Films

Valhalla Rising: brooding, violent, more than a little pretentious. Watched it as a warm up to watching only god forgives (same director), which I'm looking forward to now.

roadhouse.

Do I watch hunger games tonight? Yay or nay? Is it as good as hype implies?

I liked it.

pacific rim. shite.

Finally watched Attack the Block... Stupid and hilarious, the opening panning aerial shot finishes on Oval tube station... South London bad boys vs. the alien invasion...

Mad hectic, believe... Peace...

They filmed some of the exterior scenes outside my old front door on the Bemerton Estate, just off Caledonian Road. The local scallies had to give up their alley for a couple of days.

pacific rim. Shite.

You take that back fiend!

pacific rim. shite.

This. Needed more robots beating up monsters and less of everything else.

Pacific Rim is utterly dire. Not even a fun waste of time.

Anyone seen metro manila?

Pacific Rim is utterly dire. Not even a fun waste of time.

Come on it wasnt the worst. Battleship was a million times worse. Pacific Rim was pretty entertaining. Agree could have had more fighting and those two nerdy dudes should never have been allowed but otherwise it wasnt bad.

Needed more robots beating up monsters and less of everything else.

This.

If you're going to play at Japanese kaiju movies, then do it properly - More big battles, bosses, explosions, acid-fire-vomit, and less talking and bedwetting.

Wasnt a fan of Idris Elba's cheesy role.

Pacific Rim was entertaining in a good defy logic kinda way.

Apparently the Oldboy remake has bombed, making $1.2mil in five days.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Its not really a main stream movie though, not loads of people have watched the Korean version. It will be watched mainly by the guys who watched the Korean version me thinks. Be a cult fav if its any good.

Keanu's 47 Ronin may well be a $200m stinker, the biggest since Battleship.

Is that Man of Tai Chi out yet? Is that any good?

I loved Battleship... Really stupid but tons of fun...

Apparently the Oldboy remake has bombed, making $1.2mil in five days.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Just noticed the review on Rotten Tomatoes.

43%, and 46% audience.

A flop indeed.

Its not really a main stream movie though, not loads of people have watched the Korean version. It will be watched mainly by the guys who watched the Korean version me thinks. Be a cult fav if its any good.

583 theatre opening - that's big league numbers.

Is that Man of Tai Chi out yet? Is that any good?

I have it but not watched it yet. I guess the fights will be good though.

How can it be a box-office flop before it opens? Technically, it can't, but producers are quietly warning investors that the film could lose as much as £90m.

What's wrong with it? For starters, it cost $225m to make. Advance ticket sales are low, and the film has already tanked in Japan, where it opened early. In the US, the movie is said to be suffering from insufficient "buzz" and "low consumer engagement scores."

http://www.theguardian.com/film/shortcuts/2013/dec/09/keanu-reeves-90-flop-47-ronin-samurai

Shame, I think Keanu is a bloody great bunch of lads, really decent bloke.

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa - Funny, loved it since I like Alan Partridge.

The Heat - Really funny, good seeing Sandra Bullock not floating in space and being funny. The fat chick steals it though.

We're the Millers - Even funnier, some really good gags. Aniston's stripping scene is over hyped as I expected,

Homefront - Actually quite enjoyable, usual Stratham action yarn. Plot is not amazing, but works. Franco as a bad guy is ok. Winona Ryder as a meth-ho - if only.

The Family - with De Niro in it, and with Luc Besson behind it. I was expecting it to be good, but turned out to be even better. A must see. Michelle Pfeffier too!

Cape Fear (1991)

Got my pulse going, which automatically grants it 'good' status. De Niro is obviously brilliant but it's Nolte who stole it for me with a brilliant portrayal of a scared, desperate and frustrated man. The only slight downside was the direction, Scorcese running rampant, all those ridic jump-cuts and zooms which worked in Goodfellas but doesn't suit this tense thriller

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