I have never reacted so strongly to reading something in a novel. I was literally nauseous for a few minutes afterwards.

I'm so tempted to start watching the series (left off on season 2) as I'm intrigued about whether it's possible to experience that same shock again.

Taken 2

I'm a big fan of the 'Liam Neeson kills people/animals' genre and I'm also a fan of watching bad things happen to bad people, and this film does both very well. I had been warned that it wasn't as good as the first, so perhaps these lowered expectations and the wariness on my part helped, but I loved this.

Bryan Mills is also the closest that we've come to getting a proper Frank Castle on screen.

Very true. However, too much rushing could dramatically impact the overall quality of the opus. I'd hate for it to end like James Clavell's Shogun, suddenly and unsatisfactorily, or just to have a whole load of character threads dropped. For instance, I'll be pissed if we don't find out the fate of the Blackfish and Sandor.

I don't think GRRM is capable of rushing anything anyway.

Thank you Teague. As much as we're all chomping at the bit for any news about these movies, it's best to remain blissfully ignorant.

Don't move.

Badumshish! I'm here all week.

Been on a roll of movies lately.

Special Forces (2011)

A surprisingly entertaining French movie about a team of, wait for it, special forces operating in Pakistan. Worth a watch.

Red Dawn (2012) remake

Kinda pointless. I love the original and if you're going to do a remake, you better at least come to the table matching or exceeding the Swayze and Sheen combo. Instead, the younger brother is horribly miscast and the action muddy. Easy miss.

Argo (2012)

I really enjoyed this one and thought it was really well made. Seems deserving of the praise it received.

Non-stop (2014)

Very surprised with this one. I was entranced throughout, glued to the edge of my seat and utterly thrilled right to the credits. Liam Neeson is great as per usual.

Jack Reacher (2012)

Wasn't bad, wasn't great. It has some interesting moments, enough to make it memorable, though I think it suffers from having a weak villain (which is all the more important when you have a force of nature protagonist).

One that has stuck in my mind for quite a few years has been The Five Steps to Tyranny. It examines how  groups of people can get to the point where they are killing each other, and just how easy it is.

Conspiracy certainly makes for sobering viewing and is utterly riveting. It's set up rather like a play, with much of the action taking place in the same room with some superb actors just bouncing off each other.

I saw Lone Survivor recently:

It's a shame that the title gives so much away. Later I found it was based on a book of the same name and that it was based on a real op (Operation Red Wings), but I wonder whether they could retained some sense of surprise with a different name. Anyway, I'm a fan of Peter Berg (even like Battleship to a degree) so was keen to see this. It doesn't disappoint but I struggle to find much to say about it. It's perfectly competent and adequately entertaining, but never quite blossoms (I guess?) into anything of substance or memory - especially when compared to The Kingdom, which I love and hits on several layers.

I watched a couple of episodes a long time ago, she appeared as a guest on TableTop and seemed fun to watch. It's not really my thing but isn't that objectionable. I'm just a little bewildered to see it be touted as a shining light of intelligent, smart YouTube. Eye of the beholder I guess.

So animators object to being referred to as 'digital make-up artists', but I'd have thought that almost speaks to their disregard of make-up artists -  they do after all play a key role in helping actors create characters.

It also seems that a lot of it is extrapolation and exaggeration of what Andy Serkis has actually said.

Best commentary ever! But I'm biased so...

I too have that 'cinema glow' coming out, and despite knowing that this feeling is misleading I often still let this form my judgement of the film overall - so I've returned from films like Man of Steel and Star Trek 2 and have posted to the the forum whilst still on the buzz. Mistakes were made.

I walked back on 'Wreck it Ralph' recently, first seeing it with some friends a while ago and then with some of my nephews and nieces; the second time was so much more fun.