seen any good flicks lately? - Page 303 - Clubhouse

Corinthian

03/12/2009 at 14:19

I like 'fillums'... we had them in Liverpool too ;-)

Badly Drawn Bloke

03/12/2009 at 14:41

I call big blockbuster fillums movies. Otherwise they're films to me. I go to the pictures or flicks still. Never been to the movies.

Saw Harry Brown a couple of weeks ago. Think Get Carter with a pension book on a sink estate and you're there. It's all a bit bleak but great performance by Sir Micheal. I'm glad I saw it but not one if you're after happy viewing.

Also saw Adventureland. A coming of age tale set about a young college graduate learning about life and love working the summer at the the eponymous Adventureland theme park. Gentle and occasionally funny, it's a teen flick with heart.

Red Squirrel.

03/12/2009 at 16:46

A Very Merry ChrisMouse wrote (see)

Meh.
I'm old fashioned. I watch films. Well fillums to be precise.

I'm not old-fashioned, I'm British but with you Mouse. I don't use an American short form for moving pictures.

moomoo

03/12/2009 at 17:02

I'm not British, I say "movies"

Badly Drawn Bloke

03/12/2009 at 18:22

Shouldn't that be Moovies?

moomoo

03/12/2009 at 18:30

You're right there, Moona says Moovies!

moomoo

10/12/2009 at 19:11

I'm thinking it might be interesting to see Avatar in 3D when it's on at my local IMAX, find out what the fuss is all about!

The only other movie I've ever seen in 3D is 300.

gingerfurball pirate

pirate

10/12/2009 at 19:19

Anyone been to see The Descent 2 (it doesn't look like our ((stoopid)) omniplex is getting it so we might have to wait for the dvd) - I loved the first one so looking forward to the reviews.

sarah the bookworm

10/12/2009 at 19:25

I've not watched it yet, but I've got the DVD of Colin sitting on my desk for later. A £45 zombie film (or fillum, or movie, or moovie...

) has to be worth a watch. Anyone seen it??

moomoo

10/12/2009 at 19:33

I haven't seen either of the above! I have a bit of catching up to do. I still want to see Seraphine and the movie about Keats, Bright Star. Has anyone seen these?

sarah the bookworm

10/12/2009 at 20:25

Watching Colin now - so far, what a load of bullocks

Red Squirrel.

27/12/2009 at 23:12

Just been to see Nowhere Boy - directed by Sam Tylor-Wood - about John Lennon's home life pre-Beatles. I wasn't particularly expecting great things but I really liked it and thought it was a well-rounded story which captured the era well and didn't resort to unecessarily arty camera work. I'd recommend it.

biziliz

29/12/2009 at 20:12

Sherlock Holmes

went to see this yesterday. I have read some of the books and hated them. this was a lot of fun, lots of action, good chemistry between Holmes and Watson, great to look at and a funny dog. what more do you need for a holiday film.

Johnny Blaze

29/12/2009 at 20:24

Avatar

I went to see this with Junior B at the Leicester Showcase, which was undoubtedly the poshest shiniest picture house I've ever been to. It was digital 3D as well.

Srsly.

James Cameron has undoubtedly made some great cinema - Terminator 1 and 2. Aliens and ahem Titanic. Also some less successful clunkers - Abyss and True Lies.

How does this match up?

Well, if you can get past the "Dances with Aliens" storyline - and i reckon some people will have real problems with some of the Pocahontas stylee mysticism - then what you are left with is possibly the most visually stunning and beautiful film ever committed to celluloid (see what i did there). Frame after frame of gobsmacking visuals, and really quite wonderful.

Yes fans will undoubtedly recognise some aspects of the design from their album covers and many of Cameron's tics are also there - particularly referencing back to Aliens.

I loved it. Storyline notwithstanding and plotline holes not withstanding, all the budget was up there on the screen and, given this had the potential to be an enormously expensive turkey, it wasn't.

One of those rare occasions when you leave the cinema thinking WOW!

9/10