What movie did you watch last night? (24 Viewers)

[dunderhead]

Gravity. 'twas good. I don't know why I expected more of a story.

enjoyed it also. didnt enjoy finding it hard to breathe while watching it only to realise afterwards that i was after developing an allergic reaction to the pint of cranberry juice i drank while watching it which causes tightening of the throat and swelling of the tongue. fun times

 

[Cormcolash]

enjoyed it also. didnt enjoy finding it hard to breathe while watching it only to realise afterwards that i was after developing an allergic reaction to the pint of cranberry juice i drank while watching it which causes tightening of the throat and swelling of the tongue. fun times

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[dunderhead]

wasn't dissimilar to that

 

[nooleen]

stranger than fiction - i enjoyed it but want to bitch about it

will ferrell was good, emma thompson was great, but the whole premise was fairly piss-poor (he's a character in the book she's writing) - not only do they choose a lazy way of framing his story, the writer herself has a newly-hired 'assistant' who's meant to be helping her over writers' block but actually performs no function at all except to provide a reason for the writer to explain everything she's doing out loud so the viewers can get it.

maggie gyllenhaal's character (the unlikely love interest) is also pretty annoying, between the half-baked radicalism (has a tattoo to illustrate her alternative grrl credentials, won't pay the percentage of her taxes that go towards military spending etc.) and jibes of dubious intelligence which were obviously intended to be supremely witty barbs:

"Anarchists have a group? ... They assemble? ... Wouldn't that defeat the whole purpose?"

apparently confusing anarchism with being a hermit

 

[Kermit McDermott]

Watched Election again. I really like that film.

 

[dudley]

The World's End.

Just.....pointless

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

stranger than fiction - i enjoyed it but want to bitch about it

will ferrell was good, emma thompson was great, but the whole premise was fairly piss-poor (he's a character in the book she's writing) - not only do they choose a lazy way of framing his story, the writer herself has a newly-hired 'assistant' who's meant to be helping her over writers' block but actually performs no function at all except to provide a reason for the writer to explain everything she's doing out loud so the viewers can get it.

maggie gyllenhaal's character (the unlikely love interest) is also pretty annoying, between the half-baked radicalism (has a tattoo to illustrate her alternative grrl credentials, won't pay the percentage of her taxes that go towards military spending etc.) and jibes of dubious intelligence which were obviously intended to be supremely witty barbs:

"Anarchists have a group? ... They assemble? ... Wouldn't that defeat the whole purpose?"

apparently confusing anarchism with being a hermit

I can't decide if she was cliche or they were right to use a barista/baker as his crush; as in every dude in a suit wants the cute tattoo'd alternative girl to validate him.

Every time I got cynical he'd do something like showing up with 'flours' or then they'd have the Wreckless Eric song and I'd be back on board.

I think I liked the bus metaphor at the time. Now I can't remember.

I liked the film.

 

[nooleen]

yeah and every alternative girl secretly yearns to get into bed with the taxman

HMMM

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

yeah and every alternative girl secretly yearns to get into bed with the taxman

HMMM

Ha.

Yeah, I think the movie where her dreams come true is a different movie.

 

[Unicron]

yeah and every alternative girl secretly yearns to get into bed with the taxman

HMMM

Free accountency though

 

[nooleen]

Ha.

Yeah, I think the movie where her dreams come true is a different movie.

and ANOTHER THING

she has this slick business and a super-nice house filled with lovely stuff (and went to law school), it all seems a bit unlikely that she's some fucking newby who's only just heard about where taxes go

 

[Lili Marlene]

Don't forget how unrealistic it is for us to be expected to believe that Emma Thompson is actually writing someone's life.

 

[nooleen]

and that her book is the most important literary work of a generation when she clearly can't write for toffee

 

[Lili Marlene]

Well anyway last night i watched Frozen purely so I can understand 99% of what Buzzfeed talks about these days.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Is there no room in any of your cynical worldviews for LOVE?

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[7 - No tomorrow]

Well anyway last night i watched Frozen purely so I can understand 99% of what Buzzfeed talks about these days.

Fucking strongly considered seeing this in the theatre at the weekend so I could have something to talk to my nieces about.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Fucking strongly considered seeing this in the theatre at the weekend so I could have something to talk to my nieces about.

I'd recommend it, I thought it was fantastic myself. Good songs, good dialogue, Hans Christian Anderson with a modern sensibility twist.... I mean, it's the usual but that's no bad thing.

edit: oh and it's not just winking over the shoulder of the kids at the parents, but I think most people agree that that whole Shrek thing is pretty played out that this point.

 

[mark]

I watch Saving Mr. Banks. i quite liked it too.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

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The guy just went around to a bunch of pubs with a digital camera and made this.

Brought the fucking house down last night.

What have you done?

 

[Jill Hives]

I liked the story of the American woman and the lock on the bathroom door. That publican was awesome; I need to go to his pub in Cavan.