What Did You Watch Today?

[LL!]

I think the best review I saw for Whiplash was here. "Holy shit."

It could do without the storyline with Nicole as it felt really underdeveloped and I'm sure they could've found something else to replace it. But man. Definitely in my top 2 with Birdman.

[Benji]

A Few Good Men was amazing. Tension and drama all over the place. Great stuff.

[Monkey D. Lars]

Hard Boiled (1992), that baby saved the damn day! Amazing film. Now I have to see The Killer. After the amazing Hard Target and the great A Better Tomorrow and Hard Boiled, the expectations have risen for The Killer.

[EddieG]

Foxcatcher, at last.

I think I took too long to watch it, felt disappointed by the end. Hyped it up too much in my head.

I know exactly what you mean.

And American Sniper bored the hell out of me.

[Benjamin]

American Sniper wasn't boring for me, it was just really, really bad.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

Finished Season Four of Community. Now for the brief wait for it to arrive on UK Netflix so I can watch Season Five.

I fucking love this show.

[Benjamin]

Selma is fucking incredible. Oyelowo probably gave the best, if not the second or third best performance of 2014 I've seen so far.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

It's not out by me yet, good to hear a positive review from the board though. Usually a good sign.

[Monkey D. Lars]

Best performance this year? Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

Wasn't it just fantastic? How he got Oscar-snubbed is beyond me.

[Benjamin]

How anyone thought Bradley Cooper's performance was even good beyond a nifty accent and the bare minimum of facial expression is beyond me.

[Jimmy]

Might not have been the best year for film, but it was a pretty fantastic year for male leading performances.

[stokeriño]

Things I would never watch were it not for this damned 365 challenge: The Seventh Seal.

Uggggghhh be over already. >_<

[Benji]

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier was alright. The journey itself was fun, even if the final destination was tediously predictable.

[Benji]

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country was meh. Not bad but not really interesting, and extremely predictable. Kim Catrall was terrible.

Thankfully reaching this point means I can finally get onto the TNG films soon

[stokeriño]

Hooray! You should love Generations and First Contact.

...The other TNG films are tosh.

[stokeriño]

Just started watching The Men Who Stare at Goats... Oh look, Jeff Bridges is playing a New Age hippie-type shaman character. SHOCK AND AWE.

[Monkey D. Lars]

Magnificent Bodyguards (1978), early Jackie Chan movie with Star Wars music.

[Skummy]

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier was alright. The journey itself was fun, even if the final destination was tediously predictable.

Star Trek V is, for me, the pinnacle of Star Trek movies being able to be enjoyable even though they're a bit crap. From that point on, if they're crap, they're just crap whereas V is at least a bit fun in places. Plus, I've wanted to name a band "What Does God Need With A Starship?" for years.

I just watched Kingsman and it's bloody wonderful. Just really good fun, great action, the exact right amount of silliness, and superb performances from everybody involved.

[Jimmy]

Morvern Callar is pretty great, and manages to both stay true to and subvert the idea of British Realism to create something which is both kind of beautiful and an effective character-driven drama. It's nice to see I was wrong about Lynne Ramsay after being disappointed with Ratcatcher, and I look forward to finally seeing her adaptation of We Need To Talk About Kevin.