superspurs
Justin Edinburgh
If you haven't seen 'In Bruges' then I would strongly recommend that, very similar humour to The Guard.
Loved Tinker Tailor, very hit and miss with many people though.
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If you haven't seen 'In Bruges' then I would strongly recommend that, very similar humour to The Guard.
Loved Tinker Tailor, very hit and miss with many people though.
Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
really enjoyed that as well, are the directors not brothers or something similar
yep, the wife didn't really like it and fell asleep half way through, i love a spy thriller though, especially the ones that you have to concentrate on rather than being full of explosions and assassinations
Howard Webb
Clive Wilson
saw woman in black, was ok.
covers a large chunk of horror tricks, most impressive being elements of the Ring / Grudge... but they should have gone for a cameraman / editor less afraid of choosing a frame which hasnt got Harry Potters massive face filling it every second of the film. Choose a different lens for fudges sake! Close ups for an entire film.
someone must have said at the finance level ' I need 100% close ups of Radcliffe, if its not Radcliffe, they are out of focus and stand behind Radcliffe '
covers a large chunk of horror tricks, most impressive being elements of the Ring / Grudge... but they should have gone for a cameraman / editor less afraid of choosing a frame which hasnt got Harry Potters massive face filling it every second of the film. Choose a different lens for fudges sake! Close ups for an entire film.
someone must have said at the finance level ' I need 100% close ups of Radcliffe, if its not Radcliffe, they are out of focus and stand behind Radcliffe '
Jurgen the German
Willie Hall
Watched The Lincoln Lawyer on Saturday, quite a good film actually.
Initially I couldn't imagine McConaughey doing a 'seroius' role but was very impressed overall
Solid flick
Jurgen the German
Willie Hall
A Time To Kill is a good McConaughey film. Set in the deep south, Samuel L Jackson murders two men who raped his daughter, McConaughey plays the lawyer who defends him.
Jurgen the German
Willie Hall
Really want The Descendants to win best picture at the oscars, but it looks like The Artist is going to win which is also a good film, just not as good as Descendants IMO.
paxtonwolf
Tony Marchi
Watched The Grey last night. I know some of you arent fans of Liam Neeson, but I think he's a decent actor.
Good film, would certainly recommend, good ending too! (Well I thought so)
Good film, would certainly recommend, good ending too! (Well I thought so)
thfcsteff
George Hunt
did you stay for the final shot after all the credits had ended? Loved the film...
Never knew he played in that - will definitely check it out
What is it like - similar to Unknown and Taken - Bourne-style one-man hero against the world supremacy?
nayimfromthehalfwayline
Andy Thompson
Havent seen it but thought it was a bunch of oil riggers downed in the arctic get hunted by wolves...
SteveAWOL
Chris Jones
Looks like a good action movie... Due out in UK cinemas in May http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1899353/
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markysimmo
Johnny nice-tits
There were some rumblings earlier today that the Transformers franchise would return to theaters during the summer of 2014, and now producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura has all but confirmed that today to MTV in a video interview. He says that Michael Bay will return as director and the franchise will essentially reboot with a new cast and a whole new story, though some characters will naturally remain, like Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and probably more. Bonaventura was hesitant to commit to too much because he says they don't even have a story yet, however they have enough to know it's coming soon.
The producer was also sketchy on whether any of the original cast would return, saying he wasn't sure yet. We imagine it might be easier to drop an old cast member in there who could then toss it to a new cast, though with this franchise it doesn't really matter. No one was going to see Shia LaBeouf or Megan Fox on screen; they were going to watch robots beat the crap out of other robots. Michael Bay has proven he's capable of delivering just that, and so Paramount made sure to bring him back.
The producer was also sketchy on whether any of the original cast would return, saying he wasn't sure yet. We imagine it might be easier to drop an old cast member in there who could then toss it to a new cast, though with this franchise it doesn't really matter. No one was going to see Shia LaBeouf or Megan Fox on screen; they were going to watch robots beat the crap out of other robots. Michael Bay has proven he's capable of delivering just that, and so Paramount made sure to bring him back.
markysimmo
Johnny nice-tits
Some good reviews about Phantom Menace 3D here
The time and money they spent working on this post-conversion is evident in the final result. It is technically very impressive. The work that was done to create a 3D version of the movie results in something that looks like that was always the point. The pod race is probably the scene that most directly benefits from the conversion, and the space battle near the end of the film also looks particularly good. In general, though, the film's environments are where the effect is most pronounced. Coruscant, Naboo, the desert cities of Tattooine… they look fantastic in this release. - Drew McWeeny, Motion Captured (Hit Fix)
The 3D impacts from the get-go. The famous crawling text looks wonderful pulled out of the screen with the stars as its backdrop [...] If you know your Star Wars, the highlights of the 3D version are exactly what you might expect them to be. The aforementioned pod race is spectacular. [...] Then there is the final battle between the Jedi and the criminally under-used Darth Maul. With John Williams’ epic Duel of the Fates blasting out, this is more thrilling than any lightsaber battle you’ve seen before [...] In fact all the final battles benefit from the new technology. As Anakin and the Naboo battle in space and the Gungans take on the droid army on the surface, the action is enhanced. - Dave Burrows, The Shropshire Star
As one would expect, the 3D re-processing is executed with a high degree of care, but it's so unobtrusive and under-utilised that there seems little to gain from viewing it in 3D in the first place, other than the huge sweaty wads of cash that will inevitably fill the Lucas film coffers. - Jarrod Walker, Film Ink
I’m not mad about 3D for the most part, I’ve only seen a few films that have benefited from the effect. Thankfully the Phantom Menace uses it in a very practical way with George Lucas making sure that the 3D not only enhances the visuals but doesn’t destroy the film. The effects are used well for the most part, with special attention going to the pod racing scene that just gets blown out the water with it’s hyperkinetic stereoscopic prowess. The 3D isn’t just emphasised in the action scenes though, Lucas and ILM add the effects albeit more subtly to the entire film ensuring that we get our money’s worth but not the eye strain. - Joel Kan, In the Kan
Lucasfilm has done a smashing job on Star Wars -- it's easily one of the best post-3D conversions I've seen. The key to this is that most of the 3D effects are relatively subtle. In other 3D post-conversions, the makers are so keen to make it clear it's in 3D they make the effect too stark. There are times when it doesn't work very well -- occasionally an object is pushed too far into the foreground and you start to see two images rather than one, but that's rare. Occasionally the 3D gets in the way of a scene. When Anakin and his mum are saying their farewells on Tatooine, for example, the 3D effect distracts from one of the film's few tender moments. But mostly it looks pretty natural. But although the 3D conversion is technically very good, the 3D effect adds little to the overall experience other than slight eye strain. As always, you have to watch the movie with glasses on, which aren't terribly comfortable and make the screen seem smaller than it is. [...] The one stand-out 3D moment is the podrace. Remember those theme park rides you used to go to where you stood in front of a massive screen, watched a movie of a roller-coaster and felt like you were actually there? This is like that. The 2D podrace never did it for me -- it always felt way too long, but 3D bought out more of the excitement George Lucas originally intended. - Jason Jenkins, CNET UK
The 3D conversion of The Phantom Menace is, ultimately, pretty subtle stuff. [...] there’s some restraint shown here. It wouldn’t have been that hard to reframe a few shots and send exploding pod chunks out into the crowd, and that’s mostly been avoided. Still, some of the fast panning shots break up pretty badly because of the 3D effect. [...] Lucasfilm is to be largely congratulated; while there are missteps in the process they’re not particularly gruesome, and the restraint shown in making the 3D an organic part of the film is to be commended. I’m still not sold on the need for this film to be in 3D, but what they’ve done, they’ve done well. What that also means is that if you’re expecting The Phantom Menace to pop out of the screen at you every five seconds, you’re in for disappointment. - Alex Kidman, Gizmodo Australia
The 3D in this - is to be honest, a little hit and miss. Sure, the opening space scenes and dogfights benefit from a greater depth [...] But in terms of whether it's better for the 3D re-release, to my mind, I don't think so - the pod racing sequence is still breathtaking and while it may have a little more depth, it has nothing majorly new to offer - regardless of whether more debris is flying out of the screen. - Darren Bevan, TVNZ
Only one sequence - the epic pod race on the planet Tatooine - goes close to making any worthwhile use of the 3D format. - Leigh Paatsch, Adelaide Now
Visually, the film still holds up as an impressive spectacle 13 years on from its original release, although the 3D treatment does little to enhance the big eye candy moments. - Simon Reynolds, Digital Spy
It is disappointing that LucasFilm, who pride themselves on state-of-the-art technology, have released such a disappointing conversion. Never intended for the third dimension, much of the film is shrouded in a murkiness that actually improves with the removal of 3D glasses. There are undoubtedly moments of great visual depth, but the majority feels as though the only people who will benefit from the 3D are theatre owners able to charge 3D prices for a 13 year-old film. - Richard Gray, The Reel Bits
The truth is the added 3D effects bring very little to the table. Lucas Arts has added a few new scenes that take advantage of the possibilities that 3D provides and has digitally enhanced a few others. Pod Racers give off considerable more debris in this re-release for example and Lucas Arts has done a good job of making it fly at you through the screen. Still for the most part the movie is unaltered from its original and for large swathes of the movie the 3D effect is little more than a subtle addition of slight depth. - David Greenway, The Tech Duel
No amount of money was ever going to make this distinctly flat film spring to life. None of those glossy effects – surely what might have been the saving grace, the intrinsic reason for paying to see this film again – ever truly pop. The 3D is underwhelming and scarcely noticeable but then, like so many other blockbusters, The Phantom Menace just wasn’t built with the future in mind. Ultimately it’s still the same critical Titanic it ever was only now you get to wear glasses while you watch it. The pod race is still an awkward visual spectacle that never really excites. If anything, the flaws are accentuated by the dashed expectation that the 3D process might have offered something new. - David Lillywhite, The Void
The time and money they spent working on this post-conversion is evident in the final result. It is technically very impressive. The work that was done to create a 3D version of the movie results in something that looks like that was always the point. The pod race is probably the scene that most directly benefits from the conversion, and the space battle near the end of the film also looks particularly good. In general, though, the film's environments are where the effect is most pronounced. Coruscant, Naboo, the desert cities of Tattooine… they look fantastic in this release. - Drew McWeeny, Motion Captured (Hit Fix)
The 3D impacts from the get-go. The famous crawling text looks wonderful pulled out of the screen with the stars as its backdrop [...] If you know your Star Wars, the highlights of the 3D version are exactly what you might expect them to be. The aforementioned pod race is spectacular. [...] Then there is the final battle between the Jedi and the criminally under-used Darth Maul. With John Williams’ epic Duel of the Fates blasting out, this is more thrilling than any lightsaber battle you’ve seen before [...] In fact all the final battles benefit from the new technology. As Anakin and the Naboo battle in space and the Gungans take on the droid army on the surface, the action is enhanced. - Dave Burrows, The Shropshire Star
As one would expect, the 3D re-processing is executed with a high degree of care, but it's so unobtrusive and under-utilised that there seems little to gain from viewing it in 3D in the first place, other than the huge sweaty wads of cash that will inevitably fill the Lucas film coffers. - Jarrod Walker, Film Ink
I’m not mad about 3D for the most part, I’ve only seen a few films that have benefited from the effect. Thankfully the Phantom Menace uses it in a very practical way with George Lucas making sure that the 3D not only enhances the visuals but doesn’t destroy the film. The effects are used well for the most part, with special attention going to the pod racing scene that just gets blown out the water with it’s hyperkinetic stereoscopic prowess. The 3D isn’t just emphasised in the action scenes though, Lucas and ILM add the effects albeit more subtly to the entire film ensuring that we get our money’s worth but not the eye strain. - Joel Kan, In the Kan
Lucasfilm has done a smashing job on Star Wars -- it's easily one of the best post-3D conversions I've seen. The key to this is that most of the 3D effects are relatively subtle. In other 3D post-conversions, the makers are so keen to make it clear it's in 3D they make the effect too stark. There are times when it doesn't work very well -- occasionally an object is pushed too far into the foreground and you start to see two images rather than one, but that's rare. Occasionally the 3D gets in the way of a scene. When Anakin and his mum are saying their farewells on Tatooine, for example, the 3D effect distracts from one of the film's few tender moments. But mostly it looks pretty natural. But although the 3D conversion is technically very good, the 3D effect adds little to the overall experience other than slight eye strain. As always, you have to watch the movie with glasses on, which aren't terribly comfortable and make the screen seem smaller than it is. [...] The one stand-out 3D moment is the podrace. Remember those theme park rides you used to go to where you stood in front of a massive screen, watched a movie of a roller-coaster and felt like you were actually there? This is like that. The 2D podrace never did it for me -- it always felt way too long, but 3D bought out more of the excitement George Lucas originally intended. - Jason Jenkins, CNET UK
The 3D conversion of The Phantom Menace is, ultimately, pretty subtle stuff. [...] there’s some restraint shown here. It wouldn’t have been that hard to reframe a few shots and send exploding pod chunks out into the crowd, and that’s mostly been avoided. Still, some of the fast panning shots break up pretty badly because of the 3D effect. [...] Lucasfilm is to be largely congratulated; while there are missteps in the process they’re not particularly gruesome, and the restraint shown in making the 3D an organic part of the film is to be commended. I’m still not sold on the need for this film to be in 3D, but what they’ve done, they’ve done well. What that also means is that if you’re expecting The Phantom Menace to pop out of the screen at you every five seconds, you’re in for disappointment. - Alex Kidman, Gizmodo Australia
The 3D in this - is to be honest, a little hit and miss. Sure, the opening space scenes and dogfights benefit from a greater depth [...] But in terms of whether it's better for the 3D re-release, to my mind, I don't think so - the pod racing sequence is still breathtaking and while it may have a little more depth, it has nothing majorly new to offer - regardless of whether more debris is flying out of the screen. - Darren Bevan, TVNZ
Only one sequence - the epic pod race on the planet Tatooine - goes close to making any worthwhile use of the 3D format. - Leigh Paatsch, Adelaide Now
Visually, the film still holds up as an impressive spectacle 13 years on from its original release, although the 3D treatment does little to enhance the big eye candy moments. - Simon Reynolds, Digital Spy
It is disappointing that LucasFilm, who pride themselves on state-of-the-art technology, have released such a disappointing conversion. Never intended for the third dimension, much of the film is shrouded in a murkiness that actually improves with the removal of 3D glasses. There are undoubtedly moments of great visual depth, but the majority feels as though the only people who will benefit from the 3D are theatre owners able to charge 3D prices for a 13 year-old film. - Richard Gray, The Reel Bits
The truth is the added 3D effects bring very little to the table. Lucas Arts has added a few new scenes that take advantage of the possibilities that 3D provides and has digitally enhanced a few others. Pod Racers give off considerable more debris in this re-release for example and Lucas Arts has done a good job of making it fly at you through the screen. Still for the most part the movie is unaltered from its original and for large swathes of the movie the 3D effect is little more than a subtle addition of slight depth. - David Greenway, The Tech Duel
No amount of money was ever going to make this distinctly flat film spring to life. None of those glossy effects – surely what might have been the saving grace, the intrinsic reason for paying to see this film again – ever truly pop. The 3D is underwhelming and scarcely noticeable but then, like so many other blockbusters, The Phantom Menace just wasn’t built with the future in mind. Ultimately it’s still the same critical Titanic it ever was only now you get to wear glasses while you watch it. The pod race is still an awkward visual spectacle that never really excites. If anything, the flaws are accentuated by the dashed expectation that the 3D process might have offered something new. - David Lillywhite, The Void
El Guepardo
Rafael Van Der Vaart
Watching Goldeneye... one of the top 5 Bond films of all time! 