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told ya :)
I liked the storyline, how people actually pay money to kill someone just to satisfy their urges. But after half an hour of tits at the beginning, I almost switched it off :(
The bit with the eyeball was gross :(
MaD dOctoR
16-04-2007, 12:07
I liked the storyline, how people actually pay money to kill someone just to satisfy their urges. But after half an hour of tits at the beginning, I almost switched it off :(
The bit with the eyeball was gross :(
(and looked silly)
yeah that's what most people like about it, it's a great idea, just not very well done at all :(
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jimmyjamjar
16-04-2007, 20:48
Watched SUNSHINE yesterday - really liked it alot - beautiful film, great story but I can't say too much. Thought the very very end was a little rushed which annoyed me as it was quite moving.
Great music from Underworld and flipping marvellous Sound Design too :)
Definately one to watch in the cinema.
Wallace and Gromit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
Brilliant.
Turnip Queen
16-04-2007, 23:24
'WILD HOGS' with John Travolta. FUCKING HILARIOUS! It starts off quite unfunny, but from the middle of it onwards it's so funny! I was in stitches!
SiNiStEr
17-04-2007, 07:42
Irvine Welsh's Wedding Belles last night, absolutely superb!
TremblingStar
17-04-2007, 07:46
SPAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !
Saw 300 last night. I don't think I've ever been irritated by dialogue so much in my life - there was about half an hour of talking at the beginning and at the end of the film which was entirely boring and I found myself just thinking 'throw some more elephants of the cliff - it was good when you did that'.
I saw it on the HUGE screen at the IMAX though and had to laugh when Petridis was shot naked from behind: it's the biggest bottom I'd ever seen
SSSSSSSSPPPPPPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRTTTT TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHH HHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
'WILD HOGS' with John Travolta. FUCKING HILARIOUS! It starts off quite unfunny, but from the middle of it onwards it's so funny! I was in stitches!
I want to see that, it looks funny. I like the clip with the guy that rides his bike into an estate agents sign on the side of the road. Also one of the blokes from Fargo's in it and I think he's hilarious :D
MaD dOctoR
17-04-2007, 09:20
I want to see that, it looks funny. I like the clip with the guy that rides his bike into an estate agents sign on the side of the road. Also one of the blokes from Fargo's in it and I think he's hilarious :D
William H Macy :D ya :D
dOc
William H Macy :D ya :D
dOc
Hahahaha I love it when he says that.....YAAAAAA!!! :D and the pregnant woman cop.......OOH YAAAAAAA!! :D Brilliant film.
TremblingStar
17-04-2007, 09:37
William H Macy and Philip Seymour Hofmann are the only two actors I can think of who have never been in a bad film. Even Steve Buscemi was in Armageddon.
'Wild Hogs' doesn't look quite my thing though, but it's had decent reviews to be fair.
Equilibrium
ok a bit derivative of Farenheit 451 (concepts) and The Matrix (style and execution) but I thought this was a decent film. why does sci-fi work best with a smaller budget? less special effects more story line/ideas I guess.....
MaD dOctoR
17-04-2007, 09:50
Hahahaha I love it when he says that.....YAAAAAA!!! :D and the pregnant woman cop.......OOH YAAAAAAA!! :D Brilliant film.
yaa :D
I like Steve Buscemi in that, when he's in the car (with Peter Stormare) and he's just talking to himself :D
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MaD dOctoR
17-04-2007, 09:56
Equilibrium
ok a bit derivative of Farenheit 451 (concepts) and The Matrix (style and execution) but I thought this was a decent film. why does sci-fi work best with a smaller budget? less special effects more story line/ideas I guess.....
yeah I remember that being good (can't really remember it that much though) It probably would have looked better if it was Samurai swords rather than guns, as I remember thinking the Posing with the guns just looked like they copied sword stances.....
but yeah wasn't it about emotion or something like that?
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MaD dOctoR
17-04-2007, 09:59
William H Macy and Philip Seymour Hofmann are the only two actors I can think of who have never been in a bad film. Even Steve Buscemi was in Armageddon.
'Wild Hogs' doesn't look quite my thing though, but it's had decent reviews to be fair.
they were both in Magnolia....:( or the Tom Cruise show as it should be known ;)
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TremblingStar
17-04-2007, 10:03
I thought Magnolia was good and didn't enjoy Equilibrium although I saw it at the cinema - bare in mind how soon after The Matrix it was released.
It's a shame because I love Christian Bale as well.
MaD dOctoR
17-04-2007, 11:10
I thought Magnolia was good and didn't enjoy Equilibrium although I saw it at the cinema - bare in mind how soon after The Matrix it was released.
It's a shame because I love Christian Bale as well.
Magnolia started off quite good.....but then just got tedious and very very very very boring, and yeah Matrix and Equilibrium did have their similarities but quite different stories....(of course Matrix loses points for the last 2 films :() and Equilibrium gains points for a Taye Diggs de-facial samurai chop :D
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jimmyjamjar
17-04-2007, 17:32
BORAT.
I belly laughed throughout most of the film :D
I wanna see Borat :D
I took my little girl to see Mr Beans Holiday on Friday, was quite good. The scenes where he's dancing in the French market are hilarious :D
jimmyjamjar
17-04-2007, 17:37
Honestly Staddsy get Borat out it's soooooooooo funny.
I took my little girl to see Mr Beans Holiday on Friday, was quite good. The scenes where he's dancing in the French market are hilarious :D
I just see it. I know a lot of people hate him but I've always loved his shows :D and I completly agree with the French market scene, it was the best part :D :D
I've always loved him too. They still show the old episodes on the kids channels over here, my little girl loves him too :D
MaD dOctoR
17-04-2007, 19:54
I wanna see Borat :D
I took my little girl to see Mr Beans Holiday on Friday, was quite good. The scenes where he's dancing in the French market are hilarious :D
I wouldn't let her watch Borat though :eek:
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FeltNature
17-04-2007, 20:46
Lost in Translation.
Wonderful.
I wouldn't let her watch Borat though :eek:
dOc
Don't worry, I won't ;)
Turnip Queen
17-04-2007, 22:38
I love Mr. Bean - only the TV episodes though, not the films. The films sucked. I'm going to see the preview of Spiderman 3 tommorrow evening so I can't wait for that! I'm going with the people from work that I hate but I couldn't pass up Spiderman!
They showed a trailer of Spiderman 3 when we were waiting to see Mr Bean. It does look quite good :)
I watched a 1950s black and white film called 'Marty' yesterday. Thought it was very well-paced and well-acted.
Watched SUNSHINE yesterday - really liked it alot - beautiful film, great story but I can't say too much. Thought the very very end was a little rushed which annoyed me as it was quite moving.
Great music from Underworld and flipping marvellous Sound Design too :)
Definately one to watch in the cinema.
I totally agree. I think they've cut out a couple of scenes at crucial points eg they seem to dock with Icarus 1 far quicker than previous scenes prepare you for - very irritating but a good film nevertheless.
There was a trailer for 28 Weeks Later at the cinema last night as well - unfortunately, it gives the impression that it'll be an uninspiring sequel.:(
Point Break and Goodfellas on dvd from my sickbed today
Turnip Queen
18-04-2007, 21:42
OMG!! I just saw SPIDERMAN 3 in the cinema!!!! It was amazing!!!!! I'm a big Spidey fan so it was very exciting - but the film was just FANTASTIC!!!
Neo-Noir
19-04-2007, 11:48
OMG!! I just saw SPIDERMAN 3 in the cinema!!!! It was amazing!!!!! I'm a big Spidey fan so it was very exciting - but the film was just FANTASTIC!!!
I went to a screening of it last night too. Really liked it. Venom was pretty scary!
MaD dOctoR
19-04-2007, 12:10
ooh is it the real venom?.....actually don't tell me.....
I went to see Wild Hogs....hmmmm....kinda funny, in places....wish there was more of John C McGinley in it, as he got most laughs for his few seconds on screen. and Ray Liotta at the end (in the end credits, is very funny :D)
dOc
Independance Day what a load of ... just because a film has a few aliens and spaceships...doesn't make it Sci-fi ....
to bad it wasn't on the 14th July
july 4th, or?
MY LIFE cos it seems like a bad movie today!
Peter Jeffery
19-04-2007, 13:31
Independance Day what a load of ... just because a film has a few aliens and spaceships...doesn't make it Sci-fi ....
to bad it wasn't on the 14th July
I was trying to remember Independence Day a while back - and was really confused about some scenes that might have been either Independence Day or Mars Attacks :confused: :confused: Mars Attacks is a much better film, though.
chrissybobs
19-04-2007, 13:33
i watched blades of glory last night haha it was funny
Mister_G
19-04-2007, 19:12
Dead Man Walkin (in school)
Well, we still need to watch the last part where he is actually brought to dead. Some people expressed a strange interest in those scenes, though, which should worry me.
OMG!! I just saw SPIDERMAN 3 in the cinema!!!! It was amazing!!!!! I'm a big Spidey fan so it was very exciting - but the film was just FANTASTIC!!!
Aw, I wanna go and see it too, watching Spiderman movies is such a different experience in the cinema rather than on DVD - it actually feels like you're flying around through NY with him :D
Venom was pretty scary!
And I thought the last villain (Doc Ock) was quite scary already, lol :p
Turnip Queen
19-04-2007, 22:04
I went to a screening of it last night too. Really liked it. Venom was pretty scary!
Venom was just amazing!!!! Very scary! I loved the funny bits in the film too - I was in stitches!
VisualFallacy
20-04-2007, 10:01
Went to see Wild Hogs last night, it wasn't that bad! It was funny in places... basic American humour and that (no offence!) I did love John Travolta in it, he was hilarious!
Slightly annoyed, the latter half of the film has given my girlfriend a thing about me dressing up as a cowgirl for her!
Neo-Noir
20-04-2007, 10:54
Venom was just amazing!!!! Very scary! I loved the funny bits in the film too - I was in stitches!
Yeah, I loved the bit with J. Jonah Jameson taking his pills!
MaD dOctoR
20-04-2007, 13:27
Went to see Wild Hogs last night, it wasn't that bad! It was funny in places... basic American humour and that (no offence!) I did love John Travolta in it, he was hilarious!
Slightly annoyed, the latter half of the film has given my girlfriend a thing about me dressing up as a cowgirl for her!
nothing wrong with cowgirls :D
dOc
I've just watched Night At The Museum. Hahahaha brilliant film, Ben Stiller makes me laugh :D
'Casino Royale' - far-fetched and very enjoyable. Over two hours long and didn't drag at any point. Minus point if I had to name one would be the opening credits. They're stylish but there's nary a female in sight and the title song commits the cardinal sin of being entirely forgettable which for a Bond movie is unforgivable.
trevorlsciact
21-04-2007, 23:56
GATTACA, in school last week, what a great movie! I didn't like the ending tho, I can't believe he left Uma behind to go to space, he was rather obsessed with space tho, that was kinda the point tho wasn't it? being very driven and all that.
Has anyone watched My Summer of Love, i want to see it but it's rather expensive. Is it worth it? It looks very good, and i love the soundtrack i can't imagine why ;)
Peter Jeffery
22-04-2007, 10:41
The Ring on BBC3 last night. I'd seen the Japanese original, but not the re-make, and was curious to see what Hollywood made of it. The original seemed very distinctively Japanese - and weird in a peculiarly Japanese way. (Hats off to the Japanese for preserving such a distinctive culture.) The Hollywood version is better than I expected and occasionally approaches the creepiness of the original.
'Borat - Cultural.....' on DVD. Okay but the gag works better as part of his TV show, that's to say shorter and mixed in with other characters. I laughed most of all at the extras. The 'cheese' one starts off funny, goes on to become unfunny then becomes funny again. And Sasha-Cohen almost starts laughing at one point in the cheese bit which is quite pleasing. :)
MaD dOctoR
22-04-2007, 14:09
The Hitcher (remake) as I can't quite remember the original so I'm not sure what's changed and what hasn't, it's...erm.....ok.....not brilliant, Sean Bean does an ok job as "The Hitcher" (But I think Rutger Hauer was better.....from what I do remember) hmmm not really a film I can recommend unless you have time to spare :) it's just ok....and a bit silly at the end. ;)
dOc
"The Lives of Others".
The recent Oscar winner for Foreign Language film, it's set in East Germany in 1984 and is about an officer in the Stasi who unwavering commitment to his work is challenged by what he encounters spying on some enemies of the state.
It's simply and compellingly told, has moments of humour and is hugely affecting. Thoroughly recommended.
The Carpathian
22-04-2007, 20:52
Finally watched "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" today - and rather loved it.
I think I need to watch it a couple of times more to truly catch everything but even on the first view it was pretty good.
jimmyjamjar
23-04-2007, 08:34
Finally watched "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" today - and rather loved it.
I think I need to watch it a couple of times more to truly catch everything but even on the first view it was pretty good.
Aaaaw I love that film too - and yes it definitley benefits from a second viewing!
Neo-Noir
23-04-2007, 09:23
GATTACA, in school last week, what a great movie! I didn't like the ending tho, I can't believe he left Uma behind to go to space, he was rather obsessed with space tho, that was kinda the point tho wasn't it? being very driven and all that.
Gattaca has to be one of my favourite films ever. Jude Law's great in it (‘My eyes are prettier than yours.’), he's really good at playing bitchy pretty boys (see also Wilde). And I love that stunning building they used as the location of the space centre. I think it's some kind of arts centre in California.
VisualFallacy
23-04-2007, 11:07
I watched Spiderman 2 last night... have told the girlfriend that if she expects me to sit through Spiderman 3 then I need to watch the 2nd one (I hated the 1st that much I never bothered). It was alright, better than the 1st but still rubbish!
I think it's because I HATE kirsten dunst SOOOOOOOOOOO much! I kept hoping that Dr mental metal legs would jab his metal fist right through her face... or that someone would tickle spidey when he was holding that wall off her... alas my wishes did not come true.
VisualFallacy
30-04-2007, 07:53
We watched The Interpreter last night, I thought it was absolutely fantastic!! had absolutely no idea what was around the corner until the last 15 minutes or so, it was excellent!
Neo-Noir
30-04-2007, 09:24
Watched a French film, The Beat That My Heart Skipped, at the weekend. Pretty good - it's about this guy who's involved in crime as a kind of enforcer for a slum landlord, who's given up a promising future as a pianist. He gets the chance to take it up again, but his criminal connections keep pulling him back. The lead actor, Romain Duris, is a bit of a hottie, all broody and enigmatic, in that way French guys so often are.
Quick question....
Does anyone know any good sites to stream moives from?
Or to download from?
I have a few excelent ones for tv shows, but nothing for films...
Any takers?
(I'm think new and old really)
MaD dOctoR
03-05-2007, 14:31
Quick question....
Does anyone know any good sites to stream moives from?
Or to download from?
I have a few excelent ones for tv shows, but nothing for films...
Any takers?
(I'm think new and old really)
legally? ;)
dOc
is it ever?
;)
You can PM if you don't want to write anything here... I did assume you'd know of something... or am I jumping the gun here...?
MaD dOctoR
03-05-2007, 14:51
me Illegal never.....
PM winging it's way over :D
dOc
MaD dOctoR
03-05-2007, 17:34
rewatched Black Book or (Zwartboek) last night, a good film but really seems rushed in the last half of the film, and Carice Van Houten mmmmmm lovely she so gorgeous she has such lovely eyes.
but that's not really about the film is it :D a good film I recomend seeing it :) (Was better in the Cinema though)
dOc
Turnip Queen
03-05-2007, 22:30
Starsky and Hutch. HAHAHA I never get tired of Ben Stiller
MaD dOctoR
03-05-2007, 22:40
Starsky and Hutch. HAHAHA I never get tired of Ben Stiller
DO IT! DO IT!
:D
dOc
Peter Jeffery
03-05-2007, 22:45
Frida. Saw the film on DVD this evening. Amazing!
Kung Fu Hustle - genius film. :D
MaD dOctoR
04-05-2007, 00:48
Kung Fu Hustle - genius film. :D
:D
"hey you, yeah you, I'll fight you,......no not you......you.....yeah you.....stand up......no not you.......you.......yes you.....no.......I don't fight children.......nobody wants to fight me huh?" :D
dOc
Spidey 3¬
Venon Venom Venom Venom!
I'm very near to watch Spider Man 3
^^ I cannot wait! :D
Turnip Queen
04-05-2007, 23:36
DO IT! DO IT!
:D
dOc
HAHAHAHAHAHA I love Ben Stiller and his gang, I always get excited when one of their pisstake films comes out, they're the best!
MaD dOctoR
05-05-2007, 00:25
HAHAHAHAHAHA I love Ben Stiller and his gang, I always get excited when one of their pisstake films comes out, they're the best!
actually I haven't seen "there's something about mary" in quite some time....I may just have to watch that tomorrow :D
"We've got a bleeder!!!" got a big laugh in the cinema, as did the rest of the film :D
just caught the end of "The Three Amigos" :D love that film, and the song too :D "we are the 3 Ahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah-Migos" :D
dOc
Turnip Queen
05-05-2007, 22:25
HAHAHA My favourites are 'Dodgeball' and 'Zoolander' - they made me laugh the most! God I'm dying to see Spiderman 3 again, I saw the preview and LOVED it so much! Venom is fantastic!
jimmyjamjar
06-05-2007, 10:34
Casino Royale - liked it alot actually - Daniel Craig makes a good, mean, shaggable bond (actually the first Bond I definately would). Crap theme tune though - we thought that Shirley Bassey covering "The Ace of Spades" would have made a much better theme toon.
"Thunderbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall, Goldfingeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer, The Ace Of Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaades......" Yeah, I'm liking that.
jimmyjamjar
06-05-2007, 10:57
She hasn't got the range, dahling.
MaD dOctoR
06-05-2007, 11:34
that woman annoys me a lot.
if there was ever a woman that needed botoxing (not for the wrinkles) just to make her face stand still for one fecking second
(plus it might stop her singing too) :D
dOc
jimmyjamjar
06-05-2007, 11:38
OI! You can't knock the BassMeister!
I'm seeing her at Glasto and am probably a bit too excited about it.....
GOLDFINGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!
Spider-Man 3!!
Awesome!!!
Better than the first and the second one...
:D
Turnip Queen
06-05-2007, 22:41
I love that film so much! How fantastic was it??? I'm dying to see it again, I was sooo lucky to see the preview, that's the one thing that's been good in my job was getting those tickets! I have to see it again very soon!
Last night I watched American Pie - band camp - it was shit, just an imitation of everything with very weak humour, I should've known, but couldn't resist watching it anyway!
TremblingStar
07-05-2007, 18:21
Saw 'This Is England' - which was amazing with so many good performances.
Not a comfortable watch though - you spend about an hour waiting for something horrible to happen, knowing that it's going to happen.
RubySlipper
07-05-2007, 18:27
Little Miss Sunshine.
Real feel-good movie, even if I did cry a lot at the colour blind part.
kissies
Turnip Queen
08-05-2007, 00:01
I want to see Little Miss Sunshine again. I did enjoy it in the cinema but I was on a date so didn't get the full value of it as I would if I'd been alone.
Satin_Gypsy
08-05-2007, 00:19
"An Inconvenient Truth". It was an assignment for my Global Enviroment class. There was a trip to see Al Gore live and I just didn't feel like going, so the movie was my alternative.
jimmyjamjar
08-05-2007, 01:09
"London to Brighton"
Gritty drama about prostitution - great cast, looks stunning and all done for 50K.
Shocking but fab film.
VisualFallacy
08-05-2007, 07:14
"London to Brighton"
Gritty drama about prostitution - great cast, looks stunning and all done for 50K.
Shocking but fab film.
Oooh thats playing at our local theatre, I might go and see it
Watched Jackie Brown last night... still love it! And Finding Nemo the day before that hehe!
Neo-Noir
08-05-2007, 10:33
Watched La Reine Margot on DVD last night. Great film about the Huguenot (i've probably spelt that wrong) massacres in France in the 16th century, and the corrupt royals (especially the King's evil, scheming mother, Catherine de Medici) behind them. It's a really blood-spattered drama, quite over the top, but very good. Isabelle Adjani plays the title role, and I don't know how she does it, but she always looks fabulous, and really great for her age. The very lovely Vincent Perez is in it too, looking really sexy in (and especially out) of those period costumes.
jimmyjamjar
08-05-2007, 13:18
Oooh thats playing at our local theatre, I might go and see it
Yeah do it's great - if not a bit depressing.
Personally I'm getting dead excited about seeing 28 weeks later - i totally need some zombie flesh eating gore right now.
MaD dOctoR
08-05-2007, 13:50
Yeah do it's great - if not a bit depressing.
Personally I'm getting dead excited about seeing 28 weeks later - i totally need some zombie flesh eating gore right now.
Hope it's better than the first one.....which started off quite good....but then took a nose dive halfway through :(
dOc
peppermintpig
08-05-2007, 14:02
I want to see Little Miss Sunshine again. I did enjoy it in the cinema but I was on a date so didn't get the full value of it as I would if I'd been alone.
Oh I know what you mean, all that groping and positioning Minstrels in strategic places so you can "engineer" a good snog. :D I missed most of The Bone Collector that way, and I specifically chose that film for a date so that we`d be engrossed and not like a pair of salivating badgers in June :rolleyes:
Saw "The Land That Time Forgot" for the first time in ages yesterday. I like the starched pterodactyls.
chrissybobs
08-05-2007, 14:11
Stand By Me last night aaaaaaaaaaaw i love it so much il never ever ever get bored of it
RubySlipper
08-05-2007, 19:28
I want to see Little Miss Sunshine again. I did enjoy it in the cinema but I was on a date so didn't get the full value of it as I would if I'd been alone.
I forgot to mention how FANTASTIC the soundtrack is as well, nice amount of Sufjan and DeVotchKa.
Stand By Me last night aaaaaaaaaaaw i love it so much il never ever ever get bored of it
I saw it too! Was the first time I watched it. The book was really good and they got the film pretty damn close as well, for once.
kissies
The Carpathian
08-05-2007, 19:31
like a pair of salivating badgers
We're going to need a badger sub-forum if this keeps up! :D;)
RubySlipper
08-05-2007, 19:34
Good thinking. I don't think anyone could start it other than the badger miester himself.
*looks around for a pair of sticky out ears*
I've had a Nicholson fest over the past two days. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" yesterday (my favourite film) and "the Shining" today. Was seXXXeh.
Is two films enough for a fest?
kissies
just came from the cinema/spidy3
Watched La Reine Margot on DVD last night. Great film about the Huguenot (i've probably spelt that wrong) massacres in France in the 16th century, and the corrupt royals (especially the King's evil, scheming mother, Catherine de Medici) behind them. It's a really blood-spattered drama, quite over the top, but very good. Isabelle Adjani plays the title role, and I don't know how she does it, but she always looks fabulous, and really great for her age. The very lovely Vincent Perez is in it too, looking really sexy in (and especially out) of those period costumes.
I love that film and most certainly adore the gorgeous Ms Adajni.
Watched the DVD of Spiderman 2. The first time I've seen it since I saw it in the cinema and it doesn't improve with age/second viewing. A plodding screenplay, one dimensional character development and the romance between Peter Parker and MJ is just cringeworthy. Some good action sequences though.
I just hope Spiderman 3 is better.
(The first in the series was enjoyable, I have to say).
MaD dOctoR
10-05-2007, 00:04
This Is A Shit Film......I mean....This Is England ;)
what a load of bollocks, terrible awful shit acting, apart from Stephen Graham who again puts in a great performance, it's just a shame it was in this pile-O-shite.
it begins with really bad acting starts to pick up when Stephen arrives onscreen but then never really goes anywhere, or does anything. just felt like it was made in a day.
A lot of people have had different thoughts about the film, some saying it was "Amazing" I fail to see that.
dOc
rhiannon
10-05-2007, 00:09
deja vu which was ok. nuthin too great, but it was enjoyable.
MaD dOctoR
12-05-2007, 00:52
28 Weeks Later
Sooooo much better than the first film, (which I thought started off quite good but just went downhill from there on) this one starts off as it means to go on, which is always good for a Zombie style film, some very good jump-in-your-seat-not-because-it's-scary-as-you-know-it's-coming-but-it's-the-loud-noise-that-makes-flinch.....moments
(I think cineworld have there speakers way to loud sometimes, you know when it's so loud that it becomes inaudible, just a fuzz, and you're pulling a lemon sucking face, it was the same for This Is England)
anyway, If you liked the first film, you should Love this, unless you loved the first film....then you'll probably hate this. ;) (if that makes sense)
dOc
Turnip Queen
12-05-2007, 01:17
Ooh I want to see 28 weeks later! I see Robert Carlysle is in it, so it must be good!
I just rewatched one of my favourite films, 'Shirley Valentine', I love that film so much!
Pan's Labyrinth... not sure about the English name
I've just stopped crying.....
Didn't expect so many gory details though... Who told me that was a child movie??
linoleum
13-05-2007, 16:55
Most recent film today was "Quadrophenia" , they had the DVD on special offer at Virgin and I used to have the video but someone borrowed it and never gave it back....
Memories, is all I can say!
Classic "Yoof" film.
:D
'Ello Lino! Nice to see you back again. :)
linoleum
13-05-2007, 17:38
'Ello Lino! Nice to see you back again. :)
Hello!
Yes sorry about my further disappearance, was to do with a laptop and some bar-steward hacking into it....GGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR///:mad:
However my lovely mum has donated her pc to me so I'm up and running again!!
Hurrah!!
Decided to get shot of the Sylvian Avator and quote and update with my current faves The Gossip and the wonderul Beth Ditto.
Fat and proud....yessssssssssssssssssss :D
jimmyjamjar
13-05-2007, 18:40
Pan's Labyrinth... not sure about the English name
I've just stopped crying.....
Didn't expect so many gory details though... Who told me that was a child movie??
Yes it's Pan's Labyrinth in English too! I loved that film and I've got it out on dvd to watch again :)
Watched The Queen again this morning - great film Mirren and the guy who plays Blair are really so believeable.
jimmyjamjar
13-05-2007, 18:40
However my lovely mum has donated her pc to me so I'm up and running again!!
Hurrah!!
Decided to get shot of the Sylvian Avator and quote and update with my current faves The Gossip and the wonderul Beth Ditto.
Fat and proud....yessssssssssssssssssss :D
Hellooooooo and welcome back Sandi (and Beth)
Hope you're here to stay :)
xx
The Carpathian
13-05-2007, 20:10
I watched Rocky 6 ("Rocky Balboa") this afternoon and it's easily as good as the first couple in the series.
Much against my better judgement I even went "Gooooo oooon, Rocky!" once or twice.
Colour me: Pleasantly surprised.
Peter Jeffery
13-05-2007, 21:34
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad on Channel 5 this afternoon.
Spider Man 3 for the second (and no the last) time
I love it!!!
:D it will be 3 Spider movies more :D
If is that true, I would like to see Lizard, Mystery (In spanish is Misterio) and Shocker
VisualFallacy
14-05-2007, 07:07
I watched Hitch last night and it wasnt as painful as I thought it would be.
FeltNature
14-05-2007, 16:54
Rebecca, it was on the Beeb on Saturday. Recently my interest in Hitchcock has been waning but this picked it right up again.
'born into brothels'. my goodness.
Chronos, on DVD yesterday. Marvellous.
(That's Chronos the Ron Fricke short, not Kronos the Guillermo del Toro film.)
RubySlipper
15-05-2007, 19:45
I watched Fallen Down today which was good but frustrating.
Like "One Hour Photo" or "the internet."
kissies
MaD dOctoR
15-05-2007, 21:12
I watched Fallen Down today which was good but frustrating.
Like "One Hour Photo" or "the internet."
kissies
do you mean Falling Down ;)
I love that film :D
dOc
RubySlipper
15-05-2007, 21:25
do you mean Falling Down ;)
I love that film :D
dOc
Yes, I would mean Falling Down.
It would be better with LESS Michael Douglas and MORE Christopher Walken.
kissies
MaD dOctoR
15-05-2007, 21:50
Yes, I would mean Falling Down.
It would be better with LESS Michael Douglas and MORE Christopher Walken.
kissies
eh?????
Michael Douglas was great in it......and I don't remember Walken being in it ;)
I don't think walken would have been right for the role....if that's what you are meaning :D
dOc
Mischief Night It was really funny Love that film :)
RubySlipper
16-05-2007, 20:08
eh?????
Michael Douglas was great in it......and I don't remember Walken being in it ;)
I don't think walken would have been right for the role....if that's what you are meaning :D
dOc
I just think every film ever made would be better with more Walken. Regardless of what he's doing.
kissies
Neo-Noir
21-05-2007, 16:49
Went to a couple of previews of upcoming films over the weekend. Wedding Daze, which is a new rom-com with Jason Biggs from American Pie in it. It's a bit like American Pie in a way, but with less of the gross-out comedy (he doesn't shag any baked goods). Quite funny in parts, but a bit inconsistent. Isla Fisher's in it too (formerly of Home & Away and now Sacha Baron Cohen's girlfriend). I have to say, even speaking as someone the other way inclined, she is stunning-looking.
Then saw Shrek The Third on Sunday, which was good. I love it when Puss In Boots does his sad eyes. Think it should be the last though, they can only take it so far.
Ooh.La.Lisa
21-05-2007, 17:22
^How very true! I don't really have a problem with prequels or sequels, but sometimes it's too much! I still want to see Shrek the Third, though, it's always a laugh!
MaD dOctoR
21-05-2007, 21:12
Touristas (stupidly re-titled to Paradise Lost here in the UK)
it's actually not a bad film, (not brilliant either though) there are some parts that are a bit silly but there is a great part in the film (I watched the Unrated version so it's probably not as good in the cut down version) but it's pretty well done, I won't spoil it for you though :D
it's worth seeing....just remember that it's not brilliant....acting is pretty good from most of the cast.
I enjoyed it anyway.....just love that scene :D
dOc
MaD dOctoR
21-05-2007, 21:19
Went to a couple of previews of upcoming films over the weekend. Wedding Daze, which is a new rom-com with Jason Biggs from American Pie in it. It's a bit like American Pie in a way, but with less of the gross-out comedy (he doesn't shag any baked goods). Quite funny in parts, but a bit inconsistent. Isla Fisher's in it too (formerly of Home & Away and now Sacha Baron Cohen's girlfriend). I have to say, even speaking as someone the other way inclined, she is stunning-looking.
Then saw Shrek The Third on Sunday, which was good. I love it when Puss In Boots does his sad eyes. Think it should be the last though, they can only take it so far.
yep have to agree with the Isla Fisher thing :D (I only ever glanced at home and away when she was on :D)
dOc
jordanfitz208
21-05-2007, 22:07
i'm half way through scary movie 2 (i always watch films in at least 2 parts, unless im at the cinema) but the last film i saw fully was spiderman (the modern, 2002 one) i think scary movie 2 is from 2002 also, im a bit behind when it comes to films, lol!
Turnip Queen
21-05-2007, 22:58
Just went to see ZODIAC tonight with the delicious Jake Gyllenhall - it was really good! I'm always terrified walking home after creepy movies though!
I saw Disturbia
Not bad... I like it
jimmyjamjar
22-05-2007, 07:47
Just went to see ZODIAC tonight with the delicious Jake Gyllenhall - it was really good! I'm always terrified walking home after creepy movies though!
Really really want to see that.
Saw Little Children last night - great great film - I always forget how utterley watchable Kate Winslet is on screen. Very stylish film and quite shocking in places too.
Neo-Noir
22-05-2007, 09:29
Just went to see ZODIAC tonight with the delicious Jake Gyllenhall - it was really good! I'm always terrified walking home after creepy movies though!
I'm envious, I really, really want to see that, I like David Fincher's films a lot. And oh Jake... [sighs]
Cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolll Runnings (on my dvd now *big grin*)
:D :D :D :D :D :D
I just saw The Magicians.
It was alright, although if you've seen Peep Show you'll keep thinking they're getting each other names wrong.
Plus, it had Rasmus Hardiker in it, which is never a bad thing.
Turnip Queen
22-05-2007, 23:44
Really really want to see that.
Saw Little Children last night - great great film - I always forget how utterley watchable Kate Winslet is on screen. Very stylish film and quite shocking in places too.
Ooh I hadn't heard of that, and I love Kate Winslet too!
Turnip Queen
22-05-2007, 23:45
I'm envious, I really, really want to see that, I like David Fincher's films a lot. And oh Jake... [sighs]
It is very long, BUT with Jake in it, it can only be a good thing!¬ :D
HAHAHAHA Tonight I rewatched 'The most fertile man in Ireland' HAHA With a title like that you just have to watch it!
MaD dOctoR
23-05-2007, 00:24
I just saw The Magicians.
It was alright, although if you've seen Peep Show you'll keep thinking they're getting each other names wrong.
Plus, it had Rasmus Hardiker in it, which is never a bad thing.
is he the kid in Saxondale???
dOc
jimmyjamjar
23-05-2007, 07:17
The Notorious Bettie Page
Looks great, Gretchen Mol is fab in it - good film but not amazing.
is he the kid in Saxondale???
dOc
Yeah, and Lead Balloon. :cool:
MaD dOctoR
23-05-2007, 10:31
Yeah, and Lead Balloon. :cool:
that show was a Lead Balloon, should have been better with Jack Dee in it....but it was just boring :(
dOc
peppermintpig
23-05-2007, 11:59
that show was a Lead Balloon, should have been better with Jack Dee in it....but it was just boring :(
dOc
Oooh no I liked that. I really wanted him to let rip at the bloke in the last episode whose mum`s cat had been lost, but he didn`t, which was clever (if a little disappointing) I liked Magda, she was like a communist prophetess that only existed to drive Jack Dee mad. I`d watch it again! Isn`t it odd how Jack Dee doesn`t look much older than he did in the late 80s? That`s Librans for you, they always luck out when it comes to ageing.
Neo-Noir
23-05-2007, 12:21
Oooh no I liked that. I really wanted him to let rip at the bloke in the last episode whose mum`s cat had been lost, but he didn`t, which was clever (if a little disappointing) I liked Magda, she was like a communist prophetess that only existed to drive Jack Dee mad. I`d watch it again! Isn`t it odd how Jack Dee doesn`t look much older than he did in the late 80s? That`s Librans for you, they always luck out when it comes to ageing.
I liked Lead Balloon a lot too, especially Magda and her stories about her home country, and the daughter and her boyfriend's endless attempts to scam money off her dad.
MaD dOctoR
23-05-2007, 12:53
Oooh no I liked that. I really wanted him to let rip at the bloke in the last episode whose mum`s cat had been lost, but he didn`t, which was clever (if a little disappointing) I liked Magda, she was like a communist prophetess that only existed to drive Jack Dee mad. I`d watch it again! Isn`t it odd how Jack Dee doesn`t look much older than he did in the late 80s? That`s Librans for you, they always luck out when it comes to ageing.
hehehehe I'm a Libra :D
dOc
jimmyjamjar
29-05-2007, 19:35
Young Adam
Good moody film with a fab soundtrack by David Byrne.
Oh and you get to see Ewan Macgregor's willy - which kind of made it for me.
The Pianist. Tremendous film about a jewish concert pianist and how he survived the nazi occupation of poland
Turnip Queen
29-05-2007, 21:42
I put on School of Rock when I came in today, I love that movie, Jack Black is a legend!
greenwell64
29-05-2007, 22:51
I put on School of Rock when I came in today, I love that movie, Jack Black is a legend!
"I believe that children are the future. Teach them well and let them lead the way...":D
ha ha ha that'll be Mr Jarman's Super8's at the Tate then!
Neo-Noir
30-05-2007, 13:19
Went to see Pirates Of The Caribbean 3 at the weekend. It wasn't all that good though. Probably didn't help that I hadn't seen the second one, so I didn't always follow who'd double-crossed who and so on, but even so, it left me a little cold. I think a lot of the blame has to be laid at the feet of Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom - they're both pretty, but neither of them's a very good actor. There was a bit too much CGI nonsense too. Nice costumes though.
Watched a couple of DVDs this week: The Prestige, which was enjoyable while not being a patch on the book, and Pirates Of The Caribbean 2, which put me off seeing the third one - the first film was fun, but the second just seemed to drag on and on to me.
jimmyjamjar
31-05-2007, 22:53
Starter for 10.
I wouldn't bother if i were you.
greenwell64
01-06-2007, 00:22
Bang a gas coin!
Are you referring to the host of the old University Challenge, pray tell?
That's 'im - Bang a gas coin!
greenwell64
01-06-2007, 01:00
From some comic I saw on ITV in the 70's...
Q: (Mr. Gascoigne) What is the closest thing to silver?
A: The Lone Ranger's Bum.
I went to see the latest Pirates film last night.
It's quite good, but nothing special, what I expected from it really. They left it open for ANOTHER follow on film, which is good and annoying in equal measure.
RubySlipper
01-06-2007, 13:49
The Notorious Bettie Page
Looks great, Gretchen Mol is fab in it - good film but not amazing.
I want to get it, but hadn't heard any reviews about it. Automatically favoured it due to the "Bettie Page" part.
kissies
I watched Batman, in bed, on my PSP.
It was weird. All scenes with the Joker/Jack Nicholson were awesome, but Batman himself was pretty crap. He was constantly losing until right at the end.
RubySlipper
01-06-2007, 13:57
EVERYTHING with Jack Nicholson is awesome.
kissies
MaD dOctoR
01-06-2007, 14:37
found myself re-watching Wolf Creek last night........I remembered why I hated it the first time round.......takes to long to get where it's going then it's over....
plus going back to someone's lair when they've just drugged you, tied you up and put you in a shed......after getting away in a fucking truck...you come to a cliff side....do you A) reverse the truck and carry on till you hit road, B) turn off the lights on the truck and wait for killer to come for you or C) push said truck over the cliff.....and wait for killer to come look for you.....hmmm well I know which one I'd do.....;)
awful film........
anyway I think I've done a "review" for this before in here.....but it needs to be said again....AWFUL FILM :)
dOc
I want to get it, but hadn't heard any reviews about it. Automatically favoured it due to the "Bettie Page" part.
kissies
Lots of 'The Notorious Betty Page' reviews. (http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/notoriousbettiepage?q=betty%20page)
jimmyjamjar
11-06-2007, 08:51
Enduring Love
Great great British film - I though I'd give it a go and the first 5 minutes totally gobsmacked me - simple but very very effective!
VisualFallacy
11-06-2007, 09:47
I watched red eye last night, I thought it was going to be absolutely awful but it wasn't half bad, helped by the fact that it was quite short and there was something going on from start to finish, thoroughly enjoyable but the bloke in it was horrid, normally piercing blue eyes on a bloke would be a good thing but he had absolutely no redeeming features. Can't see Rachel McAdams as anyone but Regina George either!! She was very good in it though I thought.
MaD dOctoR
11-06-2007, 12:10
I watched red eye last night, I thought it was going to be absolutely awful but it wasn't half bad, helped by the fact that it was quite short and there was something going on from start to finish, thoroughly enjoyable but the bloke in it was horrid, normally piercing blue eyes on a bloke would be a good thing but he had absolutely no redeeming features. Can't see Rachel McAdams as anyone but Regina George either!! She was very good in it though I thought.
and don't forget Jayma Mays :D
Cillian Murphy is the bloke who's evil in it, (I think it's him...haven't seen it in ages) and Rachel McAdams mmmmmmmmmmmmm
dOc
VisualFallacy
11-06-2007, 12:30
and don't forget Jayma Mays :D
Is she the girl that's the other receptionist? She was dead cute in that haha but she's evil in Ugly Betty so I have to stay on the fence for now.
MaD dOctoR
11-06-2007, 12:37
I should have posted this when it was fresh in my mind, oh well.
Pirates Of The Caribbean At Worlds End..........
SHIT FILM (with a few really funny parts)
Keith Richards was actually bloody good as a pirate, for his ooh 20 seconds on screen.....(let's not forget the whole film is around 4 hours long.......sorry I mean feels around 4 hours long, it's actually about 2 hours and 30 minutes :()
plus halfway through I was thinking to myself.....it's nice to have a bit of imagination, but the writers only seem to have imagination, and no......flow, nothing really ever makes that much sense, things are done to make it look cool......but doesn't really work out that well, like the "Sun up. Sun Down" bit with the ship, pretty sure that could have been done a different way.
and way way way too many plot holes, I did like the Crabs though, they looked very cute (for crabs)
SPOILER
I a bit amazed at how the film starts, as you know there have been complaints about various horror films that have been coming out over the past few years, but they are certificate 18 films, so I don't see much of a problem with them, this film was a 12A, meaning older children can come and see it.....(And probably a few younger ones to....you know what some parents are like ;)) so the film starts off, people walking up to be hung in groups, you're thinking to yourself, oh something going to stop them from being hung.....nope.....ok....maybe the next group......nope......right....ok.....next group.....nope.....ah now they will it's a kid, and he's just singing..........:eek: riiiiiiiiiight........ooh K that's odd for a 12A.......
then on comes the first fight scene, a bit shit really not much sword fighting mainly because the other guys have guns.....in comes that english bloke in black, he aims at someone.....bang.......a woman get's shot in the head......I was thinking to myself.....have they even watched the fucking film before they gave it a rating.....as many of you know I'm certainly not the squeamish type, that just got on my nerves a bit, it's a Disney Film after all. ;)
funny part
Jack Sparrow to his dad "How's mum?"
Jack's dad holds up a shrunken skull
:D
dOc
MaD dOctoR
11-06-2007, 12:37
Is she the girl that's the other receptionist? She was dead cute in that haha but she's evil in Ugly Betty so I have to stay on the fence for now.
yeah that's her....quite lovely :)
dOc
Neo-Noir
11-06-2007, 13:11
Watched a French film called Gazon Maudit (French Twist) over the weekend on DVD. Quite funny. It's all about a married woman who has an affair with a very butch lesbian, then moves her in to the marital home to live with her and her husband.
Peter Jeffery
11-06-2007, 13:12
Long Kiss Goodnight - on DVD last night. Good movie!
I finally saw Pirates of The Caribbean part 3. I really liked it in spite of some lame jokes :) Good special effects and nice final script. Not bad :)
vespertine
15-06-2007, 12:39
"Dead Silence"
I really don't know what to make of it. I didn't like the way it progressed but I quite liked the ending. Wasn't all that scary, although, Mary Shaw was rather spooky and the clown dummy was horrific. :o
jimmyjamjar
15-06-2007, 13:04
Watched Notes on a Scandal earlier this week.
What a great film - both leads are fantastic and it's all the better for Phillip Glass's amazing score :)
MaD dOctoR
15-06-2007, 14:29
Vacancy - Pretty good, kind of predictable, but on a whole a nice thriller/horror/whateveryouwannacallit. plus the Motel manager is fecking ace. :D
Zodiac - I really liked it, my uncle fucking hated it.......but then, he loved At Worlds End......so, guess it depends on what you like.
it could have been a shorter film, maybe more people would have liked it then. He did say that when he was doing the killings, it was pretty good, but after that it went boring......so not sure who I'd recommend to go and see it, like I said I liked it, (I might have been the only one in there that did)
plus they showed feckingstupidbastardmotherfuckingtwatfaceshitfilm harry potter trailer again......I was hoping to see the Transformers trailer on the big screen......but no......Grrrrrrrrrrr
oh yeah, and the AMC Birmingham Broadstreet has a fucking huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge Simpsons stand for the upcoming film where you sit next to Homer....
dOc
data date
15-06-2007, 14:34
The Descent - Very creepy! It's not just about scary cave dwellers, it's got an underlying plot that makes the movie more interesting than others of the same sort. I enjoyed this one a lot.
Neo-Noir
15-06-2007, 14:35
Watched Notes on a Scandal earlier this week.
What a great film - both leads are fantastic and it's all the better for Phillip Glass's amazing score :)
That is a good film. Loved the bitchy bits of narration from Barbara's diary! And any film with Siouxsie on the soundtrack is fine by be. A lot of it was filmed near where I live, which is strange to see on film.
MaD dOctoR
15-06-2007, 14:37
The Descent - Very creepy! It's not just about scary cave dwellers, it's got an underlying plot that makes the movie more interesting than others of the same sort. I enjoyed this one a lot.
I liked that film a lot.....didn't they bring it out again for some reason?
dOc
chrissybobs
15-06-2007, 14:41
The Descent - Very creepy! It's not just about scary cave dwellers, it's got an underlying plot that makes the movie more interesting than others of the same sort. I enjoyed this one a lot.
I liked that film a lot.....didn't they bring it out again for some reason?
dOc
is that the film with the creepy white things in the cave?
MaD dOctoR
15-06-2007, 15:06
is that the film with the creepy white things in the cave?
Yep I believe so :D.....
and there was another film that came out, more or less the same time called The Cave.....didn't see that one though.....
dOc
Turnip Queen
15-06-2007, 22:28
Ooh I want to see Notes on a scandal, and also Vacancy, and Harry Potter! I wanna see all of these so bad!
I put on Freaky Friday today since it was Friday!
§úβ-нù(¥)ªή
15-06-2007, 23:22
I finally got to see Pan's Labyrinth. It made me cry.
Shrek The Third!!!
:D :D :D
Turnip Queen
16-06-2007, 22:34
Oooh I want to see that!! Was it good?
I just scared the shit outta myself watching 'Wrong turn' - I saw it once before and didn't want to see it again but tonight watched it since I've watched every other dvd a million times! Now I feel disturbed and terrified of going to bed! :(
Peter Jeffery
16-06-2007, 22:36
Doin't worry - that stuff would only happen in West Virginia - certainly not in Dublin!
Turnip Queen
16-06-2007, 22:41
HAHAHAHA I just sneaked down the stairs to get a piece of bread and felt very brave! :D
Peter Jeffery
16-06-2007, 22:43
I'll bet that you didn't find any redneck crazies on the stairs.
Turnip Queen
16-06-2007, 22:46
I didn't, but I stole some chicken out of the fridge, and when I was putting it on a bit of bread I was having flashes from the film and now my appetite is gone!
Peter Jeffery
16-06-2007, 22:47
Yeah - not a film to make you feel hungry!
Turnip Queen
16-06-2007, 22:49
HAHAHA it's really like a scarier version of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre - ooh and a bit like an old episode of The X-Files too!
Peter Jeffery
16-06-2007, 22:50
But with Eliza Dushku
Turnip Queen
16-06-2007, 22:52
Yes, she's so stunning isn't she?
HAHA I love how they have two couples, and she's alone with them, very conveniently, so that she can be paired up with the guy who comes alone HAHA
Peter Jeffery
16-06-2007, 22:53
Isn't she just? She was the only reason I used to watch Tru Calling.
Turnip Queen
16-06-2007, 22:55
You know, I never watched that one! I saw her in Buffy though!
Peter Jeffery
16-06-2007, 22:59
She was my favourite slayer... She was in Bring It On, too.
Turnip Queen
16-06-2007, 23:00
Oh yeah, I saw that years ago, I'd have to watch it again, I love teen movies!
Peter Jeffery
16-06-2007, 23:03
Worth watching again - both Kirsten Dunst and Eliza Dushku made great cheer leaders!
Turnip Queen
16-06-2007, 23:09
I love Kirsten Dunst - did you ever see The Virgin Suicides?
Peter Jeffery
16-06-2007, 23:18
No - I don't think I did. Should I have done?
MaD dOctoR
17-06-2007, 00:47
how could I have missed a conversation about Eliza Dushku, Kirsten Dunst Wrong Turn and Buffy The vampire Slayer????? :eek: (and you know there is a Wrong Turn 2 coming out soon.....Henry Rollins is in it :D)
I love Kirsten Dunst - did you ever see The Virgin Suicides?
great film :D
and Drop Dead Gorgeous :D
oh and let's not forget Interview With A Vampire :D
dOc
Peter Jeffery
17-06-2007, 09:16
No - I didn't know that there's a Wrong Turn 2 coming out soon. Is Eliza Dushku in it?
MaD dOctoR
17-06-2007, 10:45
I don't think so....not sure who's in it other than Mr Rollins.
dOc
Wrong Turn 2 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804555/)
Diamond Black
17-06-2007, 14:15
There's an actor named Texas Battle in Wrong Turn 2!! hahahahahahahaha
Good lord, that poor guy must have had a nughtmare time at school if this is his real name!! What were his parents thinking??!! :rolleyes:
RubySlipper
17-06-2007, 20:22
I watched American Psycho last night.
I thought it was wonderful. There is something strangely appealing about analysing music whilst taking part in sexual related activities.
Not chopping up people though. That's dead naughty.
kissies
Tell No One.
A gripping French thriller, actually based on a novel by an American author - Harlan Corben. It centres around a widowed doctor who, 8 years after her death, receives an e-mail purporting to be from her. So begins a chain of events which keep you guessing until.....well, reasonably close to the end.
I'm glad that a Hollywood hack didn't get to make it first as this version has good characterisation and the story is allowed to develop without any over the top action scenes. There is one good chase scene that Hollywood would probably have cranked up to ludicrous extremes.
It's not perfect, but well worth seeing. Some good use of music too - Jeff Buckley singing "Lilac Wine" for example.
The Carpathian
17-06-2007, 21:04
I watched American Psycho last night.
I thought it was wonderful. There is something strangely appealing about analysing music whilst taking part in sexual related activities.
Not chopping up people though. That's dead naughty.
kissies
I wouldn't take Bateman on at darts. Especially with chainsaws. Down stairs.
RubySlipper
17-06-2007, 21:06
I wouldn't take Bateman on at... anything. Ever.
kissies
CURSES! I was planning to watch that!
Edit: Whoa, the red messed with my eyes!
RubySlipper
17-06-2007, 21:11
Ack, that looks odd.
I watched it after a yummy dose of Louis Theroux. *swoon*
Yes, you should definitely watch it kitten.
That applies for American Psycho and anything Theroux.
kissies
Turnip Queen
17-06-2007, 23:01
American Psycho is one of my favourite movies of all time! CLASSIC! And that shower scene at the beginning..............................drooooooooo ooooooooooooooooool.
Fucking hilarious film, I love it so much, it'd be in my top five!
Ooh I didn't know Wrong turn 2 was coming out - I must go see it. And Hostel 2 is coming out too. I'm gonna go see 'Vacancy' tommorrow night.
Turnip Queen
17-06-2007, 23:02
HAHAHA Tonight I watched Freddy vs Jason - it's not the best! :D
wAtChLaR
17-06-2007, 23:03
La Vie en Rose
Turnip Queen
18-06-2007, 23:03
I went to see 'Vacancy' tonight - I thought it was really good! It was like a modern take on Hitchcock's 'Psycho' actually - even the opening and closing credits were done in Hitchcock's style!
Neo-Noir
19-06-2007, 12:34
Tell No One.
A gripping French thriller, actually based on a novel by an American author - Harlan Corben. It centres around a widowed doctor who, 8 years after her death, receives an e-mail purporting to be from her. So begins a chain of events which keep you guessing until.....well, reasonably close to the end.
I'm glad that a Hollywood hack didn't get to make it first as this version has good characterisation and the story is allowed to develop without any over the top action scenes. There is one good chase scene that Hollywood would probably have cranked up to ludicrous extremes.
It's not perfect, but well worth seeing. Some good use of music too - Jeff Buckley singing "Lilac Wine" for example.
I saw a preview of this a few weeks back. Great movie. I'm glad Hollywood didn't get its hands on it too (although they may end up remaking it), it would have been predictable in Hollywood hands I reckon. And you know they'd just cast someone like Tom fucking Cruise in the lead role.
chrissybobs
20-06-2007, 15:06
Well i watched the Notebook last night after Zoe came downstairs crying her eyes out, proper sobbing with make up everywhere saying it was the lovliest love story ever, i did enjoy it and it was a nice story but i didnt cry like she did, in fact i didnt cry at all probably due to the fact that i have no feelings, apparently
Aidancro
20-06-2007, 17:38
Just watched dancer in the dark last night and now i'm like :eek: !!!
Bjork is just sooooo photogenic it's ridiculous...it's a bit over depressing though, it kinda reminded me of requiem for a dream in that sense but i still LOVED everything about it, especially the music!
chrissybobs
21-06-2007, 09:11
i went to watch the Joe Strummer film/documentary thing last night it was good but my left leg started getting restless and i had to keep jiggling it which annoyed the person next to me
Neo-Noir
22-06-2007, 16:45
Went to a preview screening of Die Hard 4.0 yesterday. Enjoyable in its way if you like that kind of thing, but very OTT, even more than the earlier ones.
Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer...
:D ;) :cool:
Dumplings. It made me hungry. Mua-ha-ha.
Peter Jeffery
23-06-2007, 11:09
Les Vacances de M. Hulot - un film de Jacques Tati
Brilliant - a real hoot!
Just watched Shrek 3.
Not really that good.
And I just watched Mr Bean's Holiday.
Also, not that good.
I need to find better things to do at 4am when I can't sleep.
Or... at least watch a good film.
Last film I watched was The Misfits.
I don't if I liked it for itself, or if I liked it because I've grown fond of Arthur Miller's work...
Anyway, Marilyn Monroe was great in it. Very touching. She gave me goosebumps when she goes mad and screams in the desert.
But Clark Gable is one disgusting man...
Mister_G
24-06-2007, 14:27
King Arthur was on last night.
Keira = (l). Bar when her fingers were put into place, the noises gave me the creeps.
Oceans 13...yesterday..loved clooneys looks..he so damn cool..brad pitt is so lame when put next to him
§úβ-нù(¥)ªή
24-06-2007, 17:50
Last night the cat stepped on the remote and turned the tv on (at 3am/4am..), and I was too sick to get up and turn it off.. so I ended up watching some movie about sex addicts that was currently playing. It seemed like a real movie at first.. guy likes sex, guy buys lots of sex, guy obsesses over sex and finally gets caught by wife and I thought "heyyyy.. something interesting finally??"
Nope. They go to therapy and sex addict meetings.. then all the addicts ballroom dance and the wife let's the guy move back in.
I laughed outloud and thought "That wasn't a movie! That's one of those films they show you in school to scare you away from the "evils of sex"!" :p
Ah well.
Mister_G
25-06-2007, 18:38
Pirates of the Carribean 3: At world's end
Very spectacular scenes, very Keirafriendly, yet obvious they didn't know what to do anymore with some storylines and therefor killed people then. So many people died, what was that all about? :(
I still enjoyed it though.
Turnip Queen
25-06-2007, 22:28
Oh my God. Amanda and I went to see 'Captivity' today. Take my advice and do not go and see it. We walked out. It was fucking SICK. They were trying to rip off 'Saw' a little bit, but it was basically just torture. We were gonna go when some girl was getting acid poured on her face, but then left when a guy was getting his teeth pulled out with pliers. Oh and some woman explaining to her kid about how she liked to abuse him or something. SICK SICK SICK. I was eating my popcorn and had to just leave cos I wanted to throw up. Just don't go see it. Two other girls walked out too.
I rented 'Saw' to see what all the fuss was about - pile of nasty minded, implausible, rubbish. I like the occasional horror movie but if films like 'Saw', 'Captive' and 'Hostel' are somones idea of time well spent then good luck to them.
Over the course of last night I watched...
Cat Soup - Wonderful surreal OVA about a cat's search to find his sisters memories, stolen by Death
Tokyo Godfathers - Another OVA about 3 homeless people who find an abandoned baby and try and track down its parents
V for Vendetta - Fantastic film... and I wish I had V's eloquence.
blade runner ........ again
blade runner ........ again
For me that movie is all-time top 10 film material. Did you hear about this? (http://binarybonsai.com/archives/2007/05/17/details-on-blade-runner-the-ultimate-collection/)
Neo-Noir
26-06-2007, 10:30
V for Vendetta - Fantastic film... and I wish I had V's eloquence.
Have you read the original comic/graphic novel? I thought it was soooo much better than the film. I found the film a little bit disappointing compared to it to be honest. They completely cut out some of the best, most cinematic parts of the comic for no good reason.
Actually, I was just about to buy it!
I knew nothing of 'V for Vendetta' before I saw it on DVD except that the buzz about the graphic novel being very good. I was disappointed with the film - large chunks of nothing happening allied with taking itself way too seriously.
*spoiler* The outcome of the Houses Of Parliament in the final few minutes was good though.:)
Turnip Queen
26-06-2007, 22:54
I rented 'Saw' to see what all the fuss was about - pile of nasty minded, implausible, rubbish. I like the occasional horror movie but if films like 'Saw', 'Captive' and 'Hostel' are somones idea of time well spent then good luck to them.
Saw is the best of the three, because at least it's a bit more watchable and gets into your mind - Captivity disturbed me something terrible though cos it was just torture from beginning to end.
...... cos it was just torture from beginning to end.
Bit like a 50 Cent album.
Just been watching the start of John Carpenters 'The Thing' on ITV4- now there's a well made horror movie.
MaD dOctoR
27-06-2007, 00:01
Bit like a 50 Cent album.
Just been watching the start of John Carpenters 'The Thing' on ITV4- now there's a well made horror movie.
ooh nice....might jump over to ITV4 not seen that in a while :D
dOc
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27-06-2007, 01:55
I rented 'Saw' to see what all the fuss was about - pile of nasty minded, implausible, rubbish. I like the occasional horror movie but if films like 'Saw', 'Captive' and 'Hostel' are somones idea of time well spent then good luck to them.
Ummm...I quite enjoyed "Saw".:o Thanks for the "luck"!;) :D "Hostel", OTOH, was was bad beyond words.
Aidancro
27-06-2007, 02:14
I hate disgusting violent films like hostel, however I always seem let friends drag me to them nonetheless! I always just find myself trying to tolerate them rather than enjoying them, especially one time when they dragged me along to see wolf creek, i felt like getting sick throughout the whole thing...and then there was the time they dragged me to the passion of the christ ........ and, well i think everyone wished they had listened to me on that one, the entire thing was a pornography of violence :( ....worse than all movies mentioned above imho!!!
greenwell64
27-06-2007, 02:22
Just been watching the start of John Carpenters 'The Thing' on ITV4- now there's a well made horror movie.
"......you've got to be f@#*ing kidding me..."
:D
P.S. The bass in the opening theme ties with the bass bit in Apocalypse Now (where Willard first sees Kurtz's digs) as the apotheosis of deep notes.
VisualFallacy
27-06-2007, 09:10
Watched it's all gone pete tong last night, loved it!! Made me excited about Global Gathering already, which is good after a glastonbury come down! So glad I'm not a coke girl though, not sure I'd want the giant badger with pink dress/pinny and magic wand after me all the time!!
Also watched Disney's Sword in the Stone yesterday morning (still knackered from glasto!!) awww I love it!! "to and fro, stop and go..." oh and Team america the night before... as you can tell I wasn't really in the frame of mind for an intellectual film marathon!
Neo-Noir
27-06-2007, 12:26
Actually, I was just about to buy it!
I really, really recommend it. I think it's even better than Watchmen.
Also watched Disney's Sword in the Stone yesterday morning (still knackered from glasto!!) awww I love it!! "to and fro, stop and go..."
Oh I love Sword in the Stone. Especially mad Madam Mim, and the bit where the fat squirrel is flirting with Merlin when he's turned himself into a squirrel, that's hilarious!
Also watched Disney's Sword in the Stone yesterday morning (still knackered from glasto!!) awww I love it!! "to and fro, stop and go..."
I love that film too. There are some good disney comedy moments haha. I always feel sorry for the girl squirrel when wart turns back into a boy :(
VisualFallacy
27-06-2007, 13:24
Oh I love Sword in the Stone. Especially mad Madam Mim, and the bit where the fat squirrel is flirting with Merlin when he's turned himself into a squirrel, that's hilarious!
Hahahah yes and he grabs his tail from her "Madam...MAD-AM!" aaaaaaaahahah I love it! I love Archemides the owl... "who who, what what?!"
I love that film too. There are some good disney comedy moments haha. I always feel sorry for the girl squirrel when wart turns back into a boy :(
Awww I know, I used to cry at that bit, poor little squirrel when she's all in love and realises he's just a horrible boy... aw and she's crying. It's sad :(
I've got a hankering for more Disney now, I might cue up Robin hood next...get my kids fix in by going to see Shrek 3 on Friday as well.
Hahahah yes and he grabs his tail from her "Madam...MAD-AM!" aaaaaaaahahah I love it! I love Archemides the owl... "who who, what what?!"
Awww I know, I used to cry at that bit, poor little squirrel when she's all in love and realises he's just a horrible boy... aw and she's crying. It's sad :(
I've got a hankering for more Disney now, I might cue up Robin hood next...get my kids fix in by going to see Shrek 3 on Friday as well.
Yes it makes me well up too:( it's amazingly convincing for an animation.
I have a soft toy owl at home called Archemides:o
VisualFallacy
27-06-2007, 14:24
Awww I want an Archemides owl! how cute!
FeltNature
27-06-2007, 16:16
I saw Zodiac yesterday, brilliant, go see it.
Turnip Queen
27-06-2007, 22:30
Bit like a 50 Cent album.
Just been watching the start of John Carpenters 'The Thing' on ITV4- now there's a well made horror movie.
HAHAHAHAHAHA I think I'd take 'Captivity' over a 50 Cent album actually!
Neo-Noir
28-06-2007, 12:04
Went to see Fantastic Four 2 - Rise of the Silver Surfer last night. Better than the first one (looked like it had a bigger budget thrown at it for a start), with some good effects, but it seemed to leave a lot of people in the cinema feeling a bit ‘meh’. The Human Torch is still the hottest thing on screen though, literally and figuratively.
watched My Beautiful Laundrette yesterday. how cute! and funny too. and Daniel Day Lewis is hot............!
Transformers (http://www.transformersmovie.com/) were someting my nephew played with when they were out years ago but I know a brilliant looking, effects-laden no-brainer movie when I see one - bring it on! (http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/transformers)
MaD dOctoR
30-06-2007, 00:16
Transformers (http://www.transformersmovie.com/) were someting my nephew played with when they were out years ago but I know a brilliant looking, effects-laden no-brainer movie when I see one - bring it on! (http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/transformers)
have a look here :D
http://www.mininova.org/tor/771193
(you know he got death threats from original fans of transformers ;))
http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=10798
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/20/unhappy_transformer_fans_threatened_mich
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