Wide Eyed Angel
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pi, it confuses me.
What DVD / Video did you watch last night ?
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nellyphant
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A Korean film called 'Old Boy.
A flim of revenge with a twisty turny plot about a guy being imprisoned for 15 years for unknown reasons by an unknown person. He is of course is naturally a bit 'upset' and is dying to figure out who imprisoned him and why.
It attempts to craft a whodunnit that will keep you guessing and interested until the very end but I think from a western audience perpsective, some may find the resoning of him being imprisoned a little werid. For those of the faint hearted it it to be honest one of the most ultra-violent movies I've seen for a long time yet still managing to build a lot of character depth into all the mayhem.
Just looked on imdb.com and it gets a score of 8.5/10
A flim of revenge with a twisty turny plot about a guy being imprisoned for 15 years for unknown reasons by an unknown person. He is of course is naturally a bit 'upset' and is dying to figure out who imprisoned him and why.
It attempts to craft a whodunnit that will keep you guessing and interested until the very end but I think from a western audience perpsective, some may find the resoning of him being imprisoned a little werid. For those of the faint hearted it it to be honest one of the most ultra-violent movies I've seen for a long time yet still managing to build a lot of character depth into all the mayhem.
Just looked on imdb.com and it gets a score of 8.5/10
nellyphant
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fear-n-loathing said:
What did you think of it compared to the original?
I like Leonardo DiCaprio. What can I say, I was around ten years old when Titanic came out. Just about every ten year old girl I knew at that point was in love with him.
Tonight I am watching Party Monster (which I have seen before) and Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas.
Lots of Johnny Depp movies recently, not really on purpose either. Hmmm.
Tonight I am watching Party Monster (which I have seen before) and Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas.
Lots of Johnny Depp movies recently, not really on purpose either. Hmmm.
been under the duvet on the sofa all weekend - dying with flu/cold type horrible ness... couple of fillms then:
Gozu - dear god.... i dunno what to say... there is very little to say but just stare with manic eyes and wonder what just happened - if anyone else has seen this film can they talk to me about it cause i have no idea what i just watched.. lactating landladies, men with the head of cows, ladle-sex and Yakuza dogs.... and thats before one of the most fucked up endings to a film i have ever ever ever seen.
utterly brilliant but at the same time not cause i'm not sure there was just any point to the film - it was just so fucked that any meaning was completely lost on me.
obvious comparisons to lynch here - but try to imagine lynch on very strong acid...
thats a couple of takashi miike films i seen now and i gotta say i am beginning to really love him.
yesterday i watched Sideways ..... dull as fuck yuppie-thon where 1 dimensional middle aged men discuss their yawnsome relationshipfears amidst a backdrop of wine - imagine bein stuck in a room with a real wine bore... now imagine that wine bore letched after wimmin too young for him and listened to david gray... sit in a room with him talking about the new audi 7356series for 2 hours rather than watch this film, seriously.
today i think its going to be the machinist
Gozu - dear god.... i dunno what to say... there is very little to say but just stare with manic eyes and wonder what just happened - if anyone else has seen this film can they talk to me about it cause i have no idea what i just watched.. lactating landladies, men with the head of cows, ladle-sex and Yakuza dogs.... and thats before one of the most fucked up endings to a film i have ever ever ever seen.
utterly brilliant but at the same time not cause i'm not sure there was just any point to the film - it was just so fucked that any meaning was completely lost on me.
obvious comparisons to lynch here - but try to imagine lynch on very strong acid...
thats a couple of takashi miike films i seen now and i gotta say i am beginning to really love him.
yesterday i watched Sideways ..... dull as fuck yuppie-thon where 1 dimensional middle aged men discuss their yawnsome relationshipfears amidst a backdrop of wine - imagine bein stuck in a room with a real wine bore... now imagine that wine bore letched after wimmin too young for him and listened to david gray... sit in a room with him talking about the new audi 7356series for 2 hours rather than watch this film, seriously.
today i think its going to be the machinist
velocity_girl
People's Front Of Judea
The Incredibles...it was bloody fantastic, made me want to run around the room and jump with joy...I didn't though 
ill-informed
passive aggressive master
On my brand spanking new TV and my first ever DVD i watched 'Supersize me' and i still feel ill even though i've been veggie for at least a dozen years and have never eaten a big mac.
Brilliant documentary, well put together and very disturbing. Should be compulsary viewing for everyone in the west.
Brilliant documentary, well put together and very disturbing. Should be compulsary viewing for everyone in the west.
Juice Terry
rama lama fa fa fa
Seinfeld - Season 1 and 2. So funny, George Costanza deffo one of my alltime comedy heroes.
G. Fieendish
Snark Hunter
Naqoyquatsi (Rough Translation- Life As War)
The Last of the "Qatsi" Trilogy....
The Last of the "Qatsi" Trilogy....
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Chorlton said:
Gozu was fucked up, but i still don't think that it was as fucked up as another of his fims VisitorQ, which had the benefit of a clearer plot.
I watched I'm Not Scared (aka Io Non Ho Paura) - good first half, 2nd half rather weak and formulaic.
ill-informed
passive aggressive master
I'm still waiting for that as a belated birthday present. Is it as good as the others?G. Fieendish said:
Wide Eyed Angel
Forgeddaboudit!
heathers
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
a shit load of anime and hero ....
quiet liked hero ... it had some nice artistry in places although i found one of two of the fights went a tiny bit CG heavy at times ... all in all a good film though
quiet liked hero ... it had some nice artistry in places although i found one of two of the fights went a tiny bit CG heavy at times ... all in all a good film though
G. Fieendish
Snark Hunter
Re:Naqoyquatsi
It depends on the meaning of "good"....
The film is far more dependant on the use of digitally manipluated "Stock Footage" than the first 2 films, but the footage is chosen well, & the manipluation is obvious but is not as bad as first feared.
The Philip Glass/Yo-Yo Ma score compares well to the Glass scores of the previous two films.
The DVD extras on the disc consists of a "conversation" between Glass & Ma on the score, & the pre 2002 release NYU panel interview, with the Producer, Composer & the Visual FX "animator".
Mind you, at almost 60 minutes, it's run time is almost as long as the film, but does cover the other 2 "Quatsi" movies as well....
In short, I would say it's worth the £9.99 for the DVD, but I would try to "shop around" online to see if you could get it cheaper though.
(Mind you, given that 2 companies own the rights to the films, (MGM has the the DVD rights for the first 2 & Beuna Vista for Naqoyquatsi), it's very unlikely that a "Quatsi" Trilogy boxset will ever come out though....)
Yours, Grimley
It depends on the meaning of "good"....
The film is far more dependant on the use of digitally manipluated "Stock Footage" than the first 2 films, but the footage is chosen well, & the manipluation is obvious but is not as bad as first feared.
The Philip Glass/Yo-Yo Ma score compares well to the Glass scores of the previous two films.
The DVD extras on the disc consists of a "conversation" between Glass & Ma on the score, & the pre 2002 release NYU panel interview, with the Producer, Composer & the Visual FX "animator".
Mind you, at almost 60 minutes, it's run time is almost as long as the film, but does cover the other 2 "Quatsi" movies as well....
In short, I would say it's worth the £9.99 for the DVD, but I would try to "shop around" online to see if you could get it cheaper though.
(Mind you, given that 2 companies own the rights to the films, (MGM has the the DVD rights for the first 2 & Beuna Vista for Naqoyquatsi), it's very unlikely that a "Quatsi" Trilogy boxset will ever come out though....)
Yours, Grimley
dynamicbaddog
run for your life
The Grudge which was'nt scary at all
so then I watched a real horror film
SEIZURE!
Oliver Stone's first film made in the seventies.
It was about a horror writer who suffers from nightmares. Then one weekend in the midst of a party at his house 3 uninvited guests turn up, who appear to be the creations of his writing, one of them is played by the guy who was the dwarf in Fantasy Island - and do all sorts of horrid stuff to the guests. Lots of tacky flashback shots, running around screaming in woodlands and that 70s synth music, but despite being unintentionaly amusing in places it did manage to come up with the
factor Gave me nightmares anyway!!
so then I watched a real horror film
SEIZURE!
Oliver Stone's first film made in the seventies.
It was about a horror writer who suffers from nightmares. Then one weekend in the midst of a party at his house 3 uninvited guests turn up, who appear to be the creations of his writing, one of them is played by the guy who was the dwarf in Fantasy Island - and do all sorts of horrid stuff to the guests. Lots of tacky flashback shots, running around screaming in woodlands and that 70s synth music, but despite being unintentionaly amusing in places it did manage to come up with the
factor Gave me nightmares anyway!!
shoddysolutions
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Ice Cube paid penance for his NWA gangsta pantomime act with this thoughtful and humorous portrayal of a day in the life of the 'hood. It's nothing particularly original, but manages to strike the right balance between foul-mouthed macho posturing and life-affirming comedy.
ill-informed
passive aggressive master
thanks grimley
i've been hooked on Spooks series 2 recently, which someone sent me from the UK. I have to say even though its pro establishment etc, its one of the best drama series the BBC has come up with in Donkeys years.
IMO.
IMO.
shoddysolutions
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JACKIE BROWN
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Amazingly realistic depiction of a failed attempt to restore order to war-torn Mogadishu in the mid 1990s. A 100-strong force of brave US troops enter a lawless part of the city and valiantly fight their way back out again. One black actor gets about three lines, and a bunch of overpaid white actors get to play soldiers for a couple of hours. It's Starship Troopers, but with black people.
JACKIE BROWN
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