It's a fun diversion. 

Was pretty good I thought, apart from the awful soppy ending, I nearly puked at the pendant bit. The rest of it was well done tho. 

Sucker Punch

Errr... not really a movie in the usual sense of the word?

Source Code

Pretty good, agree with comments way upthread about the ending having all kinds of things wrong with it.

Kung Fu Panda 2

Completely pointless, but well enough made and distracting enough to pass the time.

Thor

Actually slept through 90% of this. Should I try to watch it properly on the way home? 

Had a reasonable old school authentic feel. I say yay, watch again when you aren't too exhausted to maintain conciousness. 

it's probably crap :P 

i'm pretty tired of all the super hero flicks. 

Sucks that studios are preproduction in like 100 of them for the next 8 years.

Kind of wanted to see Thor, just since Keneth Branagh (sp?) directed it. 

Super?

I liked that movie a lot, it makes a profound statement. I think the movie is about how violence is OK as long as you are the good guy in a superhero movie. The 'climax' of the Bolty story is an example of this....... 

I repeat:

"an authentic old-school feel" in parts. That's the combination of Branagh and Hopkins. How could it be shit? Its got Anthony Hopkins in it. He doesnt make shit movies. 

has been dialling it in at least since 1995, except for The World's Fastest Indian.

But I will see Thor, I like who's involved all round.

On another note, saw The Thin Red Line again to see if I had changed my mind on it (only Malick film I didnt like). Appreciated the camerawork a bit more this time round but the movie still doesnt work for me much. 

http://vimeo.com/15704652 comedy, romance

http://vimeo.com/7809605 try not to read anything on the page, just hit fullscreen (with hd!) right away, it will be even more interesting. might be somewhat disturbing and it sure is melancholic thanks to the music. it has its flaws but deeply impressed me. architecture and stuff so definitely something for "us".


and for czg http://vimeo.com/99317 

A weird movie for sure, I liked it, for me the film is about the fact that life is beautiful, and should be cherished. Even if you are in the worst place in the world, after the worst times of your life, with no chance of survival, life is still beautiful. Or else what the hell was all of the camerawork for? Cause if deffo wasn't the plot...... 

some of it was for what you say ricky, but some of it was to get you into the soldier's point of view for that particular assault, ie at ground level, wading through the grass. 

... to quote Witt. I believe that's the central question. Surely related to what you said Ricky. From the narrator's point of view, we all live in paradise (I think that's what all the beautiful imagery is about), so he cannot comprehend why there is so much violence and war in the world.

At least, that's what I took from it. 

That's how I would describe the main point, the duality of goodans evil within the same beings.

But unlike other Malick films, I just didn't feel anything overall 

Tree of life rules. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cr1w9liUjE 

yeah, see my comments above re bookends, but still the best thing I've seen this year so far. 

Cedar Rapids (2011)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1477837/

Neat. :-) 

can anyone think of any films that meet the following criteria:

- british
- low on violence/language/nudity
- good (bit of leeway on this one admittedly ;) )
- relatively mainstream (so easy to get hold of / license or whatever)

it's for someone at work who's putting on a film event. they previously used the king's speech if that's anything to go on. they didn't say how recent but mentioned rejected ideas as far back as 2000

any ideas appreciated :) 

Life of Brian!

Nah, just kidding. Only gangster movies and Edgar Wright come to mind. 

Moon? 

The young victoria is meant to be good too, and sort of fits with the King's Speech :) 

Never Let Me Go (british cast, americsn director though)

Atonement

The Damned United

The Queen

Control

Gosford Park

The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Sherlock Holmes 

thanks guys, have relayed some of the suggestions!

i thought of damned utd :) moon too but wasn't sure if that was british enough (as in.. you wouldn't realise from watching it)

with atonement i'm not sure how well "in my dreams i kiss your cunt, your sweet wet cunt" would have gone down.. hehe