127 hours - Absolutely cracking film, not sure what I expected from it but I really enjoyed it. Well worth a watch
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127 hours - Absolutely cracking film, not sure what I expected from it but I really enjoyed it. Well worth a watch
I watched 'Bobby Fischer against the World' last night. Its a HBO documentary in the "When we were Kings" style giving a lot of footage and pictures taken behind the scenes of the 1972 World chess championship match with Boris Spassky as well as from his early life and his descent into full on paranoia later in life.
Even if you have no interest in chess its a fascinating but ultimately sad look into the life of a person who hid away in a world of chess from an early age and whose "obsession" with chess eventually drove him into paranoia.
Fischer claimed he could have been a genious at anything he turned his hand to but couldn't understand why he couldn't write the lines to a song. Larry Evans a fellow chess player told him "That's because you have never lived!" Fischer tells this story with a self effacing style in the film so you know he was aware of his choices at some time in his life but maybe not later on when it was too late http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/t...gebit/sad2.gif
One of the saddest endings of any film I've seen :(Quote:
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On a far shallower note, I loved Pirates of the Carribbean (the 4th one) recently, mainly due to Penelope Cruz being in it (the mrs. loved it as J.Depp was in it) and next weekend we shall be watching the final H.Potter film.
Recently re-watched High Society (how beautiful was Grace Kelly?), and am in the middle of watching Bonnie & Clyde. Ground-breaking cinema.
(Also couldn't stop myself from watching Tango & Cash the other night, but the less said about that, the better:o)
Watched Battle: Los Angeles the other night, easy watching escapism, no need to think, bit like Tango and Cash (FUBAR):wink:
Just about to watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt 2. :)
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"One of the most impressive directorial debuts ever."
I watched it again tonight and after 37 years Malick has retained his unique visionary signature.
Very true Graham.....
Real (great) quality...
Of what kind I don't quite know...
yet.......
Well perhaps I do really!
(Like you I can remember seeing it (still) for the 1st time)
not only a great film, but also responsible for getting me into collecting movie posters :thumbup:
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...will of course be the new Harry Potter. Taking the kids for a 5pm screening.
Finished watching Bonnie & Clyde, and went immediately from the incredibly violent climax (awesome stuff) to Spencer Tracey's G-Men (V+d ages ago from TCM). I can imagine this would have been the B&C of its day (c1928?), but seeing it straight after, it was clearly from much more innocent times. But still brill!
FAQ About Time Travel (2009) - described as a cross between Dr Who and Shaun of the Dead which is probably about right. I missed this when it first came out so glad I caught it now. Very funny and plenty of geeky time travel stuff.
I watched Dogtooth last night...I like odd and quirky films but this did stretch my limits a bit. I had nightmares about a few scenes in it, still, it was definitely original!
I went to see 'Captain America' on Friday afternoon, & thoroughly enjoyed it!:thumbup:
Whilst (for me) it wasn't quite as good/enjoyable as 'Thor', it was certainly a close runner-up for films from the Marvel studio.
Samuel L Jackson had his part at the end as Nick Fury (as he did in Iron Man)
Then.............. there's an 'easter egg' at the very end, after all the credits have ended............. that is for the (2012 release) 'Avengers' film (Captain America, Iron-Man & Thor, are all in the 'egg')
The Odd Couple. Just starting on sky. Matthau ans Lemmon. A classic.
Last night I watched Fugitive Pieces. This is the first time that I've watched the film of a book that I loved and been completely blown away. It actually added to my understanding of the story and was the most beautiful comment on love, loss and memory. I think it will become one of my favourite films.
I can only imagine how different Captain Corelli's Mandolin might have been if Hollywood hadn't got their hands on it (although the shots of Kefalonia still make it worth watching).
Just watching 300, great film that I have seen many many times. And still to this day it's the only film that's ever made me want to start doing sets of press ups and crunches half way through! Then to be followed by the excellent Jarhead. Good night of movies on TV.
Oh and lets not forget Pumping Iron last night. Classic
To complete my Charlie Chaplin collection all the extant Chaplin Keystone films on dvd from the B.F.I.. Almost 100 years old 1913-1914. A little man kicking a big man up the arse will always be funny.
This month's Lovefilm choice was a good one (big relief after Dogtooth). The Lives of Others...really brilliant German film about the Stasi and a 'good man'.:)
Captain America over the weekend which I throughly enjoyed. Girl with the dragon tattoo last night, very very good. I hope the remake is going to do it justice. Hopefully Mr Craig will do a good job. Going to watch the second and third films in the series tonight and tomorrow.
The Hammer written and lead by Adam Carolla.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814130/
Tron Legacy. I really enjoyed the Daft Punk soundtrack as a fan of their splendiferous tunes. Did they pay Jeff twice ?.
Nice obscure choice Hester. All well and good these arty continental sub-titled films but, can you believe it, I was speaking to someone today who didn't have a clue what the five D's of Dodgeball were :confused: :o :rolleyes:Quote:
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Should have thrown a spanner at them Stolly!Quote:
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Unbelievable Stolly...we all know that its dodge, duck, dip, dive.....and.....dodge;)
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I call google as my first witness. You have not seen that film... unless it was the German dub with English sub-titles ;)Quote:
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Ha ha ha...I'm dodging spanners as we speak....nope, not seen it but you can lend it to me. I suspect it will be better than my next choice from LoveFilm...I can't remember what is on my list.:o (and I'm good with google...I managed to identify someone's weird fly on the wildlife thread by putting in 'big bee-like fly with a brown bum' or something like that).
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Right, this is my list and I am opening it up to the forumites for suggestions. My criteria was quite haphazard. I think I looked at actors and actresses that I liked, world cinema recommendations and the work of directors who's films I had seen and liked. I tend to do a lucky dip style and then not look again so that whatever comes is a surprise (not always a good one!).
Biutiful
Coffee and Cigarettes
Goya's Ghosts
Match Point
Not Here to be Loved
Hes - sorry, what list is that exactly?
and tonight's film was George Romero's Martin - probably his best movie - original, unsettling, ambiguous, perfectly formed :thumbup:
Sorry Daz, didn't explain it properly, its my LoveFilm rental list. You have to have up to 10 choices in your list and when you send one movie back they send you one from your list. Mine's just made up of random choices and I am inviting suggestions for good films to rent.:)
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I watched Kiddulthood the other day - really good film, it has stayed with me. And I saw Glorious 39 recently too - definitely give that one a miss!
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I thought it was a fascinating film as well Hes. I was uncomfortably impressed by the Stasi's techniques such as keeping the seat cover from the chair of the person being questioned so they could track them afterwards, if they were hiding, by the "secretions" they left on it :w00t:Quote:
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A couple I would recommend:
Offside - Directed by Jafar Panahi (now imprisoned in Iran)
A comedy, think of the stoning scene in Monty Python's Life of Brian only this ones about Iranian girls who are football fans trying to get into see a football match in Iran where women are banned from attending.
4 months, 3 weeks & 2 days - Drama about a woman who assists her friend to arrange an illegal abortion in 1980's Romania. Need a strong stomach for this one!
It was good wasn't it? I thought the casting was excellent. Really good ending too.
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Thanks Alf, I like the sound of Offside but I think I'd have to be in the right frame of mind for your second choice, sounds a bit harrowing. I have seen a couple Iranian films The Deserted Station and The Wind Will Carry Us. I enjoyed the former but probably didn't 'get' all the nuances but the latter was a bit of a drag...lots of repeated scenes of a dung beetle rolling a ball of dung for ages and a film maker (who's waiting for an elderly woman to die so that he can film an ancient funeral ceremony) driving from a village to find a phone signal...over and over again. I suspect that it was metaphorical but I found it a bit tedious (and I quite like dung beetles:) )
When I was travelling I used to ask people that I met what their film recommendations were and developed quite a good wish list. I'm gradually working through some of them.
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The lives of others is a great film, must revisit that soon.
On an entirely different tack, went to see the Inbetweeners last night. Quite enjoyed the series and liked the film (although my biggest laugh of the night came from the 'Final Destination 5' advert beforehand...)
Taken (Liam Neeson doing what Liam Neeson does best) is on Film4 tonight :thumbup:
I've seen Offside - thumbs up from me too http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/forum/.../thumbs_up.gif
I'm not very well up on more recent releases but if we're talking old-school subtitled I'd start with Three Colours: Red and Rashomon
Ohhh the three colours trilogy is brilliant. White is my least favourite, I think Blue is the best but saddest and Red is the most enjoyable to watch. i am ashamed to say that I haven't seen Rashomon but I will check it out as its also the favourite of a friend of mine.
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The Seventh Seal tonight...after Sex and the City 2 I decided it was time to introduce the missus to some culture.