What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt2)
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Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
but that backs up what I said in the first paragraph and even suggests that Westerns don't even have to be set in a specific era, mentioning films like The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada. There's even westerns set in space.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I doubt it, it's pretty blatantly referencing Westerns. It's like saying The Proposition isn't a Western.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
No it isn't, not at all - 'referencing' westerns isn't the same as being a western. It may contain a couple of themes in common with westerns, but so do a hell of a lot of films. Your definition is so vague as to include the likes of Schindlers List. It is kinda structured like a western, but, again, so are many films.
Wrong time, place, setting. They weren't 'landowners' - they were company bosses. And they weren't farmers, they were workers. It wasn't a frontier town. It's politics were explicit. None of those factors would matter on there own, but add them altogether and....
It isn't a western.
Wrong time, place, setting. They weren't 'landowners' - they were company bosses. And they weren't farmers, they were workers. It wasn't a frontier town. It's politics were explicit. None of those factors would matter on there own, but add them altogether and....
It isn't a western.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
i say it's a western - themes, politics, characters, plot - landowners/company bosses - all the same thing
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
anyway, it's a top film and i recommend it highly, western or not
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
Watched this... thought it was rubbish
jeff_leigh
What happened to Dubversion ?
Spun
I haven't seen the film, but this.
Referencing a western is not the same as being a Western!
You could probably argue that Star Wars was a western, given OU's logic!
moonsi til
worked it out now!
I watched Half Nelson which didn't seem to go anywhere apart from exploring the human condition. Had very good music though.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
SW IS a western - just one set in space.
Whatebver it is, it's a bloody great film, well well worth seeing.
She is great in that role, has Forest Whittaker turne up yet?
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
It's a western in the same way that the sci-fi series "Firefly" was a western: Thematically.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
"Face/Off" followed by "Sleepers".
TitanSound
Mr Beardy Drummer
Punisher: War Zone. Had a stinking hangover all day so was good to watch some action trash. Not a bad film considering.
Apart from this description being less than correct, this is an excellent film that I would reccomend to anyone.
My favourite film probably. And it really happened.
edit: I watched Endgame last night, which is an independent film about the negotiations between PW Botha's proxies and the ANC's Mbeki. I have bneen looking out for it on the internet since I heard about it and was very suprised to find that my first opportunity to watch it was on Channel 4 last night.
It was quite dull to be honest, and i think neglected to cast the negotiations as being as forced by events as they were. It played as a sort of Great Men Banging Heads Over a Table rather than the negotiations being the surface phenomena they must have been when the fait accompli was acknowledged by all sides.
Daniel
DelusionalDancer Since1991
How to lose friends and alienate people.
Not a bad little film had some laughing moments but pretty entertaining throughout, got Casino for tonight.
Also watched death race the other night, thought that was very good, mainly cos it was a lot better then I expected it to be.
Not a bad little film had some laughing moments but pretty entertaining throughout, got Casino for tonight.
Also watched death race the other night, thought that was very good, mainly cos it was a lot better then I expected it to be.
Casino the Scorcese film? Good film, that.
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