Gravity

[IC1967]

This film has won numerous awards including 7 Oscars. Those of you that haven't seen it are probably thinking it must be a great film. I've got news for you. It's crap.

OK, so the special effects are ground breaking and worth a look but only if you are watching in 3D. Other than that it is an instantly forgettable film. The plot is rubbish and there is too much of the schmaltzy over the top insincere American type of 'I love you so much' b*llocks for a British audience. Sandra Bullock made me want to puke when she was going on about her private life.

So do yourself a favour and give it a wide berth.

[MrFrost]

Thought it was garbage.
Loved Wolf of Wall Street though. Best film i've seen for a few years, but i'm biased because I love Scorsese.

[afro goal machine]

Any films worth watching IC1967 ?
the better the films do at these sort of awards the worse they tend to be !

[Jenny]

I thought it was awful too.

My favourite film of recent times is Prisoners. Although it left me emotionally unbalanced for a little while.

[River Don]

I had thought about watching the other award winner, Twelve Years A Slave but I understand it is a very grim watch. So maybe not.

The picture I enjoyed most in recent years is probably Django Unchained.

[IC1967]

I'd agree that Wolf and Django are great films. One I've seen recently that is also a great film is Captain Phillips. One that I strongly recommend is Untouchable. It's a French subtitled film but is brilliant. The Sessions and Flight are also excellent.

[Glyn_Wigley]

I'd still go for Les Mis, even if it could have been much, much better than it was.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Mick

Which version did you watch first? 2D or 3D?

[IC1967]

Strange question but I will indulge you. 3D. No way would I watch that film twice.

[mushRTID]

I thought it was awful too.

My favourite film of recent times is Prisoners. Although it left me emotionally unbalanced for a little while.

prisoners was gripping. What a film.

enjoyed American hustle too.

a film thread seems a good idea. Anything good out the minute??

[BillyStubbsTears]

So Mick

How do you know how gripping it is in 2D?

[IC1967]

So let's get this right. You have watched this film twice and think it is gripping in 2D. I'm glad you enjoyed it. However I have to say I won't be waiting with baited breath for any of your film recommendations.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Mick

Your ability to draw a logical conclusion from the facts at your disposal is as poor as ever.

I haven't seen the film. I was asking how YOU knew what it would be like in 2D.

[IC1967]

So you think a film that would not have won any awards had it not been made in 3D that has a very poor storyline might actually be gripping in 2D. You have a very strange way of looking at things. 

[MrFrost]

At the end of the day, 3D is a gimmick, give me a film with a good story and interesting characters any day over on screen tricks.

Having said that, took the lad to see the Lego Movie at the weekend and thoroughly enjoyed it.

[IC1967]

Trust me that film would never have won any awards if it wasn't for 3D.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Mick. Is there a problem with your screen? I haven't given any opinion whatsoever on the merits of the film.

You have a curious way of reading both more AND less into what people say than the facts would suggest.

[IC1967]

The only problem I seem to have is with you asking stupid questions.

[River Don]

IC,

Yes Untouchable/the intouchables is a cracking little film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1675434/

[BillyStubbsTears]

Ooh. Touchy.

I was genuinely interested in how you knew that the special effects were only worth seeing in 3D, unless you'd also seen the film in 2D.

Plenty of reviews I've seen say it is pretty spectacular even in 2D. But I assumed you must have seen both to come to a conclusion.

[River Don]

The thing with 3D in movies is there can be a tendency to set up shots to make the most of the technique. Basically they want to throw things at the audience.

In Gravity you can see that happening quite a lot in the trailer and action sequences they tend to pull from the film. That's not to say the action sequences aren't spectacular in their own right.

I do think the whole 3D thing is a bit of a gimmick. In some movies it's used to make up for a poor storyline in others it's not really required and can go unnoticed.

The only film I thought it really integrated well and was a great success, was in The Life of Pi. Another good watch if you haven't seen it.

[MrFrost]

People's top 5 films?

1. Pulp Fiction
2. The Dark Knight
3. Wolf of Wall Street
4. Magnolia
5. The Departed

[River Don]

 Impossible to do a list really, like music mine changes daily. Without thinking too much about it and in no particular order.


Bladerunner
Zulu
Kes
2001 a Space Odyssey
The Birds

[River Don]

This morning I'm thinking maybe it's

The Life of Brian
The Ladykillers
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
There will be Blood
Alien

[BillyStubbsTears]

Dr Strangelove
The Big Lebowski
The Master & Margarita
Guesthouse Paradiso
Denaby Wives

[IC1967]

Braveheart
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Hunger
Dumb And Dumber
From Dusk Till Dawn

[River Don]

See there's always films you forget about. Dr Strangelove and From Dusk til Dawn. Both fantastic movies in different ways, I'm not sure either would make my top 5 but they would be near.

Generally my favourite films are from before the 90s, I do think the golden era of British cinema was the 60s and American cinema the 70s. That's not me looking back fondly on my youth, I'd be choosing films from the 80s and early 90s if that were the case.

[Mike_F]

The Italian Job
The Shawshank Redemption
Pulp Fiction
Blues Brothers
Robocop (original but not ssen the remake which is meant to be decent).

[jucyberry]

The Lego Movie all the way..

We saw it in 3D and it was Awesome..lol..

give me a good animation any day. I don't like heavy, worthy films or films that leave me feeling depressed. life can do that I don't need to have it as entertainment too..

[MrFrost]

Too many remakes doing the rounds these days.
You'd never get an original trilogy that's not remade or based on a book any more. For example, Back to The Future or Indiana Jones.