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

[Y 2 Jake]

I've just got to go now. Thanks, Sam. You owe me £5.90.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I was going to say "It's not as good as it sounds" but it is actually almost as good as it sounds. Comes at a cost though.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Yeah, £5 fucking 90!

To be fair, I could've guessed the 2nd part of the spoiler.

 

[Uncle Sam]

1. Stoker ★★★★★
2. Django Unchained ★★★★
3. Cloud Atlas ★★★★
4. Zero Dark Thirty ★★★★
5. The Croods ★★★★
6. Spring Breakers ★★★★
7. No ★★★★
8. Jack the Giant Slayer ★★★★
9. Iron Man Three ★★★
10. Flight ★★★
11. Lincoln ★★★
12. Oz the Great and Powerful ★★★
13. Evil Dead ★★★
14. Mud ★★★
15. Trance ★★★
16. Compliance ★★★
17. Wreck-It Ralph ★★★
18. Robot and Frank ★★★
19. Warm Bodies ★★★
20. Les Misérables ★★★
21. The Place Beyond the Pines ★★
22. Welcome to the Punch ★★
23. Side Effects ★★
24. Gangster Squad ★★
25. The Spirit of '45 ★

The three starred ranks swell once more. Most remarkable tonal shift I may have ever seen in a movie - barring maybe Kick-Ass. It's like characters from Gangster Squad wandered into Beasts of the Southern Wild.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

And Iron Man?

I will be seeing Iron Man tomorrow and, possibly, The Croods. Better late than never.

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

The Croods is quite good, won't go down as a classic or anything but has some decent moments and a funny running gag about the mother in law. I had no idea who was doing any of the voices beforehand so got a couple of surprises.

I couldn't decide between Olympus has fallen and IM3 so just watched a cheap horror I got from Tesco called Underground. It was the best of a bad bunch, but my expectations weren't high when I got a set of 3 horror films together for £3.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

I haven't seen Iron Man 3 but I can tell you right now it's a better choice than Olympus Has Fallen.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

1. Iron Man 3 ★★★★
2. Trance ★★★★
3. Maniac ★★★★
4. Django Unchained ★★★★
5. The Impossible ★★★★
6. End Of Watch ★★★★
7. Flight ★★★★
8. Gangster Squad ★★★★
9. Zero Dark Thirty ★★★★
10. Jack The Giant Slayer ★★★★
11. Spring Breakers ★★★★
12. Stoker ★★★
13. A Good Day To Die Hard ★★★
14. The Last Stand ★★★
15. Jack Reacher ★★★
16. Song For Marion ★★★
17. Oz: The Great And Powerful ★★★
18. Evil Dead ★★★
19. Welcome To The Punch ★★★
20. Bullet To The Head ★★★
21. I Give It A Year ★★★
22. Wreck-It Ralph ★★★
23. Pitch Perfect ★★★
24. Olympus Has Fallen ★★★
25. Oblivion ★★★
26. Parker ★★★
27. Les Misérables ★★
28. G.I. Joe: Retaliation ★★
29. Identity Thief ★★
30. Movie 43 ★
31. Scary Movie V ★
32. Lincoln ★

I really enjoyed Iron Man. And that's about it really.

Scary Movie, it seemed like a good idea at the time.

 

[Uncle Sam]

No, you didn't. You were well aware of how bad an idea it was from the start.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

The new Die Hard is called....Die Hardest!

 

[Thriller Ant]

The new Die Hard is called....Die Hardest!

Well, that would mean it has to be the last one. Unless the next one is called Die the Most Hardestest.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

If McClane doesn't die then they don't know what they're doing.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Die Hard 4.0 showed they don't know what they're doing.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

But there was optimism at that point that it was just a one off.

 

[Uncle Sam]

1. Stoker ★★★★★
2. Bernie ★★★★
3. Django Unchained ★★★★
4. Cloud Atlas ★★★★
5. Zero Dark Thirty ★★★★
6. The Croods ★★★★
7. Spring Breakers ★★★★
8. No ★★★★
9. Jack the Giant Slayer ★★★★
10. Iron Man Three ★★★
11. Flight ★★★
12. Lincoln ★★★
13. Oz the Great and Powerful ★★★
14. Evil Dead ★★★
15. Mud ★★★
16. Trance ★★★
17. Compliance ★★★
18. Wreck-It Ralph ★★★
19. Robot and Frank ★★★
20. Warm Bodies ★★★
21. Les Misérables ★★★
22. The Place Beyond the Pines ★★
23. Welcome to the Punch ★★
24. Side Effects ★★
25. Gangster Squad ★★
26. The Spirit of '45 ★

Very, very close to ending up with red stars, but my enthusiasm dissipated just a tad on the train ride home. I was going to say that it's like Paul Bearer: The Early Years, though it turns out that it's based a true story (and not the true story of Paul Bearer either).

 

[Y 2 Jake]

I won't be seeing that. Stoke effect again. I will be seeing, if I can be arsed, 21 And Over & Dead Man Down tomorrow. Now that is a double-bill not worth getting out of bed for.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Dead Man Down looks like it might have a few elaborate action scenes worth getting out of bed for. It's from the bloke who did the Swedish version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (i.e. not David Fincher), so that could be a plus or a minus.

21 & Over? I'm 21 and even I don't get the appeal.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

I'm seeing Dead Man Down because I'm on Wade Barrett watch. He'll be the Where's Wally of that film.

I want to see if the 21 year olds in that film are as annoying as those ***** who try to talk to me at uni.

 

[Uncle Sam]

In my experience, yep.

 

[Lee]

You looking forward to the new Star Trek?

 

[Uncle Sam]

Oh, now I get the Facebook thing!

Yeah, a bit.

Edit: I don't get the Facebook thing at all, do I?

 

[Lee]

No you don't. It's May the 4th AKA Star Wars Day (May the 4th). I'm pretending I think Star Trek is Star Wars.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Yup.

 

[Lee]

Seemingly CEX have a BluRay sale on this weekend so I'm going to grab a few.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I didn't even know CEX had sales. I'll walk down to the shops tomorrow - if I can get over the hole I've just torn into my foot.