What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)
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butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Mammuth - new one from Gustave de Kervern, Benoît Delépine, who did my fav film of 2008 Louise-Michel . This one is a more restrained road-movie through post-employment France (as every one of their films pretty much is), though with the same absurdist black humour. Depardieu looking even bigger than he was in Bellamy and thankfully giving a quiet performance. Very good, but not as biting as previous, more personal rather than political, though the usual anarchist allusions are scattered throughout.
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
First episode of Boardwalk Empire, impressive start, can't wait to see more.
Interesting to see Buscemi playing this type of character, the final scenes of Nucky sat contemplatively whilst loose ends were being tied up at his behest were very Godfather-esque
Loved the throwaway introduction of Stephen Graham's Al Capone too
Interesting to see Buscemi playing this type of character, the final scenes of Nucky sat contemplatively whilst loose ends were being tied up at his behest were very Godfather-esque
Loved the throwaway introduction of Stephen Graham's Al Capone too
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Great film. Reminded me a bit of Grizzly Man, for some reason.
Never let me go...not read the book, didn't really know anything about it, almost went to see it at the pictures last week then decided against it when I saw Kiera Knightly was in it. Found a good torrent and decided I'd give it a go.
Performances aren't brilliant, not sure I'm that keen on the Hobbit fella and still has Knightly in it but it kept me involved all the way through, beautifully shot, great story and kept me involved all the way through. The feel of it reminded me at times of the kind of odd sci fi from the seventies I remember as a kid but I can't think exactly what.
I'd say it's definitely worth a look.
Performances aren't brilliant, not sure I'm that keen on the Hobbit fella and still has Knightly in it but it kept me involved all the way through, beautifully shot, great story and kept me involved all the way through. The feel of it reminded me at times of the kind of odd sci fi from the seventies I remember as a kid but I can't think exactly what.
I'd say it's definitely worth a look.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
good film
the book goes into much more detail as you'd imagine and is well worth a read
it's one of those books that you can't imagine how they'd film it as it deals with his internal life so much. but the film does a good job
chazegee
Number two.
Into the Wild was a good book. The only thing I don't get is why he didn't walk along the river looking for a safer crossing point. First thing anyone normal would have done. Anyone normal wouldn't have done it in the first place though...
Barry Lyndon.
A lot more pace than I thought it would have. Very good.
Barry Lyndon.
A lot more pace than I thought it would have. Very good.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
The Chaser - South Korean thriller; ex cop turned pimp is upset that his girls keep running away, when he encounters one of the johns, the horrible truth dawns. Gripping and unsettling; it's in discussions for an American remake. Bah.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
i don't know about Equus - tell us!
They kill horses don't they?
I seem to remember that has something to do with it.....stayed in one night to watch it while my mates were going out, then fell asleep and missed it.
starfish
No dialogue. Just plot.
Harry from Spooks blinds some horses cause he cant get it up Jenny Agutter, but i think you probably knew that already
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
i've never seen it mate, that's why i was asking!
starfish
No dialogue. Just plot.
Ok. Hope ive not ruined it for now though. Its actually a lot deeper than my brief explantion & a very good film.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
i shall keep an eye out for it! ta!
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Outside the Law - very enjoyable epic-style tale of the development of FLN activities inside France post war from the shanty towns exploited by Renault in Nanterre to Independence, if you can ignore the narrartivce cliches and glaring historical untruths. Essentially a sequal to the same directors Indigenes/Days of Glory which covered Algerians in the French Army in WW2, this has caused a lot of controversy in France because it quite straightforwardly compares the FLN and their fighters to the French resistance - most clearly through a series of simple but powerful allusions to Melville's Army of Shadows - this film is nowhere even close to that in class though, it's much closer to Army of Crime Robert Guédiguian's (true) story of commies and immigrant resistance fighters.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Handcock on 5.
Why?
What is annoying is that it probably could have been an interesting film and had some interesting ideas. I just don't understand why if they are going to spend so much on actors and special effects why they don't iron out the script problems. New and huge fundamental plot issues would turn up seconds before they would have effect, certain points would not be discussed (or withheld) simply because the plot/script demanded it.
Anyway I was expecting shite, just a bit annoyed because surprisingly there was actually something decent that could have come out of it.
Why?
What is annoying is that it probably could have been an interesting film and had some interesting ideas. I just don't understand why if they are going to spend so much on actors and special effects why they don't iron out the script problems. New and huge fundamental plot issues would turn up seconds before they would have effect, certain points would not be discussed (or withheld) simply because the plot/script demanded it.
Anyway I was expecting shite, just a bit annoyed because surprisingly there was actually something decent that could have come out of it.
Zabo
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I watched Emir Kusturica's Black Cat, White Cat. I love his films because they are totally and utterly crazy but often with lots of other messages in the background. If you've never seen any of his films you'd be advised to keep the sound low because they are noisy and brash. The soundtracks are by his own No Smoking Orchestra.
Most of his films are populated with animals. One includes a suicidal donkey and Black Cat, White Cat. has a pig eating away at the bodywork of a Trabant!
In the words of one critic: "It is as though Four Weddings And A Funeral had been reimagined by Fellini with a cast of crazy Balkan rogues and a background chorus of farmyard animals."
Wonderful entertainment: Dany Boon meets Jean Pierre Jeunet meets The Marx Brothers.
10/10
Most of his films are populated with animals. One includes a suicidal donkey and Black Cat, White Cat. has a pig eating away at the bodywork of a Trabant!
In the words of one critic: "It is as though Four Weddings And A Funeral had been reimagined by Fellini with a cast of crazy Balkan rogues and a background chorus of farmyard animals."
Wonderful entertainment: Dany Boon meets Jean Pierre Jeunet meets The Marx Brothers.
10/10
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Post Mortem - very similar to the Directors previous one Tony Manero - bot set in the early days of Pinochet's takeover (this one during the actual coup) and both dealing with obsession, narcissism and alienation leaving the characters unaware of what's going on around them in the real word or becoming complicit themselves, or as mirrors of the motivations of the wider events taking place. Both very good.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
No one enjoys rom-coms.
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
Just watched Bande à part for about the twentieth time. I have got hold of a few of the more recent Godard films, and I am going to try to watch one or two of them in the next few days.
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