Discuss Film & TV Series - Ratings & Recommendations

[Rheiko]

love phineas and ferb..
dragon ball evolution sucks >.<
anime version are much better..

 

[fladdermasken]

Last week a frustration has grown within me. I am growing pretty sick of it all. Sick of living in a town that's battered by gales 360 days a year, sick of attending lectures you eventually didn't pay any attention to, and most of all sick of working for people that treat you like a small-time criminal for spending 2 years of your life trying to make it a better place. A living campus[sic] is what the institute called it, in the same breath as the significance of having it, and how exceptionally good we students are at achieving it, was pointed out. While disentangling that mess they do everything in their power to thwart the very thing they want to promote by retracting student facilities and dispatching their watchdog legions on any student treading on the grounds with alcohol higher than Class 1. It's always a creeping funny feeling when you run into a security guard that identifies you straight away and impulsively asks for your identification, whether you're by a computer studying up on lecture notes or hanging naked from some drainpipes.

Examination in two days. 02:40 am and just finished my midnight laundry. Soothing sensation to be wearing clean undies again, even though it's more comfortable without. Why do you spend $15 on clothes few people even see you wear, especially when the production costs for 9-year old Maheswaran to color the product in chemical colorants is roughly a couple cents (including the costs of packaging and shipments from the suburbs to Bangladore)?

Off to brush my teeth. End of October. About 10 months since I chipped my incisors on a surprisingly malevolent ice patch. Just about to file the papers to the insurance company and hope they'll be nice and friendly enough to pay for repairs in full. In the first time since the dawn of mankind you're able to completely deform your face and have it reconstructed by a bunch of experts, and have the whole shebang paid for by some super franchise that generally knows more about you and the risks you pose than your girlfriend knows about hair products. Lucky for me grad students are seen as creatures of low risk and fine mental health.

While I'm sitting there massaging my choppers, I log on my computer and open /home/ph/downloads. I see a folder called "Stalker(1979)(Retail*Multisubs)*Hornigold*TBS". Barely remember downloading it. Execute the *.iso and start watching it. Couple minutes later I stop it to reflect. Why the hell haven't I seen this before? 03:20 am... So I've been sitting here stroking my palate for half an hour?

Stomach is starting to growl. Manages to find some moldy bread slices and a crust of cheese. Even borrow some butter from a neighbour in our joint kitchen. It's gotta be glamorous.

I award the film 4.5/5 animal droppings

 

[RED BARON]

Watched Wild Target - I can recommend it and "Ron" is doing a good job acting so you don't constantly consider him to be "Ron" And the movie is humor and romance in sweet mix - that works for everyone as we are dealing with a hitman here

 

[Rui]

Watched a part of the film Piranha. Now I stopped watching after the piranhas attacked the uni pool and the boat with the guy who was left with 2 strings of tissue as legs... man I feel dizzy and I'm about to throw up D:

(...) I advise caution. Compared to it, Resident Evil looks cute.

It's not like the huge sex party wasn't asking for a bite until the piranhas actually got there.

 

[StoPCampinGn00b]

Lol that movie was awesome. Made me scared of my bath tub for 2 weeks.

 

[paydiggers]

Latest I saw is CONJURING

 

[RED BARON]

Latest I saw is CONJURING

Not really a fan of horror flicks myself. I am assuming you are talking about The Conjuring.

 

[GreeN!X]

The Purge and Now You See Me are pretty good movies. ^^

 

[RED BARON]

The Purge and Now You See Me are pretty good movies. ^^

Haven't seen the purge, but Now You See Me is brilliant Got it recommended by my sister.

Currently planning to watch Welcome to the Punch, after seeing a trailer for it on Top Gear.

 

[PurgeandFire]

Haven't seen the purge, but Now You See Me is brilliant Got it recommended by my sister.

eh, I didn't actually like Now You See Me that much. It was entertaining and interesting at first, but I didn't like how it played out.

Spoiler

And Morgan Freeman isn't supposed to be wrong. Ever.

If you want to see some cool magic-related movies, I'd recommend watching The Prestige and The Illusionist.

 

[RED BARON]

eh, I didn't actually like Now You See Me that much. It was entertaining and interesting at first, but I didn't like how it played out.

Spoiler

And Morgan Freeman isn't supposed to be wrong. Ever.

If you want to see some cool magic-related movies, I'd recommend watching The Prestige and The Illusionist.

While I do agree that it felt wrong that he wasn't right, I recommend the movie for its entertainment value. Granted I might have liked a slightly different twist, but well - water under the bridge as it is one of the few less serious magic based heist movies.

The Illusionist is a splendid movie, its just darker in atmosphere and plot, making it hard to compare it to Now You See Me - given the rather different setting, even though I agree that the Illusionist is a better story with a higher value.

Haven't seen the prestige, but while it sounds interesting it also gives me the impression of a darker movie. And thats what I liked about Now You See Me, that it is in fact not that dark in tone and is a lighter outlook.

Guess its a matter of perspective; if one is looking for a humorous heist movie with magic tricks: Now You See Me is brilliant and one of the few.

If your looking for a drama / thriller with a touch of magic tricks and story of life: Go with the Illusionist.

But I am judging them by their own standards, not by comparing them to a different type of movie.

 

[GreeN!X]

Relived my childhood and watched an old VCD I found in our library. Turns out it was Pokemon, Celebi : The Voice of the Forest.

Waaay better than the pokemon stuff these days.

 

[Rui]

Watched a ton of cartoon films during Christmas: Zambezia, Fünf Freunde 2, Arthur Christmas and AT LAST watched the The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey <.<

 

[RED BARON]

Well I am still enjoying Elementary But I heard much good about the new Sherlock Holmes series as well.

 

[Geazergimli2]

I am about to watch Breaking Bad, hopefully I find it as good as a lot of other people do!

 

[GreeN!X]

I am about to watch Breaking Bad, hopefully I find it as good as a lot of other people do!

You will love it. That is an order.

Seriously though, Breaking Bad is pretty cool. Too bad I haven't had the time to really finish watching all of them.

Wanted to ask too, anybody like to watch Big Bang Theory here? :3

 

[Celaquil]

Breaking Bad is... Surprisingly entertaining, considering it's really not my kind of show.

So, any Sherlock fans out there? What do we think of season three so far?
- I'd shave for Sherlock.

 

[RED BARON]

So, any Sherlock fans out there? What do we think of season three so far?
- I'd shave for Sherlock.

Both series of Sherlock is awesome

 

[Celaquil]

You know there's a third season, right? >.>

 

[RED BARON]

You know there's a third season, right? >.>

Oh yea I was talking about both series, as in both the Sherlock and Elementary

 

[Rui]

xD I like the rhythm

 

[Rui]

Watched Peter Mullan's Neds and caught the last 10 minutes of Slumdog Millionaire for the third time (heaaartbreeeakiiing! *.*).

 

[GreeN!X]

I LOL'ed with the movie Seoul Raiders. The detective (The protagonist) is kinda stupid yet really awesome at the same time, the only thing I don't like is that fact that the plot deals with multi-million dollar trades yet I haven't seen a single firearm being fired all throughout the movie. Talk about stupid villains.

 

[Rui]

Watched Sammy 2 and The Emperor's Club.

 

[Deolrin]

Game of Thrones is amazing. If, by chance, you haven't watched it yet, now would be a great time to start. New season is coming out on 6th of April!

 

[Rui]

Isn't that the series with excess sex and nudity?

 

[Deolrin]

Hey! It's called "sexposition" and it's completely relevant to the story! D:

 

[Celaquil]

Isn't that the series with excess sex and nudity?

Excess in the form of realism, yes.
- I wouldn't use that term, though.

 

[Rui]

I'd prefer if a series's success wasn't dependent on that :<

I've never seen anything similarly named in this country though, probably they don't even broadcast it.

 

[RED BARON]

Isn't that the series with excess sex and nudity?

Its very well done in regards to the books as well. But if you don't like looking at it visually I can recommend reading the books

 

[Dr Super Good]

If only the damn actors did not work on the Hobbit... We would get more Sherlock then.

At least Top Gear has a new season starting next Sunday (2 February).

 

[Celaquil]

I'd prefer if a series's success wasn't dependent on that :<

That's a critique to the viewers, not the makers.

And the makers of the show aren't being "excessive" concerning what it's based on,
the books. And the books in turn is written by a writer that isn't afraid of showing or
telling the reality of things, even if it is a work of fiction.

Obviously I respect your right to dislike it, your right to prefer more... Demure and
ignorant based TV shows. But don't falsely acclaim a show as "excessive" unless it
actually deserves the entitlement. It's offensive.

If only the damn actors did not work on the Hobbit... We would get more Sherlock then.

The Hobbit is amazing, though.

And, also, do you think Sherlock would've been as good if it was mass produced? >.>
- Food for thought!

 

[Dr Super Good]

The Hobbit is amazing, though.

If its anything like the other Lord of the Rings films then no... God they were so boring even the Lego game based on them was a disappointment.

And, also, do you think Sherlock would've been as good if it was mass produced?

Who said anything about mass production? Season 3 was put on hold because of the Hobbit stealing the main actors away. If there was no Hobbit film we would have had season 3 over a year ago and likely be in the filming process of season 4. Now season 4 has just been issued but the actors are not available due to the filming of the hobbit sequel. This means we are look at between 2016 and 2017 for the next season.

 

[Celaquil]

If its anything like the other Lord of the Rings films then no... God they were so boring...

I'd say they're not, but it's obviously all a matter of opinion.
For one, I can say the second movie was infinitely better than the first.

even the Lego game based on them was a disappointment.

Had you honestly expected it to be good? >.>

Who said anything about mass production?

Admittedly, I exaggerated for effect.

I respectively stand by my opinion, though, that the extra time they're "given" to
develop the shows before they film them is part of what makes Sherlock such a
quality thing. Obviously I've got no way of proving that and so it's merely an opinion.
- Anyway, reality is as reality is. There's no use bitching about something one can't
change.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Had you honestly expected it to be good?

Considering a few months before they had Lego Batman 2, yes. Since then both the 2 main Lego games have been brilliant so it is obvious that it was caused by poor base material.

 

[RED BARON]

At least Top Gear has a new season starting next Sunday (2 February).

Oh yea! I really hope for some more innovation episodes, I love when they "invent" stuff and of course the more travel parts of it. Not that I mind the car reviews, but stuff like the floating boat or the "housecars" is hilarious.

 

[Rui]

That's a critique to the viewers, not the makers.

Unless the makers were counting on the tastes of the viewers going a certain way.

 

[Deolrin]

Rui, whatever the case may be, the series follows the books fairly closely, and both the books and the series are regarded as excellent works of fiction, without regard to any sexual content they may contain.

 

[nhs325]

Have anybody watched The Hunger Games both parts? My pals said it was good.
For anyone who enjoys scary movies that has parasites, watch The Bay. Crazy scary.

Last night, I watch Paranormal Activity 4. I really like those films that use cameras instead of normal. And now, anybody recommened a good movie/series about aliens?

 

[GreeN!X]

Both Hunger Games movie sulked for me. Any movie that is based on a book I have already read would sulk for me (except on rare cases).

 

[nhs325]

Each person each favor. I don't even know it is a book.

 

[Celaquil]

Have anybody watched The Hunger Games both parts? My pals said it was good.

Meh, watched the first movie and felt like it was a poor hollywood version of Battle Royal.

Suffice to say, if you don't mind Asian speech and you DO like the hunger games, you're likely
going to like Battle Royal too, it's infinitely more brutal, but it's also infinitely more clever about
the psychological duress that is to be compromised to a certain location and knowing you have
to kill everyone else to get out of it alive.

 

[nhs325]

Just watched both parts of Battle Royale. Shit, the plot even more crazy than Hunger Games. Forcing a class of middle-school students to kill eachother..... Crazy. Just crazy. But f***ing awsome!

 

[Dr Super Good]

Sounds as dumb as Avatar. Its the future yet soldiers and manned aircraft dominate private militaries? Even Amazon today has licences to fly drones in the air in some countries, let alone some company in the future to fly combat drones on a distant planet to secure strategic resources. No they sent in soft human soldiers who not only are physically weaker than the natives, but also cannot even breath the air or are particularly well equipped. Why on earth send any ground based military personal when you can just blow the place apart from space, good luck hitting an orbital battle cruiser (which we can assume existed seeing how long distance space travel did and that would be one of the first uses for planetary bombardment) with those spears funny blue people.

 

[RED BARON]

Hmm White Collar have gone into its history part, I personally by far prefer when its just single cases that Neal works on, which is concluded in either one or two episodes. The whole drama to tie the series together doesn't really feel needed in my mind. And honestly, how many times can the same old "plot twists" be beaten by a dead horse.

 

[nhs325]

Avatar, I think its all about racism. They could share the rescources, but NO! They fight. Can anybody think a better solution without fighting?

 

[Adiktuz]

@DSG - yeah... they probably could have dropped a few bombs from an orbital cruiser...

 

[nhs325]

Oh, has anyone watch any movie from Ghibli Studios? Please, recommended me a good one. I'm bored from watching action movie.

 

[RED BARON]

Avatar, I think its all about racism. They could share the rescources, but NO! They fight. Can anybody think a better solution without fighting?

Its Pocahontas, just in a messed up version And yea, even when they used that method it didn't really work out.

 

[nhs325]

Okay, this place is a little downgoing. Let's have a new subject.
This is 2014. What movies will you see, recommend it and tell the reason. Me:
-Godzilla: the trailer it self is pretty damn-awnsome.
-Transformer: Edge of Extintion: 'd love to see this film, even Shia LeBouf is out of the film.