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Well done TT! Sex and the City 2 is the worst film I've ever seen and I was a fan of the series (used to watch it with a gay dancer friend in my early single days...it cheered us both up with its vacuousness but funny lines). The Seventh Seal is quite a contrast!!
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Rashomon is also the subject of my favourite joke in the Simpsons:
the family have got a free holiday flight, Homer wanted to go to Jamaica, but they have a flight to Japan instead - Marge says "Cheer up Homer... you liked Rashomon", to which Homer replies "That's not how I remember it!"
I've not seen Rashomon but I've got two Kurosawa films - 7 samurai and Kagemusha - which are both brilliant
The Original Film of Solaris by Andrei Tarkovsky knocks the Clooney one out of the water even that is good. The film is truly deep. Also Hana-Bi by Takeshi Kitano is worth a look he is a cop with a dying wife all sorts of twists and turns but never fast Takeshi San never moves the camera a lot and his acting style is very much less is more.
Brilliant...the list is growing, thanks everyone!
I know someone who is obsessed by Kurusawa and I have enjoyed a few of his films including Seven Samurai, The Idiot and Yojimbo but haven't seen Rashomon or Kagemusha. I loved the George Clooney version of Solaris but found it really, really sad. The music is amazing too. I'll definitely have to watch the original.
Daz...love the Simpsons, it has to be the wittiest cartoon series.
With all this talk of the fantastic 7 samurai I feel It's only right to mention Zatoichi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV2bZ...eature=related
In Asda (oh, the shame)
Saw Terminator Salvation for 3 quid.....reeled in and bought it (even more shame)
Watched the film (total and unmitigated shame)
Wasted 3 quid. Looking forwards to my free viewing of Taken tonight!
Tremendous film. "I told you I'd find you"Quote:
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Has one of the best torture methods I've ever seen on it, I was very impressed.
Anyone caught Eden Lake? It's doing the rounds on ITV4 at the minute. Very dark and grim film, was a lot better than I thought it would be.
Watched The girl who played with fire last night. Again very good, though not as good as the girl with the dragon tattoo. Just got the final one of the trilogy to watch now.
Takeshi San version of Zatoichi is real good fun. Good choice eavesy187.
Hes - I was going to mention Tarkowsky's Solaris myself, so deffo give that a go - if you like it you could even go on to try Stalker which is my fave of his
re Kurosawa - after Rashomon, if you fancy a samurai epic, Kagemusha is good but a bit depressing (to say the least) - you could try Ran instead (again, my fave)
ooh, and what about Herzog? have you seen any of his films? Heart Of Glass might be a good one to start with, Aguirre and Fitzcarraldo are better but a bit "blokey"
Solaris Tarkowsky's ought to be in any movie mags top 10 list best movies.
Just watched Kick Ass again for the umpteenth time. Such a brilliant film :)
Just watched 'Crimson Tide' on the TV. The mutiny bits were very good, Gene Hackman v Denzel Washington :cool: and the dialog in parts was excellent, some of which was written by Quentin Tarantino though he doesn't have a writing credit on the film? Viggo Mortensen and James Gandolfino provided some great acting support as well. Nobody can sneer like Gandolfino :D
Apart from the corny ending I really enjoyed it.
Excellent ending to the Stieg Larson trilogy, Girl who Kicked the hornets nest is fantastic. The Hollywood remake of dragon tattoo aslo looks like it giong to be good, and do the origianl justice from the trailer. Daniel Craig as Micke is perfect casting.
Some good looking choices posted on here, thanks for the suggestions. I forgot to post back 'The Lives of Others' to Lovefilm and so I had a choice tonight between a DVD of The Pianist or The Duchess on Iplayer. I wasn't sure if I could handle anything harrowing so I chose The Duchess which turned out to be really good but harrowing in a different way. Keira Knightly is quite good at looking tragic and pouty and Ralph Fiennes is very convincing as cruel and heartless.
Mirrors. Crap. No more needs to be said.
Hot Tub Time Machine - not brilliant but contained enough geeky time travel and slapstick to keep me interested and make me laugh :thumbup:
Watched The Way Back last night, based on a true story, very good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87kezJTpyMI
The Bucket List. Brilliant film and the idea's worthy of it's own thread...
I was looking at that in the supermarket yesterday - always like Morgan Freeman films. I'll pick it up next time I'm shopping, it was only about 3 quid.Quote:
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The Duchess (on iplayer). Brilliant :)
Saw that too, great film. But how they used to live. Felt very sorry for the poor lady.Quote:
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Finally finished watching all the old Harry Potters on Sunday, ready to see the last one at the movies tomorrow. Only saw my first ever one on ITV the other weekend, and was instantly hooked. Watched them all every weekend, but they stopped before Half Blood Prince because of X Factor:mad:. Got HBP cheap somewhere, and youngest had the first Deathly Hallows on his flash drive. Those later ones are pretty grim viewing.
Also off to see Inbetweeners tonight on Orange Wednesdays.
let us know what the inbetweeners movie is like ? thou not heard a bad report yet . the series was hilarious !!!
Wasn't too keen to see it at first - I was imagining some kind of On the Buses movie style disaster. Everyone seems to love it tho' so we'll have a gander and report back.
Also, tip for the weekend: 4 Lions is on Film Four.
Funny, but a let down in my eyes. I think Mr Morris held back with this one. I'm toying with the idea of seeing conan tomorrow, got fond memories of the originals from my childhood.Quote:
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Every write up i've seen for this slates it. Surely it can't be that bad. I've enjoyed films that have been slated by critics in the past, let us know what you reckon if you see it eavesy:wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by eavesy187
Change of plans yesterday - Harry Potter. Very good. Inbetweeners tonight.
Gave it a miss in favour of an all day royal breakfast at the wonderful trof, washed down with a nice pint of anchor steam.Quote:
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That's the best film review i've heard for a while;)Quote:
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SWMBO & myself were at a loose end last night so watched 'Paul' on 'Virgin pay-Per-View'
Damned bloody funny, if a little too 'sweary' for me.
However to me it's definately the best Pegg/Frost outing apart from 'Hot Fuzz'
Thought you'd appreciate it Steve.Quote:
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Was quite good: the usual blend of filth, cringe-making, hand-wringing situations, nudity (male, of course). Also surprisingly touching in parts.Quote:
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Thats good, part of me was expecting a disaster like the league of gentlemen film.Quote:
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Runaway Train just starting on BBC1
worth a watch if you've not seen it before
Rise of the planet of the apes, which was very good and x men - first class which was also entertaining.
Has anyone seen Our day will come, or Biutiful?
The Wildest Dream - 2010 Documentary/Film about the Mallory/Irvine Everest expedition of 1924.
The route of their ill-fated climb up the North Face is "recreated" by two modern day climbers, one of whom discovered Mallory's
body on an expedition to look for it in 1999. They used modern climbing equipment but they removed the Chinese ladder
from the second step and free climbed it. The letters written between Mallory and his wife Ruth are included as well.
There is some circumstantial evidence that Mallory/Irvine made it to the summit before they died on the return journey and
this film attempts to see whether it was possible in theory they could have reached the summit rather than if they actually did it.
More a documentary than a drama-documentary like 'Touching the Void' for example.
Sounds good Alf, will look out for it.Quote:
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Watched 4 Lions last night. Hilarious.
Watched this myself, was really good. Caught it on BBC2 the other week.Quote:
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Bridesmaids. An unfunnily crude US film with token uk actors presumably to get token uk support. Funny in a few places but came across as an attempted rip of the hangover but forgetting to be funny and imaginative in the process. God knows how it managed to get some good reviews!