Rate the last film you watched

[Firedragon76]

Django Unchained 4/5. I like movies that are funny and bloody and even though Christoph Waltz's character is in some ways a rehash of Hans Landa (even though quite the opposite politically), he was really good.

I got slight Jack Sparrow vibes from DiCaprio in some scenes. Hats off to him though for not breaking character after smashing his hand through a glass, that probably hurt a bit...

[Jeffbiscuits]

Django UnchainedI saw it yesterday. It's great. I really enjoyed Inglourious Basterds but this is twice as good. Tarantino's way of punctuating scenes with stylised violence and clouds of blood still hasn't grown tired. The entire cast are amazing. Such a good film. 4/5

[Zippykins1]

Zero Dark Thirty

I haven't closely followed how much this adheres to the real story of the hunt and killing of Bin Laden but it feels pretty accurate to me. I was not expecting John Barrowman to show up and then sit next to Tony Soprano in one of the scenes.

[CitizenSnips]

Originally Posted by Zippykins1

Zero Dark Thirty
I was not expecting John Barrowman to show up and then sit next to Tony Soprano in one of the scenes.

Barrowman's in it? Is he any good? Not that I dislike him, but I've never seen him in a completely serious role before, which I take it this is...

[Jeffbiscuits]

How To Train Your Dragon. This was actually quite enjoyable. The voice cast were good, even Gerard Butler (who I usually can't stand). The scenes with the fight with the gigantic dragon are beautiful to behold. 3/5

[Punchbowl]

Madagascar 3
Really enjoyable, lots of funny scenes and very little time is wasted. It was all going really well up until that god awful Katy Perry track kicks in, without the merest hint of irony, bring back memories of 'successful' auditions reactions on god awful X Factor type shows.

And then they used it again... and the kids behind us joined in...

This is why I love Bluray....

[AshleyDavies20]

Lawless - This film has everything from crime to romance.I thought the film had a great array of actors with distinguished backgrounds which shone through. Shia LaBouf shone through for me and it was an outstanding performance!

Great story too!

[Firedragon76]

Les Misérables 4.5/5: first off, after having seen this on the biggest screen in the UK, I am suffering from severe screen envy. We don't have anything that comes remotely close. I never realised I wanted to see every burst blood vessel in the actors' eyes before...

The very brave decision to have the actors sing live really paid off in my opinion, even though in some scenes you knew the take used wasn't an early one because they looked and sounded exhausted - which fits the theme though.

I knew that Hugh Jackman could sing but had his limitations and was hoping he could manage to compensate what he might lack vocally performance-wise and he did.

I was worried about Russel Crowe and unfortunately proven right. He was fine acting-wise and his rather stoic Javert helped me with accepting his equally stoic singing, but there was one line in 'Stars' where I almost started to laugh because they weren't even able to save it in post-production and I just had this mental image of the audio engineers' faces when they got to that part.

Biggest negative surprise: Sacha Baron Cohen. The Tenardiers are supposed to be a comic relief, but he wasn't the least bit funny and a bit sharp vocally. I felt he left Helena Bonham Carter out to dry while she was doing her best.

Biggest positive surprise: this old dragon almost shed a tear during 'Empty Chairs and Empty Tables'. Well done Mr. Redmayne, you almost got me there.

Casting Colm Wilkinson as the bishop was a nice nod to the fans of the musical. The guy sitting next to me actually started to cry when he first appeared on screen (he went downhill from there to the point where I was worried about his health; he was a blubbering, hiccuping mess by 'I Dreamed a Dream').

Overall, it's a beautiful movie that manages to stay true to the musical so many people love while not sticking slavishly to it (changed lyrics, songs being moved around in the story).

[Zippykins1]

Originally Posted by CitizenSnips

Barrowman's in it? Is he any good? Not that I dislike him, but I've never seen him in a completely serious role before, which I take it this is...

He's fine - it's a tiny role, but still made my giggle a bit. It was like when he popped up on Desperate Housewives as a crazy psycho. The yanks probably didn't bat an eyelid but we were all pissing ourselves waiting for him to burst into song.

[CeejSays]

Director: Roger Michell
Starring: Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Samuel West, Olivia Colman

Review: While it seemed to be trying incredibly hard to be an in-depth period piece covering a significant event in world history, this film fell short due to an uneven focus and a fairly bland protagonist. Linney’s portrayal of Daisy, FDR’s mistress, failed to engage me in any significant way. Theirs didn’t seem to be a particularly grand love story, nor was she a particularly likeable character, and as a result the rest of the film seemed somewhat pointless. Colman and West added some charm as ‘Elizabeth’ and ‘Bertie’, and Murray turned in a typically watchable performance, but overall this film really did nothing for me.

Rating: 4/10