What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Sex Lives of the Potato Men (2004)

I'm glad you reached the same conclusion as me, particularly regarding the difference between comedy through innuendo/wordplay and just being crude.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

I'm glad you reached the same conclusion as me, particularly regarding the difference between comedy through innuendo/wordplay and just being crude.

Yeah, sadly i did.

Once you've used every swear and genitalia word in the book in the opening ten minutes there was nowhere for the film to go in terms of shock value or in an attempt to raise laughs and it was never going to attempt any other sort of comedy with which to entertain. It was a film which truly shot it's load prematurely.

If anyone's interested, Sex Lives of the Potato Men's language makes Superbad seem like keeping Up Appearances.

[bleakshaun]

American Ninja
Story is about a soldier who along with others is ordered to escort the colonels daughter and a truck, they get attacked by mercenaries and ninjas who try to steal the truck. Our hero escapes saving the colonels daughter, only to be confined to his quarters.
This cannon flick is alright, the problem comes from the action scenes are few and far between as well as also being rather average.
5/10

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[SilverSurfer]

A Lonely Place to Die (2011)

A group of five mountaineers are hiking and climbing in the Scottish Highlands when they discover a young Serbian girl buried in a small chamber in the wilderness. They become caught up in a terrifying game of cat and mouse with the kidnappers as they try to get the girl to safety.

Stars Melissa George, Ed Speleers, Karel Roden, Eamonn Walker, Sean Harris and Kate Magowan

Clever, well made and enjoyable. It's an interesting low budget film that moves along quick enough and keeps you watching 8/10 RECOMMENDED

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Yeah, sadly i did.

Once you've used every swear and genitalia word in the book in the opening ten minutes there was nowhere for the film to go in terms of shock value or in an attempt to raise laughs and it was never going to attempt any other sort of comedy with which to entertain. It was a film which truly shot it's load prematurely.

If anyone's interested, Sex Lives of the Potato Men's language makes Superbad seem like keeping Up Appearances.

Although I haven't seen it since it was first released for home viewing, I remember it being a thoroughly depressing experience, perhaps because the main characters lead such thoroughly pointless lives, and perhaps because it's a complete waste of public money.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

Although I haven't seen it since it was first released for home viewing, I remember it being a thoroughly depressing experience, perhaps because the main characters lead such thoroughly pointless lives, and perhaps because it's a complete waste of public money.

Ha, yes, that's just what i thought when the closing credits went up. Another reason why i don't do the lottery.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

There's an article in The Guardian from the films director which is worth reading.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/feb/27/2

What he doesn't seem to get is that being crude is not shocking or offensive anymore and it can be funny. There are plenty of very crude films i've laughed my head off at as i'm sure the film critics who panned his film have as well.

I'm sure i'd have enjoyed the film a lot more if i was as drunk as a skunk with equally hammered mates but i wasn't. I was hoping for a few laughs though which should have been achievable no matter my level of intoxication.

I actually like Vegas (I've had a beer with him after a small gig in Colne where he constantly took the piss out of us during his act), Crook, Gatiss and Julia Davis (Have you seen her series Nighty Night? - very dark and very funny), so from a casting point of view i looked forward to the film. In fact the actors were all pretty good. It's just what they had to work with was largely a one trick pony which although crude ended up being not very funny as swearing soon grates when it takes the place of actual comedy. The jam and fish joke was initially amusing, but the script used it at least eight times so the comedy value wore off really quickly.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

I completely understand what you're saying, because just as with anything, shock value quickly wears off and turns to irritation. Imagine if someone is standing in your room popping balloons. The first couple of times might cause you to jump, but you're likely to want to punch them in the face shortly thereafter.

Similarly, you can have some great films which will make children laugh from beginning to end because they have a balanced output and others which are slapstick or fart jokes from beginning to end, and they become grating in two minutes.

I don't find Chubby Brown funny. Some of his gags can be amusing, but most of what I've seen/heard (some of them were on audio tape when I was a teenager) was offensive in its crudity, and Sex Lives of the Potato Men seemed to fit into this category of 'humour'.

In terms of the funding, the UK Film Council, who I think put up much (if not all) of the money, could have spent the money by funding (in whole or part) a film by Mike Leigh, Morgan Matthews, Ken Loach, Debbie Tucker Green, Shane Meadows, Yann Demange or someone completely unknown, making the next Dead Man's Shoes, '71, X+Y, Kes, Second Coming or Secrets and Lies instead.

[gag]

Originally Posted by SilverSurfer

A Lonely Place to Die (2011)

A group of five mountaineers are hiking and climbing in the Scottish Highlands when they discover a young Serbian girl buried in a small chamber in the wilderness. They become caught up in a terrifying game of cat and mouse with the kidnappers as they try to get the girl to safety.

Stars Melissa George, Ed Speleers, Karel Roden, Eamonn Walker, Sean Harris and Kate Magowan

Clever, well made and enjoyable. It's an interesting low budget film that moves along quick enough and keeps you watching 8/10 RECOMMENDED

Watched this not long ago I enjoyed this as well, it is a recommended watch

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In terms of the funding, the UK Film Council, who I think put up much (if not all) of the money, could have spent the money by funding (in whole or part) a film by Mike Leigh, Morgan Matthews, Ken Loach, Debbie Tucker Green, Shane Meadows, Yann Demange or someone completely unknown, making the next Dead Man's Shoes, '71, X+Y, Kes, Second Coming or Secrets and Lies instead.[/QUOTE]

Some great directors and films there (one or two I don't know or haven't seen)

Dead man shoes and kez 71 are utter brilliant in many ways , British films at their best
71 was filmed round and behind my friends house ..