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

[Uncle Sam]

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

Mr. Fincher, there are musicians in the world other than Trent Reznor. Mr. Reznor, there are tones other than foreboding. Otherwise, really rather good. Women frighten me all over again.

 

[Uncle Sam]

There's a cinema just off Leicester Square, the Prince Charles, with two screens - "upstairs" and "downstairs." I'll be there from quarter to nine tonight to quarter to nine tomorrow morning watching an Arnie marathon: Commando, The Running Man, Predator, Total Recall, The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgement Day. I've never before fallen asleep in a cinema. Jesus, what a stupid idea.

 

[The Butcher]

Those movies'll make you a goddamn sexual tyrannosaurus... just like me.

 

[Uncle Sam]

That's not even an Arnie line. Let off some steam, Butcher.

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

I don't envy you having to try and maintain a stiff upper lip at the end of T2 after such a marathon session. Good luck.

 

[The Butcher]

That's not even an Arnie line. Let off some steam, Butcher.

"Bunch of slack-jawed ******s around here"

Blaine is criminally under-quoted. Schwarzenegger is ballast a lot of times. Those guys chewing scenery around him deserve appreciation. Besides, you're gonna get your fill of Ahnold's one-liners. No need to start early.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Two down - Commando, Predator - four to go. Running Man next. Kill me.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Blaine is the best movie character of all time. Predator falls of a cliff when he dies.

I'm envious of you for going to that marathon. I'd sleep through all of them, just like I do with most of the films I go and see. But I'd be there and that's all that counts.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I didn't want to die because Running Man is bad - it's not - but because I was tired.

I tried sleeping during The Terminator but it was much too noisy. Don't know how you do it, Jakey.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

TMNT is louder than any Transformer film and I got a good 30 minute nap in. If it is shit and you're tired you'll drift off. The need to see more Jesse Ventura stopped you getting a power nap.

1. Fight Club ★★★★★
2. The Guest ★★★★★ x2
3. Oculus ★★★★★
4. Pride ★★★★★
5. Noah ★★★★★
6. Starred Up ★★★★★
7. The Wolf Of Wall Street ★★★★
8. X-Men: Days Of Future Past ★★★★
9. The Inbetweeners 2 ★★★★
10. A Walk Among The Tombstones ★★★★
11. Delivery Man ★★★★
12. Pompeii ★★★★
13. Non-Stop ★★★★
14. Labor Day ★★★★
15. The Fault In Our Stars ★★★★
16. Under The Skin ★★★★
17. Guardians Of The Galaxy ★★★★ x2
18. How To Train Your Dragon 2 ★★★★
19. What If ★★★★
20. Before I Go To Sleep ★★★★
21. The Riot Club ★★★★
22. Bad Neighbours ★★★
23. The Grand Budapest Hotel ★★★
24. Nymph()maniac: Part 1 ★★★
25. Her ★★★
26. Gone Girl ★★★
27. The Raid 2 ★★★
28. Stranger By The Lake ★★★
29. Into The Storm ★★★
30. Boyhood ★★★
31. Last Vegas ★★★
32. The Book Thief ★★★
33. 22 Jump Street ★★★
34. The Lego Movie ★★★
35. Need For Speed ★★★
36. Grudge Match ★★★
37. Chef ★★★
38. Dallas Buyers Club ★★★
39. Nymph()maniac: Part 2 ★★★
40. The Purge: Anarchy ★★★
41. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ★★★
42. Sabotage ★★★
43. Cold In July ★★★
44. The Expendables 3 ★★★
45. Godzilla ★★★
46. The Other Woman ★★★
47. Muppets Most Wanted ★★★
48. Lucy ★★★
49. The Two Faces Of January ★★★
50. Edge Of Tomorrow ★★★
51. Deliver Us From Evil ★★★
52. 12 Years A Slave ★★★
53. Out Of The Furnace ★★★
54. The Stag ★★★
55. The Monuments Men ★★★
56. Fading Gigolo ★★★
57. The Equalizer ★★★
58. Annabelle ★★★
59. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes ★★★
60. Earth To Echo ★★★
61. That Awkward Moment ★★★
62. What We Did On Our Holiday ★★★
63. Cuban Fury ★★★
64. The Railway Man ★★★
65. A Long Way Down ★★★
66. Life After Beth ★★★
67. The Best Of Me ★★★
68. Dolphin Tale 2 ★★★
69. Let's Be Cops ★★
70. The Hundred-Foot Journey ★★
71. A Million Ways To Die In The West ★★
72. Hercules ★★
73. Hector And The Search For Happiness ★★
74. Maleficent ★★
75. Captain America: The Winter Soldier ★★
76. Sin City: A Dame To Kill For ★★
77. Sex Tape ★★
78. The Boxtrolls ★★
79. If I Stay ★★
80. Robocop ★★
81. American Hustle ★★
82. 3 Days To Kill ★★
83. As Above/So Below ★★
84. The Giver ★★
85. Transformers: Age Of Extinction ★★
86. The Maze Runner ★★
87. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ★★
88. The Unbeatables ★
89. The House Of Magic ★
90. Dracula Untold ★
91. A Most Wanted Man ★
92. Belle ★
93. Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie ★
94. Transcendence ★

It has not been a kind two weeks.

 

[Uncle Sam]

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

Whether it's in a magazine,
Or on a list,
There's nary a film,
That will be missed.

On Earth or Venus,
Or on Mars,
I'll think of something that rhymes with,
This deserves four stars.

Can't think of anything that rhymes with "obvious allegory for postpartum depression." Good film though. Bit of a flat final third. Absorbing up until then.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

I was hungover when I saw it. I still give it 4 stars. I'll insert it somewhere in the middle of that pile any day now.

Can't stop to chat, off to see Fury soon.

 

[Uncle Sam]

My prediction: three stars. Pity - big fan of David Ayer but he only seems to produce the good stuff in fits and starts.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

He does a good film, a bad film, a good film, a bad fill...

Fortunately I like them all.

 

[Uncle Sam]

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Don't, Sam. Just don't.

 

[Lee]

The first one looks like the sort of cover Radio TImes would have in a "wouldn't it be funny if The Doctor met a terminator" type cover.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Spot on.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Why is Sarah Connor twenty and why is Kyle Reese a forty-year-old beefcake? This is very upsetting.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Good news - The Exorcist is still good. Being drunk sort of ruins much of its effectiveness, mind you, but the same is probably true of most movies. Well, not Commando.

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

I just watched the first 2 episodes of the 'new' Battlestar Galactica on Netflix after realising I haven't watched anything on it over the last 2 months. (The American version of Netflix seems to be shit-hot but there's a lot of drek on the UK version)

Anyway, it may have been because I've been catching up the last season of Boardwalk Empire or getting up to speed on Walking Dead, but that was some mighty fine viewing. New Starbuck is a spunky little thing.

 

[Барбоса]

The first 3-4 episodes of the BG remake are about as good as TV sci gets.

"33" is one of my favourite episodes of any show.

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

The first 3-4 episodes of the BG remake are about as good as TV sci gets.

"33" is one of my favourite episodes of any show.

Yeh I'm watching 33 just now. Really hope that Gaius sticks around as him having 'no. 6' talk to him is a nice touch.

Spoiler

Can't believe Boomer is a Cylon but I liked that Starbuck made a joke about her being one as she wasn't showing any signs of fatigue. Casual bit of camaraderie humour that you'd expect the characters to make and not some crazy paranoid finger-pointing.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

1. Fight Club ★★★★★
2. The Guest ★★★★★ x2
3. Oculus ★★★★★
4. Pride ★★★★★
5. Noah ★★★★★
6. Starred Up ★★★★★
7. Nightcrawler ★★★★
8. The Wolf Of Wall Street ★★★★
9. X-Men: Days Of Future Past ★★★★
10. The Inbetweeners 2 ★★★★
11. The Babadook ★★★★
12. A Walk Among The Tombstones ★★★★
13. Delivery Man ★★★★
14. Pompeii ★★★★
15. Non-Stop ★★★★
16. Labor Day ★★★★
17. The Fault In Our Stars ★★★★
18. Under The Skin ★★★★
19. Guardians Of The Galaxy ★★★★ x2
20. How To Train Your Dragon 2 ★★★★
21. What If ★★★★
22. Fury ★★★★
23. Before I Go To Sleep ★★★★
24. The Riot Club ★★★★
25. Bad Neighbours ★★★
26. The Grand Budapest Hotel ★★★
27. Nymph()maniac: Part 1 ★★★
28. Her ★★★
29. Gone Girl ★★★
30. The Raid 2 ★★★
31. Stranger By The Lake ★★★
32. Into The Storm ★★★
33. Boyhood ★★★
34. Last Vegas ★★★
35. The Book Thief ★★★
36. 22 Jump Street ★★★
37. The Lego Movie ★★★
38. Need For Speed ★★★
39. Grudge Match ★★★
40. Chef ★★★
41. Dallas Buyers Club ★★★
42. Nymph()maniac: Part 2 ★★★
43. The Purge: Anarchy ★★★
44. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ★★★
45. Sabotage ★★★
46. Cold In July ★★★
47. The Expendables 3 ★★★
48. Godzilla ★★★
49. The Other Woman ★★★
50. Muppets Most Wanted ★★★
51. Lucy ★★★
52. The Two Faces Of January ★★★
53. Edge Of Tomorrow ★★★
54. Deliver Us From Evil ★★★
55. 12 Years A Slave ★★★
56. Out Of The Furnace ★★★
57. The Stag ★★★
58. The Monuments Men ★★★
59. Fading Gigolo ★★★
60. The Equalizer ★★★
61. Annabelle ★★★
62. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes ★★★
63. Earth To Echo ★★★
64. That Awkward Moment ★★★
65. What We Did On Our Holiday ★★★
66. Love, Rosie ★★★
67. Cuban Fury ★★★
68. The Railway Man ★★★
69. A Long Way Down ★★★
70. Life After Beth ★★★
71. The Best Of Me ★★★
72. Dolphin Tale 2 ★★★
73. Let's Be Cops ★★
74. The Hundred-Foot Journey ★★
75. A Million Ways To Die In The West ★★
76. Hercules ★★
77. Hector And The Search For Happiness ★★
78. Maleficent ★★
79. Captain America: The Winter Soldier ★★
80. Sin City: A Dame To Kill For ★★
81. Sex Tape ★★
82. The Boxtrolls ★★
83. If I Stay ★★
84. Robocop ★★
85. American Hustle ★★
86. 3 Days To Kill ★★
87. As Above/So Below ★★
88. The Giver ★★
89. Transformers: Age Of Extinction ★★
90. The Maze Runner ★★
91. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ★★
92. The Unbeatables ★
93. The House Of Magic ★
94. Dracula Untold ★
95. A Most Wanted Man ★
96. Ouija ★
97. Belle ★
98. Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie ★
99. Transcendence ★

The 100th film of the year should've been Alien. Instead it's likely to be Alexander and the Horrible, Awful day. Or some bollocks like that.

See Nighcrawler.

 

[Uncle Sam]

1. The Lego Movie ★★★★★
2. The Guest ★★★★★
3. Pride ★★★★★
4. X-Men: Days of Future Past ★★★★
5. Calvary ★★★★
6. The Grand Budapest Hotel ★★★★
7. The Raid 2 ★★★★
8. Guardians of the Galaxy ★★★★
9. The Babadook ★★★★
10. Joe ★★★★
11. 22 Jump Street ★★★★
12. The Wolf of Wall Street ★★★★
13. Nightcrawler ★★★★
14. Gone Girl ★★★★
15. How To Train Your Dragon 2 ★★★★
16. Boyhood ★★★★
17. The Double ★★★★
18. Her ★★★
19. Northern Soul ★★★
20. Inside Llewyn Davis ★★★
21. Noah ★★★
22. Starred Up ★★★
23. The Inbetweeners 2 ★★★
24. Monty Python Live (Mostly) ★★★
25. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes ★★★
26. Locke ★★★
27. Frank ★★★
28. 12 Years a Slave ★★★
29. Maps to the Stars ★★
30. Two Days, One Night ★★
31. Captain America: The Winter Soldier ★★
32. Only Lovers Left Alive ★★
33. Godzilla ★★
34. American Hustle ★★
35. The Wind Rises ★

Too many four star films. Higher standards are clearly needed.

Nightcrawler more than likely has the most ill-fitting soundtrack of the year, though maybe that's the point - a horrendous bullshitter doing horrendous things accompanied by a hopeful, inspirational score. Jake Gyllenhaal's the man. Pity about Source Code.

I like Northern Soul's ambiguity. Then again, Pride wasn't very ambiguous and it was a much better film, so maybe there's a lesson there. Also, all the British actors are in it and they're all doing northern accents.

Time was that Neil Blomkamp was the next Paul Verhoeven. These days, I dunno:

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Maybe.