Last 3 films you watched

[Droo]

Meet joe black last night with me GF.

Intermission: Colin Farrel is a c*nt, great irish made film.

Lost in translation: Great show.

[Paradigm]

True. It really is very silly indeed though. Interesting purely 'cos it's Jackson's first feature, if I'm honest.

I saw it before LOTR came out, and I'm not even a fan of said movies, so I (thankfully) don't have to deal with such related nonsense

[donnie_darko]

Big Fish: Very good film. Reminded me of Forrest Gump.

Donnie Darko: Superb, have seen it five or six times now.

Lost In Translation: Looks very good. Bill Murray is as great as ever and Scarlett is damn cool.

[ChrisN]

Equilibrium: Awesome. Very well plotted, and sublimely stylish.

Bruce Almighty: Amusing, not a bad film at all. But not Carey at his best.

Jimmy Neutron - Boy Genius: Took ages to get round to watchign it, quite enjoyed it in the end.

[Hoop]

Josie and the Pussycats is a great film! I wasn't expecting a satire on consumerism, but that's what I got...and Rachel Leigh Cook...and Tara Reid.....mmmmmmm.

Hell yeah. RLC is the new Pink!

[Version2.0]

Big Fish Quite liked it, didn't think it would appeal to me even though I am a fan of Burton, but it kept my interest.

Never Been Kissed Never been a fan of 'feel good' films and especially not ones as crap as this one.

Final Desination 2 Loved the first flick. This one isn't as edgy but still great and the deaths are fantastic.

[NumberSix]

I saw it before LOTR came out, and I'm not even a fan of said movies, so I (thankfully) don't have to deal with such related nonsense

I saw it fifteen years ago, when it came out. So boo-ya

It's always interesting to see where big directors started off though, imo, even if you don't like their new stuff. Fascinating to observe the progression.

[mdn2]

Runaway Jury: Good, but the book is miles better.

Don't Look Now: Massively overrated pap.

Freddy Vs Jason: Knew it was going to be shit. It was. But in a good way.

[JBD]

Last Samurai: Lots of nice stuff to see but an unconvincing storyline. I could never suspend my disbelief that he'd be accepted into that community. Tommo needs to get his hair cut.

X-men 2: a right laugh, better than the first- Ian Mcellan's fantastic in this, just pitch perfect. Particularly liked the 'too much iron in your blood' scene

Matrix revolutions Garbage. Whoever wrote the dialogue in this flick needs a right kicking. Great mechs though

[Farsight]

Big Fish : Tim Burton is my favourite director, so I was looking forward to this big style, and it didn't dissapoint. Just a wonderful film, and one of the very few films I've ever seen that's brought me on to full-on tears.

Return Of The King : I only in the last couple of months 'got into' the LOTR series, watching the first two on DVD, then saw this in the cinema. Great stuff, lovely fight scenes, Ian McKellan as Gandalf and Andy Serkkis as Gollum two favourites. I think the overblown silly ending spoiled it a bit though. Best Move of 2003? Hmph, Finding Nemo was to me the best of 2003 by far, and also :

Revolutions : It's become oh so fahsionable to bash the second and third films of the Matrix franchise hasn't it? People some how go from "I don't think much of this" to "a MASSIVE dissapointment, what crap blah blah blah". Show the power of critics.

Well stuff them, I loved it, and Robo 1 there summed it up nicely for me. I came out of it feeling thoroughly satisfied, amazed, and have mulled over what I saw in it ever since - in fact I went back to see it a second time. Superb. I only hope that when they get round to the Trilogy set, that they do the movie (and Reloaded too) the justice on DVD they deserve, as the current "standard" releases just aren't good enough.

[JPickford (retired mod)]

Revolutions : It's become oh so fahsionable to bash the second and third films of the Matrix franchise hasn't it? People some how go from "I don't think much of this" to "a MASSIVE dissapointment, what crap blah blah blah". Show the power of critics.

I really hate this attitude. Someone disagrees with you and you try to devalue their opinion by claiming they are jumping on a bandwagon or influenced by critics.

I paid money to get into the second Matrix film - which meant I THOUGHT I would get some enjoyment from it - and I walked out barley 30 minutes in. I found the film unbearable tosh. MY OPINION. I made it up all by myself.

[Farsight]

Maybe I should clarify. I didn't mean that anyone who doesn't like it is bandwagon jumping, merely that I think that there are many people who's opinion is moved from simply "not liking" to the extreme reactions I've read in many places, where they think it's some kind of "crime against cinema" or something. I'm more inclined to this conclusion as I saw some people who in the week or so after seeing it simply didn't think much of it, yet months later detest it vehemently.

It doesn't bother me that there are people who dislike it, hell, I thrive on personal opinion, and I almost find a thrill from liking something which is not liked by the major populace, as opposed to something which is loved and adored by all. I just find this attitude that some people out there (although I use "some" generously, there are quite a few) who act like the Matrix killed their dog or something.

As for walking out 30 minutes in, even if it was so excruciatingly bad, didn't you think it was worth staying, just in case it improved, or there was something interesting to be had in the latter hour, hour and a half? I find it terribly melodramatic.

[Badger]

Down with Love:

*meh* It was okish....not a total spoof, but not totally straight....it wasn't laugh out loud...but did raise a wry smile...

2 Fast 2 Furious:

needed something to go with a crate of beer. Did the job.

Can't remember the third

[JPickford (retired mod)]

As for walking out 30 minutes in, even if it was so excruciatingly bad, didn't you think it was worth staying, just in case it improved, or there was something interesting to be had in the latter hour, hour and a half? I find it terribly melodramatic.

No I didn't think it worth staying. I thought the film was unwatchably bad. I felt the filmmakers were insulting my (and everyone else) intelligence.

That isn't melodramatic; it's self-respect. I didn't announce my departure to the audience, I simply decided to leave.

[JPickford (retired mod)]

Down with Love:

*meh* It was okish....not a total spoof, but not totally straight....it wasn't laugh out loud...but did raise a wry smile...

Yes. I don't think it quite worked. I enjoyed it all the same, especially the first half. With a little more restraint it could have been a brilliant send-up.

[Farsight]

That isn't melodramatic; it's self-respect. I didn't announce my departure to the audience, I simply decided to leave.

Ok, fair enough. While I personally would never walk out of a film (well, I can't say 'never', but haven't met a film yet that I felt was so bad to warrant walking out, but I suppose there's still time), I respect your right to that option, even though I think you were a tad harsh, as I don't see much in the first 30 mins of the film either particularly objectionable, or that signals the content of the main section of the movie.

I must say though the idea of announcing your departure has made me grin on this dreary Monday morning, so thanks.

[NumberSix]

I didn't announce my departure to the audience

You should have done, in super theatrical fashion. You'd have provided the poor bastards with at least a little entertainment for their money.

[JPickford (retired mod)]

I've walked out of many films, though usually near the end when I find the conclusion has become so obvious that it's tedious to sit through it. Examples; Outbreak, That James Bond with Michelle Yeoh in it, Daredevil.

Matrix 2 was probably the earliest I've walked out. Every scene grated with me; The Disco\Religious\Political meeting, the spoon!

The most recent example (as I mentioned earlier) was Looney Toons which was irritating throughout eventually building up to an unbearable level.

[Farsight]

I have to agree about the "disco" scene, it is painful.

And there you've just quoted one I probably wouldn't have bared - Outbreak.

Although I saw it on TV so I just changed the channel. Thankfully didn't pay to see it.

[SeanR]

Giggled my way thru Hannibal

If it wasn't for the pigs I'd have walked out

[Luke]

I've walked out of many films

I wish I'd walked out of Scary Movie 3.

It's the only film I can even remember being tempted to walk out of ... actually I must have been tempted to leave 'Slipstream' and 'When a Man Loves a Woman', Christ they were bad.

Oh - and I did walk out of the lounge when watching we were watching 'Jerry Maguire'.

[emjay2kay]

The American President: I only caught the last half of this, but it was a lot more entertaining than I had expected. I couldn't help but keep thinking of The West Wing though, especially with Martin Sheen starring in it, but it wasn't quite as slow, slushy and downright boring as I was expecting.

Unforgiven: It was good, granted, but after seeing on the front cover that it was acclaimed as the "best Western in 20 years," I was slightly dissapointed. My only real frame of reference is Sergio Leone's spaghetti western trilogy, which was utterly brilliant, so that might be why I was so dissapointed.

Scary Movie 3: I only agreed to go see this because I'd turned down my friends' invite to see The Last Samurai the night before, and didn't want to appear too anti-social. It was shite, and I sorely miss my £5.25. Man the stuff I could have bought instead...

[Hardwired]

Underworld: Not brilliant, but lots of Kate Beckinsale to make up for it. She's lovely.

Once Upon A Time In Mexico: Not brilliant, but lots of Johnny Depp to make up for it. He's ace.

Secretary: Brilliant.

[emjay2kay]

That James Bond with Michelle Yeoh in it,

Tomorrow Never Dies? I love that one, it's one of my favourites. The bike chase was fantastic, and the BMW/multistorey car park bit will surely become legendary.

I could have quite easily walked out of Die Another Day however. Good god was that the worst Bond film of the lot. (Barring Moonraker, obviously.)

[oli]

Unforgiven: It was good, granted, but after seeing on the front cover that it was acclaimed as the "best Western in 20 years," I was slightly dissapointed. My only real frame of reference is Sergio Leone's spaghetti western trilogy, which was utterly brilliant, so that might be why I was so dissapointed.

I absolutely love Unforgiven, it's one of my all time favourites, and the 2 disc DVD which i got for 6.99 is one of my bargains of all time!

I really like the idea of a western that is far more character driven than some i have seen in the past, without being about shooting indians and stealing horses.

ALthough my opinion on westerns may be slightly devalued being as a I love Young Guns 1 and 2

[Liquid Myth]

Scary Movie 3 - worst thing I've seen in years. Almost as bad as the second one, which was criminal. And you know a "funnee" film is bad when half the audience is made up of scallies, and even THEY didn't laugh.

Lost in Translation - excellent, although I went in expecting a pant-wettingly funny affair with jokes throughout.

LotR: RotK - Great, but felt life a whole load was missing without Christopher Lee's scenes.

[JPickford (retired mod)]

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LotR: RotK - Great, but felt life a whole load was missing without Christopher Lee's scenes.

Really? What was there left for him to do?

I think it would have been odd to have a character in there just to wrap up his story from the previous film. Each of the films does need to stand alone as well as work within a trilogy.

I think it would have been better to wrap up Lee's stuff in the the Two Towers.

[emjay2kay]

I absolutely love Unforgiven, it's one of my all time favourites, and the 2 disc DVD which i got for 6.99 is one of my bargains of all time!

I really like the idea of a western that is far more character driven than some i have seen in the past, without being about shooting indians and stealing horses.

ALthough my opinion on westerns may be slightly devalued being as a I love Young Guns 1 and 2

I picked it up for £7.99 in Virgin last week. You can't complain can you?

I did enjoy it. Like you say, it's nice that it's character driven, with Morgan Freeman and Clint trying to recapture some of the magic old age has taken away from them. I thought it was truly great.

It was just the gunfight in the brothel at the end which left me cold. When his gun misfires, it's so incredibly tense, and then it all goes downhill for me. Clint barely moves yet the other men in the room still manage to faff about, trying to get thier gun out, not knowing what's going on, and then when they finally do get thier guns out, they miss Clint from about 10 feet away. It just felt like they were stood there waiting for thier cue to pull out thier gun.

I don't mean to shit on your favourite film. God knows I'd hate it if someone came up to me and pointed out everything that was wrong with my favourite film, it's just that bit really dissapointed me, and being so near to the end of the film, it was hard to forget about it and reflect on the brilliance of the rest of Unforgiven.

[oli]

It's ok it's not my absolute favourite, so i'll let you off

I actually thought the ending was quite good, especially Gene Hackman.

[Andy_Tanner]

Return of The King in Dec and Lost in Translation just recently which i found really moving and touching. i love that film. so that's two, i really haven't been watching many which is weird for me.