PaulM1983

10.0 Toy Story - Wonderful movie. 07.0 A Bug's Life - It's very good just not one of my personal favourites. 08.0 Toy Story 2 - Not as good as the first one, which was almost an impossible task anyway. Still very very good. 09.5 Monster's Inc. - I love this. To me, it's so close to being as good as Toy Story. It only lacks the amount of amazing characters. 11.0 Finding Nemo - There's very little about this I dislike. Such a great movie. Charming, funny, sad, exhilarating, beautiful. Perfect. 09.0 The Incredibles - Right up near the top for me. I enjoyed this so much more than I remembered when I revisited it recently. 02.0 Cars - I just don't get it. So boring. I can't imagine why this could be anyone's favourite movie (no offence Juranamo). 07.0 Ratatouille - Perfectly enjoyable. Just not that memorable. 04.0 WALL-E - So overrated. I find it boring for the most part. It has a certain charm which is why it scores higher than Cars. 10.5 Up - Really fantastic. The opening sequence is so poignant and this is a beauty of a film. 09.5 Toy Story 3 - Way better than the 2nd one and almost as good as the first. Excellent movie. 01.0 Cars 2 - Wrong. No better than the 1st movie, which is bad news really. 04.5 Brave - Quite dull. Had one or two moments which earned a laugh, but this is not up to par for Pixar. Slightly better than WALL-E. 07.0 Monsters University - It was ok, but not a patch on the 1st one. Probably not one I'd watch again out of choice. Wow. That was much harder than I thought it would be. I went back and changed my scores so many times. I think I'm happy with this though.

American Pie has sold around 400,000 since 2000 and obviously Lose Yourself is a glaring omission. It'd be number 2 so everything else can move down a spot.

I watched The Truman Show again last night. God it's absolutely fantastic. What a great movie. I don't think I fully appreciated the messages it was trying to get across when I watched it for the first time years ago. The entire end sequence and the conversation between Truman and Christof is stunning. And the very last scene still speaks volumes about how we become so obsessed with reality tv stars until we decide to look for something else. Then, we just forget about them and move on. I know for a fact that I'll go back to this movie many times over the next few years. It's an absolute gem. So that's both films done. Both great. This thread's a bit quiet though, no?

Just finished Red Road. Good choice. I loved the first half of the movie. Great set up and a very interesting way to introduce the story. I actually found myself more connected to the developing story because I had no idea where it was going or why she was watching him, and I caught myself really concentrating on the footage just so I didn't miss anything. There was a really gloomy, foreboding mood over the movie that made it almost uncomfortable to watch, but not to the point that I didn't enjoy it. Being from Scotland I didn't struggle with the accents as much as some others may have and I think they did an amazing job of depicting what life is like on those kinds of estates. So often filmmakers get it so wrong and it ends up being an overly cliched, almost charicatured version, but they did a fantastic job here. As for the performances, they were excellent. I tend to find that the acting is so much more natural in movies like this. It was filmed almost like a documentary, not like a movie at all. That kind of filmmaking lends itself to a different kind of performance from the actors, and they did a great job. There were definitely two distinct halves to this film, but I feel like they did a good enough job of trying to use a technique that almost mirrored the view we got from the CCTV cameras. It connected the scenes and, as another poster already said, it brought things full circle at the end. So, it's definitely not for everyone, and the scenes mentioned above (I really need to figure out how to do spoilers in my posts) were gritty and harrowing, and pretty graphic, but it's a well made movie with great, natural acting. It's easy to see why a film like this goes quietly under the radar, but it's definitely worth a watch.

I absolutely adore her. She's funny, grounded and extremely talented. People play down her acting ability and say she's over-rated, but I completely disagree. Even watching her in a scene where she isn't saying anything shows just how good she is. I can't take my eyes off her. I think she deserves all of the success she's getting and long may it continue too.

I really wasn't up for watching this at all, but oh my, it was great. Touching, funny and beautifully animated. The whole Let It Go sequence was stunning and I've since watched it on Youtube about 20 times. Brilliant song, and I really hope it gets the Oscar.

I'll watch Red Road on Saturday and report back, but it does sound interesting. The Truman Show is a really really fantastic movie and I think I'll watch that again on Saturday too. Good choices.

Do what I did. Cheat. Save the image and use the search by image facility on Google. It'll find it for you ;)

Oh I know what it is. I cheated and google image searched ;) Never heard of it, but it sounds interesting.

Oooooh I'd like to join. Sign me up!! Favourite Film: I can't commit to that. LOTR trilogy/Hunger Games/Beetlejuice/Matrix/Elm Street. Shit, I could be here all day. Favourite Film Genre: Horror/Action/Comedy Least Favourite Film Genre: Western How often do you watch films: 5+ a week What are you most looking forward to in the Film Club: Watching movies I'd probably not considered watching before and getting to have good discussions about them.

Have we had any digital sales info for Do What U Want recently? I'm quite interested to know how much it's on now, but haven't seen any for a while.

No you're right. I'd read some incorrect information about them finishing filming it several months ago, but they didn't actually start until September. Still, a year between is excessive, as the film will be finished by the time Part 1 comes out. A 6 month gap would have been sufficient. I'm really looking forward to watching this again. The first film has become more enjoyable every time I've seen it, and I'm on my 6th viewing now, so I hope Catching Fire holds up just as well. I'm so glad I've not read the books. I think I'm getting much more enjoyment out of the films without knowing what is coming next. Also, it means I genuinely don't know which characters may die, which adds even more tension for me. I watched the 2 hour documentary on the blu ray of the first movie last night. Wow. They put a lot of love into making that happen, and it was really nice to hear these experienced, well respected actors talking about Jennifer the way they do. They genuinely respect her talent.

I haven't read the books so I'm fresh to the story with each new film. I absolutely loved Catching Fire. What a stunning movie. Jennifer Lawrence is absolutely perfect. Even though I haven't read the books, I can't imagine anyone else playing this part as well as she does. Her nuances and the strength of character she brings are beautiful. She's also very funny. The facial expressions in the lift scene were amazing. Also, I'm finding myself strangely attracted to Peeta now. There were several scenes in this movie that he looked rather handsome indeed, and his character has this warmth and hope towards Katniss that is making me really like him. Gale's hot, but I can't be bothered with him. And although I couldn't decide if I loved/hated her in the first film, Effie had some magic moments in this. Liz Banks is so fantastic in this role. Her last scene in this movie is so touching. Absolutely gutted we have to wait a total of nearly 2 years for the conclusion. To be honest, I think the year wait in between part 1 and 2 of Mockingjay is taking the piss, given that it's probably already finished.

Oh do it, do it, do it :lol: You won't regret it. You'll be hooked on Alias in no time at all.

Just listened to Timber for the first time. The fact that it has both Pitbull and Ke$ha on it is like a total nightmare for me, but I thought it might surprise me. It didn't. Oh my word.

Yeah I enjoyed it too. It did everything I needed it to and had a nice little twist near the end. Shame it ended but it was a good series. It was never quite as good as Alias because, let's be honest, the first 2 seasons of Alias had some of the finest TV episodes I've ever seen, but it was consistently good. At least it didn't outstay its welcome, which is something Alias was very guilty of near the end.

I'm pleasantly surprised that Leona's still clinging on at number 15 for now. No doubt she'll be out of the top 20 at some point later today but she should have sold enough to keep her there officially on Sunday. That's not as bad as I was expecting at all.

I thought it was a bit odd that Sam Bailey wans't on to actually sing the Christmas number 1. Other X Factor winners have done that in the past. In fact, has she actually performed the song anywhere at all yet, since winning? Bit strange that she's not had any promo at all.

Oh well, it was a successful campaign really. Surely it could well end up top 5 today. I know sales aren't great, but still, that's way better than I imagined it would do.

I wondered that too. The top version dropped 12% in one update. I thought maybe it's just because the Xmas number 1 week is over now so the campaign will die off, but even so, that's a massive drop. All other versions have tumbled too. It hasn't been deleted though, I just checked on my iTunes. Looks like Leona will snag number 2 on iTunes in the next couple of hours. Sam just fell sharply and Leona's in dark green.

I don't see how that's possible. Hadn't it sold 29k up to Wednesday night? I'd put it at closer to 45k this week, so just shy of 100k overall. For a brand new Christmas song, I think that's very impressive for 3 weeks of sales. It should easily shift another 10-15k next week before it disappears for this year too.

Nice too see Leona getting a nice update and moving back to 3. When the Pharrell song drops in the next update, she will be at 2 for a little whole until his single version climbs. Great staying power. I'm so pleased that it hasn't just peaked high and disappeared (that can wait until next week).

Considering sales are so low, that's nowhere near as big a lead as the other winners have managed to get at this time. Like others have said though, I'm sure she'll do well on physical sales. I'm still hopeful for 250k at the very very least, but even that would be extremely disappointing.

Unless she starts making huge jumps on iTunes, Sam's looking at somewhere between 150-200k surely, judging by how far ahead she is of Pharrell, who must be on for around 50k this week. 200k would be giving her a considerable amount of physical sales in there too. I expected it to do around 350-400k so it's a bit disappointing. Hopefully I've got it all wrong and she'll pull in amazing physical sales this week.

No, my point was that even after we had heard the song it was still showing as a preorder for a while. So just because he'd preordered it doesn't mean he had done so without hearing it. He could well have done it just after the show.