Movies of the good kind we have looked upon.

[JimC]

But orcs being slaughtered in job lots is just plain good fun!

[tattuchu]

The Hobbit - The Battle of Five Armies.

Meh. Lots of epic (and very well done) CG battle scenes with absolutely no character development or interesting relationships.

Nothing to do with Tolkien either.

It's no wonder Christopher Tolkien won't let Jackson butcher The Silmarillion or Tolkien's other works

Oh, the new one is out now? I didn't realize that. I loved the first one. Which was refreshing, since I didn't have much use for the LotR films. They were beautiful, sure, but, to me, rather tiresome. Anyway, yeah, I loved the first Hobbit. And Martin Freeman is a great choice for the lead (he plays a fantastic Watson, also, opposite Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock). But the second Hobbit film seemed to me to dispense with all that made the first enjoyable. I guess I'll probably see the third, but it's not something I have much enthusiasm for.

Wasn't Guillermo del Toro supposed to originally do the Hobbit? Fuck, now that would've been something to see.

[tattuchu]

Snowpiercer. Pretty cool

[Clinton Huxley]

The Man Who Wasn't There by the Coen brothers, starring Billy Bob Thornton and Frances McDormand and also featuring Scarlett Johansson. Well my goodness, finally someone who knows how to write a decent script, and actors who know how to act.

One of my faves. "I don't talk much, I just cut the hair".

The Coen brothers had an unbroken run of hits up until this film - I loved ALL of them. Sadly, Intolerable Cruelty (which immediately followed) was a huge disappointment. And then Ladykillers...

Since then, they have made a couple of stunners (No Country for Old Men, A Serious Man) but I have lost the sense of eager anticipation that I used to have when I knew that a new Coen object was about to be unleashed. Sad that.

When they are good, they are very, very good but when they are bad...they are still better than most.

[tattuchu]

I surely did love Fargo. I need to watch Burn After Reading again. That was a lot of fun, if I recall.

[klr]

Now, what what would The Hobbit & LOTR movies have been like if the Coen brothers did them?

[piscator]

The Man Who Wasn't There by the Coen brothers, starring Billy Bob Thornton and Frances McDormand and also featuring Scarlett Johansson. Well my goodness, finally someone who knows how to write a decent script, and actors who know how to act.

One of my faves. "I don't talk much, I just cut the hair".

The Coen brothers had an unbroken run of hits up until this film - I loved ALL of them. Sadly, Intolerable Cruelty (which immediately followed) was a huge disappointment. And then Ladykillers...

Since then, they have made a couple of stunners (No Country for Old Men, A Serious Man) but I have lost the sense of eager anticipation that I used to have when I knew that a new Coen object was about to be unleashed. Sad that.

When they are good, they are very, very good but when they are bad...they are still better than most.

"You brought yo bitch to the Waffle Hut?"

The Ladykillers is the best Arsenic and Old Lace evar!

[rachelbean]

Anyhow right now I'm watching this movie called Locke starring Tom Hardy. It's just him driving in his car talking on the phone. Seriously, that's all it is. But it's interesting so far just on the strength of Hardy's performance. Has anybody seen this film? I'm just wondering what kind of accent he's doing

Welsh, but it was a bit over the top. I mean, I do know people from West Wales with similar accents but it seemed a bit of a mishmash.

[Seth]

Going to see "Wild" with Reese Witherspoon shortly...

[pErvinalia]

I saw Paddington Bear with the kiddies last week. I liked the stab at UK's xenophobia.

[Clinton Huxley]

I saw Paddington Bear with the kiddies last week. I liked the stab at UK's xenophobia.

I enjoyed it.

[pErvinalia]

Yeah, it was a fun movie.

[Seth]

Going to see "Wild" with Reese Witherspoon shortly...

An excellent and moving story well told and acted.

[klr]

But orcs being slaughtered in job lots is just plain good fun!

Especially when you're in a competition with your mate to see who bags the most.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

The Interview. Pretty shit. 2 hours of toilet humour that wasn't really humorous. Meh. Sony were right the first time - should have pulled it.