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Post by baz1701 on Jan 31, 2009 9:33:03 GMT
I think the reason I like it is because it is so dark and unpleasant. I just like very dark or twisted endings to films. Call me sick if you want  It just seemed to have more punch than the ending in the film. Don't get me wrong, the ending as it is is great. |
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Post by Bill Edwards on Feb 15, 2009 15:48:25 GMT
Had a cousin and his girlfriend to stay and we've just finished watching DMS. They'd not seen it before. They have seen TIE and enjoyed it a lot.
It was great watching the film again with a couple of newbies. They both thought it was fantastic. So I let them live... ;D My cousin's girlfriend figured something out about half way through but my cousin gasped out loud and looked at everyone in disbelief. I went all tingly.
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Post by baz1701 on Feb 18, 2009 19:16:43 GMT
It's great when you show a film you love to someone who's never seen it. It's even better when they like it as well! So far I've shown DMS to a few of my friends and with one exception, they were all blown away by it.
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Post by GR on Feb 19, 2009 0:27:25 GMT
I actually showed it to my mother once (she's a fan of Paddy, like I am). She said it was good, but not something she could handle watching again -- it was a little too dark for her taste (though she's since made it through This Is England two or three times, including once on the big screen).
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Post by Bill Edwards on Feb 19, 2009 13:31:26 GMT
DMS is truly an astonishing film. When I was watching it again, I got all the same feelings I got the very first time I saw it. Y'know, I almost blubbed at the end.  It's a bleak film but it has an incredibly overwhelming beauty to it. The same quality that Once Upon a Time in the West has. Just joy at having seen an incredible piece of cinema. Overpowering. Shit, I'm welling up now. There's something so spiritual about Dead Man's Shoes. A sense of release at the end? This film is slowly making it's way up my list of my all time favourite films. Every time I watch it, it get's closer to the top. |
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Post by baz1701 on Feb 19, 2009 20:23:39 GMT
It's a flick that gets better every time you watch it and rewards repeat viewings. I find there always something you didn't spot before and it makes for a very rewarding viewing. Very few films can make that claim.
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Post by GR on Feb 20, 2009 0:07:01 GMT
It's a flick that gets better every time you watch it and rewards repeat viewings. I find there always something you didn't spot before and it makes for a very rewarding viewing. I certainly get that feeling from it. My first viewing, it was such a powerful experience; but with subsequent viewings I've grown to appreciate more and more of the smaller moments (and even the very subtle humor). |
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Post by Bill Edwards on Feb 20, 2009 23:31:28 GMT
It's a flick that gets better every time you watch it and rewards repeat viewings. I find there always something you didn't spot before and it makes for a very rewarding viewing. Very few films can make that claim. Indeed. I spotted a clue or heard a clue in the dialogue this time around I'd not noticed before. I also can't get over how pared down the film is. It's so taught and sinewy. Less. Is. More. Believe it people. |
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Post by neil2445 on Sept 1, 2009 21:38:28 GMT
I was an infantry corporal and one of my lads had me watch it, and fuck me, if it wasn't the sort of thing I'd dreamt of doing to some fuckers in my past - and not a million miles from The Ilson, where I'm from. He sat there watching me, expectantly, and I was just nodding, liking Richard's moves. Some slight niggles, but I won't spoil it. The lads have done extremely well.
No romance aspect to this story, I note. Or is that the bird made to shag the brother?
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Post by Tash on Dec 8, 2009 18:06:13 GMT
Hmmm...well over 20. I've lost count. I watch it on average say...at least once a week, for various reasons. So yeah....so well above 20 it's ridiculous. ;D Yes, I know there's something wrong with me.  Tell you what...I'll start a thread telling you why. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2009 12:25:22 GMT
About seven times I think.
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Post by Tash on Dec 9, 2009 12:33:31 GMT
There's something so spiritual about Dead Man's Shoes. A sense of release at the end? That's part of it for me...but also that it's both sensitive and brutal at the same time. And very, very beautiful. And painful. And funny in parts. |
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It's a bleak film but it has an incredibly overwhelming beauty to it. The same quality that Once Upon a Time in the West has. Just joy at having seen an incredible piece of cinema. Overpowering. Shit, I'm welling up now.
