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MaD dOctoR
18-12-2008, 00:55
Zooooooooey? Where do I know that name from?
*googles*
Oh yeah. Tinman. That was great.
that's like an American saying isn't it "zooo-ey zooo-ey" (think it's Suu-ee Suu-ee though) still as it's a wierd spelling of a name...it's not as bad as that little prick on xfactor...Eoogahhhagaooenan or whatever it's feckin OWEN just OWEN not Eogojhhagnaohiohoihweoifhweoi BAH!!!
sorry it's late, and apparently names are annoying me...;)
dOc
MaD dOctoR
18-12-2008, 00:59
The very one, I honestly don't know how it got the go ahead and why they didn't cop on and pack it in while filming, it's quite possibly the worst movie I've ever seen and I've seen Dragon Wars
you've never seen the LOW BUDGET horror that was The English Patient (again with someone who doesn't know how his name is spelled) Ralph Fiennes (no...RALPH it's not RAY it's fucking RALPH...and while we're at it...it's FIE-NNES not FINES) argghhhhhhhhh!!!
dOc
I have indeed seen it, these are waaay worse.
I put forward to you the name, Joaquin Phoenix, a pronounciation minefield.
MaD dOctoR
18-12-2008, 01:10
I have indeed seen it, these are waaay worse.
I put forward to you the name, Joaquin Phoenix, a pronounciation minefield.
I'm not that bothered by his name, in fact I quite like it, (though I think it's the only one) plus he was born in Puerto Rico (so it explains why it's like that) but as for Ralph (born in England ;)) there is no reason for it.
I will admit, that when I heard his name aloud the first time I was like WHAT? surely it's Joe-quin Phoenix not Wa-keen Phoenix
dOc
I'm gonna pronounce it Jo-a-Kin Pee-Ho-enix to somebody someday and see what happens, if I get killed you'll know I went laughing
MaD dOctoR
18-12-2008, 01:13
Troglodyte!
same to you :D
:p
dOc
Satin Chic
18-12-2008, 01:47
his eye annoys me...especially in Street Kings
dOc
Sometimes he can be annoying, as some of his characters are all heart and no backbone.
But when he is in a good role, he shines.
Manderlay......
What an odd movie, I did like the ending however
cookiee_munster
18-12-2008, 02:07
Carrie. excellent film :)
... trully awfully dire sequel.
hollywoodboi1
18-12-2008, 02:10
Yes and Yes. That second one, what a laugh!
Haha the final scene with the tattoo growing around her was just ridiculous, not that the rest wasn't but still, it came to a head there.
cookiee_munster
18-12-2008, 02:13
i was just like "O...M...G!!! ... WTF!?!?" just shouting at the screen as i watched it! the films should never be released as a box set. ever. to pair them together and to actually admit that they have some kind of connection would be criminal.
Satin Chic
18-12-2008, 03:11
One of the few films that can bring a tear to my eye.
I rarely cry, maybe cause I have a heart of stone? hehe. One of the few films that can bring a tear to my eye:
The Land Before Time.
When his mother dies in the rain! It gets me every time. Poor littlefoot. And how is the big proud voice "Then littlefoot knew he was all alone".
*cue SaticChic sobs* AHHHHH! Poor little dinosaur with no mum, got no one in the world. AHHH!
Peter Jeffery
18-12-2008, 12:46
Lifeforce.
It's rubbish! :(
The Cell - oh fuck I so so loved this film ..it's like they just filmed the inside of my head ... I have dreams just like this ...content a little different but they got that so on the money ...
The Birds
Was good, if a little anti-climactic
Shoot 'em up.
A bit like Kill Bill. Mindless violence and stupidity throughout, yet thoroughly entertaining.
The Birds
Was good, if a little anti-climactic
The only creepy thing I found about that film was the sounds of the birds.
Peter Jeffery
19-12-2008, 19:36
I expect that's because you don't often hear the sound of birds, other than hawks.
Peter Jeffery
19-12-2008, 19:39
So Friday night's his night for falconing?
I expect that's because you don't often hear the sound of birds, other than hawks.
I'm gonna finally ask coz I didn't get it the first time either, hawks? Am I missing something here?
Oh and Zack and Miri Make a Porno, it was funny, bit mushy in the second half but was nice and funny.
Peter Jeffery
20-12-2008, 11:02
I'm gonna finally ask coz I didn't get it the first time either, hawks? Am I missing something here?
We had a discussion, a while back, about whether there were hawks in Ireland. You thought there were only sea gulls. (Actually, hawks are smaller than sea gulls.) :D
Last night, I watched two films Girl Play (a bit weird) and Bloodrayne (starring the very lovely Kristianna Loken, and with Ben Kingsley not playing Ghandi). :)
We had a discussion, a while back, about whether there were hawks in Ireland. You thought there were only sea gulls. (Actually, hawks are smaller than sea gulls.) :D
Last night, I watched two films Girl Play (a bit weird) and Bloodrayne (starring the very lovely Kristianna Loken, and with Ben Kingsley not playing Ghandi). :)
I don't remember but it does sound like something I'd do.
I would do very questionable things to Kristanna Loken, although my god Bloodrayne looks awful.
MaD dOctoR
20-12-2008, 12:35
I don't remember but it does sound like something I'd do.
I would do very questionable things to Kristanna Loken, although my god Bloodrayne looks awful.
so bad they made 2 of them...and are now making a 3rd :eek:
dOc
so bad they made 2 of them...and are now making a 3rd :eek:
dOc
Yeh I noticed the second one floating around, and only a few months apart from each other. Although Kristanna Loken isn't in the second one
Peter Jeffery
20-12-2008, 14:28
YAlthough Kristanna Loken isn't in the second one
In that case, what was the point of the second one? :confused:
Do show how rapidly they could spew out a shit sequel, they were probably filming the two at the same time. Ms.Loken can't be in two places at once you know. But my god if she could.....
I think that was meant to be dirty but I don't know what good could come from having her in two seperate areas at once
Peter Jeffery
20-12-2008, 17:43
She's probably better in just one place at a time -- even more so if you're in that place.
Or in high tree with binoculars across the street from that place
MaD dOctoR
20-12-2008, 21:32
Do show how rapidly they could spew out a shit sequel, they were probably filming the two at the same time. Ms.Loken can't be in two places at once you know. But my god if she could.....
I think that was meant to be dirty but I don't know what good could come from having her in two seperate areas at once
***puts on 1950's joke hat***
she could be in the bedroom and the kitchen at the same time...:D
***takes off 1950's joke hat and buries it in the ground setting it alight***
dOc
***puts on 1950's joke hat***
she could be in the bedroom and the kitchen at the same time...:D
***takes off 1950's joke hat and buries it in the ground setting it alight***
dOc
*puts on 1950's BC hat*
Ooh huh huh GAH OOH gah gah
*takes it off*
I love this game
The Thing, first time seeing it, liked it apart from the few moments of sheer stupidity, and Silent Hill, for the god knows what time, still love it, apart from Sean Bean.
Satin Chic
21-12-2008, 10:36
The Thing, first time seeing it, liked it apart from the few moments of sheer stupidity, and Silent Hill, for the god knows what time, still love it, apart from Sean Bean.
The thing is really good for it's time.
I think its where my original irrational childhood fear of wolves came about now that I think about it.
(Australia doesn't have wolves yet I was terrified to walk into the bush cause I thought the wolves would get me)
MaD dOctoR
21-12-2008, 16:31
The Thing, first time seeing it, liked it apart from the few moments of sheer stupidity, and Silent Hill, for the god knows what time, still love it, apart from Sean Bean.
that wasn't entirely his fault though, as the male characters were written in due to complaints of an all female cast...I agree he could have been better...but, also think he did pretty good for a very basic character...
I am about to watch either King Kong (1st time for me) or National Lampoons Christmas Vacation (for the millionth time :D)
dOc
Ooh.La.Lisa
21-12-2008, 17:55
I went to watch Australia last night.
It's okay, apart from the ending - without giving too much away - I didn't like it at all.
I guess I had expected more of it..
Holy Owl
21-12-2008, 18:31
Hot Fuzz...
very good
Hot Fuzz...
very good
shaun of the dead is even better...!!
:D
Peter Jeffery
21-12-2008, 19:42
I saw a bit of the old version of That Darn Cat (with Hayley Mills) on television this morning. It seemed to me that I could see why Disney re-made their old Hayley Mills films with new, cooler and funkier actresses. The re-made That Darn Cat with Christina Ricci who is way cool and funky. And they remade The Parent Trap with La Lohan, who is a lesbian -- and you don't get cooler or funkier than that.
RubySlipper
21-12-2008, 19:46
Hot Fuzz...
very good
watched this the other day with my dad. he laughed at me for mouthing the words. then i started to recite it and he told me off :¬(
watched green street with my brother last night. thought it was a good enough compromise since he likes football and i like elijah wood. no. goinh to have to watch everything is illuminated now to make up for it. balance out my elijah love again. it's totally down at the moment.
V for Vendetta.
The script was a bit clunky and the comic book origins were at bit obvious at times but it had some good ideas and visuals - and a great ending.
A decent Saturday night movie.
The Carpathian
21-12-2008, 21:38
V for Vendetta.
The script was a bit clunky and the comic book origins were at bit obvious at times but it had some good ideas and visuals - and a great ending.
A decent Saturday night movie.
It's not without it's faults but I too quite enjoyed it. Second time I've seen it now and the first viewing is certainly best as you can enjoy the twists but otherwise pretty solid.
V for Vendetta.
The script was a bit clunky and the comic book origins were at bit obvious at times but it had some good ideas and visuals - and a great ending.
A decent Saturday night movie.
That was an odd film for me, I hated it when I first watched it and then loved it the second time I watched it.
I'm just about to watch There Will Be Blood, I'm hearing very mixed reviews about it, here's hopin' I like it.
Strong Badinter
22-12-2008, 00:43
I'm in the process of watching "Get Smart" with Steven Carrell and Anne Hatheway
that wasn't entirely his fault though, as the male characters were written in due to complaints of an all female cast...I agree he could have been better...but, also think he did pretty good for a very basic character...
I know i know, the all female thing was rather annoying considering the main character in the game was male, and there was no need to switch that round really, but that just seems to be how the industry likes it. But it just goes to show when the studio tries to fuck around with a film the outcome is never good :p
Satin Chic
22-12-2008, 01:28
I'm in the process of watching "Get Smart" with Steven Carrell and Anne Hatheway
How does it fare?
I dont think I'd go out of my way to watch it.
I think if you are going to remake something, put a little more effort into it. I dont like movies that are rehashed carbon copies with less character and prettier faces.
Satin Chic
22-12-2008, 01:49
Sorry? They don't come any prettier than Barbara Feldon as Agent 99.
18256
Sorry I was talking about rehashed movies in general.
She was a bombshell (still is!)
I can't figure out if I liked There Will Be Blood
cookiee_munster
22-12-2008, 03:28
whats eating gilbert grape
*sobs*
MaD dOctoR
22-12-2008, 03:45
watched green street with my brother last night. thought it was a good enough compromise since he likes football and i like elijah wood. no. goinh to have to watch everything is illuminated now to make up for it. balance out my elijah love again. it's totally down at the moment.
I have that on DVD...but I hate football...and not a fan of Elijah Wood...is there any point?
:confused:
dOc
MaD dOctoR
22-12-2008, 03:53
I know i know, the all female thing was rather annoying considering the main character in the game was male, and there was no need to switch that round really, but that just seems to be how the industry likes it. But it just goes to show when the studio tries to fuck around with a film the outcome is never good :p
very true...studios and companies like the bbfc should all fuck off and let us and the directors decide what we want to see...
but wasn't it around the same time as Silent Hill 3...they went for a female lead, but the child missing story of Silent Hill...and even the wife missing story of Silent Hill 2...(well...not quite...but nearly...they could very easily do that for the next film...if they ever get round to it)
dOc
Satin Chic
22-12-2008, 11:38
Just finished watching The Day the Earth Stood Still.
It was watchable IMO.
I also love the obligatory Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House shot when there is a worldwide impending catastrophe. NYC City. Check. LA. Check. London. Check. Middle Eastern City. Check. Small unknown village preferably with goats and a close knit family. Check. Sydney. Check. Young People Partying and/or Making out. Check.
(not all of the above was in TDTESS and its not a bad movie- the above is more a generalization of movies such as ID4, Armageddon, Deep Impact etc)
RubySlipper
22-12-2008, 22:41
I have that on DVD...but I hate football...and not a fan of Elijah Wood...is there any point?
:confused:
dOc
prolly not kitten... was it at least cheap? marc warren was ok in it i guess.
MaD dOctoR
23-12-2008, 04:08
prolly not kitten... was it at least cheap? marc warren was ok in it i guess.
who the hell is Marc Warren? (IMDB search not help...google ohhhhh him ahh ok)
yes it was quite cheap plus it was a double set with Layer Cake (another film I hadn't seen but was told was good...it wasn't :()
who hates it when other people put their big finger prints on your DVD's and other media in disc form?
I'm telling you some people don't know how to handle a disc, how hard is it really? don't touch the fucking readable side of the disc...especially multi layered discs...a spec of dust and you'll skip half a movie...and now it's even more common when buying games in stores, NONE of them leave them in their original packaging...GAME have this stupid idea of opening the original factory packaging, and then resealing it with their own (and then have the cheek to say that you can't bring it back if it's been opened ;))
it's very annoying buying something brand new and getting home to find it's got a big gorilla sized meat hook print on it...and some form of grease :(
and it's even worse on pre owned stuff...I remember when shops wouldn't buy back stuff if they had a dent in the box...now it seems you can drop it in a shit heap, let your dog piss all over it then use it as a frisby while you're on you're way to sell it...raahhhhhhhhhh
sorry...just annoys me a lot...if you couldn't already tell :D
dOc
This is why I take an unhealthy care of optical media.
The only stuff I've got that isn't factory seal pristine is stuff I've bought second hand.
MaD dOctoR
23-12-2008, 04:43
This is why I take an unhealthy care of optical media.
The only stuff I've got that isn't factory seal pristine is stuff I've bought second hand.
do the shops where you live not do this then...is it just the bastards in Birmingham that feel the need to fuck £40 games up? I can just feel that it will soon be DVD's and Blu Ray's which will annoy me...though...at the moment they don't really have the space to do that (they can't even display a DVD face on anymore) they're all lined up like you would have them at home...sideways...meaning some head tilting action instore (which is hard to do when an aisle is 1ft wide and some twat has brought their child in a pushchair into the shop (WHY?) then you've either got to bend over which isn't a good thing to do in a shop with pushchairs flying about the aisles kncoking people over cause the fecker pushing it can't be arsed to look where they are going...and because it makes you look a bit silly, or kneel down on the floor...again...not a good idea for the past reason...squating is probably the easier option...but don't stay down their too long...or you'll have to walk out like that...
oh and some braniac at the Solihull store, had the brilliant idea of stacking DVD's in the middle of the aisles in some form of pyramid or something...again...the aisels are about a 1ft wide (give or take :D) it's like a scene from Raiders The Lost Ark trying to swing past them as the tribe try and knock you down with their backpacks and handbags.
where was I?
oh yes...packaging...I think that if they wan't to do away with piracy, they should probably first look into the reasons of why people do it...i.e. cost, ease, and of course...the fact that it can never really get damaged...
how the fuck did I get on to that? oh well...I think it's beddy byes time...
I'm just glad to find out that their is someone else who takes care of their discs and doesn't use them as frisbys or coatsers when they aren't being viewed. (I've only ever lent out one disc since I started the DVD collection...that was for my Brother...and yep...massive finger prints when I got it back...that was some years ago...but he was over at the weekend...I was out...I had left the Bonus disc of Transformers (Blu Ray) in the PS3...he had already gone home when I got back...didn't turn on the system till the night time (around 9pm) took out the disc, and glimpsed at the surface...:eek: my god, I've seen finger prints before...but not actual FINGER prints (and I mean the whole finger) with other prints around the disc...he's lucky he went home...;) at least I have glasses, the wipe is the best thing to use on discs...really does clean them perfectly.
I think I'm banning people from touching my shiny things...I really don't want to have to do it...but people have to learn...
;)
:D
night Kiyu ***waves***
dOc
do the shops where you live not do this then...
I order online. Factory seal every time, and most likely cheaper than the high street too!
From the one week i worked in HMV (that's my entire resume, woo!) a few years back i can say we never took the packaging off or opened the cases when we were putting the security tags on. The CD's came in without any shrink wrap or anything, so the tags were just put on. DVD's did and you pushed this red tag in the case through the hole on the side you open it, but that always worried me cause the tag was the length of the case, so there was the chance you'd shred a booklet or whatever might be in there, or scratch the top of the disc, or if the disc had become loose wrecking the whole thing. Why they didn't use the same tags as they did on the CD's was a mystery. Anyway, MD, you mentioned GAME and their weird ways, and i'm still convinced this isn't quite legal, because they are tampering with the product before selling it (taking the original security seal off and all). I don't buy from GAME anymore.
The Carpathian
26-12-2008, 21:07
The first Narnia film - it was on the tellybox and I'd never seen it. How does it suddenly go from an Enid Blyton first half to a Braveheart/Tolkein second one?
Still, a major redeeming feature is the fact that Tilda is all kinds of HAWT in it. Ironic considering the part.
cookiee_munster
26-12-2008, 21:13
The first Narnia film - it was on the tellybox and I'd never seen it. How does it suddenly go from an Enid Blyton first half to a Braveheart/Tolkein second one?
Still, a major redeeming feature is the fact that Tilda is all kinds of HAWT in it. Ironic considering the part.
i wasnt too keen on tilda's dreds... ive thought about it before, "if i were the hairdresser of an ice queen, what hairstyle would i give her?" :p
last film i watched: WALL*E
The first Narnia film - it was on the tellybox and I'd never seen it. How does it suddenly go from an Enid Blyton first half to a Braveheart/Tolkein second one?
Still, a major redeeming feature is the fact that Tilda is all kinds of HAWT in it. Ironic considering the part.
ha ha ha I saw that film and decided I wanted dreads ....
The Carpathian
26-12-2008, 21:16
i wasnt too keen on tilda's dreds... ive thought about it before, "if i were the hairdresser of an ice queen, what hairstyle would i give her?" :p
I love dreads on women though so it was full of WIN :)
The Carpathian
26-12-2008, 21:22
HULK...
*shakes head*
Which one ?
(which Hulk, not which head)
Hahahahahaha *applaudes*
The Eric Bana one. Just dreadful. I also watched the newest King Kong last night. Another dreadful one.
The Carpathian
26-12-2008, 21:30
The Eric Bana one. Just dreadful.
I wasn't keen on the Ang Lee one either.
{shugs}
I never thought I'd like it or anything but I didn't expect it to be THAT bad. Just reinforces my hate of comic book movies. They seem to have such a hard time pulling them off well. I need to watch a good film and quick!
CaravanBoy
26-12-2008, 22:32
A Christmas Story.
"You'll shoot your eye out!"
Classic. :)
Stephanie
26-12-2008, 23:30
A Christmas Story.
"You'll shoot your eye out!"
Classic. :)
I loooove that movie, it cracks me up every time.
I'm currently watching a concert film, Depeche Mode live in Hamburg. I'd forgotten how brilliant this was. It really reminds you how good their catalog was before Black Celebration/Music for the Masses/Violator. I also loove the old concert lighting they had back then ('85?), it just seems entirely more atmospheric then the lasers, LED's etc they use now (the modern stuff just seems tooo slick) Ugh, I'm getting old......
The Carpathian
26-12-2008, 23:44
I'm currently watching a concert film, Depeche Mode live in Hamburg. I'd forgotten how brilliant this was. It really reminds you how good their catalog was before Black Celebration/Music for the Masses/Violator. I also loove the old concert lighting they had back then ('85?), it just seems entirely more atmospheric then the lasers, LED's etc they use now (the modern stuff just seems tooo slick) Ugh, I'm getting old......
I still have the VHS of that too - you even got more plastic for your money in those days :p:D
Blasphemous Rumours is amazing on that show. Fits the lights/set perfectly.
Stephanie
27-12-2008, 03:24
I still have the VHS of that too - you even got more plastic for your money in those days :p:D
Blasphemous Rumours is amazing on that show. Fits the lights/set perfectly.
Errr, I have all the stuff on VHS too and errr still watched it on VHS until I got a certain package :o.
It was '80's night on the Encore Movie channel. I just finished watching Sixteen Candles and Weird Science. I heart John Hughes.
MaD dOctoR
27-12-2008, 03:35
Hahahahahaha *applaudes*
The Eric Bana one. Just dreadful. I also watched the newest King Kong last night. Another dreadful one.
it was a shame that Bana was in that heap O shite...as he was pretty good in it...just everything else was...not...
strange though...I would have preferred Connolly to be in the newer Incredible Hulk rather than Liv 'a plank of wood can act and look better than me' Tyler, she was the only real thing wrong with that film...and not to mention the end bit where it turns into Transformers...yeesh do I not like over done CGI mega battles that move so fast you can't actually make out what's happening...
I watched the Directors Cut of "Troy" earlier...(not seen the film before) quite good, though...I'm not sure they quite got Achilles character the way they wanted him...I didn't feel anything for him...and he's meant to be a Greek Hero
I think we were meant to have the same feelings for both Hector and Achilles, at least that's what i think the Director was trying to do...but it never really worked...
good-ish film though...3 hours 16 minutes...actually didn't feel that long...
...and trying to read text on a Blu Ray menu on a normal TV is a a hard job...just because it's Hi Def it doesn't need to be that fucking small.
oh and while I'm on that...anyone looking for good deals on Blu Ray discs should check out play.com (http://www.play.com/DVD/Blu-ray/3-/256082/0/-/Promo.html?ob=price&sp=1&campaigntag=ANY) as they are selling from £9.99 (yep that's where I got Troy) and also ordered Dark City £10.99, 7.1 surround...well...that'll be another 5 years before I get a system with that...(when real sound will probably be available ;))
oh and sendit.com (http://www.sendit.com/sendit/sendit/blu-ray/latest-releases.list?sortOrder=price&sortReverse=false)
dOc
Peter Jeffery
27-12-2008, 09:54
I've seen fragments of what seems like a lot of films on television over the last couple of days -- but I haven't settled to watch a whole film. Most of the fragments didn't seem to be very good.
We went to see Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis yesterday.
Nice heartwarming comedy.
Ooh.La.Lisa
27-12-2008, 19:09
^I saw that one too a couple of weeks ago.
It was rather okay..though I had difficulties hearing the difference in French, haha and I speak French! :D
just finished takeshi kitano's hana-bi.
a bit strange and very sad, but somehow beautiful...
Ooh.La.Lisa
27-12-2008, 21:28
Just finished watching Björk live in Cambridge.
God, how I love that lady!
Haha March of the Penguins is on (shut up Shamie)
Haha March of the Penguins is on (shut up Shamie)
Haha I'll say nothing.
Except WHAT a documentary, it's incredible. The soundtrack is amazing too.
I'm about to watch Eagle Vs. Shark for the second time. One of the few comedies I like
RubySlipper
27-12-2008, 22:20
"you're a bitch and you're going to die of diabetes." <3
^I saw that one too a couple of weeks ago.
It was rather okay..though I had difficulties hearing the difference in French, haha and I speak French! :D
...just let the funky music do the talking.... (sorry, just couldn't resist,,, :cool: )
Strong Badinter
28-12-2008, 10:09
Wall•E
i feel like such a big baby, i thought the movie was totally cute, and some parts even made me tear up.
I recorded and watched Interview with the Vampire ... it was a lot better than I was expecting ...
Just watched Slumdog Millionaire
What a brilliant movie.
Absolutely the best I've seen in a long time.
Danny Boyle is a genius.
I recorded and watched Interview with the Vampire ... it was a lot better than I was expecting ...
Kirsten Dunst was brilliant.
Wall•E
i feel like such a big baby, i thought the movie was totally cute, and some parts even made me tear up.
Me too! The beginning was fantastic. I loved how they incorporated Hello Dolly songs. I wanted to cry when Wall-e lost his memory X_X
I just watched La Mome Piaf. And I loved it.
RubySlipper
29-12-2008, 21:24
watched loads of films over the past few days, predominately;
dead man's shoes- only seen it twice and it's definatly in my top ten favourites. paddy considine is amazing.
pom poko - MASSIVE cute, didn't really understand what was going on with all the morphing at first, but once you get in the ghibli state of mind it's fine.
The Carpathian
29-12-2008, 22:21
watched loads of films over the past few days, predominately;
dead man's shoes- only seen it twice and it's definatly in my top ten favourites. paddy considine is amazing.
I went from laughing out loud to "Are you the devil?" through to being emotionally shot at the ending and realising just what they'd done. Amazing film and, as you say, Paddy is aces.
pom poko - MASSIVE cute, didn't really understand what was going on with all the morphing at first, but once you get in the ghibli state of mind it's fine.
It's when they start using their balls as weapons of war that I went "Ooooooh-kay". It's Ghibli though so all is forgiven (and loved)
Peter Jeffery
30-12-2008, 11:49
I watched most of Superman Returns (2006) on television last night. It leaves me wondering whether I missed something or whether it really didn't make any sense at all.
they just had the The Worlds Fastest Indian on the box Anthony Hopkins as Burt Munroe .. this is a true story of some crazy old Kiwi who never gave up and broke the landspeed record for motorcycles under 1000cc back in the 60's it's never been beaten .....I like stories like this ...
DaybreakDreamer
30-12-2008, 19:22
I'm hoping to go along and watch that Australia film later on this week. Anyone on here recommend it? Know it's had rave reviews but there not usually worth the paper they're written on most of the time.
Ooh.La.Lisa
30-12-2008, 20:35
^ I saw it.
It's alright, stunning visuals, good acting and the first half is really good.
Near the ending it goes a bit downwards, but it could be personal taste.
I'm hoping to go along and watch that Australia film later on this week. Anyone on here recommend it? Know it's had rave reviews but there not usually worth the paper they're written on most of the time.
Most of the reviews I've seen of it have been less than complementary. Enough to put me off.
Got around to watching Wallace and Gromit in "Curse of the Were-Rabbit".
An absolute hoot, of course. Favourite bit was where one of the stall holders at the vegetable fair saw that the people were going to chase after the were-rabbit and set up an Angry Mob stall...dishing out pitchforks, scythes and flaming torches:D
they just had the The Worlds Fastest Indian on the box Anthony Hopkins as Burt Munroe .. this is a true story of some crazy old Kiwi who never gave up and broke the landspeed record for motorcycles under 1000cc back in the 60's it's never been beaten .....I like stories like this ...
Ah what a movie, one of my favourites, Anthony Hopkins is just amazing in it. Not usually a fan of feel good movies but it's too good.
Ah what a movie, one of my favourites, Anthony Hopkins is just amazing in it. Not usually a fan of feel good movies but it's too good.
I don't normally like feel good movies either but Hopkins is brilliant and I just found it very moving...
hounganjulian
01-01-2009, 01:04
Elizabeth and Elizabeth: The Golden Age on dvd with Cate Blanchette
Love it!!! my favs...
Long live the queen!!!
Big Bird
01-01-2009, 17:10
Just seen ‘Australia’. It’s the best film I’ve seen this year.
It portrayed your average Aussie about 100 years behind the American Confederate. No wonder the ignorant sod made a spectacle of himself shouting Albatross at a Goldfrapp Melbourne concert last year, if that's his back ground.
The Onion Movie.
I loved it to bits, HILARIOUS! I really recommend you watch it. It's a parody on American media etc. Produced by one of the writers of Airplane! so if you like that movie, you will probably enjoy this one!
CaravanBoy
02-01-2009, 00:36
Hey Arnold! the Movie.
Loved it.
:)
Planet Terror.
it was brilliant to be honest, a perfect homage to trashy, sleazy zombie movies :D
Planet Terror is absolutely brilliant!! :)
Satin Chic
02-01-2009, 09:46
Ah what a movie, one of my favourites, Anthony Hopkins is just amazing in it. Not usually a fan of feel good movies but it's too good.
His Kiwi accent is horrendous. It was a cross between a South African and American accent. I must give it another chance cause I adore Anthony Hopkins.
I just saw the Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Truly a fantastic movie. Very touching.
Brad Pitt really is talented.
Peter Jeffery
02-01-2009, 14:41
I watched Barbarella on New Year's eve... Last night, I watched Hue & Cry (1947 Ealing comedy) and My Favourite Wife (screwball comedy with Cary Grant). I enjoyed all three films.
Apart from some of the music, Barbarella has aged very well. Even David Hemmings (popular in the 60s, but now hard to bear) seems OK. But what's not to like with Anita Pallenberg voiced by Joan Greenwood -- and Jane Fonda in fabulous costumes?
Hue & Cry is a terrific Saturday morning pictures type romp. My Favourite Wife is laugh out loud funny.
Ooh.La.Lisa
02-01-2009, 17:41
Hey Arnold! the Movie.
Loved it.
:)
Oh my fuck! He has a movie ?! :eek:
Oh my fuck! He has a movie ?! :eek:
I've had quite enough of your swearing, the rest of us are allowed to do it but you fuckin' aren't missus! ;)
His Kiwi accent is horrendous. It was a cross between a South African and American accent. I must give it another chance cause I adore Anthony Hopkins.
I thought it was good although I'm yet to see a film involving any irish accents get it right at all while other people may not see the difference.
MaD dOctoR
02-01-2009, 22:39
I've had quite enough of your swearing, the rest of us are allowed to do it but you fuckin' aren't missus! ;)
fuck me, that's fucking not fucking fair...not fucking fair at fucking all...I'm standing up for Lisa's right to fucking swear as much as she fucking wants to fucking swear you fucking got a problem with that I'll fucking swear some fucking more you fucking dig!!!
(I feel like that guy from The Warriors...though less tactful...CAN YOU DIG IIIIIIIIIIITTTTTT!!!!! (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw9yEuwohkk))
:D
dOc
fuck me, that's fucking not fucking fair...not fucking fair at fucking all...I'm standing up for Lisa's right to fucking swear as much as she fucking wants to fucking swear you fucking got a problem with that I'll fucking swear some fucking more you fucking dig!!!
(I feel like that guy from The Warriors...though less tactful...CAN YOU DIG IIIIIIIIIIITTTTTT!!!!!)
:D
dOc
That post would be >-------------< this size without all the fucks in it
MaD dOctoR
02-01-2009, 22:45
I know...damn 10 letter limit made me do it...:D
dOc
MaD dOctoR
03-01-2009, 00:05
:D
dOc
Satin_Gypsy
03-01-2009, 01:07
I'm currently watching "Young Frankenstein" but I last watched "History of the World: Part 1" It's a Mel Brooks movie marathon.
Just watched The Descent. As expected....Meh.
It was just incredibley meh, nothing new or exciting and took far too long to go where it was going.
I'm counteracting this relatively bad watch with a great one. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is up next.
Isn't that the droll pseudo-metaphysical charmer starring What's-His-Name and What's-Her-Name?
No no you're thinking of Jaws. This is Eternal Sunshine... and it's incredible. Go back to watching Scarface.
cookiee_munster
03-01-2009, 04:40
American Psycho
cookiee_munster
03-01-2009, 12:22
I keep meaning to watch that one.
So much gore; so little time.
its not really that gory. just a splash of blood here and there, its just really hilarious.
American Psycho
I really hate that movie, I just can't see why everyone likes it. It tries so hard to be a funny and a horror but it just doesn't pull either off.
Peter Jeffery
03-01-2009, 15:44
I've had quite enough of your swearing, the rest of us are allowed to do it but you fuckin' aren't missus! ;)
Lisa is a missie, not a missus. ;)
Ooh.La.Lisa
03-01-2009, 17:59
Hell yeah, I'm a missy!
And I fucking swear how much I bloody want!
It's fucking Hey Arnold! we're talking about!
cookiee_munster
04-01-2009, 00:48
misery...
"im your number one fan" mwah ha ha haaa
Hell yeah, I'm a missy!
And I fucking swear how much I bloody want!
It's fucking Hey Arnold! we're talking about!
Have you morphed into bad ass lisa over christmas?
misery...
"im your number one fan" mwah ha ha haaa
Haha I love that movie, my favourite line ever is when he burns the pages, shoves it in her face and says " Ya like it!? Eat ya sick twisted fuck!"
Misery is great. That's one scary fan. :O
cookiee_munster
04-01-2009, 00:57
Haha I love that movie, my favourite line ever is when he burns the pages, shoves it in her face and says " Ya like it!? Eat ya sick twisted fuck!"
he he. got it from play.com for £2.99, loved it the first time i saw it and thought "meh, why not" that scene where he makes her eat the charred papers, for anyone in a normal situation youd be like "omg! what a bad bad man!" but given the circumstances, you cant help but cheer him on. lol.
he he. got it from play.com for £2.99, loved it the first time i saw it and thought "meh, why not" that scene where he makes her eat the charred papers, for anyone in a normal situation youd be like "omg! what a bad bad man!" but given the circumstances, you cant help but cheer him on. lol.
Such a tense film, stuff like where he's trying to pick the lock and everything, such a good movie.
Haha I also love where she's out in the garden all happy and waves at him in the window and he just flips her off
MaD dOctoR
04-01-2009, 03:17
I really hate that movie, I just can't see why everyone likes it. It tries so hard to be a funny and a horror but it just doesn't pull either off.
WHAT!!!!!!
****lays down plastic matting...puts on Sussudio by Phil Collins...put's on plastic raincoat...grabs axe****
:D
dOc
Yeh I wanna kill the director too
wAtChLaR
04-01-2009, 04:15
last film
MILK x 2...had to see it again....great film...although i can't stand Sean Penn...wow..you didn't even think of him during the film...he WAS Harvey Milk
Satin Chic
04-01-2009, 09:34
last film
MILK x 2...had to see it again....great film...although i can't stand Sean Penn...wow..you didn't even think of him during the film...he WAS Harvey Milk
That hasn't come out here yet. I am sooooo keen to see it. I cant wait.
I just flicked over and Once Were Warriors was on.
I haven't seen it in ages, I forgot how completely full on that movie is. Jake is terrifying.
Peter Jeffery
04-01-2009, 09:50
Have you morphed into bad ass lisa over christmas?
Maybe just her inner polar bear. Polar bears can be well fierce. :D
Satin Chic
04-01-2009, 10:30
Maybe just her inner polar bear. Polar bears can be well fierce. :D
They are just cute as a button....... I just want to hug them.
But they are the kind of button that could rip your face off.
Peter Jeffery
04-01-2009, 10:56
They are just cute as a button....... I just want to hug them.
But they are the kind of button that could rip your face off.
:D :D :D :D :D :D
Ain't it the truth!
MaD dOctoR
04-01-2009, 12:35
Yeh I wanna kill the director too
hmmmm...not what I was thinking...
;)
dOc
Ah the writers! I get ya. I'd like to kill them too
;)
Ooh.La.Lisa
04-01-2009, 18:27
Have you morphed into bad ass lisa over christmas?
Sadly not - I tried, but failed horribly
MaD dOctoR
04-01-2009, 18:39
Ah the writers! I get ya. I'd like to kill them too
;)
this could go on for ages...so let's just say
ShAmIE's head is in my fridge
:D
dOc
monster(in)love
04-01-2009, 19:17
I saw Marley and Me yesterday, and it had me bawling!!!
A really cute, if somewhat sad movie that I recommend
DaybreakDreamer
04-01-2009, 19:56
^ I saw it.
It's alright, stunning visuals, good acting and the first half is really good.
Near the ending it goes a bit downwards, but it could be personal taste.
After now having watched the film can see why perhaps you said that, I think it was a tad on the long side, know my concentration had started to lapse a bit after about two hours. Great film though, would recommend it definitely.
"Serenity" previously mentioned a couple of pages back is on tv on ITV4 tomorrow night (Monday) .
Hells Bells
04-01-2009, 21:34
"Carry on Cowboy" - silly but funny.
Mister_G
04-01-2009, 21:37
Watched most of Erin Brokovich last night, which I enjoyed, after that my sister switched on the ending of The Hulk (the one w/ Eric Bana etc) on the other channell, which I enjoyed less.
YourLovelyHead
08-01-2009, 01:04
Today at work I watched a film where whosit out of Shameless (the one whose twin's in Emmerdale) got naked and gay.
Shocking.
Peter Jeffery
08-01-2009, 11:35
I've watched two films on DVD this week -- Persepolis and The Green Man.
I suppose that you all know Persepolis -- and if don't, you should. It's a really good film, although a bit hard to take in places.
The Green Man is completely different -- a 1956 British black comedy starring Alastair Sim, who is (as ever) brilliant. Amongst the other delights in the film are Jill Adams' undies (finest 1950s lingerie).
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Enjoyed it very much :)
dcbaxter
08-01-2009, 17:44
The Hunting Party.
Funny, very scary, very interesting, especially the end credits.
Ooh.La.Lisa
08-01-2009, 19:07
I suppose that you all know Persepolis -- and if don't, you should. It's a really good film, although a bit hard to take in places.
Ah! It's really brilliant!
If you liked the film, you might want to read the graphic novels, they're absolutely good.
RubySlipper
08-01-2009, 20:31
La Vie En Rose.
brilliant. everything i expected it to be and then some.
funny how xmas passes and hey they start putting decent films back on tv ...
Equilibrium ... a reworking of Farenheit 451 .. but probably along with Gattaca the best sci fi since Blade Runner
these two movies although allegedly portraying dystopian near futures... simply mirror our own times ...that's why they work so well Equilibrium is often dismissed as a Matrix derivative ... this is not true at all it is far more stylish and darker than the Matrix trilogy and after seeing it 3 times actually the fight action is nothing like the Matrix's at all ... don't get me wrong I love the first matrix film but Equilibrium is just a far superior film all round ...
and I still have If on the hard drive too
Twilight.....
Enough said.
MaD dOctoR
09-01-2009, 01:39
funny how xmas passes and hey they start putting decent films back on tv ...
Equilibrium ... a reworking of Farenheit 451 .. but probably along with Gattaca the best sci fi since Blade Runner
these two movies although allegedly portraying dystopian near futures... simply mirror our own times ...that's why they work so well Equilibrium is often dismissed as a Matrix derivative ... this is not true at all it is far more stylish and darker than the Matrix trilogy and after seeing it 3 times actually the fight action is nothing like the Matrix's at all ... don't get me wrong I love the first matrix film but Equilibrium is just a far superior film all round ...
and I still have If on the hard drive too
the working out of percentages of fight stances to eliminate the possibility of being hurt in combat and most effective kill angles making the Gun Kata fighting stance (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BHJAuLmJgvA&feature=PlayList&p=731B81FC8005A50C&index=0&playnext=1), is a brilliant idea...though looks a little odd at first...but then works quite well.
I agree in most part with the Matrix vs Equilibrium, depends on what you really want in a film, if the Matrix was just a one off film, I'd have said that it was the better film (all round acting, action sequences, story idea) but as they completely fucked it with the last two films, I'd say it's more of a tie between both films...
Christian Bale puts everyone to shame in Equilibrium, some of the cast don't quite give believable performance...of course that can be said for some of the cast in The Matrix, but for the most part it has more solid performances...
but I love both films...and I love the final sword fight scene in Equilibrium :D
dOc
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I loved it to bits. I'm afraid to touch the remake (Quarantine) though...
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I loved it to bits. I'm afraid to touch the remake (Quarantine) though...
Don't. Don't. Don't. Don't. Don't.
And don't.
I watched In Bruges. It was weird, one minute it was melodrama the next minute hilarious mock-gangsta or something. Liked it at the end of the day.
It seems kinda pointless though - The original movie is only 1 year old and it's remade shot-by-shot, right?
Damn Americans that are too snobby to read subtitles. ;) lol
It seems kinda pointless though - The original movie is only 1 year old and it's remade shot-by-shot, right?
Damn Americans that are too snobby to read subtitles. ;) loli think it's more because the majority of american's can't read... well they can't speak English anyway ha ha ha sorry Brian, Steph, and co but I'm sure you'd agree with me on this
the working out of percentages of fight stances to eliminate the possibility of being hurt in combat and most effective kill angles making the Gun Kata fighting stance (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BHJAuLmJgvA&feature=PlayList&p=731B81FC8005A50C&index=0&playnext=1), is a brilliant idea...though looks a little odd at first...but then works quite well.
I agree in most part with the Matrix vs Equilibrium, depends on what you really want in a film, if the Matrix was just a one off film, I'd have said that it was the better film (all round acting, action sequences, story idea) but as they completely fucked it with the last two films, I'd say it's more of a tie between both films...
Christian Bale puts everyone to shame in Equilibrium, some of the cast don't quite give believable performance...of course that can be said for some of the cast in The Matrix, but for the most part it has more solid performances...
but I love both films...and I love the final sword fight scene in Equilibrium :D
dOc
ah see I always saw the Matrix trilogy as an offskew version of William Gibsons Neuromancer - which of course it isn't - and this has always prejudiced me against it slightly. Like I said I love the first movie but the ther two hhmmm not so much! and of course the cast is great as are the characters... as an action movie sure the Matrix wins hands down but then Equilibrium is a much lower budget film for sure and is more a film noir - though not quite. For me a great fight scene is not really a big turn on - no offence meant here to those of you who blah blah blah .. but the fight sequences are brilliant in that they are always short .. the final scene as you say where Bale dispatches the black Cleric ..which you kinda expect to be a mammoth combat is all over before it even starts .. which i like a lot.. understatement! also the opening gun kata scene is out of the Kubrick school of film making ... loads of action as he punches through the door then silence and blackness held long enough for you to feel uneasy ... it's these little details that win me round to really loving this film. Plus I can have a girly crush on Mary who's just gorgeous. Like I said I love the fact that really this is Farenheit 451 reworked. Given the recent concerns over the goverment interfering in our lives (over PC use) one feels we are already living in a society that is like the one portrayed in Equilibrium all these dystopian visions just get closer and closer and the majority of folk are just too dumb to see that ...
The Carpathian
09-01-2009, 08:51
To be fair, I don't think it's an American thing. I know loads (ie a very high percentage of family and friends) who would pick a film up of the shelf, see it's foreign and/or has subs and would immediately put it down again. You start to mention a film you know they'd love and the second you mention that it's like that you see their eyes glaze over and interest vanish. Most common is the "I wan't to watch a film, not read it" moan.
:rolleyes:
My 'latest' was a doc the other night called "Stanley Kubrick's Boxes" about somebody given access to the 1000+ boxes of items stashed away on the Kubrick estate. Fascinating stuff and a beautiful insight into how he worked and thought. There were boxes with 300 pics of gates or 100 pics of brothel doorways etc that could be used to get ideas for perfect set/location styles, fan letters categorized & filed by area and all sorts of things.
If you've got the chance have a watch, especially if you dig a bit of the bearded one.
My 'latest' was a doc the other night called "Stanley Kubrick's Boxes" about somebody given access to the 1000+ boxes of items stashed away on the Kubrick estate. Fascinating stuff and a beautiful insight into how he worked and thought. There were boxes with 300 pics of gates or 100 pics of brothel doorways etc that could be used to get ideas for perfect set/location styles, fan letters categorized & filed by area and all sorts of things.
If you've got the chance have a watch, especially if you dig a bit of the bearded one.
ha ha ha "you lucky lucky bastard" Stanley... when I kick it I'm sure my boxes will just get thrown in a skip ... anyway I'm not so sure I'd want my notebooks peered through ..there's really personal stuff in there .. I'd hate the notion of anyone reading my thousands of emails which funnily enough is where most of my work is worked out and stored these days -
jeez I'm getting worried now ...
The Carpathian
09-01-2009, 09:30
ha ha ha "you lucky lucky bastard" Stanley... when I kick it I'm sure my boxes will just get thrown in a skip ... anyway I'm not so sure I'd want my notebooks peered through ..there's really personal stuff in there .. I'd hate the notion of anyone reading my thousands of emails which funnily enough is where most of my work is worked out and stored these days -
jeez I'm getting worried now ...
This was his film archive stuff rather than personal - it's now been uplifted from the estate and moved into climate-controlled storage at a film school for students to learn from. His wife said that he'd have been fascinated by the fact that people were bothered about the contents after all this time and he'd have found it quite funny.
This was his film archive stuff rather than personal - it's now been uplifted from the estate and moved into climate-controlled storage at a film school for students to learn from. His wife said that he'd have been fascinated by the fact that people were bothered about the contents after all this time and he'd have found it quite funny.
hmm my film archives and notebooks and my life are too deeply intertwined .. besides I'm being silly no ones gonna give a fuck about me or my art so I don't have to worry .. and I don't mean that in a whingy feeling sorry for myself kinda way at all .. there's a handful of people who have my stuff and understand it .. hopefully i've inspired a few ..that's enough ...a little money from selling a few things would be nice tho but I can't imagine signing with a gallery even if they offered me a deal ..could you imagine me dealing with the pressure of having to make work to some kinda order no matter how loose . Nope I need a patron ...
To be fair, I don't think it's an American thing. I know loads (ie a very high percentage of family and friends) who would pick a film up of the shelf, see it's foreign and/or has subs and would immediately put it down again. You start to mention a film you know they'd love and the second you mention that it's like that you see their eyes glaze over and interest vanish. Most common is the "I wan't to watch a film, not read it" moan.
:rolleyes:
It must be an American thing cause they are pretty much the only ones who remake foreign movies. The rest of the world is used to reading subtitles except other English-speaking countries but I think Brits, Aussies and Kiwis are less reserved (ie they don't mind subs) and I never seem to hear complaints from them. :D
It must be an American thing cause they are pretty much the only ones who remake foreign movies. The rest of the world is used to reading subtitles except other English-speaking countries but I think Brits, Aussies and Kiwis are less reserved (ie they don't mind subs) and I never seem to hear complaints from them. :DI'd sooner watch a film with subtitles than one that's been dubbed .. when I was in germany I watched loads of films with english subtitles it never bothered me... there''s nothing worse than seeing an actor you know speak with a different voice to the one you're used to ..
Yeah, same here! But I thought every movie in Germany was dubbed? :confused:
Some films work dubbed, although the only live action film i've seen dubbed that springs to mind is So Close, it was dubbed very well. The most pointless one i know is Ichi The Killer, they actually dubbed over an actress in the film who spoke English, which a really crap whiny voice actor in English.
The Carpathian
09-01-2009, 11:50
Some films work dubbed, although the only live action film i've seen dubbed that springs to mind is So Close, it was dubbed very well. The most pointless one i know is Ichi The Killer, they actually dubbed over an actress in the film who spoke English, which a really crap whiny voice actor in English.
Yeah, that can also be quite odd when you get English spoken in a foreign language film and the English subtitles are still just a re-worked version of what they say ! :D
Eastern Promises
Great stuff.
Naomi Watts is good as always.
But esp. Viggo Mortensen is amazing in this one.
The Turkish Bath scene is very impressive.
btw: Talking about Matrix and Equillibrium.
I've always prefered Cronenberg's Existence.
MaD dOctoR
09-01-2009, 13:16
Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt) works fine dubbed...but when it comes to the screaming part in the casino the actress can't quite do the same job, and it sounds dull...unlike the original scream :eek: (why they dubbed the scream I have no idea)
District 13 (Banlieue 13) is one where the dubbed version ruins the film...but why did they give the main actor an Irish accent? it's set in France, so why not have them talk in English but with French accents(I was glad to see that in Die Hard 4.0 that they kept the guy's voice in...they could easily have dubbed it over...which would not have worked so well)
on saying all this, I'd rather watch a film with no subtitles at all, as they really do distract you from whats going on onscreen, I mean imagine a Quentin Tarantino film if he were French or German...90% of the film you'd be reading rather than watching...obviously anyone who deosn't speak English would have that problem...must be quite annoying when most films are English speaking...
I love Black Book (Zwartboek) such a good film, and it's in 4 languages, which must have been a bitch for the subtitlers. plus it's got Carice Van Houten (http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/4786/14wr0.jpg) :D
dOc
MaD dOctoR
09-01-2009, 13:30
I'd sooner watch a film with subtitles than one that's been dubbed .. when I was in germany I watched loads of films with english subtitles it never bothered me... there''s nothing worse than seeing an actor you know speak with a different voice to the one you're used to ..
Immediately thinks of...Sean Connery playing a Russian...Sean Connery playing an Irish man...
yes...it would be odd if he could pull off a different accent ;)
dOc
Peter Jeffery
09-01-2009, 15:26
I'd sooner watch a film with subtitles than one that's been dubbed .. when I was in germany I watched loads of films with english subtitles it never bothered me... there''s nothing worse than seeing an actor you know speak with a different voice to the one you're used to ..
When I was young like you, Corvina, I preferred subtitles to dubbing. But the last few years, it's been the other way round. Maybe it's something to do with my eyes deteriorating, or my brain slipping slowly in the general direction of dementia. :(
A little while ago, I watched a French film on DVD with the dubbing (rather than subtitles) turned on. Wanting to see a scene again afterwards, I went to "select a scene". Doing that (automatically) gave me both subtitles and dubbing. That was a bit confusing as the two weren't quite the same. Not very different, but where one said "English" the other said "British" -- that kind of thing. Subtitles or dubbing is definitely preferable to subtitles and dubbing. :confused:
YourLovelyHead
09-01-2009, 19:25
La Vie En Rose.
brilliant. everything i expected it to be and then some.
Love love love love love love love.
dcbaxter
09-01-2009, 19:39
btw: Talking about Matrix and Equillibrium.
I've always prefered Cronenberg's Existence.
eXistenZ will be the one, great film.
Never seen Equilibrium (always thinking it was some cheap rip of/cash in movie so I need to educate myself and rent it out) and have Eastern Promises but again, yet to actually watch it.
I must also dig out 'Nikita'. French language version of course with subtitles, saw it like that at the cinema when it first came out, a late night showing.
A true classic but then most if not all of Luc Besson's films are classics.
Satin Chic
09-01-2009, 23:04
Yeah, that can also be quite odd when you get English spoken in a foreign language film and the English subtitles are still just a re-worked version of what they say ! :D
I thought that was because they just wipe the entire vocals off the video, then overlay new vocals, essentially re-recording the whole script with whatever language it is being dubbed in.
I dont like dubbed movies. I prefer to just read subtitles.
Blade Runner the Final Cut. have to say I should have seen it much sooner because what's been done really adds an edge to the Directors Cut version . It's just the way almost all the scenes have benefitted from having a few seconds added in... and alternate takes of dialogue put in ..okay so the sound got cleaned up and that's helped but a lot but ... I know this film off by heart because I've seen it over 200 times and there's scenes with alternate take dialogue weaved in there..replacing the original dialogue takes for sure ... a subtle change to the inflection in places that ..brings out the emotion....
the unicorn sequence is just so much more co-ordinated whereas before it's like a dream sequence here it's obvious that Deckard is 'remembering' this sequence not dreaming it ..it adds more weight to the ambivalence about Deckards own replicant status. with the addition of a few seconds here and there in almost every scene there's time enough to see the emotion in the characters faces, where before the shots cut away too soon ... strangely enough the character to benefit the most from this treatment is Deckard. Strangely enough again, this version restores the central narrative to being the unfolding regconitions in both Deckard and Rachael .... the story is about these two characters and their relationship and ontology whereas before there was more parity between the Batty/Tyrell narrative ..The whole thing between Deckard and Rachael works now ..whereas before I always felt she was just going through the motions, whereas in this cut ,she's playing it for real.
This of course is what the movie is all about: origins. In Blade Runner and now our own times,( after the intervening years we have caught up with the fictional world of the film of course), origins can no longer define identity. brilliant.
darker, more beautiful, more emotional ... more human than human.
The Carpathian
10-01-2009, 10:38
So pleased you liked it - I went to the cinema to see that version and can wholeheartedly agree.
You just wait until you watch the amazing "Dangerous Days" on the other disc. Get the 4 hrs done in one go if you can.
eXistenZ will be the one, great film.
Ooops. That's the one.
Never seen Equilibrium (always thinking it was some cheap rip of/cash in movie so I need to educate myself and rent it out) and have Eastern Promises but again, yet to actually watch it.
Watch it! It's really good imho.
Word of advice to those who liked Equilibrium:
stay as far away as possible from the movie director Kurt Wimmer did after it: Ultraviolet
It's horrendously bad!! :eek:
(unless you enjoy watching Mila Jovovich frolicking about in skintight outfits)
I must also dig out 'Nikita'. French language version of course with subtitles, saw it like that at the cinema when it first came out, a late night showing.
A true classic but then most if not all of Luc Besson's films are classics.
hmm. not sure about that
Arthur and the Minimoys just wasn't good, the Joan of Arc movie didn't live up to my expectations and I always thought Le Grand Blue was a bit overrated (it's sooo slooowwww).
Loved The Fifth Element though.
Still have to see Angel-A. Any good?
MaD dOctoR
10-01-2009, 11:11
Twilight.....
Enough said.
I don't know...I can think of a lot of things to say about it...
glittery vampires is not a good idea...
no one notices that the entire family look like albinos...
a baseball game in lightning is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen...
some really terrible acting...
the weakest most pathetic bad guys ever in a film...
a film about vampires where there really isn't that much to do with vampires...
that scene with the van is the best scene in the film...and it lasts 10 seconds...;)
one of the longest endings to a film I've had to sit through...
one of the worst final shots before credits in the history of film...
nice pair on that girl in the party dress though...:D
there's probably more...but...I think my brain is still mush after watching it...
probably one of the worst scenes in the film is the part where he says "I want to show you what we look like in the daylight" thinking it was going to be something good...just leaves you with :eek: that expression on your face (but not in a good way)
dOc
Satin Chic
10-01-2009, 12:21
I don't know...I can think of a lot of things to say about it...
glittery vampires is not a good idea...
no one notices that the entire family look like albinos...
a baseball game in lightning is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen...
some really terrible acting...
the weakest most pathetic bad guys ever in a film...
a film about vampires where there really isn't that much to do with vampires...
that scene with the van is the best scene in the film...and it lasts 10 seconds...;)
one of the longest endings to a film I've had to sit through...
one of the worst final shots before credits in the history of film...
nice pair on that girl in the party dress though...:D
there's probably more...but...I think my brain is still mush after watching it...
probably one of the worst scenes in the film is the part where he says "I want to show you what we look like in the daylight" thinking it was going to be something good...just leaves you with :eek: that expression on your face (but not in a good way)
dOc
I dont know if it has been mentioned here before or not, but talking about Twilight and Vampire movies makes me want to go see that Swedish Vampire movie 'Let the Right One In' even more.
Though I have no idea when it comes out in Australia. Looks fantastic.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ICp4g9p_rgo
Plus anything Swedish makes me swoon. Listening to their language is like listening to a song, its so beautiful.
So pleased you liked it - I went to the cinema to see that version and can wholeheartedly agree.
You just wait until you watch the amazing "Dangerous Days" on the other disc. Get the 4 hrs done in one go if you can.
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha C'mon ... you think I didn't plow straight into that immediatley after watching the film... I watched the whole box in one go .... there wasn't nothing in there I didn't already know mind you .... but, it was good to see the Deckard/Holden scenes and the other stuff they left out ...I reckon the film to see is the original 4 hour work print ... I hope they bring that out before my alloted lifespans up....
ah I wish someone would give me a few million so I can make Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? that'd be nice
The Carpathian
10-01-2009, 13:03
I reckon the film to see is the original 4 hour work print ... I hope they bring that out before my alloted lifespans up....
It's in the five DVD box set, thus:-
Workprint version (1982)
The full workprint version of the movie was released to the public on DVD as part of the five-disc boxed set containing the Final Cut, in 2007. It has the following differences:
There is no voice-over, no "unicorn vision", and no "happy ending". However, Deckard does have a brief narration directly after Batty's death.
There is no opening crawl: a static screen of text, showing a dictionary definition of the word "Replicant", replaces it.
In the scene at the Asian restaurant at the beginning, there is an insert shot of the dish Deckard orders.
From Deckard's arrival at the Bradbury building to the end of the film, the Vangelis music score is missing, presumably not yet composed at the time this version was made. It is replaced by placeholder music.
Deckard is seen taking a few moments struggling to remove the tie that Zhora choked him with, before beginning to chase her.
Batty addresses Tyrell as "father" (not "fucker") when asking for more life, as in the Final Cut.
When Batty kills Tyrell, the scene is a combination of the "violent" footage from the International Edition and the "non-violent" footage from the theatrical original. Batty still pokes out Tyrell's eyes with his thumbs, but Tyrell is seen falling to the floor as in the original.
When Pris attacks Deckard, the scene is again a combination of the International Edition and the original. Pris hits Deckard three times, and also holds him up by his nostrils. However, Deckard still shoots her only twice.
The scene in which Batty pushes a nail through his hand is identical to the "non-violent" version in the Theatrical Release.
There are no ending credits.
This a great page to read through (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/alternateversions) too !
MaD dOctoR
10-01-2009, 14:13
It's in the five DVD box set, thus:-
This a great page to read through (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/alternateversions) too !
and on Blu Ray...for a very strange low price...there must be something wrong here...$24.99 seems very low for a blu ray disc by itself...but a 5 disc set :eek:
http://www.amazon.com/Runner-Five-Disc-Complete-Collectors-Blu-ray/dp/B000UBMWG4
of course it would go up by £50 for import tax ;)
dOc
MaD dOctoR
10-01-2009, 14:18
http://www.store4dvd.com/Product/Region_1_DVD/-/085391185727/Blade_Runner_5_Disc_Ultimate_Edition_Blu_Ray_Regio n_1_DVD.html
that seems more likely
dOc
The Carpathian
10-01-2009, 14:19
There's nothing wrong with it at all - there was a box set in a nice tin (which I got) then it turned into a nice, but more normal, box after that. Prices were very good on it even new and the I've seen the HD-DVD version for a fiver somewhere a while back ! I even got a little "Spinner" key-ring free with mine :):D
It's probably, in terms of proper non-fluff content, the best stuffed special edition a film has had to date. There's nothing on the discs that isn't worth a watch and very little ass-kissing and back-slapping like you get on some.
http://www.find-dvd.co.uk/search.aspx?title=blade+runner&page=1&sort=bestmatch
Tonight I'm going to the cinema to watch Changeling!
MaD dOctoR
10-01-2009, 20:42
There's nothing wrong with it at all - there was a box set in a nice tin (which I got) then it turned into a nice, but more normal, box after that. Prices were very good on it even new and the I've seen the HD-DVD version for a fiver somewhere a while back ! I even got a little "Spinner" key-ring free with mine :):D
It's probably, in terms of proper non-fluff content, the best stuffed special edition a film has had to date. There's nothing on the discs that isn't worth a watch and very little ass-kissing and back-slapping like you get on some.
http://www.find-dvd.co.uk/search.aspx?title=blade+runner&page=1&sort=bestmatch
I didn't mean there was anything wrong with the set...I meant the price was amazingly low...saying that, I got the Ultimate Rambo box set (Blu Ray) yesterday...after walking into ZAVVI...saw it was £29.99...thought that's reasonable...but I'll have a look around...went into HMV same exact box set...£70 :eek: walked back over to ZAVVI...brought it to the counter...girl scanned the barcode...£23.99 :D well...I could have had a sale outside HMV selling them for £50 ;)...even selling them for £25 would have given me a profit...and this can only get worse when ZAVVI is no longer around.
even though ZAVVI are no doubt going, they still have better prices even without the usual deals...ZAVVI had 2 Blu Ray's for £25 (which is now gone due to their problems) while HMV 2 Blu Ray's for £30 (and the over pricing on certain films...and even some of the worst films are at the maximum RRP) they do realise that if they keep doing that, they will be following ZAVVI and WOOLWORTHS...plus even some old DVD's are still over priced...which is very annoying...plus it baffles people who have no idea about the new stuff that's coming out...
...but then...there is always t'internet nice low prices :D
dOc
Satin Chic
10-01-2009, 21:13
Tonight I'm going to the cinema to watch Changeling!
Ooh let us know how it goes.
I love Angie!
The Carpathian
10-01-2009, 21:21
ZAVVI had 2 Blu Ray's for £25 (which is now gone due to their problems)
It's even better now - most Blu-ray are £14.95 and there is 20% off them so 2 x £11.96 = £23.92
It may only be £1or so less but it's something! :p
Vinyl has 50% off and they had some cracking heavy vinyl albums in there priced at £7-£10 before taking the huge discount off !
Kraftwerk for £3.50, Depeche Mode for £5 and Seventh Tree for £9 !
Well, so I'm back. Changeling wasn't what I expected but it was well worth the 2,5 hours. A great movie, I was truly captivated in the middle - Some great performances by the actors, especially the young man playing Sanford Clark (boy, was I moved by his performance!) and Jason Butler Harner playing Gordon Northcott!
I don't know...I can think of a lot of things to say about it...
glittery vampires is not a good idea...
no one notices that the entire family look like albinos...
a baseball game in lightning is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen...
some really terrible acting...
the weakest most pathetic bad guys ever in a film...
a film about vampires where there really isn't that much to do with vampires...
that scene with the van is the best scene in the film...and it lasts 10 seconds...;)
one of the longest endings to a film I've had to sit through...
one of the worst final shots before credits in the history of film...
nice pair on that girl in the party dress though...:D
there's probably more...but...I think my brain is still mush after watching it...
probably one of the worst scenes in the film is the part where he says "I want to show you what we look like in the daylight" thinking it was going to be something good...just leaves you with :eek: that expression on your face (but not in a good way)
dOc
If I hadn't of gotten into the cinema free to see it I would have set fire to the building. I don't know what pissed me off more...
1. The shit story
2.The shit acting
3. The non vampireness of the whole movie
4.The shit bad guy
5.The shit good guy
6. The lack of nudity to make up for such a shit movie
7.The final fight scene
I just can't get over how awful it was.
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Pure style over substance. But it managed to hold my attention.
For some reason the entire film looks like it has a soft glow filter on it.
Also, there really didn't have to be so much singing. Characters shouldn't have to converse in song about taking their medication. It's daft.
Sarah Brightman did look excellent though.
Satin Chic
11-01-2009, 06:22
If I hadn't of gotten into the cinema free to see it I would have set fire to the building. I don't know what pissed me off more...
1. The shit story
2.The shit acting
3. The non vampireness of the whole movie
4.The shit bad guy
5.The shit good guy
6. The lack of nudity to make up for such a shit movie
7.The final fight scene
I just can't get over how awful it was.
I truely could not be bothered with twilight, everything you just mentioned is exactly what I thought it was going to be like.
I couldnt wait any longer, so I watched Let the Right One In online. It was truely brilliant and the cinematography was captivating. I also liked the idea that humans can be more vicious than vampires. Definately my new all time fav vampire movie.
The girl in it is truely creepy. It really captivates the true nature of Vampires in my opinion. Curious about humans, but none the less humans are their food and they are vicious, blood thirsty animals.
Loved it, it certainly stays with you afterwards. Definitely going to buy it on DVD.
See Repo, seriously, it's great!
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Pure style over substance. But it managed to hold my attention.
For some reason the entire film looks like it has a soft glow filter on it.
Also, there really didn't have to be so much singing. Characters shouldn't have to converse in song about taking their medication. It's daft.
Sarah Brightman did look excellent though.
You don't seem to understand how musicals work Kiyu :p
That's because 99.9% of musicals make me want to kill myself within 20 minutes or your pizza is free.
That bint from Spy Kids mostly did the Sophie Ellis Bextor 'Not quite sing more talk in rhythm' thing and she'd have been better off just speaking normally.
CaravanBoy
11-01-2009, 17:21
The last film that I watched was Wall-E.
The Spirit - boring
Australia - long, 2h40min so I've had little doubts but it's actually very good film.
RubySlipper
11-01-2009, 19:19
finally watched eXistenZ after having it for months.
wanted to like it, but there were too many things being lubed and put into other things. and things in spines scare me too.
The Carpathian
11-01-2009, 21:45
Blade Runner
Disc 4: Enhancement Archive
Access, Inception, Fabrication and Longevity
A 45min fully realised Blade Runner movie made entirely from unused, alternate & deleted scenes. Wholly new voice over that features in none of the other versions, totally new scenes that simply don't exist previously and some very different takes on the most well known events, some of them somewhat odd and others actually superior to the used ones. Even unheard Vangelis music gets an airing and you do wonder what else must be stashed away in a warehouse somewhere.
It's like watching the film you know but somehow it becomes it's own entity rather than just 'Similar Version n+1'. Each time you start to feel you know the next line or shot you get a completely different thing.
I purposely put off watching this since the box set came out in order to keep giving myself fresh 'Runner material.
Tonight, I saw it again for the first time.
finally watched eXistenZ after having it for months.
wanted to like it, but there were too many things being lubed and put into other things. and things in spines scare me too.
Ow come one. It's one of the few movies with things being lubed and put into other things that's really worth watching...
Not that I watch that many movies with things being lubed etc...
ehm
anyway
love that movie :o
Seed
Pretty damn glum, nice n gory at parts. However, iuv this is not one for you, watch the first 10 minutes and you'll see why.
Seed
Pretty damn glum, nice n gory at parts. However, iuv this is not one for you, watch the first 10 minutes and you'll see why.
Wait a minute... isn't this a Uwe Boll movie?
I wouldn't watch anything he's made unless I'm really really drunk
In short: I'm not proud of the number of Uwe Boll movies I've seen....
Wait a minute... isn't this a Uwe Boll movie?
I wouldn't watch anything he's made unless I'm really really drunk
In short: I'm not proud of the number of Uwe Boll movies I've seen....
It is indeed, I've never heard of him before, what other stuff has he done?
He's absolutely the worst writer and director there is. Stay away from him at all costs!
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093051/
He's notorious for being completely suck-ass. I can't put in words how crappy he his. lol
MaD dOctoR
12-01-2009, 01:58
He's absolutely the worst writer and director there is. Stay away from him at all costs!
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093051/
He's notorious for being completely suck-ass. I can't put in words how crappy he his. lol
and yet there are many more that are worse than him that make millions from over budget films...
doesn't matter how shit his films are, at least he isn't doing it just for money...
plus most of the people that criticise him are people that would love to be in his shoes making shit movies...
dOc
He's not worthy of glorious literary finesse. ;)
and yet there are many more that are worse than him that make millions from over budget films...
doesn't matter how shit his films are, at least he isn't doing it just for money...
plus most of the people that criticise him are people that would love to be in his shoes making shit movies...
dOc
You're right.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0466342/
For example. And the rest of the films from those two. They should be put in prison for what they contribute to the entertainment industry.
Are you telling me... you like these movies?
I..... :O
MaD dOctoR
12-01-2009, 02:08
You're right.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0466342/
For example. And the rest of the films from those two. They should be put in prison for what they contribute to the entertainment industry.
hmmm...not really what I meant...but yes...those movies are terrible as well...
dOc
Then what did you mean? ;) Those are the only movies I can think of that can compete with what Uwe Boll churns out. lol
MaD dOctoR
12-01-2009, 02:22
...:eek:...you missed my point completely...I said directors that make millions from shit movies...these movies never really do that well...I'm going more for the big budget films...("Transformers" Michael Bay being one that springs to mind...though he did at least direct some decent films in the past...he can never be forgiven for that one)
oh and of course I can't end this without at least adding Anthony Minghella and the shit that was "The English Patient" I've never met anyone who even liked that film...yet it went on to win many many many awards...
oh...and don't get me started on Batman Begins and The Dark Knight ;)
dOc
But those are great movies! (I haven't seen English Patient, though)
MaD dOctoR
12-01-2009, 02:27
whistles gently like nothing is happening................
;)
dOc
MaD dOctoR
12-01-2009, 02:41
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
dOc
MaD dOctoR
12-01-2009, 02:44
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
dOc
Did Uwe Boll do Dead or Alive? It was video game based and it was shit.
MaD dOctoR
12-01-2009, 02:50
no I think his films are usually horror based...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398913/
dOc
Ooh, in that case I've never seen a Uwe Boll film.
I'm excited, I think I might download one.
MaD dOctoR
12-01-2009, 02:51
well...horror slash...er...slashy films http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093051/
dOc
MaD dOctoR
12-01-2009, 02:54
Ooh, in that case I've never seen a Uwe Boll film.
I'm excited, I think I might download one.
what I meant was...I think his films usually have to have some sort of gory element to them...he does have quite a list of game movies in the works...which can't be a good thing...:eek:
dOc
The only part I enjoyed of Seed was the hammering the old woman scene, that's not an innuendo by the way, he literally hammers an old woman. It worked really well, until the bad animation kicked in but good idea nonetheless. It was terribley directed however. Score was shit too.
I'm in the middle of watching " Let the Right One In", I have to wait 18 minutes though because Megavideos being a cunt.
I just finished it, it's pretty good, I wouldn't go as far to say it's the best vampire film I've ever seen but it's pretty good. Definitely worth a watch.
Satin Chic
12-01-2009, 06:35
I just finished it, it's pretty good, I wouldn't go as far to say it's the best vampire film I've ever seen but it's pretty good. Definitely worth a watch.
I find it stays with you and you think about it for ages afterwards, which makes you more interested and want to watch it again.
All I am going to say is: The not inviting her in, and the pool scene.
Jesus Christ! Wow. Just Wow.
I was watching at 2am... so it had the desired affect on me. I cant believe that girl was only 11 when it was filmed. She is so damn creepy in it.
I find it stays with you and you think about it for ages afterwards, which makes you more interested and want to watch it again.
All I am going to say is: The not inviting her in, and the pool scene.
Jesus Christ! Wow. Just Wow.
I was watching at 2am... so it had the desired affect on me. I cant believe that girl was only 11 when it was filmed. She is so damn creepy in it.
Yeh I really like the inviting her in scene, how odd was the crotch shot by the way?! I couldn't tell what it was but there was something weird going on there, could you make out what it was?
MaD dOctoR
13-01-2009, 00:53
Yeh I really like the inviting her in scene, how odd was the crotch shot by the way?! I couldn't tell what it was but there was something weird going on there, could you make out what it was?
this thread may explain that...;) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139797/board/nest/126709281?p=1
(and from what I can tell...anyone who didn't read the book will not understand that shot you are talking about...which sounds like bad directing...or storytelling...or both)
I have no interest in seeing the film (as I think it looks bad) and after Twilight I don't have any faith in this film (please note I saw no trailers for Twilight before seeing it, I was told it was good...as was my uncle...we've yet to track down the people that told us it was good...but their names are on the list...;) but, getting back on track, I have seen a clip from this film...and it really just looks bad...and I will not waste money on something that looks bad to me...(again Twilight being an exception...sometimes seeing a film you know nothing about can be a good thing...just didn't work that time)
dOc
Well I have seen both and I'm happy to announce that Twilight is NOTHING like Let the Right One..
I would however like to help you hunt down whoever told you Twilight was good and throw in a kick or two for even liking it let alone recommending it.
PS: Thank you for the link! Makes much more sense now.
MaD dOctoR
13-01-2009, 05:27
Well I have seen both and I'm happy to announce that Twilight is NOTHING like Let the Right One..
I would however like to help you hunt down whoever told you Twilight was good and throw in a kick or two for even liking it let alone recommending it.
PS: Thank you for the link! Makes much more sense now.
I think they need all the kicks they can get...just for saying the word Twilight...and the word Good in the same sentence...let alone saying that IT WAS GOOD
but seriously, from what I've seen of that other film, I think I will need to have a word with whoever told these people they could make a "vampire" film...(goes for both films by the way) I know I don't usually slate a film without seeing it first...but...I know I wouldn't like it...
plus I've just watched Repo! The Genetic Opera...wanted to like it, but, man...why doesn't someone say that certain things aren't working...way too many songs...there really didn't need to be a song for every scene...would have worked better if there were just a few songs (the best song is Anthony Stewart Head's Legal Assassin...think that's the title) but the fact that conversations had to be made into a song...really ruined the whole thing...I know it's meant to be an opera blah blah blah...it could have been really good, if someone had just said..."why don't we have this scene as normal acting...then kick in with a song" rather than having some really bad sing/talking...(Alexa Vega and Paul Sorvino being the worst for that) which brings me on to Paris Hilton...many many threads over on IMDB about people not wanting to see the film because she's in it...blah blah blah...all the same old shit...when actually...she's once again pretty good in her role, groundbreaking no, decent yes, she can sing...she can act...which is why I was so surprised to find that so many other people in the film were so bad...the guy that played Luigi...was fucking abysmal, especially in that first song that the 3 have Paris comes on delivers her line and then vanishesleaving him and Pavi (who is kinda funny...but...well...not brilliant) the only people in the whole film who were at least not agonising to watch were Anthony Head, the guy who plays Graverobber, and Paris...(still don't get why people single her out) and even Sarah Brightman...(not a fan of hers but she looked good and obviously she can sing...so she will always have one that one :D loved her last look great eye make up)
it was really a let down...but I had mixed feelings about it, I always knew it would either be something I'd love or something I'd hate...it's fallen mostly on the hate side...shame...
dOc
but seriously, from what I've seen of that other film, I think I will need to have a word with whoever told these people they could make a "vampire" film...(goes for both films by the way) I know I don't usually slate a film without seeing it first...but...I know I wouldn't like it...
It's no Interview With A Vampire but it's good. A vampire movie I always thought I'd hate was 30 Days of Night which surprisingly up until the last 20 minutes or so was kinda good, the vampires were great in it. Josh Whatshisname is a bollox though and fucks up the movie
MaD dOctoR
13-01-2009, 05:50
It's no Interview With A Vampire but it's good. A vampire movie I always thought I'd hate was 30 Days of Night which surprisingly up until the last 20 minutes or so was kinda good, the vampires were great in it. Josh Whatshisname is a bollox though and fucks up the movie
see... that too was an awful vampire film...the vampires were terrible the lead vampire looked like Neil Tennant (don't believe me...;))
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and was just really...well...weak...as an actor and as a vampire...
(how can a newly made vampire defeat an older stronger vampire...ok if he had been turned at the start of the film and shown him getting stronger and learning his abilities throughout then it wouldn't have been such a stupid ending...)
plus it took the vampires ages to find a small group of people in a very small town of very few people...most of whom had left due to the 30 days of night...(I haven't watched it in a long time though...)
it does have one of the best beheading scenes though...plus it had Melissa George in it
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dOc
So what vampire films DO you like?
If you say Blade I'm gonna have to ask you to leave the board quickly
MaD dOctoR
13-01-2009, 06:09
well there aren't many...Interview With A Vampire is one of them though...:D an excellent film actually probably one of Tom Cruises best performances Lost Boys (even though I would pick it apart today) is still one of my favourites and just for sheer downright comedy and gore From Dusk Till Dawn, love that film...works better when you don't know what it's about as you could never really guess what's going to happen...definitely George Clooney's best film appearance (wish they would do a Seth and Ritchie Gecko spin off...obviously would have to be a prequel though...unless they've found a cure for missing-torso-and-head-initus :D)
I'm trying to think of others I know there are others...just can't think of them...Buffy and Angel always had the best Vampire lore...no flying vampires or turning into bats...apart from the Dracula episode of course :D (of course the same can't be said for the film though...
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Kristy Swanson though :D)
wow...I said "of course" and "though" a lot in that last sentence...I really need to sleep...
dOc
I just have a nostalgic attachment to Lost Boys aswell I think, I hated From Dusk Til Dawn, it was just too ridiculous for my likin'. Ah good aul Buffy, I was an avid fan of that show and for most of Angel although I lost my faith along the way in Angel. Amy Acker ( Fred) was hot!
MaD dOctoR
13-01-2009, 06:19
So what vampire films DO you like?
If you say Blade I'm gonna have to ask you to leave the board quickly
you see Blade is ok...but only for the fact that there is good story to it...a half vampire born from a vampire, has no weakness of normal vampires but has all their strengths...the 2nd wasn't a great film, but Luke Goss was actually very good in it, and 3 wasn't great either, but I liked the addition of Ryan Reynolds and Jessica Biel (:D) though still not really making it a great film...
I am pretty hard to please when it comes to the Vampire genre...:D
dOc
MaD dOctoR
13-01-2009, 06:25
I just have a nostalgic attachment to Lost Boys aswell I think, I hated From Dusk Til Dawn, it was just too ridiculous for my likin'. Ah good aul Buffy, I was an avid fan of that show and for most of Angel although I lost my faith along the way in Angel. Amy Acker ( Fred) was hot!
yep...and I seem to remember Charisma's tit's getting bigger every episode :D
I think the best Angel episode for sheer comedic greatness was the puppet TV one...where Angel is turned into a foam version of himself...and then the fight between him and Spike, hilarious they even got his hair perfect :D
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dOc
But they're all so shit! My god I hate the Blade movies, just pure comic book bullshit, I hated it. It's making me angry again and I'm not even watching it.
the guy that played Luigi...was fucking abysmal,
He shouldn't have sang, just generally been angry more. "I will shoot you in the face!!" and other such brilliant lines.
VisualFallacy
13-01-2009, 08:16
I watched Dumb and Dumber last night... I forgot all the reasons why I think the film is rubbish... they came flooding back very quickly.
Satin Chic
13-01-2009, 11:13
Yeh I really like the inviting her in scene, how odd was the crotch shot by the way?! I couldn't tell what it was but there was something weird going on there, could you make out what it was?
She has no genitals in the movie. However in the book, she has no genitals, but used to be a boy 250 years ago.
I want to read the book now for the back story.
And dOc, Let the Right One in isnt anything like Twilight. LTROI is beautifully shot, with sweeping dark and haunting snow scenes, and no more than necessary dialogue. They didnt feel the need to explain everything, just let you piece together youself. The fact that Eli doesnt speak her mind, just makes it creepier, cause you have no idea what she is thinking, her eyes are just haunting.
Really, watch it, I don't think you will be disappointed. But watch it when you cant be distracted and preferably when it is late at night for the full effect.
For me LTROI and Interview with the Vampire, are the only vampire movies I like.
The concept of Blade is interesting but poorly executed.
I love the concept of Vampires and the mythology behind it, but I think its poorly replicated in films most of the time.
MaD dOctoR
13-01-2009, 14:24
She has no genitals in the movie. However in the book, she has no genitals, but used to be a boy 250 years ago.
I want to read the book now for the back story.
And dOc, Let the Right One in isnt anything like Twilight. LTROI is beautifully shot, with sweeping dark and haunting snow scenes, and no more than necessary dialogue. They didnt feel the need to explain everything, just let you piece together youself. The fact that Eli doesnt speak her mind, just makes it creepier, cause you have no idea what she is thinking, her eyes are just haunting.
Really, watch it, I don't think you will be disappointed. But watch it when you cant be distracted and preferably when it is late at night for the full effect.
For me LTROI and Interview with the Vampire, are the only vampire movies I like.
The concept of Blade is interesting but poorly executed.
I love the concept of Vampires and the mythology behind it, but I think its poorly replicated in films most of the time.
I haven't seen any beautifully shot scenes from that film...just one mediocre boringly shot scene...with very unconvincing acting...so in my eyes...it's not far off Twilight ;)
as for Blade, they were never meant to be masterpieces of cinema, they were primarily action films with a vampire twist, unlike Twilight which doesn't really know what it's meant to be...
films are very different for everyone who views them, it's probably why we have such varying opinions on various vampire genre films...in fact I've just thought of a fucking classic one...which I loved...The Fearless Vampire Killers (better than the original title...Dance Of The Vampires, although "pardon me, but your teeth are in my neck" had a nice ring to it...but I think "The Fearless Vampire Killers" is the better title) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061655/
best scene for me was the balcony scene...(which I can't find a video of...:() but you've probably seen Film 4 use it in an advert...it's where they come face to face with a vampire...and walk slowly backwards holding up a cross...as they get further away they start to run away...only run around the whole balcony to end up right by the same vampire...brilliant :D (EDIT: found it :D) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yVOq3yjz6RE&feature=related
and of course this scene...http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mAXVDH_1q_M
best vampire comedy ever.
dOc
well there aren't many...Interview With A Vampire is one of them though...:
I'm trying to think of others I know there are others...just can't think of them...
dOc
well it's a long shot but the episodes of Lexx series 4 with Vlad in make me laugh .. Lexx often failed dismally but these episodes look cool ..epecially Xev as a goth ha ha ha
the Anne Rice books ..have to say I devoured them she had a brilliant vampire 'cosmology'
Peter Jeffery
13-01-2009, 14:33
I watched Dumb and Dumber last night... I forgot all the reasons why I think the film is rubbish... they came flooding back very quickly.
Did you still watch the whole film? :eek:
MaD dOctoR
13-01-2009, 14:38
He shouldn't have sang, just generally been angry more. "I will shoot you in the face!!" and other such brilliant lines.
yes he did have some nice one liners...shame he was just so tediously annoying...
plus...why did it need to end ON A STAGE...that just felt misplaced...(like a lot of the songs in that last scene)...but I'd say the worst part was the scene where Alexa Vega sings that she's 17 (is that the title?) and it all switches to red lights...and she's wearing a black outfit...now I have no problem with scene changes and dream like sequences (which this was) but when she get's slapped it takes a while for it to snap back to the original scene...where she's wearing a white dress...just seemed painfully bad...
I'm pretty sure that if they just stepped back and actually looked at what they were doing, they could have made a great film, they had a good story to work with, they didn't need to remake the stage play word for word, or should that be song for song (If that's what they did...not seen the stage play...and probably wont after this)
just 4 -5 songs would have been enough I think...rather than shitty 30 second songs that mean nothing and actually take away from scene.
dOc
this one .... "Oh Bugger" http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9z6K0XSdMFg&feature=related
MaD dOctoR
13-01-2009, 14:45
well it's a long shot but the episodes of Lexx series 4 with Vlad in make me laugh .. Lexx often failed dismally but these episodes look cool ..epecially Xev as a goth ha ha ha
the Anne Rice books ..have to say I devoured them she had a brilliant vampire 'cosmology'
I never did get into Lexx (though those boobs and lips were enticing mmmmmm :D) it was always on at weird times and I'd missed to many to start watching...plus...the amount of other stuff I used to watch...
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The Carpathian
13-01-2009, 14:47
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For the vampire debate I'd add "Trouble Every day" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trouble_Every_Day) as a favourite but it's another one to split people into a love/hate thang. Also info at IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204700/)as ever. It verged on film maudit when it came out but still seems to have it's fans now.
On the plus side it's got Vincent Gallo & Béatrice Dalle, is pretty slow, can be quite gory (do a search on google images for the title and marvel at just how much red appears on your screen) and is heavy on the existential nature of life and inherited/percieved gender roles.
On the negative side most of the above also, depending on what you want from your fanged ones :D :p
Peter Jeffery
13-01-2009, 15:10
I never did get into Lexx (though those boobs and lips were enticing mmmmmm :D) it was always on at weird times and I'd missed to many to start watching...plus...the amount of other stuff I used to watch...
dOc
I like Lexx because it's weird and dirty (also sometimes very funny). But to really enjoy it you need to have it on DVD -- no good trying to tune in at the strange hours it used to be broadcast. There are some Australian DVDs available that play perfectly on region 2 machines. :)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lexx-1-Complete-Movies-Slimpack/dp/B000YAWFNQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1231859311&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lexx-Complete-Slimpack-Eva-Haberman/dp/B0011IJF4M/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1231859311&sr=1-3
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lexx-Complete-Slimpack-Xenia-Seeberg/dp/B0011ISHSC/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1231859311&sr=1-4
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lexx-Complete-Slimpack-Xenia-Seeberg/dp/B0011J3TXY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1231859311&sr=1-2
cookiee_munster
13-01-2009, 16:08
Sleeping Beauty: Platinum Edition (in the beautiful gold book)
Theyve really cleaned it up. Id do anything to watch it on Blu Ray now, the forest scene with Princess A singing and dancing with Prince P is just gorgeous! a true work of art :)
on the subject of vampire movies:
I have some very not-so-fond memories of Salem's Lot. It kept me awake for quite some nights when I was a kid.
Norferatu is a silent movie classic (though I must admit it's more a kind of curioso)
I thought the movie based on the making of it - i think it was called Shadow of the Vampire - was rather good.
I agree on Fearless Vampire Killers. A classic.
Stephanie
13-01-2009, 17:16
I never liked Anne Rices books, her writing style really irritated me, waaay too much detail. I felt like I went through 5 pages just describing the mansion in the Garden District. I read half way through Queen of the Damned and just couldn't take it anymore.
MaD dOctoR
13-01-2009, 17:47
on the subject of vampire movies:
I have some very not-so-fond memories of Salem's Lot. It kept me awake for quite some nights when I was a kid.
Norferatu is a silent movie classic (though I must admit it's more a kind of curioso)
I thought the movie based on the making of it - i think it was called Shadow of the Vampire - was rather good.
I agree on Fearless Vampire Killers. A classic.
Yes that was a decent film...though the friends I went with were utterly pissed off by it ;), Willem Dafoe as Max Schreck was brilliant :)
not sure if I've seen Salem's Lot or not...probably have...
dOc
MaD dOctoR
13-01-2009, 17:49
I never liked Anne Rices books, her writing style really irritated me, waaay too much detail. I felt like I went through 5 pages just describing the mansion in the Garden District. I read half way through Queen of the Damned and just couldn't take it anymore.
now that WAS a BAD vampire film...
***shudders***
:eek:
dOc
QotD wasnt bad, had some good music in it.
MaD dOctoR
13-01-2009, 18:01
QotD wasnt bad, had some good music in it.
music doesn't make a good film...Jonathan Davis did make some nice tunes for it...
awful film though...:D
dOc
Peter Jeffery
13-01-2009, 18:02
I have the Damned Queen on DVD, and have been meaning to watch it for a while...
One vote against from dOc, one vote in favour from Drunken Horatio... hmmmm....
MaD dOctoR
13-01-2009, 19:58
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238546/
;)
dOc
but I'd say the worst part was the scene where Alexa Vega sings that she's 17 (is that the title?) and it all switches to red lights...and she's wearing a black outfit...now I have no problem with scene changes and dream like sequences (which this was) but when she get's slapped it takes a while for it to snap back to the original scene...where she's wearing a white dress...just seemed painfully bad...
Yeah, that was horrible. As soon as it kicked in my inbuilt Avril Lavinge firewall went off and my brain just zoned out for 5 minutes, not taking in any of the sight or sound.
The best songs were Zydrate Anatomy, Chase the Morning and anything by Brightman and Head. Everything else was pretty forgettable.