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The missus and I tried watching Taxidermia on ketamine the other night

Synopsis: Gyorgy Palfi's grotesque tale of three generations of men, including an obese speed eater, an embalmer of gigantic cats, and a man who shoots fire out of his penis"

That was quite odd

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I watched Deathproof - with the last section on fast forward... don't want to waste too many minutes of my life on car chases (says she as she spends the evening posting on urban...)
 
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You sat through all that bullshit idle chat in the car and forwarded past the last bit? Where they're chasing in the car? I thought that was the only good bit, probably made better by the fact the whole in car idle chat section was so tedious. :confused:

I finished season1 of The Wire, my mate better remember to bring s2 into work tomorrow.
 
Kes

for the first time in ages. not a good choice when you're feeling delicate after a mashy weekend. i bawled my eyes out. :(
 
London to Brighton.Deep stuff.I wouldn't have watched it after me dinner if I knew it was gonna be that deep though..Very well shot though.
 
[.Rec] Pretty good, not amazing or anything but good. One of those horror films where you keep shouting 'dont do that!' 'DONT GO IN THERE YOU TWAT' at the screen. I want a horror film where people do what you would do and still end up fucked :cool:
 
I watched Happy Go Lucky last night and, despite misgivings, I loved it.
The main problem is that I just do not know anyone like the heroine, Poppy, with her effervescence and constant positivity and hilarity in reaction to a challenging world - do people like her really exist or is just beacause everyone I know is a crabby cynic? It was interesting to think about regardless. A character like Poppy has the potential to be irritating, but Sally Hawkins' performance is completely disarming and she amazingly gets away with it - I even fell in love with her a little :oops: Eddie Marsan's counter performance is perfect - all tightly coiled rage and bitterness - I have definitely encountered people like him. The plot was a trifle contrived (esp the subplot of the abused kid and the scene with the tramp) and the music was that annoying plaintive brass ensemble common to Leigh films that's so at odds with its subject.
It was a thoughtful and moving film though all in all.
 
I watched Happy Go Lucky last night and, despite misgivings, I loved it.
The main problem is that I just do not know anyone like the heroine, Poppy, with her effervescence and constant positivity and hilarity in reaction to a challenging world - do people like her really exist or is just beacause everyone I know is a crabby cynic? It was interesting to think about regardless. A character like Poppy has the potential to be irritating, but Sally Hawkins' performance is completely disarming and she amazingly gets away with it - I even fell in love with her a little :oops: Eddie Marsan's counter performance is perfect - all tightly coiled rage and bitterness - I have definitely encountered people like him. The plot was a trifle contrived (esp the subplot of the abused kid and the scene with the tramp) and the music was that annoying plaintive brass ensemble common to Leigh films that's so at odds with its subject.
It was a thoughtful and moving film though all in all.

We were going to see this yesterday, and then Annierak decided to show me one of her favourite pubs. Quite a lot of hours later, we decided to give it a miss :oops::D
 
London to Brighton.Deep stuff.I wouldn't have watched it after me dinner if I knew it was gonna be that deep though..Very well shot though.

i rented this out a few months back but i had to switch off as it was too grim for me. i seem to have a newly accquired sensitivity to films such as this. another one i switched off for similar reasons was 'this is england'.

i'm looking forward to renting juno sometime soon.
 
London to Brighton.Deep stuff.I wouldn't have watched it after me dinner if I knew it was gonna be that deep though..Very well shot though.


Why did you think it was deep ? The film exploited issues like child sex abuse, poverty and prostitution for shock value and ended being a rather implausable thriller with a fairy tale ending that was a complete cop out.
 
First 3 episodes of The Wire series 2.

Story seems interesting enough but I'm sure I'm missing things through not knowing enough about dockers/unions/russians/whatever:hmm:
 
Watched the new Joy Division documentary yesterday at Manchester Cornerhouse. Absolutley stunning, very moving film. I want to see it again :cool:
 
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