TomTao Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 I just got After Earth on DVD, after seeing the shorts at the cinema prior to it's release I was expecting an action packed edge of your seat movie, it does have some action in it, but its mostly about father and son bonding under extreme circumstances. It is good to see a father and son working together as father and son in a movie, which seems to work well for the whole inner journey thing that underscores the movie, for me I will score it 7/10, I was expecting more, but at the same time I'm not too disappointed with what the movie delivered. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 I just got After Earth on DVD, after seeing the shorts at the cinema prior to it's release I was expecting an action packed edge of your seat movie, it does have some action in it, but its mostly about father and son bonding under extreme circumstances. It is good to see a father and son working together as father and son in a movie, which seems to work well for the whole inner journey thing that underscores the movie, for me I will score it 7/10, I was expecting more, but at the same time I'm not too disappointed with what the movie delivered. I haven't watched this yet. I was looking forward to it from early trailers I had seen, but then i read some reviews that panned it. I might give it a go after reading your review. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Reluctant fundamentalist was a pleasant surprise and well worth anyone giving it a viewing. Surprised IMDB was only 6.6 I liked it too. Thanks for recommending it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 Interesting tie in in the Castle TV Series. Just started Season 2 after it being mentioned here a few times. One of the main characters is a crime fiction writer who goes around with the police detectives helping to solve crimes. In one scene the crime fiction writer plays cards with a few of his writing buddies. They include real life writers (playing themselves) Michael Connelly and Stephen J. Cannell. James Patterson also plays himself in 2 episodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrantSmith Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Blue Bloods: I started to watch this back home on the TV as opposed to purveying a digital copy from the internet and enjoyed it, as time went on I forgot about it... So decided to revisit it yesterday on the back of it popping up on my usual sites... Missed a couple of seasons, so will let them slide for another day... Caught up on the first 5 of the current season (4th)... Still enjoyable to watch and love the family banter around the dinner table... I'll move it into my permanent rotation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTao Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I watched Man of steel a couple of nights ago, it took a little while for the movie to get going, slow start, but once the action started it was worth the wait. The producers have given the usual Super Man story a bit of a tweek. It is a long movie, but it is also a very well made movie IMO, some great special effects and a well told story. I will score it 8/10. Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 I watched Man of steel a couple of nights ago, it took a little while for the movie to get going, slow start, but once the action started it was worth the wait. The producers have given the usual Super Man story a bit of a tweek. It is a long movie, but it is also a very well made movie IMO, some great special effects and a well told story. I will score it 8/10. Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app I have that queued up to watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomTao Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I watched Man of steel a couple of nights ago, it took a little while for the movie to get going, slow start, but once the action started it was worth the wait. The producers have given the usual Super Man story a bit of a tweek. It is a long movie, but it is also a very well made movie IMO, some great special effects and a well told story. I will score it 8/10. Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app I have that queued up to watch Enjoy, my wife and I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will27 Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Interesting tie in in the Castle TV Series. Just started Season 2 after it being mentioned here a few times. One of the main characters is a crime fiction writer who goes around with the police detectives helping to solve crimes. In one scene the crime fiction writer plays cards with a few of his writing buddies. They include real life writers (playing themselves) Michael Connelly and Stephen J. Cannell. James Patterson also plays himself in 2 episodes. So what's your call on the Castle? To be honest, I've seen it advertised on True but haven't given it much thought until you mentioned it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 Interesting tie in in the Castle TV Series. Just started Season 2 after it being mentioned here a few times. One of the main characters is a crime fiction writer who goes around with the police detectives helping to solve crimes. In one scene the crime fiction writer plays cards with a few of his writing buddies. They include real life writers (playing themselves) Michael Connelly and Stephen J. Cannell. James Patterson also plays himself in 2 episodes. So what's your call on the Castle? To be honest, I've seen it advertised on True but haven't given it much thought until you mentioned it. I watched season 1 quite a while back..and forgot about the series. I was prompted to watch it again from Grantsmith mentioning it a few times here. Half way through season 2 now. Standard murder committed and solved within the 40 minutes time frame plot. No raunchy sex or anything. I've been watching some episodes on the computer while I do work, doesn't matter if you zone out for five minutes. It's an light and enjoyable watch. 5.5/10 from me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrantSmith Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I watched season 1 quite a while back..and forgot about the series. I was prompted to watch it again from Grantsmith mentioning it a few times here. Half way through season 2 now. Standard murder committed and solved within the 40 minutes time frame plot. No raunchy sex or anything. I've been watching some episodes on the computer while I do work, doesn't matter if you zone out for five minutes. It's an light and enjoyable watch. 5.5/10 from me Castle? Not me BM... I can't stand the show... hahaha... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 (edited) I watched season 1 quite a while back..and forgot about the series. I was prompted to watch it again from Grantsmith mentioning it a few times here. Half way through season 2 now. Standard murder committed and solved within the 40 minutes time frame plot. No raunchy sex or anything. I've been watching some episodes on the computer while I do work, doesn't matter if you zone out for five minutes. It's an light and enjoyable watch. 5.5/10 from me Castle? Not me BM... I can't stand the show... hahaha... Apologies GrantSmith, I thought it was you. Perhaps I subconsciously mentioned it and then decide to watch it. Edit: A quick search on the word 'Castle' within this thread shows that no one but myself, Will27 and Grantsmith mentioned it...so...the mystery deepens Edited October 29, 2013 by BookMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 (edited) Watched The Internship this week. We split it over a couple of days. Couple of 40ish year old techno illiterate guys who lose their job and apply for an internship at Google. It brings together Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson once more. I loved these guys in Wedding Crashers. They bounce off each other so well that it is surprising they have not teamed up more often. The laughs do take some time to come in this movie. Mid way through and towards the end it provides a few. 5/10 from me Edited October 29, 2013 by BookMan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrantSmith Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Tonight's viewing line up includes; The Blacklist (wife's new fav), Hello Ladies (f*** knows why I put myself through this painful 20 minutes, guess I wanna see Merchant not f*** something up), Boardwalk Empire (I fell asleep last night having put myself through the Blue Bloods catchup) and if time permits either Turbo or Junkie - both extremely differing genres Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted October 31, 2013 Author Share Posted October 31, 2013 Tonight's viewing line up includes; The Blacklist (wife's new fav), Hello Ladies (f*** knows why I put myself through this painful 20 minutes, guess I wanna see Merchant not f*** something up), Boardwalk Empire (I fell asleep last night having put myself through the Blue Bloods catchup) and if time permits either Turbo or Junkie - both extremely differing genres Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app I'm also quite enjoying the Blacklist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted October 31, 2013 Author Share Posted October 31, 2013 (edited) I watched Man of steel a couple of nights ago, it took a little while for the movie to get going, slow start, but once the action started it was worth the wait. The producers have given the usual Super Man story a bit of a tweek. It is a long movie, but it is also a very well made movie IMO, some great special effects and a well told story. I will score it 8/10. Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Really enjoyed Man of Steel. This is one movie I wished I had seen on the big screen. I was expecting an average superhero movie but this one delivers much more. Full of action and SFX, it goes a quite a bit longer than most of this genre at 143 minutes but is enjoyable to the end. Fuly agree with TomTao 8/10 Edited October 31, 2013 by BookMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiftyTwo Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 I watched Man of steel a couple of nights ago, it took a little while for the movie to get going, slow start, but once the action started it was worth the wait. The producers have given the usual Super Man story a bit of a tweek. It is a long movie, but it is also a very well made movie IMO, some great special effects and a well told story. I will score it 8/10. Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Really enjoyed Man of Steel. This is one movie I wished I had seen on the big screen. I was expecting an average superhero movie but this one delivers much more. Full of action and SFX, it goes a quite a bit longer than most of this genre at 143 minutes but is enjoyable to the end. Fuly agree with TomTao 8/10 I found it extremely long and tedious. Fell asleep before the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrantSmith Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Tonight's viewing line up includes; The Blacklist (wife's new fav), Hello Ladies (f*** knows why I put myself through this painful 20 minutes, guess I wanna see Merchant not f*** something up), Boardwalk Empire (I fell asleep last night having put myself through the Blue Bloods catchup) and if time permits either Turbo or Junkie - both extremely differing genres Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app I'm also quite enjoying the Blacklist I hope it doesn't become predictable like your other favourite series "The Following" I do enjoy Spader's banter, almost as good as he was in Boston Legal. So to catch up on this weeks stuff because Thursdays or Wednesday in the states is dead... Hello Ladies; f*** me Merchant's character is a tool, as is his guesthouse mate... Grrr... His wheelchair mate Keevis needs to have more input! Cracks me up... NCIS: Going through its motions, needs to refocus on Ziva and or her replacement... Fairly decent episode this week... NCIS Los Angeles: continues to tick along without being boring... Boardwalk Empire: could FINALLY regain traction that it lost around season 2... Sons of Anarchy: starting to hate Jax's old lady... Haven't watched Turbo or Junkie yet I see Angelina's latest movie has come out - Bounty Killers, looks less than appealing... The wife's keen to watch "About Time" looks quite funny with Bill Nighy, looks like Love Actually (same director) meets Back to the Future, can't find it via the usual suspects though... Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted October 31, 2013 Author Share Posted October 31, 2013 Tonight's viewing line up includes; The Blacklist (wife's new fav), Hello Ladies (f*** knows why I put myself through this painful 20 minutes, guess I wanna see Merchant not f*** something up), Boardwalk Empire (I fell asleep last night having put myself through the Blue Bloods catchup) and if time permits either Turbo or Junkie - both extremely differing genres Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app I'm also quite enjoying the Blacklist I hope it doesn't become predictable like your other favourite series "The Following" I do enjoy Spader's banter, almost as good as he was in Boston Legal. So to catch up on this weeks stuff because Thursdays or Wednesday in the states is dead... Hello Ladies; f*** me Merchant's character is a tool, as is his guesthouse mate... Grrr... His wheelchair mate Keevis needs to have more input! Cracks me up... NCIS: Going through its motions, needs to refocus on Ziva and or her replacement... Fairly decent episode this week... NCIS Los Angeles: continues to tick along without being boring... Boardwalk Empire: could FINALLY regain traction that it lost around season 2... Sons of Anarchy: starting to hate Jax's old lady... Haven't watched Turbo or Junkie yet I see Angelina's latest movie has come out - Bounty Killers, looks less than appealing... The wife's keen to watch "About Time" looks quite funny with Bill Nighy, looks like Love Actually (same director) meets Back to the Future, can't find it via the usual suspects though... Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Turbo eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 (edited) Sons of Anarchy: starting to hate Jax's old lady... Tara was quickly turning into Jemma, but is trying to put the brakes on. I would be surprised if setting up Jemma, with so many people knowing what she did, will work out the way that she intended. Edited November 1, 2013 by Ulysses G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrantSmith Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Turbo eh? Yeah sometimes you just have to watch animation movies, that and she who must be obeyed asked ever so nicely hahaha.. Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrantSmith Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Sons of Anarchy: starting to hate Jax's old lady... Tara was quickly turning into Jemma, but is trying to put the brakes on. I would be surprised if setting up Jemma, with so many people knowing what she did, will work out the way that she intended. Agree.. I think it will backfire in a big way.. Well hopefully Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisinth Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Just watched RED 2 (Retired Extremely Dangerous) last night, fully enjoyed it. Still, I suppose any movie with a line-up with Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Anthony Hopkins & John Malkovich in it can't be that bad. Storyline from IMDB reads: "Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrantSmith Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 So it seems some shows are in some kind of recess... With that in mind, I've decided to embark on some new viewing... Included in this new selection are; Dracula: well it started today so it really doesn't count Brooklyn 99: Just watched the preview on IMDB, I got a bit carried away and now "she who must be obeyed" is none to impressed with my outbursts Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: Could be an interesting one... The Crazy Ones: David E Kelly (Boston Legal, Ally McBeal) - this could be the best show ever! Robin Williams! Shut the front door! What a pisser! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2710104/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted November 1, 2013 Author Share Posted November 1, 2013 So it seems some shows are in some kind of recess... With that in mind, I've decided to embark on some new viewing... Included in this new selection are; Dracula: well it started today so it really doesn't count Brooklyn 99: Just watched the preview on IMDB, I got a bit carried away and now "she who must be obeyed" is none to impressed with my outbursts Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: Could be an interesting one... The Crazy Ones: David E Kelly (Boston Legal, Ally McBeal) - this could be the best show ever! Robin Williams! Shut the front door! What a pisser! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2710104/ Be interested on your take for Brooklyn Nine Nine. I watched two episodes. Had some funny parts but didn't hold my interest. AM very interested in watching The Crazy Ones. I enjoy a lot of Robyn Williams stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrantSmith Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Be interested on your take for Brooklyn Nine Nine. I watched two episodes. Had some funny parts but didn't hold my interest. AM very interested in watching The Crazy Ones. I enjoy a lot of Robyn Williams stuff. I'll advise on Brooklyn Nine Nine... But have just finished the first 2 episodes of The Crazy Ones... Love it! The wife's still not thrilled I'm wasting time, but I've issued a memo that states I have no qualms in re-watching it later... It's that funny! It's like his stand up shows... I've also issued another memo that states I'll be taking the afternoon off with immediate effect... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will27 Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Just finished watching Orange Is The New Black and I enjoyed it. A few quirky characters and the main prison guard is a cack. The naked lesbian prison sex wasn't too foul either I'd give it a solid 7.5. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted November 1, 2013 Author Share Posted November 1, 2013 Just finished watching Orange Is The New Black and I enjoyed it. A few quirky characters and the main prison guard is a cack. The naked lesbian prison sex wasn't too foul either I'd give it a solid 7.5. Top series and looking forward to Season 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazygourmet Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 " Serangoon Road " From W.S.J.: This is Singapore of the 1960s, brought back to life, film-noir style, in the TV series “Serangoon Road,” co-produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corp. and HBO Asia, the Singapore-based affiliate of U.S. TV network HBO. Opium dens, race riots, prostitutes and murders at the hands of ruthless secret societies, set against the backdrop of a country’s fledgling independence movement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxme Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 (edited) Watched "Ender´s game" yesterday. I enjoyed it but it was obviously difficult to adapt it to the big screen. The story line was more sped up than a tuk tuk driver on yabaa, so you really didn't connect to the other characters in the movie. What supposedly took several years in the book was now done in the matter of a few weeks in the movie. Another thing that really bugged me was Harrison Ford, who gave his worst performance ever. Despite all that, the movie kept close to the core, the book. It wasn't bad but it didn't have the "wow" effect either but... I wouldn´t mind watching the sequel if there is going to be one. Edited November 2, 2013 by maxme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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