What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Prince_Vajda]

An interesting double feature this evening:

- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie by Luis Bunuel: great flick. I'm gonna post a little review over the next few days.
- The Walking Dead by Michael Curtiz: one of the best Classic Horror flicks. Karloff is mesmerising! Film stills will follow tomorrow.

Greetings!

[Make Them Die Slowly]

"The Fighter"- shit, this is really good. Bale is on fire in it.

[platostotal]

Saw APOLLO 18, it's a 'lost footage' type job, though quite entertaining I should warn that it is full of flashing, strobing. blinking images(most I've ever seen in a film) so if that's a problem keep clear. Very hokey in places, i.e. if you're ever on the moon and think there's beasties about, don't go down a dark crater on your own. Tho they are hardly ever seen the beasties are squirm inducing, it's less than 90min long so no real padding needed, you'll see lots of influences and the ending and plot details will be sussed by members here in a jot, but the audience seemed into it. Just don't expect ALIEN or a CGI or effects fest. And remember about those flashes. I kinda liked it, sort of.

[nekromantik]

just rewatched Attack the Block.
As entertaining as when I first saw it at the cinema!
i do think its a very clever movie as its a actual original movie involving aliens!
The creatures actually look cool and the comedy is good.

[pedromonkey]

just watched a film called Middle Men about the creation of the internet porn boom in the late 90s and the corruption and dodgy dealings that went on behind the scenes. Luke Wilson is very good in it. Also has James Caan as a corrupt lawyer and Giovanni Ribisi steals the film as one of the originators of pay per view online porn. Kind of a cross between Social Network and Blow.

[Phurious]

Originally Posted by Rik

Love the tagline too: "It's not a remake, it's not a sequel and it's not based on a Japanese one", classic

Does Hatchet 2 have, "It's not based on a Japanese one." on it?

[Phurious]

Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

"The Fighter"- shit, this is really good. Bale is on fire in it.

That film is so damn good. I've watched it quite a few times now. I think Wahlberg is so understated in his central performance too. Him and Bale work in absolute harmony.

Love the fact that they used the exact cameras that were used by HBO in the original fights to give it that added authenticity for the fight sequences.

And the women? Wow that is one crazy ass family

It also has Wang Chung's Dancehall Days on it, which is such an ace tune.

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by Phurious

That film is so damn good. I've watched it quite a few times now. I think Wahlberg is so understated in his central performance too. Him and Bale work in absolute harmony.

Love the fact that they used the exact cameras that were used by HBO in the original fights to give it that added authenticity for the fight sequences.

And the women? Wow that is one crazy ass family

It also has Wang Chung's Dancehall Days on it, which is such an ace tune.

There's a stillness to Wahlberg's performance that is great in the midst of all the frantic shouting and tics of the rest of the cast that really makes him stand out. Amy Adams is good too. Not so sure about Wang Chung.

[Phurious]

Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

There's a stillness to Wahlberg's performance that is great in the midst of all the frantic shouting and tics of the rest of the cast that really makes him stand out. Amy Adams is good too. Not so sure about Wang Chung.

Yeh, Adams plays a blinder, although I really enjoyed her in Enchanted

Haha! I wouldn't expect there to be much Wang Chung love around these parts, but hey, I'm a sucker for the 80s and synths

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Phurious

Yeh, Adams plays a blinder, although I really enjoyed her in Enchanted

The Fighter was a little like The Kids Are All Right as you had two actresses delivering amazing performances and there was a question of which was going to get nominated and which of the two was going to win -- I had no complaints with Melissa Leo getting the nod over Amy Adams because she was also compelling.

I also really like Enchanted. It's a film that shouldn't really work but does and, even though the ending is somewhat predictable, Adams is terrific and the script is really smart in a knowing way.