April 8, 20178 yr Gone Baby Gone WHY was Casey not nominted for this? Infact, most of the cast (Michelle, Morgan and Ed) all deserved more praise. Great movie, gripping from the very start. Amy Ryan was good but seieng her get the Osca rnod over eeryone else annoyed me.
April 8, 20178 yr Author Omfg Grant!!!!! That is another film we have literally both watched at the same time :lol: I watched Gone Baby Gone for the first time a couple of nights ago and it was sfg. Casey really should've been nominated for it! <3 (Will post more later but have lots to do rn!)
April 9, 20178 yr Updated films in boldIgner Bergman's The Magic Flute [10.0]Amadeus [10.0]Slumdog Millionaire [10.0]World's End [10.0]The LEGO Batman Movie [10.0]The Big Lebowski [10.0]Inside Out (Re-Watch) [10.0]Beethoven's 2nd [9.0]The 100-Year Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared [10.0] Despicable Me (Re-Watch) [10.0]Ride Along [7.5]Batman (1989) [10.0] Out of all of the films I've seen this year, my favourites would have to be: The Big Lebowski Inside Out Slumdog Millionaire The Magic Flute 100-Year Old Man Amadeus Batman
April 10, 20178 yr Unfinished Business Abysmal, although Dave Franco was adorable in it. Inglorious Basterds SO GOOD. Christoph Waltz was terrifying. Daniel Bruhl is DADDY too.
April 12, 20178 yr Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) - I absolutely fell in love with this, the characters were all so interesting and fun (even smaller characters like Sacha Baron Cohen's were just perfect!) and the songs were superb too, I'm currently obsessed with The Worst Pies in London (Imelda Staunton, Emma Thompson and Angela Lansbury were amazing at it too, I've been watching all these live versions online :lol:). I think Helena Bonham Carter was my favourite in the whole thing, such a bonkers character and really fun, she's the sort of character you love to hate ! Johnny Depp did a great job too, would love to see the stage show now. I loved how hilarious the gore was too :lol: Before Sunrise (1995) & Before Sunset (2004) - I thought both of these were fantastic, in both there are some REALLY long scenes and some long monologues too but every single thing the character's are saying is so interesting and enthralling, incredibly well-written dialogue. Both leads are so charming too and I think that's a big reason why the first is basically one of the most PERFECT romance stories I've ever seen. I loved seeing how the characters evolved in the sequel too now that the characters were older. I'm itching to see Before Midnight now.
April 15, 20178 yr My life is basically 'Eat. Sleep. Work. Watch Film. Repeat.' at the moment :lol: Babe (1995) - A childhood classic of course but it seems kinda silly now watching it when I'm older. So many ridiculous moments like the sheep bleating whilst they speak and a pig being entered into a sheepdog competition. It's all very uplifting but almost too light and campy really, lol at it getting a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars :lol: AND the farmer getting a supporting actor nomination, don't see these sorts of films getting that appreciation nowadays! Little Children (2006) - A decent film but not one of my favourite Kate movies really (basically the only reason I watched it was for her :lol:). The affair/love story part was actually quite a fun little story but I found the Jackie Earle Haley parts a little difficult to watch (props to his performance in that regards!) and it felt like two parts of very different films which was a bit odd. The ending in the park was very poignant though! Hitchcock (2012) - I really liked this although I imagine it would help if I'd seen Psycho before this, it's made me really want to watch that though so I must see it soon! The plot was actuallh really interesting seeing how it was a struggle to get support for the film and how the creation process work. The make-up was also very impressive on Hopkins to make him look more like Hitchcock himself. Mirren was an acting highlight as well and I liked her big argument scene, she's have made a decent Oscar nominee that year! A shame she missed out after hitting many of the precursors. Argo (2012) - I've been putting off seeing this for a while now as I was expecting it to be really boring but it was really tense. I know the Oscars made up for it with the Best Picture win but I can't BELIEVE they snubbed Affleck for this, such suspenseful direction! I loved the whole concept of the movie crew disguise and I can't wait to read up the true story behind it, must have been terrifying to be living it.
April 16, 20178 yr 13 Going on 30 Impossibly adorable movie with impossibly adorable leads. Amazing that at the same time Jennifer would be playing a badass secret agent on Alias :lol: She and Mark had amazing chemistry. The scene at the end at his wedding broke me :snif: and the Thriller dance scene was just epic. Where else will you see Elektra and Hulk doing the dance to Thriller? Princess Diares 1 + 2 Anne Hathaway is also impossibly adorable and these movies are perfection. Better off Single Better off googling Aaron Tveit tbh. ONly reason I kept up with this pile of shit.
April 18, 20178 yr Are You Being Served?- The Movie Carry On Abroad Guardians of the Galaxy Carry On Dick All from this Bank Holiday weekend.
April 18, 20178 yr The Huntsmen: Winter's War Jack Reacher: Never Go Back John Wick XXX XXX: State of the Union XXX: Return of Xander Cage Logan Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Pirates of the Caribbean: Stranger Tides Power Rangers Doctor Strange
April 22, 20178 yr 127 Hours (2010) - A difficult film to watch at times but very interesting and I also loved how comedic it was at times too, James Franco was a great casting choice there because he's excellent at humour but he also nailed the painful/emotional scenes too, was really impressed! The scene where he finally escapes had me physically squirming and writhing whilst watching it though, so graphic :lol: My Week with Marilyn (2011) - Mainly watched this for Michelle Williams (who did a great job here) but ended up enjoying Kenneth Branagh even more, he was utterly hilarious at times and had some great one liners :lol: I also liked all the other famous faces too, Judi Dench was a lot of fun and Eddie Redmayne was great too, especially considering he was fairly unknown back then, he held his own imo. Paddington (2014) - I missed the first five minutes which is a shame because I adored the rest of the film, so much great British humour and some incredibly likable characters. Hugh Bonneville was surprisingly my favourite, his dry sarcastic humour had me laughing out loud at times but I also loved Julie Walters in a drinking match with the museum guard, taxidermy loving villain Nicole Kidman and Sally Hawkins was her usual adorable self too. Had loads of fun and can't believe it took me this long to see it, can't wait for the sequel, especially with Hugh Grant added to the cast !
April 24, 20178 yr Frost/Nixon (2008) - I wasn't expecting to enjoy this half as much as I did but it reminds me of Aaron Sorkin movies where the dialogue is just so juicy that it feels like an action movie with words. I found it so interesting to see the mind games being used to sway the interviews in Nixon's way and how frustrating it must have been for Frost and his team to be up against such a manipulative force. I've never taken any notice of him before at all but Frank Langella was fantastic, the look on his face and small facial movements were excellently acted in this scene where he discusses Watergate finally, not surprised to see he won a Tony for the same role not long before the film. I really enjoyed Michael Sheen in it too so thought I'd give him a mention. Blue Valentine (2010) - This was all a little depressing for me to really enjoy so I can't say it was my favourite film ever. I liked the scenes where they were first getting to know each other but the flash-forward scenes were both dull and really sad so I was struggling to get through it really. The acting was fab though and I thought it was a bit unfair that the Oscars singled out Michelle Williams for the nomination when the film works because of the TWO leads and for me, Ryan Gosling even had the better performance. Moneyball (2011) - I was expecting this to be quite slow but it was another film that surprised me, it was interesting to see how they used stats and figures to change the game in sports and it was nice to actually seem them succeed too. Brad Pitt was really good, tough at times but soft at others, it was an interesting performance to watch. I wasn't so impressed by Jonah Hill though so a bit shocked he got an Oscar nomination for it, it feels like a 'oh you usually do silly films but you finally did a serious film and you were kind of decent in it' nomination which is a shame. Also a shame that the same thing couldn't happen for Seth Rogen in Steve Jobs a couple years back, I actually quite liked him in that and would've been a better nominee than Tom 'nobody understands what I'm even saying' Hardy! Charlie Wilson's War (2007) - I was hoping this would be a fun little film but I ended up being really bored and kind of confused too, I don't even really get what was happening or how he was ending a war or something so by the end I was just watching it for the performances. Philip Seymour Hoffman was of course the highlight, he had some fantastic one liners and was really funny but it was fun to see Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts & Amy Adams all in it too even though they didn't have loads to do. I wouldn't watch this again though as even despite the short run time, it still dragged for me.
April 24, 20178 yr Easy A I'm not the biggest fan of Emma Stone, The Help Aside really, but this was a pretty decent movie. Mainly down to the supporting cast. Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson were brilliant as her parents :lol: and Penn Badgley is BAE. The ending was sweet but there were maybe a few too many unanswered plotlines. Also not really a fan of how most characters pop up, have a scene or two and then disappear for the rest of the movie. can't argue with this scene though, so cute. The Devil Wears Prada This movie really does get better the more times you see it. Meryl is fab in it. Love how she is so cold and emotionless through most of it. It makes the scene where she reveals her divorce all that more powerful. Once again, Stanley Tucci is amazing, as is Emily Blunt. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Jen Garner *.* An odd take on the christmas carol "3 ghosts will visit you to change your ways" theme but a funny one. Emma Stone actually not annoying here either.
April 24, 20178 yr I love Devil Wears Prada so much, it really does just continue to get better and better. It's one of my favourite Meryl performances, she's just so wicked and has some great put downs too. Emily Blunt is a huge standout too for me as you say Grant, two Queen bitches :lol:
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