What's The Last Movie You Saw?

[gronank]

You forgot to mention the new Q played by Ben Whishaw (one of my favourite actors of the year) which I thought was one of the highlights of the film.

They never considered John de Lancie for the role of Q?

[Almighty Doer of Stuff]

I don't know if you're being serious or not due to lack of emoticon, so I'll say they're talking about James Bond Q, not Star Trek Q.

[Roland Deschain]

If you're looking for a good film to watch, i'd recommend Cockneys vs Zombies. It has Brick Top from Snatch in it, and my friend is an extra. As a zombie, he meets an unfortunate end through decapitation by spade.

[Ravi Oli]

Seen it on recommendation from an internet mate. Oh wait - wonder if he being a Cockney had sommat to do with it?
Very tongue-in-cheek and apparently real Cockneys are pretty rare there-abouts these days. Another primative tribe succumbs to urban renewal...

[PKMKII]

Bernie

It's the best performance I've seen by Jack Black. In most of his films, he's doing a completely over-the-top character. Here though, he plays right on that edge. If it was just a tad weirder, a bit more goofy, his performance would have been unbelievable. But it's at that sweet spot where it's funny while still feeling like he's playing a real person.

[black bart]

The Hobbit.

I didn't have high expectations and perhaps that's why I really enjoyed it...in 3D!

I am always on the edge of laughing at the Tolkien stuff, after all it's completely ridiculous, but I think the film has a good bash at the story. Martin Freeman makes a great Bilbo Baggins.

[Ravi Oli]

^ I didn't realize they were serializing it. Not too bad. I got the book for my birthday last year. Been 40yrs since I read it so might do a refresher.

[black bart]

^ I didn't realize they were serializing it. Not too bad. I got the book for my birthday last year. Been 40yrs since I read it so might do a refresher.

I read it to my daughter recently...it makes you chuckle. The film did a good job of the Troll scene which is one of the funniest bits of the book.

Just seen a proper film though:

Abbott and Costello meet Captain Kidd...with Charles Lawton as Captain Kidd!

Aaaaarrrgh!

[gronank]

Book of Eli
I might miss something about the moral of this story. To me it sound like "well, faith might be a tool for controlling the weak of mind and the general consensus is that it was direct cause of the apocalypse (seriously, in a society that has broken down to the degree that the literate adults wont even bother to educate the young, everyone universally and independantly agrees that bibles should be destroyed, that is quite a consensus), BUT it is still good because, well, you get go on a perilous quest that get a bunch of people killed", is that about right?.

[Almighty Doer of Stuff]

Ashley and I watched "Lili" today. It was pleasant I suppose, but it was very fluffy, no real substance to it.

[daftbeaker]

I finally saw 'Up', it was on the BBC. I was a bit worried, having heard from several people that the first five minutes would make anyone cry. I sat there not being moved much (well, it was blindingly obvious what was going to happen) but the bit that did make me sad was about three quarters of the way through when Carl opens Ellie's adventure book and realises she's filled it with their life together

Good film.

[Rev. Rowan Redbeard]

I saw the Hobbit.

One part CGI, one part epic filmography, one part GQ: Middle Earth Dwarves edition, one part cartoon dwarves come to life.

[fueledbycoffee]

Same here. Never really pictured the bloke who married the Vicar of Dibley as Thorin... but oh well. Did a goodish job.

[Roy Hunter]

Life of Pi.

I've read some fairly scathing reviews of it, but I loved it. I suspect that the reviewers had not read the book first. If you read the book first, you realise the story is a bit screwy and you won't expect the movie to make sense*. The story still doesn't make sense, but the visuals are just stunning, and the production values, the pacing, everything. So I reckon if you read the book and liked it, you'll like the movie.

*I know the story makes sense as a post-traumatic confabulation / heat-, starvation- and thirst-induced hallucination, but as a linear "he said, she said, shootout, car chase, good guy gets girl, bad guy goes to jail" movie plot? No, it doesn't.

[Rev. Rowan Redbeard]

Life of Pi.

I've read some fairly scathing reviews of it, but I loved it. I suspect that the reviewers had not read the book first. If you read the book first, you realise the story is a bit screwy and you won't expect the movie to make sense*. The story still doesn't make sense, but the visuals are just stunning, and the production values, the pacing, everything. So I reckon if you read the book and liked it, you'll like the movie.

*I know the story makes sense as a post-traumatic confabulation / heat-, starvation- and thirst-induced hallucination, but as a linear "he said, she said, shootout, car chase, good guy gets girl, bad guy goes to jail" movie plot? No, it doesn't.