List the films you've seen at the cinema: 2012

[DexterTCN]

It does a running 'explosions' joke that works well, excellent drugs humour, it has rob riggle from the daily show (there's a stunning joke at the end with him and a penis) james franco's little brother is quite good I suppose. There's a wonderful swipe at remaking stuff from the 80s early on.

Hill and Tatum actually play off each other really well. I'll see this one again, I think.

 

[Gramsci]

"Once Upon a Time in Anatolia" directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Has to be seen on big screen. I saw it at Curzon Soho screen One. The title intentionally reminds viewer of the Leone films. This is slow moving shots of landscapes and peoples faces. Also a lot of (black) humour. In the sweeping Anatolian countryside a group of men ( and this like Leones films is about men) search for a body of a murdered man.

They are moving in this ancient landscape which will outlive them all. As the doctor points out. The "Prosecutor" says of one that he is like a handful of bees- all noise and no action. This can be seen to refer to all of them in the end. There efforts are eventually fruitless. They all somehow know that beyond the bickering about everyday life that there actions will leave little trace on this landscape.

The cinematography ( as I expected from Ceylan) is outstanding

 

[not-bono-ever]

that marigold hotel brit flick film.

a harmless way to waste a couple of hours

 

[Gramsci]

I heard from a friend its not worth the bother of paying to see. The trailer put me off.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

"Once Upon a Time in Anatolia" directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Has to be seen on big screen. I saw it at Curzon Soho screen One. The title intentionally reminds viewer of the Leone films. This is slow moving shots of landscapes and peoples faces. Also a lot of (black) humour. In the sweeping Anatolian countryside a group of men ( and this like Leones films is about men) search for a body of a murdered man.

They are moving in this ancient landscape which will outlive them all. As the doctor points out. The "Prosecutor" says of one that he is like a handful of bees- all noise and no action. This can be seen to refer to all of them in the end. There efforts are eventually fruitless. They all somehow know that beyond the bickering about everyday life that there actions will leave little trace on this landscape.

The cinematography ( as I expected from Ceylan) is outstanding

brilliant wasn't it? went to see it on monday and was most impressed.. some people less so, but ithought it was a classic piece of film making.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

also watched Rampart, which was very good as well

 

[Gramsci]

brilliant wasn't it? went to see it on monday and was most impressed.. some people less so, but ithought it was a classic piece of film making.

Not so keen on Rampart but I agree Once Upon a Time. I think its the best film he has done.

 

[Reno]

also watched Rampart, which was very good as well

Not nearly as good as The Shield, which was inspired by the same real life scandal.

 

[Idris2002]

J. Edgar

It felt confused, hurried and rushed. And it didn't know if it wanted to be an expose of an AMERICAN MONSTER, or a sympathetic portrayal of a tormented closet case.

Each of the episodes - especially the Palmer raids and the Lindbergh baby case - would have made a better film in their own right.

I was surprised at how handsome the actor chosen to play Nixon was, given that the real Nixon was a dirty, vicious animal.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

Not nearly as good as The Shield, which was inspired by the same real life scandal.

not come across The Shield tbh. will try and hunt down, once I've watched 3 monkeys (which someone just leant me).

 

[Kid_Eternity]

The Grey was surprisingly good as was A Dangerous Method.

 

[Gramsci]

"The Hunger Games"



I liked this. Its really for teenagers. And there were a lot there including a lot of girls. This film has a feisty heroine. Much better than Twilight which imo was had a socially conservative subtext. If u want a good role model this heroine is one.

I like sci fi and whilst this film hasn't been marketed heavily as sci fi that's what it is. Its based on best selling novels ( this is first part ) which I hadn't heard of as probably they are for the teen market.

Set in near future the "Games" are a cross between Roman gladiatorial events and Big Brother . Keep the population of the capital occupied and the poor in place. The best bit is the lead up to the Games which is the first two thirds. I liked all the politics and satire of reality TV shows. The Games themselves are like Battle Royale. But with none of the black humour of that Japanese classic.

Its long film but I noticed the young audience were gripped by it. U can tell as they were not chatting or on there phones. Its fairly bloody in bits but seems ok for over 12s imo.

 

[Gramsci]

The Grey was surprisingly good as was A Dangerous Method.

The Grey looked interesting but didnt have wide release. Heard Liam was good in it.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

The Grey looked interesting but didnt have wide release. Heard Liam was good in it.

Yeah he really was...lot of emotion in that film.

 

[Epona]

"The Hunger Games"



I liked this. Its really for teenagers. And there were a lot there including a lot of girls. This film has a feisty heroine. Much better than Twilight which imo was had a socially conservative subtext. If u want a good role model this heroine is one.

I like sci fi and whilst this film hasn't been marketed heavily as sci fi that's what it is. Its based on best selling novels ( this is first part ) which I hadn't heard of as probably they are for the teen market.

Set in near future the "Games" are a cross between Roman gladiatorial events and Big Brother . Keep the population of the capital occupied and the poor in place. The best bit is the lead up to the Games which is the first two thirds. I liked all the politics and satire of reality TV shows. The Games themselves are like Battle Royale. But with none of the black humour of that Japanese classic.

Its long film but I noticed the young audience were gripped by it. U can tell as they were not chatting or on there phones. Its fairly bloody in bits but seems ok for over 12s imo.

The OH went to see this today and said it was really good (I didn't go because my back and hip were bad and it's quite a long film, can't sit in cinema seat that long!), no teens in the cinema at all it was mostly folks in their 20s, 30s, and upwards. As far as I can tell the books may have been targeted at a (largely female) teen audience, but it's not Twilight or Harry Potter and it's not some twee teen romance in a fantasy/sci-fi setting - strong young female lead character and quite a gritty setting, going by what I have been told it is one I will be looking forward to when the DVD release comes around - as I said, I'd have gone to see it at the cinema but I just can't do cinema seats for that length of time, anything much over 90 minutes is not a comfortable experience.

 

[Picadilly Commando]

Turtles Can Fly

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424227/

An anti-war film of sorts with a pile of kids as the main protagonists.

Quote because am a bit too buggered to write coherently

"Turtles Can Fly," the haunting new film from Iranian writer/director Bahman Ghobadi ("A Time for Drunken Horses"), begins with an arrestingly beautiful image: A young woman (Avaz Latif), resolute in her manner, stands barefoot on a rocky ledge, contemplating a leap that will surely end in death. The landscape is gray and forbidding; the light is cold; the tone ominous. Then the camera comes closer to the actress' face, wreathed in tangled brown hair, and we realize, with a start, that she is a child.

Ghobadi's film is a story of wounded children, a devastating reminder of the costs of war. It's set in an Iraqi village near the Turkish border, in early 2003, as the villagers await news of an American invasion. As they try to set up a satellite dish, a key player emerges: a boy known as Satellite (Soran Ebrahim), with Coke-bottle glasses and a pushy, ever-yelling confidence. He's the expert in this operation, in the way that kids worldwide seem to know more about technology than their elders, and he's also the ringleader of the village children, who follow him like loyal acolytes.

Satellite, in his bulldozer way, soon catches the eye of Agrin, the girl we saw in the opening scene, and he's dazzled by her, gazing at her with Mooney eyes. "I've been looking for a girl like you," he tells her. She, orphaned by war, takes care of her two brothers — one is armless, maimed by a land mine; the other is a toddler — and ignores Satellite. There's an air of quiet tragedy about her, the reason for which is explained late in the film, in a scene so wrenching it's almost unbearable to watch.

The performances in the film — all by nonprofessional actors — vary in quality. Ebrahim has some touching moments as Satellite but rarely varies his voice from a shout; it suits the character's almost corporate like personality but eventually becomes wearying. But Latif, as the tragic Agrin, makes the most of her few lines; she's calm, astonishingly beautiful and skilled enough to let us see the heavy weight on this grown-up child's shoulders.

Ghobadi and director of photography Shahriar Assadi linger on the vast landscape, with its bleak fields and desolate, branch less trees, and create some beautiful effects with shadows. (In one shot, the hills glow under a night-blue sky as the tiny shadow figure of a child appears between them.) And the director's eye for heartbreaking detail is keen. In this harsh, desperate world, a child cries, with no hands to wipe away his tears. Others stare at the camera, looking far older than they should, as if seeking the end of a nightmare.

 

[Picadilly Commando]

"The Hunger Games"



I liked this. Its really for teenagers. And there were a lot there including a lot of girls. This film has a feisty heroine. Much better than Twilight which imo was had a socially conservative subtext. If u want a good role model this heroine is one.

I like sci fi and whilst this film hasn't been marketed heavily as sci fi that's what it is. Its based on best selling novels ( this is first part ) which I hadn't heard of as probably they are for the teen market.

Set in near future the "Games" are a cross between Roman gladiatorial events and Big Brother . Keep the population of the capital occupied and the poor in place. The best bit is the lead up to the Games which is the first two thirds. I liked all the politics and satire of reality TV shows. The Games themselves are like Battle Royale. But with none of the black humour of that Japanese classic.

Its long film but I noticed the young audience were gripped by it. U can tell as they were not chatting or on there phones. Its fairly bloody in bits but seems ok for over 12s imo.

I took my 13 year old nephew to see it and i fell asleep lol, but from what i saw its like runni aang man and battle royale for BBC three. I have the book somewhere too but never got around to reading it cozz its a book for 'tweens' init.

aghshould i give a it a nother chance?

 

[Reno]

I took my 13 year old nephew to see it and i fell asleep lol, but from what i saw its like runni aang man and battle royale for BBC three. I have the book somewhere too but never got around to reading it cozz its a book for 'tweens' init.

aghshould i give a it a nother chance?

 

[Picadilly Commando]

Hello Reno, are we goin to have another cat pointless cat fight? lol

You start, am gonna roll one last one and put the ca t out

 

[Picadilly Commando]

cant get the furry little bastard from out under the bed i need to rattle his cat foodtin

 

[moonsi til]

I went to see The Hunger Games yesterday too...the cinema was very quiet due to the lovely weather. I would say that the audience at this showing were mainly teenage to about aged 20 and female. I recall thinking how many there were. We took my BFs 10 year son and we all really enjoyed it...it has made me want to re-watch Battle Royale though which I have just checked is an 18...so BFs son will be waiting a few years yet.

 

[metalguru]

I went to see The Hunger Games yesterday too...the cinema was very quiet due to the lovely weather. I would say that the audience at this showing were mainly teenage to about aged 20 and female. I recall thinking how many there were. We took my BFs 10 year son and we all really enjoyed it...it has made me want to re-watch Battle Royale though which I have just checked is an 18...so BFs son will be waiting a few years yet.

I went to the 5pm showing at Whiteley's yesterday for Hunger Games and it was quite busy. What surprised me was how many young kids there were (and there was a lot of wandering in and out that you get with that age of audience). I found bits of it quite disturbing, even as an adult (e.g. the scene where the kids are gathering at the bottom of the tree discussing their plan of action and the following scene).

I really liked the film, after a slightly slow start. But I'm not sure it's really suitable for young kids at all.

Didn't recognise Woody Harrelson at all - till reading the reviews. Really like the lead girl's acting and also Stanley Tucci's TV host.

Best film of 2012 so far for me.

 

[Gramsci]

The OH went to see this today and said it was really good (I didn't go because my back and hip were bad and it's quite a long film, can't sit in cinema seat that long!), no teens in the cinema at all it was mostly folks in their 20s, 30s, and upwards. As far as I can tell the books may have been targeted at a (largely female) teen audience, but it's not Twilight or Harry Potter and it's not some twee teen romance in a fantasy/sci-fi setting - strong young female lead character and quite a gritty setting, going by what I have been told it is one I will be looking forward to when the DVD release comes around - as I said, I'd have gone to see it at the cinema but I just can't do cinema seats for that length of time, anything much over 90 minutes is not a comfortable experience.

Exactly why I liked it. its not Harry Potter or twee romance. For the audience its targetted at I thought at last this is something a bit more relevant and progressive.

At Ritzy it was mainly teens. The book I read in a review is much more bloody and its been toned down to get a 12 certificate.

 

[dynamicbaddog]

It does a running 'explosions' joke that works well, excellent drugs humour, it has rob riggle from the daily show (there's a stunning joke at the end with him and a penis) james franco's little brother is quite good I suppose. There's a wonderful swipe at remaking stuff from the 80s early on.

Hill and Tatum actually play off each other really well. I'll see this one again, I think.

yes, I went to see this afternoon and enjoyed it a lot. Everyone else in the cinema was laughing along as well

 

[Reno]

If Not Us, Who? a German drama about how Gudrun Ensslin got radicalised in the 60s and her relationship with the writer Bernward Vesper, who she eventually left for Andreas Baader. Pretty good even if it meanders somewhat towards the end. Much preferred this to The Baader Meinhof Complex, which tried to cover too much and ended up being too action based and rather superficial. This concentrates on the gradual change of just one of its members over a decade and felt both psychologically and politically more insightful and involving.

Then I borrowed a friend's 15 year old and we went to see The Hunger Games. I thought it was watchable, but no great shakes. The boy, who had read the books, liked it. I didn't like the art direction for the futuristic world, which was a bit of a mess and loads of scifi cliches we've seen many times before. The dystopian reality TV satire felt obvious and stale. It's gets better in the second half when the games get underway, but still not that great. As a film it's rather bland and as people keep bringing up other kids literary franchises, it's nowhere in the same class as the better Harry Potter films (though almost anything is better than Twilight). Jennifer Lawrence holds the film together and makes a likeable heroine in a role not too dissimilar from the one she played in the excellent indie thriller Winter's Bone.

 

[mrs quoad]

Just back from If Not Us.

First cinema film I've proper enjoyed in ages.

Then we came out & Artichoke was all, like, crikey! I wasn't expecting them to be that active! I thought they'd just be a bit politically active!

And I was, like, dude, Baader Meinhof? Srsly? We talked about them at quite some length, when we were deciding to go see the film. You know about them. You knew about them from ages back.

And she was all like wut?!? That was them?! Then who was Baader?

And then she was properly surprised.

Top film. Only 8 people in the screening, too!

 

[mrs quoad]

Also, it started with a cat who's just like Reno's.

 

[dynamicbaddog]

that marigold hotel brit flick film.

a harmless way to waste a couple of hours

good acting in that, but it was a bit too harmless' for my liking

 

[Reno]

Also, it started with a cat who's just like Reno's.

Jews of the animal world.

 

[belboid]

Into the Abyss - new Herzog doc about capital punishment, told around the events of one particular murderous evening. As powerful, and moving as you might expect, unsentimental, frequently harsh, and surprisingly funny at times.

Despite this being a special preview, clearly advertised as with live (by videolink) Q&A with Werner immediately after the showing, nigh on half the ticket buyers still thought this meant they should show up twenty odd minutes after the film began. Eejits.