Last Film You Watched

[Ian]

Saw Sabotage last night. Arnold Schwarzenegger is the leader of a DEA team that decides to steal $10 million in drug money for themselves. Unfortunately someone then steals it from them - and then team members start dying one by one... This latest Arnie flick seems to have been very much love it or hate it and, frankly, I'm much more in the former camp. I found it a thoroughly enjoyable nasty action thriller, filled with spectacular bloody violence - the way such movies used to be before even action films got sanitised and de-blooded. On the downside, it could be said that most of the supporting cast are pretty forgettable - although Michael-from-Lost is quite funny as one of the cops on the case - but they're all obliterated anyway when Arnie's doing his thing. I enjoyed it a lot, and it's certainly baffling that this got denied a cinema release in Australia but they can put out utter tripe like Deliver Us From Evil (what a pile of crap that was!). Good stuff, I'll happily pick up the Blu-ray when I can afford it.

Agree it's on a few people's worst of the year so far list's which I find crazy. I liked it a lot more then the stupid Expendables 3, which was utter rubbish.

I didn't like the first one to be honest and, given that I've never been much of a Stallone fan, the bad reviews, and that Arnie is apparently hardly in it anyway, it sounds eminently missable to me.

[DMt.]

Someone at the New York Times wrote [of Expendable 3] - "You need this film like you need a kick in the crotch."

[ArcticMonkeys]

We are best came out 2013 actually, but that doesn't matter (It reached Ireland in 2014 I guess).

I loved it too, a seriously charming movie.
I'm astonished on how Lukas keeps getting such great performances out of inexperienced first time actors/actresses.


My pick of best film out of Sweden the same year is another one though.

Känn ingen sorg. (Shed no tears)

I think you'll like it, it's a true feelgood film about a young musician with stage fright in Gothenburg.
A very funny, touching and beautiful film, maybe my top pick of movies in general last year.
It's based on the lyrics of Swedish pop/rock artist Håkan Hellström.

Aw thanks for the recommendation Dahls, I'll check it out

I consider it 2014 as you said as it's been released this year in Ireland and the U.K. It is a seriously charming film, that's why I would love a triple bill cinema screening of Fucking Amal, Together and We are The Best. I love charming Moodysson rather then preachy and downbeat Moodysson. I hope he sticks to this route from now on but I highly doubt it. I think the performances rival that of Fucking Amal.

[Ian]

Someone at the New York Times wrote [of Expendable 3] - "You need this film like you need a kick in the crotch."

I've seen We are the Best on eBay, but am waiting for a more affordable price (or a local release).

[ArcticMonkeys]

We Are the Best, DVD I got was bare bones extra's, zilch which is a pity.

Well had a gorge at the cinema the last few days

Sin city 2 (nowhere near as great as the first film)
The Grand Seduction
Obvious Child
If I stay (girlfriends choice )

[fish]

We Are the Best...

Still waiting to get the inspiration to buy it on-line.
Maybe I'll use the excuse that I'm trying to find one with all the extras.

[ArcticMonkeys]

We Are the Best...

Still waiting to get the inspiration to buy it on-line.
Maybe I'll use the excuse that I'm trying to find one with all the extras.

You should chance it fish , it's Moodysson's best film since Together for me. I've watched it twice more since got it and I wouldn't be afraid to put it alongside Fucking Amal it's that good. It's so lighthearted and a lot of fun. Great Soundtrack too.

[fish]

...You should chance it fish

Done and paid for.

Why isn't it here yet?

[Ian]

I'm waiting to get it cheaper.

There's so much I still wanna get, I can't get everything at once!

[fish]

... I can't get everything at once!

Noooo!!!!!
Think of all the damage you'd do to the Forum credit card.

[Ian]

Saw Raising Cain again last night, first time in a long time. John Lithgow is a seemingly ordinary family man and child psychologist who actually has more secrets - and personalities - than most people have hot dinners. Brian De Palma's deliciously lurid, campy, pulpy early 90s thriller is still great fun, with a tour de force multiple turn from Lithgow.

[Ian]

Saw Raiders of the Lost Ark again last night, first time for a fair while. Absolutely fudging loved it! It looks absolutely AMAZING on Blu Ray on a bigger screen. I have NEVER seen it look so fantastic, and it's impossible to believe it's over 30 years old. And the film itself is as fantastic as ever. Glorious 80s action adventure at its wildest (Christ, what they got away with in a PG in the 80s - it'd be R rated in today's lame-ass world!). Simply one of the best movies ever made. Magic.

[DMt.]

I can just see you, dying of laughter when he shoots the big menacing-scimitars guy...

Enjoy.

[Ian]

You know me too well.

[Dahls]

I went to see Les combattants on saturday.
It's such a treat to see a french film on the big screen, I too oft let that chance fly by when they're showing.

The film was decent, I quite enjoyed it and have no problem recommending it.
In no way groundbreaking though, but a nice feelgood young-identity-search film, with convincing characters and great atmosphere.
As I understood it was a directorial debut, which was kind of impressive, although it did fall into the traps of cliches at times.

And Dave's right about the camera loving Adele, even when portraying the masculine military-wannabe sort of character, as in this film.
She did a terrific piece of acting throughout the movie as well, the dynamic between the two young leads were the highpoint imo.