A few films recently watched.

[Silent Member]

From what I remember he is making an ironic statemend about the use of wagner's compositions in the movie and that it's maybe a bit too much, compares it to nazi propaganda films, starts sidetracking on the fact that he likes their aesthetic qualities and it kind of spins out of control from there. Maybe he has a bad sense of humour, but most likely he just had a bad day. People say stupid shit sometimes. It's nothing, and it's definitely worth discussing any further.

[Silent Member]

+not

[jhonny]

Did anyone see Educating Essex tonight, in particular the Film Club bit?! I'm still crying with laughter, fucking superb!

[Guest Benedict Cumberbatch]

fresh meat

I watched the first episode of this new peep show writers show last night. half painful acting and half funny. i've heard it dips in quality after the opener so not sure i'll watch anymore, but we'll see. definitely not aimed at me. aimed at much younger people than me.

it's got a female version of super hans, pretty much. i wouldn't say it dips in quality but i don't particularly like it.

fresh meat

I watched the first episode of this new peep show writers show last night. half painful acting and half funny. i've heard it dips in quality after the opener so not sure i'll watch anymore, but we'll see. definitely not aimed at me. aimed at much younger people than me.

 

I watched 30mins last night, Jack Whitehall had been putting me off and unfortunately I was justified - it was terrible. That Josie is fit though.

 

i think he might be the best thing about it. not much else stands out anyway. hes so hateable and i know someone who is just like him too (or used to know/was).

why does everyone know his name? is he famous for something else?

 

 

who is the female superhans? the dumb girl? gah i hate her so much.

[Redruth]

7/10

 

 

 

[gaarg]

I read and really loved the book (Love in the time of cholera). So this isn't really worth watching?

[perunamuusi]

fresh meat

I watched the first episode of this new peep show writers show last night. half painful acting and half funny. i've heard it dips in quality after the opener so not sure i'll watch anymore, but we'll see. definitely not aimed at me. aimed at much younger people than me.

 

 

Only saw episode 1. Painfully bad. Especially the rubbish one from Inbetweeners.

 

 

Midnight in Paris - "Woody Allen's return to form" said the critics. I guess what they meant to say was dismal, embarrassing drivel. Owen Wilson was extraordinarily bad. His flimsy laid back delivery is completely at odds with Woody Allen's writing / character and totally fails to pull off frenzied jewish neurosis (which Scarlett Johannsson manages to do pretty well in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (wasn't that Allen's return to form anyway?)). What was the point of this waste of 90 minutes? That things aren't always necessarily better in another "golden" age? The Grass isn't always greener? Nostalgia isn't al its cracked up to be? Is that it? At no point during the writing / production process did anyone stop and say Wait a minute this is total shit? 1 point out of 10 just to see young couples squirming about in their cineman seats and complaining that it wasn't quite the Owen Wilson rom-com they'd paid to see. I heard one girl complaining that there was "too much talking French in it" and that she "couldn't work out what was going on". So another point for that too. If Marion Cotillard wasn't on the screen so much I would've taken a shit on the stage and smeared it all over Owen Wilsons stupid nose with my hands.

 

2/10

[Guest Coalbucket PI]

Bad Lieutenant, the original one

gritty, maybe a bit too much in that it lacked much drama cause he was such a bad leiutenant from the start, almost as bad as I am at spelling leiutenant. powerful bit of acting from Keitel though, wailing with his wang out etc. Good film, probably wouldn't watch it again

Sexy beastSeen it before but it is terrific. Ben Kingsley is on amazing form, terrifying and hilarious unhinged violent tourettes cunt, says some unvbelievable lines. 'Make a suitcase out of you, fucking leather man' 'turn this opportunity YES!' I also really like the little dream sequence bunny gunman and how that is editted in to the restaurant scene where Ian Lovejoy McShane walks in. The heist itself is a bit daft but it's barely even part of the film really. </p>

Just got Jonathan Glazer's second flick 'Birth', sounds quite good, anyone seen it?

[Blir]

Yeah I watched Birth years back, but it made so little impact on me I don't even remember anything that happens in it. Can't have been much cop.

[jhonny]

fresh meat

I watched the first episode of this new peep show writers show last night. half painful acting and half funny. i've heard it dips in quality after the opener so not sure i'll watch anymore, but we'll see. definitely not aimed at me. aimed at much younger people than me.

it's got a female version of super hans, pretty much. i wouldn't say it dips in quality but i don't particularly like it.

fresh meat

I watched the first episode of this new peep show writers show last night. half painful acting and half funny. i've heard it dips in quality after the opener so not sure i'll watch anymore, but we'll see. definitely not aimed at me. aimed at much younger people than me.

 

I watched 30mins last night, Jack Whitehall had been putting me off and unfortunately I was justified - it was terrible. That Josie is fit though.

 

i think he might be the best thing about it. not much else stands out anyway. hes so hateable and i know someone who is just like him too (or used to know/was).

why does everyone know his name? is he famous for something else?

 

 

who is the female superhans? the dumb girl? gah i hate her so much.

he's a regular on Mock the Week and other such panel shows.

 

Yeah I'm guess the coloured girl. Although putting her and Super Hans in the same sentence is pushing it. Super Hans is an absolute legend

 

[Guest abusivegeorge]

fresh meat

I watched the first episode of this new peep show writers show last night. half painful acting and half funny. i've heard it dips in quality after the opener so not sure i'll watch anymore, but we'll see. definitely not aimed at me. aimed at much younger people than me.

 

 

Only saw episode 1. Painfully bad. Especially the rubbish one from Inbetweeners.

 

 

Midnight in Paris - "Woody Allen's return to form" said the critics. I guess what they meant to say was dismal, embarrassing drivel. Owen Wilson was extraordinarily bad. His flimsy laid back delivery is completely at odds with Woody Allen's writing / character and totally fails to pull off frenzied jewish neurosis (which Scarlett Johannsson manages to do pretty well in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (wasn't that Allen's return to form anyway?)). What was the point of this waste of 90 minutes? That things aren't always necessarily better in another "golden" age? The Grass isn't always greener? Nostalgia isn't al its cracked up to be? Is that it? At no point during the writing / production process did anyone stop and say Wait a minute this is total shit? 1 point out of 10 just to see young couples squirming about in their cineman seats and complaining that it wasn't quite the Owen Wilson rom-com they'd paid to see. I heard one girl complaining that there was "too much talking French in it" and that she "couldn't work out what was going on". So another point for that too. If Marion Cotillard wasn't on the screen so much I would've taken a shit on the stage and smeared it all over Owen Wilsons stupid nose with my hands.

 

2/10

 

High motherfucking thread count eh

[perunamuusi]

calling that girl the female superhans is like calling something really rubbish the female something brilliant

 

(sorry couldn't be bothered to think of an example)

[Cazador Mod Unit]

Just got Jonathan Glazer's second flick 'Birth', sounds quite good, anyone seen it?

 

It's cool, like a lesser Eyes Wide Shut (Nicole Kidman, general look) and it makes you 'think'.

[Silent Member]

flol, great W. Allen review Ludd!

[Guest boo]

calling that girl the female superhans is like calling something really rubbish the female something brilliant

 

(sorry couldn't be bothered to think of an example)

i just meant the words she says seem to be written in a similar way

[Guest Xenblake]

The Woman 8/10

 

Thinking this was merely another run of the mill gory shock horror, I was pleasently surprised. This is one of the darkest films I've seen for a long time. It touches the same nerves as Funny Games.

The soundtrack...was strange, lots of American college rock like the kind you'd hear in American Pie or something.It being such a contrast to the tabu themes of the film. I kind of enjoyed it for that.

[Guest A/D]

Dreamscape - 4/10, terrible 1984 scifi movie that I was hoping would be worse. The tagline was "A young psychic on the run from himself (!!!) has to save the US president, who is trapped in a dream world". Sounds amazing, right? I think the hardest films to watch are the ones that get it like 25% right. There are a couple of creepy scenes, but most of it is hilarious dialogue & lack of sense. SPOILER: he's not on the run from himself. No idea what that was supposed to mean.

 

Kick-Ass - 8/10. I'm sure someone has made a youtube clip just of Hit Girl's best lines. I'm going to go watch that now.

[Redruth]

8/10

 

 

 

[Guest Benedict Cumberbatch]

 

 

Midnight in Paris - "Woody Allen's return to form" said the critics. I guess what they meant to say was dismal, embarrassing drivel. Owen Wilson was extraordinarily bad. His flimsy laid back delivery is completely at odds with Woody Allen's writing / character and totally fails to pull off frenzied jewish neurosis (which Scarlett Johannsson manages to do pretty well in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (wasn't that Allen's return to form anyway?)). What was the point of this waste of 90 minutes? That things aren't always necessarily better in another "golden" age? The Grass isn't always greener? Nostalgia isn't al its cracked up to be? Is that it? At no point during the writing / production process did anyone stop and say Wait a minute this is total shit? 1 point out of 10 just to see young couples squirming about in their cineman seats and complaining that it wasn't quite the Owen Wilson rom-com they'd paid to see. I heard one girl complaining that there was "too much talking French in it" and that she "couldn't work out what was going on". So another point for that too. If Marion Cotillard wasn't on the screen so much I would've taken a shit on the stage and smeared it all over Owen Wilsons stupid nose with my hands.

 

2/10

 

one of my favourite of the year so far. don't know how you couldnt like it

 

calling that girl the female superhans is like calling something really rubbish the female something brilliant

 

 

ha!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

after watching fraiser we went back and started watching cheers from the beginning. my favourite character is coach i think.

[perunamuusi]

 

 

Midnight in Paris - "Woody Allen's return to form" said the critics. I guess what they meant to say was dismal, embarrassing drivel. Owen Wilson was extraordinarily bad. His flimsy laid back delivery is completely at odds with Woody Allen's writing / character and totally fails to pull off frenzied jewish neurosis (which Scarlett Johannsson manages to do pretty well in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (wasn't that Allen's return to form anyway?)). What was the point of this waste of 90 minutes? That things aren't always necessarily better in another "golden" age? The Grass isn't always greener? Nostalgia isn't al its cracked up to be? Is that it? At no point during the writing / production process did anyone stop and say Wait a minute this is total shit? 1 point out of 10 just to see young couples squirming about in their cineman seats and complaining that it wasn't quite the Owen Wilson rom-com they'd paid to see. I heard one girl complaining that there was "too much talking French in it" and that she "couldn't work out what was going on". So another point for that too. If Marion Cotillard wasn't on the screen so much I would've taken a shit on the stage and smeared it all over Owen Wilsons stupid nose with my hands.

 

2/10

 

one of my favourite of the year so far. don't know how you couldnt like it

 

 

 

really? it was frightful...actually it was made even worse by this prick siting a few rows behind me who kept laughing out loud in a preposterously over the top way every time another historical figure cropped up, presumably just to let everybody else know that he knew who they were. Really? well done mate ... you've heard of some of the most famous people of the 20th century... good for you.. have a fucking badge spastic. there is no way on earth you could genuinely be laughing that much at the mere appearance of an actor playing Salvador Dali on screen (by the way that Dali, Bunuel, Manray scene was cringe inducingly horrible) - yeah maybe that LOL prick annoyed me more than the drivel on the screen.... but anyway... one of your favourite films of the year ? is it the only film you've watched?

 

PS: I saw Scoop on the telly a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it

[vamos scorcho]

Is the Tree of Life worth watching? I have a strong feeling it's boring/pretentious SHIT - I have a feeling it's going to resemble a flickr slideshow / those desktop/screensaver photos that come with computers / high budget pharmaceutical antidepressant/viagra commercial type thing... but it's been widely discussed and argued about so i feel i should see whats going on. i have my mind already made up about how much i'm going to like it, in a way.

 

The Thin Red Line was great though. Boring but good.

 

8/10

 

 

 

 

did not like this movie or agree with the acclaim

[Cazador Mod Unit]

It's Malick's most problematic movie to date, you have to work with him and you might not like where he takes you in the end. It is not boring in the way The Thin Red Line is but you have to be into nostalgic childhood stuff, if not don't bother.

 

Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes)

what the fuck with these repressed people from the 1950's! Also the colors on this thing... I thought I was on shrooms.

[Guest boo]

 

 

Midnight in Paris - "Woody Allen's return to form" said the critics. I guess what they meant to say was dismal, embarrassing drivel. Owen Wilson was extraordinarily bad. His flimsy laid back delivery is completely at odds with Woody Allen's writing / character and totally fails to pull off frenzied jewish neurosis (which Scarlett Johannsson manages to do pretty well in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (wasn't that Allen's return to form anyway?)). What was the point of this waste of 90 minutes? That things aren't always necessarily better in another "golden" age? The Grass isn't always greener? Nostalgia isn't al its cracked up to be? Is that it? At no point during the writing / production process did anyone stop and say Wait a minute this is total shit? 1 point out of 10 just to see young couples squirming about in their cineman seats and complaining that it wasn't quite the Owen Wilson rom-com they'd paid to see. I heard one girl complaining that there was "too much talking French in it" and that she "couldn't work out what was going on". So another point for that too. If Marion Cotillard wasn't on the screen so much I would've taken a shit on the stage and smeared it all over Owen Wilsons stupid nose with my hands.

 

2/10

 

one of my favourite of the year so far. don't know how you couldnt like it

 

calling that girl the female superhans is like calling something really rubbish the female something brilliant

 

 

ha!

 

 

 

 

 

i wasn't even saying that. i hate you people

[MAXIMUS MISCHIEF]

Is the Tree of Life worth watching? I have a strong feeling it's boring/pretentious SHIT - I have a feeling it's going to resemble a flickr slideshow / those desktop/screensaver photos that come with computers / high budget pharmaceutical antidepressant/viagra commercial type thing... but it's been widely discussed and argued about so i feel i should see whats going on. i have my mind already made up about how much i'm going to like it, in a way.

 

The Thin Red Line was great though. Boring but good.

 

8/10

 

 

 

 

did not like this movie or agree with the acclaim

 

the fall is AWESOME

i dont care what anyone says

[vamos scorcho]

Is the Tree of Life worth watching? I have a strong feeling it's boring/pretentious SHIT - I have a feeling it's going to resemble a flickr slideshow / those desktop/screensaver photos that come with computers / high budget pharmaceutical antidepressant/viagra commercial type thing... but it's been widely discussed and argued about so i feel i should see whats going on. i have my mind already made up about how much i'm going to like it, in a way.

 

The Thin Red Line was great though. Boring but good.

 

8/10

 

 

 

 

did not like this movie or agree with the acclaim

 

the fall is AWESOME

i dont care what anyone says

 

most people loved that movie, including the friends i went with. for whatever reason it didn't work for me. I saw it around the same time I saw Speed Racer [which was panned]. I recall The Fall being praised for its artistic visual style. The truth was that Speed Racer was far more visually interesting and original but received poor grades while The Fall seemed rather cliche in comparison and received good grades. I still defend Speed Racer, it's one of my favorite movies. In a way I'd be willing to guess that it's nearly as avant garde as the Tree of Life, which I'm about to watch.

 

i mean really, this is virtuoso filmmaking: