Both discs (Concert and documentary) of Iron Maiden's "!En Vivo!" . I have metal fatigue.
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What ruined Starter For Ten for me, was the soundtrack. "Pictures Of You" by The Cure. Came out 1989. The film? Set 1985. Such little music niggles totally take me out of the film. Totally. I know my music enough to know when songs come out ; broke the reality of the setting.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Un Prophete & season 4 of Being Human
Garek
Living n ADDled chaos
After watching this last week, I am following it up this week with The Running Man.
On a more serious note I have also seen Winter's Bone which I thought was a fine film, with fantastic acting from the lead.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
first 4 episodes of Spiral
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_(TV_series)
excellent, a French Wire/Shield/Law and Order hybrid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_(TV_series)
excellent, a French Wire/Shield/Law and Order hybrid
Garek
Living n ADDled chaos
This film is terrible. I used to like it, but then that was when I was 13.
Arnold Swa.. Is a cunt.
avu9lives
famous five member
Started watchin Weeds and i really wanted ta like it but the skinny bird in it started ta get on me tits a bit. Yeah theres thiers theirs sum great lines in it and the owd bird wiv cancer is pretty funny but they tried crammin two much into the 20 odd minutes. They shoulda made longer episodes like breakin bad an the like.
The later seasons aren't as good but I enjoyed the first.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Excellent german (swiss director) sort of thriller The Silence, review elsewhere called it a what happened next rather than a whodunnit which sums it up perfectly. Very tightly controlled (esp for a directorial debut), very tense and very thoughtful with top-notch characterisation. Nice to see these sort of films when they're done well and this one was.
Zabo
Well-Known Member
The Help
A perfect film which says very loudly 'Fuck Off' to all those whose understanding of a good film resides somewhere up the dark crevices of their arse.
Outstanding performances from the female ensemble. Brisk editing, invisible cinematography, outstanding period sets, wardrobe and hair. Humour, melodrama, culture conflict and importantly a film that eschewed any pretensions and got on with what a film should be - telling a damn good story.
5/5
A perfect film which says very loudly 'Fuck Off' to all those whose understanding of a good film resides somewhere up the dark crevices of their arse.
Outstanding performances from the female ensemble. Brisk editing, invisible cinematography, outstanding period sets, wardrobe and hair. Humour, melodrama, culture conflict and importantly a film that eschewed any pretensions and got on with what a film should be - telling a damn good story.
5/5
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Best film of the 70s.
Dr Alimantado
Balmed
Shame I wasn't into the Cure enough to spot that. Maybe that's where James McAvoy was coming from when he said the director produced a film that was how he (the director) remembered the times rather than how they were.
Last film was Knocked Up last night, comedy - a bit different from your average U.S. film. The same dude & (in effect) character from Pineapple Express - he was the best thing in it.
Tonight, Matthew, its crap movie night - Natasha Henridge & James Cromwell in "Impact!" a two night TV movie event. The moon is going to impact on Earth, innit? The CGI is shite...
avu9lives
famous five member
My Week With Marilyn Couldn't warm ta the women playing Marilyn at all! OK she got the mannerisms right most of the time but she didn't have the screen presence ta carry it off. I just kept thinkin thats not marilyn thats someone tryin ta play her. Didn't think brannagh was that good either as olivier, sayin that though the girlfriend really enjoyed it! horses fer courses innit!
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Oh aye, kid with a bike - never a bad move from these. Think chip barm liked it earlier in the thread - anyone, look at these peoples past films, pick one, can't go wrong.
Zabo
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This Must Be the Place
Still thinking about this. Two words that spring to mind are peculiar and strange. Nice to see him in a non shouting role for a change. The D.P. seems to have been influenced by Roy Andersson.
http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/this-must-be-the-place-v538548
Still thinking about this. Two words that spring to mind are peculiar and strange. Nice to see him in a non shouting role for a change. The D.P. seems to have been influenced by Roy Andersson.
http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/this-must-be-the-place-v538548
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Reno did a thread on this. I still don't know.
Zabo
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Yep. Not a bad read. Interesting.
http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/this-must-be-the-place.290576/
DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
After watching the animated 'Batman Under the Red Hood' and 'Batman/Superman' I watched the older (by over a decade) Batman Mask of the Phantasm. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106364/
Just as with the other two I can highly recommend this, Red Hood for me is the best but I couldn't argue with anyone who put a good case for this. Alfred gets some wonderful, sometimes hysterical, lines, it challenges Wayne's development...the creation of Phantasm and Batman in this universe is on par with Miller's Year One (and in one scene it seems to pay homage to Moore's Killing Joke). There are glimpses of Joker's depths which, as in Red Hood, like the comics and of course Heath's performance, shows why he is such an important character.
I watched this on dvd but it's all over youtube (mask of the phantasm part 1) and I'm surprised at how much I'm recommending these films.
Just as with the other two I can highly recommend this, Red Hood for me is the best but I couldn't argue with anyone who put a good case for this. Alfred gets some wonderful, sometimes hysterical, lines, it challenges Wayne's development...the creation of Phantasm and Batman in this universe is on par with Miller's Year One (and in one scene it seems to pay homage to Moore's Killing Joke). There are glimpses of Joker's depths which, as in Red Hood, like the comics and of course Heath's performance, shows why he is such an important character.
I watched this on dvd but it's all over youtube (mask of the phantasm part 1) and I'm surprised at how much I'm recommending these films.
Johnny Canuck3
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Still watching M15. I've never seen a programme with more zest for killing off lead characters.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
having been unwell over the weekend, caught up with a few lightweight offerings that I'd meant to catch.
The Inbetweeners Movie - well, the first half hour of it. I could cope with entirely derivative nonsense if it were well done, or badly made films that are original, but this was neither.
Super 8 - better than expected. Good performances form the kids, kept us entertained, tho no more than that.
Wolverine - well....there's some nice scenery in it, lovely shots of Milford Sound. Otherwise, it's a real Pont l'Eveque
Quantum of Solace - confused, nonsensical, a bit all over the shop, but some good chase scenes.
I then realised that watching all that I'd missed an ultra-rare opportunity to see one of the latter Alex Cox movies! Thankfully this was sorted last night, when I watched Repo Chick. In almost no way a follow up to Repo Man, its an ultra-cheap slice of absurdity, lambasting US capitalism in the wake of Freddy & Fanny. A cracking speech about why we are all communists replaces the 'I blame society' one. Hugely entertaining, its still watchable on iplayer for another day or so
The Inbetweeners Movie - well, the first half hour of it. I could cope with entirely derivative nonsense if it were well done, or badly made films that are original, but this was neither.
Super 8 - better than expected. Good performances form the kids, kept us entertained, tho no more than that.
Wolverine - well....there's some nice scenery in it, lovely shots of Milford Sound. Otherwise, it's a real Pont l'Eveque
Quantum of Solace - confused, nonsensical, a bit all over the shop, but some good chase scenes.
I then realised that watching all that I'd missed an ultra-rare opportunity to see one of the latter Alex Cox movies! Thankfully this was sorted last night, when I watched Repo Chick. In almost no way a follow up to Repo Man, its an ultra-cheap slice of absurdity, lambasting US capitalism in the wake of Freddy & Fanny. A cracking speech about why we are all communists replaces the 'I blame society' one. Hugely entertaining, its still watchable on iplayer for another day or so
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Followed Repo Chick up with Cox's earlier 'micro-budget' (under $200k) movie, Searchers 2.0
Again, it has almost nothing to do with the movie it sounds like it should be a sequel to, but is the tale of two child actors going to seek their revenge on a cruel taskmaster of a screenwriter. Filled with much fun debate around the nature of westerns and revenger movies, its another highly enjoyable romp across america, decrying the state of early 21st century cinema/capitalism
Again, it has almost nothing to do with the movie it sounds like it should be a sequel to, but is the tale of two child actors going to seek their revenge on a cruel taskmaster of a screenwriter. Filled with much fun debate around the nature of westerns and revenger movies, its another highly enjoyable romp across america, decrying the state of early 21st century cinema/capitalism
Zabo
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Reykjavík-Rotterdam
Not bad in the genre of crime thrillers. The usual stock in trade cast: ugly, psychopathic heavy, handsome reformed convict, wife and 2.3 kids, guns, police, fast cars but alas no kittens. A few twists and turns including a bit of double crossing but nothing out of the ordinary.
Sad news is that Wahlberg is going to Americanise it with the name Contraband.
Synopsis and clip
http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/reykjavik-rotterdam-v473518
3/5
Not bad in the genre of crime thrillers. The usual stock in trade cast: ugly, psychopathic heavy, handsome reformed convict, wife and 2.3 kids, guns, police, fast cars but alas no kittens. A few twists and turns including a bit of double crossing but nothing out of the ordinary.
Sad news is that Wahlberg is going to Americanise it with the name Contraband.
Synopsis and clip
http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/reykjavik-rotterdam-v473518
3/5
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