What Movies Have You Seen Lately?

Nefret · Post by **Nefret** » Wed July 25th, 2012, 5:05 am

Northanger Abbey (BBC, circa 1987)

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Wed July 25th, 2012, 2:26 pm

Salmon Fishing in Yemen, With Ewan Macgregor, Emily Blunt, and Kirsten Thomas. There are holes you could drive a truck through, but with those actors and a decent script, it ends up being quite enjoyable to watch!

LoveHistory · Post by **LoveHistory** » Wed July 25th, 2012, 5:17 pm

[quote=""Nefret""]Northanger Abbey (BBC, circa 1987)[/quote]

That's on my list. What did you think of it?

Nefret · Post by **Nefret** » Wed July 25th, 2012, 6:53 pm

[quote=""LoveHistory""]That's on my list. What did you think of it?[/quote]

It was alright. I should point out that I have not read the book.

Justin Swanton · Post by **Justin Swanton** » Thu July 26th, 2012, 1:40 am

Age of heroes. An interesting premise that fell apart in execution. One doesn't even know what happened to the main character in the end (Sean Bean).

I think the director was trying to be different or something, besides hiking up the dramatics where there was no need for it, as in his treatment of the ex-convict soldier. I see this again and again: good acting, good photography, good sound - and a storytelling technique (or just a story) that sucketh mightily.

Nefret · Post by **Nefret** » Thu July 26th, 2012, 2:26 am

Lord of the Rings- Fellowship of the Ring

Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Thu July 26th, 2012, 8:50 am

I think Fellowship is probably my favourite of the LOTR films. I read yesterday that PJ is thinking of making The Hobbit into a trilogy? I'm already wondering how they'll manage to stretch it over 2 films, as it's not a whopping great book as it is.

Nefret · Post by **Nefret** » Thu July 26th, 2012, 3:17 pm

The Hobbit doesn't really need to be two movies. Why then three movies?

Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Thu July 26th, 2012, 3:58 pm

Yes my point exactly. It's not that much of a story either from what I remember, although it's ages since I read it.

Nefret · Post by **Nefret** » Thu July 26th, 2012, 4:36 pm

It's not a long book.

Recently saw...

Sense and Sensibility (BBC, c. 1981)