EDF Cinema

[Ted Max]

Mad Max - wife, friend and baby killed by bastid gang, decent man surviving in moral swamp through purity of heart and extreme violence descends to their level. Plenty violence. Only warming up, really.

Braveheart - wife killed by bastid English. One good man surviving in a moral swamp through purity of heart and extreme violence. Betrayed. Guts torn out at end = MelMartyr orgasm (Mel extra: the poof gets chucked oot the windae) Liberal attitude to the source text ie History

Patriot - son killed by bastid English. One good man surviving in a moral swamp through purity of heart and extreme violence. No orgasmic matryrdom, sadly. (Mel extra: A whole building of people get burnt alive after being betrayed by the bastid English, obvs) Liberal attitude to the source text ie History

Passion - One good man in a moral swamp etc. But this time we get the betrayal first (the Jooz, obvs) and then we can get onto the whole point, Heeeeres' Jonny, er, the Devil, and some multi-orgasmic martyr porn. (Mel extra: man's eye pecked out by a crow.) Liberal attitude to the source text ie The Bible

Apocalyto: One good man etc...family killed by invaders..human sacrifice...noble savagery...descent of man...w*nk w*nk spuffle splat

[Ted Max]

So...anyone seen any decent films lately?

[El Pibe]

Shadow Dancer was alright.

[Ted Max]

Noted.

[Otta]

It's probably been mentioned before on here, but anyone who likes comedy and zombies must see Zombieland!

[El Pibe]

I saw Source Code, which was a neat little premise with a vaguely satisfying ending as long as you didn't expect internal consistency or any degree of plausability even within the realms of near future speculative science fiction.

Then they tacked on a stupid twist/happy ending that ruined it all.

Just click eject when they do that sort of freeze frame pan through the train and it'll be fine.

[david_carnell]

Rather enjoyed 13 Assasins (currently on Sky).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_Assassins

['bout now]

Saw The Flight. Great swaggering performance by Denze, sadly the film isn't quite the vehicle that his portrayal deserves.

[El Pibe]

Attack The Block

Yes it's a monster movie and a bit silly, but it was genuinely funny and enjoyable.

I gather the director has taken on Neal Stephenson's Snowcrash which could either be marvellous (a la Watchmen, yes I expected the worst) or, well the title is inviting review headline pun hell.

[Otta]

Paper Man (2009) is a nice little film

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437405/

Carnage (2011) The wife and I thought it was brill. Snorky hated it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1692486/

Recently watched The Avengers, and enjoyed it far more than a man of my years really should.

One to avoid is Man on a ledge. Thought it sounded cool, but realised within 5 minutes that it was going to be shockingly naff. Kept it on for a further 10 minutes or so, but there was no improvement.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568338/

[Jeremy]

I thought Source Code was abysmal from start to finish, afraid to say! (I signed up to LoveFilm instant, only to find there was little on there that I actually wanted to watch... and Source Code was one of the few recent films I'd actually heard of).

[El Pibe]

Fair enough, if you're the type to get wound up by Spooks plot holes I can imagine the film would irk, but I fancied the love interest and that was enough for me.

[Huguenot]

I watched Brick again this week. Splendid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick_(film)

[El Pibe]

ah yes, class film.

Ferris Buellers Day Off meets Chinatown!!

[camberwell70]

Enjoyed Source Code.

Moon, too.

Duncan Jones has a bright future.

[civilservant]

Brick sounds good - will check it out

Point Blank is on extended release at the BFI - a reminder of when Brits did really beat Hollywood at its own game

Source Code was ok if you didn't think too hard about the plot. But Moon:-( - sooo tinny and derivative, Lego sets built in a sandbox with a plot pinched from Solaris, Silent Running, 2001, Alien, etc etc. Interesting to speculate about whether Duncan Jones would have been noticed in a parallel universe where he had a different dad.

[mockney piers]

Righteous kill, great cast, pairing De Niro and Pacino as police partners. Great supporting cast of character across.

Script is merely bad rather than dreadful, performances are acceptable with dashes of Ok.

Film is just....... awful.

Badly paced, boring, implausible, the editing is confused and distracting, and that soundtrack is claustrophobic, no scene is allowed to breathe.

Really really really bad, and that's before the third act reaches out to the worst post Shaymalan clich?s for merely dismal.

Can I have my life back please!

[HonaloochieB]

SEACOW! - The Alfred Hitchcod original NOT the Huss Van Sant remake.

[HonaloochieB]

The Clockhouse Orange Marmalade bread & butter pudding, chocolate sorbet 5.5

Dystopian future dessert. The sorbet? Just a potential pain in the gulliver.

[El Pibe]

I watched 'The Impossible' based on the trues story a family who miraculously survived the 2004 tsunami.

You can't help but feel manipulated by the film makers as they wring the tears of joy out of you, but hats off, it's a very effective piece of film-making, relatively understated, almost myopic, given the subject matter and with two effortlessly brilliant performances from young Tom 'billy elliot' Holland and Naomi Watts*.

*although she seems to have gone to Gwinny's/Renee's voice coach affecting that irrititing middle class nasal twang that doesn't actually exist anywhere and is so close yet so far....

[Mick Mac]

mockney piers Wrote:

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> Can I have my life back please!

Yes reinvent yourself as a differently named online persona - ah, you have done that already

[El Pibe]

Ok, done black swan.

Hmmmm.

What can I say, 2 hours to basically do the dark forest of dagobar scene from Empire Strikes Back.

Albeit with prettier people and additional frotting, so not all bad then.

[????]

For the first time in years there are several films released that I am itching to see - Mainly involving wolves and slaves

[El Pibe]

My film buff (filmo?) step brother claimed 2013 was the best year for films in his lifetime.

I went to one film, it had dinosaurs, it was awful.

[????]

It must have been better than the one where food came alive?