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Excellent; am off to see that later.
We finished the last 2 eps of This Is England '90. Exceptional acting and funny and grim in equal parts.
What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)
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Excellent; am off to see that later.
We finished the last 2 eps of This Is England '90. Exceptional acting and funny and grim in equal parts.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
So yeah, after finishing Boardwalk Empire (great stuff, 10/10 would watch again, it and the Wire are the only shows I know that really live up to the current hype about intelligent TV drama you hear all the time nowadays), I thought I'd stick with the gangster thing, and watch Jimmy Cagney in the Public Enemy. Worth seeing for Jimmy Cagney, but really more of an historical curio today.
I have to say I think Little Caesar is the better gangster flick from that era, but what's interesting about both of those films is that they're basically silent movies with sound, if you see what I mean. . . What I mean is that they were still using all the old methods of staging, directing and acting they'd built up during the silent era.
Reno, if you're still around what do you think of that? Is that a fair point regarding the history of Hollywood?
I have to say I think Little Caesar is the better gangster flick from that era, but what's interesting about both of those films is that they're basically silent movies with sound, if you see what I mean. . . What I mean is that they were still using all the old methods of staging, directing and acting they'd built up during the silent era.
Reno, if you're still around what do you think of that? Is that a fair point regarding the history of Hollywood?
TheHoodedClaw
acknowledging ur soup leg
Some of the cinematography was just ridiculously beautiful to look at.
Reno
The In Kraut
I haven't seen either film in a while, so can't comment specifically, but in general early sound film was a step back cinematically speaking and they look a little like filmed stage plays. Silent films had become very sophisticated, with fluid camera moves, effects, transitions,etc. Early sound equipment required for the camera to remain static during dialogue scenes because actors had to stay close to microphones which were hidden in props and behind sets. A late silent film like Sunrise by Murnau or Pandora's Box by Pabst looks so much more sophisticated and cinematic than most early talkies ( and they look more sophisticated than most modern films).
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I hope that happens as I've happily watched 6 hours of it this weekend. Will finish it this week, I'd imagine. Very easy to get into a 'just one more episode' loop with this. Which is what decent box sets are all about. New to this Netflix lark and impressed with the variety of stuff on offer. Will probably subscribe when my free months up.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
It Follows. A supernatural horror indie film about a girl that 'inherits' an evil entity, after sex, which follows her around.
It's all very vague and wispy and indie movie like, but I did enjoy it. Had a good John Carpenter style soundtrack. Strong performances from all involved, and it looked great, and the entity, which takes on different appearences every time it shows up, is genuinly creepy at times.
It's all very vague and wispy and indie movie like, but I did enjoy it. Had a good John Carpenter style soundtrack. Strong performances from all involved, and it looked great, and the entity, which takes on different appearences every time it shows up, is genuinly creepy at times.
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
Stoker (2013) - Chan Wook Park (who directed the Korean Vengeance trilogy so stylishly) goes to a weirdly disembodied Middle America for a gleefully nasty tale of roiling insanity, jealousy, lust, family secrets and, um, vengeance. It's very weird, deliberately so, and the flamboyance or unreality of the plot is mirrored by a sort of narcotised no-affect acting and script a lot of the time. Got no love from critics. But I rather liked it ... it looks wonderful, it's got plenty of swagger, Mia Wasikowska just brilliant, as always, Nicole Kidman not bad and the male lead Matthew Goode quite good too as the too-good-to-be-true returning uncle with secrets. (imdb says this was written by Wentworth Miller the ridiculously handsome lead actor in Prison Break! some mistake surely?)
Nanker Phelge
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He used to a pseudonym to flog the script, but it is
Reno
The In Kraut
..actually he just took the script for Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt, took out anything that was thought provoking, emotionally involving or otherwise interesting about that classic and then Park Chan-wook turned it into what looked like a life style magazine spread.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Yes, very disappointing film
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
..actually he just took the script for Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt, took out anything that was thought provoking, emotionally involving or otherwise interesting about that classic and then Park Chan-wook turned it into what looked like a life style magazine spread.
I liked Mia.
And the soundtrack.
Reno
The In Kraut
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed which I think is the best of the Hammer Frankenstein films. Quite bleak, it's really a home invasion film where Frankenstein blackmails the young couple he rents his room from into assisting him with his experiments. of all the classic horror star, Peter Cushing was probably the one who was the best actor and I always found his face fascinating to look at. He's so bird like, all swift moves and sharp angles
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation. Never cared too much for these films because they always are a bunch of action scenes barely connected by a story, but I sort of enjoyed this. The main reason for that was Rebecca Ferguson who is one hell of an action heroine while also being quite soulful. She's a bit like Ingrid Bergman with amazing martial arts skills. I'm not a fan of the Cruise when he actually tries some acting, but he's fine in action roles like this.
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation. Never cared too much for these films because they always are a bunch of action scenes barely connected by a story, but I sort of enjoyed this. The main reason for that was Rebecca Ferguson who is one hell of an action heroine while also being quite soulful. She's a bit like Ingrid Bergman with amazing martial arts skills. I'm not a fan of the Cruise when he actually tries some acting, but he's fine in action roles like this.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
The East. Eco-warriors infiltrated by an undercover private security operative.
Starts out fairly well....runs out of steam...gets a bit silly and unbelievable.
I didnt like any characters.
Starts out fairly well....runs out of steam...gets a bit silly and unbelievable.
I didnt like any characters.
oneunder
Mind The Gap !
It's a Soundtrack movie.. Made the movie for me. Great on headphones.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Watched this last night (the whole thing, not just the trailer):
Not bad for what it was, even though Madeleine Carroll wasn't quite fatale enough as the femme fatale. And some of the dialogue must have been verging on the ridiculous even at the time. But Gary Cooper was so good, I could even tolerate the fact that his character travelled around China with a pet monkey.
Not bad for what it was, even though Madeleine Carroll wasn't quite fatale enough as the femme fatale. And some of the dialogue must have been verging on the ridiculous even at the time. But Gary Cooper was so good, I could even tolerate the fact that his character travelled around China with a pet monkey.
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DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Captain America Winter Soldier
I told myself I wasn't going to watch Captain Nationalism chucking his shield about anymore but I caved and gave it a go. Garbage, straight to the dustbin alng with ant man.
I told myself I wasn't going to watch Captain Nationalism chucking his shield about anymore but I caved and gave it a go. Garbage, straight to the dustbin alng with ant man.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
2001 film called Deep End with Tilda Swinton. Utter shit....I only stayed watching it because I couldn't sleep, but it was bloody awful. A thriller with nothing thrilling about it...
Reno
The In Kraut
Oh, I quite like that one.
It's a remake of a 40s film called The Reckless Moment.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Oh, I quite like that one.
It's a remake of a 40s film called The Reckless Moment.
It felt like someone had cut the middle out of the story...
As a result I've just treated myself to the 1970 Jane Asher starring Deep End to make up for it....
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
As part of the ongoing masochistic Robin Williams simperfest that me and a friend are putting ourselves through, we watched What Dreams May Come, a schmaltzy (what else could it be?) cheesemare about the afterlife with a new age slant. It's terrible but the visuals are impressive for the time, especially the bits where Max Von Sydow takes Williams down to hell and Werner Herzog appears as a tortured complaining soul.
Vincent Ward directed it, and he showed such promise early in his career.
Vincent Ward directed it, and he showed such promise early in his career.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Episode 6 of Mr Robot - Still interesting enough to stick with. Great turn from lead actor. The show is not as clever as it think it is, but it's clever enough, and not afraid to stir the pot and the plot out of the obvious...
Episode 4&5 of Extant - bit of a daft sci fi. I watch it in bed. Spielberg produced. It's ok. It's an Alien using earthling as a vessel for birth story...with an added A.I 'pinocchio' story...some goverement 'space race' consipiracy stuff....nothing overly taxing. Goran Višnjić acts badly, Halle Berry isn't too bad, both are pretty to look at. The story ticks along like a good to average episode of the X files. I think it's been cancelled now.
Episode 4&5 of Extant - bit of a daft sci fi. I watch it in bed. Spielberg produced. It's ok. It's an Alien using earthling as a vessel for birth story...with an added A.I 'pinocchio' story...some goverement 'space race' consipiracy stuff....nothing overly taxing. Goran Višnjić acts badly, Halle Berry isn't too bad, both are pretty to look at. The story ticks along like a good to average episode of the X files. I think it's been cancelled now.
I watched the complete series of Mr.bean dvd for the 12th time since I purchased it 3 weeks ago
Reno
The In Kraut
What's wrong with that?! Mr. Bean is genius!!!
Reno
The In Kraut
I watched Humans over the last three evenings which I'd held off on because I'd seen some of Real Humans, which I didn't really care for too much. I thought the remake was far better. The original feels a little like a kids show, with more simplistic characterisation and a political allegory front and centre which is terribly on the nose.
The remake is better written and more streamlined, wisely dropping some of the sub-plots which made the original a bit soapy and pushing the clunky immigration metaphor into the background. The acting and writing for the family in the remake is far better, especially Anita/Mia who is the centre and heart of the show. Unlike with original, when the Mia personality breaks though, here it's genuinely moving and I liked how they treated her more as a mystery here.
The last two episodes were a little rushed and not as good as the rest of the show, but looking forward to a second season.
The remake is better written and more streamlined, wisely dropping some of the sub-plots which made the original a bit soapy and pushing the clunky immigration metaphor into the background. The acting and writing for the family in the remake is far better, especially Anita/Mia who is the centre and heart of the show. Unlike with original, when the Mia personality breaks though, here it's genuinely moving and I liked how they treated her more as a mystery here.
The last two episodes were a little rushed and not as good as the rest of the show, but looking forward to a second season.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Agreed.
We watched this last night. Excellent film, superb acting, very tense, and very different to your usual "bang, bang, bang" war film.
It's on Netflix.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
I rather liked that, too - pretty much entirely avoids all the usual war movie tropes, gung ho nonsense etc, and feels very real and natural.
But still very "bang, bang, bang" in its own way
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