Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Spring Breakers. Loved it. Complete trash filmed in the artiest way. 
What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)
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ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Winter soldier.
I was told it was the best marvel film (obviously these things aren't made for me then), I was also told that there was a big and dramatic plot twist. . . . so what was that then? I don't remember one.
Also. Why didn't they use the face change tech earlier when they were hiding? And why reveal who you are after gaining the element of surprise?
I was told it was the best marvel film (obviously these things aren't made for me then), I was also told that there was a big and dramatic plot twist. . . . so what was that then? I don't remember one.
Also. Why didn't they use the face change tech earlier when they were hiding? And why reveal who you are after gaining the element of surprise?
Reno
The In Kraut
After surprisingly enough enjoying the latest Mission Impossible film I decided to rewatch the earlier ones. Never cared too much about them, they always struck me as action scenes loosely connected by an impenetrable plot and I had pretty much forgotten them all. Quite enjoyed them, especially from the third one onwards. It's the rare franchise which gets (more or less) better with every film with the last two being really rather great. Was also curious because each is a showcase for a distinctive director.
I still didn't care too much for the first one despite generally being a fan of De Palma's work. There are two famous and outstanding sequences (a high wire heist and the helicopter vs train climax) but Cruise is still young, cocky and irritating in that Top Gun/Cocktail way and Emanuelle Beart's botched trout-pout is disturbing. They should have kept Kristen Scott Thomas, who plays the only likeable character, instead they kill her off in the first 20 minutes. Everybody overacts, especially Vanessa Redgrave.
Mission Impossble II by John Woo in his Hollywood phase is the least liked film in the series, but I enjoyed it slightly more. Cruise actually looks like an adult in this and is far less bratty. It's basically a remake of Hitchcock's Notorious and kind of works as a romantic thriller till it becomes a bonkers action fest in the last third when it all gets a little tedious, slomo doves etc.
The third film by JJ Abrams is the first good film in the series, with a great villain in Philip Seymor Hoffman. Some of the action is too fast and incoherent, but the Shanghai sequence is brilliant. This one gets back to the TV series more with the films following on from this one being about a team of agents rather than Tom Cruise as the lone hero.
The fourth film Ghost Protocol, the first live action film by Brad Bird (The Iron Giant, The Incredibles) is the best in the series. A really great action film with one great set piece after another and it even has a decent plot. Loved the gadgets, especially the scene with the invisibility screen.
I watched the fifth film a couple of weeks ago. Almost as good as Ghost Protocol and it features the best character in the series in Rebecca Ferguson's totally badass yet soulful action heroine. They should dump Cruise and continue the series with her.
I'm a Bond movie fan and these aren't so different, with touristy locations, cool gadgets, glamorous women (most of whom are more capable action heroines than the Bond girls) and lots of action. You just have to put up with how much they are about Tom Cruise being awesome, but I don't mind him in films where he just has to run and jump around a lot.
I still didn't care too much for the first one despite generally being a fan of De Palma's work. There are two famous and outstanding sequences (a high wire heist and the helicopter vs train climax) but Cruise is still young, cocky and irritating in that Top Gun/Cocktail way and Emanuelle Beart's botched trout-pout is disturbing. They should have kept Kristen Scott Thomas, who plays the only likeable character, instead they kill her off in the first 20 minutes. Everybody overacts, especially Vanessa Redgrave.
Mission Impossble II by John Woo in his Hollywood phase is the least liked film in the series, but I enjoyed it slightly more. Cruise actually looks like an adult in this and is far less bratty. It's basically a remake of Hitchcock's Notorious and kind of works as a romantic thriller till it becomes a bonkers action fest in the last third when it all gets a little tedious, slomo doves etc.
The third film by JJ Abrams is the first good film in the series, with a great villain in Philip Seymor Hoffman. Some of the action is too fast and incoherent, but the Shanghai sequence is brilliant. This one gets back to the TV series more with the films following on from this one being about a team of agents rather than Tom Cruise as the lone hero.
The fourth film Ghost Protocol, the first live action film by Brad Bird (The Iron Giant, The Incredibles) is the best in the series. A really great action film with one great set piece after another and it even has a decent plot. Loved the gadgets, especially the scene with the invisibility screen.
I watched the fifth film a couple of weeks ago. Almost as good as Ghost Protocol and it features the best character in the series in Rebecca Ferguson's totally badass yet soulful action heroine. They should dump Cruise and continue the series with her.
I'm a Bond movie fan and these aren't so different, with touristy locations, cool gadgets, glamorous women (most of whom are more capable action heroines than the Bond girls) and lots of action. You just have to put up with how much they are about Tom Cruise being awesome, but I don't mind him in films where he just has to run and jump around a lot.
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xsunnysuex
Life is a horizontal fall.
No Escape. Loved it.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Good sum up on the series. Though I hated woos two more than, the obvious and boring first movie. Was very surprised by ghost protocol being so good.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Which is the one in which they all keep pulling masks off and saying 'tis I'?
Reno
The In Kraut
After enjoying my Mission Impossible marathon I thought I'd give another series I never got into another try and I watched Oceans Eleven as I generally like Soderbergh. It's. just so smug and pleased with itself. I like George Clooney and don't mind Brad Pitt, but the film assumes that we can all agree that they are the most charming movie stars ever, which I'm not convinced of.
Instead of Oceans Twelve I watched House on Haunted Hill, the original with Vincent Price, which is camp, creaky fun and The Puppetoon Movie which collects George Pal's 30s and 40s stop motion shorts into a feature. They are quite amazing, like animated Busby Berkley musicals, but you have to put up with a lot of puppet black face and weird racial stereotyping.
Instead of Oceans Twelve I watched House on Haunted Hill, the original with Vincent Price, which is camp, creaky fun and The Puppetoon Movie which collects George Pal's 30s and 40s stop motion shorts into a feature. They are quite amazing, like animated Busby Berkley musicals, but you have to put up with a lot of puppet black face and weird racial stereotyping.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
The Captains
its a ddocumentary by William Shatner where he interviews the various trek captains. Other crew members pop up on talking head bits. Tis on netflix
its a ddocumentary by William Shatner where he interviews the various trek captains. Other crew members pop up on talking head bits. Tis on netflix
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Edge Of Darkness (1943) & A Walk In The Sun (1945). A couple of wartime war films from Lewis Milestone, both OK but a bit slow with no great perfomances from the actors.
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Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Son, have you ever kissed a girl?
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Riding Giants.
Surfing documentary. I first saw this in Belfast years ago. One of those cases where even if you're not interested in the subject, you can still enjoy the way the story is told.
There was a side of surfing I hadn't considered before: mentalists seeking out ever bigger, ever more dangerous waves. Looking at it from that point of view, it looks more mountaineering or spelunking than anything else.
Surfing documentary. I first saw this in Belfast years ago. One of those cases where even if you're not interested in the subject, you can still enjoy the way the story is told.
There was a side of surfing I hadn't considered before: mentalists seeking out ever bigger, ever more dangerous waves. Looking at it from that point of view, it looks more mountaineering or spelunking than anything else.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
oh also the first three episodes of Lilyhammer. A mob face (seriously I think he's been in Sopranos as tony's consigliori, Casino, Goodfellas et al.) has to go states evidnce and takes his WP Program posting in some god forsaken outpost of scandawegia. Its quite funny in its 'fish out of water' style but I'm struggling to see how this was maintained as a show for three series.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Yeah, I watched that as well. Avery Brooks was magnificent and Shatner's interviewing style is bonkers. Kate Mulgrew was ace as well.
Did you watch the Shatner doc on TNG after? That's worth a look and Shatner is less intrusive...
Also, we watched Under the Skin with Scarlett Johanson as an alien picking up men in Glasgow. Quite disturbing, especially in the second half. Shades of Kubrick and Lynch in the film. Can't believe it's the same director as Sexy Beast.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Feltrinelli.
Confused (well at least it felt like that to me) about. . . well the best way I can put it is that it's not directly about Giacomo Feltrinelli, the millionaire Italian publisher who died in 1972. He blew himself up while trying to plant a bomb on an electricity pylon for the leftist paramilitary group "Group of Armed Partisans". Some interesting documentary footage from the time, but you have to sit through loads of boring, recent, footage from some publishers' fair in Milan.
I'd have to advise that you avoid this. butchersapron, what documentary should I really be watching about this case, or about this period in Italy more generally? I was hoping to get something along the lines of Action the Canadian flick about the October crisis of 1970.
Confused (well at least it felt like that to me) about. . . well the best way I can put it is that it's not directly about Giacomo Feltrinelli, the millionaire Italian publisher who died in 1972. He blew himself up while trying to plant a bomb on an electricity pylon for the leftist paramilitary group "Group of Armed Partisans". Some interesting documentary footage from the time, but you have to sit through loads of boring, recent, footage from some publishers' fair in Milan.
I'd have to advise that you avoid this. butchersapron, what documentary should I really be watching about this case, or about this period in Italy more generally? I was hoping to get something along the lines of Action the Canadian flick about the October crisis of 1970.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Possibly this,though it does concentrate on one region/enterprise:
In fabbrica is patchy but has some amazing footage.
For an other very important struggle of the time: We Want Roses Too
I'll have to have look through my stuff later for more.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Cheers, thank you. I'll watch that tonight.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
I did not, will watch it tonight. Would like to see riker interviewd iirc he's into film direction also.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
So yes, I did watch this one in the end - impressive (DotCommunist, you might enjoy this one also).
Afterwards, I cleared my palate with some Nana Mouskouri:
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
I'll see if I can find a download.
I watched the Cube which was a great little horror sci fi about a group trapped in a series of cube shaped rooms in a complex. No idea how they arrived, no food etc. They have to escape and some of the cubes are lethal. 6/10. Points deducted for being slightly too long and a bit stingy with the deaths
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
There's a plug-in for Mozilla Firefox which adds a button on the toolbar that gives you automatic downloads as MP4. That's how I pirate all my stuff.
Reno
The In Kraut
Stingy ?
Only one survives !
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
I know but there was a stretch where people didn't for a bit. Total heart in mouth jump moment when
the prison break expert reveals his skills then his face is melted off
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Cube, not The Cube
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
etc
I recently bought all the harry potter movies, because I am still a big fan of the books… I have watched all of them on the weekend because I have been sick and had to stay in bed the whole time :/ fortunately the weather was rather awful, so I didn’t want to leave my flat anyway…
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
Caught quite a bit of Movie 43 last night, may have been because we were slightly inebriated that we laughed quite a bit, but it was mostly awful.
The sketch with Chloe Grace-Moritz and another one with Liev Schrieber and Naomi Watts were the best of the bunch.
Just moved house and we really need to get the broadband working
The sketch with Chloe Grace-Moritz and another one with Liev Schrieber and Naomi Watts were the best of the bunch.
Just moved house and we really need to get the broadband working
Reno
The In Kraut
Herr Flick ?
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