to say, it's fucking awesome. Maybe the best hybrid film ever made, splicing war/action with SF. Great fucking film.

 

[redheart]

Just been moving the boy's film education on tonight with Predator which I'm having as 10/10. I fucking love it. And here are some reasons why:

 

1. The dialogue is fucking boss. Sparse but also really memorable, it reveals character brilliantly and is also funny as fuck at times. A few favourites:

 

Mac (Bill Duke) to Dillon (Carl Weathers): "You're ghosting us motherfucker. I don't care who you are back in the world, you give our position away one more time, I'll bleed you. Got that?"

 

Blaine (Jesse Ventura), after everyone declines his offer of chewing tobacco: "You all are a bunch of slack-jawed faggots. This stuff right here will make you a God damn sexual tyrannosaurus. Just like me."

 

Blaine, after being told he's been shot: "I ain't got time to bleed."

Mac: "You got time to duck?"

 

Dutch, after the predator has killed one of his team: "Did you find Hawkins?"

Poncho: "I can't tell."

 

2. As shown above, the cast and character names are boss, suggesting the type of team they are: so tough and professional the military relaxes it's formalities for them. They are:

 

Dutch: Arnie - understated for him and better for it; this was maybe the last movie he did which wasn't a vehicle for him. As such it's maybe his best. I wonder whether he had a "no beat down" clause though. He suffers a right beating which we don't see properly as it's from the predator's PoV.

 

Mac - the magnificent, bald and whispering Bill Duke; the bit with him dry shaving and snapping his razor on his cheek is ridiculous and brilliant in equal measure.

 

Blaine - played by the MTV T-shirted Jesse Ventura. He's so over-the-top macho with his mini-gun, facial hair and hat it's ridiculous until the homosexual relationship with Mac is implied and then it becomes genius, especially for the time it was made in 1987.

 

Carl Weathers as the sly CIA man Dillon is great and even better in his redemption.

 

Billy's Native American mystical tracker character is boss for creating tension and even though Hawkins and Poncho are pretty one dimensional they still have their moments. I especially like Shane Black's shit gags as Hawkins.

 

3. The action and violence are great: brutal, professional and exciting - especially when they take out the base. The later switch in weapons and tactics from high tech to primitive somehow enhances rather than diminishes the action.

 

4. The music is superb, both the dramatic militaristic piece that bookends the film and the tense, "what-the-fuck-are-we-dealing-with?" percussion only stuff too.

 

5. The script has not an ounce of fat on it. It goes straight in and is all the better for it. Was it doctored by someone? Shane Black is in it so maybe he did some uncredited stuff. However it reminds me of both Walter Hill and Robert Towne in places. Either way, it's fucking boss. There's almost no exposition except action and the sparse dialogue. It should be a set text for modern day script writers.

 

6. The tension is realised in lots of ways. When they all go mad after Blaine is killed, you're shaken because they are. If even these super pros are worried then what the fuck are they facing? Anna's story of her village with the legend of the hot years when the men are slaughtered is chilling. Also, there's almost no dialogue in the final act which ratchets things up further. Even when Dutch is safe in the chopper at the end, he's shell-shocked.

 

7. Finally the predator is superbly presented. There is a very slow reveal of it and we learn its abilities/vulnerabilities over a long period. It makes Arnie seem small which is ace and the collection of trophies makes him seem really cold and sadistic despite hints of fairness and honour.

 

I could write about this forever but it's doing my head in typing on my phone. Suffice it to say, it's fucking awesome. Maybe the best hybrid film ever made, splicing war/action with SF. Great fucking film.

 

 

You missed the best line.

 

When Arnie is asked to take Weathers with his group he states "Me and my men work alone!

 

Genius

[Paul]

You missed the best line.

 

When Arnie is asked to take Weathers with his group he states "Me and my men work alone!

 

Genius

Not sure whether this is genuine or a pisstake. Either way, I don't get it.

[Section_31]

Jason Bourne, 7/10. I like the Bourne films but they are incredibly formulaic, they are pretty much all exactly the same. 

[Stickman]

The Drop - 6/10. Decent enough watch but a fairly wasted script and plot for talents such as Gandolfini and Hardy. Not sure about Hardys mumbling yank accent either.

You should try out his mumbling Brit accent too.

[Spy Bee]

The Drop - 6/10. Decent enough watch but a fairly wasted script and plot for talents such as Gandolfini and Hardy. Not sure about Hardys mumbling yank accent either.

It's possibly my favourite film. I love it.

 

Just watched Money Monster. What a strange film. It's not without it's charm, but it's really all over the place in terms of story lines, characters, motivations etc. There is a real lack of character development of all the key characters and that is a major failure. I thought it had looked good, so I'm disappointed. 4/10

[Torvald Utne]

Saw a trailer for the mechanic resurrection, it was I think Jason statham on the side of a building with someone saying JASON STATHAM, JESSICA ALBA AND TOMMY LEE JONES. that was it. Can't wait.

[Special K]

Shame Gervais didn't go back to Freeman and Crook etc or even fucking Ralph Ineson as they also made The Office. Suspect I'll still like the film but it could have been better if it wasn't for egos.

 

Having Stephen Merchant on board might have helped too

[Bobby Hundreds]

Ex Machina 8/10. I enjoyed it a really thought provoking film. I find the concept of AI fascinating, by the time you have realized you've created it, its already too late, if it can think a million times faster than a human then in one week it can compute 20 thousand years worth of human endeavor. We become insignificant in an instant. It could be the greatest thing for us or our doom.

[Stouffer]

Beverly Hills Cop.

 

9.1/10

 

I'm please Sly bailed on this film.

[skend04]

Jason Bourne 7.5/10 - adding a bit more story wise made it feel flabbier than the original 3 movies.

 

Nice Guys 8.5/10 - enjoyed it, had some very funny moments.

 

Green Room 8.5/10 - essentially a horror. Gory, visceral and Patrick Stewart played a cunt to a tee. A cracking movie.

[littletedwest]

The Martian-6/10 didn't find any of the attempts at humour funny and a bit dull

 

Shutter island -9/10 loved it loved the twists at the end could rewatch with a totally different perspective

[Hooch]

David Brent Life on the road. 9/10

 

Very good. Classic Gervais writing really, all the hallmarks, and I loved it personally.

[manwiththestick]

9/10? Wow, I need to see this.

[Lee909]

 

 

 

Very good. Classic Gervais writing really, all the hallmarks, and I loved it personally.

So shit then

 

[Bob]

The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman

 

I'd never heard of this films existence but stumbled across it last night as the stream of Bourne I tried to watch was a video camera in the cinema style shit one and so o plucked for another that took my eye.

 

Shia labouf - who I've ever heard of but from the reviews seems to be someone famous - stars and is quite good, if a little constant in the way he reacts to everything with the same expression and body language.

 

Ron Weasley cums in his pants and Jay from the in betweeners plays himself.

 

There's a lot more tits than I expected.

 

Overall you have to be willing to just go with it to enjoy it, and there's a few bits that just feel a bit slow, but the music score is ace and overall I enjoyed it.

 

7 generic Eastern European bad guys out of 10.

[Bob]

Just been moving the boy's film education on tonight with Predator which I'm having as 10/10. I fucking love it. And here are some reasons why:

 

1. The dialogue is fucking boss. Sparse but also really memorable, it reveals character brilliantly and is also funny as fuck at times. A few favourites:

 

Mac (Bill Duke) to Dillon (Carl Weathers): "You're ghosting us motherfucker. I don't care who you are back in the world, you give our position away one more time, I'll bleed you. Got that?"

 

Blaine (Jesse Ventura), after everyone declines his offer of chewing tobacco: "You all are a bunch of slack-jawed faggots. This stuff right here will make you a God damn sexual tyrannosaurus. Just like me."

 

Blaine, after being told he's been shot: "I ain't got time to bleed."

Mac: "You got time to duck?"

 

Dutch, after the predator has killed one of his team: "Did you find Hawkins?"

Poncho: "I can't tell."

 

2. As shown above, the cast and character names are boss, suggesting the type of team they are: so tough and professional the military relaxes it's formalities for them. They are:

 

Dutch: Arnie - understated for him and better for it; this was maybe the last movie he did which wasn't a vehicle for him. As such it's maybe his best. I wonder whether he had a "no beat down" clause though. He suffers a right beating which we don't see properly as it's from the predator's PoV.

 

Mac - the magnificent, bald and whispering Bill Duke; the bit with him dry shaving and snapping his razor on his cheek is ridiculous and brilliant in equal measure.

 

Blaine - played by the MTV T-shirted Jesse Ventura. He's so over-the-top macho with his mini-gun, facial hair and hat it's ridiculous until the homosexual relationship with Mac is implied and then it becomes genius, especially for the time it was made in 1987.

 

Carl Weathers as the sly CIA man Dillon is great and even better in his redemption.

 

Billy's Native American mystical tracker character is boss for creating tension and even though Hawkins and Poncho are pretty one dimensional they still have their moments. I especially like Shane Black's shit gags as Hawkins.

 

3. The action and violence are great: brutal, professional and exciting - especially when they take out the base. The later switch in weapons and tactics from high tech to primitive somehow enhances rather than diminishes the action.

 

4. The music is superb, both the dramatic militaristic piece that bookends the film and the tense, "what-the-fuck-are-we-dealing-with?" percussion only stuff too.

 

5. The script has not an ounce of fat on it. It goes straight in and is all the better for it. Was it doctored by someone? Shane Black is in it so maybe he did some uncredited stuff. However it reminds me of both Walter Hill and Robert Towne in places. Either way, it's fucking boss. There's almost no exposition except action and the sparse dialogue. It should be a set text for modern day script writers.

 

6. The tension is realised in lots of ways. When they all go mad after Blaine is killed, you're shaken because they are. If even these super pros are worried then what the fuck are they facing? Anna's story of her village with the legend of the hot years when the men are slaughtered is chilling. Also, there's almost no dialogue in the final act which ratchets things up further. Even when Dutch is safe in the chopper at the end, he's shell-shocked.

 

7. Finally the predator is superbly presented. There is a very slow reveal of it and we learn its abilities/vulnerabilities over a long period. It makes Arnie seem small which is ace and the collection of trophies makes him seem really cold and sadistic despite hints of fairness and honour.

 

I could write about this forever but it's doing my head in typing on my phone. Suffice it to say, it's fucking awesome. Maybe the best hybrid film ever made, splicing war/action with SF. Great fucking film.

I've never watched predator and was fairly settled that I may not, but after reading that I'm gonna give it a go.

 

I'll report back later this week.

[Paul]

I've never watched predator and was fairly settled that I may not, but after reading that I'm gonna give it a go.

 

I'll report back later this week.

Hopefully you'll enjoy it. One thing to bear in mind though is that it's nearly 30 years old and the special effects obviously don't compare to what we see now. That said, it was Oscar nominated for its effects and they're in no sense distracting. Certainly the Predator itself still looks great.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Ex Machina 8/10. I enjoyed it a really thought provoking film. I find the concept of AI fascinating, by the time you have realized you've created it, its already too late, if it can think a million times faster than a human then in one week it can compute 20 thousand years worth of human endeavor. We become insignificant in an instant. It could be the greatest thing for us or our doom.

 

If it ends up like the Matrix then I baggsy being 'The One'.

[Special K]

Triple 9. 6/10

 

Great cast, great director but just didn't go anywhere.