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Post by tonyyeboah on Dec 9, 2009 22:30:02 GMT
Genova is good for the shots of Genova, the rest is guff
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Post by Bill Edwards on Dec 13, 2009 0:50:08 GMT
Did a double at QUAD tonight (last night if you want to quibble). Harry BrownExploitative entertainment. It had the potential of being a much darker and grittier film but the cheesy score and CGI blood – among other things – scuppered those possibilities. Joe Gilgun was unrecognisable and very stomach turning. To my surprise Jack O'Connell was there to do a Q&A! He had a lovely part in the film and he talked about working with Sir M Caine and a lot about TIE. He had some interesting thoughts about the differences between working with a script and working with improvisation. The White RibbonMmmmmmm... A beautifully absorbing and beguiling film. I'm still trying to decide if I'm disappointed or elated by the ending. Fantastic script and amazing to look at. This is the second north European, 'arty' film that I've seen this year that has bizzarely unecessary and poor CGI! Let The Right One In being the first. C'mon! There's no need art film director people! Find other ways. It just breaks the illusion instantly. A top film though.
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Post by paulfleetwood on Dec 13, 2009 14:00:12 GMT
Interested in seeing harry brown, heard some good reviews about it, but think your right chromebaby, no film with cgi blood in it will ever make classic status.
Which brings me onto my last film i watched, being The Punisher Warzone. In one word, BagoShite. The first punisher or should i say second whatever, Thomas Jane one was very good, a vigilante revenge story with a taxi driver feel to it, but this one was a complete reboot of a mess from start to finish with guy who plays him this time, dont know his name (dont care) turns the punisher into mute bloke with a gun, even Dolph Lundgren played a better punisher, and thats saying somthing! All in all a steaming bag o shite, cgi blood included by the teraload!!
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Post by RydCook on Dec 13, 2009 14:34:24 GMT
Did a double at QUAD tonight (last night if you want to quibble). Harry BrownExploitative entertainment. It had the potential of being a much darker and grittier film but the cheesy score and CGI blood – among other things – scuppered those possibilities. Joe Gilgun was unrecognisable and very stomach turning. To my surprise Jack O'Connell was there to do a Q&A! He had a lovely part in the film and he talked about working with Sir M Caine and a lot about TIE. He had some interesting thoughts about the differences between working with a script and working with improvisation. The White RibbonMmmmmmm... A beautifully absorbing and beguiling film. I'm still trying to decide if I'm disappointed or elated by the ending. Fantastic script and amazing to look at. This is the second north European, 'arty' film that I've seen this year that has bizzarely unecessary and poor CGI! Let The Right One In being the first. C'mon! There's no need art film director people! Find other ways. It just breaks the illusion instantly. A top film though. Sorry... where's the CGI in The White Ribbon?! I also didn't notice the CGI blood in Harry Brown. I don't think it could have been darker or gritter.. I left feeling horrible! Ha ha. Didn't feel like the soundtrack was cheesy either!
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Post by Bill Edwards on Dec 13, 2009 14:47:32 GMT
Did a double at QUAD tonight (last night if you want to quibble). Harry BrownExploitative entertainment. It had the potential of being a much darker and grittier film but the cheesy score and CGI blood – among other things – scuppered those possibilities. Joe Gilgun was unrecognisable and very stomach turning. To my surprise Jack O'Connell was there to do a Q&A! He had a lovely part in the film and he talked about working with Sir M Caine and a lot about TIE. He had some interesting thoughts about the differences between working with a script and working with improvisation. The White RibbonMmmmmmm... A beautifully absorbing and beguiling film. I'm still trying to decide if I'm disappointed or elated by the ending. Fantastic script and amazing to look at. This is the second north European, 'arty' film that I've seen this year that has bizzarely unecessary and poor CGI! Let The Right One In being the first. C'mon! There's no need art film director people! Find other ways. It just breaks the illusion instantly. A top film though. Sorry... where's the CGI in The White Ribbon?! I also didn't notice the CGI blood in Harry Brown. I don't think it could have been darker or gritter.. I left feeling horrible! Ha ha. Didn't feel like the soundtrack was cheesy either! I'll PM you where the CGI was In The White Ribbon. I was prepared for the moment it appeared because I thinking, 'How's this going to be done? A cut-away?'. No. CG-flippin-I! The CGI blood was as intrusive as the score. Imagine Harry Brown with no score and no CGI splatters and a better ending, IMHO, and I would've found the film very hard to watch. As it is the violence was 'cartoonified' so it felt less realistic. I left thinking that, hey... Vigilanteism reduces crime by 30%! Wa-hey, were can I get me a Glock?
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Post by Companero on Dec 14, 2009 7:02:52 GMT
Last night I saw STUCK, a film that none of you would have heard of... Wait a second, there's a good chance you could have heard of this, due to the admin's ever so slightly evangelical coverage of it on these forums What a great film, with a very black streak of gallows humour running throughout. Stephen Rea has always been an exceptional actor but who'd have thought Mena Suvari could have pulled off the character that she plays here? This is a great little indie flick and is quite a departure from the splatter pictures (RE-ANIMATOR, FROM BEYOND) that director Stuart Gordon was famous for in the 1980s. Cheers, Dave
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Post by Gary on Dec 14, 2009 8:57:52 GMT
I watched Butterfly Kiss, Micheal Winterbottoms first feature. Strange tale of a mentally unstable lesbian and her submissive lover travelling round the north of England on a bit of a killing spree. Great stuff, bit odd but really enjoyed it.
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Post by Dave on Dec 14, 2009 19:30:47 GMT
Last night I saw STUCK, a film that none of you would have heard of... Wait a second, there's a good chance you could have heard of this, due to the admin's ever so slightly evangelical coverage of it on these forums What a great film, with a very black streak of gallows humour running throughout. Stephen Rea has always been an exceptional actor but who'd have thought Mena Suvari could have pulled off the character that she plays here? This is a great little indie flick and is quite a departure from the splatter pictures (RE-ANIMATOR, FROM BEYOND) that director Stuart Gordon was famous for in the 1980s. Cheers, Dave Hooray! Glad you liked it. It is a departure from splatter, but there are still some pleasingly horrible gore-ish bits! ;D As for THE WHITE RIBBON CGI bonanza..... I haven't seen the film, but I have projected it. There may be more CGI than the bit I am aware of, but the crap CGI moment I witnessed was in the very first scene! It's depressing to see CGI creeping into indie / arthouse films. The costs must be falling all the time, but these smaller budget films are definitely having to settle for the bottom rung of the CGI value ladder! Hello Let the Right One In!
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Post by Bill Edwards on Dec 14, 2009 19:43:44 GMT
As for THE WHITE RIBBON CGI bonanza..... I haven't seen the film, but I have projected it. There may be more CGI than the bit I am aware of, but the crap CGI moment I witnessed was in the very first scene! It's depressing to see CGI creeping into indie / arthouse films. The costs must be falling all the time, but these smaller budget films are definitely having to settle for the bottom rung of the CGI value ladder! Hello Let the Right One In! Yup. In the first scene is the CGI I noticed. Couldn't bleedin' miss it! Well some of you did... Made me wince. But there's more? Mmmm... Haneke should've paid more attention to the sky. Contrail-tastic! ;D Loved the film though.
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Post by Dave on Dec 14, 2009 19:47:36 GMT
Haneke should've paid more attention to the sky. Contrail-tastic! ;D Loved the film though. Haha.... now there is something that CGI is good for, but he'd already blown all his cash on a nag!
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Post by Bill Edwards on Dec 14, 2009 20:35:14 GMT
Haha.... now there is something that CGI is good for, but he'd already blown all his cash on a nag! Ha! You wag. Hey let us not forget that Mr Meadows himself had to resort to a bit of CGI In ARFRB. Yup. It's true!
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Post by RydCook on Dec 15, 2009 18:15:39 GMT
The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life - French film about family. Glad I managed to catch the last screening of this. Light-hearted fun film taking a refreshing look at family life. Great comedy scenes (the driving test one in particular), nicely handled emotional scenes too. Flashbacks were done really well, seamless is the word that springs to mind. Some metaphors were a bit literal and obvious, and some family upsets and "scenes" you could see coming. But overall this is a fairly realistic look at family life. Great to see a film on the topic really. I'd like to make a film about family. I'd make a better one! Great use of Super8 at the start and end of this film too. Nice! The Wizard - Little story behind this one... had started playing Super Mario Bros. 3 after downloading it to my Wii. I made a Facebook status about it, and Neil Rolland (Salvador on the forums) commented on it and recommended The Wizard to me as it heavily features Super Mario Bros. 3. I instantly wanted to see it.. so I tried LoveFilm... un-available. Tried DVD sites and its only region 1. Find it in region 2 on amazon.. selling for 80 dollars!! Jeez. Then an ex colleague commented on the status, he had it! That evening he popped it round! Brilliant. The wonders of Facebook. And the internet of course. Anyway! The film is fantastic. Classic 80's stuff, montage and all. Wish I had have seen this as a kid! Brilliant duels between the father and the evil dude. Awesome scenes in the Video Armageddon! Are video game competitions like this these days! Looked brilliant! Good fun film. Nearly made me cry at the end too!
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Post by RydCook on Dec 15, 2009 21:21:24 GMT
Cronos - Early del Toro film. Pretty good. Kind of looked like a bad movie at times, even though it wasn't. I think a higher budget would have helped. The acting is a bit too theatrical for my liking as well. It is however, a great story, and it beautifully shot.
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Post by paulfleetwood on Dec 16, 2009 7:48:16 GMT
Watched the hunger on tv last night, quite a slow burner to start with, that seems to have chosen syle over substance, with hardly any real diologue till a good hour into the film. Some scenes were very powerful, were as others detract like the one shot camera of a prison warden mopping urine from the halls. The discussion of bobby's hunger strike protest is very well done that raises alot of questions politically, while the story sort sits on the fence and doesnt take sides, which is the best way really given such a political subject.
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Post by Kezz on Dec 16, 2009 14:54:35 GMT
Cronos - Early del Toro film. Pretty good. Kind of looked like a bad movie at times, even though it wasn't. I think a higher budget would have helped. The acting is a bit too theatrical for my liking as well. It is however, a great story, and it beautifully shot. Agree. .. Harry Potter 5. - thought I'd try and get up to date with the craze, as I havn't really cared for it b4. I genuinly think The younger actors have matured more here than the previous peices, and I found myself starting to actually give a crap now the stories are getting darker and stuff. Always great to see such an array of fine british talent on display, regardless of the manufactured franchise element where all the normal sane people are from areas around london, and anyone slightly different or set in their charactured ways have a scottish or yorkshire accent.
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