What films have you watched recently?

capo4th

Patriots Day a film about two stupid Muslim brothers who planted bombs on the day of the Boston Marathon. I would give it a 7 out of 10.

boogieman

Kon Tiki. The story of Thor Heyerdahl's trip across the Pacific on a balsa raft. I had no idea that the guys he went with were a bunch of amateurs (only one had ever sailed before. Heyerdahl himself couldn't even swim ). Enjoyed it, a pretty decent film. 

equalsql

BigBearKris said:

Wonder woman. 

Massive yawn. Some good scenes but worse then expected.  
And I didn't expect much.

I'd just be happy watching the gorgeous Gal Gadot on the big screen! 

Handsome_Chris

equalsql said:

I'd just be happy watching the gorgeous Gal Gadot on the big screen! 

We all are @equalsql . That's why I've gone on a massive running, gym and diet kick.  It is quite possible that she be at The Guitar Show 2018 and she'll see the upgraded Handsome_Chris and things will start to really look up for me.

equalsql

Aaww @Handsome_Chris, you old dawg! I was hoping for first dibs 

HAL9000

Finally got around to watching....

La La Land - As others have said, it's a bit marmite. I thought it was great even though it was definitely style over substance. Mrs9000 was quickly bored.

Hacksaw Ridge - Good, but IMHO didn't live up to the hype.

Lion - See Hacksaw Ridge.

boogieman

Bridesmaids. Not normally a fan of chick flick comedies but this one had Melissa McCarthy in it and I'm a fan. She's bloody hilarious in this... the bear sandwich bit at the end Brilliant. 

Danny1969

Winter Bone : a girls meth cooking father goes missing meaning she has to either find him or prove he's dead to avoid losing the house over his bail bond. Very good film indeed

boogieman

Danny1969 said:

Winter Bone : a girls meth cooking father goes missing meaning she has to either find him or prove he's dead to avoid losing the house over his bail bond. Very good film indeed

Indeed, very good film that. 

Flink_Poyd

Spiderman Homecoming 
 far better than the previous efforts but without the usual enemy like Green Goblin etc. 
 Kids enjoyed it and so did I. Usual superhero storyline, Michael Keaton is good as the villain. There's a clip at the end of the credits that made me chuckle. It fun, plenty of action and thankfully they only reference the back story of how he became Spiderman rather than having 15 minutes of exposition.  

ICBM

Despicable Me 3

Completely and utterly bonkers .

If you remember the 80s, go and see it .

9/10

Loses a point because my kids didn't enjoy it as much as I did, since they're too young to really get it...

hotpot

I watched the Sci-Fi film 'Life' last night, Wish I had picked something else to watch to be honest,  Comical alien CGI to say the least, B movie at best 3/10.

Snap

Logan - loved it.
Split - hmm, not sure. If M Knight Shymalan wasn't inolved I am sure it could have been brilliant. James Macavoy was very good, the story is good, but the execution was a bit poor. Worth a watch, but you do find yourslef thinking "my arse" quite a lot.

BigBearKris

Miss Sloane
I like political fiction and this is a good one + it has Jessica Chastain playing in it and she has recently became one of my favourite actresses - great talent. Since "Dark Zero Thirty" everything I've seen her in was pretty good  (performance wise). 7/10

Alien Covenant
Despite the poor reviews on here - i don't look for plotholes and just trying to enjoy the experience. I think it was rather good - some silly moments with the Alien itself - but enjoyed the movie overall. To little good sci-fi not or enjoy it. 6.5/10

Philly_Q

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Not quite as bad as everyone says it is, but it does feel like it serves no purpose other than to set things up for Justice League.  The plot manages to be both simple and incomprehensible.  I quite liked Ben Affleck's curmudgeonly Batman.  And I am in love with Gal Gadot.

Doctor Strange

Maybe it just compared favourably with Batman v Superman, but I really liked this one.  It's still primarily a CGI-fest but with some good performances from a very decent cast and a surprising amount of humour too.

boogieman

hotpot said:

I watched the Sci-Fi film 'Life' last night, Wish I had picked something else to watch to be honest,  Comical alien CGI to say the least, B movie at best 3/10.

That just looked to be a clone of Alien, judging by the trailer. 

equalsql

Alien Covenant - Yawn, same old same old. They really do need to call it a day on this one, it was just so preposterous.

Personal Shopper - Much better than I thought it would be and wow Kristen Stewart can really act. Understated, dark and edgy.
Definitely worth viewing.

Col_Decker

The Last Witch Hunter.

On Netflix, its about Vin Diesel being a Witch Hunter who is hunting Witches. Was ok actually but it won't change your life.

stickyfiddle

Spider-Man Homecoming. 

Really really good. Though I'm typing this waiting for the extremely long credits to roll to get to the second post-credits sequence...

EDIT: Well worth the wait for some excellent trolling from Captain America...

EricTheWeary

The Girl on the Train.

As I understand it the original book was set in London and it felt it needed somethimg more urban and gritty rather than posh US suburbs somehow. However, really good thriller.