Movie/film thread: resurrected

I found "Lone Ranger" entertaining. 

I think you guys would like "Rush". It is a biography of champion driver Niki Lauda and the 1976 crash that nearly claimed his life. Chris Hemsworth played the part of his rival James Hunt. I thought that it was well acted and the story was interesting and sad. James Hunt only lived to be 46 yrs old, so I guess it was as well that he didn't waste any time;no wonder he had a heart attack. I'm not giving away anything about the movie, because none of that side of things was shown. The theatre was full of blokes, with my neighbour and I as the only females. We both enjoyed the movie even though we are totally different personalities. Ladies should also enjoy this show.

I really want to see that, I love the old F1

There was a film about Ayrton Senna a few years ago as well which is worth watching if you haven't seen it. It's all made of old footage rather than being a 'film film' but it's still a great story

Du Zhan ("Drug War")

HK-style police "action" procedural set entirely on the mainland. It's particularly good with urban and nearly-urban landscapes. And has a shootout worthy of any spaghetti western HK action flick.

 

Elite Squad

Brazilian crime/corruption drama. Really enjoyable, beautifully filmed and a really pacy story. I suppose the characters are a bit shallow but the story and execution are top class, highly recommend

Just tried watching "The Croods"...that was a bad idea.

Just tried watching "The Croods"...that was a bad idea.

You sir, are an elitist

Quote from: ericthered on October 09, 2013, 02:02:22 AM

Just tried watching "The Croods"...that was a bad idea.

You sir, are an elitist

Thank you 

"Gravity" starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. I just kept shaking my head and wondering how they persuaded these two "stars" to perform in this movie. I must say that they really did not have to do much else except float around in space. To be honest, I found it predictable and boring.

"Gravity" starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. I just kept shaking my head and wondering how they persuaded these two "stars" to perform in this movie.

I saw a trailer for it and thought -
I'll bet there is no gravity... the movie just sucks.

I'd like to see Gravity, and A Touch of Sin. Can't find copies yet.

Meanwhile, on a whim, watched the Infernal Affairs movies again. Not as colourful as I remembered, but movie Cantonese is always fun anyway. (Du Zhan is so very obviously mainland China settings, I kinda remembered the Infernal Affairs movies as being very HK and, meh, the landscape is hidden in the background in all three, which is okay, and if you don't watch the subtitles you get lost fast.)

I just watched On The Beach, a late 50s films where a nuclear war has wiped out the whole world except Australia and in Australia they are just sitting around drinking and smoking and waiting for the radiation to wipe them out
Bloody marvellous

Kitano, then you MUST watch the tv movie remake of it- it's even better than the original and more updated/ hitech. Fantastic movie!

I believe it may be in full on You Tube.

Kitano, then you MUST watch the tv movie remake of it- it's even better than the original and more updated/ hitech. Fantastic movie!

I believe it may be in full on You Tube.

Just found it on Youtube, I'll watch this after school today 

Finally saw the new Star Trek movie.  SOOO sad I missed it in the theaters (by 1 day ).

I managed to avoid getting any info, except who the main villain was.  Wish I'd managed to avoid even that.  I hate spoilers.

Now I just have to show my wife some of the better original episodes and movies before letting her see the new movies.

@Kitano.. we had to read the book of that at school.