Started watching red 2 which should be shit but is actually quite enjoyable.
Quote from: Falling Down on January 21, 2014, 06:13:26 pmWolf of Wall Street is very funny and entertaining. A searing expose of the US financial system it is not. Clearly everyone in America including Scorsese is in thrall to Wall St. Really good though.Thought it looked like that, and nothing wrong with that. You watch a Scorsese film for great cinema rather than historical accuracy. Goodfellas is still one of my favourite films ever but he got a load of stick for glorifying gangsters (despite none of then ending up "winning").If you want an expose of the US financial system then Margin Call or Too Big To Fail are both very good imo:http://m.imdb.com/title/tt1615147/http://m.imdb.com/title/tt1742683/
Wolf of Wall Street is very funny and entertaining. A searing expose of the US financial system it is not. Clearly everyone in America including Scorsese is in thrall to Wall St. Really good though.
Also this meant T-stubs got a pair of 'Raincheck' tickets which I hope he used far more wisely than I.
Had this on DVD for a year or two really good film. I have liked all the main actors (jesse eisenberg) I have seen. Zombieland, Social network and most recently Now you see me.
Started Time Traveller's Wife, but it's a bit shit so far, is it worth persevering, or bin it? I've not read the book.
Saw Ender's Game too recently, which I enjoyed, but it was a shame the trailer gave away the reveal (I suppose if you'd read the book you would know anyway, but it annoyed me).
the utterly beautiful Zoe Soldana & Williem Dafoe.
Just watched "Out of the Furnace" Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Forrest Whittaker, the utterly beautiful Zoe Soldana & Williem Dafoe. Really grim, gritty and brilliant. Right up my street. The script could've been better but it was redeemed by the actors. 9/10.
Saw Inside Llweyn Davis at the Showroom today. I really enjoyed it through out, funny in parts and engaging for the duration of the film. It's not piss takingly long either.
I just checked the run times for Wolf of Wall St...
Quote from: Gallant on January 31, 2014, 08:48:21 pmSaw Inside Llweyn Davis at the Showroom today. I really enjoyed it through out, funny in parts and engaging for the duration of the film. It's not piss takingly long either.Really, really good film with a lot more going on than the immediate plot. You get a sense of the protagonist, where he's from, stuff that's happened, without it being shown. You also get the Cohen world view (mine also) that life's meaningless shite, plus some good things. The loop the loop timeline's good too, and I love the setting. But then I'm close to being a Cohen bros fan.
Saw American Hustle in the cinema the other evening. Thought it was very slow and felt that I was waiting for something to happen which never did. As someone said all the actors are great and I especially liked Christian Bale but they couldn't save it. Nearly walked out halfway through and in retrospect should have! Dave
Been mentioned before on here, but really enjoyed Winters Bone properly bleak stuff, perfect for the middle hours of a night shift...
If you go in and expect a typical hollywood film with action/guns and car chases youre in the wrong theatre