Re: Rate the last film you watched : Sun Nov 15, 2015 7:28 pm  

bren2k wrote:

Ex Machina - an intelligent study of the ethics and morality of AI, based around a reclusive billionaire tech genius, and a young coder, duped into carrying out Turing Tests on his latest creation.

Gripping, thought provoking and disturbing stuff - with excellent performances from everyone involved; well worth a watch.

9/10

Just watched this myself and would agree entirely. Brilliant film

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Thu Nov 19, 2015 9:55 pm  

Bridge of Spies

8/10

Tom Hanks at his best, the movie evoked a lot of memories for me, memories of how sensitive we were about Commies and Reds under the bed and I don't mean Justin Carney in his Salford shirt hiding from Nathan Massey.

There's a scene where kids are being taught to duck and cover or hide under a desk if they see a flash of light brighter than the sun, I remember doing drills at school based on the very same advice.

The movie skips along nicely and is well acted as it follows historic events.

Well worth watching

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Sat Nov 21, 2015 12:04 am  

Gone Girl 9/10

Great thriller this. Quite a long film but was absolutely gripping.

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Sun Nov 22, 2015 5:46 pm  

Agree with the above about gone girl , A very good movie and on the same lines as a French movie Ive just watched called Tell no one from 2006 .
No Escape 9/10 Best movie Ive seen in a while .

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Mon Nov 23, 2015 11:29 am  

Black Sea - I'm guessing this was meant to be a tense, claustrophobic thriller about despair, greed and the plight of the working man; instead, it was a by the numbers heist gone wrong kind of deal, with the added twist of being set on a submarine - a twist which wasn't used very effectively in my view. Add to that Jude Law with a mangled Scottish accent, and a salvage company so Machiavellian in its behaviour that it would outshine most Bond villains - and you end up with a mess of a movie that doesn't say much about anything at all.

5/10 - dull.

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Mon Nov 23, 2015 12:49 pm  

Spectre - Probably the best of the Daniel Craig Bond films but still not a film I'd want to sit through again.

6/10

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Tue Nov 24, 2015 2:30 pm  

The Theory of Everything 8/10

Superb performance from the lead actor in this one.

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Sat Dec 05, 2015 6:19 pm  

American Sniper 7/10

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Mon Dec 07, 2015 1:42 pm  

Ant Man - another Marvel outing with a similar style and tone to Guardians of the Galaxy, which works for me; when you're telling the story of a super molecule, a man who can shrink down to insect size, and controlling ants to do your bidding, it doesn't do to take yourself too seriously. I find myself more able to enjoy this kind of thing when it's self-aware.

Unsurprisingly, I enjoyed it - Paul Rudd is annoyingly good at the smartarsed, fast-talking thing and Michael Douglas adds a bit of gravitas; Evangeline Lily, who I guess will be Wasp later, is easy to look at and whilst she's not a tour de force, she doesn't let herself down. The VFX are predictably good and the pint-sized battle in the child's bedroom is terrific fun - particularly when the perspective zooms out to contrast what it looks like in full size.

7/10 - Enjoyable hokum!

Re: Rate the last film you watched : Mon Dec 07, 2015 5:18 pm  

hunger games-mockingjay part 2

8/10

love them all, still nothing tops the first and second hunger games

not going to post any spoilers as its still out


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