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Post by Companero on Dec 16, 2009 15:45:11 GMT
Watched the hunger on tv last night, Sorry to be pedantic but it's HUNGER, not THE HUNGER. Two very different films! THE HUNGER is the early eighties vampire flick directed by Tony Scott which is famous for a scene in which David Bowie ages very quickly and an "arty" love scene between Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon.
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Post by marksherbert on Dec 16, 2009 15:51:37 GMT
The Good the Bad and the Ugly - Masterpiece. I'm cursing myself for not having watched it before now. Straight into my all-time top ten.
Me and Orson Welles - Very good, especially the guy who plays Welles. Zac Efron isn't even that bad. I can't help feeling that Richard Linklater is becoming a bit of a hack though, as this has nothing in common with his earlier work. Maybe he's doing the 'one for them, one for me' thing?
The Box - What started off as an intriguing Lynchian thriller evolved into something which was either (I still can't decide) very interesting or very silly. My judgement was ruined somewhat by the sniggering, chattering, nacho-chomping morons sitting around me. Whatever, it was a considerable improvement on Southland Tales but nowhere near as good as Donnie Darko, which is probably where his films are doomed to fall now, unfortunately.
...Oh and Velvet Goldmine, which was awful.
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Post by RydCook on Dec 16, 2009 19:52:05 GMT
Watched the hunger on tv last night, Sorry to be pedantic but it's HUNGER, not THE HUNGER. Two very different films! THE HUNGER is the early eighties vampire flick directed by Tony Scott which is famous for a scene in which David Bowie ages very quickly and an "arty" love scene between Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon. Ha ha THE Hunger sounds good! Worth a rent?
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Post by paulfleetwood on Dec 16, 2009 22:55:38 GMT
Watched the hunger on tv last night, Sorry to be pedantic but it's HUNGER, not THE HUNGER. Two very different films! THE HUNGER is the early eighties vampire flick directed by Tony Scott which is famous for a scene in which David Bowie ages very quickly and an "arty" love scene between Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon. Well done companero was an accidental mistake, ill send you a packet of custard creams you have won, in the post for your eagle eyedness and vast imdb like brain
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Post by Companero on Dec 17, 2009 9:52:41 GMT
Sorry to be pedantic but it's HUNGER, not THE HUNGER. Two very different films! THE HUNGER is the early eighties vampire flick directed by Tony Scott which is famous for a scene in which David Bowie ages very quickly and an "arty" love scene between Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon. Well done companero was an accidental mistake, ill send you a packet of custard creams you have won, in the post for your eagle eyedness and vast imdb like brain More of a Bourbon type man, myself, Paul Ryd - worth a rent for sure. You'll probably find it laughably dated but and more style over substance but I like it. Dave. Can't believe you'd not seen The Good, The Bad And The Ugly before, mate. It's great, eh? It's in my all time top five, BTW. You seen any other Leone flicks? I'd recommend A FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE and ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, mate. There are other great spaghetti westerns by the likes of Sergio Corbucci, Damiano Damiani and Sergio Solima that are also worth watching. None are as well known as Leone (Corbucci is probably the most well known of the three and directed the excellent DJANGO and THE GREAT SILENCE, as well as the fun COMPANEROS, THE MERCENARY and NAVAJO JOE). All three of these guys are synonymous with the "political western" which I am sure you will dig. I would also thoroughly recommend Alex Cox's recent guide to spaghetti westerns, 10,000 Ways To Die - it's crammed with anecdotes and interesting readings of the films too. Well worth reading.
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Post by marksherbert on Dec 17, 2009 12:26:28 GMT
I know, me neither! I've spent the last two days apologising to people for my ignorance!
I'll certainly be looking up Leone's other westerns - I was put off him a while ago by the only film of his I'd seen - Once Upon a Time in America - which I didn't much like.
I have actually seen 'The Great Silence' upon your recommendation a while back, during my period of Kinski obsession. I liked that.
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Post by Bill Edwards on Dec 18, 2009 0:27:00 GMT
Sometimes the best is worth leaving until later. Sergione's 'Eastwood trilogy' and Once Upon A Time In The West are some of the greatest films ever committed to celluloid. I've still not seen Red Road! I did see Morris: A Life With Bells On though. Not without charm but a bit of mixed-up movie that couldn't decide whether it was supposed to be a mockumentary or a film about the filming of mockumentary. Or just a film. The humour was quite clumsy and derivative most of the time and the plot held no surprises. There were way too many quirkily named characters too. A few stereotypes were added as well to the mix just to be on the safe side. It was interesting to compare this to Donk, another mockumentary. Morris was much slicker and shinier and over thought and weaker because of it. Morris had a pronounced air of pointlessness about it too.
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Post by Companero on Dec 18, 2009 0:29:04 GMT
I know, me neither! I've spent the last two days apologising to people for my ignorance! I'll certainly be looking up Leone's other westerns - I was put off him a while ago by the only film of his I'd seen - Once Upon a Time in America - which I didn't much like. I have actually seen 'The Great Silence' upon your recommendation a while back, during my period of Kinski obsession. I liked that. ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA is unlike any of Leone's westerns, so if you did have aproblem with that, don't let that put you off. The Westerns are quite different too. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST is very sombre compared to the playfulness of UGLY. Definitely check out the Cox book. It really opened my eyes and turned me onto some films I'd either previously avoided or hadn't heard of at all.
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Post by Salvador on Dec 18, 2009 8:51:19 GMT
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! Ryd! Glad you enjoyed it mate. Here's another bit of Wizard trivia.... the Toby Maguire cameo, see if you can spot him.
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Post by RydCook on Dec 18, 2009 10:24:46 GMT
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! Ryd! Glad you enjoyed it mate. Here's another bit of Wizard trivia.... the Toby Maguire cameo, see if you can spot him. YES! I knew I recognised him! I thought it was bloody Elijah Wood though! He's too young though surely! Cheers for the recommendation though buddy. Putting some of these Western films on the LoveFilm list! Look forward to seeing 'em! Put THE Hunger on too!
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Post by Bill Edwards on Dec 19, 2009 22:51:43 GMT
Where The Wild Things Are
Quite a sad film really. The richness of a child's imagination illustrated and how it has to fade away to make way for the adult world. Annoyingly!
Not as good as it could've been but I'm not sure why. It was still rewarding though and the monsters were excellent. Seamless and invisible CGI. They're getting there... The boy was very good too. Not the usual angelic blond basin-cut clone.
Reminded me of The Wizard Of Oz. A film which explored similar themes.
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Post by baz1701 on Dec 21, 2009 22:06:53 GMT
I had a Clint Eastwood fest that lasted two days over the weekend. Managed to sit through all the Dirty Harrys', his Westerns and a few of his other works. Very, very rewarding stuff
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Post by RydCook on Dec 22, 2009 0:00:32 GMT
AVATAR! - Anyone else seen this yet? Be interested to see what you thought. Saw it in 3D. I thought this was bloody fantastic. Get my only complaint out of the way first.. it's massively typical hollywood blockbuster plot, every cliche in the book. I'll list 'em below in a spoiler section. It didn't really matter though, this was thrilling, compelling, sad, funny, beautiful, epic, exciting. Everything a blockbuster should be. Protagonist was a likable guy. Sci-Fi queen Sigourney Weaver does a great job. I forgot it was mostly CGI after a while. Amazing how good CGI looks now. I guess when it is mostly CGI you can just immerse yourself in it. It did work seamlessly with the live action stuff too. What I really liked is there are so many fine details to the film, little neat touches that just made you think how hard they must have worked on this. Amazingly beautiful at times too.. wow. I'd say it's probably the best 3D film I've seen, but I don't think it made the experience a WHOLE load better. I still think this'd be great in 2D. I didn't have any expectations, but I was rewarded with an excellent film.
***SPOILERS***
Blockbuster cliches featured in Avatar: A love interest, complete with CROSS-FADEY love scene. Protagonist with slightly growly voice. A bit where someone dies, but then comes back to life. A big, evil, muscly, mean nemesis guy. The line "I didn't sign up for this shit." A MONTAGE (albeit without cheesy music! Thankfully). A bit where you think its gonna be the end.. fade out... BUT ITS NOT! A bit where our protagonist is in an impossible situation, but someone saves the day! Classic!
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Post by Tash on Dec 23, 2009 17:51:16 GMT
Just saw Law Abiding Citizen. Meh.
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Post by RydCook on Dec 23, 2009 18:14:35 GMT
Where The Wild Things AreQuite a sad film really. The richness of a child's imagination illustrated and how it has to fade away to make way for the adult world. Annoyingly! Not as good as it could've been but I'm not sure why. It was still rewarding though and the monsters were excellent. Seamless and invisible CGI. They're getting there... The boy was very good too. Not the usual angelic blond basin-cut clone. Reminded me of The Wizard Of Oz. A film which explored similar themes. Saw this yesterday. I pretty much agree with most of what you've said! I also really liked the kid, he was kind of realistic in the way that a lot of kids are angry like that. You don't really see it in movies, especially kids movies. Great film.
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