What general film/series have you just seen.. marks out of 5

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[grim_tales]

Is that a mark out of 4 or 5 Mark?

Are you on the wind up or do you deliberately avoid forum talk?? Mark's rating system was a hot topic here a few weeks ago,how could you be oblivious to it

I was just asking, jeez
Think it must be out of 4 then. His review for MFD sounds too positive if it was out of 5.

[HungFist]

Mark has different scales for Seagal films here and in the Seagal thread. It's out 4 here, and out of 5 there, don't you know that???

[Markgway]

Mark has different scales for Seagal films here and in the Seagal thread. It's out 4 here, and out of 5 there, don't you know that???

Lol... that's true.

When I started the Seagal thread I was using a five star system like everyone else - but was never really comfortable with it.

[Markgway]

Cross of Iron **½

Fatalistic WW2 movie taken from the POV of German soldiers.
Not a classic, but worth watching... and James Coburn is very good

The Aristorcrats *

Documentary in which celebrity comedians discuss the world's most disgusting joke.
Problem is: the joke is never funny in any deviant version.
Don't waste your time.

[gasteropod]

L'amour Braque: 4/5

[saltysam]

Black Christmas 3/5 Low-budget,atmospheric 70's slasher..good cast and well directed by the late Bob Clark.

Scott Pilgrim 2.5/5an inventive but ultimately rather repetitive movie that at 112 minutes goes on far too long.loud,noisy & brash and at least it's different.

[romerojpg]

Scott Pilgrim I would murder a few people to experience that for the first time again it blows me away every time I see it. Still I can see why some dont love it, you either get it all or you dont. I cannot imagine an old granny sitting down and adoring it, but hey whop knows she may be a Street Fighter 2 champion!

[saltysam]

it was alright but it got a bit samey and was definitely too long for what it is.

[Markgway]

Guilty By Suspicion **½

Hollywood blacklist drama set in 1951 when the McCarthy hearings were at their peak. Interesting subject, and customarily good DeNiro performance... but film lacks dramatic punch.

[saltysam]

Bird With The Crystal Plumage 3/5 Early Argento effort is fairly restrained by his later standards but is still an interesting murder mystery with some well done sequences i liked the sequence where the hunter becomes the hunted

[Markgway]

I was never that impressed with Crystal Plumage.

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I have never been impressed with any of his films

[saltysam]

I was never that impressed with Crystal Plumage.

hadn't seen it before.compared to his latter efforts it's oscar-worthy. need to watch Cat 0' Nine Tails soon,not seen that either.

[gasteropod]

Shutter Island: 4/5

[Markgway]

I was never that impressed with Crystal Plumage.

hadn't seen it before.compared to his latter efforts it's oscar-worthy. need to watch Cat 0' Nine Tails soon,not seen that either.

From memory I preferred 'Cat'. At least it had good actors in the lead roles.

[Markgway]

Hot Rod **½

Typically silly, over-confident modern comedy has more laughs than one might expect.

[Markgway]

Big Stan **

Rob Schneider's whimsical prison-set martial arts comedy... if that doesn't put you off you may find something to enjoy. Breaks the record for sheer volume of references to male rape in one movie.

[saltysam]

Cross Of Iron 3/5 Solid Peckinpah war film,with James Coburn on fine form as the platoon leader at odds with the new captain played by Maximillian Schell.superb score.Optimum have a dodgy track record with their blu-rays but they've done right by this film...it looks great and is head & shoulders above any other version i've seen of this film.

[Shingster]

Solid war film? I'd argue it's the greatest WW2 film ever made!

[romerojpg]

God its been ages since I saw it last!

[saltysam]

Solid war film? I'd argue it's the greatest WW2 film ever made!

to be honest i'm not a big war movie buff.have you got the new BD Shing?

[Shingster]

Nah I'm too tight to buy films when they've just been released, always wait a few weeks/months until they hit the sales. Read Mike's review on TDF though and I am almost tempted to get it now!

[saltysam]

i know it's supposed to be rubbish but i'm curious to see the Richard Burton sequel,Breakthrough.

[gasteropod]

The Brave One: 3/5