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The Wire Season 4 bar the last episode, which was unfortunately missing. Disappointing, I'm afraid, after the stellar quality of the first three. The kids are great but it's showing signs of fatigue IMO
 
Orang Utan said:
The Wire Season 4 bar the last episode, which was unfortunately missing. Disappointing, I'm afraid, after the stellar quality of the first three. The kids are great but it's showing signs of fatigue IMO


say it ain't so :(
 
purves grundy said:
The Grudge

US version. Kacked me right up. I hear the original Japanese one's scarier?

They copied the scare scenes shot by shot from the original. They made the story a lot more explanatory and saddled the film with the ever bland Sarah Michelle Geller, but for the first half at least it sticks quite closely to the Japanese version.
 
An Inconvienient Truth.
He's obviously a hugly inteligent man with genuine passion, and it was engaging & educating.
But it also felt somewhat 'meh' too.
 
Hot Fuzz. Reasonably amusing for 85 minutes and then the film self-destructs during a half an hour drawn out hommage to various action shoot'em ups which is funny for exactly 2 minutes.
 
Reno said:
They copied the scare scenes shot by shot from the original. They made the story a lot more explanatory and saddled the film with the ever bland Sarah Michelle Geller, but for the first half at least it sticks quite closely to the Japanese version.
I'll seek it out for comparison.

Last night - Hellraiser: Hellseeker (the third one??)
Really enjoyed this, much more atmospheric and eerie than the first two. Saw the Sixth Sense esque twist at the end coming a mile off, though
 
House of Fools (Dom durakov)

Loved it! Fucking bizarro scenes involving Bryan Adams made me gape a bit at first, til I put it into context :D

A wonderful film - touching, funny, poignant - really loved it.
 
blood diamond - best described as an action movie that attempts to educate the masses. entertainment with a conscience - and i can promise you that won't be buying anymore 100 carat diamonds. no siree. never again!!
 
The Illusionist - not as good as the other magician film out this year(the title of which I've forgotten) but not altogether bad. Ed Norton always watchable, Paul Giamatti (?) likewise, dodgy mid-European accents all over the shop.
 
Did anyone else catch Pulse last night? Reasonably entertaining and inventive low-budget horror film about evil electricity infecting houses and turning the American convenience lifestyle into a living hell :)

I remember seeing it as a kid and it scared the absolute crap outta me :D
 
CharlieAddict said:
blood diamond - best described as an action movie that attempts to educate the masses. entertainment with a conscience - and i can promise you that won't be buying anymore 100 carat diamonds. no siree. never again!!


Or, Hollywood cashing in on 3rd world misery and dressing it up as conscience filmaking & hoping to grab an Oscar out of it.

It was fucking atrocious for the reason above and that it's just not a very good film.

IMO, of course ;)
 
Badgers said:
This thread is great for building up my online dvd rental lists :)
What have you picked today then? :) I totally agree btw.

I watched Queer as Folk 2 last night. Only 2 episodes, but writing was excellent - really loved the ending, just quality.
 
Danny Boyle's sci-fi film, SUNSHINE. Great premise, incredibly atmospheric, brilliant CGI and a strong cast... and yet it never really got going. Maybe I was just too tired to enjoy it.
 
I watched Suddenly, Moby Dick and Kiss Me Kate yesterday, none of which I had seen before. The first and last had been on tape since 1994. :oops:

None were outstanding. I enjoyed Kiss Me Kate the most.
 
Heh, Maltin... I've been revisiting my old video tapes too lately :) I know the future is DVDs, but I've got so many movies that are hard or impossible to find on DVD and I'm reluctant to let them go.
 
Leica said:
Heh, Maltin... I've been revisiting my old video tapes too lately :) I know the future is DVDs, but I've got so many movies that are hard or impossible to find on DVD and I'm reluctant to let them go.
The problem is that there are far too many that I've got on tape. I'm sure that those taped in 1994 are nowhere near the oldest ones that I haven't got around to watching.

I've got some films that I borrowed off a friend when he moved house ages ago, that I still haven't watched. :oops: Moby Dick was one of those. Still got McLintock, Went the Day Well, Red River, The Big Chill and Advise & Consent to go. I just find that I lack concentration to watch them at home. That's why I prefer going to the cinema. I'm hoping to see him in the next couple of months, so need to knuckle down and watch these so I can give them back to him.
 
The other embarrassing thing about Suddenly was that there was an introduction saying that it had not been shown on British television since 1971. I assume that it has been shown since and that after a 23 year wait I haven't waited another 13 years to watch it!
 
House of Games

Wanted to see this for some time and enjoyed it, despite accidentally having stumbled across the twist some years ago. It was all very stagey and a bit stilted, but the performances were mostly quite compelling. Lindsay Crouse was as wooden as ever though. I also enjoyed the shocking 80s fashions.
 
I love House of Games and I really like the artificiality of the acting, I think it fits Mamet's dialogue. He's pulled the same trick a few times since, but this is still the best one of his twisty films. Lindsay Crouse sure does wear some mean pant suits in this.
 
I have a horrible feeling that I've got unwatched tv programmes on tape going back to 9. I've definitly got mid series episodes from long cancelled programs, odd documentarys, stray episodes of Star Trek tng etc, lots of films, from 94/95 onwards, + loads of Totps from 96.:oops:

comes from not having a video player/recorder in my bedroom and knowing how to tape stuff if I could not get spotted by my guardian(s) but only being able to watch stuff back if gran went out, for years.

I still haven't really got my head around the concept of being able to tape stuff and then watch when I feel like it :oops:
most have been zapped through to write down what on them but not watched properly.
went though one old one trying to find a film I was sure I'd taped at some point & discovered a S4C (wales) psychidelic music 'documantary' on the super furry animals, and a home made done on a camcorder looking programme of a womans investigation/expouser of britians secret UFO's - mostly involved her sat at a table in a libary looking at piece of paper & a photo of a child oplus a double negative of a man? in a space suit.
 
rollinder said:
went though one old one trying to find a film I was sure I'd taped at some point & discovered a S4C (wales) psychidelic music 'documantary' on the super furry animals, and a home made done on a camcorder looking programme of a womans investigation/expouser of britians secret UFO's - mostly involved her sat at a table in a libary looking at piece of paper & a photo of a child oplus a double negative of a man? in a space suit.
I "hate" watching the "blank" spaces between programmes recorded on tape. Ended up watching the end of Batman last night before the start of Kiss Me Kate. :mad:
 
worse is finding part of a really good programme after what you meant to tape that cuts off.

btw can somebody please explain why I recorded the episode of shooting stars with Jarvis Cocker followed by half an episode of The Champions:confused:
 
Maltin said:
The problem is that there are far too many that I've got on tape.
I have only kept the ones I like and plan to watch them a few times before deciding the next drastic step.
 
Reno said:
I love House of Games and I really like the artificiality of the acting, I think it fits Mamet's dialogue.

Yeah, I know what you mean - it really grated for the first five minutes or so, but then began to establish a good flow. I thought Joe Mantegna was especially good at making the words and repetition seem natural.

First thing of Mamet's I've seen actually :oops: Must rent more.
 
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