butchersapron
Bring back hanging
He was 105 years old when he made that.
What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)
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redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
And from his IMDB page it looks like he's still going!
Grandma Death
Reconfiguring & Reconstructing
So I watched the 'Muslims are coming' an interesting documentary about a group of muslim comedians doing a free tour around the US to challenge preconceptions about muslims. It wasn't bad as it goes and there are some really interesting parts-for example where they put up a stall in some western town and ask people to guess the religous text and where it came from-those that took part could choose from the Old Testament, The New Testament and the Koran-that was quite an eye opener.
I also watched Dallas Buyers Club. Not bad-the homophobia was a little grinding in it-yes it was part of that culture but still depressing neverthless. Great performance form Matthew M-which held my interest. Overall a 7
I also watched Dallas Buyers Club. Not bad-the homophobia was a little grinding in it-yes it was part of that culture but still depressing neverthless. Great performance form Matthew M-which held my interest. Overall a 7
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
Trust The Man (2005) - sort of wannabe "romantic" comedy focusing on dysfunctional lives & loves of 4 neurotic New Yorkers. An amazing cast (Julianne Moore, David Duchovny, Billy Crudup & Maggie Gyllenhaal ) mostly wasted on smug, navel-gazing, whiny 1%er ism as they go about all the NYC locations you've already seen, exploring all the "modern" dilemmas (porn, sex addiction, why won't men commit, sexless marriage, bla bla bla) you've already heard about a million times. It's not unbearable - there are hints of a spiky and more realist approach to these things and some comedy-awkward moments - but like its characters it's sexist, self-absorbed and unattractive. One critic summed it up as "Whiny Petulant Manchildren and the Women Who Just Can't Change Them" which pretty much nails it. Do NOT trust the man who directed this movie.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_(TV_series)
Finished watching first series of Revolution, which is a post apocalyptic series - scientists take the world back several hundred years when the develop some nano-tech that stops all electrical devices working - American gets divided into competing republics - mass civil war - but there is a way to 'turn the lights back on'
enjoyable far fetched nonsense
Finished watching first series of Revolution, which is a post apocalyptic series - scientists take the world back several hundred years when the develop some nano-tech that stops all electrical devices working - American gets divided into competing republics - mass civil war - but there is a way to 'turn the lights back on'
enjoyable far fetched nonsense
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
ACAB - All cats are brilliant. Fantastic dardennes style film about 30ish woman in Greece trying to navigate between the crisis, relationships, resistance. Top notch performance from Maria Georgiadou. A film with so many layers and allusions that it needs at least two watches. Double recommend.
Starred Up (i.e moved from YOI to proper nick before time) - pretty brutal scum-ish with the big boys update, Again, good acting, but depressing. Felt real.
Coldwater - sort of US version of same but at private (legal) bootcamp type thing. Rubbish, no characters came across as real, hence the threats to turn people inside out seemed laughable.
Starred Up (i.e moved from YOI to proper nick before time) - pretty brutal scum-ish with the big boys update, Again, good acting, but depressing. Felt real.
Coldwater - sort of US version of same but at private (legal) bootcamp type thing. Rubbish, no characters came across as real, hence the threats to turn people inside out seemed laughable.
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DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
I managed one episode of that. the sci fi srs coming out of america last two years have been v. hit and miss, and for me, this is a miss.
I watched the rest of series 1 of Shield.
top stuff.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Shell... dark and interesting.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Erm, have you seen it? What's your problem? It was definitely dark and psychologically interesting. Difficult, ambiguous and evocative too. The kind of low budget, independent film I like.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Nah, i just think that you're a twat.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Thanks for that. Now please fuck off.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
But lots of twats don't mind being called twats, They seem rather happy.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Hmm...doesn't like people jumping in on threads making pointlessly provocative comments knowing the response that they will get. Right. Really. Star. Not at all hypocritical.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
That was a strange series. Especially the way that it finished with naked Louis in the bath. Ew!
Fat men getting naked get called brave for doing such a thing. Ha!
starfish
No dialogue. Just plot.
Havent seen it all yet but that isnt a spoiler
Its very dry & droll. Took me ages before i realised it was Charles Grodin who was the caretaker. He hasnt aged well.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Charles Grodin is the best thing in it! He has an amazing view of life. He's a doctor though, not a caretaker!
(That wasn't really a spoiler BTW cos you don't know the context!)
(That wasn't really a spoiler BTW cos you don't know the context!)
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
PK Dicks adapt^^^
I'm on ep 9 of Ahield. Strange how I've come to sympathise with Vic somewhat, he's got a code. And his sometime-lover, the fierce street cop lady with the continual problems is endearing too- in a strange way. I thought she was way too 'cop' to start with but depth has been added.
I'm on ep 9 of Ahield. Strange how I've come to sympathise with Vic somewhat, he's got a code. And his sometime-lover, the fierce street cop lady with the continual problems is endearing too- in a strange way. I thought she was way too 'cop' to start with but depth has been added.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
The episode with the fat girl in it was great too.
Supine
Newt Member
One of the best written scenes on tv for a very long time
I just watched it again to make sure
I watched Capote, started then stopped Finding Eric and and then The Butler, both good films but wasn't in the mood for so finished up with the fluff of X-men 1&2.
Don't think, I know that's shit, but I'm shit, feeling shit and sometimes lightweight comic book films have their place!
Don't think, I know that's shit, but I'm shit, feeling shit and sometimes lightweight comic book films have their place!
DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
All Is Lost.
Robert Redford on a boat, alone, almost no dialogue (I'm talking 30 words, max).
It's pretty fucking good.
The soundtrack is nature, as are the effects, the acting...well I'm not sure there is any acting but if there is it's sublime. The tension comes from fixing fibreglass, climbing a pole or trying to fix a wire. Am I over-selling it?
This is an original, engrossing, emotional and immersive experience. It's like Gravity, but not.
Robert Redford on a boat, alone, almost no dialogue (I'm talking 30 words, max).
It's pretty fucking good.
The soundtrack is nature, as are the effects, the acting...well I'm not sure there is any acting but if there is it's sublime. The tension comes from fixing fibreglass, climbing a pole or trying to fix a wire. Am I over-selling it?
This is an original, engrossing, emotional and immersive experience. It's like Gravity, but not.
smmudge
i know the smudge is true
I just watched Bridesmaids, because I heard it was funny, which it was, but it was also really, really depressing. And the "happy ending" just didn't leave me convinced at all...I mean I've watched some depressing films and I would say that one was up there, maybe with like Grave of the Fireflies or something. Ok perhaps not that bad but I still feel like I could cry.
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