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Some more mindless flatscreen action:

X Men - to take away the taste of the shitty 2nd sequel
Fantastic Four - enjoyed this more the second time around, less po-faced and more stupid than I remember
Raiders Of The Lost Ark - a stone cold classic

Currently playing a Chris Rock live DVD, it's very funny.
 
this is england - watched this tonight at the curzon. pretty shit seats...and for how much? yeah a tenner a ticket!

great, great film.
most probably cos i remember and could identify to that 'era so well.
the bit about the war made me cry! memories came flooding....

stephen graham was so fuckin' scarey too.

bestest film for a long while :cool: :cool: :cool:
 
Once Upon A Time In The Midlands
A curate's egg, this one.
As usual, amazing natural performances from the young members of the cast, especially Finn Atkins as the daughter, Marlene.
It's also pretty engaging and funny.
It was, however, a mistake to cast 'big' stars in the main roles - in contrast to the perfomance of the unknown actors, the performances from Ricky Tomlinson, Kathy Burke, Rhys Ifans and Robert Carlyle seemed mannered and over the top. You just didn't believe in the characters - it would have been a more successful film if Meadows had relied on his usual troupe of actors and a bunch of unknowns.
 
Petulia. Influential and very stylish 60's drama by Richard Lester, starring Julie Christie and George C. Scott as two disaffected rich people having an affair during the Summer of Love in San Francisco, but who are too emotionally numb to ever really connect. One of the first films to have a completely non-linear narrative, constantly jumping back and forth in time. Always wanted to see this and was hugely impressed.

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Yesterday I watched:

Napoleon Dynamite - don't think it lived up to my expectations, but enjoyable nonetheless.

First Snow - watched this not having any expectations and was pleasantly surprised until the ending, which was a bit lame.

Smokin' Aces - this was better than I would have imagined, apart from a terrible ending which disappointed.
 
I think it was called A Time To Kill, with Samuel L Jackson and Matthew McConaghey.

The negro gets off in the end for killing the two white boys who raped his little girl, after a movie filled with gimmicks.
 
tastebud said:


that was fast :eek: :D

hmmm, well i did pay more attention to details (or tried to, felt a bit off y'day), but i did like it better the 2nd time around.


I think i'll have to give it a 3rd go though, it's a bit more complicated than i gave it credit for to begin with tbf!

I think i had a hard time taking brad pitt serious :p, but i looked past that and it may be one to have in my collection (i watched a friends copy both times :p x )
 
well yeah, the brad pitt bit was marginally offensive in some ways. not really his fault i guess, though it's funny that the director decided to give that bit to brad pitt.
ironic actually.
 
tastebud said:
well yeah, the brad pitt bit was marginally offensive in some ways. not really his fault i guess, though it's funny that the director decided to give that bit to brad pitt.
ironic actually.

yeah i agree, but when you get over the 'ffs brad pitt?!' thing, it really IS a serious film...and the 1st time i saw it i think i just had 'brad pitt brad pitt brad pitt brad pitt brad pitt brad pitt brad pitt brad pitt brad pitt brad pitt brad pitt brad pitt brad pitt brad pitt brad pitt brad pitt brad pitt brad pitt etc' goin thru my head rather than what i was watching...

i think its probably a keeper. :cool:
 
yeah, i didn't want to see it when i heard: brad pitt film, set in morocco, thought it'd be predictable shite but because i love the director i ended up giving it a go.
glad you've changed your mind a bit about it though :) :cool:
 
American Hardcore

What pissed me off about Don Letts' Punk: Attitude from a couple of years ago was how it pretty much skipped this entire scene/period and fast-forwarded straight to Nirvana. :rolleyes:

This film though does a good job of documenting '81-'86. :cool:

(-Weird to see just how financially secure [one-time Black Flag roadie] 'Mugger' has apparently become!... :eek: :D )
 
Marie Antoinette
very disappointing. Can see what they were trying to do, and Coppola directed it brilliantly again but it was too long and just lacked any real substance. She does 'mood' very very well though
 
Sunspots said:
American Hardcore

What pissed me off about Don Letts' Punk: Attitude from a couple of years ago was how it pretty much skipped this entire scene/period and fast-forwarded straight to Nirvana. :rolleyes:

This film though does a good job of documenting '81-'86. :cool:

(-Weird to see just how financially secure [one-time Black Flag roadie] 'Mugger' has apparently become!...

Really want to see that. :)

Last night, I watched Hot Fuzz, which was excellent. Very :D
 
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