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douchebag [Edit] [Delete] 140 replies 19:54 December 4th, 2011

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That new Twilight one

moousee | 4 Dec '11, 19:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
Based on UK release dates (to make it easier)

I'd pick Black Swan, Blue Valentine, A Separation and Senna as my favourites.

Though still got to see The Artist (which comes out in London on the 30th)

charliepanayi | 4 Dec '11, 19:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
Bridesmaids

Comedy is comedy whether fuelled by estrogen or testorsterone.

TheDailyBumbler | 4 Dec '11, 20:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
- P.s. If you regurgitate the tired old ''maxim'' that women aren't funny...
  
  I urge you to see this.
  
  TheDailyBumbler @TheDailyBumbler | 4 Dec '11, 20:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Women can be very funny
    
    This film did nothing for me at all.
    
    shinymcshine @TheDailyBumbler | 4 Dec '11, 20:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - But can you think of another successful contemporary comedy film that has had such a heavy female presence?
      
      TheDailyBumbler @shinymcshine | 4 Dec '11, 21:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Basic Instinct?
        
        Severed799 @TheDailyBumbler | 5 Dec '11, 00:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - About Schmidt?
        
        DaddyorChips @TheDailyBumbler | 5 Dec '11, 12:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - vera drake
        
        brandt @TheDailyBumbler | 6 Dec '11, 01:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Calendar Girls
        
        Severed799 @brandt | 6 Dec '11, 01:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - And to paraphrase Charlotte Bronte:
    
    I am neither a man nor a women but a comedian
    
    TheDailyBumbler @TheDailyBumbler | 4 Dec '11, 21:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
I quite liked My Week with Marilyn

Michelle Williams did an excellent job as did the supporting cast.

wewerewerewolvesonce | 4 Dec '11, 20:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
Again, going by UK release dates

Black Swan
Animal Kingdom
We Were Here
Senna
Tree of Life
The Guard
Bridesmaids
Kill List
Skin I Live In
Weekend
Tryranosaur
We need to talk about Kevin
Take Shelter

Still loads I need to see: A Separation, Project Nim, Margaret, Tintin, The Artist, Las Acacias...

roastthemonaspit | 4 Dec '11, 20:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Oh forgot
  
  Submarine, Blue Valentine and Little White Lies (as I saw them in 2010)
  
  roastthemonaspit @roastthemonaspit | 4 Dec '11, 20:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
*waits for an argument about The Tree of Life to start*

charliepanayi | 4 Dec '11, 20:15 | X | ^ This | Reply

roastthemonaspit and DaddyorChips this'd this
- I have argued about it plenty this year
  
  All argued out.
  
  shinymcshine @charliepanayi | 4 Dec '11, 20:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
Four I really liked:

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Submarine
Senna
Attack the Block

blimeycharlie | 4 Dec '11, 20:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
Barely been to the cinema this year

Gonna need to have a think.

shinymcshine | 4 Dec '11, 20:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
- On closer inspection
  
  I appear to have seen about five 2011 films. Poor show.
  
  True Grit was good. 13 Assassins was also highly enjoyable. Source Code was mindless but no more than ok. Plenty supposedly good stuff out there which I missed, so I'll have loads to catch up on next year on DVD.
  
  Hopefully Dragon Tattoo will be great.
  
  shinymcshine @shinymcshine | 4 Dec '11, 20:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
My picks so far would be:

The Tree of Life
Animal Kingdom
Into the Abyss

Followed by:

Snowtown
Drive
Pina
Norwegian Wood
Senna
Confessions
Biutiful

And the rest:

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Skin I Live In
Sleeping Sickness
Last Winter
Elena
Never Let Me Go
True Grit
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Biutiful

Ones I didn't catch (yet):

We need to talk about Kevin
Le Quattro Volte
Weekend
Margaret
Take Shelter
A Separation
The Artist
Wuthering Heights
Blue Valentine

Pretty good year I think.

malick | 4 Dec '11, 20:33 | X | ^ This | Reply

skellywager this'd this
- nice list
  
  where on earth did you get to see Into the Abyss?
  
  shrinebabe @malick | 4 Dec '11, 20:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - It was part of the London film festival.
    
    Really, really good- I thought it was a lot better than Cave of Forgotten Dreams.
    
    malick @shrinebabe | 4 Dec '11, 21:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Was Blue Valentine this year?
  
  Never got round to see it, quite want to.
  
  DanielKelly @malick | 4 Dec '11, 22:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Came out here in January
    
    charliepanayi @DanielKelly | 4 Dec '11, 22:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - It was okay
    
    Ryan Gosling was a dream boat AGAIN. Gosh, I wish that guy would quit being so good looking.
    
    meowington @DanielKelly | 5 Dec '11, 14:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I hear he has a irritating laugh, Twitter said so.
      
      Quite the bombshell I know.
      
      I also hear he was at the American Nightmare show last night so he has very good taste in punk :\
      
      Ichor @meowington | 30 Dec '11, 16:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - It's a false alarm, he doesn't have good taste in punk *phew*
        
        Ichor @Ichor | 30 Dec '11, 16:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
lets make a list

film socialisme
turin horse
scream 4
meeks cutoff

blue valentine was prob my fav ryan gosling movie this year

dukebox | 4 Dec '11, 20:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
- i liked melancholia alot too
  
  also true grit and the skin i live in i guess
  
  dukebox @dukebox | 4 Dec '11, 20:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Scream 4 sticks out somewhat in that list
  
  charliepanayi @dukebox | 4 Dec '11, 20:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - i was trying to think of more things ive enjoyed in the multiplex but i cant think of things just now
    
    and i dont really keep track of things ive seen each year
    
    dukebox @charliepanayi | 4 Dec '11, 20:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - scream 4 was a pretty good tho iirc
      
      idk
      
      dukebox @dukebox | 4 Dec '11, 20:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - oh troll hunter was cool
        
        dukebox @dukebox | 4 Dec '11, 20:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
TT3D: Closer To The Edge

Senna
Gnomeo & Juliet
Aelita: Queen of Mars (ST by Minima)
Melancholia

2010 releases seen in the cinema in 2011:

Ivory Tower
Le Quattro Volte / The Four Times
Marwencol
Attenberg
Submarine
Upside Down: The Creation Records Story

TheWza | 4 Dec '11, 20:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
- We Need To Talk About Kevin
  
  TheWza @TheWza | 4 Dec '11, 20:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  DaddyorChips this'd this
Drive

Blackjack_Bauer | 4 Dec '11, 20:52 | X | ^ This | Reply

Wheaty, sharp_yet_blunt, and useded this'd this
- Also The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
  
  has reserved a spot in my top 5 of 2011 after that first trailer. It better deliver.
  
  Blackjack_Bauer @Blackjack_Bauer | 4 Dec '11, 20:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
cave of forgotten dreams

tree of life
melancholia
le quattro volte

and looks like im the first to mention Bellflower

shrinebabe | 4 Dec '11, 20:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
- shit!
  
  I forgot 12 assassins fuck the rest
  
  shrinebabe @shrinebabe | 4 Dec '11, 22:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - * 13 sorry
    
    shrinebabe @shrinebabe | 4 Dec '11, 22:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
Drive Angry

almost certainly the most enjoyable film of the year

Wasted_Opportunity | 4 Dec '11, 21:06 | X | ^ This | Reply

douchebag and Sarlacc this'd this
the xmen one and attack the block

jazz-ballet | 4 Dec '11, 21:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
i enjoyed drive.

fresh spin on the crime caper.

we need to talk about kevin was intriguing as well as intense.

tinker, tailor... was a grand piece of work.

thought tree of life was gash, though. truly, a shallow affair no amount of whispery voiceover work could deepen. malick needs someone to tell him that raping kubrick after the man is in the ground is necrophilia, and there are very strict laws against that sort of thing in the western world.

flickmyturtletoo | 4 Dec '11, 21:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I'm struggling to see what Malick has to do with Kubrick
  
  The Thin Red Line and The Tree of Life aren't much like any Kubrick films I've seen.
  
  charliepanayi @flickmyturtletoo | 4 Dec '11, 21:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  DaddyorChips and shrinebabe this'd this
- A cretin has spoken
  
  malick @flickmyturtletoo | 4 Dec '11, 22:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  DaddyorChips this'd this
  - also,
    
    malick took a god among men, brad pitt, and brought him down to sean penn's level. if there is any justice in the cosmos, malick will pay for his crimes against celluloid.
    
    and i typed that review, you cockend.
    
    flickmyturtletoo @malick | 4 Dec '11, 22:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - If you consider Brad pitt a "god among men" you should stop watching movies and stick to popping Roids.
      
      DaddyorChips @flickmyturtletoo | 4 Dec '11, 22:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - (though granted he was also great in The Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert ford).
        
        DaddyorChips @DaddyorChips | 4 Dec '11, 22:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        *Fight Club and Seven
        
        (Fixed that for you.)
        
        TheoGB @DaddyorChips | 5 Dec '11, 10:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Yeah, those too- he's not bad in Twelve Monkeys either tbf.
        
        Still, in regards to most of his other film choices he's not exactly Nicholson in the '70s.
        
        DaddyorChips @TheoGB | 5 Dec '11, 10:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I though he was good in Burn After Reading
        
        TheWza @DaddyorChips | 5 Dec '11, 12:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I've stated my less than complimentary opinion on The Tree of Life many times
  
  but I'm fairly sure Malick doesn't need to have necrophilia explained to him. In fact, I'd rather no-one did just in case he it gave him an idea for a film.
  
  DanielKelly @flickmyturtletoo | 4 Dec '11, 22:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  flickmyturtletoo this'd this
dunno tbh

politelydeclined | 4 Dec '11, 21:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
Submarine was wank

that is all

Parsefone | 4 Dec '11, 21:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
- yeah, i really don't get the love for it.
  
  i know richard ayoade's a lovely bloke but still, it wasn't anything special.
  
  flickmyturtletoo @Parsefone | 4 Dec '11, 21:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Shut up it's great.
  
  Icarus-Smicarus @Parsefone | 28 Dec '11, 19:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
...

LOVED with an argumentative passion:
Drive

Really enjoyed:
Submarine
Julia's Eyes
Troll Hunter
The Skin I Live In

DanielKelly | 4 Dec '11, 22:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
marks out of ten, then

10 - Animal Kingdom
9 - Submarine, The Skin I Live In, Drive
8 - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Attack The Block, The Ides of March
7 - Never Let Me Go, True Grit, Norwegian Wood, We Need To Talk About Kevin
6 - The Tree Of life

OceanStorm | 4 Dec '11, 22:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
how come film threads always have a higher level of bellending?

codpieceface | 4 Dec '11, 22:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Because of the contrarians who come on to start slating stuff
  
  and this year because a Marmite film like The Tree of Life came out
  
  charliepanayi @codpieceface | 4 Dec '11, 22:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  DaddyorChips this'd this
  - *appalling.
    
    GetOffMyLawn @charliepanayi | 5 Dec '11, 19:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    shinymcshine this'd this
    - Stop watching films or talking about them, cheers.
      
      DaddyorChips @GetOffMyLawn | 28 Dec '11, 19:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Says the bellend who's talking about bellending.
  
  Consider this a 'post non grata'
  
  TheDailyBumbler @codpieceface | 4 Dec '11, 22:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - up your bottom
    
    codpieceface @TheDailyBumbler | 4 Dec '11, 22:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
only been to the cinema twice this year booo

13 assassins
kill list
win win
xmen:blablblb
take shelter
drive

codpieceface | 4 Dec '11, 22:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I had to scroll down THIS far to see Win Win in here?
  
  Dreadful form. Best film of the year.
  
  GetOffMyLawn @codpieceface | 5 Dec '11, 19:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
Attenburgh

Cave Of Forgotten Dreams
Melancholia
Animal Kingdom
We Need To Talk About Kevin
Black Swan

lyserge | 5 Dec '11, 00:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
Off the top of my head...

We Need to Talk About Kevin was my film of the year. A stunning piece of work.

My pleasant surprises of the year were Crazy Stupid Love, Warrior and Captain America, all of which I went into with no real expectations and thought they were excellent genre films.

theguywithnousername | 5 Dec '11, 00:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
i remember when I used to watch films

robluvsnic | 5 Dec '11, 01:08 | X | ^ This | Reply

thewarn this'd this
i've enjoyed quite a few films mentioned here that i can't be bothered to repeat

prunes | 5 Dec '11, 01:25 | X | ^ This | Reply

eltham and Trumpet this'd this
Saw loads of films but I'm struggling to recall standouts

it's been a pretty good year:

Heartbeats
Submarine
Blue Valentine
The Future
The Skin I Live In
Melancholia
Black Swan

Seeing people's lists reminds me of all the films I missed in the cinema though :(:(

lameosaur | 5 Dec '11, 02:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
Trying to remember which films came out in 2011…

Favourite:
The Artist

Other favourites:
Tyrannosaur
Confessions
13 Assassins
Submarine
Drive
Bridesmaids
Weekend
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Attack The Block
Black Swan (was this 2011?)

Honourable mentions:
50/50
We Need To Talk About Kevin
Senna
The Guard
The Skin I Live In
X Men First Class

Films I didn’t like that everyone else seems to love:
Shame

Films I haven’t yet seen:
Animal Kingdom
A Separation
We Were Here
Tree Of Life
Take Shelter
Margaret

marckee | 5 Dec '11, 09:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
I;m confused, when people say Margaret do they actually mean The Iron Lady?

eltham | 5 Dec '11, 10:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
- No, we mean Margaret
  
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/dec/01/margaret-film-review
  
  marckee @eltham | 5 Dec '11, 10:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Oh I knew there was another film called Margaret
    
    just didn't know it was supposed to be good.
    
    eltham @marckee | 5 Dec '11, 10:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I thought that at first. Margaret's a different film though.
  
  It was made about seven years ago and has only just been got a limited release.
  
  theguywithnousername @eltham | 5 Dec '11, 10:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Hyuk hyuk! Dagnammit!
    
    marckee @theguywithnousername | 5 Dec '11, 10:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Skin I Live In is my favourite of the year by quite a margin at the minute

Also loved Animal Kingdom, Submarine, Black Swan, Blue Valentine and True Grit

Antpocalypsenow | 5 Dec '11, 11:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
- The Skin I Live In?
  
  might sound a bit dickish, but what did you like about it? I'm geniunely curious as I really didn't get it at all
  
  prunes @Antpocalypsenow | 5 Dec '11, 20:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
i've not really thought these through, but...

Drive
Black Swan
Bridesmaids
Hugo
Senna

There are loads that people have mentioned that I want to see but Southend Odeon has pretty slim pickings.

legz_akimbo | 5 Dec '11, 12:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Amen to that
  
  I hate Southend Odeon.
  
  TheDailyBumbler @legz_akimbo | 5 Dec '11, 12:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - used to be a time where they'd occassionally show something interesting
    
    on a tuesday night, but not now.
    seems they'd rather show 3 films in both 2d and 3d, rather than have 6 different films.
    I get that its designed to make profit and I suppose 'We Need to Talk about kevin' isn't going to draw massive numbers, but it still sucks for certain people.
    Basildon Empire has got it right with the studio screens that seat around 50 people, so they can show independent stuff. Shame it's in basildon though.
    
    legz_akimbo @TheDailyBumbler | 5 Dec '11, 12:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
<3 List:

Drive - NUMBER ONE!
Submarine
Drive Angry 3D
Black Swan (ahhhh stabby face lady made my year)
Harry Potter 7 pt 1 & 2
True Grit

Meh List:
Blue Valentine
Friends with Benefirts
Confessions
Horrible Bosses
The Kings Speech (opinion changed from love on the second viewing)

HATE LIST:
Pirates of the Carribean 4 - What a load of balony.
Tinker Tailor Soilder Spy - SNORE FEST
Limitless - Ridic o clock
One Day - The more I think about it, the angrier I get....and now I'm scared to cycle down a certain road.

meowington | 5 Dec '11, 12:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
Hmmmm

What did I ACTUALLY watch that came out this year...

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Looked great, was kinda great, was kinda dull
Attack the block - Found it all a bit awkward and naff to be honest
Harry Potter 7 pt 2 - Enjoyed it a lot. Thanks.

I must have watched more than that. Surely?

vamos | 5 Dec '11, 14:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
I'll work out my official top 5 in January but for now:

1.Drive
2.True Grit
3.50/50
4.Super 8
5.Tree of Life

Hoping that Hugo and Shame are both good enough to take a place in this list and should hopefully see them both before years end.

Smyth2 | 5 Dec '11, 14:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
really don't understand all the love for true grit

it's not bad or anything but if it was made by anyone other than the coens i doubt it'd even register.
a functional film, but that's it.

legz_akimbo | 5 Dec '11, 15:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
Kill List

and Animal Kingdom were probably my two favourites.

Quite a year for guilty pleasures I reckon, so I'm happy to admit enjoying Source Code, Limitless, Final Destination 5 and You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger.

basil | 5 Dec '11, 16:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
- is Source Code really a guilty pleasure?
  
  I liked it but it wouldn't make my top 5, I didn't love it the way i loved Moon either.
  
  My guilty pleasure of the year goes to Fast Five, I really wasn't prepared to enjoy that as much as I did
  
  Smyth2 @basil | 5 Dec '11, 17:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I'm with you on Limitless
  
  The trailer had me thinking it would suck, but it didn't.
  
  Blackjack_Bauer @basil | 5 Dec '11, 21:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
...

I really loved Tyrannosaur. Sometimes I'll be thinking about totally unrelated things, and then I'll suddenly start replaying a particular scene in my mind, and feel as affected by it as when I first saw it in the cinema. I know, I disgust even myself sometimes.

ring_tailed_lemur | 5 Dec '11, 19:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
Personal faves

The Skin I Live In
Weekend
Animal Kingdom
Dreams Of A Life
Senna
Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest
Ballast
NEDS
Tabloid
13 Assassins

Shame would definitely be there, but I'm going for films released in calendar year.

For good measure,

Bottom 3:
Melancholia (less a film, more an epic prank, or therapy)
Happy Feet 2
The Hangover Part 2

Most overrated:
We Need To Talk About Kevin

Was gonna write down everything I've seen but that would be well boring. This post is boring enough.

Still need to see A Separation, Project Nim, Poetry, A Screaming Man, The Interrupters (which is on iPlayer here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b017z25v/Storyville_20112012_The_Interrupters_How_to_Stop_a_Riot/)

ashstreath85 | 5 Dec '11, 22:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Oh, I forgot Win Win
  
  Loved it, wish there was more subtle, character based dramas instead of flash Harrys trying to be all edgy like Drive
  
  ashstreath85 @ashstreath85 | 5 Dec '11, 22:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Was Ballast this year?
  
  It says it was released in the US in 2008?
  
  Anyway, I watched it recently on DVD, and it was heartbreaking almost from the off. Excellent, excellent film.
  
  malick @ashstreath85 | 5 Dec '11, 22:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Yeah it finally crawled out here this year
    
    Had a limited release for a couple of weeks at the ICA. It was brilliant.
    
    ashstreath85 @malick | 5 Dec '11, 23:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
- melancholia in the bottom 3?
  
  mental
  
  prunes @ashstreath85 | 6 Dec '11, 00:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  DaddyorChips this'd this
  - Not really. As with most of von Trier's output, it's pretty divisive
    
    I guess I can see what people saw in it, and I think some of the acting was good and it looked nice. But I found it excruciatingly dull - the second hour of the film is the most bored I've ever been in a cinema. I got that Dunst was depressed and that Gainsbourg was angsty; what I didn't get was why I was supposed to give a toss. It failed to move me on any level, unlike, say, Breaking The Waves. And I resented sitting through it.
    
    ashstreath85 @prunes | 6 Dec '11, 08:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - agreed
    
    TheWza @prunes | 28 Dec '11, 10:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
- You were at the same screening of The Artist as us, I think, weren't you?
  
  marckee @ashstreath85 | 6 Dec '11, 00:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
Blue Valentine
A
ttack the Block
Meek's Cutoff
Tree of Life
all the other films were bad TRY HARDER NEXT YEAR

shrewbie | 5 Dec '11, 22:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
- hey i just saw Hugo just now
  
  sogood.
  the bit where he dreams about the train
  kevin eldon
  
  shrewbie @shrewbie | 28 Dec '11, 23:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
King Ralph

20 years on. Unmatched.

MarkP | 5 Dec '11, 23:04 | X | ^ This | Reply

ashstreath85 and DaddyorChips this'd this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewvWwhL1UQU

whiterussian | 6 Dec '11, 00:07 | X | ^ This | Reply

prunes this'd this
...

Captain America
Thor
Midnight in Paris

i saw loads of films in Texas but can't really remember many. Oh,

Harry Potter 7.2

justanothersheeldz | 6 Dec '11, 08:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
Feeling the need to emphasise, again, how great TT: Closer To The Edge is.

TheWza | 27 Dec '11, 20:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I'm still not going to watch it.
  
  TheoGB @TheWza | 28 Dec '11, 11:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
ergh off the top of me head

BEST
13 Assassins
Tyrannosaur
Tabloid
Senna
WNTTAK
Black Swan

GOOD
Source Code
True Grit
Cave Of Forgotten Dreams
Drive
Submarine
Tree of Life (might be going out on a limb here but this was a bit flawed anyone agree)

AWFULSOME
Drive Angry 3D

NO FEELINGS
The Eagle

NO
Kill List
Norwegian Wood

FELL ASLEEP
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

I haven't been to the cinema since Tabloid so if there's anything good after that I don't know about it.

mug_mug_mug | 27 Dec '11, 20:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
- yeah, i heard good things about 13 Assassins
  
  TheWza @mug_mug_mug | 28 Dec '11, 03:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - it's an entertaining romp
    
    mug_mug_mug @TheWza | 28 Dec '11, 18:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
- i got really into lychees after i saw we need to talk about kevin
  
  dukebox @mug_mug_mug | 28 Dec '11, 16:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - tell me about it dukebox
    
    talking about lychees there was a lot of red stuff in the movie
    
    mug_mug_mug @dukebox | 28 Dec '11, 18:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - fyi i think it represents blood
      
      douchebag @mug_mug_mug | 28 Dec '11, 18:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - i dunno
        
        my friend bought me this 'contemporary american cinema' book for xmas i'll check
        
        mug_mug_mug @douchebag | 28 Dec '11, 19:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        yeah I think it was supposed to be blood
        
        mug_mug_mug @mug_mug_mug | 28 Dec '11, 20:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
- King's Speech was ok too.
  
  mug_mug_mug @mug_mug_mug | 28 Dec '11, 18:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - is thata yr fav colin filth movie of 2k11
    
    dukebox @mug_mug_mug | 28 Dec '11, 19:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - oh they made a follow up to juno did you see
      
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Adult_%28film%29
      
      dukebox @dukebox | 28 Dec '11, 19:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - that's kind of amazing
        
        I mean that's sort of what Juno was in a way, like she's actually written it for the right age this time
        
        mug_mug_mug @dukebox | 28 Dec '11, 19:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - that's the only one I stayed awake in
      
      it's a pity cos I liked Let The Right One In I was ready for fun w/TTSS
      
      mug_mug_mug @dukebox | 28 Dec '11, 19:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Senna was amazing actually.
  
  skellywager @mug_mug_mug | 28 Dec '11, 19:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - that last in-car bit
    
    harrowing stuff
    
    mug_mug_mug @skellywager | 28 Dec '11, 19:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Syd Watkins' recollections of attending to Senna
      
      and the footage of his funeral had me in tears
      
      charliepanayi @mug_mug_mug | 28 Dec '11, 19:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - When I went to see it the cinema was full and there wasn't a sound for the whole thing.
      
      In car shots were wild, loved it.
      
      skellywager @mug_mug_mug | 28 Dec '11, 20:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
Anyone see a very Harold & Kumar Christmas in 3D?

TheWza | 28 Dec '11, 11:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Or The Iron Lady?
  
  TheWza @TheWza | 28 Dec '11, 11:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - lets all go see alvin and the chipmunks chipwrecked
    
    dukebox @TheWza | 28 Dec '11, 14:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
- H&K was the film of the year - brilliant.
  
  moff @TheWza | 28 Dec '11, 14:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
Anyone not seen Into The Abyss yet

there is a screening then Q&A at the Prince Charles next week

http://www.princecharlescinema.com/events/events.php?seasonanchor=dochouse

the Q&A is with the film’s Producer André Singer

if anyone is going let me know as I am going on my lonesome at the moment

JuxtaposedJames | 28 Dec '11, 16:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
I was pleasantly surprised by 'Black Swan'

TheDailyBumbler | 28 Dec '11, 18:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
not been to the cinema as much as I'd like to.

I quite like troll hunter.

DarwinDude | 28 Dec '11, 19:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
Seen Sherlock Holmes 2 a few days ago,

thought that it was pretty good, not as good as the first one, obviously, but it's still good.

bulletboy | 28 Dec '11, 21:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
going to the cinema less, here's what i made it to from '11 release dates...

going from great at the top, to wack at the bottom. thought everything down to the fighter was very good-

tyrannosaur
rango
we need to talk about kevin
animal kingdom
wuthering heights
route irish
melancholia
the future
waste land
the rum diary
bridesmaids
black swan
true grit
submarine
tinker tailor soldier spy
rise of the planet of the apes
armadillo
the ballad of genesis and lady jaye
the black power mixtape 1967-1975
oranges and sunshine
archipelago
the ides of march
source code
the fighter
midnight in paris
potiche
biutiful
meek's cutoff
the green hornet
the beaver
the guard
drive
win win
essential killing
contagion
attack the block
the skin i live in
confessions
in a better world
tree of life
horrible bosses
x-men: first class
the well-diggers daughter
the adjustment bureau

furryfan | 30 Dec '11, 15:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
Just seen The Artist.

Possibly too slight to be the film of the year, but it is terrifically well done and it certainly puts you through the emotional ringer.

Silentcommand | 30 Dec '11, 16:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
Had some time to think about this today.

5. Midnight In Paris
4. Hugo
3. Attack The Block
2. Super 8
1. Black Swan

partyheart | 30 Dec '11, 16:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Honorable mentions to 50/50, Tintin and Immortals
  
  Yes, Immortals. Watching it with my mates on a huge screen in 3D in an empty theatre was ace.
  
  partyheart @partyheart | 30 Dec '11, 16:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
Here's mine, ranked top to bottom

Margaret (truly, truly great movie, decade contender etc)
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True Grit
Barney's Version
Rubber
Self Made
Rabbit Hole
Fast Five
Source Code (decent movie that unfortunately reveals its smoke and mirrors at the end)
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The Company Men (aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)

the_UCA_coil | 30 Dec '11, 16:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
- How is Source Code smoke and mirrors at the end?
  
  Surely the whole point of the ending is we don't know if it represents reality, an alternative reality or even his final dream before he properly dies?
  
  TheoGB @the_UCA_coil | 30 Dec '11, 16:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Was too unambiguously positive, would have been much better if it had ended two minutes earlier
    
    The main point though is that the creation of an alternative reality from someone else's mind has to extrapolate beyond what that person already knows (i.e. this person does already know his female companion but not the whereabouts of the bomb) - and for this extrapolation to mirror reality would be phantasmagorical; the film's ending raises an interesting possibility but then smears it like a child with a paintbrush and a load of really bright colours
    
    Moon otoh stuck the landing, and thus worked better as a film
    
    the_UCA_coil @TheoGB | 30 Dec '11, 17:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
re: submarine.

i got it as a present for christmas and watched it with my girlfriend. a second viewing with a member of the opposite sex made me think a little more about the film.

as a sort of idealised representation of what a certain kind of twenty-something white male (see: 80% of the lads on DiS) wishes his adolescent romances had been like, it works fine. as a believable story with believable characters doing believable things, not so much. i understand that as a very british response to the "american quirky" genre, we can't really hold it to the same standards of logic and realism we would other films (for instance, when is it actually set? why is oliver obsessed with jordana? etc). but placed next to something like, say, youth in revolt, its flaws are obvious.

maybe it's just the characters themselves i have a problem with. oliver is interesting enough, his mum and dad's interplay sometimes sad and hilarious at the same time, and paddy considine is, as always, a joy. but jordana is a cypher, a blank canvas onto which the creators project any number of manic pixie dreamgirl cliches. it doesn't work in british films; the character type doesn't fit our already-cynical mindset.

HOWEVER...on second viewing, some of the sequences are brilliant, beautiful, bold and hilarious. the "super 8" footage managed to touch that secret place in the heart where sadness and happiness collide and combine. similarly, oliver's mini-breakdown was funny and wry without being too overdone, and when ayoade let his inner-spielberg off the leash, the resulting colours and imagery (see the aforementioned super 8 footage) were often awesome.

i initially pegged it as a 5/10. a repeat viewing on the small screen earns it a 7.5/10. it just isn't a *cinematic* experience. it feels more like an extended episode of a tv show they never commissioned. so although it tries and fails to do what any number of american indie films have been doing for years, it fails heroically. and there is nothing wrong with that at all, because the cast and crew's hearts were in the right place.

flickmyturtletoo | 30 Dec '11, 17:40 | X | ^ This | Reply

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