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Must have been in a forgiving mood. Thinking about it i saw it over Christmas last year, i was probably under the influence of a single malt. |
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I mean, noone told me Gamer was going to be as shit as it is (and more offensive personally than any of these fake child porn things....but that's just me cough cough) |
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I quite liked Gamer. :o I thought it was going to be garbage and found it ok. |
Just fresh from a screening of Steven Soderberg's 2008 two-part biopic and I'm not sure if I liked this one or not. I'm not even sure if this was a Soderberg A-side or B-side - the film is certainly not as inviting as The Motorcycle Diaries and for large tracts of this film little happens - this is a film about men tramping around the jungle, and the narrative is often obscure, not helped by a Latin American cast - good as they are, but hard to distinguish behind the ragged beards and combat fatigues. Whatever about Soderberg, this is Benicio Del Toro's film and delivers a perfectly judged understated performance (and in the second half of the film bears something of a resemblance to El Topo-era Alejandro Jodorowsky). Regardless of my misgivings, the film has something and I will grab the Blu in the new year - Film4's screening came with ill-timed and frequent ad breaks... http://www.firstshowing.net/img2/che...d-fullsize.jpg |
For some reason I don't why but I never bothered to watch snatch, Just finished watching it I highly enjoyed thought it was good entertaining etc, I like films like this lock stock and layer cake can anyone recommend me any other films along this line and style, And just for the record I quite enjoyed lock stock the tv series, |
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Or maybe Love, Honour & Obey starring Ray "I'm the Daddy now!" Winston, Jude Law and Denise Van Outen, this was overshadowed by Guy Ritchie's Cockney Geezer film due to them being released around the same time from what I remember |
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The Limey. Both very good British crime films. |
The Stepfather (1987): I'm a sucker for these sorts of not-really horror horror/thrillers. The bald wheelchair bound guy from Lost is really good as the master of disguise psycho stepfather who travels from family to family marrying widows then offing them. Pretty good for this sort of thing Followed Home (2010): 4 teens go on a holiday retreat where they witness a murder (so the synopsis says; they don't actually see the murder) and are then followed home by the masked killer who proceeds to kill them one by one. Sounds like a decent enough premise for a slasher but has everything conceivable wrong with it. The dialogue is appalling, the acting dismal, it's shot in that awful Digital Video way where everything is in focus and there's no depth of field and the composition and framing of shots is so baffling and confusing half of them time you can't really tell if people conversing with each other are actually in the same room. It clocks in at 65 minutes before the credits start but there's an odd 10 minutes mid-credits sequence about another girl doing a webcam show who gets killed by the killer which has no relevance to the plot whatsoever. Really REALLY poor. |
I watched Act of Valor tonight on German Blu and while the acting leaves a lot to desire I actually found myself completely engrossed. o.k. its a jingoistic advert for the US military but the action is excellent and theres something about a well made war film that I find particularly satisfying. |
ALIENS. Shit gets blown up. ALIEN 3. Not so much shit gets blown up. |
1 Attachment(s) The Anderson Tapes (1971) Sean Connery led crime caper about the skilled robbery of a block of wealthy apartments, by a crack team of criminals, but as with a lot of the best laid plans things go awry. What the gang don't realize is that they are being watched... by everyone. What starts out as a hard nosed crime movie, somehow becomes a whimsical piece as it becomes apparent that although the crooks are under massive surveillance operations none of it is actually legal and none of it is done by the police. The film's final setpiece in New York's closed off streets is particularly impressive as it clearly involves real people and vehicles rather than the obligatory CGI we would see nowadays. An enjoyable piece of seventies hi-jinks with Christopher Walken in his first major screen role. |
The Illusionist (2006) Didn't pull the wool over my eyes! Pandora Peaks (2001) :eek::eek::eek: I'm beginning to think the Russ Meyer box set wasn't such a great idea! Inglorious Basterds (2012) What the hell just happened? I thought I was sitting down to a war movie:pop2: I think I ended up in some sort of alternate universe!:crazy: |
Magic Mike (2012) - Now I could happily watch male strippers for an hour and a half or even longer, I appreciate the effort they put in to stripping, I think it has to be the funniest of all art forms. Of course this wasn't all stripping and I did enjoy it but I wouldn't exactly recommend it, or watch it again. I mean the plot was decent, acting was fine, just not titilating enough, although some of the stripping was hilarious, you can see that in the trailer. I just love male stripper moves. The Clairvoyant (1935) - A pretty decent thriller about a mind reader played by Claude Rains also starring Fay Wray, worth a rent. and I haven't watched anything else but those two rentals as I was distracted with udraw. But this weekend I plan to unwrap BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas, A Nightmare on Elm Street box set and Profondo Rosso at least. |
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If you put a Christmas tree up surely it deserves to be watched with the tree lights twinkling to give it that added sparkle. :happy: |
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The worst is when you save things, when you finally decide to watch you have a quick look to see how much it is now and find out it's been reduced by a fair amount. I do rarely purchase things full price though. |
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I had the luxury of watching Chinatown on blu last night, then immediately watching it again with the Towne/Fincher commentary (US release only, beware). Is there any other movie that improves so much on every rewatch? First time I saw it I thought it was slow and confusing and fairly dull (idiot!). What it does is treat the audience with respect, its the anti Michael Bay film, thinking and total immersion is essential. Was great hearing David Fincher (who adores it) revealing a few tiny imperfections (or were they?) in Polanskis direction - he must have seen it 100 times to notice this stuff. Robert Towne sounds strangely normal - after reading Easy Riders...Raging Bulls I though he was a total fruitcake! |
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No reason why Nekromantik 2 should be cut as it's just more of the same. |
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Just watched 'The New York Ripper' Quack quack! Quack, quack, quack? Quack quack!!!!! |
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It was an entertaining time-waster and a typical Fulci thing! I think it's possibly the only film I have seen by him that doesn't have any supernatural elements Was it offensive to me - not really Did I find it mysogynistic - yes I did, and also homophobic Should it have been banned as a n***y - I think it was very lucky to escape the witch-hunt from the mid 80's! Would I recommend it to people - with reservations, but I would also warn them that it is very gruelling |
I almost watched this last night, haven't watched it in awhile, the uncut BU DVD of course |
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ALIEN RESURRECTION. A once great franchise gets covered in shit. |
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It was certainly flawed but gets far too much undeserved flack in my eyes |
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I thought it was utterly wretched, fully deserving of the flack and more. It was the worst film I've seen this year, but then I saw Red Riding Hood the other day...*shudder* |
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1 Attachment(s) Let The Right One In. (2008) I realize every one else on the forum probably saw this years ago, but i finally got round to giving it a go last night. What a great little masterpiece it is. A haunting lullaby to all love that can never be. This Swedish film is mesmerizing from the start. Its sheer beauty interrupted by scenes of punishing horror. The snowy landscapes of urban Sweden are portrayed as a green lit canvas in which the drama plays out. And what drama? its mainly young cast are as one superb, totally believable from the off, in a story that whilst languid is utterly compelling. Highly recommended. |
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Truly not. I think the first 3 although wildly different make a great trilogy. Resurrection is both unnecessary and poorly executed in my eyes |
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Half-watching Hunt for Red October on Film4 and even though it's difficult to mess up a submarine film, this is a surprisingly good film and I like it very much... Directed by John McTiernan, who's in the slammer these days I think... |
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