What Did You Watch Today?

[stokeriño]

Yeah, you need to watch Mad Max 2.

[Benji]

Is it better? Because the first is really fucking tedious.

The description for the firstsaid "a highway cop fuelled by revenge after bikers slay his family", and that doesn't even happen until the final act. Really crappy pacing or really crappy description, either way crappy.

[Benji]

Criminal gang leaders in bondage gear? Wasteland dogs? Kids throwing shit through people's skulls? Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior is indeed more like it.

[Monkey D. Lars]

Mad Max 2 is awesome! ALL HAIL HUMUNGUS!!!!

[Benji]

Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome was not as good as the second, but still fun. TWO MAN ENTER... ONE MAN LEAVES*

* then later the other man leaves after being declared the winner

[apsham]

I wanted to sit back and enjoy Dagon but that was something that just couldn't happen because I don't think I could dislike the actress who played Barbara any more than I do now. I ended up having to fast forward through most of it.

[Colly]

I saw Mad Max 2 first and when years later I saw the first one I was stunned that the nuclear war happened between films and the first one is just dick Aussies pissing about. Madness.

[Benji]

For real, the first shouldn't even count as part of the franchise.

[Colly]

It was just as bad as when I saw the first Planet of the Apes and realised it was just Charlton Heston popping to the zoo for 90 minutes.

[Benji]

I like POTA, not so much the remake.

Weird coincidence but I just finished Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and loved it. Can't wait to see what they do with the final part of the trilogy.

[Benji]

I can't imagine Cold In July being anyone's favourite film, but it's a decent way to waste a couple of hours.

[Monkey D. Lars]

The Expendables 2 (2012), I had to watch this again for JCVD, I loved the Norris cameo and some of the jokes but man is Van Damme an awesome baddie. He needs to be that more!

American Sniper (2014), enjoyed it but loved the book more and Bradley Cooper is climbing up more and more on my favorite actors list.

[Jimmy]

It's been a day for me of watching great films by directing duos. This time, it's The Dardenne Brothers' The Silence of Lorna. I'm just mesmerised by the honesty of their style, like their use of camera, sound (or the absence of) and performance makes everything feel so real. It's another great film with an incredible lead female performance, and they just continue to be such a huge influence on me.

[TKz]

Mad Max: Fury Road.

What a day. What a lovely day!

Oh man, I need six more of these right now.

Edited May 16, 2015 by TKzo Amore

[stokeriño]

More 1930s films! This time The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), aka the well-known Errol Flynn one.

Plenty of action which I feel I can only describe as 'rip-roaring' (it is the technical term), lots of super well-spoken British types (well you have got Flynn and Basil Rathbone opposite each other...), and of course lots of vibrant TECHNICOLOR visuals. 'Twas all the good things I expected and heartily so.

[Benji]

The Lookalike [2014] was poor, and really struggled to keep my attention.

[Benji]

8 Minutes Idle was pretty bad. I spent 90 minutes concerned for the welfare of the fictional cat and thinking how bafflingly irresponsible a guy without a home was with his money.

[stokeriño]

Margin Call (2011) can be summarised as little more than a series of meetings with increasingly-important people having the (impending) financial crisis explained to them and reacting with some variant of "...fucking hell..." - and yet I find myself enjoying it. I think its cast (Kevin Spacey, Zachary Quinto, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, etc.) has LOTS to do with this.

[Benji]

Dredd [2012] is awesome. A tad on the gory side, but it works for the style.

[Nick Adams]

I decided to watch The Unbelievers. In watching this, I'm seeing that the arguments presented are being presented practically in a vacuum. Then again, I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised, given that it's the same impression I got with the books which the main focuses of the movie wrote.