What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[keirarts]

Decided to watch something a little classier last night, started off with the excellent all the presidents men, the 2-disc special edition I bouight off a car boot many moons ago, still excellent.

Second up was grizzly man on blu-ray, once again a film i've already seen but endlessly re-watchable.

[Slippery Jack]

The Living and the Dead

I'm always up for a bit of 'crazy folk in old houses' (Psycho, Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny, and Girly, Spider Baby, Grey Gardens...) but I found this quite dull. I wasn't keen on the directors overuse of sub-Requiem for a Dream style sped-up long takes set to grating music - just to underline how damn INSANE the protagonist is. Thought it did a disservice to Leo Bill's decent performance, though even that got a bit one-note towards the end. Hoping to enjoy the director's Red, White, and Blue more . . .

[gag]

Watched house of the Devil last night
Quite enjoying it despite it being slow and not up to much, But as soon as they caught here and tried to use her for the rituals etc for some reason i kind of got bored and lost interest, Ending did not apeal to me what so ever and not sure why cant give a explanation.

[nekromantik]

Originally Posted by Scyther

Fincher is a very good director, but in my opinion the Dragon Tattoo remake still looks like a shot-for-shot redux, a la Let Me In or (gasp!) Van Zant's Psycho

In other words, I'll probably pass.

Its meant to be much closer to the book then the Swedish version and meant to be much darker! Also they changed the ending and added a different story so dont sound like a complete shot by shot remake

[antmumford]

Originally Posted by Scyther

Fincher is a very good director, but in my opinion the Dragon Tattoo remake still looks like a shot-for-shot redux, a la Let Me In or (gasp!) Van Zant's Psycho

In other words, I'll probably pass.

It's not a remake though, Fincher hasn't even watched the Swedish version. He's just created his own version of the novel and according to reviews its a lot closer to the book and many people are saying its a better film to the Swedish one too. I haven't read the book or seen the first film/tv adaptation so looking forward to seeing Finchers film with fresh eyes

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[Baseball Fury]

Over the Xmas holidays I've watched Ratatouille, Home Alone, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Lion King, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Snowman, Tron: Legacy, Into The Wild, NL's Christmas Vacation and It's A Wonderful Life.

Good times!

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Scyther

Fincher is a very good director, but in my opinion the Dragon Tattoo remake still looks like a shot-for-shot redux, a la Let Me In or (gasp!) Van Zant's Psycho

In other words, I'll probably pass.

Trust me, it isn't a shot for shot remake, but a very different film with much more suspense than the 'original'. Let Me In wasn't a shot for shot remake of Let The Right One In either but, like this new release of [/B]The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo[/B], a different film based on the novel.

Let Me In is inferior to[/B] the Swedish film but, in my opinion anyway, Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo[/B] is better than its Swedish counterpart, mostly because it was made for a theatrical release and not a cut down version of a two-part TV film.

In short: don't pass up the opportunity to see it on the big screen as it is a film with great sound and visuals.

[James Morton]

last night saw TROPIC THUNDER and THE HEARTBREAK KID on tv
very funny films
got the former on dvd and the latter on bd, because the BBFC objected to the 'donkey scene' which is censored on the dvd...stupid
especially as the donkey is a she and wearing a strap on and the woman next to it is her owner, didn't the BBFC listen to the commentary?
a case of blu ray bribery!

[sawyer6]

Watched The Artist yesterday.Highly recommended for all the fans of the silent era and old Hollywood

[Gojirosan]

A Canterbury Tale - got the ITV DVD for Xmas. Superb film.Better than I remembered. It shot up my all-time list.