What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[MrBarlow]

Game Of Death. 1978.

From the Bruce Lee Boxset I got for my birthday I held off watching this as I thought it was in poor taste how this was done, don't get me wrong the fight scenes in this are good, and had used the footage that was made with Bruce Lee going from level to level facing different opponents. But to use footage from his funeral to co-operate with the plot of the film that hopefully was permitted to use.

Through out the boxset all the films have really been touched up with the picture quality and sound is amazing, think I need to get my hands on Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story at some point.

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[bleakshaun]

viewing over the past wee while
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[Demoncrat]

Isn't White Fire just a whole heap of fun b?

[bleakshaun]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

Isn't White Fire just a whole heap of fun b?

****ing terribly hidden fetish porn

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by bleakshaun

****ing terribly hidden fetish porn

:ha il:

[iank]

Saw Zombieland last night, first time in well over a decade. Still think it's a bit overrated - and as a zomcom not a patch of Shaun of the Dead - but it's amusing and entertaining enough throughout.

[gag]

Watched george and Mildred since I bought it other week for 50p

It was a bit more miss than hit,
The storyline and plot was bit to daft and silly to be entertaining,
Most decent part was when George booked the restaurant for old time sake only for it to turn out to be a greasy spoon cafe for bikers ,
Nowhere near as entertaining as the tv show, it was ok at its best ,
Sadly it was Yootha Joyce final appearance before she passed away, such a shame she was talented actress and a delight to watch in anything she was in.

[Demoncrat]

I fukcign love that film. It's so different from the parent material ETC. REWATCH.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Casino Royale (2006)

Daniel Craig's introduction to the role of James Bond and what an introduction it is. Directed by Martin Campbell who also directed Goldeneye, Pierce Brosnan's debut as Bond, Casino Royale is as thrilling as movies come.

From the breathless free running chase through Madagascar's docklands to the equally breathless poker game with the bloody teared Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), Campbell keeps the viewer on the edge of their seat throughout.

Craig himself is brilliant, bringing a grittiness, removing much of the refinement of earlier Bonds, and in true Fleming style made him a ruthless killing machine, yet also giving him a more human aspect especially his relationship with Vesper Lynd (Eva Green).

It's not quite a perfect film. For a start it's perhaps ten or fifteen minutes too long and Le Chiffre who was a very good villain is disposed of by unseen assailants off screen which was ridiculous. There's also a lack of Monty Norman's classic Bond theme in the film (Again Goldeneye was the same so maybe it's a Martin Campbell thing). However it does sport my favourite Bond song. The fantastic You Know My Name by the much missed Chris Cornell and takes it's musical cues from this so i'll not say too much.

Casino Royale seen fifteen years on from release remains fresh and the series revitalized. It's status as a top three James Bond film never deteriorating. Such a pity what was to come would be such a let down.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Jungle Book (2016)

A movie bought at Poundland when i was in a Blu-ray buying frenzy. Did i really want to watch this?

The answer was i suppose so, i guess.

You know what. The Jungle Book is pretty good. There are a couple of thrilling set pieces and the CGI animals look very good for the most part. Young actor Neel Sethi was also good as Mowgli. He was the only actual person in the movie the rest of the cast were voice actors with Idris Elba magnificently evil as killer tiger Shere Khan, Bill Murray performing Baloo with subtle humour and then there was Christopher Walken. A wonderful singing Christopher Walken as the King Kong like King Louis.

Occasionally the dialogue had me cringing. For all the quoting of the mythical lore of the jungle from author Rudyard Kipling there were too many times characters came up with shite like "Hey guys, this is cool" and "Isn't this awesome".

On the whole though i rather enjoyed this and thought it better than Disney's original animated cartoon from the late sixties.