Watched it last night before it won all the awards.
thought it was ok, strange and quite dark got the feeling up until he runs off into the town looking for the boy that it was a good look into the life of a bomb disposal team, visually special effects were ok,
great film in my opinion no,
gripping not really,
worthy of the accolades not for me,
worth the 2.99 to sky yeahy for a sunday night it was ok
Avartar getting zilch unbelievable for visual alone it rocked
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Hurt Locker though, for the money that was spent on it and the insight (if true) that it provided was cracking. What an amazing job those guys do.
It wasn't an up or down film, full of emotion or any real gripping action (apart from the sniper scene in the desert that I enjoyed) but more of a docu film.
Would have liked it more if Evangeline Lilly got her baps out in her short scene... :-)
sniper scene was good must admit couldnt work out if the brits were sas or bounty hunters??
did that too me to, we had recorded it so i just put it back on a fast forwarded to the part we was at, was it when the oil tankers had blown up????
Gran Torino is on Sky Movies Prem at the moment - What a film.
and yet nothing seemed to be glorified just for the film. The scenes with the locals on mobile phones were spine chilling.
Surprised that The Road had no nominations ... would have thought Viggo Mortensen definitely deserved a nomination for best actor.
Dont know what to think about that film niether liked or disliked it. Didnt enjoy the book (mainly the style it was written).
Hurt Locker, I liked but Gran Torino was the one for last year for me.
I watched District 9 last Friday night, found watchable, which suprised me. Thought it would be just a shoot em up si-fi.
Going to see it this evening.
It's a visual treat Mr. M....
ditto
I thought it was rubbish! looked pretty in places but it has an awful, and not much of a, story. Very much style over substance.
Worth seeing for the effects if you haven't gone 3D before, but Avatar and even Toy Story 2 in 3D were better films for 3D effects.
I think it's an enjoyable film, and I like that the famous actors don't hang around long - I'd always want to do that if I was making a film myself. Having said that it's full of utterly idiotic adrenaline fuelled buddy moments. Every time the main guy finds IED's he seems to get one then discover another twenty even more clandestinely hidden pointed right at him. Hey maybe that happens but when he's surrounded by ten odd artillery shells, the trigger point looks about twenty yards away??????? If the Iraqi's that much of an Allah martyr why doesn't he blow up whenever. A film that deals with some interesting emotions, but can't help itself gorging on hyper-realised adrenaline Hollywood.
Compared to Generation Kill it's still a ridiculous Hollywood presentation.
just watched it very good film indeed
"Turkeys don't vote for Christmas. Turns out the academy doesn't vote for blockbusters made by an egomaniac that don't use actors, sets, lighting or, it seems, writers"
I haven't seen The Hurt Locker. Sounds like a good film from what people on here are saying, maybe not amazing, but still good
"Turkeys don't vote for Christmas. Turns out the academy doesn't vote for blockbusters made by an egomaniac that don't use actors, sets, lighting or, it seems, writers"
Best analysis of Avatar I have read! Pocohontas in space. All technique and no substance. So glad it only picked up some awards for its special effects.
Watched it last night and thought it was excellent ... very good film, but probably one of those you either love or hate.