What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Gojirosan]

Originally Posted by Demdike

Mixed really?

I've seen nothing but positive - 70% on Rotten Tomatoes, 6.7 on IMDB, The Guardian calls it one of the films of the year.

Me too. Nothing but good things.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

Well... admittedly the positive has far outweighed the negative.

I'm trying to curb my blind buying though, as I'm seriously starting to run out of room!

You'll have to do as i now do. Cover them with throws and use them as tables, chairs etc.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike

You'll have to do as i now do. Cover them with throws and use them as tables, chairs etc.

It may come to that, as I probably have space for about 20 more DVDs and 50 more Blu-rays on the shelves as they're set up at the moment.

I might build a small fort out of DVDs at the the bottom of the garden

[keirarts]

The Hobbit.

A startling return to form for peter jackson after the dreadful oscar bait vomit that was LOVELY BONES. Felt a great deal shorter than the 3hr 20m running time with some real humour lots of action and great creatures, this one certainly ranks up there with my favourite blockbusters of the year including SKYFALL and THE AVENGERS.

Also brace yourself for Sylvester mcoy stealing every scene he's in and riding a sled driven by rabbits. Surreal genius.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

December 18th

A Night in the Woods (2011)

Excellent British take on the well trodden formula of found footage movies ala The Blair Witch Project. Yes its derivative, and yes it has basically the same plot devices but it works for me. Set on Dartmoor as Autumn begins to take hold i found A Night in the Woods to be an enjoyable and slightly disturbing film.

For anyone fortunate enough to be able to walk in our beautiful unspoilt countryside for miles without seeing another living soul as i am lucky enough to be able to do, should get something from the film. If anyone has ever tried walking in said countryside in the dead of night they will also know how true to life A Night in the Woods actually is. You cannot see a thing and even familliar routes become near death traps as a single rock or ditch could have you saying good bye to the use of an ankle. Similarly once you lose the train of thought that made you walk in the pitch blackness then you realise just how much of a stranger in a strange land you really are. The slightest sound has you warily looking round, unable to see anything in any direction, once you get that sensation of being spooked its pretty much all over.

Its this feeling of unease and fear which really works in A Night in the Woods. Ignore all the cliche's - the bickering characters, the witch hunter legend, artifacts hanging from branches, the film is well acted, well directed and deserving of your attention.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

YES! I really enjoyed it. It's made me hungrier to check out Berberian Sound Studio.

I'm hoping to put my review up by the weekend – it's one of the best films of the year and a definite 5/5.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

I'm hoping to put my review up by the weekend – it's one of the best films of the year and a definite 5/5.

Looking forward to reading it, Nos

[JoshuaKaitlyn]

Iron Man (2008) "Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist" if there ever was an actor to play the role of Tony Stark then Robert Downey Jnr is the one. Its hard to imagine anyone else in the role! Filled with humorous touches and action packed! The movie starts off with the weapons maker being kidnapped by a terrorist group, (a group which works for someone as yet unseen in the Iron Man movies according to the Director), and forced to make a missle. However he builds a prototype suit that will enable him to escape. Thus Iron Man enters the world and immediately gets the attention of S.H.I.E.L.D. An organization putting together a team of extraordinary people. In the meantime there is a traitor within Stark Industries who is responsible for orchestrating Starks kidnapping and they have their eyes on the new technology that powers the suit. This was the first movie filmed in the Avengers series of movies.

[Rik]

Originally Posted by JoshuaKaitlyn

Iron Man (2008) "Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist" if there ever was an actor to play the role of Tony Stark then Robert Downey Jnr is the one. Its hard to imagine anyone else in the role! Filled with humorous touches and action packed! The movie starts off with the weapons maker being kidnapped by a terrorist group, (a group which works for someone as yet unseen in the Iron Man movies according to the Director), and forced to make a missle. However he builds a prototype suit that will enable him to escape. Thus Iron Man enters the world and immediately gets the attention of S.H.I.E.L.D. An organization putting together a team of extraordinary people. In the meantime there is a traitor within Stark Industries who is responsible for orchestrating Starks kidnapping and they have their eyes on the new technology that powers the suit. This was the first movie filmed in the Avengers series of movies.

Pretty cool cameo from Tom Morello too, one of my favourite guitar players

[VicDakin]

A Hammer film I somehow missed,it borders on parody,all the men seem to be playing fops and dandies while channeling the spirit of Kenneth WILLIAMS,while the women are either simpering or predatory lesbians,all that was missing was BABS Windsor and her bra flying antics.

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