what??

I think FOTR is also one the great films of all time (in either cut) so cant agree with the nauseating comment there.

I guess my main gripe with The Hobbit was that it tried to converge what is essentially a light kids book tone with the darker LOTR tone and for me it just didnt gel.

Bilbo, well if you have ever seen Martin Freeman in anything, especially in the excellent Sherlock or even all the way back to The Office, he is just dong his usual thing. Not that its bad, but I was always aware I was watching Martin Freeman not Bilbo.

ps Tronyn, apart from The Insider and LAC, he is also very good in Cinderella Man, 3:10 to Yuma, Proof, two of which are at least not what you might call macho roles. 

3:10 to Yuma is one of my favorite films and one of the very few (two, actually) decent modern westerns. 

I can think of a few:

True Grit
Open Range
Unforgiven
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
No Country for Old Men (I guess strictly not a western)


Have been meaning to get around to Blackthorn too. 

I watched the Hobbit over Christmas in 3D and thought it was good fun but it seriously could have been trimmed down, lots of scenes were too long and boring.

I know what nitin means about Bilbo, I have seen the actor in BBC Sherlock (totally amazing, best Sherlock series ever) and he played very much like Watson. I liked the intro to the film, the dwarf city and dragon setup was very cool. Not sure I would recommend the film to anyone, especially after seeing LoTR so many times.

Also got the Harry Potter DVD box set for Christmas and watched all the films over the space of a week. Again I did not like how they split the last book into two films. Both films felt stretched and had lots of dull boring moments that could have easily been cut. 

Haven't seen True Grit yet, but have heard good things. I have never considered watching Open Range because of Kevin Costner, but if you recommend it it will go on my list.

Three Burials is awesome, but not strictly a western IMO. Same for No Country. 

I always remembered the original True Grit with John Wayne as a classic western. I recently saw the new version of True Grit and initially I thought, another pointless remake. I was pleasantly surprised how cool it was, I was expecting the worst and found it good with acting, dialogue and environmental sets.

I also went back and watched the original 'True Grit' and it was so bad I can't understand why I liked it in the first place. True Grit the remake is actually better than the original and that is how it should be, otherwise what is the point of a remake!

My all time favourite westerns are, High Plains Drifter, Once a Time in the West and Fistful of dollars. I spent a lot of my youth watching westerns and it was always the thing to do on a lazy Sunday afternoon. 

I would add Django Unchained and There Will Be Blood to that list. 

(of good modern westerns) 

Does Tremors count?? ;)

Also

I think FOTR is also one the great films of all time (in either cut) so cant agree with the nauseating comment there.

I agree. And the whole Mines Of Moria section was one of the great film moments of all time.

Not that interested in the Hobbit so far. 

Fucking awesome movie!

Haven't seen Django Unchained, but seeing as it's by Tarantino, I have very low expectations. In my book, he is the most overrated director ever. All facade and no content.

There Will Be Blood, on the other hand, was also great. 

yes I guess thats as much a western as No Country and Three Burials.

Sleepy, definitely check Open Range out, Robert Duvall is awesome in it too.

Sock, High Plains Drifter is so underrated IMHo, one of Clint's best.

I think if I had to pick favorite westerns it would probably be Wild Bunch, McCabe and Mrs Miller and Good, Bad and Ugly. 

The Proposition is also another good modern western. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQuGpW0NuW8

Sci-fi CGI short movie solo project. 

Reminds me of Matrix and BSG a lot, though. 

New movie from the guys who made Primer, trailer looks promising...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U9KmAlrEXU 

Looks a bit dull in the trailer, apart from a couple that makes out a lot. But the synopsis makes it sound pretty good:
"A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives." Cool.

Actually, sounds a bit like the last movie I watched - Mr Nobody. That was a really good movie! 

Actually, I think the first movie since 2008, apart from Inception, to make it into my top 100. I must be watching too much crap lately. 

Actually, I think the first movie since 2008, apart from Inception, to make it into my top 100. I must be watching too much crap lately. 

Actually, I think the first movie since 2008, apart from Inception, to make it into my top 100. I must be watching too much crap lately. 

triple-click !! wow, Parkinson is back :) 

Cabin in the Woods, Sinister, and Mama were all very good. Nice to see some good horror movies come along after all the torture porn. 

 

House of the dEvil, despite a weak ending. 

Argo (2012)
Nice! Missed some character development like nitin though. 

http://www.collativelearning.com/FILMS%20reviews%20BY%20ROB%20AGER.html

Amazing stuff if you like classic films.