ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Primer. Nicely different kind of film. Gave me funny dreams. Worth another watch I think.
What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt2)
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Reno
The In Kraut
Not being a maths genius this film was incomprehensible to me, but when I watched it with the directors commentary it suddenly got interesting.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
I saw this in a little screening room in Soho when it was released and it confused the fuck out of me.....but I enjoyed it.
Not been brave enough to go back and try it again.
got that uni soldier to watch..any good?
I liked JCVD, gave me hope that he as going in a more enjoyable direction
Hmm. It's a direct to DVD film, so that tells you all you need to know. JCVD and Dolph really show their age-especially JCVD and from what I understand, he is younger than Dolph.
Overall, the best way to sum up is: if they dont get to see it, it' no big deal. If you do get to see it, its no big deal either.
Voley
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Public Enemies. Could've been great but wasn't, really. Not sure what I disliked about it particularly but it's probably Christian Bale. For some reason he decided to talk like George Bush in this.
Also saw Mark Thomas - Serious Organised Criminal. First thing of his I've seen in ages and I liked it a lot even if it's a bit self-congratulatory. I used to go and see him a lot when he was starting out as a comedian and I thought he'd gone off the boil a bit of late. I really liked this, though. Good balance between outright comedy and political manifesto. When he just spouts politics he's pretty boring but this got the balance right I thought.
Also saw Mark Thomas - Serious Organised Criminal. First thing of his I've seen in ages and I liked it a lot even if it's a bit self-congratulatory. I used to go and see him a lot when he was starting out as a comedian and I thought he'd gone off the boil a bit of late. I really liked this, though. Good balance between outright comedy and political manifesto. When he just spouts politics he's pretty boring but this got the balance right I thought.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
They Live by Night - classic film noir.
And Scooby Doo today - classic zany toon ruined by big budget studio vision. Apart from Velma; who's a hottie.
And Scooby Doo today - classic zany toon ruined by big budget studio vision. Apart from Velma; who's a hottie.
Voley
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Really want to see that. Looks ace.
rollinder
Dont walk away in silence
First episode of Men Behaving Badly - never seen Series One before,
Surprising how much of the basic set up/main characters was already there - but definitely a leap in quality when Tony arrived and even more when it switched to bbc.
Harry Enfield waas far too gormless but overwise basically just your average throwaway/instantly forgettable ITV sitcom
Surprising how much of the basic set up/main characters was already there - but definitely a leap in quality when Tony arrived and even more when it switched to bbc.
Harry Enfield waas far too gormless but overwise basically just your average throwaway/instantly forgettable ITV sitcom
heinous seamus
Perfect in an empty room
Just watched Dr. Strangelove, had to go back to the start after about twenty minutes cos I couldn't work out what was going on 
Go there in the end though
Go there in the end though
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
I watched Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones......hmmm.....I reckon the critics are gonna fucking slaughter him.
Nothing much really happens, they strip out any of the shocking stuff from the book, make it all glossy and clean and ambiguous, all the interesting characters are sidelined, those that are left get no real development, the mother's roles is almost zilch, the father's not much more, the event that opens the book comes 15 minutes in to the film and all the timelines are screwed about with so that it all fits nicely in a 18month period instead of years.
A disapointing adaptation of a book that that didn't really work anyway. Interestingly, Jackson has had Alice Sebold agree that she won't get involved with any promotion for the film which suggests to me he's worried she will find it hard to comment positively on how he's carved the guts out of her book, and made little more than very shallow heavenly fantasy film.
Shame really because there was enough good stuff in the book to make a very good film....but Jackson's left all the good stuff out.
Nothing much really happens, they strip out any of the shocking stuff from the book, make it all glossy and clean and ambiguous, all the interesting characters are sidelined, those that are left get no real development, the mother's roles is almost zilch, the father's not much more, the event that opens the book comes 15 minutes in to the film and all the timelines are screwed about with so that it all fits nicely in a 18month period instead of years.
A disapointing adaptation of a book that that didn't really work anyway. Interestingly, Jackson has had Alice Sebold agree that she won't get involved with any promotion for the film which suggests to me he's worried she will find it hard to comment positively on how he's carved the guts out of her book, and made little more than very shallow heavenly fantasy film.
Shame really because there was enough good stuff in the book to make a very good film....but Jackson's left all the good stuff out.
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
There are a number of deliberate continuity errors in PF and apparently they're supposed to reflect how people see/hear/recall stuff differently (it also crops up in Resevoir Dogs)
I didn't read anything about BAR before watching it, and while it was a bit Coen-Bros-By-The-Numbers I felt the performances lifted it well, and let's face it, a 'bad' Coen Bros film is still head and shoulders above pretty much anyone elses 'Average to Good'
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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I like that it doesn't spell it all out for you, you have to really think about how all the time travel is working. An enjoyable film that looks like it can still give more on repeat viewings. Far more palatable an option now that we live in the video age and the 'book of the film' isn't the only way to 'see' the film again. Sadly I watched it on my phone so it wasn't very cinematic, I'll go for the DVD next time. I liked the editing and the way the filming was pretty much limited to only focusing closely on the two leads. It's always nice to see something different.
i watched over christmas Telstar, the Joe Meek Story, which was entertaining enough, but a bit cheesy when he was going mad and the camera was wobbling all over the place and there was the echoing voices. then I watched Three Extremes, three short asian horror films in one, it has one by that Takeshi Miike, they were all very interesting, tho the middle one gave me very odd nightmares.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
it was the crunchy noise they made. also the bit where her tongue suddenly slithers out like a lizard.
i wouldn't want to see a full length version, it was long enough.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Beat me to it.
Reno
The In Kraut
Dumplings is one of my favourite films of the last few years. I think it works much better than the cut down version and is more of a drama than a horror film. It's beautifully shot by the great Chris Doyle and both actresses are fantastic.
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
Battlestar Gallactica "Eye of Jupiter" and "Rapture". Very good 
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I thought the long one came first (or at least at the same time) and a shorter edit was made for the three extremes volume 2. The long one is supposed to be much better but I have never seen it. My favorite of the 3 extremes vol 2 was the park chan wook one. I was pretty disappointed by the miike takashi box one.
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