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MaD dOctoR

10-02-2009, 18:25

Creep was such a terrible movie, I liked Event Horizon though. It wasn't scary but it was a good idea.

I prefer horrors that are sort of ghostly, something that you can't really see or stop. I loved Blair Witch and the remake of The Grudge had some pretty good creepy parts.

Also am I the only person who thinks slow zombies are way better and creepier than fast,running and snarling ones?
Slow zombies are the best...but 28 days/weeks are not zombies...they are infected...which explains why they can move quickly...unlike that Land Of The Dead...:(

it should be more random...only a few that are able to run properly...it's meant to add to the tension in a film...but it really never works...

28 Days Later was a tonne of bollocks...it started off good but went downhill as soon as that woman takes over...and Mr Ecclescakes and his gang appear...

28 Weeks Later was the better of the two for me...more of a zombie style film plus the chopper scene :D

as for Creep, it's pretty good up until a point...Franke Potente :D (anyone else notice the overuse of the colour yellow in the film...:eek:) and Event Horizon is a great film...though probably hasn't aged well...

If anyone of you have any movies to recommend, that are like The Thing, Leviathan, The Abyss, Event Horizon, Alien or Sphere, please tell me. I'm on a hunt for these "people-isolated-somewhere-with-a-horror-lurking"-movies! :D

for a good ol people trapped somewhere type film try Wrong Turn, The Descent, The Ruins (which is surprisingly good considering the shit reviews it got) I haven't got my old film cap on at the moment...you could always try a none horror film...like Deliverance...

plus you've mentioned the best ones...

not really a trapped style of film, but I've just thought of it, They Live, used to love that film. :D

dOc

MaD dOctoR

10-02-2009, 18:34

I actually prefer the sequel, and now i've lost my credibility.
no you haven't...the first film was way too over hyped, I liked the style, but never really loved it, I thought the storyline of the second film was much better...plus there are some great hidden visuals in it.

the only really good thing about the first film was that there are some great moments in it...but they are very few and far between. (The Last Broadcast is a great low budget film that came out before Blair Witch...kind of the same type of story but more of a documentary feel to it...probably would have been a lot better if it had a little more cash)

dOc

Eryxian

10-02-2009, 21:46

for a good ol people trapped somewhere type film try Wrong Turn, The Descent, The Ruins (which is surprisingly good considering the shit reviews it got) I haven't got my old film cap on at the moment...you could always try a none horror film...like Deliverance...

plus you've mentioned the best ones...

not really a trapped style of film, but I've just thought of it, They Live, used to love that film. :D

dOc

Thanks for the suggestions. I have seen The Descent, great flick.

Gonna look up the others on IMDB! :)

Satin Chic

10-02-2009, 21:56

I can't believe you're backing that sequel as a legitimate horror movie. But different strokes... and all that.

The only fast zombie thing I really liked was 28 Days Later.

See I never used to like zombie movies, as I never really found them scary. The Zombies were slow, and dumb, and easy to outrun. It wasnt until I happened to catch the beginning of 28 days later on tv and sat down to watch it, and loved it. The zombies are fast, and vicious and terrifying. The way they should be. IMO.

I loved it there was a madness to them, an undying need for flesh, and I really like the way it was done, as it made it scary and compelling.

Still haven't watched the first one yet. But I was definitely impressed!!

ShAmIE

10-02-2009, 22:55

I think I don't mind the fast running zombie idea in 28 Days Later because they aren't actually passing them off as zombies. I do love the film however, the sequel was just too americanized for my likin'. Had some good stuff all the same.

MaD dOctoR

10-02-2009, 23:23

See I never used to like zombie movies, as I never really found them scary. The Zombies were slow, and dumb, and easy to outrun. It wasnt until I happened to catch the beginning of 28 days later on tv and sat down to watch it, and loved it. The zombies are fast, and vicious and terrifying. The way they should be. IMO.

I loved it there was a madness to them, an undying need for flesh, and I really like the way it was done, as it made it scary and compelling.

Still haven't watched the first one yet. But I was definitely impressed!!
they are not zombies though...they are infected...a primal urge to beat the living hell out of anything in the way...

the old zombie films with the slow zombies had a more eerie feeling, yeah they are slow...but there's fucking millions of them...and they don't stop coming at you...plus...they make barely any noise, so can sneak up on you (of course they are probably unaware that they are anywhere near you)

I'm confused though...which one did you watch...you said 28 Days Later...but then said you haven't seen the first one yet...

did it have Robert Carlyle in it? (that's the 2nd one 28 Weeks Later) starts off in a house...then has him running for his life...then shows that the American troops have the area under control...does that sound like the one you watched?

I think the best new style Zombie film is the Dawn Of The Dead remake, as it has a great blend of old slow Zombies with a few faster ones...and it was a great film too.

dOc

ShAmIE

10-02-2009, 23:34

I actually didn't mind the remake of Dawn of the Dead. It wasn't half bad. My favourite Zombie movies ever are the original Dawn of the Dead ( despite the blue faces) and the 1991 Tom Savini remake of Night of the Living Dead

Stephanie

10-02-2009, 23:50

NOOOO!!! I've read about this film last year and I just can't wait to watch it. I am big Neil Gaiman's fan and Coraline is one of my favourite books.

JEALOUS! ABSOLUTELY JEALOUS!

Awww, it was brilliant. I don't know why you have to wait until May for a UK release (seems a bit weird). You should check out the Coraline youtube account, there's plenty of "the making of" videos in there:

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=CoralineFilms&view=videos

MaD dOctoR

11-02-2009, 00:04

Satin Chic

11-02-2009, 00:22

they are not zombies though...they are infected...a primal urge to beat the living hell out of anything in the way...

the old zombie films with the slow zombies had a more eerie feeling, yeah they are slow...but there's fucking millions of them...and they don't stop coming at you...plus...they make barely any noise, so can sneak up on you (of course they are probably unaware that they are anywhere near you)

I'm confused though...which one did you watch...you said 28 Days Later...but then said you haven't seen the first one yet...

did it have Robert Carlyle in it? (that's the 2nd one 28 Weeks Later) starts off in a house...then has him running for his life...then shows that the American troops have the area under control...does that sound like the one you watched?

I think the best new style Zombie film is the Dawn Of The Dead remake, as it has a great blend of old slow Zombies with a few faster ones...and it was a great film too.

dOc

Yeah it was 28 Weeks Later sorry.

And yes I like the idea of the 'infected' I like the delusional madness of it.

Although I dont think it would be a good thing for me to be scared of Zombies, in the sense you mention, as an Anatomy student, I would be looking at the Cadavers thinking looking at them wondering if they are actually looking at me, and thinking about how juicy my brains are lol.

ShAmIE

11-02-2009, 06:04

So in a sense, the dead are playing dead...

Peter Jeffery

11-02-2009, 11:41

Metroplis -- on DVD last night. I've been meaning to watch it for a long time. I kept cheerng on the bad guys, of course, and calling "Rotwang" "Rotweiller" -- but it's a great film.

MaD dOctoR

11-02-2009, 12:43

Yeah it was 28 Weeks Later sorry.

And yes I like the idea of the 'infected' I like the delusional madness of it.

Although I dont think it would be a good thing for me to be scared of Zombies, in the sense you mention, as an Anatomy student, I would be looking at the Cadavers thinking looking at them wondering if they are actually looking at me, and thinking about how juicy my brains are lol.
no probably n....what's that behind you 18804

:D

Don't have nightmares ;)

dOc

Satin Chic

11-02-2009, 12:57

no probably n....what's that behind you 18804

:D

Don't have nightmares ;)

dOc

But that's not even.........AHHHH WHAT???!?! WHERE?? WHAT IS IT?!?!

*looks behind in a panic*

Stupid Cadaver Zombies arent going to eat my juicy brains.

Although Zombies and their love for brains makes me laugh thinking about an article I read about flash mobs, who gather together to protest/picket about random things for a laugh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_walk
Promoted primarily through word of mouth and online message boards, zombie walks are an underground activity. During the event participants are encouraged to remain in character as zombies and to communicate only in a manner consistent with zombie behavior. This may include grunting, groaning and slurred, moaning calls for 'brains'.

An advanced technique to heighten interest and realism, some zombie mobs will "eat" victims to create new zombies, in sight of onlookers. [1] The better coordinated zombie mobs will establish a route and an easily recognizable signal, so that other participants can plant themselves, appearing as an otherwise ordinary human, along the route in old, tearable clothes, and as the mob shambles along it can discover and devour new victims. As the zombies surround the new victim to loudly feed, concealing him or her from witnesses' view, they tear clothes and quickly apply greenish makeup and fake blood, to create a new zombie, who then shambles along with the ever-expanding pack to find new victim

What do we want?
Brains!
When do we want it?
Brains!!

MaD dOctoR

11-02-2009, 14:51

...During the event participants are encouraged to remain in character as a Teenager and to communicate only in a manner consistent with Teenage behavior. This may include grunting, groaning and slurred, moaning calls for 'brains'.

hehehehe...reading that first part made me think...do you mean Zombies...or Teenagers ;)

:D

dOc

corvina

11-02-2009, 17:15

ultraviolet with milla ...there's a whole genre of movies that put the whole hollywood blockbuster machine to shame ..this was beautiful visually ...a serious piece of divinty and I'm not just talking about milla ha ha ha

MaD dOctoR

11-02-2009, 22:18

Corvina...how dare you mention that film...***shudders***

anyway...from one shit film to another:

Max Payne

********SPOILER WARNING********

I cannot believe, even after all the people saying how bad it was, how BAD it was...

there were a few bits where I thought ooh...that's quite good...only to be let down a few seconds later...like the idea of the "Valkyr" drug making them see Valkyrie's, only...it wasn't clear in which way they were seeing them...was it because of the drug...or because of a lack of the drug? (obviously it seems that it's the drug that causes it as when Payne takes it, it instantly causes him to see them...I thought it would have been better, if it had been that the drug was wearing off and making them crave more...but...I guess they couldn't have done that last bit...;)) which was actually one of the better parts of the film...it explains why he could take on so many guards...which...is weird, as there didn't seem to be as many as there should have been...

also, most of the acting was terrible...I was surprised by how bad it was in the first half an hour of the film...but was amazed by how good Ludacris was (and he's not an actor)

but the main reason why this film was so bad, is the fact that they chagned the story...Max Payne was there when his family died, in the film...he got there to late...plus this is shown halfway through the film...when it should have been at the start...with all that shit with him working as a file clerk...what the fuck?

and I love Mila Kunis, she's gorgeous...but...she's not Mona Sax...she's looks nothing like her, and doesn't have the same attributes as her...not sure why she was cast in the role...and as for Mark Wahlberg, I think he could have been good...but...something just wasn't right at all...then we come to Sucre ;) (or Lupino as he's known in this) (ok...I mean Amaury Nolasco (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1004774/)) what the fuck was that all about? why was he using a sword...? why was he always on top of a buidling? why was he there for the guy who fell (dragged) out of the window? all just to nonsensical bullshit...

it really annoys me...did anyone on set even bother to play either game? or did they just have someone tell them what it was about?

avoid it...

of and just in case you have seen it but didn't stick around till the end of the credits...it looks like they are making Max Payne 2 :(

dOc

Ooh.La.Lisa

12-02-2009, 15:38

Vertigo.

Somehow it was different from what I expected, but I enjoyed watching it anyway.

Peter Jeffery

12-02-2009, 15:45

Vertigo.

Somehow it was different from what I expected, but I enjoyed watching it anyway.

In what way different, Lisa? :confused:

I've finally watched Metropolis. :)

Ooh.La.Lisa

12-02-2009, 15:48

Well, apart from what the title implies, it's really not about vertigo as much as I would have expected.
But I liked the whole mystery thing, too, it was just not what I thought it was about

Peter Jeffery

12-02-2009, 15:57

No, I suppose it's not so very much about vertigo.

It was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, of course, who was born near to where I live. There's a petrol station on High Road Leytonstone (certainly the nearest petrol station to my home) with a plaque saying that it's built on the site of Alfred Hitchcock's birthplace.

MaD dOctoR

12-02-2009, 17:41

Peter Jeffery

13-02-2009, 12:08

^ No, I think that he might have been buried in Hollywood. Certainly not in Leytonstone. He hated Leytonstone!

Satin Chic

13-02-2009, 12:30

MaD dOctoR

13-02-2009, 13:07

Being Friday the 13th, there is a horror movie marathon on.
I am currently watching Friday the 13th, the original.

My god it is bad. hehe I just laugh at the heeee heeee heee hoh hoh hoh hooh hooh hooh creepy sound effects whenever something bad is about to happen.

Plus it takes so long for anything to happen....
I think you mean Ki Ki Ki Ma Ma Ma

"Manfredini was inspired to recreate a similar sound. He came up with the sound "ki ki ki, ma ma ma" from the final reel when Mrs. Voorhees arrives and is reciting "Kill her mommy!" The "ki" comes from "kill", and the "ma" from "mommy". To achieve the unique sound he wanted for the film, Manfredini spoke the two words "harshly, distinctly and rhythmically into a microphone" and ran them into an echo reverberation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverberation) machine."

from wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_(franchise (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_%28franchise))

and yes I know...wiki...but it is true...for once

oh...and I'm not a big fan of Friday the 13th series...I'm hoping the new one will be better.

dOc

Satin Chic

13-02-2009, 13:23

I think you mean Ki Ki Ki Ma Ma Ma

"Manfredini was inspired to recreate a similar sound. He came up with the sound "ki ki ki, ma ma ma" from the final reel when Mrs. Voorhees arrives and is reciting "Kill her mommy!" The "ki" comes from "kill", and the "ma" from "mommy". To achieve the unique sound he wanted for the film, Manfredini spoke the two words "harshly, distinctly and rhythmically into a microphone" and ran them into an echo reverberation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverberation) machine."

from wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_(franchise (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_%28franchise))

and yes I know...wiki...but it is true...for once

oh...and I'm not a big fan of Friday the 13th series...I'm hoping the new one will be better.

dOc

Thats the one! Well there you go!!

My friends and I made that sound when we were having a girls weekend away at a beach house, and the lights went out so we had to use torches for a couple of hours.

hehe stupid big ol scary houses and rainy weekends away at the beach.

Peter Jeffery

14-02-2009, 23:38

Laura -- classic film noir, watched this evening. An odd thing about it is that the two leads (Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews) are both people whom at first (just on the basis of their names) I assumed to be of the opposite sex.

CaravanBoy

15-02-2009, 00:23

Just watched original Friday the 13th with my friends.
So very cheesy. :(

ShAmIE

15-02-2009, 01:08

Hunger,it was pretty good, tad boring but well done.

cookiee_munster

15-02-2009, 13:03

the diving bell and the butterfly. strangely enough, i walked in on my mom watching it. Now, usually if i stick a foreign language film on she's like "whats this bollocks?" oh dear.

corvina

17-02-2009, 18:54

great balls of fire the jerry lee lewis thing with wynona ... a great movie made me smile at all the fuss surrounding the kid who's the 13 year old father ... ha ha ha Jerry married a 13 year old... legally too and all this back in what '58 or '59

The Carpathian

17-02-2009, 18:59

Hunger,it was pretty good, tad boring but well done.
One of my work colleagues said that cinemas should close their food bit to people going in to see that.

I don't think they've quite grasped it :D

ShAmIE

17-02-2009, 19:11

Haha it's the thought that counts I guess.

Dreamcatcher, Im not sure where to begin with how terrible this movie was

Mister_G

17-02-2009, 19:44

Cheers for that Mister_G:cool: Going to see this very film at the weekend, it does look/sound good have to say.

So I was wondering: did you like it? :)

Peter Jeffery

18-02-2009, 15:55

I Married a Witch -- the Veronica Lake movie. I watched it yesterday. Hadn't seen it before. Well worth catching.

cookiee_munster

18-02-2009, 15:58

Blade Runner the final cut. after finally getting a new surround sound system i thought it best i watch it again, now to see what its like through 5.1 surround. was fantastic. a HUGE step up to a 17" teeny tiny telly with a speaker on the front anyway. lol

jimmyjamjar

18-02-2009, 16:57

The Visitor - great film.

About a bloke who finds some illegal immigrants living in his new york flat, and his relationship that unfolds with them. He also learns to play the drum.

Alot betterer than that description - touching moving :)

RubySlipper

18-02-2009, 20:37

school was cancelled today so i did the right thing and watched ferris bueller.
it felt wrong that i wasn't skiving and watching it anyway, but it's just soo good.
then i watched Sky Movies Family all day with my brother. Tarzan, Big and Shrek the Third.
back to "adult" life tomorrow...

Stephanie

18-02-2009, 21:12

school was cancelled today so i did the right thing and watched ferris bueller.
it felt wrong that i wasn't skiving and watching it anyway, but it's just soo good.
...

I *heart* Ferris Bueller. I think either he or Cameron have a Cabaret Voltaire poster on their wall in that film. I always look for it when I watch it, it makes me smile.

MaD dOctoR

18-02-2009, 21:19

I *heart* Ferris Bueller. I think either he or Cameron have a Cabaret Voltaire poster on their wall in that film. I always look for it when I watch it, it makes me smile.

Bueller...Bueller...Bueller.............Bueller

18848

you could also get...
http://www.play.com/Clothing/T-Shirts/4-/7114479/Save-Ferris/Product.html

:D

dOc

Stephanie

18-02-2009, 21:20

Bueller...Bueller...Bueller.............Bueller

18848

you could also get...
http://www.play.com/Clothing/T-Shirts/4-/7114479/Save-Ferris/Product.html

:D

dOc

That makes me very happy, thanks Doc! :)

MaD dOctoR

18-02-2009, 21:27

I aim to please...:)

dOc

Satin Chic

18-02-2009, 21:58

the diving bell and the butterfly. strangely enough, i walked in on my mom watching it. Now, usually if i stick a foreign language film on she's like "whats this bollocks?" oh dear.

Brilliant hey?! I absolutely adored it.

corvina

19-02-2009, 15:08

Loving Annabelle ... these Girls boarding school movies are seriously tipping me over the edge into applying to various art schools to be a teacher ha ha ha

Peter Jeffery

19-02-2009, 16:18

Loving Annabelle is another DVD I've bought and not yet watched.

Last night I watched the Gene Tierney movie Heaven Can Wait. Am I the only person on here who loves classic Hollywood? Gene Tierney, in particular, was especially lovely and seems to be less well remembered than she deserves to be.

corvina

19-02-2009, 16:25

Loving Annabelle is another DVD I've bought and not yet watched.

.
ha ha ha you bought all the ..buyers who bought this movie also bought ... recomendations didn't you? hey those are girly movies Pet... er okay it's not so hard to figure ;-)

Peter Jeffery

19-02-2009, 16:32

ha ha ha you bought all the ..buyers who bought this movie also bought ... recomendations didn't you? hey those are girly movies Pet... er okay it's not so hard to figure ;-)

I did a certain amount of buyers-who-bought-this-movie-also-bought buying. ;) I love those girly movies. Kind of wish-I-was-a-girly stuff. :)

Satin Chic

20-02-2009, 12:33

Just watched Rachel Getting Married.

Was good, long (though I blame the -5 air conditioning) but well done.

Satin Chic

20-02-2009, 12:36

I did a certain amount of buyers-who-bought-this-movie-also-bought buying. ;) I love those girly movies. Kind of wish-I-was-a-girly stuff. :)

I am a huge fan of indie movies, and a frequent vistor at this independant cinema called The Dendy. It plays a lot of movies which have big oscar buzz, indie movies, film festival favourites, foreign films, and off the wall stuff.

Although, girly movies are my secret shame. hehe I JUST LOVE THEM!
In DVD format though, I would rarely go to the cinemas for them.

Peter Jeffery

20-02-2009, 14:34

Although, girly movies are my secret shame. hehe I JUST LOVE THEM!
In DVD format though, I would rarely go to the cinemas for them.

I love girly movies. In fact, I mostly watch either girly movies or movies that are at least 50 years old.:) :)

And I rarely go to the cinema at all. That's partly because they don't often seem to show the films I want to see, and partly because the cinema seems so expensive. A girly film from Amazon usually sets me back about £9, and old film about £5. I just bought 9 film noir movies for £14.98, which works out to about £1.66 per film. The cinema can't compete with that.:rolleyes:

corvina

23-02-2009, 01:24

Ray

Ray Charles biopic

shit this guy wrote some brilliant music ..amazing music amazing person ...

cookiee_munster

23-02-2009, 01:40

Titanic...

Peter Jeffery

23-02-2009, 19:37

Titanic...

The one with Kate Winslet or the one with Gene Tierney?

I think I already know the answer. ;) But the more mentions of the lovely Gene Tierney the better.

MaD dOctoR

23-02-2009, 20:30

Push

last week

do not bother...at least it had the Star Trek trailer though :D

;)

dOc

Hells Bells

23-02-2009, 22:35

Watched last week something called And When Did You Last See Your Father? It was so boring its taken me until now to wake from the coma it induced to type this!

cookiee_munster

24-02-2009, 02:54

The one with Kate Winslet or the one with Gene Tierney?

I think I already know the answer. ;) But the more mentions of the lovely Gene Tierney the better.

The one with the Winslet girl im afraid.

the last film i watched was Requiem for a Dream. first time ive ever seen this film and i want it to be the last.

WeAreGlitter

24-02-2009, 03:14

I just watched the entire Supernature bonus DVD. Quite good. (:
I am really glad that I bought it. (:

Satin_Gypsy

24-02-2009, 03:28

I recently rented "Street Fighter" because it had Kylie Minogue playing Cammy. It wasn't necessarily bad, as much as it was corny. Extremely corny. The only movie that could top it in corniness is "Batman" from 1969. That's how corny it was.

Dreeke

24-02-2009, 11:19

Underworld - Rise of the lycans
- not that bad but nothing special either

Yes Man
- meh

RubySlipper

24-02-2009, 19:09

rushmore.
something beautiful always happens when wes anderson and mark mothersbaugh work together.

Dreeke

24-02-2009, 22:16

We just watched Role Models
Which was fun. Not great, but fun.

Peter Jeffery

24-02-2009, 22:18

The one with the Winslet girl im afraid.

That's what I figured. Oh well... :o

cookiee_munster

24-02-2009, 22:56

That's what I figured. Oh well... :o

c'mon, even for a giant gayboy like myself, The Winslet girl is some serious gorgeousness... ;)

just finished watching Factory Girl. had a few friends from uni tell me i remind them of Andy Warhol. after watching that film im a bit concerned now. lol

ShAmIE

25-02-2009, 00:32

If I was allowed to punch one artist, it would be Andy Warhol.

This has also given my an idea for a thread

Satin Chic

25-02-2009, 02:04

c'mon, even for a giant gayboy like myself, The Winslet girl is some serious gorgeousness... ;)

I think she has gotten better with age! She looked utterly beautiful at the Oscars!

Eryxian

25-02-2009, 02:07

The Oscars is just a bunch of crap.

Really.

It's the same 5-6 movies nominated in every category except the Short Films, Documentaries and the foreign ones... Year in, year out - it's a battle between 5-6 movies.

So FUBAR, I don't understand why people bother with it.

Stephanie

25-02-2009, 14:14

Eryxian

25-02-2009, 14:37

AND AND AND it opened with music from The Knife, so you know it *must* be good ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIpZxBczWUg

I watched it purely because of that! Amazing, I love The Captain! :D

EDIT: Also, my first thought, after just 1 second of the actual footage, was "Fallout?". ;)

The Carpathian

25-02-2009, 14:54

I almost forgot about this. When I saw Coraline a couple of weeks ago there was a trailer for the new Tim Burton film called 9. It looks amazingly surreal, creepy and brilliant....again with stop motion animation. AND AND AND it opened with music from The Knife, so you know it *must* be good ;)

I've got this bookmarked too - you have good taste! :D ;) There's a great 720p HD trailer (http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/9/) on Apples site.

There was an award winning short film called "9" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_%28film%29) that is being reworked into a full-length by Burton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_%282008_film%29).

The whole original one can be watched on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE4qHy0RruA&fmt=18) - see what you think !

Dreeke

25-02-2009, 20:16

I've got this bookmarked too - you have good taste! :D ;) There's a great 720p HD trailer (http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/9/) on Apples site.

There was an award winning short film called "9" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_%28film%29) that is being reworked into a full-length by Burton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_%282008_film%29).

The whole original one can be watched on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE4qHy0RruA&fmt=18) - see what you think !

Looks good.

Anyone like me thought Little Big Planet's darker nephew?

Stephanie

25-02-2009, 20:43

I watched it purely because of that! Amazing, I love The Captain! :D

I love the captain too :D

I've got this bookmarked too - you have good taste! :D ;) There's a great 720p HD trailer (http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/9/) on Apples site.

There was an award winning short film called "9" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_%28film%29) that is being reworked into a full-length by Burton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_%282008_film%29).

The whole original one can be watched on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE4qHy0RruA&fmt=18) - see what you think !

Haa haa I should have known you knew about this! I'll check it all out when I get home tonight :)

Looks good.

Anyone like me thought Little Big Planet's darker nephew?

Actually first thought in my head was Kiyuri. Ha haa the characters just remind me of him. I'm sure he'll be delighted ;) :D :p

DaybreakDreamer

26-02-2009, 20:26

So I was wondering: did you like it? :)

Just went to see it yesterday, change of original plans:rolleyes: Anyway, great film, really enjoyed it. "Did I tell you I've been struck by lightening seven times?!":D

While I'm on the subject here does anyone know why cinemas have reverted back to allocated seating? What was the problem with general admission, sitting where the hell you wanted?!:mad:

MaD dOctoR

26-02-2009, 21:05

Just went to see it yesterday, change of original plans:rolleyes: Anyway, great film, really enjoyed it. "Did I tell you I've been struck by lightening seven times?!":D

While I'm on the subject here does anyone know why cinemas have reverted back to allocated seating? What was the problem with general admission, sitting where the hell you wanted?!:mad:
none of the cinemas have gone back to that here, (Birmingham) as far as I am aware, are you sure it's not just for fully booked showings...as the tickets don't actually have seat numbers anymore...maybe they just wanted to move people along to get more people in (I've seen that happen) unless your cinema has completely changed back to that system...which doesn't sound logical, and I hope that it's just a one off, I'd hate to see the old allocated seating system come back...though I would like to see the doors being closed and no one being let in when the film starts...;)

dOc

Mister_G

26-02-2009, 21:09

^Glad you liked it! So yeh, it pushes all Oscarbuttons, that is true, but how beautiful it does so!

"Did I tell you I've been struck by lightening seven times?!":D

Gahaha. :D The old-fashioned clips that accompanied it were priceless!

Peter Jeffery

26-02-2009, 23:32

Hey! Hey! USA -- a Will Hay film. Some brilliantly funny scenes. Some of it a long way from politically correct!

MaD dOctoR

27-02-2009, 01:47

Hey! Hey! USA -- a Will Hay film. Some brilliantly funny scenes. Some of it a long way from politically correct!
shouldn't that be Hay! Hay! USA :D

or at least Hey Hey Kids...***does Krusty the Clown voice***

man I'm tired...

dOc

Satin Chic

27-02-2009, 02:46

Saw the Reader last night. Brilliant. Loved it.

StillSaintSkank

27-02-2009, 04:26

Return of the Living Dead.

The Ernie character never gets tired to laugh at.

Reminds me of people who use religion to make a buck.

Peter Jeffery

27-02-2009, 14:20

shouldn't that be Hay! Hay! USA :D

dOc

:D :D :D

It would have made a lot of sense, but Gainsborough Films don't seem to have thought of it.

The Giansborough studios in Islington are now flats (and a few shops). There's a big statue of a head there that looks like Buddah. I think they should have made it of either Will Hay or the Gainsborough lady (the lady who appears briefly at the beginning of each Gainsborough film).

MaD dOctoR

27-02-2009, 16:14

There's a big statue of a head there that looks like Buddah...I think they should have made it of the Gainsborough lady (the lady who appears briefly at the beginning of each Gainsborough film).
maybe it is of her...maybe she got fat and bald...:)

dOc

ShAmIE

27-02-2009, 16:34

Return of the Living Dead.

The Ernie character never gets tired to laugh at.

Reminds me of people who use religion to make a buck.

Such a terrible movie, the joyriding zombies really took it too far.

Peter Jeffery

27-02-2009, 18:21

maybe it is of her...maybe she got fat and bald...:)

dOc

Oh for shame!! :eek: :eek: The very idea!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

DaybreakDreamer

27-02-2009, 18:56

none of the cinemas have gone back to that here, (Birmingham) as far as I am aware, are you sure it's not just for fully booked showings...as the tickets don't actually have seat numbers anymore...maybe they just wanted to move people along to get more people in (I've seen that happen) unless your cinema has completely changed back to that system...which doesn't sound logical, and I hope that it's just a one off, I'd hate to see the old allocated seating system come back...though I would like to see the doors being closed and no one being let in when the film starts...;)

dOc

Cineworld have gone back to the old system and the Empire too from today apparantly. Crazy!

^Glad you liked it! So yeh, it pushes all Oscarbuttons, that is true, but how beautiful it does so!

Gahaha. :D The old-fashioned clips that accompanied it were priceless!

That they were:cool:

MaD dOctoR

27-02-2009, 21:57

Cineworld have gone back to the old system and the Empire too from today apparantly. Crazy!

That they were:cool:
hmmm...are you sure about that? or is it like I said, only on certain films that they think will fill up quickly...plus Orange Wednesday's is one of those days where all those people who don't normally go to the cinema come out of the woodwork (most of them not knowing cinema etiquette...and keeping the fuck quiet while the film is on ;))

are they actually printing the seat numbers on the tickets? let us know next time you go...I'm quite glad to know that I use a cinema that...not many people use...which is a shame in some ways...as...if more people used it, there would be more AMC's in the UK which we need as Cineworld (like many others) are way overpriced we only have two AMC cinemas in the UK one here in Birmingham and one in Manchester (AMC website (http://www.amccinemas.co.uk/amcglobal/index.jsp)) the only thing letting AMC down is the lack of a 3D screen, which I hope is on their christmas list this year ;):D as everything else is topnotch :D (and their seating is so comfortable compared to cineworld's piece of plastic with a cover on...

dOc

Peter Jeffery

28-02-2009, 10:23

The Reptile -- a 1960s Hammer Horror. A good traditional monster movie. Was it the biggest part Michael Ripper ever landed?

Keith

01-03-2009, 21:08

Silent Running.

Hadn't seen it years and glad to find that it still enchants. The ecology theme resonates even more today, of course.

Mister_G

01-03-2009, 22:02

Finally watched Belle de Jour in full. I'm intrigued! Sliding from reality to fantasy and back, and all those insinuations ... Really good. And of course, Cathérine Deneuve's icy delivery is just perfect.

Hells Bells

01-03-2009, 22:52

Finally got round to watching Mamma Mia on DVD and didnt think it was too bad even though its not my usual type of movie. Good fun film even though some cringe-worthy bits in it noteably Pierce Brosnan "singing":eek:
Its still not worth all the fuss/praise it gets though!!!

Eryxian

01-03-2009, 23:35

RubySlipper

02-03-2009, 17:02

GHOSTBUSTERS!
afternoon of win. every bill murray film is good. actual fact.

jimmyjamjar

02-03-2009, 17:38

GHOSTBUSTERS!
afternoon of win. every bill murray film is good. actual fact.

Hmmmm. Even Ghostbusters 2??

Love that first one though - have a gold star for watching it.

Me:

Wall-E

Loved it. Totally lovely.

RubySlipper

02-03-2009, 17:54

ah, good point, you have just thwarted my fact.
ghostbusters 3 next year apparently :¬/

DaybreakDreamer

02-03-2009, 18:29

hmmm...are you sure about that? or is it like I said, only on certain films that they think will fill up quickly...plus Orange Wednesday's is one of those days where all those people who don't normally go to the cinema come out of the woodwork (most of them not knowing cinema etiquette...and keeping the fuck quiet while the film is on ;))

are they actually printing the seat numbers on the tickets? let us know next time you go...I'm quite glad to know that I use a cinema that...not many people use...which is a shame in some ways...as...if more people used it, there would be more AMC's in the UK which we need as Cineworld (like many others) are way overpriced we only have two AMC cinemas in the UK one here in Birmingham and one in Manchester (AMC website (http://www.amccinemas.co.uk/amcglobal/index.jsp)) the only thing letting AMC down is the lack of a 3D screen, which I hope is on their christmas list this year ;):D as everything else is topnotch :D (and their seating is so comfortable compared to cineworld's piece of plastic with a cover on...

dOc

....nope I just made it up:rolleyes: :p

MaD dOctoR

02-03-2009, 19:41

I just watched Night Of The Living Dead.

Seriously, why do people say George Romero makes the best Zombie-movies?

His movies are full of stupid characters and the zombies in his movies are too human. The zombies in NotLD can use tools and have intelligence? I know he is progressively making his zombies smarter and more human-like in his "Dead"-series, but it's ridiculous and I never liked that idea. In NotLD a zombie repeatedly stabs a woman to death with a gardening tool - like wtf? Why would a zombie stab a woman to death and not just stab her once or twice but like 20 times? They're supposed to be mindless cannibals with only one thing on their mind - EAT FLESH and brains!

Also, the characters in this movie are just dumb fucks. I think Romero has to make his characters dumb as hell in order for him to score a couple of human kills because anyone could avoid these slow zombies. The characters just don't respond the way they would do in a real situation - they don't run away. They wait for the zombies to get close and then they pretend like they're any danger. For instance, near the end of the movie, a woman stands in a doorway blocked with planks and stuff and these zombie hands grab her - but just barely - and she just stands there and tries to look like she's in any sort of danger when she isn't. She could just have taken a sharp step forward and she'd be out of danger.

The same goes for the original Dawn of the Dead - they have to play stupid and make dumbass decisions or else Romero wouldn't make any human die. His zombies aren't threatening at all and they are just annoying when they're so human-like like in Land of the Dead which would have been a great movie had the zombies not had intelligence.

Thank god for the Dawn of the Dead remake and the first Resident Evil movie. In fact, I think any zombie-movie has better zombies than Romero and yet he's ranked the King of Zombie movies... My ass!
Resident Evil was an awful film, let alone a terrible Zombie film, and people think that George A Romero made the best zombie films, because he did, I agree it was not a good idea to give zombie's intelligence...but it was worth a try. and those zombies are meant to have been around for a long time (unlike the normal zombie films where they've just been reanimated...usually spanning a few days) whereas, from what I remember in Land Of The Dead, aren't they meant to have been "alive" for months or years...

plus why would a normal person stab anyone more than once? the fact that a zombie is more feral than human would make it more likely for that to happen...why would a zombie be using a knife...no idea...

and I love the Dawn Of The Dead remake, probably one of the best zombie films there is.

anyway...putting Resident Evil up against any of his films is like trying to knock a wall down with a toothpick...;)

dOc

MaD dOctoR

02-03-2009, 19:42

....nope I just made it up:rolleyes: :p
...now why would you do something like that ;)

dOc

MaD dOctoR

02-03-2009, 19:49

Hmmmm. Even Ghostbusters 2??

Love that first one though - have a gold star for watching it.

Me:

Wall-E

Loved it. Totally lovely.
what's wrong with Ghostbusters 2?

What was will be, what is will be no more :D

dOc

Eryxian

02-03-2009, 22:23

Resident Evil was an awful film, let alone a terrible Zombie film

Each to his own. I HATE, H A T E the second one though, the third one's okay.

people think that George A Romero made the best zombie films, because he did, I agree it was not a good idea to give zombie's intelligence...but it was worth a try. and those zombies are meant to have been around for a long time (unlike the normal zombie films where they've just been reanimated...usually spanning a few days) whereas, from what I remember in Land Of The Dead, aren't they meant to have been "alive" for months or years...

He didn't do the best zombie films in my opinion. His zombies are too human. I know that they have been around for days, weeks or months but that's no excuse to make them human, it should only make them WORSE cause they should be starving for brains and flesh. Land Of The Dead is ridiculous - Zombies using guns, screaming and the humans show sympathy toward them in the end? What the hell. I thought I was watching a... ZOMBIE movie!!

plus why would a normal person stab anyone more than once? the fact that a zombie is more feral than human would make it more likely for that to happen...why would a zombie be using a knife...no idea...

The question is why would a zombie use, or be able to use, any kind of tool? For me, it ruins the experience. I want to see zombies à la Dawn Of The Dead 2004 and 28 Weeks Later (okay, they were zombies in Weeks but close enough).

and I love the Dawn Of The Dead remake, probably one of the best zombie films there is.

Here's a gay hug for you. *hugs*

anyway...putting Resident Evil up against any of his films is like trying to knock a wall down with a toothpick...;)

Again, each to his own. :)

Ooh.La.Lisa

05-03-2009, 23:24

Went to see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Bit long.
Bit predictable.
Bit Forrest Gumpy.
But we had fun - I kept laughing at that lightning guy, haha :D

peppermintpig

06-03-2009, 00:56

I just watched Night Of The Living Dead.

Seriously, why do people say George Romero makes the best Zombie-movies?

His movies are full of stupid characters and the zombies in his movies are too human. The zombies in NotLD can use tools and have intelligence? I know he is progressively making his zombies smarter and more human-like in his "Dead"-series, but it's ridiculous and I never liked that idea. In NotLD a zombie repeatedly stabs a woman to death with a gardening tool - like wtf? Why would a zombie stab a woman to death and not just stab her once or twice but like 20 times? They're supposed to be mindless cannibals with only one thing on their mind - EAT FLESH and brains!

Also, the characters in this movie are just dumb fucks. I think Romero has to make his characters dumb as hell in order for him to score a couple of human kills because anyone could avoid these slow zombies. The characters just don't respond the way they would do in a real situation - they don't run away. They wait for the zombies to get close and then they pretend like they're any danger. For instance, near the end of the movie, a woman stands in a doorway blocked with planks and stuff and these zombie hands grab her - but just barely - and she just stands there and tries to look like she's in any sort of danger when she isn't. She could just have taken a sharp step forward and she'd be out of danger.

The same goes for the original Dawn of the Dead - they have to play stupid and make dumbass decisions or else Romero wouldn't make any human die. His zombies aren't threatening at all and they are just annoying when they're so human-like like in Land of the Dead which would have been a great movie had the zombies not had intelligence.

Thank god for the Dawn of the Dead remake and the first Resident Evil movie. In fact, I think any zombie-movie has better zombies than Romero and yet he's ranked the King of Zombie movies... My ass!

I agree with all of that. His films are really disappointing. It's all very well to say "Oh yes, Night Of The Living Dead was ground-breaking" but it's a lie, the ground had been broken in the 1950s and he did a low-budget homage trying to pass off crap special effects as "comic-book". You can see the set pieces coming a mile off, any story is utterly submerged in empty dialogue and Romero does absolutely nothing to try and stop his film dissolving in its own faeces. Moustapha Akkad - now THERE'S a man who knows how to make a horror film.

peppermintpig

06-03-2009, 00:58

ghostbusters 3 next year apparently :¬/

WHAT????

Explain please, love.

StillSaintSkank

06-03-2009, 01:04

I've had MILK for about 2 weeks now, and cannot bring myself to watch it.

Maybe tonight.

I've never really cared for gay themed films. Other than Maurice, loved that one.

peppermintpig

06-03-2009, 01:07

I've never really cared for gay themed films. Other than Maurice, loved that one.

Nor me. They're usually either really depressing or totally annoying. There are a few exceptions:

"Taxi Zum Klo" (German film, really good, there are subtitled versions floating about)

"La Cage Aux Folles" (French, hilarious, and the sequel is almost as good too)

"A Taste Of Honey" (English, pretty bleak but amazing, not really gay-themed but has a main gay character)

MaD dOctoR

06-03-2009, 02:41

He didn't do the best zombie films in my opinion. His zombies are too human.

the problem with that statement is that zombies were human one stage...so...like what they tried to do in that film (and as I said, failed to pull off) was show that they were able to gain back some intelligence, you have to give them credit for trying it, as it could have worked, unfortunately the way they did it, it didn't...

and you liked Resident Evil: Abomination...I mean Extinction (easy mistake to make ;)) youch...I really don't know what to say...at least Apocalypse had the Nemesis in it...still an awful film...though...a trilogy which I watched in the hope that they would get better...how wrong I was :(

dOc

MaD dOctoR

06-03-2009, 02:44

Moustapha Akkad
you are kidding right...please for the love of everything sacred tell me you are kidding...won't someone think of the children...

:eek:

dOc

cookiee_munster

06-03-2009, 03:03

Nor me. They're usually either really depressing or totally annoying. There are a few exceptions:

"Taxi Zum Klo" (German film, really good, there are subtitled versions floating about)

"La Cage Aux Folles" (French, hilarious, and the sequel is almost as good too)

"A Taste Of Honey" (English, pretty bleak but amazing, not really gay-themed but has a main gay character)

i watched party monster once, got so far into it, tuned it off, and became straight for a week...

eat_myself

06-03-2009, 03:08

I just watched the French film Martyrs late last night. Wow. I can't really describe it, but my reaction while watching was unlike any other. It's really amazing, in my opinion, but I'm not sure if I liked it. If that makes any sense at all.

Sartori

06-03-2009, 03:25

Watchmen ..................did I mention I saw Watchmen , none of your fancy foreign language films for me ;)

StillSaintSkank

06-03-2009, 05:22

Watchmen ..................did I mention I saw Watchmen , none of your fancy foreign language films for me ;)

So what's the verdict?

Klaire

06-03-2009, 05:42

Watchmen ..................did I mention I saw Watchmen , none of your fancy foreign language films for me ;)

NATALIE PORTMAN!!!!!

Big Bird

06-03-2009, 08:37

peppermintpig

06-03-2009, 09:49

Went the day well – A 1942 propaganda film about the German task force invasion on a sleepy English Village. It was a Xmas gift included in a 16 dvd box set called Ealing Collection. Some young Brit actors including Thora Hird.

Have been looking for reference to Blamley End to see which village was used as a film location looks like nice place for a weekend walk. Would be interested to see how the place has changed in 67 years. I believe its Turville in Oxfordshire.

I've had my eye on that box set for ages now. I always seem to miss the sales, and it's usually upwards of £70 :eek:

Have you seen "Sailor Beware!"? That is the funniest thing I have ever seen. Peggy Mount is just brilliant in it, she's the avatar of all comedic women.

The Carpathian

06-03-2009, 09:55

Watchmen ..................did I mention I saw Watchmen , none of your fancy foreign language films for me ;)

I'll be heading out for that with a cushion and a mountain of M&M's in the next week or so. Big screen here I come!

verena8

06-03-2009, 09:59

the reader

wow...I wasnt sure whether I actually wanted to see it but it was sooo so good. seriously probably one of the movies which touched me most withtin the last years. funny how you recall so many little lines you knew from the stories itself which were quoted in it...and I cried like a baby, there was no point for a tissue anymore by 20 mintues to the end of the movie. not one minute was boring...simply fantastic movie!

peppermintpig

06-03-2009, 10:06

you are kidding right...please for the love of everything sacred tell me you are kidding...won't someone think of the children...

:eek:

dOc

Calm down Maddy, just caaaaalm down. Let me break it down a bit, and you can see if I have a point or not.

1. Up until that point, there had never been a film like "Halloween" and there hasn't really been one since. Admittedly, he borrowed quite a bit from Hitchcock, but the way shots are set up and the way the street seems to yawn at you from the screen and swallow you up, is his own. They all copied it in the 1980s, but he did it first.

2. There's virtually no dialogue. At first I thought this might have had something to do with only having about 8 pence to spend on the whole film, but it was a creative decision, and it really works. (although Tobe Hooper probably thought of it first) Because your ears haven't got much to do for so much of the film, your brain starts to work harder without you noticing.

3. I'm not sure about this, but I THINK he was the first person to set the entire ending of the film up ready for a sequel. "Jaws" was easy, there's more than one shark in the sea - but making sure there could be a sequel was a 1980s thing for businessmen and heads of franchises, and even if he didn't realise he was doing it (he could just have been trying to leave the viewer with some ambiguity, the way Hitchcock did) it started a tidal wave of horror films with numerous sequels. It's a shame that Halloween 2,4 &5 were made really, they're all inferior (I never count Halloween 3 as a film in the series, it's completely different to all the others which is weird in itself) although Halloween H20 was extremely good - they should have left it at the two films, Jamie Lee young and Jamie Lee grown up.

Any thoughts?

*prepares to be slapped*

MaD dOctoR

06-03-2009, 10:51

sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssslap!

:D

H2O was good...what have we been smoking this fine morn? ;) I was never a big fan of Halloween, always seemed a little forced.

ok, I'll give you Michael Myers, a great horror character, in some ways...but wasn't it John Carpenter who directed Halloween? ;)

I think Star Wars may have been the first (though there is probably another one) to set up sequels (shame they went 3 too many...bloody money grabbing bastard Lucas ;))

dOc

peppermintpig

06-03-2009, 11:04

but wasn't it John Carpenter who directed Halloween? ;)

Yes, but Carpenter's films are heavily reliant on his producers - he's rather lazy in the director's chair. He was very enthusiastic about "Halloween" but it's got Akkad all over it really. You should see his films about Islam he made in the 1970s, they're like a cinematic fingerprint for the Halloween films. Poor Moustapha, blown up with his daughter by a bunch of lunatics. He did more for positive Western perception of Islam than anyone else in the world, and he ended up being killed by the people he despised. :(

Next, in the long list of Things That Should Never Have Been Done Ever, the remake of "Psycho" with Viggo Mortensen and that guy from "Dodge Ball". I don't care whose idea it was, they should be nailed to a dustbin and rolled down a big hill.

MaD dOctoR

06-03-2009, 11:41

I wouldn't say Carpenter is lazy at all...he even does the scores for a lot of his films.

and I did not know Mr Akkad was killed in that way (I just thought old age) :(

and I never bothered watching Psycho...as it looked shite...and I think the person you are thinking of is Vince Vaughn :D

dOc

peppermintpig

06-03-2009, 11:48

and I never bothered watching Psycho...as it looked shite...and I think the person you are thinking of is Vince Vaughn :D

dOc

Pfffffffffffffffftttt!!! I'm just fick, I am. I don't know who any of these modern actors are. I lost track after Corey Feldman.

I want to know what Things You Think Should Never Have Been Done Ever in films! I know there must be quite a long list. The bastards.

ShAmIE

06-03-2009, 13:54

I loved Halloween, every sequel that followed turned my stomach with it's shitness. He does some good scoring even if they are quite cheesy, I still listen to Assault on Precinct 13 every no and again and the theme for Halloween was just plain creepy.

StillSaintSkank

06-03-2009, 15:38

MaD dOctoR

06-03-2009, 18:45

Watchmen

ok, never read the comic, knew nothing about the story only a few of the names of some characters.

so I'll start with, it is well worth seeing, very good indeed...that said...there are certain bits that feel rushed or not properly thought out (mostly the Nixon scenes...they should have all been cut out...maybe just a voice over instead...mainly due to the actor playing him...and that fecking awful fake nose...why did they bother with that?

plus, as I think many will agree Rorschach is the best character by far...great scenes in the prison :D) most of the other characters are great too.

one thing to keep in mind, (even though it didn't really feel like it) it is a long film, so make sure you've taken care of natures call before going in ;)

and...another note...I'm not sure if anyone will agree about this...(plus I don't know if it's the same as the comic) but...the ending seemed very rushed...and didn't quite work...everything leading up to it was great...but it just felt like a bit of a let down...(the ending)

anyway...go see it

dOc

FightMe

06-03-2009, 18:46

Eating Out 2! Fun.

Big Bird

06-03-2009, 23:25

I've had my eye on that box set for ages now. I always seem to miss the sales, and it's usually upwards of £70 :eek:

Have you seen "Sailor Beware!"? That is the funniest thing I have ever seen. Peggy Mount is just brilliant in it, she's the avatar of all comedic women.

Keep it in your amazon basket they tell you when the price goes up or down. Waiting for a good price on the Hammer and Hitchcock collections. These are my Thursday night viewing when I work away from home. Thanks for the tip Sailor Beware next Thursday.

That didn’t come out right.;)

StillSaintSkank

07-03-2009, 00:32

Watchmen

and...another note...I'm not sure if anyone will agree about this...(plus I don't know if it's the same as the comic) but...the ending seemed very rushed...and didn't quite work...everything leading up to it was great...but it just felt like a bit of a let down...(the ending)

dOc

I felt the same way reading the book/comic thingy.

MaD dOctoR

07-03-2009, 02:43

I felt the same way reading the book/comic thingy.
I feel slightly better then...as i wasn't sure if it was just me being picky :)

also I forgot to say I saw Gran Torino the other day, it's really strange...the film has some of the most dreadful acting, mostly from the actors playing the Hmong people, but it is a really funny movie (not what I was expecting it to be...the trailers are very misleading in that way) and very enjoyable, I thought to myself halfway through..."if this was any other film with this amount of bad acting I would be so pissed off right now...but...for some reason I'm loving it" and on a recap...if it had had better actors in certain roles...it would have been near perfect...though...I can't really recommend it...as...the acting may just be too bad...like I said...strange one really. ;)

dOc

StillSaintSkank

07-03-2009, 02:59

also I forgot to say I saw Gran Torino the other day, it's really strange...the film has some of the most dreadful acting, mostly from the actors playing the Hmong people, but it is a really funny movie (not what I was expecting it to be...the trailers are very misleading in that way) and very enjoyable, I thought to myself halfway through..."if this was any other film with this amount of bad acting I would be so pissed off right now...but...for some reason I'm loving it" and on a recap...if it had had better actors in certain roles...it would have been near perfect...though...I can't really recommend it...as...the acting may just be too bad...like I said...strange one really. ;)

dOc

But, in reality, the acting isn't bad as Hmong people have not been shaped by Hollywood imagery, as has Western culture.

Don't mean to sound condescending, but many Westerner people get caught up in a wrong cross-culture referencing. There's a specific term for this in sociology, but the word escapes me.

There may be some mis-spellings above, too lazy to check my dic.

ShAmIE

07-03-2009, 03:14

too lazy to check my dic.

Bet it's not the first time that's caused problems

Fargo, meh, was expecting better.

StillSaintSkank

07-03-2009, 03:17

Bet it's not the first time that's caused problems

Fargo, meh, was expecting better.

Enter Grammar Queen #6 center stage.

MaD dOctoR

07-03-2009, 03:21

But, in reality, the acting isn't bad as Hmong people have not been shaped by Hollywood imagery, as has Western culture.

Don't mean to sound condescending, but many Westerner people get caught up in a wrong cross-culture referencing. There's a specific term for this in sociology, but the word escapes me.

There may be some mis-spellings above, too lazy to check my dic.
as far as I'm aware the actors I'm talking about were born in America...but even if they weren't...it IS bad acting...maybe it's because they are new...maybe it's because they didn't get enough time from the director...or maybe...they're just not good at acting ;) you'll know what I mean when you see it ;)

dOc

StillSaintSkank

07-03-2009, 03:49

as far as I'm aware the actors I'm talking about were born in America...but even if they weren't...it IS bad acting...maybe it's because they are new...maybe it's because they didn't get enough time from the director...or maybe...they're just not good at acting ;) you'll know what I mean when you see it ;)

dOc

Eastwood's a very detailed gentleman.

MaD dOctoR

07-03-2009, 12:47

Eastwood's a very detailed gentleman.
...like I said, wait till you've seen it.

;)

dOc

StillSaintSkank

07-03-2009, 14:48

...like I said, wait till you've seen it.

;)

dOc

I know, most of us in the states would have expected the tormented boy, in this film, to shave his head bald, or release a poorly produced porn tape of themselves, or get loaded in a trendy club, then stumble out for everyone to see the party-animal they are in a public gesture of rebellion. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

:D :D !

It would just be so drama queen fan-dumb for the masses of child zombies to revel in. WOW!

roelle

07-03-2009, 19:05

rising sun - like that movie!

and i'm really looking forward to thursday, then they'll
release "der baader-meinhof-komplex" on dvd - yay!!
:)

MaD dOctoR

07-03-2009, 23:57

I know, most of us in the states would have expected the tormented boy, in this film, to shave his head bald, or release a poorly produced porn tape of themselves, or get loaded in a trendy club, then stumble out for everyone to see the party-animal they are in a public gesture of rebellion. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

:D :D !

It would just be so drama queen fan-dumb for the masses of child zombies to revel in. WOW!
:eek: you've lost me...:eek:

dOc

ShAmIE

08-03-2009, 00:05

The Pianist, it was good, I enjoyed it.

StillSaintSkank

08-03-2009, 03:21

:eek: you've lost me...:eek:

dOc

Sorry the gay drama vibe here threw me off.

I guess I was trying to imply immigrants in America, or those raised by immigrants who have a strong belief in holding on their original heritage, have less dramatic personalities. Even in real life.

Seriously, I know I sound condescending. Not intended in any way.

Ooh.La.Lisa

08-03-2009, 11:27

Borat.

Wow, that film is aweful.
It was not funny at all - just plain embarrassing, cheap and vulgar.

MaD dOctoR

08-03-2009, 12:56

Sorry the gay drama vibe here threw me off.

I guess I was trying to imply immigrants in America, or those raised by immigrants who have a strong belief in holding on their original heritage, have less dramatic personalities. Even in real life.

Seriously, I know I sound condescending. Not intended in any way.
ok...but what has any of that got to do with bad acting? ;)

dOc

MaD dOctoR

08-03-2009, 12:57

Borat.

Wow, that film is aweful.
It was not funny at all - just plain embarrassing, cheap and vulgar.
and just for that comment...I'm changing my avatar to Borcat

:D

dOc

StillSaintSkank

08-03-2009, 13:58

ok...but what has any of that got to do with bad acting? ;)

dOc

Wow, had to log in, twice, to be allowed to give a response*.

Anyways, from a person of island descent's perspective(who's personality has not shaped by excessively viewing how Hollywood believes the world should be, appear, blah, blah, blah) it would not be bad acting. Just less drama queen-like.

*fag: Diktionary. Practice has made almost perfect ;) !

MaD dOctoR

08-03-2009, 14:20

Wow, had to log in, twice, to be allowed to give a response*.

Anyways, from a person of island descent's perspective(who's personality has not shaped by excessively viewing how Hollywood believes the world should be, appear, blah, blah, blah) it would not be bad acting. Just less drama queen-like.

*fag: Diktionary. Practice has made almost perfect ;) !
bad acting is bad acting...doesn't matter where the person is from.

dOc

Ooh.La.Lisa

08-03-2009, 17:58

and just for that comment...I'm changing my avatar to Borcat

:D

dOc

EVIL! :D

(I like the avatar, though, haha)

The Carpathian

08-03-2009, 18:22

Just about to watch the second Death Note film.

Loved the first one so it had better not let me down!

Stephanie

08-03-2009, 20:30

I guess I was trying to imply immigrants in America, or those raised by immigrants who have a strong belief in holding on their original heritage, have less dramatic personalities. Even in real life.

Ha haa that's a load of bollocks! You've never been to Bayridge, or Brighton Beach, both in Brooklyn have you!?

StillSaintSkank

08-03-2009, 20:32

Ha haa that's a load of bollocks! You've never been to Bayridge, or Brighton Beach, both in Brooklyn have you!?

I was more referring to people of Mongolian/Asian descent.

Mister_G

08-03-2009, 21:00

The Virgin Suicides

Beautiful, just beautiful. Yet haunting, tragic. And so the mistery goes on, cause no matter what you come up with, it's never going to carify completely why the things that happened actually happened.

Keith

08-03-2009, 21:04

The International.

A conspiracy thriller with Clive Owen and Naomi Watts and directed by Tom Twyker (of Run Lola Run fame).

Not bad at all. Nothing new in it but it's well made, a decent script (with only a few cliches) and tautly edited and directed. Really good set piece shootout in the Guggenheim museum.

Good Saturday night fare (which I, fortunately, saw on Saturday night:) )

Strong Badinter

08-03-2009, 21:17

The Shining

I didn't like how the woman ran around with the machete/knife. it was weird. but the music was intense.

The Carpathian

08-03-2009, 21:22

Just about to watch the second Death Note film.

Loved the first one so it had better not let me down!

Not only did it not let me down but it was better than the first one ! Twists, demons and lots more Misa Misa :p

Going to have to get the third one now - can't wait!

Satin Chic

09-03-2009, 11:58

Bride Wars at the Moonlight cinema.

I had free tickets and had to use them, so we had no choice.

Was lame, but watchable I guess. Ensure you remove your brain upon entry to the cinema.

Ooh.La.Lisa

09-03-2009, 19:16

Mister_G

09-03-2009, 19:27

Hey, I never underestimated the powers of Miss Coppola! She totally won me over now - well, for as much as she hadn't done so already with the delightful Marie Antoinette... And so did Kirsten Dunst, who is just perfect as Lux!

Didn't you just love the scene "the word hurricane"? I know it's not the best in the film, therefor scenes like the discovery of the girls are too ... overpowering, but it's still some nice poetry in motion. :) Instant smile on the face.

Ooh.La.Lisa

09-03-2009, 19:34

I know, I know.
But you were a bit scared it might ruin the magic, weren't you ?

I do like how the whole film unfolds like a poem...
You somehow know what's going to happen, but you don't quite know how they'll get to that point, or why. It's very layered and intriguing.

Oh, and Air did the soundtrack, they have an entire song with the words from the 'hurricane' scene. Check it out!

(And do check Lost in Translation too - it's my favourite Coppola film, I've seen it more than I can count)

Mister_G

09-03-2009, 19:52

But you were a bit scared it might ruin the magic, weren't you ?

You're right, I was, but there was no need for that I figured now ... As TVS is so entirely different from MA, and I'm guessing LIT will be too, so you can't really compare. I guess. No, watching the film somehow created even more magic, hehe. :)

I do like how the whole film unfolds like a poem...
You somehow know what's going to happen, but you don't quite know how they'll get to that point, or why. It's very layered and intriguing.

Indeed! She's really good at that, she can let imagery and details speak for themselves, like a poem, yeh. Hadn't thought of that, but yeh! I've read some reviews taking this as a point of criticism though, saying it makes her films, eh, slow/slapjes, but I don't think that's true: they tell the story as well, beautifully so, and just add so much charm to the whole!

Oh, and Air did the soundtrack, they have an entire song with the words from the 'hurricane' scene. Check it out!

I will! So far I kept it out of my AIR-collection, reason: not having seen the movie, but overnight it's become one of my must-haves.

(And do check Lost in Translation too - it's my favourite Coppola film, I've seen it more than I can count)

Will do as well! I take it Scarlett is a worthy Dunst-substitute? ;)

Ooh.La.Lisa

09-03-2009, 19:57

In this film, Scarlett's acting even tops Kirstin Dunst's!

And again, it's completely different from the other films, so it can only increase your estimation of Ms. Coppola! :D
(and it's such a good good film)

Mister_G

09-03-2009, 20:04

No way! Must see to find out if it's true. Then again the only Scarlettfilm I saw to date is, shudder, The Horse Whisperer so I'm probably not the best person to question her abilities.

*ashamed*

Ooh.La.Lisa

09-03-2009, 21:18

^I guess not - she's actually a good to really good actress (if you see the right film :D)

I just finished watching Björk's MTV sessions (Unplugged from '94 and Live from '98) -- lovelovelovelovelove times 2817987382 :D

ShAmIE

10-03-2009, 01:57

cookiee_munster

10-03-2009, 02:07

Oh, and Air did the soundtrack, they have an entire song with the words from the 'hurricane' scene. Check it out!

here u go :) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYl6YxxOxt0) the album has to be one of my favourite albums... ever.

In this film, Scarlett's acting even tops Kirstin Dunst's!
and so does that peachy bum at the start :p

Ooh.La.Lisa

11-03-2009, 21:56

Just finished wacthing My Summer of Love.
Yes..I am one of those people who hadn't seen it before.
I like it a lot - the music (obviously) is gorgeous, but it also fits the mood of the picture very well.
Hadn't quite expected that ending, but it's good that it's not a cliché ending (as I sort of was expecting)

StillSaintSkank

11-03-2009, 22:03

here u go :) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYl6YxxOxt0) the album has to be one of my favourite albums... ever.

and so does that peachy bum at the start :p

Is it wrong that I giggled? :o :p

I just LOVE seeing young lovers. :D

MaD dOctoR

11-03-2009, 23:42

I watched Rain Man for the first time just there, was pretty good.

The opening scene uses the same tune, different version, as the opening from Mission Impossibe 2, also with Tom Cruise and with Hanz Zimmer as the film composer, I can't help but wonder was it intentional
you're talking about the song Iko Iko

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-9-pivyQD0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5-1HoLM-aw

probably not a coincidence ;)

dOc

ShAmIE

12-03-2009, 00:21

The very one, I'd love to know the reason behind it, I'll ask Tom next time I see him.

MaD dOctoR

12-03-2009, 00:33

make sure you're crouching...you might miss him otherwise :D

dOc

ShAmIE

12-03-2009, 00:34

Ah no, I have a smal net that pet shops use for catching goldfish, I just sort of swish it round, he usually finds his way in

Loupgaros

12-03-2009, 12:50

Bolt. Cute doggy! :)

Awesome movie is simple and not very complicated, but it made me want a Bolt plush.

Peter Jeffery

12-03-2009, 14:39

Prehistoric Women -- an utterly ludicrous outing from Hammer Films. It apparently used the same costumes as One Million Years BC. I'm not sure why they recycled them, they don't look like expensive costumes. I don't think that I caught sight of Raquel Welch's fur bikini...

corvina

12-03-2009, 23:48

Batman ..I actually preferred this to Dark Knight ... ha ha ha Nicholson's joker trashed all the crappy art but spared the francis Bacon ... nice touch .. I'd love to trash the Tate ....

Strong Badinter

13-03-2009, 00:25

The last movie i've seen was Wall-E, and i loved it, it was a very touching story.

I just rented Milk, and i'm ripping it now, and while it's converting, i'll watch it.

Satin_Gypsy

13-03-2009, 00:43

"Cats Don't Dance"

My brother is sick so he's been watching cartoons all day long. It's a great movie in all. It's my favorite cartoon movie next to "The Iron Giant"

cookiee_munster

13-03-2009, 01:54

MaD dOctoR

13-03-2009, 02:55

Batman ..I actually preferred this to Dark Knight ...
thank fuck for that :D

dOc

corvina

13-03-2009, 07:49

you have, havent you???only conceptually .. I'd like to actually physically destroy a few icons ... :D

staddsy

13-03-2009, 07:57

Batman ..I actually preferred this to Dark Knight ... ha ha ha Nicholson's joker trashed all the crappy art but spared the francis Bacon ... nice touch .. I'd love to trash the Tate ....

Back in the day when I was a huge Prince fan, there was a rumour going 'round that he actually appeared in the film for a split second. I must've watched that film a hundred times and still never saw him :mad:

Good film though, love Jack Nicholson ;) "Love that joker!" :D

Last film I watched was The Beach, last night on the telly :)

corvina

13-03-2009, 08:55

Back in the day when I was a huge Prince fan, there was a rumour going 'round that he actually appeared in the film for a split second. I must've watched that film a hundred times and still never saw him :mad:

Good film though, love Jack Nicholson ;) "Love that joker!" :D

Last film I watched was The Beach, last night on the telly :)
ah stad's it's almost like the old days the sun is out ..it's early morning ..we're talking about Prince ..damn I liked those days .... yeah of all the Batman films this has to be the best one the best cast for sure and just the right mix of light and dark .. I first saw it in NYC when it came out, because I just happened to be there ..good timing .. so it all slotted into place for me maybe Tim Burton had something to do with that ...

staddsy

13-03-2009, 12:48

The only reason I watched it was because Prince had done the soundtrack and
I kind of fancied Michael Keaton at the time too. I'm not one for superheroes and all that, although I was a big Superman fan when I was little :o :D

I've never seen any of the Batman sequels.

ShAmIE

13-03-2009, 20:03

My favourite Batman was Batman Returns, it was a nice balance of comic styles and darkness. I usually hate comic book stuff but it pulled it off

The Carpathian

13-03-2009, 20:07

Just about to watch the third Death Note film, "Death Note L : Change The World"

Well, ok, it's more like a connected spin-off but I'm still excited for it!

MaD dOctoR

13-03-2009, 20:49

Just about to watch the third Death Note film, "Death Note L : Change The World"

Well, ok, it's more like a connected spin-off but I'm still excited for it!
I started watching Death Note last night (was on Film 4) was liking it up until they had introduced that big CGI punk rocker death...which ruined it for me...(mind I did miss about a minute from the start)

I do have one question...why is the Death Note book written in English? I thought that was odd...

dOc

Ooh.La.Lisa

14-03-2009, 21:53

Just got back in after watching Slumdog Millionaire.
It's really really good - I recommend it to everyone and anyone!

Holy Owl

15-03-2009, 01:55

Watchmen + The Wrestler
I like the second one better.

cookiee_munster

16-03-2009, 01:50

Apocalypse Now.

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNN

ShAmIE

16-03-2009, 01:59

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

Some really great stuff, Nobuo Ueamatsu's a genius.

roelle

16-03-2009, 19:45

just finished with the 'baader-meinhof' dvd.

RubySlipper

16-03-2009, 20:23

watched "i'm a cyborg but that's ok" yesterday which made me cry a bit with delirious happiness.
and hari lent me "buffalo '66" which i watched this morning. good to perv at vincent gallo, but with a quick and unexpected ending which i wasn't sure whether i liked or not.

ShAmIE

16-03-2009, 23:06

"buffalo '66" which i watched this morning. good to perv at vincent gallo, but with a quick and unexpected ending which i wasn't sure whether i liked or not.

I quite liked that film, the blonde and well endowed tap-dancing Christina Ricci helped mind you

StillSaintSkank

17-03-2009, 03:57

Finally saw Watchmen.

corvina

26-03-2009, 01:00

Radio On .. this was a great film and I can't imagine why I never saw it before ...

WeAreGlitter

26-03-2009, 01:54

I'm now obsessed with Twilight................ (:

cookiee_munster

26-03-2009, 02:16

Quantum of Solace.

Heh, was ok. not brilliant. That stupid computer thing kinda made me roll my eyes a bit...

ShAmIE

26-03-2009, 03:56

Gran Torino, what an anti-climatic ending. It was okay, terribley acted at parts but it was a little fun.

StillSaintSkank

26-03-2009, 04:04

That No Land For Old Men or something.

Kinda good.

Oooos, no, it was "And There Will Be Blood". Kinda good.

Satin Chic

26-03-2009, 05:18

2 Days in Paris.

I heart Julie Delpy, so I knew it was going to be brill.

Here is a quote I now hold dear to my heart:

It always fascinated me how people go from loving you madly to nothing at all, nothing. It hurts so much. When I feel someone is going to leave me, I have a tendency to break up first before I get to hear the whole thing. Here it is. One more, one less. Another wasted love story. I really love this one. When I think that its over, that I'll never see him again like this... well yes, I'll bump into him, we'll meet our new boyfriend and girlfriend, act as if we had never been together, then we'll slowly think of each other less and less until we forget each other completely. Almost. Always the same for me. Break up, break down. Drunk up, fool around. Meet one guy, then another, fuck around. Forget the one and only. Then after a few months of total emptiness start again to look for true love, desperately look everywhere and after two years of loneliness meet a new love and swear it is the one, until that one is gone as well. There's a moment in life where you can't recover any more from another break-up. And even if this person bugs you sixty percent of the time, well you still can’t live without him. And even if he wakes you up every day by sneezing right in your face, well you love his sneezes more than anyone else's kisses.

Peter Jeffery

26-03-2009, 11:10

Flesh Gordon (last night). (Not Flash Gordon.) I thought the stop motion animation was surprisingly good.

Keith

27-03-2009, 21:45

The Class

A French film about a teacher in an inner-city school in Paris. It avoids all the Dangerous Minds type cliches and there's no neat happy ending. In fact, nothing sensational really happens but it's compelling nonetheless.

The Carpathian

27-03-2009, 21:54

2 Days in Paris.

I heart Julie Delpy, so I knew it was going to be brill.
It's a great film - some real surprises, some top comedy (the American tourists!) and some real cringe moments (looking at the pics with the parents) - I really enjoyed it a lot.

roelle

28-03-2009, 14:19

i finally (and for very obvious reasons of course:p ) watched lost in translation...and just what a lovely piece of film that is!
maybe it's because of today's weather, but right now i really wish I'd seen this on the big screen...
very nice setting (can't wait for that:D ), fantastic soundtrack, i simply love the mood of the whole movie.
my favourite bit: bill murray at the hospital trying to talk to that old lady while waiting for miss johansson - hilarious!

Peter Jeffery

28-03-2009, 17:34

I finally watched Scooby Doo. SMG is good at comedy. And I liked who the villain turned out to be.

The Carpathian

28-03-2009, 17:46

Ooh.La.Lisa

28-03-2009, 18:21

^It's one of my favourite films aswell..
It's brilliant in every way!

Mister_G

28-03-2009, 18:44

I watched it yesterday as well, loved it to bits as well, and I couldn't/can't help but wonder: what did Bill whisper into Scarlett's ear as he was leaving? :eek:

Ooh.La.Lisa

28-03-2009, 18:46

Hahaha, that's one of the biggest secrets in the film industry today..

There have been multiple debats/discussions/arguments about this, but I don't think anyone actually knows...

I do have the translation for multiple parts of japanese dialogue, haha - always funny :D

Mister_G

28-03-2009, 18:50

"Is that all he said?"

Hahaha. :p

Bill Muray is absolutely fantastic in this film. His facial expressions say more than a billion words.

Ooh.La.Lisa

28-03-2009, 18:52

Hahaha, exactly..

And again, the soundtrack is to die for (as always with Ms Coppola)

Ooh, and I read she's going to shoot another film this summer..
The anticipation!

Mister_G

28-03-2009, 18:57

Well, it has been four years since shooting Marie Antoinette, so surely her brain must be overloading big time by now with inspiration and delight ... Brace yourself, Lisa! ;)

Ooh.La.Lisa

28-03-2009, 19:00

She's not telling anything (atleast before Marie-Antoinette we knew what she was doing)..I do love the Dior commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgNoD1Lemyw) she did..

Mister_G

28-03-2009, 19:07

On the other hand that could be a good thing, when good things come as a surprise they're even better.

And the commercial for Miss Chérie? It's lovely indeed. :) It really makes me want to go to Paris in summer, like the girl, and just blend in with the other Parisian folk.

Ooh.La.Lisa

28-03-2009, 19:08

Hahaha, I read that as going to Paris in the summer 'like A girl'..;)

I want to go to Paris too!
My husband's waiting!

Mister_G

28-03-2009, 19:12

Apart from Carnaval I will not incarnate as a girl - don't worry. ;)

And hahaha, your husband! Old love never dies, it is now proven. Aw. :D

My dad is going to Paris this Tuesday, for some kind of school exchange programma ... Lucky him! I only go to Paris in my mind anymore, by checking out hotels there on sunjets.be (which is quite fun when you're really, really, very bored) or by watching Amélie Poulain.

Ooh.La.Lisa

28-03-2009, 19:14

I can always ask my hubby dearest if we can stay at his place!

One day I'm taking us both there, and we'll fly across Champs Élysees by holding helium balloons!

roelle

28-03-2009, 19:21

I do have the translation for multiple parts of japanese dialogue, haha - always funny :D

whoops!
:eek:

Peter Jeffery

29-03-2009, 14:45

Interview With a Vampire. A programme about Romania under the Ceausescus had started on BBC2. I thought: if you want to watch something that has no connection with the Ceausescus, watch something about vampires. And so I did

SiNiStEr

29-03-2009, 15:24

The Trench, a serious version of the ww1 version of Blackadder, though in my view, all the squaddies were far too clean along with their kit too.

StillSaintSkank

29-03-2009, 15:26

The Kite Runner.

Some fucked up shit here. In America too. ;) (this, but with a frown)

Big Bird

29-03-2009, 16:24

Help! Worth watching just for the music. Stories harmless 60s humour.
Still transferring all my videos onto DVD or the hard drive and enjoying the nostalgia.

verena8

29-03-2009, 17:22

gran torino by/ with clint eastwood
tough movie, heavy language but really good...I laughed a lot actually but still it left a lot to think about

cookiee_munster

29-03-2009, 17:35

She's not telling anything (atleast before Marie-Antoinette we knew what she was doing)..I do love the Dior commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgNoD1Lemyw) she did..

just when i thought pastels couldn't look anything but ugly, she goes and proves me wrong :P miss coppola really is earning herself a grand reputation of making things look beautiful :) whatever her next film is, i hope its as beautiful, colourful and still has that style she distinctly holds :)

... oh and it must star either bill murray, kirsten dunst or scarlett johansson :p

corvina

29-03-2009, 23:04

A Beautiful Mind .... a seriously ace film ...

CaravanBoy

29-03-2009, 23:58

Re-Po: The Genetic Opera

The most messed up film I have ever seen before.

rewak

30-03-2009, 00:01

But fun though

FightMe

01-04-2009, 21:00

Rebel Without a Cause - Sexy :)

Satin Chic

02-04-2009, 06:48

The Kite Runner.

Loved it. I cried. That is def saying a lot.

Sartori

02-04-2009, 13:43

The Knowing - a serious bundle of laughs (not) , did enjoy it though .

StillSaintSkank

02-04-2009, 14:14

A documentary on The Jonestown Massacre.

Most interesting point, I mean other than the lost herd mentality going on, were the final keynotes tagged on the end of the film. One informing how 3 of Jones' top associates escaped, never to found, with loots of money(and that was by American standards) into the already impoverish area of Latin America.

hmmmmmm.

Ya know, with all the importation of illegal drugs coming from that area in the world, with links of distribution to areas all over the world... The possiblities are just staggering, no?

ShAmIE

05-04-2009, 14:37

I watched I Heart Huckabees last night

I wasn't that impressed, one or two moments were funny but it was just too much of an attempt to be artsy

Anouk2007

05-04-2009, 17:09

Spongebob movie.

Rapunzel

05-04-2009, 18:56

You guys have gotta forgive me because I feel like I'm always waaaaay behind the rest of you lot because:

1. I'm old.
2. I'm in Canada.
3. I'm in a small town in Canada.

So, I just saw Breaking & Entering I thought it was fucking amazing. Just, so well conceived and written. A full world. Sad and gorgeous at the same time. Left me wanting to watch it again.

ShAmIE

05-04-2009, 22:55

You don't like artsy films?

Artsy films are fine, but this one just smacked of effort. A really pushed attempt at it.

You guys have gotta forgive me because I feel like I'm always waaaaay behind the rest of you lot because:

1. I'm old.
2. I'm in Canada.
3. I'm in a small town in Canada.

So, I just saw Breaking & Entering I thought it was fucking amazing. Just, so well conceived and written. A full world. Sad and gorgeous at the same time. Left me wanting to watch it again.

I've been pondering getting that film in work for about a year now, it really that good?

Rapunzel

06-04-2009, 00:00

You know what, Shamie? I don't know. Maybe it was that good because I knew nothing about it & had no expectations from it. I love Binoche, usually dislike Law, so was really kinda "meh." And then it was this revelation.

And its written & directed by a guy (name escapes at this moment) who started in theatre & I swear that aesthetic creeps through.

All I know is that the minute it ended, I wanted to watch it again. I like the pace, the quietness, the humour, the people . . . I dunno.

Doesn't help much, does it? Sorry!

cookiee_munster

06-04-2009, 01:36

I watched I Heart Huckabees last night

I wasn't that impressed, one or two moments were funny but it was just too much of an attempt to be artsy

i didnt think much of this film either.

Jude Law didnt really suit the role, and i really did feel totally odd when he threw up.

and Jason Schwartzman looked really tall! he's supposed to be a doudy little fat bloke like he was in marie antoinette! :P

the last film i havent ever seen before was Juno. Loved it!

the last film ive literally last seen was Titanic, and i don't care how many of you "artsy film watching folk" hate it. im an artsy film lover too but i still love this film! :p

StillSaintSkank

06-04-2009, 02:14

Great art can take quite a bit of effort. In fact, I'm sure most masterpieces do.

I would have thought you'd figured it out by now. He's slow.

Satin Chic

06-04-2009, 09:13

I watched I Heart Huckabees last night

I wasn't that impressed, one or two moments were funny but it was just too much of an attempt to be artsy

I felt the same way. It felt like it was trying too hard.

I watched it, merely because I loved The Life Aquatic so much, and I heart was recommended on that basis, but I was disappointed.

ShAmIE

06-04-2009, 11:10

iuv. you seem to be confusing my smacks of effort idea. It's like wearing a pancho, putting on fake tan and an accent and saying you're a real mexican.

Oh and CM , Titanic is a fantastic movie, no matter what anyone says. It could easily have chopped half an hour out but it's still a great movie. But I'm biased, even if the film was shit, I'd have sex with that score.

PS: I have no idea where my comparison came from

StillSaintSkank

06-04-2009, 15:28

Titanic a great movie? OK, I totally get you now. Shame really.

Leave him alone, 'e 'as a crush on DiCaprio.

Anouk2007

06-04-2009, 16:00

the curious case of benjamin button.
&
ali g inda house :p

anja.k

06-04-2009, 18:40

'The Haunting in Connecticut' - not bad... quite good actually. Plan for today - Brian dePalma's 'Carrie'.:)

Strong Badinter

06-04-2009, 19:05

How To Lose Friends And Alienate People.
I like Simon Pegg, he's funny. I also thought the movie was kinda cute.

ShAmIE

07-04-2009, 01:00

Body of Lies

Meh

Stallion

08-04-2009, 20:09

young poiseners handbook..... my freind is obsessed with Graham Young O_o

gst

13-04-2009, 16:45

anja.k

13-04-2009, 17:08

Not the latest film i´ve watched but one of the best.
The first minutes of 2001 A Space Odyssey (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML1OZCHixR0)
If you haven´t seen it, do it. No superlatives can do it justice.

It was one of the MOST BORING FILMS I'VE EVER SEEEEEEEN, LOL... Motif with Hal was the only interesting part in it for me. And this stony board, what it was about? I absolutely didn't get this film. I don't know, maybe I'm too young:) I love Kubrick, but this? No no no! hahaha

I saw The Shining on Saturday - it was brilliant! Kubrick again :)