No premiership footy on thisaft so watched an old favourite DVD 'Field of Dreams' :D:D
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No premiership footy on thisaft so watched an old favourite DVD 'Field of Dreams' :D:D
Watching The Hudsucker Proxy. Rapidly becoming a new favourite.:)
One for Mr Brightside.
Not strictly a movie but just finished series 2 of Sarah Connor Chronicles. WOW, what a series climax. Being careful not to be alone for a few days as its REALLY dark stuff, not many laughs but fantastically deep storyline; totally brilliant.
Hellboy the Golden Army.
I don't want to spoil it for anyone, but it's rubbish. Don't watch it.
Watched Watchmen the other week. That was much better.
On TCM at 9 tonight, for those with lots of channels...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Loneliness-L...5829590&sr=8-1
if you want to watch a great film then i recommend FARGO.
Fargo - defo
I heard a story from one of the actors that they asked the Cohen brothers if they could read the original police reports as some background to the film. The brothers looked confused so the actor said he'd read in the script that the film was based on a true story. The Cohen brothers (or maybe just one of them - they are not a gestalt) answered that they just made that bit up. :eek:
It's not a true story at all.
On an unrelated note, watched A Scanner Darkly again the other night. Brilliant - and only £2.50 from Amazon.
I believe it says at the start of the film 'This is a true story' - typical case of Coen bros leg pulling. However, in 2001 a Japanese woman did die of exposure in North Dakota, apparently searching for the money buried in this film :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by noel
Last film watched - Love Exposure - four hours of Japanese madness about the son of a catholic priest who is forced by his guilt-ridden dad to commit sins and then confess them - he discovers up-skirt-pantie-photography, and and develops his skills to ninja-like levels, then his family becomes the target of a recruiter for a nihilist religious cult - oh, and he meets his true love whilst dressed in drag, which is OK because she hates all men, and then she becomes his step-sister....... OK so it probably sound pretty dodgy - but it's a great film, honest - almost Shakespearean! Certainly worth of cult classic status.
I loved 'Fargo' true or not! My second favourite Coen brothers film after 'The Big Lebowski' :)Quote:
Originally Posted by noel
I keep meaning to watch 'A Scanner Darkly' but that semi-cartoon effect has put me off so far :(
But let me AHA that! The 'true story' that a japanese woman died looking for the money buried in the 'true story' of fargo is equally untrue. She actually was depressed and committed suicide. Fargo though is a brilliant film, especially all the american, with dutch overtones, accents which by rights should have been really really annoyingQuote:
Originally Posted by Skids
Well there you go - never believe anything you read.....anywhereQuote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
Totally agree re Fargo - the Frances McDormand character (Marg?) is a classic. Know a guy who grew up in that area - quite near 'Brainerd' in fact - he said it was a pretty accurate depiction of what people are like there. Probably my fave Coens film, closely followed by No Country, Lebowski, Oh Brother, Man Who Wasn't There etc.. Must watch Barton Fink again soon.
Only a few posts back I'd said how the Hudsucker Proxy had turned into one of my favourite ever films. I'll stick with that, and so it gets my Coen brothers vote.:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Skids
There's a game you can play with Coen Brothers films - for some reason they really like the image of a rolling object, and many of their films contain this 'motif' at some point
For instance:
Hudsucker Proxy - Hula Hoop
Big Lebowski - Bowling Ball/Tumbleweed
Man Who Wasn't Their - Hub Cap (after the car crash)
Miller's Crossing - Hat
feel free to continue the list...
finally got round to watching District 9 last night - Excellent!Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
also saw Cloverfield recently - that was good too
best film I've seen recently though must be Let The Right One In - AWESOME!
watched mean streets again the other night - what a fantastic film, bobby de niro at his best
Watched Choke, with Sam Rockwell last night. Some seriously freaky sh*t going on!
Texas Chainsaw Massacre.......wish my chainsaw started first time like his........pull,pull,pull,bloody pull..........
I watched 'Burn after Reading' last night from the Coen brothers. I missed it completely when it first came out and just stumbled on it accidentally the other day while I was looking for something else. Frances McDormand and Brad Pitt are excellent in it http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/t...ebit/Cool2.gif
Had a lot of ironing to do at the weekend so watched the French film (with subtitles, not good for ironing) Princinct 13 Ultimatum. A mixture of Coen Bros, Jackie Chan and 1980's 'thrillers'. BUT the freerunning sequences were amazing. I know this type of running is quintisentially (oh bo**ocks, my spelling is crap) French but it was extremely well filmed and spectacular to watch.
Founded by that chap who was in Casino Royale.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lola
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9bastien_Foucan
I watched Into the Wild yesterday. I really liked it. :)
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Originally Posted by Feet in the Cowclaps
I liked it as well http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/t...ebit/Cool2.gif.
At the other end of the film spectrum I watched "Snakes on a Plane" last night on Channel 4. I don't know if it was supposed to be a comedy but I thought it was very funny. http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/t...gebit/grin.gif
Did you get any takers? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by southernsoftie
Went to see 'Shrek 4' on Thursday with SWMBO, & 'small-child'
It has its moments (mainly from the 'supporting' charactors; the 3 'blind Mice, 'Gingy' & 'Puss'), but overall it's not really funny
The writers must have had a 'Back To The Future' evening in their home-cinemas
As for the last DVD I watched (for the 'umpteenth' time), it was 'American Grafitti'
What a cracking cast;
Harrison Ford
Richard Dreyfuss
Ron Howard
Charles Martin Smith
Wonder what happened to any of them???
But, the stars of the film were; the Wolfman Jack, the '55 Chevrolet Bel-Air, & that gorgeous '32 Deuce (Ford Model B)
I watched "The Lives of others" tonight a brilliant film set in East Germany a few years before the Berlin Wall came down. Its all about the STASI and the grip they held on the people then.
http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_lives_of_others/
Unforgiven is on tonight :thumbup:
ITV4 at 9pm
Taped In the Heat of the Night off BBC4 on V+ last week, watched at weekend. Just when it got to the final reconcilliation at the train station at the end...it stopped! Damn V+!:mad:
Havve you seen Goodbye Lenin? Very funny.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alf
May i recommend a little french number by the name of Irreversible. It's pretty harrowing, no make that very harrowing but it's a great film that certainly makes you think. If you've got the stomach for it I'd highly recommend it.
Got it on dvd eavesy, different but good, agree with the very harrowing!Quote:
Originally Posted by eavesy187
I own it too, love how all the packaging is in reverse. Glad you agree that it's a good film, certainly different as you say. Just think its filmed brilliantly. Think it's so harrowing because it actually feels like you are there witnessing the events as they happen, and for me thats a very rare sign of an exceptional film. You can keep all the new fangled shock horror such as hostel, saw etc nothing comes close to this. In fact I don't think there is another film that compares to this for being so harrowing and leaving a lasting impression in your mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by stevefoster
Monica Bellucci has left a lasting impression on my mind every film i've seen her in;)Quote:
Originally Posted by eavesy187
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Originally Posted by southernsoftie
Yes I have Goodbye Lenin on DVD. I watched it again last week coincidentally.
Last night I watched Sunset Boulevard on the TV for the umpteenth time. Brilliant film, superbly written, directed and acted.
"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." :)
Watched Clash of the Titans last night, bought it for the one armed bandit that is my son (broken his wrist, wired and potted for six weeks) took him to see it at the cinema in 3d when it came out, great escapism film, or am i just a big kid.
A quote from the film:
'Gentlemen, may our journey be long, filled with agony and torment, and may we all complain about it bitterly as old men'
Sounds like a long fell race:D
MI III on tele last night. Very nearly as good as Toms lap in the Reasonably Priced Car!
Watched the hangover again for the umpteenth time last night. Brilliant....
What do tigers dream of
When they take their little tiger snooze
Do they dream of mauling zebras
Or Halle Berry in her Catwoman suit
Don't you worry your pretty striped head
We're gonna get you back to Tyson and your cozy tiger bed
And then we're gonna find our best friend Doug
And then we're gonna give him a best friend hug
Doug..... Doug.....
oh, Doug, Dougie, Dougie, Doug, Doug!
But if he's been murdered by crystal meth tweakers
..........
Well then we're shit out of luck :D
I watched A History of Violence directed by David Cronenburg starring Viggo Mortensen Monday night.
Great cameos from William Hurt and Ed Harris as gangsters :cool:
Tom Stall(Viggo Mortensen): In this family, we do not solve problems by hitting people!
Jack Stall(His son): No, in this family, we shoot them!
Double dose for me.
Hangover - not as lewd as I was expecting and quite funny in parts.
Man Of The Year - If you like Robin Williams, you'll enjoy this. Nice pricking of the American Political system but with an inane subplot.
Not seen "Irreversible", but "L'Appartement" has Monica Belluci (and Vincent Cassel, her hubby the lucky git!) in it and although it's a few years since I saw it I remember it as being very good - worth checking out if you've not seen it. I think it was remade as an American film some years back, but I can't believe that whoever is in the American remake is as watchable as MB.Quote:
Originally Posted by stevefoster
Went to see Inception last night, cracking stuff - won't give anything away but Empire says...
Like The Matrix mated with Synecdoche, New York — or a Charlie Kaufman 007. To paraphrase Casino Royale’s Vesper Lynd, it’s a meaningful pursuit in a summer of disposable entertainments. With physics-defying, thunderous action, heart-wringing emotion and an astonishing performance from DiCaprio, Nolan delivers another true original: welcome to an undiscovered country.