Noah

[gavroche]

Went to see that film on Friday night with my wife. What a load of rubbish! If you think of going to see it, don't waste your money. At least that is my honest opinion and I understand that some of you might have a different view of it.

 

[ASC1951]

No, I think you're right. IMDb only gives it 6.4/10, and IME anything under 7.0 means it's a waste of the ticket price.

My local Vue has ten films on at the moment and I wouldn't bother with any of them even with a free ticket.

 

[raleighnut]

You can't even have a "cigarette" , a drinkie or pause the film whilst having a "jimmie" plus there's always someone eating "sweeties" with a 100 Decibel wrapper just behind me somawhere.

 

[Lullabelle]

Last time we went to the cinema a guy was shouting chatting on his phone, and yes there is always the sweetie moron. Earlier in the year we were at a comedy club and a couple in their late 50's went through an entire big bag of fruit jelly things and made so much noise getting at the things I came close to taking the bag off them or telling them to shut the f**k up, didn't ruin the show though, very funny.

Anyway, I digress, I haven't seen Noah and have no desire to, Russell Crowe is not my cup of tea.

 

[ufkacbln]

God himself has expressed his opinion on this film

Never let it be said that God does not have a sense of irony

 

[ufkacbln]

However according to the Daily Wail, much more important is Emma Watson's underwear

Come on folks... it is all down to priorities. It doesn't matter whether the film is garbage, Emma's legs are much more important

 

[Doseone]

I had to go and see it (took daughter and friends). It wasn't cr*p but wasn't great - the kids enjoyed it in a big screen adventure kind of way, although I guess those looking for adherence to the original story will be disappointed.

 

[Cuchilo]

However according to the Daily Wail, much more important is Emma Watson's underwear

Come on folks... it is all down to priorities. It doesn't matter whether the film is garbage, Emma's legs are much more important

I think you will find they where padded lycra

 

[ASC1951]

... Russell Crowe is not my cup of tea.

I think it's the stuff they put him in, like Gladiator - difficult to be anything other than a cartoon character. But he was excellent in Master and Commander and his first 'big' film, LA Confidential.

 

[tyred]

Best take your bagpipes to the cinema. You can always get a bit of practice in if you're not enjoying the film.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Russell's not my favourite actor either, but whatever floats your boat... .

(sorry, had to slip that one in somehow)

 

[swee'pea99]

Brings to mind the Guardian critic's take on the new Nicole Kidman 'Grace' biopic - "a film so awe-inspiringly wooden that it is basically a fire-risk."

 

[ASC1951]

Brings to mind the Guardian critic's take on the new Nicole Kidman 'Grace' biopic - "a film so awe-inspiringly wooden that it is basically a fire-risk."

The poor old actors are often the last people to know whether a film is rubbish. It's usually shot out of sequence over many months and they just turn up, work their nuts off for six weeks, and leave. Then some hamfisted director leaves half of their stuff out and makes a cobblers with the other half.
TBH I haven't liked any of her films since Birthday Girl, but I'm hardly the target audience.

 

[jefmcg]

No, I think you're right. IMDb only gives it 6.4/10, and IME anything under 7.0 means it's a waste of the ticket price.

Really, you use IMDB ratings? They put Shawshank Redemption as the best film ever made.

 

[ASC1951]

Really, you use IMDB ratings? They put Shawshank Redemption as the best film ever made.

I do, as a filter. By my tastes it over-rates noisy plot-free crap like Iron Man and under-rates most foreign language films, but if it gives a low-ish score to a mainstream release I have always found that it was indeed a waste of a fiver. And it is a well built website with a huge amount of information.
At least you know where you are with an entirely vote-based system, whereas critics come with their own systematic biases. For instance, the Sainted Guardian would have me fork out my fiver for Ken Loach's output, whereas I know it's manipulative distorted twaddle from a director who hasn't had a new idea in the last half century.