What have you watched recently?

[2d-chris]

Mission Impossible Rogue Nation, really enjoyed it, was better than Spectre IMO  

[will2k]

Yesterday I watched "Sicario" and...wow...this movie is impressive. 
I stayed glued on my chair to the beginning at the end. I advice you this movie guys.

I watched it based on your recommendation ; good movie, recommended to watch. I liked how it shows that there is no black and white rather grey areas. there is no right or wrong in the absolute, it's all about perspective.

I also watched "The Grey"

 

[blackdog]

I remember The Grey as such a disappointment...

[will2k]

I remember The Grey as such a disappointment...

It's not a masterpiece, but it's not a flop either. Not a bad movie overall, with a slightly depressing tone, but that's to be expected in a wilderness survival after a plane crash

I watched "American Sniper" this  weekend

 

[Pampers]

and what a garbage movie that was

[Puddy]

Nah

[blackdog]

@will2k i remember giving the grey a 4/10 straight after watching it. Because I like survival movies and this one wasn't tense etc. From what I remember everything was very predictable, "surgically" scripted (timed). 

[will2k]

@will2k i remember giving the grey a 4/10 straight after watching it. Because I like survival movies and this one wasn't tense etc. From what I remember everything was very predictable, "surgically" scripted (timed). 

That's why I said it's an average movie, not a mesmerizing piece of art and not an utter failure. Any rating between 4 and 6/10 would be spot on for this movie

[blackdog]

Just went seeing The Ravenant.

Damn it's good. Maybe because I haven't seen a movie like this in ages, or because I didn't plan on seeing it (from trailer I thought it would lack in narration) but it brought me back to my youth adventure readings of stuff like White Fangs, or the stories of the Canadian horse police(?)

Just found there's a documentary making of

 

[-HP-]

Yeap, The revenant is one of the best movies I've seen in a looooog time!

 

I watched "American Sniper" this  weekend

 

On the surface, American Sniper is pretty well directed but deep down I can only see it as nothing more and nothing less than 'Muricah propaganda, and for that I've very disapointed with Clint Eastwood. The last thing this country needs is more disinformation, the 9/11 scene made chuckle, why is that scene even in this movie is beyond me since the Iraq war had nothing to do with the attack.

Edited January 27, 2016 by (HP)

[blackdog]

Maybe they hostaged the movie? They do on superhero movies… can imagine even more on sensible subjects. They still want to convince they went to Iraq because 9/11 (it's too embarrassing admitting they followed the bogus trail Italians spread about dirty weapons)

[will2k]

Just went seeing The Ravenant.

Planning to see it very soon. Leo got the Golden Globe for this role and if he doesn't get the Oscar too, somebody gonna get hurt (Russell Peters quote )

On the surface, American Sniper is pretty well directed but deep down I can only see it as nothing more and nothing less than 'Muricah propaganda, and for that I've very disapointed with Clint Eastwood. The last thing this country needs is more disinformation, the 9/11 scene made chuckle, why is that scene even in this movie is beyond me since the Iraq war had nothing to do with the attack.

I agree with you. This is not Eastwood's best; the fighting scenes are well orchestrated and realistic, the secondary actors are more or less convincing and there are some tense moments in the movie, but it feels stiff, predictable and cliche'd. This is probably because they need to stick to the book/autobiography that the movie is based on, in addition to some additional dramatization to pay tribute to Chris Kyle.

[Sprony]

I watched this last night. A very tense movie, which is beautifully shot, well written and has great performances in it. 

 

[Vaya]

Battlestar Galactica (reimagined) on @jackophant's recommendation. I've been watching it a while but due to recent circumstance changes I've had a chance to binge the last 2 seasons. That ending though.

 

[blackdog]

Parallels

the teasiest movie I've seen in ages! Then you read the wiki to understand the incomplete ending and you find out that it was supposed to be a pilot for a tv show.