QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
"Elysium". It was shit but I asked for a "easy to watch, shit film" and that's what I got.
What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)
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DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
Godzilla. (the new one)
A cross between Monsters, Aliens, a teensy bit Starship Troopers and... Godzilla. The cinematography is excellent, made for the cinema, obviously.
The effects are reassuringly big, your volume should be turned up to 'just passed acceptable' and it's a good enough romp with, sadly, no blood or gore.
The use of smoke, cloud and other means to obscure our hero turns into utter annoyance by then end as you feel short-changed . You get Godzilla for about 5% of the movie.
A cross between Monsters, Aliens, a teensy bit Starship Troopers and... Godzilla. The cinematography is excellent, made for the cinema, obviously.
The effects are reassuringly big, your volume should be turned up to 'just passed acceptable' and it's a good enough romp with, sadly, no blood or gore.
The use of smoke, cloud and other means to obscure our hero turns into utter annoyance by then end as you feel short-changed . You get Godzilla for about 5% of the movie.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
The Grand Seduction.
Set in a Newfoundland fishing harbour, where the fish stopped biting a long time ago, and people are reduced to being government artists, i.e. drawers of the dole.
There's a possibility of a new factory opening up, but only if the town has a resident doctor. Brendan Gleeson hatches a cunning plot to catch and keep a medic, by introducing him to the superior pace of life in rural Newfoundland.
An inoffensive movie, but the sort of thing where you think "haven't I seen this before?"
Set in a Newfoundland fishing harbour, where the fish stopped biting a long time ago, and people are reduced to being government artists, i.e. drawers of the dole.
There's a possibility of a new factory opening up, but only if the town has a resident doctor. Brendan Gleeson hatches a cunning plot to catch and keep a medic, by introducing him to the superior pace of life in rural Newfoundland.
An inoffensive movie, but the sort of thing where you think "haven't I seen this before?"
Impossible Girl
Time traveller and Companion
Finished The Walking Dead season 5. Now I believe I'll stay vegetarian forever 
Foxcatcher. It was alright but not the greatness I'd hoped. The performances are supposedly great but I couldn't imagine Channing Tatum coming across as anything other than a big daft get anyway and Steve Carrel just has a big nose stuck on and talks slow. Okay so he was a coke snorting spoilt rich kid whose mum paid for him to have a friend but I just never felt he was that mental....and I knew the ending, which kind of spoilt it.
seeing as they have only aired 13 out of 16 episodes, this sounds a bit implausible.
Impossible Girl
Time traveller and Companion
Sorry, my bad, I meant "finished to catch up". Indeed season 5 isn't over yet, thanks for correcting me 
The Great Beauty
A stunning film to look at. There were quite a few points during the long running time where I wasn't sure what was going on though, and what with the slow pacing and some fairly interchangeable characters it was a bit of an effort to keep focused all the way through. That being said, it wasn't too much of a problem because the film didn't seem to have a very clear narrative anyway so I was still able to enjoy it mainly and just purely as a visual thing it really did look fantastic.
A stunning film to look at. There were quite a few points during the long running time where I wasn't sure what was going on though, and what with the slow pacing and some fairly interchangeable characters it was a bit of an effort to keep focused all the way through. That being said, it wasn't too much of a problem because the film didn't seem to have a very clear narrative anyway so I was still able to enjoy it mainly and just purely as a visual thing it really did look fantastic.
Indeliblelink
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The Big Trail (1930), early sound era western from Raoul Walsh, worth watching because it features a young John Wayne in his first starring role and because it was one of the first films to be shot in widescreen 70mm which means it looks gorgeous.
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DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Powers- quite good. Its a world where superheroes are real and theres a department of law enforcement designed to deal with them. Quite good. Sony Playstation have put the money into this one but its not a game tie-in afaik, they are just diversifying. Eddie Izzard continues his odd career twist playing a Baddie in american shows (he was also a murderer in Hannibal)
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
I was meaning to rewatch that - I'm off to see Dianne Wiest at the theatre on saturday
mwgdrwg
Be a Pisces. Jam.
What is she in?
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Hannah and Her Sisters.
She won the Best Supporting Oscar for Holly, Hannah's sister. And another one for Bullets Over Broadway.
mwgdrwg
Be a Pisces. Jam.
Lol, yes I know that. I meant what play is she in?
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
mwgdrwg
Be a Pisces. Jam.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Mysterious Skin - brilliant and a little disturbing.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Fiddler on The Roof
I don't really do musicals but I was told this one would be good. It is. 'If I was a rich Man' is a tune.
I don't really do musicals but I was told this one would be good. It is. 'If I was a rich Man' is a tune.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
epic 'we've all had a drink' moment where the big beards dispute the honest tailors suit
Impossible Girl
Time traveller and Companion
Castle Season 1, with Nathan Fillion. Well that's just the icing on the cake. Someone got me at "crime fiction writer imitated by a psychopath"
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
John Wicks- Keanu Reeves in sad mode for fifteen minutes after his wife dies and the puppy she sends him from her death bed is killed by a load of very nasty Russians. Turns out he is an ex paid killer ( there seems to be quite a few of these about in films either that or retired CIA operatives) and surprisingly seeks revenge. Never mind all that kung fu bollocks this fella must have shot about forty people in the film but its fast paced , got a good twist in some of the action being set in a hotel for hitmen and its got William Defoe in it. If you want mindless fast paced violence then don't bother with re runs of Ashley Barnes against Chelsea and settle down with this.
ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
Haven't seen it in years but it's my Dad's favourite film along with Oliver, so saw it many times as a kid. It was the only time he ever remembered he was Jewish. I'd like to watch it again, but fear I may start clapping my hands and shouting "Oi" a lot during normal life.
Was that the one that also had a young John Simm?
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Yes - Simm is not someone I know in any other context, but I saw the name in the credits.
Wasn't he the twunt in Life on Mars? I know I could just google that.
edit: yeah, it totes is.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
The Canal - quite decent effective little irish horror with a few genuinely creepy moments. Not a hint of originality - in fact, three scenes are direct steals from the most feted horror films of recent years - but a fair enough time waster. Also is going to be hampered by its terrible terrible cover poster which makes it look like one of those shit 80s horror vids you could hire from the newsagents. Seriously bad choice that may hamper distro deals/sales.
The Pine Tree in the Mountain - rather good yugo/croat film about the war between the home army/ustase/villagers and partisans in ww2 (up a mountain again). All the classic yugo partisan tropes are there (a brave commandant who gets his loving where he can and whilst avenging the murder of his wife and kids, the commissar haunted by the decisions he has to make, the cunning cowardly villagers, the regular army officer torn between duty and family etc) but are put together to create a really focused look at the civil war aspect of what is happening - everything is between villages around 4 miles apart. One annoying bit, there's an assault around a ferry towards the end and ferry is consistently translated as fairy, so they keep talking about attacking the fairy.
The Pine Tree in the Mountain - rather good yugo/croat film about the war between the home army/ustase/villagers and partisans in ww2 (up a mountain again). All the classic yugo partisan tropes are there (a brave commandant who gets his loving where he can and whilst avenging the murder of his wife and kids, the commissar haunted by the decisions he has to make, the cunning cowardly villagers, the regular army officer torn between duty and family etc) but are put together to create a really focused look at the civil war aspect of what is happening - everything is between villages around 4 miles apart. One annoying bit, there's an assault around a ferry towards the end and ferry is consistently translated as fairy, so they keep talking about attacking the fairy.
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