List the films you've seen at the cinema: 2012
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Dark Horse. Absolutely brilliant. I really liked it. I was the only one laughing though 
I loved the bit at the end where he peels the wallpaper back and you see the height mark and "dad's dark horse". That really got me. Best bit. Also I liked the cougar secretary. I want to see Happiness now.
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
5 Year Engagement. If you walk into the cinema dragged by your other half, KNOWING the best you can expect from the film is a 6/10 experience, then it fits the bill perfectly.
A couple of scenes ranked as potentially ace but were executed poorly (Cookie Monster/Elmo chat and the Wedding Song), which was the general theme of the movie to be fair.
A couple of scenes ranked as potentially ace but were executed poorly (Cookie Monster/Elmo chat and the Wedding Song), which was the general theme of the movie to be fair.
Reno
The In Kraut
The latest Pixar film, Brave. This got more mixed reviews than most Pixar films and it feels a little slight with a predictable plot, but it's still pretty good and far better than Disney's other recent "princess" films. Maybe the expectations are unrealistically high that Pixar are always going to deliver another masterpiece (though after Cars 2 expectations should have been lowered) and if this isn't up there with the best of them, it's still better than most CGI animated films and good fun. The only thing I found grating were a couple of songs.
Jeff Robinson
Marxist-Lentilist: Jackboots and Jackfruit
The Hunter. Thoroughly enjoyable psychological drama.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
Nostalgia for the Light (at BFI Southbank). This is a film about the Chilean desert, which is visited by astronomers, geologists, and relatives of the disappeared of the Pinochet era searching for bodies. It's mostly about some awesome photography, but also about the relationship of those people to what they do, and about how the past is pieced together. Seriously beautiful and quite thought-provoking film.
dynamicbaddog
run for your life
TED
Really funny, rocked with laughter throughout.
Really funny, rocked with laughter throughout.
dynamicbaddog
run for your life
The Amazing Spider-Man - enjoyed it, it's good fun. Not as good as Sam Raimi's 2002 version tho. And there is a lot of product placement - Peter Parker has the same phone as me (a Sony Xperia mini
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dynamicbaddog
run for your life
Offender
very fast paced plot, bent screws,violence, , bullying, riots etc etc liked it a lot but it's nothing like the film Scum which apparently inspired it.
very fast paced plot, bent screws,violence, , bullying, riots etc etc liked it a lot but it's nothing like the film Scum which apparently inspired it.
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
Agree with others about a Prometheus, only went because others recommended 
So onto the madness of Andrew Kötting with Swandown,
So onto the madness of Andrew Kötting with Swandown,
Think I may watch this tonight.
Is there tits?
I have Salmon Fishing in Yemen to watch too, hmm.
Gramsci
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Gramsci
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Saw this today. Ritzy was still to hot even though it was midday performance. Still it is fascinating doc. I have seen some of Wei Wei works. He is now an international artist and this doc followed him for a few months as he set up a couple of exhibitions, Its a standard doc format. What makes it good is that it gives more of Wei Wei background. His father was famous (Communist) poet who was persecuted during Cultural Revolution. Wei Wei is of the generation that lived through the transition of China to free market.
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His own art work is conceptual. What this doc does well is show how conceptual art can be relevant to the society it comes from. His work is critique of the dramatic changes on China. As one artist says of him all his work should be considered art including his social activism.
What has made Wei Wei a problem for the authorities are the docs he made about the earthquake in China. Badly built schools collapsed killing kids. Wei Wei helped to expose the shoddy "tofu" construction of these schools. In China it is dangerous to criticise the authorities even if you are right.
He also produced some moving conceptual artworks about the Earthquake.Including a list of the names of the children killed.
The other thing that makes this doc is Wei Wei. He is a modest guy , not really a self publicist, but he has a real presence on screen. Clearly still has the Communist sentiments of his father for justice.
The counter argument to Wei Wei is that there have been great changes in China in the last 20 years. Many people taken out of poverty and more individual freedom. The existence of Wei Wei is a sign that China has changed. But Wei Wei argues that this is not good enough. He uses new social media - he incessantly uses Twitter now his Blog has been closed down.
Saw this today. Ritzy was still to hot even though it was midday performance. Still it is fascinating doc. I have seen some of Wei Wei works. He is now an international artist and this doc followed him for a few months as he set up a couple of exhibitions, Its a standard doc format. What makes it good is that it gives more of Wei Wei background. His father was famous (Communist) poet who was persecuted during Cultural Revolution. Wei Wei is of the generation that lived through the transition of China to free market.
,
His own art work is conceptual. What this doc does well is show how conceptual art can be relevant to the society it comes from. His work is critique of the dramatic changes on China. As one artist says of him all his work should be considered art including his social activism.
What has made Wei Wei a problem for the authorities are the docs he made about the earthquake in China. Badly built schools collapsed killing kids. Wei Wei helped to expose the shoddy "tofu" construction of these schools. In China it is dangerous to criticise the authorities even if you are right.
He also produced some moving conceptual artworks about the Earthquake.Including a list of the names of the children killed.
The other thing that makes this doc is Wei Wei. He is a modest guy , not really a self publicist, but he has a real presence on screen. Clearly still has the Communist sentiments of his father for justice.
The counter argument to Wei Wei is that there have been great changes in China in the last 20 years. Many people taken out of poverty and more individual freedom. The existence of Wei Wei is a sign that China has changed. But Wei Wei argues that this is not good enough. He uses new social media - he incessantly uses Twitter now his Blog has been closed down.
Gramsci
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"The Forgiveness of Blood"
Director Joshua Marston
This film only got average reviews but I rate it. So did the small audience at the Curzon Soho. There was a power failure so we had a break half way through film. Everyone said what an engrossing film this is.
It is by the director of "Maria Full of Grace" and is set in Albanian. A murder leads to a blood feud between two families. According to ancient codes the aggrieved family can kill a member of the other family if they leave there house. This is based on actual events in Albania. The film was first shown in Albania and was a big hit.
The American director did a lot of research for the film and used local people as actors.It is , as my friend said, an engrossing film about the relationships in the family that is affected. It shows the terrible effects of this self imprisonment. Which is a problem in Albania to this day.
The film reminded a bit of an old school western. Probably due to the countryside and life of these Albanians that seems similar to US western frontier life.
Not lots of violence in the film but more about how damaging violent codes are to all those involved. The teenage boy most at risk and caught , through no fault of his own, does not comprehend how these archaic codes go on. At several points he tries to stop it and the elders shut him up. The film shows a generation gap between the young people in Albania who look to the outside world ( of internet, mobile phones and Facebook) and the older generation.
For some reason this film has a very limited release. Only on at Curzon and Odeon Panton street. Deserves better. I like this directors films and how he is able to get inside other cultures. Most impressed.
Gramsci
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yes it was and another under rated film imo. I chatted to an Aussie I know. He lived in Tasmania for a while ( a greenie). When I explained some of the plot he said it is like that out there. A split between loggers and environmentalists as shown in film. So the film is not that far fetched.
dynamicbaddog
run for your life
The Wedding Video -British wedding comedy starring Robert Webb as the groom not the funniest film I've seen, but amusing in parts
Thought it was pretty bad, as did the friends I went with. Heavy on the symbolism/metaphors, nothing much happens and the stuff that does all feels kind of pointless. Read some reviews today and they were all quite positive so maybe it was just us...
blossie33
trailer trash
I did go to see it last night, I can see what you're saying, it wasn't one of the best films I've seen!
Visually it was sort of arty with some nice shots. The storyline was a bit weak and I did wonder why the Chef guy was so keen on her! I didn't dislike it, was interesting, but it's not a film I would want to watch again.
Reno
The In Kraut
I saw the IRA thriller Shadow Dancer, which got great reviews, but it felt no better than a middling TV movie to me. Mind I saw this at the Cineworld at the Trocadero with no air conditioning on one of the hottest days of the year, it was so hot I could barely concentrate on the film. Fucking shit hole !
Reno
The In Kraut
Last night I watched V/H/S at Frightfest, a horror anthology by a buch of up and coming directors based around 'found footage'. Like all anthology films it was a bit hit and miss. The very gory first episode about three guys who pick up two girls in a club to take to a motel room for sex, with them being too drunk and randy to notice that one of the girls is not quite right, was probably the best. The saucer eyed actress who plays the girl is very creepy. The middle three were watchabale enough, with a Skype based episode being the best and the last one, about a bunch of friends who turn up for a Halloween party at the (very) wrong house was also fun.
Going to see two more Frightfest films tomorrow
Going to see two more Frightfest films tomorrow
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