DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
Well obviously it's ludicrous...but what's the action like?
What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)
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TheHoodedClaw
acknowledging ur soup leg
Pretty po-faced, imo. White House Down, which has a near-identical plot, is much more fun.
DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
Ah well.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
The Drop - slow based yet gripping thriller set in the hapless world of illegal money
sovereignb
Well-Known Member
Just watched this too. Was quite disappointed to be honest...much preferred The Town, which others have compared it to.
ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
Oh ta much, I've never seen it, and had completely forgotten it existed. Not on crappy Netflix or Amazon Prime so I've just bought a copy, as well as this, which I've meant to pick up:
I skated with Hosoi a couple of times in '88, once a kerb session in Venice Beach and the other doing some sketchy downhill on the streets of San Francisco - it was like he was made of liquid steel
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Another two episodes of the Americans season one. It's not bad, and I think I'll stick with it, but it is transparently obvious that it's a way to talk about the various fears that beset suburban white America, and I do mean white.
Then, later - Peter Weir's The Last Wave. Remember the scene with the tree rings in Vertigo ("here I was born, and here I died")? Remember how eerie and creepy it was? Well, this is a whole film like that. A lawyer in 70s Sydney experiences increasingly bizarre dreams, at the same time as he takes on the case of some Aboriginals accused of the manslaughter of one of their friends. He quickly finds that he has got in over his head, and in a mystical direction.
Like the scene where the wee Russian lad fights, and gets the better of, an African-American guy twice his size.
Then, later - Peter Weir's The Last Wave. Remember the scene with the tree rings in Vertigo ("here I was born, and here I died")? Remember how eerie and creepy it was? Well, this is a whole film like that. A lawyer in 70s Sydney experiences increasingly bizarre dreams, at the same time as he takes on the case of some Aboriginals accused of the manslaughter of one of their friends. He quickly finds that he has got in over his head, and in a mystical direction.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Fifty Dead Men Walking. The based-on-true-events story of an IRA informant
Ben Kingsley plays the handler
Ben Kingsley plays the handler
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Not bad for what it was, I thought.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
tad simplistic in its politics but it told a story well enough. 70s belfast looks grim
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
When I was watching Good Vibrations, the Teri Hooley film (definitely worth your attention, by the way), I thought "wow, they really did well recreating the look of 70s Belfast". Then I realised that Belfast still looks like that.
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
The Iceman - Michael Shannon is very very good as a stone-cold Mafia hitman, but the movie around him is murky, confused and derivative. (The "revelation" of his abusive childhood is pretty grimly predictable.)The cast is very high-calibre throughout in fact: Winona Ryder is OK as his wife, Ray Liotta is, effectively, Ray Liotta again as a hot-tempered mob boss, James Franco gets a cameo as yet another hit victim. There's lots of killing but very little excitement - it's all so murky and low-key that you don't get much sense of tension, or a plot. Not quite sure how a movie about a guy who whacked at least 100-250 people could be dull but it is, a bit.
Untouchable (aka Les Intouchables in France and The Intouchables- neither English or French! in the US). It's basically The Diving Bell and the Butterfly mashed up with Driving Miss Daisy set in France. Quadriplegic French aristocrat hires semi-criminal welfare claimant from the banlieue to be his carer. Inevitably, they bond, over big spliffs, irresponsible driving in fast cars, commercial sex and other luxury thrills. Some of the humour/banter is agreeably bitter and harsh ... are you surprised that the veyr highlight of a French film is is sarcasm? ... but much of it is groaningly clichéd (oh, look at that 'street' guy liven up all the aristocratic stiffs at a stuffy birthday party with his capering dance routine!). Its politics are all over the place and the attitude to women in particular really stinks. But it does have its moments and Omar Sy is a charismatic actor even when his character's being annoying on every level.
Untouchable (aka Les Intouchables in France and The Intouchables- neither English or French! in the US). It's basically The Diving Bell and the Butterfly mashed up with Driving Miss Daisy set in France. Quadriplegic French aristocrat hires semi-criminal welfare claimant from the banlieue to be his carer. Inevitably, they bond, over big spliffs, irresponsible driving in fast cars, commercial sex and other luxury thrills. Some of the humour/banter is agreeably bitter and harsh ... are you surprised that the veyr highlight of a French film is is sarcasm? ... but much of it is groaningly clichéd (oh, look at that 'street' guy liven up all the aristocratic stiffs at a stuffy birthday party with his capering dance routine!). Its politics are all over the place and the attitude to women in particular really stinks. But it does have its moments and Omar Sy is a charismatic actor even when his character's being annoying on every level.
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ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Karl Urban does Ol' Stony-face better than that mumbling muscle-bound mutt Stallone did. I'd love to see another one too, perhaps the Judge Cal saga?
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
TBF Arrow pissed me off with the jumping backward and forward, but it kind of pays off for season 2, and the flashbacks were less intrusive.
Steel Icarus
we move
Not last night but Saturday - Northern Soul. It was pretty good but I wouldn't buy it or watch it again, I don't think. Expected more for some reason.
starfish
No dialogue. Just plot.
Stallone did deserve to play Dredd first though. I can remember reading that Carlos Ezquerra did base Dredds jaw/mouth on Stallones.
Oh ta much, I've never seen it, and had completely forgotten it existed. Not on crappy Netflix or Amazon Prime so I've just bought a copy, as well as this, which I've meant to pick up:
I skated with Hosoi a couple of times in '88, once a kerb session in Venice Beach and the other doing some sketchy downhill on the streets of San Francisco - it was like he was made of liquid steel
Hmm, I've a mate who used to ride Hosoi's ramp probably similar times.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
I'm doing a watch of Troubles era films in conjunction with reading some pretty grim and murky histories. Last night was '71. Talk about a nightmare for that bloke. Will have to watch last half again as kept nodding off (2am 
). The obvious choice for tonight is In the Name of The Father. Might have to watch Jupiter Ascending first though
). The obvious choice for tonight is In the Name of The Father. Might have to watch Jupiter Ascending first though
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Thought he based it on Spaghetti Western-era Eastwood?
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
That's what I thought. Mad Max was also an influence, I believe.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
All 4 seasons?
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
David Carradine, Death Race 2000
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
stath did a shit remake of that^
starfish
No dialogue. Just plot.
Nah, just the first 3 episodes
I might persevere with it though.
starfish
No dialogue. Just plot.
I think there were a few influences on the character design but am pretty certain mouth/jaw was Stallone.
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