Recommendations

[ShelleyCowie]

Heya,

Does anybody have any recommendations for movies then?

Looking in the genre of Sci-Fi, Horror, Comedy....somethin along them lines please! Or even kids movies!

[skinnydog]

'Fraid not, I stick to the usual. Can't do horror, anything too gory or bloody I am afraid. My faves are 7even, Kiss the Girls, Along came a Spider.

New ish ones that I want to see but have not yet are The Reader, Slum dog, In Bruge, 21 (which is a true ish story about students counting cards in Las Vegas), Untraceable and that is the ones that I can think of just now, I actually have a list but I can't find it!!

[ShelleyCowie]

I wudna mind seeing slumdog. looks no too bad!

Also cant wait for

Watchmen (March 6th)
Monsters vs Aliens (March 27th)
Transformers Revenge of the Fallen (June 26th)

[joxville]

'Fraid not, I stick to the usual. Can't do horror, anything too gory or bloody I am afraid. My faves are 7even, Kiss the Girls, Along came a Spider.

New ish ones that I want to see but have not yet are The Reader, Slum dog, In Bruge, 21 (which is a true ish story about students counting cards in Las Vegas), Untraceable and that is the ones that I can think of just now, I actually have a list but I can't find it!!

A colleague has In Bruges and 21 on dvd, both of which are currently doing the rounds with others. I'm 6th on the list to get them so expect it will be about another week before it's my turn. They both look like good films.

[kia]

hi everyone hope you dont mind me joining in, cant wait to see
I can recommend Taken.

Slumdog millionaire too

Transformers Revenge of the Fallen - looks excellent

Horsemen

The accidental husband = looks like a laugh


The Haunting in connecticut
Unborn looks good too if you like horrors

[ShelleyCowie]

hi everyone hope you dont mind me joining in, cant wait to see
I can recommend Taken.

Slumdog millionaire too

Transformers Revenge of the Fallen - looks excellent

Horsemen

The accidental husband = looks like a laugh


The Haunting in connecticut
Unborn looks good too if you like horrors

Welcome!

Oh yeah i have seen a few trailers for Unborn, it looks worth a watch i think!!

[Julia]

Bad timing here but the last movie I watched was em.... Kung Fu Panda, it was actually very funny, if only I hadn't fallen asleep an hour into it.

I really want to see Slumdog Millionaire and Benjamin Button.

This weekend we will be watching that bunch from Royston Vasey 'The League of Gentlemen - Apocalypse', hope it's good

[Invisible]

Wild Wild West - Will Smith, Kenneth Brannagh and Salma Hayek.

My all time favourite film.

[ShelleyCowie]

Julia i want to see Benjamin Button too! Looks good!

There are so many movies i like, so many i have! If i were to list them all here i think it would take a very long post...maybe a page. Is that sad?

[kia]

Thanks shelley,

I forgot about benjamin button it looks good too

[Julia]

I finally saw the end of Kung Fu Pandy, if you like animation I highly recommend a look.

[anneoctober]

I finally saw the end of Kung Fu Pandy, if you like animation I highly recommend a look.

Thanks for boosting my confidence on this thread Julia ! I'm a sucker for animated films, Disney Pixar etc. Last film I saw at the Cinema was "Mama Mia" I loved it, but then I like most things Julie Walters is in ( including Educating Rita ) !

[ShelleyCowie]

Thanks for boosting my confidence on this thread Julia ! I'm a sucker for animated films, Disney Pixar etc. Last film I saw at the Cinema was "Mama Mia" I loved it, but then I like most things Julie Walters is in ( including Educating Rita ) !

If u like animated films then i recommend Wall-E if u have not already seen it! It is awsome! I absolutely loved it!

I actually went to see it in Inverness cinema but i was heavily pregnant at the time and was walkin around the streets the whole day, so i fell asleep! So when it came out on dvd i watched the whole thing. It was brilliant!

[Ash]

I didnt like Wall-E wasnt keen on it
just watched madagscar 2 and it was good, also horton hears a who, bought it cheap from tesco and the incredibles


last night me and OH watched Roles Models, very very funny!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430922/

[Sandra_B]

Bolt and Bedtime Stories were good.

[percy toboggan]

Thanks shelley,

I forgot about benjamin button it looks good too

Went to see this a couple of weeks ago in Dundee.
It's long at just under three hours but the time goes quickly.
First off - it's a fairy tale so prepare to suspend your belief in anything real. A little like 'The Green Mile' in the way it fantasises about age, mortality and existence.

That said, it's a cracking story. Warm human emotions are embroidered into a fable of a baby born geriatric who grows into er...a baby again !
I'll say little more apart from the effects and make up are so brilliantly done you'll be asking yerselves 'how did they do that?'

I now really rate Brad Pitt as an actor too (I saw Kalifornia only recently)whereas before hand I just thought he was top totty for the ladies. My wife thinks he's great and I have to admit he lends a certain something to nineteen forties Indian motorcycle - that short scene of him riding one as a younger man was as cool as 'owt! The bike outshone him though - I'm not on the turn - even I'd look cool on one o'those !

Cate Blanchett is just right for her part and as she ages the love of her life gets younger. Happilt they are able to meet in the middle....great scenes in the Florida Keys.

Although the film was very good, I did prefer Slumdog Millionaire - the only other movie I've seen recently at the cinema. Were it a choice between the two I'd got for Boyle's Oscar winner.
Button 7
Sluimdog 7.5

[youoldduffer]

Role Models was good for a laugh and just watched Evolution with the guy out of the X-files it had me in tears laughing about the ice cream.

for horror i would suggest The Thing its one of my favorite horrors.

Sci-Fi would have to be Aliens I hate those face suckers

Also watched The Vikings after seeing it on percys avatar and its a good film. The 13th Warrior is a good film with vikings init

[Sporran]

Went to see this a couple of weeks ago in Dundee.
It's long at just under three hours but the time goes quickly.
First off - it's a fairy tale so prepare to suspend your belief in anything real. A little like 'The Green Mile' in the way it fantasises about age, mortality and existence.

That said, it's a cracking story. Warm human emotions are embroidered into a fable of a baby born geriatric who grows into er...a baby again !
I'll say little more apart from the effects and make up are so brilliantly done you'll be asking yerselves 'how did they do that?'

I now really rate Brad Pitt as an actor too (I saw Kalifornia only recently)whereas before hand I just thought he was top totty for the ladies. My wife thinks he's great and I have to admit he lends a certain something to nineteen forties Indian motorcycle - that short scene of him riding one as a younger man was as cool as 'owt! The bike outshone him though - I'm not on the turn - even I'd look cool on one o'those !

Cate Blanchett is just right for her part and as she ages the love of her life gets younger. Happilt they are able to meet in the middle....great scenes in the Florida Keys.

Although the film was very good, I did prefer Slumdog Millionaire - the only other movie I've seen recently at the cinema. Were it a choice between the two I'd got for Boyle's Oscar winner.
Button 7
Sluimdog 7.5

Now I differ with you on that, Percy. Although I thought "Slumdog Millionaire" was very good, I preferred "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". It was such an unusual story, and Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett were absolutely brilliant. I agree that Cate was just right for her part. She never ceases to amaze me - I think she's one of the best actresses of our time. Like you, I kept asking myself "How did they do that?" It was a really clever and touching film - remarkable, in fact. It had me spellbound from beginning to end!

Benjamin Button - 8.5

Slumdog - 7

[percy toboggan]

Blimey! this was a strange one.
Set in affluent U.S. suburbia - California methinks - cos it's often sunny.

Kate Winslet ( convincing as a Yank) plays a young-ish Mother - bored with her child and her life...her husband...rich and successful is an avid follower of online porn. She despises the other mums in her peer group...materialistic and frankly - stupid.

There is a spoken narrative, which is often disconcerting but works well here. Delivered dispassionately by an immaculately sounding west coast American...who injects doses of black humour. In fact I'm left wondering if this film is a hybrid. A black comedy and social commentary which delves human frailty and fickledom (?) There are a couple or three laugh out loud moments due to his deadpan delivery of inescapable, but quirky truths.

The neighborhood resembles the American Dream. That is until a 'paedophile' moves in. He's actually 'just' a flasher but the reaction of the townsfolk is classic and understandable....if a touch over the top.

Actually the actor they chose for this part is just about the creepiest looking fellow I've ever seen playing a human being. Perfect for the role of....pervert. We actually see him in swimming trunks , snorkelling in the local pool - whch is packed - and I felty decidedly queasy. For he's positively reptillian. Imagine E.T. disguised as a bloke!

I'll say little more. The plot revolves around an attraction between two bored , disatisfied spouses. It's an 18 cert (I think) ...and there are some rumbustious sex scenes, nudity and some examples of male behaviour at the outer edges of acceptability - in fact two of 'em were gross. One scene in particular with the reptillian man quite shocked even me! No way to behave on a first date. An almost overwhelmingly sad experience for anyone with a heart, morals and empathy. A boorish man would laugh no doubt - thankfully I'm not boorish.

The story unfolds quite exquisitely and culminates in a tense finale, where vulnerability - and folly - are exposed as one of the characters you care most about is placed in harms way. Clue in the title.

All in all this was a very good film but will not appeal to everyone.

I rate it an eight - which is very high for me.

[Liz]

Thanks for boosting my confidence on this thread Julia ! I'm a sucker for animated films, Disney Pixar etc. Last film I saw at the Cinema was "Mama Mia" I loved it, but then I like most things Julie Walters is in ( including Educating Rita ) !

Anne I also love animated and feel good films. Loved Mamma Mia!

I like a wide range of films and choose what I watch according to my mood ie if I need cheering up (most of the time!)then I like to watch a nice easy going film.

I love films with special effects and two which I really enjoyed lately are 'The Spiderwyck Chronicles' and 'Golden Compass'.

Afraid I didn't like Kung Fu Panda although the animation was great.