Tell me more, without giving too much away obviously.Originally Posted by monkeynut
Tell me more, without giving too much away obviously.
Not quite a movie, but watched all of Alex Guiness' Tinker Tailor... this weekend. Absolutely fantastic drama. Heading home early now to make a start on Smiley's People.
Not quite a movie either, but someone bought me the new John Cleese DVD for my birthday. It's a sort of cross between a stand up show and a biographical review. Very good though. Especially the bit where he says how much his divorce is costing him, broken down by day etc...
"It's a good job she didn't contribute anything to the marriage... Such as a conversation..."
I cant say much, Watch it!
A teenager from a dysfunctional family is befriended my his mothers new likable boyfriend who happens to a killer (John bunting)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1680114/
A time travelling double header over the weekend.
Primer (Donny Darko for grownups) made for about 7k, first shown at the Sundance Film festival, and took over 400K at the box office plus whatever it has taken on DVD. Extremely techie and I kept up with it till about 75% of the way through the film but started to get a bit confused at that point. However at the end I had a pretty good idea of what had happened even if I couldn't follow the timeline exactly. There is a good Wiki on it though and excellent directors commentary as well on the DVD if you really want to get into hiper-nerd mode.
Source Code Jake Gyllenhaal of Donnie Darko fame gets back into time travel with a film that is a sort of a cross between the films Groundhog Day and Deja Vu. Much easier to follow than Primer and has the high production values you would expect on a bigger budget film. All the time travel bits had been covered before though.
Both excellent films but Primer offered something a little different in the time travel genre.
Just watched Source Code, especially since Groundhog Day is one of my favourite films and I also like the time travel films, really enjoyed it and well worth a watch:thumbup: good choice Alf.
Now halfway through Smiley's People. Fan-chuffing-tastic.
Alf - you imply Donnie Darko is kids' stuff - could you explain it to me please, as I couldn't make head nor tail of it
Alf - you imply Donnie Darko is kids' stuff - could you explain it to me please, as I couldn't make head nor tail of it
I think you have answered your own question there Daz
Those two series were truly brilliant. Sans pareil.
Watched Tree of Life last night. Barmy.
I can also recommend 'A Perfect Spy' SS .
Last edited by Alf; 13-12-2011 at 05:03 PM.
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