whats the last film you watched?

[VisualFallacy]

I've seen that (travelling pants) and it's surprisingly okay... I thought it was going to be unbelievably cheesy, which okay it is a little, but there are a few serious storylines going on in there as well. I don't know if I'd say it was 100% worth the watch but I didn't feel like I'd completely wasted my time watching it.

[Danni]

Ah see I only saw the heartwarming ending. And I do love the one that plays the girl's dad that is getting married whose name has gone out of my head, Bradley something...from the west wing!

[Peter Jeffery]

D.E.B.S., a hard-hitting, edge-of-seat fly-on-the-way short-back-and-sides documentary exposé which proves what everyone knew all along; if you send the leader of a team of short skirted model-spies after a foxy evil mastermind she'll turn into a red-hot dyke. Harrowing. *****

Do you think the short skirts being blue tartan made a difference to the outcome? :confused: Perhaps they should do documentaries involving other fabrics to check it out.

[softlad]

Do you think the short skirts being blue tartan made a difference to the outcome? :confused: Perhaps they should do documentaries involving other fabrics to check it out.Not just the skirts. There was an 'invisible' force field outside the HQ which matched the girls skirts - this is no coincidence. There's a lot going on in that movie. It has a multi-dimensional narrative juxtapositioning sexual sterotypes with other, like, stuff. And a denouement. In tartan.

[MaD dOctoR]

the last few seconds of this trailer just makes me laugh every time....(will probably wear off soon though :) reminds me of goofy :D

dOc

[Saizo]

Just finished watching "Bug" with Ashley Judd & Harry Connick, Jr.

The film is like a conspiracy theorist's dream. Plus, Ashley Judd is nude in some scenes which caught me off-guard. I was like, "Um... really?"

[Saizo]

D.E.B.S., a hard-hitting, edge-of-seat fly-on-the-way short-back-and-sides documentary exposé which proves what everyone knew all along; if you send the leader of a team of short skirted model-spies after a foxy evil mastermind she'll turn into a red-hot dyke. Harrowing. *****

Ahhh, D.E.B.S. - soon to reach AFI's list of 100 Greatest Gay Films of All Time.

[VisualFallacy]

Sticking with the gay films...last night I watched Imagine me and you. It's got Piper 'I play fuck loads of lezzogs' Perabo and a massivly great english cast... Including Anthony Head and Celia Imrie who are both fab! It's such an english flick like 4 weddings style or whatever, but it was quite good, until the cheesy ending, but I'll let them off for that.

Luce was loooovely apart from the dirty tattoo she had up her arm *vomits*

[TremblingStar]

Walk The Line last night.

Being saying "y'all" to people all day as a result.

[softlad]

...last night I watched Imagine me and you....Must be an obscure indy film as a search on IMBD brought up nil hits for 'Piper Iplayfuckloadsoflezzogs Perabo' :confused:

[caro]

Sticking with the gay films...last night I watched Imagine me and you. It's got Piper 'I play fuck loads of lezzogs' Perabo and a massivly great english cast... Including Anthony Head and Celia Imrie who are both fab! It's such an english flick like 4 weddings style or whatever, but it was quite good, until the cheesy ending, but I'll let them off for that.

Luce was loooovely apart from the dirty tattoo she had up her arm *vomits*

I agree with everything, with the only difference I didn't care about Luce's tatoo :rolleyes: and yeah, the end ruined the movie. Too corny for me.

Yesterday I went to see "Across the universe". I loved it!! If you like 60's, musicals and Beatles music, I highly recommend it :D

[VisualFallacy]

She must be hiding under another name! The little sneak

[caro]

*prepares and packs things for the search*

[VisualFallacy]

How could you not care about her tattoo it was horrible!

[caro]

I like tatoos and thought it looked good in such a pretty lady :D

[VisualFallacy]

The one on her back was okay, but the one on her arm was nasty.

[caro]

in her arm?? gosh... I only remember the one on her back. I don't know why.

[VisualFallacy]

I just had a look at her again,she's covered in the things and doesn't look as nice with dark hair! She's got one on her wrist, one on her upper arm, one at the top of her back and one at the bottom of her back... that I can see! The only nice one's at the bottom of her back! She's completely inked!

[caro]

*goes to google*
she was the queen in 300??? mmmmm.... she looked so much older there. Yeah, I think she looks much better with red hair. I didn't think those tattoos were real. She has a lot! Ok, I have to agree that doesn't look very good in her.

[VisualFallacy]

hahah I told you! woop! I win! haha! Only messing. I didn't realise that was her in gossip either, I've gone right off her!

[MaD dOctoR]

http://z.about.com/d/horror/1/0/9/x/LenaHeadey2.jpg

dOc

[VisualFallacy]

dirty dirty tattoos

[MaD dOctoR]

I've seen worse...a lot lot worse (not saying I like those by the way)

there's only certain tattoos that look right and only certain places of the body, also...not everyone suits a tattoo

anyone on here thinking of getting one should consider a henna one first (as they wear off...so you won't need a big laser to burn it off your skin if you feel you don't want I Love Jar Jar Binks across your chest for the rest of your life...and let's face it...no one loves Jar Jar Binks...no one even likes the little fucker. ;)

oh and stay away from black henna

dOc

[caro]

I've seen worse...a lot lot worse (not saying I like those by the way)

there's only certain tattoos that look right and only certain places of the body, also...not everyone suits a tattoo

anyone on here thinking of getting one should consider a henna one first (as they wear off...so you won't need a big laser to burn it off your skin if you feel you don't want I Love Jar Jar Binks across your chest for the rest of your life...and let's face it...no one loves Jar Jar Binks...no one even likes the little fucker. ;)

oh and stay away from black henna

dOc

Awww, but I want one so bad!! Along with the picture of my favorite Star Wars character!


:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[MaD dOctoR]

Awww, but I want one so bad!! Along with the picture of my favorite Star Wars character!


:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:


Jabba The Slut? Boba Feck? AT-TWAT? an E-WANK?

:D

dOc

[caro]

Jabba The Slut? Boba Feck? AT-TWAT? an E-WANK?

:D

dOc

Nahhh.... Jar Jar Binks will be allways in my heart <3

:D

[MaD dOctoR]

well, at least the fan club won't get crowded :D

dOc

[Danni]

300
while trying to convince myself it was a revision aid!

[Ooh.La.Lisa]

Finally - FINALLY found Paris, Je t'aime on DVD, I've been looking for this one for over a year. It's such a great film (well, it's just bits and pieces, but I like all of them) and it was nice to see so many places where I've actually been!

[jimmyjamjar]

300
while trying to convince myself it was a revision aid!

How can that possibly be revision aid? Unless you're doing a degree in Hot Men in Pants?

[softlad]

I suspect there a a great many posters with a degree in Hot Men In Pants on this board....

[The Carpathian]

C'mon folks - help me out!

Can't decide what to watch tonight so here's my options and I'll check for responses in an hour or so:-

A) Angel-A - the Luc Besson b&w supernatural love story

B) Planet Terror - Rose McGowan in Tarantino's second half retro fest

C) Paprika - mind scrambling Japanese Anime

D) Hard Candy - still not seen this and it crops up on here from time to time

[rewak]

D) Hard Candy - still not seen this and it crops up on here from time to time

*shivers* I still can't watch that film all the way through after seeing it the first time

[The Carpathian]

Thank you for your vote, caller :p

[jimmyjamjar]

C'mon folks - help me out!

Can't decide what to watch tonight so here's my options and I'll check for responses in an hour or so:-

A) Angel-A - the Luc Besson b&w supernatural love story

B) Planet Terror - Rose McGowan in Tarantino's second half retro fest

C) Paprika - mind scrambling Japanese Anime

D) Hard Candy - still not seen this and it crops up on here from time to time

I'd go for Angel A - I really liked it. I haven't seen the others although B and C are on the list!

[The Carpathian]

Your vote has been counted. You may now hang up.

[RubySlipper]

C'mon folks - help me out!

Can't decide what to watch tonight so here's my options and I'll check for responses in an hour or so:-

A) Angel-A - the Luc Besson b&w supernatural love story

B) Planet Terror - Rose McGowan in Tarantino's second half retro fest

C) Paprika - mind scrambling Japanese Anime

D) Hard Candy - still not seen this and it crops up on here from time to time
Too hard!
Either Paprika or Angel A says I.

kissies

[The Carpathian]

Your choice has been logged - watch later for the exciting results!

[RubySlipper]

Ooo, the anticipation!

kissies

[Jaxsbudgie]

Ahhh Hard Candy ..... what a .. believable film

The skanky bitch in it says she hates Goldfrapp as well
I bet that has something to do with how Goldfrapp flaunts her sexuality and wears next to nothing

[The Carpathian]

Thank you sir, your vote has been noted and added to the running totals.

[Saizo]

C'mon folks - help me out!

Can't decide what to watch tonight so here's my options and I'll check for responses in an hour or so:-

A) Angel-A - the Luc Besson b&w supernatural love story

B) Planet Terror - Rose McGowan in Tarantino's second half retro fest

C) Paprika - mind scrambling Japanese Anime

D) Hard Candy - still not seen this and it crops up on here from time to time

I suggest C
Paprika

[The Carpathian]

Thank you - your vote was just received before the lines closed.

The joint winners are Hard Candy & Angel-A & Paprika with two votes each :rolleyes:

Somewhat pointless dontcha think - thank you for your participation :D

[Kiyuri]

*rings up*

Hello Mr Carpathian! I am a Nigerian prince and I have an exciting offer for you!...

[RubySlipper]

So, Planet Terror it is then?

kissies

[The Carpathian]

So, Planet Terror it is then?

kissies

Actually, that's not a bad idea. If the other three were good enough to get votes each, I'll not be disappointed when any of them follow up Planet Terror - I can watch them in reverse order!

Nicely done, kitteh!

[rewak]

I haven't watched Grindhouse yet, because i want to watch Grindhouse, not Planet Terror and Death Proof

[RubySlipper]

Nicely done, kitteh!

I has teh decision making skillz.
I shall award self with chocolate Buttons (which my boyfriend says is cannablism, but I protest.)

kissies

[The Carpathian]

I has teh decision making skillz.
I shall award self with chocolate Buttons (which my boyfriend says is cannablism, but I protest.)

kissies

I have jelly beans - it's all win!

[RubySlipper]

I don't like jelly beans, but I'd choose them over jelly babies, they're just FOUL.
JellyBelly jelly beans are quite nice unless you get a bogey one or something.

kissies

[Jaxsbudgie]

Just saw I Am Legend
Lame name, but it was alright
Good how it didn't have a Hollywood ending
Unlike bloody War of the Worlds
Worst. Ending. Ever.
(the newer one that is)

[rewak]

Just finished watching U-571, god that was tense!

[§úβ-нù(¥)ªή]

Carpy! Have you watched Paprika yet??

I just watched some slasher film.. turns out the prom queen did it.

[greenwell64]

Just finished watching U-571, god that was tense!

Submarine movies are some of the best there is (Destination Tokyo with Carey Grant, Das Boot, Crimson Tide, The Hunt For Red October, even a cheesy 70's TV movie called Assault On The Wayne with Lenord Nimoy).

[rewak]

I can't watch Red October, it's just not right Sean Connery being in it, i laugh when he talks! Haven't seen any others, usually this type of thing isn't my...well thing at all, but i liked U-571

[The Carpathian]

Carpy! Have you watched Paprika yet??

Luckily, no - I have a nice new DivX playing dvd so I can watch it on my proper telly rather than computer screen. This weekend or next for sure!

[greenwell64]

I can't watch Red October, it's just not right Sean Connery being in it, i laugh when he talks! Haven't seen any others, usually this type of thing isn't my...well thing at all, but i liked U-571

Yeah, I can imagine many a set of eyes rolling upward at the thought of Connery playing the Latvian Marko Ramius. But the whole movie is a perfect piece of Cold War cinema.

[Eden Star]

Just saw I Am Legend
Lame name, but it was alright
Good how it didn't have a Hollywood ending
Unlike bloody War of the Worlds
Worst. Ending. Ever.
(the newer one that is)

I take it you've not seen the original film or read the book then? Cause the ending is exactly the same, all be it set in America rather than the England of olde (for both films) :)

Asides from the fact that it's staying true to the original I think the concept of the ending itself is genius and a nice little subtle, but poignant, observation on evolution.

We watched Shaun Of The Dead on telly earlier.

[jimmyjamjar]

Luckily, no - I have a nice new DivX playing dvd so I can watch it on my proper telly rather than computer screen. This weekend or next for sure!


Which one did you watch in the end????

Saw Black Book last night - heavy world war two drama but fantastic and moving. The lead actress was amaaaaaaazing!

[The Carpathian]

Which one did you watch in the end????

I ended up with Hard Candy.....{shudders}

Not very believable, she's a little too bright and too sure of herself, and the characters play out more as cyphers for the perceived stereotypes....but yes, I cringed in the appropriate places :D

[rewak]

I watched that at the cinema. What makes it more horrible is that the guy in it could have been my boyfriend at the times twin! They look and even sound pretty much the same, so it was very uncomfortable watching "it" happen. I almost threw up at the "bounce" line *shudder*

[Jaxsbudgie]

I ended up with Hard Candy.....{shudders}

Not very believable, she's a little too bright and too sure of herself, and the characters play out more as cyphers for the perceived stereotypes....but yes, I cringed in the appropriate places :D

Did you read what i said earlier?

"Ahhh Hard Candy ..... what a .. believable film"

[Jaxsbudgie]

I take it you've not seen the original film or read the book then? Cause the ending is exactly the same, all be it set in America rather than the England of olde (for both films) :)

Asides from the fact that it's staying true to the original I think the concept of the ending itself is genius and a nice little subtle, but poignant, observation on evolution.

We watched Shaun Of The Dead on telly earlier.

I've read parts of the book
Just to see places like Banstead and Coulsdon get given a mention
(i live right next to both, my claim to fame)

[The Carpathian]

Just watched the Tarantino / Rodriguez splataculour....

"Grindhouse: Planet Terror"

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It rocks like a mofo!

Rose McGowan is teh ultra-sexeh, Bruce Willis is so over the top he's positively barking and Tarantino's scenes are laugh-out-loud awfully wonderful. Add in more explosions, bad language and buckets of offal than you've seen in your last dozen movies and you've got a winner.

Oh, did I mention Rose McGowan?

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[rewak]

I can't stand Bruce Willis, he's one of those actors that can only possibly ever play one role, he just bores to me to tears.

[The Carpathian]

I can't stand Bruce Willis, he's one of those actors that can only possibly ever play one role, he just bores to me to tears.

That's why he's perfect in this retro-fest. :p

[rewak]

I doubt it, he totally ruined Sin City IMO with his crap acting, and almost ruined Pulp Fiction too. He's only good in Die Hard 1 and 2, that's it. Really, he's one of the two actors i just cannot stand. The other being Sylvester Stallone

I did like the trailers in Grindhouse, but they cut those out of the DVD so they could cut the movie in 2 to make as many $ as possible, fuckers! Totally ruined the whole point of the movie (and it is 1 movie, not 2!)

[hypomanicpanic]

I watched "Constantine" yesterday. It's like the Matrix, except with demons and slightly better acting. :D

[The Carpathian]

I watched "Constantine" yesterday. It's like the Matrix, except with demons and slightly better acting. :D

.....and Tilda Swinton, who is just yummy.

Whoops, did I say that out loud? :D:o

[softlad]

.....and Tilda Swinton, who is just yummy. Whoops, did I say that out loud? :D:o

Pic just for you Carpy. Steady now... (http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b282/softlad/tilda-swindon.jpg)

[VisualFallacy]

I watched an american tale yesterday morning in my 'I'm too lazy to do anything the morning after my birthday night out' state.

I now cannot stop singing #there are no cats in america, and the streets are paved with cheeeese!

[FightMe]

Ten Inch Hero

I have to say I expected a lot more from a movie titled Ten Inch Hero than I got but Jensen Ackles was in it so i was rather happy anyway, he was dressed stupid and he still looked mega HAWT!

[rewak]

The look soooo doesn't suit him. Go watch the proper 10" Hero, granted Jensen isn't in it, but it'll be 100x better

[rewak]

I'm going to download this new fanedit thingy of Dawn Of The Dead, cause i've never seen DOTD before and this edit has everything in it, so seems the proper place to start. 1 part of 45 download *waits for RapidShare time limit* this is gonna take a loooong time.

[Duncan]

Audition, last night on DVD. Compelling and powerful, but that last 20 mins was horrible.

[The Carpathian]

Audition, last night on DVD. Compelling and powerful, but that last 20 mins was horrible.

Good, ain't it.

It was the {avoids spoilers} wiggly thing under the desk that got me ! :eek:

[Duncan]

I haven't squirmed so much since I last saw Top Of The Pops...

[rewak]

I actually thought Audition was a bit boring and unstructured, really dragged then the ending just comes from nowhere.

[Duncan]

Must admit it flew by for me.

[data date]

Audition, last night on DVD. Compelling and powerful, but that last 20 mins was horrible.

Ooh...one of my favorite movies! A completely different type of horror movie. It was sad, funny, romantic, and truly horrific...just the type of movie I like!:p

The last movie I saw was last night...also a Japanese horror, called "Pray". I fell asleep.:o

[Chocobo]

i'm really notkeen on "Audition", i just couldn't really get into it that much, and the ending was nowhere near as horrible as i had antispated so the whole thing was just a massive letdown in then end :(

[rewak]

Watch Ichi The Killer, or Suicide Circle/Suicide Club

[The Carpathian]

or Suicide Circle/Suicide Club

Yay - Jisatsu Sakuru ! You rarely hear mentions of that.

I love the rock'n'roll gang boss bowling ally ultraviolence........

....and you don't get to say that every day ! :D

[rewak]

God that was so weird and so horrible!

[Chocobo]

Watch Ichi The Killer, or Suicide Circle/Suicide Club

cheers for the suggestion, just checked them both out - they seem pretty good , "suicide circle" in particular :D

[rewak]

It is, but it's quite, ummmm, "wrong"

[The Carpathian]

God that was so weird and so horrible!

That's nothing - you should (or maybe shouldn't) give "Megyaku: Akuma no Yorokobi" ("Splatter: Naked Blood") (http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/splatter-naked-blood.shtml) a go.

Trust me, there will be things in that you really thought you'd never see. Great effects and all that but some of it bends your brain and some of it goes for the stomach :D

It's a J-Horror classic though, that's for sure :p

[rewak]

I'll see if i can give it a go. Other recommendations would be

Ringu
Koma
Forbidden Siren

These are fairly tame, but good story to them. I've heard the Guinea Pig series is supposed to be quite horrid, never seen them though.

[The Carpathian]

I've heard the Guinea Pig series is supposed to be quite horrid, never seen them though.

I've got those - some parts are truly, truly screwed up. I used to trade all sorts of great (and sometimes dreadful) J stuff and got through loads of films. There is truly nothing like Japanese cinema, though Korea is really hitting the spot these days too. It's not to everybody's taste a lot of the time but in terms of inventiveness and sheer force of will you really have to try some.

[rewak]

Oh if you like action, So Close is good, and it has a great English dub as well!

[Totally Derrick]

Alien vs. Predator: Requiem.

it was terrible.

[kirkfnw]

Shaun Of The Dead.

[Ooh.La.Lisa]

The Queen

Really, really good!

[VisualFallacy]

I watched Stranger Than Fiction last night, I was actually surprised how many people were in it, I'd no idea dustin hoffman or maggie gyllenhall (sp?)were in it! I thought it was actually really good, but the ending was a bit of a let down. Yep, I cried! Oops! Haha

[MaD dOctoR]

Dan In Real Life :( why oh why did I not watch the trailer first...

Steve Carell normally quite funny...in that..."he's funnier than Will Ferrell" kind of way. there was about 10 seconds that made me smile/laugh, you know, that laugh where it's not particularly funny but there's something that you liked about it...that 10 seconds is split between 2 scenes by the way :(

Juliet Binoche whoa, how bad can someone act? pretty damn bad by the looks of it, everything just seemed way too dragged out like the scene where she's laughing...it's one of those really fake laughs that goes on for ages...and doesn't change.

people in the audience were laughing...out loud, in what sounded like fake laughs too...why do people do that? is it something about trying to make something better by pretending you find it funny? I don't know.

anyway, it was an ok storyline, nothing new (at all) but then I wasn't expecting that. oh god...I nearly forgot Dane Cook...how the hell does he find work? he just isn't funny.

of course if I had known it was a PG before going I would have said no fucking way thank you...(I only realised when the trailers started...:( Street Racer :( Juno :( National Treasure :( then the big PG sign came up...:eek:

of course there are PG films that are pretty good...this ain't one of them.

dOc

[FightMe]

I'll see if i can give it a go. Other recommendations would be

Ringu
Koma
Forbidden Siren

These are fairly tame, but good story to them. I've heard the Guinea Pig series is supposed to be quite horrid, never seen them though.

Forbidden Siren is HORRIBLE!

I had a nasty experiance with the sight jack once...:( do not like!

[rewak]

The film is pretty good considering it game from a game. I only ever played the Japanese version of the game, which was tricky considering it was all Japanese (fucking gutted they dubbed it, they should have just slapped subtitles on it, Japanese natives do not sound British you fucking idiots!) and i loved the sight jack thing, was so creepy, seeing that someone was watching you from the bushes, so cool!

[truthtakestime]

Malice

Having seen all of Aaron Sorkin's work in TV, I am now watching his movies. This one was pretty good. Some nice dialogue (to be expected) and good performances. The two stories (the student rapes and the main story involving Nicole Kidman) didn't mesh all that well, though I understand that they needed the student rape story to reveal one key piece of info...

[jimmyjamjar]

Daft Punk - Electroma

Really liked this - obviously very surreal and reminded me alot of David Lynch and 2001 A Space Odyssey. Some genius moments espeically the last 15 mins and the stuff with the heads.

Ace stuff and great soundtrack too.

[Romer]

A star is Born .... Judy Garland Again for the millionth time :)

[MaD dOctoR]

No Country For Old Men

:eek: what a shambles of a film, started off slow, then got better, then got slow, then got pretty decent, then went slow, then a spurt of good...then nothing...just...nothing...pointless film, way too many problems with certain point's.

that is 2 and a half hours I ain't getting back :(

I'm really worried about seeing any new film now...the few I've seen have been awful

dOc

[folklore]

I'm really worried about seeing any new film now...the few I've seen have been awful

dOcCloverfield! Just wait. It'll make you a happy film goer, hmhm.

[The Carpathian]

No Country For Old Men

:eek: what a shambles of a film, started off slow, then got better, then got slow, then got pretty decent, then went slow, then a spurt of good...then nothing...just...nothing...pointless film, way too many problems with certain point's.

that is 2 and a half hours I ain't getting back :(

I'm really worried about seeing any new film now...the few I've seen have been awful

dOc

I'm still up for seeing that - when the Cohen's are on form, as they are by all accounts on this, then it really hits the spot.

I've set my magic-silver-box-that-records-telly to grab the classic '71 road movie "Two Lane Blacktop" on Film4 later. Two guys drag racing across the USA in a grey 55 Chevy. Way better than "Vanishing Point", yet that gets the headlines. Go figure.

[jamsil]

No Country For Old Men

:eek: what a shambles of a film, started off slow, then got better, then got slow, then got pretty decent, then went slow, then a spurt of good...then nothing...just...nothing...pointless film, way too many problems with certain point's.

that is 2 and a half hours I ain't getting back :(

I'm really worried about seeing any new film now...the few I've seen have been awful

dOc

whaaa...?? i loved that movie. i wanted to drive off to west texas afterwards. i think it's gorgeously shot.

yesterday i saw 'die neuen leiden des jungen w.' for german class. i did not care for it.

[MaD dOctoR]

Cloverfield! Just wait. It'll make you a happy film goer, hmhm.
why have you seen a test screening :eek: I've been waiting so long to see that...it's starting to become one of those "oh shit I think I've over hyped it in my mind" things

I'm still up for seeing that - when the Cohen's are on form, as they are by all accounts on this, then it really hits the spot..

hey there are thousands of people that gave rave reviews about it, so you may like it, I will say Javier Bardem is excellent in it, very creepy indeed (just how I like my psychos :D)

it just felt like several films spliced together with no...direction. (which is unusual as the Cohen's usually deliver a decent film.)

whaaa...?? i loved that movie. i wanted to drive off to west texas afterwards. i think it's gorgeously shot.

I'm certainly not going to disagree with you there, If I'm honest it's more to do with the last portion of the film...just didn't work.

dOc

[folklore]

why have you seen a test screening :eek: I've been waiting so long to see that...it's starting to become one of those "oh shit I think I've over hyped it in my mind" things

dOcOh no, but I also can't wait to see it :-)

[MaD dOctoR]

I just hope it doesn't turn out to be shite :(

fingers crossed

dOc

[rewak]

It will, it's been hyped waaaay too much to actually meet expectations

[softlad]

Cloverfield? 'You pays your money...' (http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/cloverfield) It appears to be splitting people in the same way as 'Transformers' did.

[MaD dOctoR]

Cloverfield? 'You pays your money...' it would appear. It appears to be spitting people in the same way as 'Transformers' did. (http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/cloverfield)
PG-13 :eek: arrrrrghhhhh why did you have to post that...:(

now I really am worrying

EDIT: Transformers was awful

dOc

[light and magic]

Atonement (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783233/), finally.
you simply must see this.

[Chocobo]

Atonement (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783233/), finally.
you simply must see this.


love that film. i'm usually a bit dismissive of keira knightley but to be fair she was very good and the transition from book to film is excellent.

just watch "death proof".

as long as you're not hoping for a deeply involving story line like his other films then you'll have a blast with the trashy 70s B movie look :p as usual very cool and stylised, but to be honest i think it'll be more effective when the "grindhouse" versions released.

[jimmyjamjar]

Sweeny Todd

AMAZING! Once you get your head around the singing (I didn't know the musical) - Johnny Depp sounds strangley like David Bowie when he sings - it is a great great film.

Dark, twisted, gruesome and funny - everything you would want trom a Tim Burton film :)

[FightMe]

Sweeny Todd

AMAZING! Once you get your head around the singing (I didn't know the musical) - Johnny Depp sounds strangley like David Bowie when he sings - it is a great great film.

Dark, twisted, gruesome and funny - everything you would want trom a Tim Burton film :)

Goin to see it next week, cant wait, HBC tits look fantastic!

[jimmyjamjar]

Well yes her cleavage is very nice, but it's not like you see her nips or anything. Great performance from her though.

Oooh Sacha Baron Cohen is very good in it too.

[softlad]

Sweeny Todd
AMAZING! Once you get your head around the singing (I didn't know the musical) - Johnny Depp sounds strangley like David Bowie when he sings - it is a great great film.
Dark, twisted, gruesome and funny - everything you would want trom a Tim Burton film :)Having a trailer for the movie as an ad on TV that gives absolutely no clue that the film is in fact a musical strikes me as a form of deception.

Can Cloverfield live up to its hype? (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7193692.stm)

[Jaxsbudgie]

Ahaaaa
My cousin's in that

Timothy Spall
Yeah!

[FightMe]

Ahaaaa
My cousin's in that

Timothy Spall
Yeah!

Is he as boring as he appears to be?

[Jaxsbudgie]

Is he as boring as he appears to be?

........









yes

[Holy Owl]

Death Proof

[softlad]

Oh, and tonights Southbank Show (http://www.radiotimes.com/ListingsServlet?event=10&channelId=26&programmeId=72433648&jspLocation=/jsp/prog_details_fullpage.jsp) is all about Tim Burton.

[jimmyjamjar]

Ahaaaa
My cousin's in that

Timothy Spall
Yeah!

Timothy Spall is your cousin?

He lives round the corner from me and he's always in the locals cafes

[MaD dOctoR]

Having a trailer for the movie as an ad on TV that gives absolutely no clue that the film is in fact a musical strikes me as a form of deception.

Can Cloverfield live up to its hype? (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7193692.stm)
the trailer shows exactly what it is, "I Will Have Vengeance, I Will Have Salvation" being the clue.

not seen it yet, but, can't wait, Tim Burton almost always (if not always) delivers a great film. (granted I don't like musicals that much, but what the hell)

dOc

[RubySlipper]

I Am Legend.
Dog part WAS NOT NECASSERY (was in tears!) but other than that, it was pretty good.

kissies

[rewak]

Tintin and The Blue Lotus

OK so it's not technically a film but i love it!

[kirkfnw]

Hard Candy.

The film where one of the lines is; "I fucking hate Goldfrapp"

[rewak]

I've given my brother a loan of that. Wonder if he'll cringe the way i did (and do when i hear the name of it)

[Madison]

'Dear Wendy' - Weird.

[truthtakestime]

The Savages

Quite a perfect, quiet little film. I highly, highly recommend it. It was well written and acted, funny and tragic, and the ending worked so well that I can't remember a film I've seen that ended more perfectly in some time.

[Peter Jeffery]

The Ghost of St Michael's - a Will Hay classic. Includes Charles Hawtrey playing a schoolboy. :)

[MaD dOctoR]

I Am Legend.
Dog part WAS NOT NECASSERY (was in tears!) but other than that, it was pretty good.

kissies
the use of CGI in place of real actors really ruined that film, plus way too many plot holes :(

dOc

[FightMe]

Transamerica

Loved it, Felicity Huffman and Kevin Zegers both give amazing performances and the bit where she beats the ground with a stick to scare off the snakes had me rolling with laughter!

"...shoo...shoo...go on...get away from me...shoo. get...get away you snakes...shoo"

[greenwell64]

[QUOTE=jimmyjamjar;372253]Sweeny Todd
Johnny Depp sounds strangley like David Bowie when he sings - it is a great great film.

QUOTE]

When I first heard his singing in a radio feature about the film, it gave me chills as it reminded me of 'Please Mr. Gravedigger' type Bowie singing. I kind of thought Bowie sang his parts.:eek:

I remember seeing the Broadway version with Angela Lansbury in the 80's on PBS. So punk and nihilistic, but it rubbed a good spot in me.

[§úβ-нù(¥)ªή]

I watched a movie called The Interrogation of Micheal Crowe at three or four in the morning yesterday (today..?). It was utterly utterly completely depressing. I shouldn't have watched it. I should have been sleeping! It was just one of those things where it was like "ugh.. now I have to watch it all the way through so I can see ending."

[Peter Jeffery]

Transamerica

Loved it, Felicity Huffman and Kevin Zegers both give amazing performances and the bit where she beats the ground with a stick to scare off the snakes had me rolling with laughter!

"...shoo...shoo...go on...get away from me...shoo. get...get away you snakes...shoo"

I watched that recently. Felicity Huffman is amazing in it - not least for not looking like Felicity Huffman. I was much surprised to see her name in the end credits. Eh? What? Which part did she play? Then I looked at the DVD packaging and thought Oh - yeah - it is her. Crumbs!

[Ooh.La.Lisa]

I watched a movie called The Interrogation of Micheal Crowe at three or four in the morning yesterday (today..?). It was utterly utterly completely depressing. I shouldn't have watched it. I should have been sleeping! It was just one of those things where it was like "ugh.. now I have to watch it all the way through so I can see ending."

Hahaha :D Same here (must have been about a year or two ago), started at 1am or something, and I couldn't sleep so I watched it...

[VisualFallacy]

I'm watching league of gentlemen, apocolypse right now, hahah it's hilarious!! I'd plussed it over christmas and only getting around to seeing it now... yeah its erm, on in the background whilst I'm working from home!

I also watched loving annabelle last night, which was good but the ending you were sat there going "NOOOooooooo that can't be how it ends!!" grr.

[jimmyjamjar]

Started watching Joan of Arc the other day.

What a crock of shit.

[Saizo]

Cloverfield

I actually enjoyed watching it. No closure though. We'll either get a sequel or prequel.

[jimmyjamjar]

Cloverfield

I actually enjoyed watching it. No closure though. We'll either get a sequel or prequel.

Want to see it, but if it's like Lost and you never get to see the monster or just leaves you hanging, then I don't know if I can be arsed with it.

[MaD dOctoR]

Want to see it, but if it's like Lost and you never get to see the monster or just leaves you hanging, then I don't know if I can be arsed with it.
you see the monster...but only split seconds as it's meant to be amateur footage. (I haven't seen it yet though so can't answer how much of the monster you see...though if you want to know, there are pictures (drawings) of what the monster looks like)

I'm thinking that there will be a sequel (as this is only found footage, there could be more footage from someone else's camera) it all depends on how well this does though...and 71% on Rotten Tomatoes is pretty good for this genre of film...not that anyone should ever go by critics opinions (they gave NCFOM 95% found that out after seeing it thank god)

still can't wait, but as a lot of people are saying if you suffer from motion sickness then this film is probably not a good idea.
and make sure you are as far from the screen as possible, otherwise your eyeballs may explode...:)

dOc

[MaD dOctoR]

Cloverfield

I actually enjoyed watching it. No closure though. We'll either get a sequel or prequel.
I wonder how many frappers will like it, it's 1-0 at the moment :D

a lot of people seem to be complaining that it's all shaky cam...;) seeing as though it's meant to be someone's camera kinda tells you that it's not going to have tripod shots, and long establishing shots of every scene.

dOc

[Kiyuri]

The Devil Wears Prada - What was I thinking?/10
Dreamcatcher - Fell asleep/10
The Notorious Betty Page - Intermeresting/10
Hot Fuzz - Overrated, but good/10

[YourLovelyHead]

Today I watched Affair In Trinidad. Gawd bless Rita Hayworth.

[Saizo]

you see the monster...but only split seconds as it's meant to be amateur footage. (I haven't seen it yet though so can't answer how much of the monster you see...though if you want to know, there are pictures (drawings) of what the monster looks like)

I'm thinking that there will be a sequel (as this is only found footage, there could be more footage from someone else's camera) it all depends on how well this does though...and 71% on Rotten Tomatoes is pretty good for this genre of film...not that anyone should ever go by critics opinions (they gave NCFOM 95% found that out after seeing it thank god)

still can't wait, but as a lot of people are saying if you suffer from motion sickness then this film is probably not a good idea.
and make sure you are as far from the screen as possible, otherwise your eyeballs may explode...:)

dOc

Yes, there are little to no steadycam shots. So its handheld - all from the perspective of the characters - a la "Blair Witch".

You get to see the monster - up close in some scenes. It is what J.J. Abrams said it to be - America's Godzilla, only no nuclear firebreathing - it does something else that is more menacing and it truly attacks people individually. Whereas Godzilla just tramples and spews his nuclear fire to burn down Tokyo.

From the start, its setup to show the story in the past. That's why I'm not sure what will be next. The movie broke box office records in the US - beating out the "Star Wars - Rerelease" in 1999. "Cloverfield" apparently took in $41USD million in over a three-day weekend. Not bad for a January release.

[Peter Jeffery]

International House, starring Peggy Hopkins Joyce and W C Fields - a very weird film, every bit as good as I remembered. Highlights include Cab Calloway doing Reefer Man. As to Baby Rosemary...!

[softlad]

W.C. Fields = Quality.

[vespertine]

"Sunshine"

The boyfriend hated it, particularly when it went all horror at the end. Granted, it was a bit daft but I liked the movie.

Some of the CGI was annoying though - I could barely make out what was going on in some scenes. >:(

[eat_myself]

'Dead Silence' on the Movie Network. It was creepy but nothing amazing.

[Sian]

Black snake moan - not what i expected but Christina Ricci played a superb role as always!

[rewak]

Cloverfield

It's The Blair Witch Project in New York with a monster, that's it. Oh yeah and there will of course be another one, the a prequel, then a sequel to the prequel, and so on.

[Kiyuri]

Most recent Harry Potter. Was okay, not a fan of the series, so I saw it as a bit silly with a mess of a plot.

[Sian]

was suppose to see the new sweeney tod film today but rainchecked it til next week - looks ace! any tim burton film is a hit for me!

[rewak]

My mum and i are maybe gonna go see that tomorrow :)

[Sian]

My mum and i are maybe gonna go see that tomorrow :)

Bet it's ace! hope you both enjoy.

[Kiyuri]

Aww... I was just about to watch the Brave little toaster on joox... but it was deleted.
That film used to be on TV almost every day on VE Day for some reason when I was a kid.

[Nightwing]

the magic flute (http://0-a.mymovies.net/player/default.asp?url=/film/fid4835/trailers/trid3316/wm/bb.asx&filmid=4835&trid=3316&s=&n=). A brilliant film which has made me want to go and buy a copy of the opera straight away. Great adaptaion of the mozart classic by stephen fry and Kenneth Branagh. CGI put to really good use



before that(the previous night, I Do: How to Get Married and Stay Single (http://movies.virginmedia.com/player/default.asp?url=/film/fid6954/trailers/trid3260/wm/bb.asx&filmid=6954&trid=3260&partner=virgin&sec=trl&psec=), a french rom-com, that is funny as hell

[Sian]

Aww... I was just about to watch the Brave little toaster on joox... but it was deleted.
That film used to be on TV almost every day on VE Day for some reason when I was a kid.

Aw i remember that film haha. Nowt like a bit of child nostalgia to make you happy!

[caro]

Aww... I was just about to watch the Brave little toaster on joox... but it was deleted.
That film used to be on TV almost every day on VE Day for some reason when I was a kid.

Brave little toaster!!!!! How I loved that film!!! Yeah, they showed it very often here too and I watched it every time :D

[Kiyuri]

I remember it being quite horrible in places too. All the other appliances they encountered seemed to want to kill them!

[caro]

yes! very scary sometimes!!! Since then, I always see faces in electric devices.

[Kiyuri]

Just watched Sweeny Todd... I'd really, really have liked it better if people didn't burst into song every 5 damn minutes!

[lucifer]

the exorcist in a lecture theatre as part of my uni course. before that it was st. trinians (way better than i would have expected). before that it was probably something foreign/black and white/silent/all three.

[MaD dOctoR]

Just watched Sweeney Todd...
Me too...

good, but most of the songs are shite, Timothy Spall's first song is just atrocious, why did they try and fit so many words into one sentence? Helena did her best, but most of the time (again) having too many words to sing in a sentence just didn't work...

Johnny Depp made this film, without him I think a lot of people would have walked out, (Though I did enjoy it) he has a great voice (is there anything he can't do?) Sacha Baron Cohen is great as always, and have to say Alan Rickman has a great voice also. the blood at times can look a lot like that paint we all used back in primary school...but I can see why they didn't make it look more realistic (it would never have been given a rating otherwise)

one of the better songs I'd say was the erm...let's say recipe song in the shop when they are going over what to put in the pies.

I would like to say one thing, I've never seen Sweeney Todd, or read anything about it, so didn't know the story (though heard the name before) but...>>>I figured it out halfway through...

overall, a decent film, go and watch it if only for Johnny Depp.

dOc

[Mister_G]

Went to see Atonement yesterday.

Oh my God! Such a beautiful film. I'd even use the word 'amazing'.
It totally drags you into the story and then, when it's done, you don't want it to be already because ... Well, just go and find out ;)

<3².

[Ooh.La.Lisa]

^I got to check it out, then!

[rewak]

Sweeney Todd

Loved it :) Songs did get a little repetitive towards the end though, but didn't ruin the film :)

[Kiyuri]

I dunno. When you've got two people singing two different things at the same time at great speed, it loses me.

[rewak]

Yeah that was a bit annoying i do admit, but i think the point was you weren't really supposed to understand what either was saying

[MaD dOctoR]

I kinda liked that, it showed that Sweeney was completely mental.

dOc

[Saizo]

"There Will Be Blood"

Paul Thomas Anderson is an amazing filmmaker and this film just proved it. I'm now sorta torn between "No Country For Old Men" and this. Liked both. But I have a weird feeling "Atonement" might walk away as Best Picture. That's my Oscar prediction.

[truthtakestime]

^ I also saw There Will Be Blood and felt similarly. A wonderful movie. My Oscar prediction is that Day-Lewis will win and deserves to. I think it also has a good shot at Best Picture. I haven't seen Atonement, but it seems a bit...glossy. Then again, they did award BP to Departed last year, so who knows...

I also rewatched We Don't Live Here Anymore. Good performances, some moving moments, but I feel like some improvements could be made, especially with some awkward dialogue.

[Jaxsbudgie]

I kinda liked that, it showed that Sweeney was completely mental.

dOc

Ahhh i just saw it
It was so good
Just the right amount of blood, insanity, baleful-ness, moodyness and overall greatness
The singing did pester me a bit at the begining, and i did wonder sometimes why they couldn't have just spoken
But i did enjoy it with the songs
And i hate most musicals

Plus the two people singing at the same times was great

And the ending was great
Which makes me think
How different would it have been if it was made by some Hollywood jock with too much money to care?

[Danni]

I did love Sweeny Todd, Just went to see it tonight - Johnny Depp's voice was much better than I expected. I loved the little Antony Head appearene. That was, I think, the second film I have not loved Alan Rickman in (first being Love Actually)
The Blood did look like paint but I think it had to be that bright and thick in order to contrast properly with the darkness of the film

[MaD dOctoR]

The Blood did look like paint but I think it had to be that bright and thick in order to contrast properly with the darkness of the film
and to not get completely hammered by the censors :(

dOc

[MaD dOctoR]

Ahhh i just saw it
It was so good
Just the right amount of blood, insanity, baleful-ness, moodyness and overall greatness
The singing did pester me a bit at the begining, and i did wonder sometimes why they couldn't have just spoken
But i did enjoy it with the songs
And i hate most musicals

Plus the two people singing at the same times was great

And the ending was great
Which makes me think
How different would it have been if it was made by some Hollywood jock with too much money to care?
maybe a shoot out with a few explosions and Will Smith doing that pouty "I'm hard me I am" stare that he always does...

I just remembered every time that blonde girly bloke came on screen singing "Johanna" the audience were pissing themselves laughing...and I couldn't blame them...

oh and that other kid, his eyes were all over the place which really didn't help his performance.

and yes, I think they made the right choice with certain parts not having songs, but made mistakes by having certain people who couldn't sing, singing songs that even a professional singer would have problems with, in places where songs weren't really needed.

dOc

[truthtakestime]

A Few Good Men

'Twas quite good. Good enough for me to forget (momentarily) that I don't care for Tom Cruise as an actor.

[VisualFallacy]

Over the weekend I watched Straight Talk (80s film with Dolly Parton) which was hilariously cheesy rubbish, really fantastic, with Dolly doing the soundtrack as well! James Woods is in it pre freaky surgery!

Last night I watched Gia, on orders from Kelly (the Jolie fan of the two of us) and it was quite good, completely not what I expected. It was filmed rather well and I'm glad there wasn't any emphasis on the fact that she had a gilfriend, if that makes sense?! They didn't make a big deal out of it... which makes a nice change in films! Shed a little tear at the end of it all. Probably should've started watching it earlier because I wanted to go to sleep by the end of it and was willing it to finish... which wasn't really fair to the film in honesty!

[Eden Star]

I'm ashamed to say that I watched Wyatt Earp on TV last night. I don't know how it happened because I really dislike the Costner but somehow got drawn in and spent about 2 hours wondering if history would somehow magically rewrite itself and he'd suddenly die and then it would stop...but it didn't.

And I'm sure that the woman who played his whore/pretend wife (not the 'Jew-Whore' girl) also plays the prostitute in My Name Is Earl. But its all a bit blurry...I'm not sure if it even really happened or if I just dreamed it all.

[caro]

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Good acting. Nice movie.

[Peter Jeffery]

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (last night)
Deeply weird - brilliant!

Before that -

Single White Female (on Monday evening)
Less predictable than I thought it might be.

[Jaxsbudgie]

maybe a shoot out with a few explosions and Will Smith doing that pouty "I'm hard me I am" stare that he always does...


dOc

I think Nicholas Cage would be better suited for the lead role
He's talented. period.

[verena8]

blueberry nights
like two days ago - was sticky and sweet just like a blueberry cake. liked the original better than this one. I mean, I dont like norah jones at all and bein confronted with close ups of her for 1 and a half hour is quite ..hard

the buket list
yesterday..mm..shallow. yeah. I was glad I had another movie in my mind



anyone seen the dylan movie yet? is it worth watchin?

[MaD dOctoR]

I think Nicholas Cage would be better suited for the lead role
He's talented. period.
...he's talented...at playing himself...he used to be quite watchable in a film...his last few films have been terrible and his acting way over the top...which is no real change...just got annoying.

I'm going out on a limb and saying that National Treasure will be shit...;) (ok that's not really going out on a limb...)

dOc

[rewak]

The stage production of Sweeney Todd (from the 1980's, with Angela Lansbury and George Hearn)

Pretty good, prefer the film but that's just me

[caro]

the buket list
yesterday..mm..shallow. yeah. I was glad I had another movie in my mind



I just saw it yesterday. I kind of liked it, it made me laugh.

[rewak]

Silent Hill

Again. I wish they'd hurry the fuck up and start the second one, or at least hurry the fuck up with the 2-disc special edition of this one! I still don't own a legit copy of the DVD, it's a great film but i refuse to pay for a bare-bones DVD.

[Jaxsbudgie]

Silent Hill

Again. I wish they'd hurry the fuck up and start the second one, or at least hurry the fuck up with the 2-disc special edition of this one! I still don't own a legit copy of the DVD, it's a great film but i refuse to pay for a bare-bones DVD.

I has the single dvd version
I thought it was good
I liked the concept more than the actual film
I don't know ... i think they over confused the storyline
And had parts that were a bit unnecessary
But overall, i did enjoy it
It was a good game to film adaptation
And i have watched it say 4 times

I don't think number 2 will be as good
They never usually are

[Kiyuri]

Superbad

Better than I thought it would be, but still not as good as I'd heard it was.

[rewak]

I has the single dvd version
I thought it was good
I liked the concept more than the actual film
I don't know ... i think they over confused the storyline
And had parts that were a bit unnecessary
But overall, i did enjoy it
It was a good game to film adaptation
And i have watched it say 4 times

I don't think number 2 will be as good
They never usually are

I think you kinda need to have played the game and fully understand the story (and backstory) to appreciate and understand the film. Only film i've went to the cinema multiple times to see, just loved it. But come one, i know there are a fair few deleted scenes and i know there is more material to fill out a special edition. The hour-long making of is not bad, pretty good and in depth but still, its the only extra and that just sucks cause they are holding stuff back for a second release. The 2nd film will be good, so long as it isn't a sequel, fresh new story and it'll be fine.

Superbad

Better than I thought it would be, but still not as good as I'd heard it was.

Sounds bad

[Jaxsbudgie]

I think you kinda need to have played the game and fully understand the story (and backstory) to appreciate and understand the film. Only film i've went to the cinema multiple times to see, just loved it. But come one, i know there are a fair few deleted scenes and i know there is more material to fill out a special edition. The hour-long making of is not bad, pretty good and in depth but still, its the only extra and that just sucks cause they are holding stuff back for a second release. The 2nd film will be good, so long as it isn't a sequel, fresh new story and it'll be fine.



Yeah i was dissapointed when they didn't have deleted scenes on the dvd
They had the making and all that crap
Which did show a scene of ermmm Rose? and .... the butch cop lady and ermmm the one who throws the rocks and gets her skin ripped off, Anna? yeah her
Anyway, there was a scene where Rose and Anna were running away from one of those rib cage thingys
And the butch cop was shooting it

Yeah ... that was worth it

I played number 1 when i was but a babe, i was petrified, those ps1 graphics made it worse
I thought that number 2 was going to have Sean Bean ventuing back into Silent Hill, doing the typical Hollywood dad "i just gotta save my wife and kids" thing
That's why i thought it wasn't going to be so good

D'you think it'll be based around whatshername, wih the short blonde hair, the daughter yeah...?


You can tell i'm good with names

[rewak]

Yeah it really shows! :D They don't even have a plot or anything yet, who knows if they are ever gonna do another film, but they better

[MaD dOctoR]

Cloverfield - finally...a decent film. (may even go see it a few more times :))

it is a must see film at the cinema, do not wait to see it on DVD HD-DVD (yeah...like that'll still be around :D) Blu Ray...the motion isn't as bad as people are making out, (I sat halfway in the cinema (AMC Birmingham) you can see the sides of the screen, if you sit closer then it'll be just like any other film, you'll be looking side to side and your eyes will hurt, (I remember sitting pretty close when I went to see 28 Weeks Later, but motion sickness...you'd have to have a pretty weak stomach or a bad inner ear problem for that to happen...ok there is a lot of motion, it's meant to be a hand held camera, so you must expect that.

...it's not worth staying till the end of the credits though (you've probably heard a few things if you've been reading stuff on imdb...I stayed just to make sure I didn't miss anything...but it is only a garbled piece of audio that lasts about a second...no doubt it will turn up somewhere like youtube...

anyway, I loved it...but I better leave it there...cause I'm getting that feeling like I'm going to say something to spoil it...

GO SEE IT

dOc

[MaD dOctoR]

Yeah it really shows! :D They don't even have a plot or anything yet, who knows if they are ever gonna do another film, but they better
they are meant to be doing an adaption of Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill was an adaption of Silent Hill (the first game) at least that was the last thing I heard about it...haven't read anything since that though....so that could have changed by now.

in the original, I heard that the end scene (well not the END scene, I mean the "let's rip people apart scene") was meant to be 3 Red Pyramid's tearing people apart...but their time and budget was running out (sounds pretty cool if it was true, but I quite like the way it ended)

all I say is they should take a few elements from Silent Hill 3 and a few plot points from Silent Hill 4 and go all out on the 2nd film, making it more grotesque and sinister than the first (which is what we all want really :D) ooh and more rusty metal would be a nice touch...:)

dOc

[Peter Jeffery]

The Bank Dick - I'm slowly working my way through a collection of 17 W C Fields films.

[Mister_G]

Grrr, we went to see two movies during class this week, both of which destroyed my dreamy, perfect Atonementmood. The only good thing about it was that we watched them during class. And that they weren't that bad. But still.

Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas
For French. It was bearable, though the ending was such an anticlimax and ... I don't know, not good. It didn't seem to fit in with the rest and it was just so ... Gah.
:confused:

Das Leben der Anderen
For German. Now this one I really liked. At some moments, it was a bit dreadful, but all in all it was nicely put together.
It's so surreal that the DDR spied on so many people and kept notes about their alleged suspicious behaviour! More surreal is the fact that those people can actually go and see what was written about them back in the day and find out who spied them. Imagine finding out that you can't trust anyone - your wife/husband, children, friends, neighbours ... My God!

and last but n... well, least:

The Holiday
For fun (at home already).
That Cameron Diaz is such an overacting actress. Kate Winslet wasn't all too good either. And don't get me started on that annoying Jack Black, grrr.
Conclusion: more than one hour of my life I'll never get back :(

[Ooh.La.Lisa]

Ah! There's this thing about films you see at school, they're or extremely crap (mostly) or extremely good (you pray for this, but it doesn't happen that often).

I've seen the most dreadful films at highschool ("Ma vie en Rose" still freaks me out - and no, it's not that film about Edith Piaf), that have caused some serious damage to my innocent soul *cough*.
But sometimes we saw some things that were actually quite good, which makes up (a bit)

[Mister_G]

Ah! There's this thing about films you see at school, they're or extremely crap (mostly) or extremely good (you pray for this, but it doesn't happen that often).

I've seen the most dreadful films at highschool ("Ma vie en Rose" still freaks me out - and no, it's not that film about Edith Piaf), that have caused some serious damage to my innocent soul *cough*.
But sometimes we saw some things that were actually quite good, which makes up (a bit)

We've actually been quite lucky so far, most of the time, when it comes to filmwatching at school. Allthough I still suffer from that shitty 'De tasjesdief' I watched back in puberty *shudders*

So what is Ma Vie En Rose about then? And would it be to traumatic to name a few schoolfilms or not? ;)

[rewak]

they are meant to be doing an adaption of Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill was an adaption of Silent Hill (the first game) at least that was the last thing I heard about it...haven't read anything since that though....so that could have changed by now.

in the original, I heard that the end scene (well not the END scene, I mean the "let's rip people apart scene") was meant to be 3 Red Pyramid's tearing people apart...but their time and budget was running out (sounds pretty cool if it was true, but I quite like the way it ended)

all I say is they should take a few elements from Silent Hill 3 and a few plot points from Silent Hill 4 and go all out on the 2nd film, making it more grotesque and sinister than the first (which is what we all want really :D) ooh and more rusty metal would be a nice touch...:)

dOc

They shot themselves in the foot having Pyramid Head in it, seeing as he was an integral part of the plot in the 2nd game, fools!

[Ooh.La.Lisa]

Hahaha "De tasjesdief", we saw that in primary school :D

Now "Ma Vie en Rose" is about a little boy, I think he must be around 8 who wants to be a girl. It doesn't sound as horrible as the film actually was, though, with angry parents completely freaking out, the boy being as irritating and not-girlish as a boy can be (so I didn't even understand what the problem was) and an over-the-top ending where the girl/boy meets a boy/girl! And the mother suddenly flies- I shouldn't forget to mention that! *shivers*

Other filmic delight :

"The eye of the eagle" (Middle Ages)
"Krampack" (I think it was Spanish, about two sexually deranged boys - don't ask for details)
Any film we saw in German course, really, except Sophie Scholl...

Need I say more ? :D

[MaD dOctoR]

They shot themselves in the foot having Pyramid Head in it, seeing as he was an integral part of the plot in the 2nd game, fools!
it's not Pyramid Head though (it's Red Pyramid :D:D:D:D:D) but...those guys (cause there's more than one) are always there, even if we didn't see them in the first game...(and let's face it...it's probably a good thing they weren't in the first one...as they would have looked a bit shit)

I think they should go for the look of the 3rd game, as the scenery and locations in that are probably the best of the series (freaky fairground and the Bunny...the Bunny has gotta be in it somewhere :D)

I just hope they get the same team as before with Gans directing as he did a great job with the first installment. :D

dOc

[rewak]

Well Roger Avery is out, and Gans probably isn't directing, so it isn't looking so great.

[MaD dOctoR]

Well Roger Avery is out, and Gans probably isn't directing, so it isn't looking so great.
yeah heard him around the time they were talking to him about it...he wants a European to direct it if he can't...no idea why they have to be European,,,can't they just be a good fucking director?

as long as they don't give it to the twat that directed Hitman...we can all breath a little easier :)

hey...maybe you me and a few more SH fans could direct it :D
you know we'd "kill it" in a good way...(as the kids say these days...or is that old people talk now?

...anyway as long as it's as good as the first one it shouldn't be that bad...but...it could go completely to shit.

dOc

[Mister_G]

Hahaha "De tasjesdief", we saw that in primary school :D

Now "Ma Vie en Rose" is about a little boy, I think he must be around 8 who wants to be a girl. It doesn't sound as horrible as the film actually was, though, with angry parents completely freaking out, the boy being as irritating and not-girlish as a boy can be (so I didn't even understand what the problem was) and an over-the-top ending where the girl/boy meets a boy/girl! And the mother suddenly flies- I shouldn't forget to mention that! *shivers*

Other filmic delight :

"The eye of the eagle" (Middle Ages)
"Krampack" (I think it was Spanish, about two sexually deranged boys - don't ask for details)
Any film we saw in German course, really, except Sophie Scholl...

Need I say more ? :D

Oh my God! Hahaha, they sound awfully great ... or atleast greatly awful, lol :P So in the first film you mentioned, the mother flies - as in: real flying? Waving her arms and off she goes? Lol!
And a Spanish film? Or can I really not ask? ;)

I remember these:
-C.R.A.Z.Y. <3
-Podium <3
-Sophie Scholl
-Fur <3
-Les Choristes
-Some film about Odysseus where his journey wasn't so full of suffering, especially since every woman he met succesfully invited him into bed.
-and then De Tasjesdief (primary school? We saw it when we were 13, for Religion. 13! Primary school! :eek:!), and the ones I just came to mention.

[Ooh.La.Lisa]

Yeah, she really flies, there was some serious armflapping action going on...It was horrible!! (But also quite fun, because at the end of the film everyone was just laughing out loud)

Podium, I love that film, we saw that for French too!

But we also saw some good films : House of Flying Daggers, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain,Crash,Little Miss Sunshine,...

Atleast, they tried ;):D

[The Carpathian]

Cloverfield..........

Like dOc, I'll just give no spoilers other than to tell you to go see it - finally a movie of this type in recent years that doesn't sucketh. Far from it - it rocks big time and will have you absolutely hooked. Excellently paced, some nice surprises and easily up to the viral marketing hype that preceeded it.

I give it......... * * * * *

[doe_eyes]

Little Miss Sunshine- fantastic ending!

[rewak]

Cloverfield..........

Like dOc, I'll just give no spoilers other than to tell you to go see it - finally a movie of this type in recent years that doesn't sucketh. Far from it - it rocks big time and will have you absolutely hooked. Excellently paced, some nice surprises and easily up to the viral marketing hype that preceeded it.

I give it......... * * * * *

Really? I give it **

[The Carpathian]

Really? I give it **

{tries to avoid spoilers}

I must admit that I wasn't sure if it could live up to the hype that's preceded it but really got into it and rolled with the action all the way through. I'll grant you that it wears it's classic B-movie heart on it's sleeve and the political allusions are a little heavy handed at times but overall it was great fun with some genuine surprises nicely dotted through.

Personal preference though, of course, like most movies/albums/etc

[Keith]

"Before The Devil Knows You're Dead"

As Sidney Lumet is the director and it features Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei and Albert Finney, you'd expect good direction and perfomances. And that's what you get. Lots of good reviews too, apparently.

However, it's an ugly story about fucked up people doing fucked up things and it just depressed me overall.:(

[jamsil]

i am currently watching 'father of the bride'. i expect my heart to be thoroughly warmed by the end. if not, i will then sit through 'father of the bride part two'.

[greenwell64]

i am currently watching 'father of the bride'. i expect my heart to be thoroughly warmed by the end. if not, i will then sit through 'father of the bride part two'.

Someone's watching AMC.:D

I remember seeing Father Of The Bride in a theater in 1993. It was a rainy Sunday night. On my way to the theater I was pedaling by bicycle while listening to Motorhead's 1916 album on a cassette that I had borrowed from the library.

At Showplace North, there was only one other person watching the movie with me that night. And she was gone before the movie was over.

[jamsil]

At Showplace North, there was only one other person watching the movie with me that night. And she was gone before the movie was over.

haha, good thing i have low standards. last night they had a horror movie marathon, so i was expecting more of that. but as you see, i've settled for the romantic comedy. amc is messing with my head.

[jamsil]

oh yes, this should be good.

steve martin, upon hearing his daughter will be going out for the night with her fiance: "don't forget to fasten your condom...i mean seatbelt!!"

[MaD dOctoR]

{tries to avoid spoilers}

I must admit that I wasn't sure if it could live up to the hype that's preceded it but really got into it and rolled with the action all the way through. I'll grant you that it wears it's classic B-movie heart on it's sleeve and the political allusions are a little heavy handed at times but overall it was great fun with some genuine surprises nicely dotted through.

Personal preference though, of course, like most movies/albums/etc
I've seen it twice now (first time stayed for end of credits...which turned out to be pointless...but at least I know it was :D and the music was pretty good :)) saw it in the day time (with people that obviously knew what the film was about) and it seemed as though everyone (like me) enjoyed the film immensely) there were only 2 other guys left at the end of the credits (looked like students) everyone else had gone.

saw it later (with my Uncle...whom I had told what the film was, and what to expect many many times many many weeks ago, he hated the shaky camera in 28 weeks Later, and any other film with shaky camera...I just had to say that there is actually a reason for it in this film...unlike 28 weeks Later which has it for no reason at all (though I still prefer that to "Days") but after the film had gotten to THAT bit I could hear a very loud sigh from the audience (mostly at the back of the room, with a few loud "that's it?" comments (obviously people who had no idea what the film was about...) even though it explains it at the very start (if you were paying attention ;))

If my budget could cope (trying to save money for a trip to Vegas and LA is a bastard) I'd go another few times, just to take everything in, it really is a Roller coaster (and even Mark Kermode gave it a thumbs up...which is something I wasn't expecting...

bring on Cloverfield 2...

dOc

[MaD dOctoR]

Aliens VS Predator Requiem

I have no idea what the fuck all the bad reviews for this film are going on about...I have no idea what the hell they were expecting from it...but I have to say, I really enjoyed it, it's not clever, it's not meant to be, it's bloody which it is meant to be, and it's got all the effects that you'd expect in an Alien/Predator film, it's just what it was meant to be.

must admit I went in with a very low expectation of anything good, but it's a hell of lot better than what critics/people are giving it.

but after Cloverfield I can only say one thing...don't let someone else make your mind up...DO NOT LISTEN TO CRITICS AT ALL

dOc

[vespertine]

I finally watched "King Kong" - the Peter Jackson version. I never went to see it at the cinema and it's been sitting in my collection for ages.

I liked it but the end made me sad. :(

...

I'm trying to drag the boyfriend to see "Cloverfield" but he doesn't trust my ... choice of films. After seeing "Saw 3" he doesn't want to goto the cinema with me anymore. I told him that "Cloverfield" is a sort of horror movie and that was enough for him to say no. :(

[greenwell64]

DO NOT LISTEN TO CRITICS AT ALL

Does that include yourself. Because you have set yourself up to be quite critical, also.

[MaD dOctoR]

Does that include yourself. Because you have set yourself up to be quite critical, also.
yes exactly, don't listen to me, as you may hate the films I love, but it's better having your own opinion with actual evidence to back up your argument. there are many people who will say, oh I hate that film because...and then spout off a few reasons why...but one of my all time worst reasons for hating a film...is because ooh...this critic didn't like it...so I won't...;)

I've listened/read many reviews from professional/non-professional "critics" or "people" (as that's all they are really...people who get paid to watch films and then give their opinions on them...and then the "sheep" who listen to their every word do exactly what they say...:()

but what I mean is, just watch a film (or in some cases the trailer) and make your own mind up...sure, you can agree with a critic once you've seen the film...but don't just not bother because someone you know saw it and didn't like it. grrrrrr

talking of trailers...I hate the look of "Jumper" my uncle cracked me up by saying something like oh is that the sequel to "Cardigan" in his not so quiet voice :D but that's only the trailer it might turn out to be an amazing film...but I'm not putting any money on that...(it does have Rachel Bilson in it though :D)
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and don't get me started on National Treasure :(

dOc

[MaD dOctoR]

I'm trying to drag the boyfriend to see "Cloverfield" but he doesn't trust my ... choice of films. After seeing "Saw 3" he doesn't want to goto the cinema with me anymore. I told him that "Cloverfield" is a sort of horror movie and that was enough for him to say no. :(
it's not a horror movie...tell him it's more of a love story, on a rollercoaster ride into Hell...that'll change his mind surely? (...maybe leave the "Into Hell" bit out though ;))

I've still not seen King Kong...in fact there's quite a few films starting to build up that I've not seen :(

dOc

[greenwell64]

yes exactly, don't listen to me, as you may hate the films I love

It's more like you hate the films that most other people like, and hate the people that most other people respect. It seems like a pose sometimes; like 'you are just saying that.'

[vespertine]

it's not a horror movie...tell him it's more of a love story, on a rollercoaster ride into Hell...that'll change his mind surely? (...maybe leave the "Into Hell" bit out though ;))

I've still not seen King Kong...in fact there's quite a few films starting to build up that I've not seen :(

dOc
I didn't really know how to describe it!! I was just hoping that the name "Cloverfield" didn't sound too menacing and he would've gone to see it, no questions asked. :/

I've pretty much avoided spoilers and the like - so I have no idea what the "monster" looks like, etc.

I'm really looking forward to it. :)

You should check "King Kong" out. You'll just need to put three hours aside!! I had to split it into two viewings because I'm not so good with long films. Still, there was never a dull moment - I even liked the beginning, which apparently isn't very popular.

Oh, and I love Naomi Watts. :)

[MaD dOctoR]

I didn't really know how to describe it!! I was just hoping that the name "Cloverfield" didn't sound too menacing and he would've gone to see it, no questions asked. :/

I've pretty much avoided spoilers and the like - so I have no idea what the "monster" looks like, etc.

I'm really looking forward to it. :)

You should check "King Kong" out. You'll just need to put three hours aside!! I had to split it into two viewings because I'm not so good with long films. Still, there was never a dull moment - I even liked the beginning, which apparently isn't very popular.

Oh, and I love Naomi Watts. :)
FOOKINELLLLLLL maybe that's that's the reason I've not seen it yet...3 hours is a long film...but it does look good...hmmm may have to put that on the list of things to watch soon...

as to Cloverfield,..hope you enjoy it, make sure to sit at least halfway back from the screen (so you can see the sides of it in your peripheral vision)

dOc

[MaD dOctoR]

It's more like you hate the films that most other people like, and hate the people that most other people respect. It seems like a pose sometimes; like 'you are just saying that.'
maybe...maybe I just hate everything...no wait...I like boobies...can't complain about them...:D

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dOc

[Ooh.La.Lisa]

Saw "Control" yesterday.

I thought it was really good, I'm not that familiar with Joy Division (I only know one or two songs), but even then, the story is really moving.
Loved the black and white.

[ingels]

Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey

Somehow that movie is scary to me, it's weird but I have a hard time watching it since it get's me feeling weird..

[Peter Jeffery]

Last night, I watched Imagine You and Me on BBC2. A great film, I thought - genuinely touching. (Didn't they make a lovely couple?) Deserved a lot more stars than the Radio Times gave it.

[Kiyuri]

I watched Cloverfield. In the cinema and everything.

It were a bit good.

[The Carpathian]

Just caught the end of "Calender Girls" and, it has to said, the Mirren is still stonkingly sexy.

There. You may now agree or disagree as you see fit.

[MaD dOctoR]

Just caught the end of "Calender Girls" and, it has to said, the Mirren is still stonkingly sexy.

There. You may now agree or disagree as you see fit.
yep I quite like Ms Mirren :D (she's not shy either :eek: if I remember correctly)

dOc

[MaD dOctoR]

I watched Cloverfield. In the cinema and everything.

It were a bit good.
only a bit...:eek:

dOc

[Kiyuri]

Well I'd have preferred if the thing was more an unseen thing with the occassional body part, not actually seeing the thing staring you in the face.

[MaD dOctoR]

Well I'd have preferred if the thing was more an unseen thing with the occassional body part, not actually seeing the thing staring you in the face.
(you may want to grey that bit out ;))

but I quite liked that...as the first reviews/thoughts were that it wasn't in it at all, only a few seconds of it...which wouldn't have worked...

but for a relatively cheap film...they did a pretty decent job. (imagine if it cost more :eek: :D)

dOc

[jimmyjamjar]

IYou should check "King Kong" out. You'll just need to put three hours aside!! I had to split it into two viewings because I'm not so good with long films. Still, there was never a dull moment - I even liked the beginning, which apparently isn't very popular. :)

Looking forward to seeing Cloverfield I think (i'm not too sure anymore...)
but I have to disagree with you on King Kong - what a HUGE pile of dung that film was!

Watched Eden last night - bizarre german film about a woman who fall sin love with a chef's cooking. Slow, brooding and sexy - good film :)

[VisualFallacy]

I went to the cinema to see Sweeney Todd on Saturday with mum and my sister, it was very good.. makes you realise (again) why the thing never really had that good a run in the theatre... the songs just aren't memorable enough... or there's no real stand out song that you have in your head for ages that everyone knows and affiliates with that musical. Anyway, I digress into the wonderful world of musical productions and I don't mean to!

Mr Depp was excellent as always, Helena Bonham Carter was FANTASTIC and thought she played Mrs Lovett excellently. Mmm meaty pies! haha!

[jimmyjamjar]

Hmmm yeah you've got a point - I don;t think I could sing one song back.

Loved the film though - soooooo good want to see again!

[Sartori]

"The Kingdom" , good

[MaD dOctoR]

I went to the cinema to see Sweeney Todd on Saturday with mum and my sister, it was very good.. makes you realise (again) why the thing never really had that good a run in the theatre... the songs just aren't memorable enough... or there's no real stand out song that you have in your head for ages that everyone knows and affiliates with that musical. Anyway, I digress into the wonderful world of musical productions and I don't mean to!

Mr Depp was excellent as always, Helena Bonham Carter was FANTASTIC and thought she played Mrs Lovett excellently. Mmm meaty pies! haha!
everytime that git comes on singing Johanna you want to punch his face in...so that's quite memorable ;)

I quite liked the "My Friends" song :D

and the least we say about Timothy Spall's song the better :(

dOc

[rewak]

I agree on that count, i mean christ the guy has one song in the whole film but by god he milks it dry!

[greenwell64]

"The Kingdom" , good

Hmm; that's two yea votes for that one on this board. Maybe it's time for this yankee to see it.

As for me, I saw the film Facing The Giants at a friends house yesterday before seeing the Superbowl at another friend's house later. It's a movie funded and made by a Baptist church in Georgia. It's about a coach at a Christian School who learns to trust in God through crises about having a losing team and not being able to father a child. It is incredibly earnest and so reminds me of what Soviet films about Collective Farms or Red Army units in 'The Great Patriotic War' must have been like.

[jimmyjamjar]

everytime that git comes on singing Johanna you want to punch his face in...so that's quite memorable ;)


Lol - yes I know what you mean......however FAR more annoying was the girl!

[Nightwing]

just got back from seeing Lust, Caution.

Ang Lee's best film so far by far. A must see.

[Jude]

Just saw Cloverfield yesterday...

[Jaxsbudgie]

Just saw Cloverfield yesterday...

As did i
It was the actual best

[Ooh.La.Lisa]

SpiceWorld, yet again!

BUT it was a special viewing, my best mate hadn't seen it and seeing that I really grew up with this film, I had to show her! I believe she understands me better now :D

[rewak]

A short film called Penance. Katie-Jane should act in more short films, she's perfect

[Jude]

As did i
It was the actual best

Yeah I quite liked it. Mind u I love all that stuff.

A short film called Penance. Katie-Jane should act in more short films, she's perfect

They've just gone up on my QA myspace. Did u see 'Lost Upon A Flame' too?

[Ooh.La.Lisa]

Has anyone seen "Juno" yet ?
I wonder if it's any good, how can I not like a film that has a quote "He's the cheese to my macaroni" in it ?

[rewak]

They've just gone up on my QA myspace. Did u see 'Lost Upon A Flame' too?

I'd seen that before when it went up on YouTube, it's still a great video though! Shame they cancelled the French Lalleshwari release.

[Ooh.La.Lisa]

I saw "The Fountain" yesterday.

Quite different from what I expected, but I liked it AND I love Rachel Weisz, I just thought I'd say it...;)