Sam's Thread of Chattin' w/ Jake & Other Robust Subjects

[Y 2 Jake]

My 5 star films aren't 5 star films. They were just initial enjoyment ratings. I'm just too lazy to redo the list. It'd mean moving Her, Nymphomaniac 1 & 2, The Grand Budapest Hotel up and above Pompeii and Delivery Man. And I just don't feel like doing it.

The Guest tonight, Sex Tape, Before I Go To Sleep and that Helen Mirren film tomorrow.

Also got Let's Be Cops & If I stay to the list. Spoiler: They don't chart high.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I can hear again. It's very odd. It's like being able to hear everything twice.

 

[Rusty]

Do you support a Premier League team, if so, who?

 

[Uncle Sam]

No.

 

[Rusty]

Do you support any football team?

 

[Uncle Sam]

Yes, Charlton Athletic.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Earth-shattering revelations aside, I saw a new film today. A French one. They said "merci" and everything.

1. The Lego Movie ★★★★★
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel ★★★★
3. X-Men: Days of Future Past ★★★★
4. Calvary ★★★★
5. Joe ★★★★
6. The Raid 2 ★★★★
7. Guardians of the Galaxy ★★★★
8. 22 Jump Street ★★★★
9. The Wolf of Wall Street ★★★★
10. How To Train Your Dragon 2 ★★★★
11. Boyhood ★★★★
12. Her ★★★
13. Inside Llewyn Davis ★★★
14. The Inbetweeners 2 ★★★
15. Monty Python Live (Mostly) ★★★
16. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes ★★★
17. Locke ★★★
18. Frank ★★★
19. 12 Years a Slave ★★★
20. Two Days, One Night ★★
21. Captain America: The Winter Soldier ★★
22. Only Lovers Left Alive ★★
23. Godzilla ★★
24. American Hustle ★★
25. The Wind Rises ★

The film repeats itself - lines of dialogue and entire scenes. It's not all bad - and the protagonist is, sadly, quite relatable - and one could even describe it as clever, though I'd describe it as tedious.

The Raid 2, Calvary, Noah, Starred Up, The Double and - of course - Mike Bassett: England Manager are in the post. The list could be about to change.

 

[nightmare]

Oh and Tony Jaa is in the next film too so that could be amazing.

Rama vs Tony Jaa? I just cant express how happy this will make me. That fight is going to be fucking amazing.


I am glad someone else felt the same way I did about the knife scene between The Assassin and Rama. That was intense & very well done.

As far as my favourite Gareths go, it's Wright first, then Evans, then Gareth from The Office, then Edwards miles behind.

Where does Blackstock fit in on your list? Surely he warrants a spot above Edwards.

 

[Rusty]

Why the lack of 5 stars for Wolf of Wall Street?

 

[Y 2 Jake]

1. The Guest ★★★★★
2. Oculus ★★★★★
3. Noah ★★★★★
4. Starred Up ★★★★★
5. The Wolf Of Wall Street ★★★★
6. X-Men: Days Of Future Past ★★★★
7. The Inbetweeners 2 ★★★★
8. Delivery Man ★★★★
9. Pompeii ★★★★
10. Non-Stop ★★★★
11. Labor Day ★★★★
12. The Fault In Our Stars ★★★★
13. Under The Skin ★★★★
14. Guardians Of The Galaxy ★★★★ x2
15. How To Train Your Dragon 2 ★★★★
16. What If ★★★★
17. Before I Go To Sleep ★★★★
18. Bad Neighbours ★★★
19. The Grand Budapest Hotel ★★★
20. Nymph()maniac: Part 1 ★★★
21. Her ★★★
22. The Raid 2 ★★★
23. Stranger By The Lake ★★★
24. Into The Storm ★★★
25. Boyhood ★★★
26. Last Vegas ★★★
27. The Book Thief ★★★
28. 22 Jump Street ★★★
29. The Lego Movie ★★★
30. Need For Speed ★★★
31. Grudge Match ★★★
32. Chef ★★★
33. Dallas Buyers Club ★★★
34. Nymph()maniac: Part 2 ★★★
35. The Purge: Anarchy ★★★
36. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ★★★
37. Sabotage ★★★
38. Cold In July ★★★
39. The Expendables 3 ★★★
40. Godzilla ★★★
41. The Other Woman ★★★
42. Muppets Most Wanted ★★★
43. Lucy ★★★
44. The Two Faces Of January ★★★
45. Edge Of Tomorrow ★★★
46. Deliver Us From Evil ★★★
47. 12 Years A Slave ★★★
48. Out Of The Furnace ★★★
49. The Stag ★★★
50. The Monuments Men ★★★
51. Fading Gigolo ★★★
52. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes ★★★
53. Earth To Echo ★★★
54. That Awkward Moment ★★★
55. Cuban Fury ★★★
56. The Railway Man ★★★
57. A Long Way Down ★★★
58. Let's Be Cops ★★
59. The Hundred-Foot Journey ★★
60. A Million Ways To Die In The West ★★
61. Hercules ★★
62. Hector And The Search For Happiness ★★
63. Maleficent ★★
64. Captain America: The Winter Soldier ★★
65. Sin City: A Dame To Kill For ★★
66. If I Stay ★★
67. Robocop ★★
68. American Hustle ★★
69. 3 Days To Kill ★★
70. As Above/So Below ★★
71. Transformers: Age Of Extinction ★★
72. The Unbeatables ★
73. The House Of Magic ★
74. Belle ★
75. Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie ★
76. Transcendence ★

The reason nobody has given TWOWS 5 stars is because it isn't a 5 star film. Unlike The Guest, which is definately a 5 star film....

 

[Uncle Sam]

Oh man, I'm going to watch the shit out of that film tomorrow night.

 

[Uncle Sam]

1. The Lego Movie ★★★★★
2. The Guest ★★★★★
3. X-Men: Days of Future Past ★★★★
4. Calvary ★★★★
5. The Grand Budapest Hotel ★★★★
6. The Raid 2 ★★★★
7. Guardians of the Galaxy ★★★★
8. Joe ★★★★
9. 22 Jump Street ★★★★
10. The Wolf of Wall Street ★★★★
11. How To Train Your Dragon 2 ★★★★
12. Boyhood ★★★★
13. Her ★★★
14. Inside Llewyn Davis ★★★
15. The Inbetweeners 2 ★★★
16. Monty Python Live (Mostly) ★★★
17. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes ★★★
18. Locke ★★★
19. Frank ★★★
20. 12 Years a Slave ★★★
21. Two Days, One Night ★★
22. Captain America: The Winter Soldier ★★
23. Only Lovers Left Alive ★★
24. Godzilla ★★
25. American Hustle ★★
26. The Wind Rises ★

That was a deeply pleasurable experience. It's like Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett just sit in a room and go, "What is it, do you think, that Sam would like to see?" Just goes to show: eighties synth can be used to communicate every kind of atmosphere. Dan Stevens is such a smoldering on-screen presence, I can only compare The Guest to sexual assault - and I love it.

 

[Blue Chipper]

What do you guys think of Sin City? JGlass recommended it to me a number of years ago, and the time has come.

Am I in for something good?

 

[Uncle Sam]

Jake, having seen the second one, can give you a fuller answer.

You'll really enjoy it if, like most people who've reviewed it, you've never seen a noir before. But nah, it's pretty alright.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Once you've seen the first one there's no reason to see the 2nd. Same story 6 times over is just too much. The sequel is also cheap.

But yeah, the first is enjoyable enough.

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

Watching The Losers just now and Chris Evans as Jensen is one of the best pieces of casting in any comic book film.

Also, this is a horrifically under-rated movie.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

You don't share that opinion with me.

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

which one?

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Underrated. It's a nothing film.

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

It's a fun film that doesn't get too bogged down in being 'dark' or 'gritty' and embraces the silliness and humour of the comic, which came out around the time of too many other films that were deemed dark and/or gritty.

It didn't conform to the current trend and had fun while doing so. Every now and then you need films that are silly for the sake of being silly and this is one of those.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Big fan of Chris Evans, though can't say I'm too inclined to watch The Losers. Maybe if I catch it on Film4 one night.

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

The comic is better but its definitely a Film4/ITV4 film at 11.00 on a Thursday kind of film unfortunately/unfairly.

Did you know?: Chris Evans was in Marilyn Manson's video for Tainted Love?

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Yeah, because if I remember correctly it was also the music video for that Not Another Teen Movie.

 

[Lee]

http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/512541-backstage-roman-reigns-update

For Jake.

 

[Via Armbar]

This thread has been well taken care of I see.