I think the somali pirate actors came from Minneapolis :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Wheeze
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I think the somali pirate actors came from Minneapolis :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Wheeze
Watched Burn Notice last night. Saw it when it came out in the cinema a few years. Forgot how entertaining it is. I love Clooney when he's in a Coen brothers film. And Malkovitch and Pitt are Excellent.
EDIT: As Daz rightly points out, I meant Burn After Reading. *Drinks pint of coffee*
I think you mean Burn After ReadingQuote:
Originally Posted by Charlie80
agreed entertaining, so long as you don't think too hard about the coincidences/holes in the plot!
Frances McDormand is good too, always like her
I watched Amour the other night
wish I hadn't (in a way)
very hard to watch
astonishing piece of work though (esp acting)
about as far from "entertaining" as a film gets
Hahaha I did. Shows I haven't had my coffee doesn't it (and that I'm a Bruce Campbell fan)? Tad embarrassing. Yeah it relies on you taking a lot at face value, which for this kind of thing is fine, it's enjoyable for the performances alone. Agreed about Francis McDormand, she's probably the most believable character in the whole thing. Tried explaining the plot to someone once, not easy.Quote:
I think you mean Burn After Reading
agreed entertaining, so long as you don't think too hard about the coincidences/holes in the plot!
Frances McDormand is good too, always like her
I've been putting off watching Amour for the reasons the reasons you've said. It looks beautiful, but you need to be in the right frame of mind for that kind of thing.
Watched Shame, and Hunger last night. Both starring Michael Fassbender and both directed by Steve Mcqueen.
Shame is the tale of a man who has become addicted to sex, to the point of it taking over and ruining his life. I''l not give all the story as I don't want to spoil it. It's a good film thats well worth a watch, but for me it wasn't as good as the reviews made it out to be. I think this maybe due to the fact that I didn't find it as shocking as I expected, and it's not a film that has "stayed with me" like people said it would.
Hunger is a totally different ball game. Here we have the story of the Maze prison in 80-81. The film goes through life for the guards, the blanket and no wash protest, the hunger strike and finally the death of Bobby Sands. Now for someone who isn't old enough to remember this I found it very hard hitting. Again really well shot, and I feel the film did a really good job of telling this difficult and emotive story. Highly recommended.
Watched Django Unchained a few days ago. I remember the critics raving about it when it first came out.
I'm quite a fan of Tarantino but just found this film to be comic-book silly from about half way through it.
What really amuses me was thinking back to the discussion on Front Row on Radio 4, about whether this film helps to inform our understanding of slavery in 19th century USA (like it's some sort of documentary!!). It's like asking whether Spongebob Squarepants helps us to understand the challenges facing marine ecosystems.
Anyone seen 'Le Week-end' yet? :confused:
Tomorrow, or maybe the day after ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Danbert Nocurry
No but I want to see it and I also want to see Amour but know it will be heartbreaking. I'm ok with heartbreaking though, a lot of my favourite films are. A film that I kind of wish I hadn't watched was 'Dogtooth'...bit grim to say the least.
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I don't know if it's still on but Prisoners is worth going to see.