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A V A wrote: »

iv seen harry potter 4 on tg4 at 10 o'clock at night in irish!! the 4th film is pretty dark and is classed as a n adults film aswell :P

No it's not, it's a film made for and aimed at kids and a young teenage audience. None of the Potter film have been made for an adult audience and while they may be dark that does not mean that they are not kids films.

A V A

the lady her self said that the films have grown to be a dark and have started to appeal to the older audience because of the darker scenes etc, the films are portrayed differently than the books ,im just going by the peson who wrote the books

A V A

A V A wrote: »

the lady her self said that the films have grown to be a dark and have started to appeal to the older audience because of the darker scenes etc, the films are portrayed differently than the books ,im just going by the peson who wrote the books

The only way that you could argue that the later films appeal to an older audience is because the audience has grown up with the films. There is nothing in the films far which one could classify as being for adults and as I said being dark does not make it adult. Plenty of kids films have very adult themes but they are still kids films, see Return to Oz, The Monster Squad, etc,etc.

A V A

Deleted User wrote: »

The only way that you could argue that the later films appeal to an older audience is because the audience has grown up with the films. There is nothing in the films far which one could classify as being for adults and as I said being dark does not make it adult. Plenty of kids films have very adult themes but they are still kids films, see Return to Oz, The Monster Squad, etc,etc.

my mates didnt grow up with/liking harry potter!! only with the past 2 or 3 films they have started to like them because of the darkness and appeal to it!so i dont think you can really say it appeals to the older audience that has grown up with it, even my mates parents like the films now because they dont see the latest potter films as kids films,they see them as big movies and movies they can watch that appeal to them so that they are interested!! there are some scenes in the past 2 potter films which have been very dark and have shocked people because they didnt expect it in the films and havent seen anything like it in previous films , not saying thats purely for adults but , as rowling said , the films have progressed into more dramatic scenes and darkness which is different to what the harry porter books are portrayed to be !!!

A V A

A V A wrote: »

my mates didnt grow up with/liking harry potter!! only with the past 2 or 3 films they have started to like them because of the darkness and appeal to it!so i dont think you can really say it appeals to the older audience that has grown up with it, even my mates parents like the films now because they dont see the latest potter films as kids films,they see them as big movies and movies they can watch that appeal to them so that they are interested!! there are some scenes in the past 2 potter films which have been very dark and have shocked people because they didnt expect it in the films and havent seen anything like it in previous films , not saying thats purely for adults but , as rowling said , the films have progressed into more dramatic scenes and darkness which is different to what the harry porter books are portrayed to be !!!

Theyre still primarily films for the 10-15 age group. While they appeal to older kids and adults you cannot seriously argue that they are adult films. I would classify the Potter films as an entertaining and enjoyable series and like many films aimed at the young adult market they appeal across the boards.

To me dark adult cinema is films such as Zodiac, The killer Inside Me, Martyrs. If its dark adult fantasy that were solely talking about then I would suggest the upcoming Game of Thrones series from HBO or the superb Pan's Labyrinth.

I think that far too many people mistake dark as being adult. I've heard numerous people state that Toy Story 3 is an adult film given how dark it is and while there are some adult themes in play it is for all intents and purposes a film made for children. Up was the same, it may deal with adult issues but at the end of the day it's a kids film through and through.

Elmo

A V A wrote: »

iv watched a film in irish before with the brother , cant remember what film it was but it was defo was in irish !?!?!!?!! and iv seen harry potter 4 on tg4 at 10 o'clock at night in irish!! the 4th film is pretty dark and is classed as a n adults film aswell :P

As a person who watches TG4 I have never seen an Adult non-Irish Language movie re-dubbed into Irish. TG4 have funded films aimed at an adult audience such as Kings which was produced in Irish and which should never be re-dubbed into any other language IMO (that goes for all films in any language).

RTÉ have the rights for the Harry Potter movies in English. As for their Darkness I don't know they don't appeal to me they seem long and overly explanatory.

Harry is in Wizard School. Harry this is how we make spells. Harry this is how we play a game called quidage. Harry this is how you get into the mind of a evil villian. Harry this is a makey up animal and this is how it reacts to Wizards. Harry are you listening? Harry? We have 2 more hours to go please get with the story, a 1000 pages does not get written in a day :mad:

Finally South Park is the only adult programme re-dubbed but that is an animation and a bit of a novelty.

As for a 10pm showing of Harry Potter I think you may have seen it at 6pm alright but unlikely 10pm. Also I don't think they have got as far as HP4 in Irish.

MagicMarker

ITV4 @ 11.15 - Tremors

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Se7en is on tonight at 9pm on TCM.

mike65

Deep Red (Profundo Rosso) 1975. Dario Argentos suspense masterpiece being shown in its complete version (126 mins) on The Horror Channel/+1 Friday 11.05 pm/Saturday 00.05am. The screening is introduced by genre journalist and Argento specialist Alan Jones

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Apocalypse Now is on tonight at 9pm on TCM and 1.25am on TCM2.

Elmo

Letters From Iowa Jima tonight 21:35 TG4*

*In English I hope :rolleyes:

bnt

Elmo wrote: »

Letters From Iowa Jima tonight 21:35 TG4*

*In English I hope :rolleyes:

Sore kara, Nihongo ga wakarimasen ka? :cool:

Later on, though ...
RTE One: The Ice Storm, 12:55am. This is one of my all-time favourite films, about weird goings-on in 1970s American suburbia. Doesn't sound like much, but then tragedy strikes and raises some very serious questions. Directed beautifully by Ang Lee with a stellar cast, and they're all good: Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Christina Ricci, Tobey Maguire, even Katie Holmes and a young Elijah Wood.

RTE Two: The Deer Hunter, 1:05am - an essential Vietnam War classic, which most people have seen by now, but if you haven't ..! :cool:

Elmo

bnt wrote: »

Sore kara, Nihongo ga wakarimasen ka? :cool:

Damn Google translate, it is picking up the words as Sundanese Watashi wa airurando hanasu ki ni shinai ????

Sosh1te, watashi wa jimaku o yomu koto ga dekimasu ????? (Sorry to all Japanese people for abusing your language like this, love the censorship boards.ie)

Right now on RTÉ ONE Airport '79: Concorde

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8ZyKcQr-JA

We've got to get him to a Hospital!
What is it?
He might die! This is serious!

Jesus Wept

The Burbs just started on ITV4.

Elmo

Superbad RTÉ Two NOW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3UFV1in5Qk

Thirteen TG4 21:30 Tonight (NEXT).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yxrc2W-czA

mike65

ITV4 7:20pm-10:00pm Licence to Kill (1989) Timothy Daltons 2nd outing as 007, full of nasty goodness, and hot babes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z17ku1iBBU

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Goodfellas is on tonight at 10.05 on RTE2.
RTE must have been paying attention to the favourite movies poll!

Also on tonight is This is Spinal Tap at 11.20 on Gold.

bnt

TG4, Monday 21:30: The People vs Larry Flynt. It's about a pornographer, but it's not pornography. With Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love and Edward Norton.

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A Mighty Wind is on UTV tonight at 2.55am.

bnt

RTE Two, 1:35 PM: Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), starring Spencer Tracy, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, directed by John Sturges. One of those films you hear other directors talking about, but which I haven't seen yet. Tracy was nominated for an Oscar for this, but Borgnine won for a different film in the same year (Marty).

James T Kirk

It's a great film. Draws you in and keeps you hooked. A must see. The best I can see on tonight though is Albino Alligator. On 3e at midnight. Worth a watch, as far as I remember. Indie kind of film with snappy dialogue. I'll give it 3 stars from vague memory.

mike65

Dawn of the Dead (1978) BBC4 tonight.

Its Roger Moore 007 week on ITV4, Man with Golden Gun tonight then two films per night
for the rest of the week (the first being a repeat of the previous nights second film if you follow!)

Golden Gun
Golden Gun/Spy
Spy/Moonraker
Moonraker/For Your Eyes only
For Your Eyes Only/Octopussy
Octopussy

No A View to a Kill for some reason....

DeepBlue

Being There

Time: 00:55 to 03:15 (2 hours and 20 minutes long).
When: Wednesday Tuesday night/Wednesday morning 27th October on RTÉ 1

A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television. After a run in with a limousine, he ends up a guest of Eve and her husband Ben, an influential but sickly businessman. Now called Chauncey Gardner, Chance becomes friend and confidante to Ben, and an unlikely political insider.
Director: Hal Ashby
Starring: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart
(PG, 1979, 4 Star)

ShagNastii

The Waterboy on Film Four tonight.

Comedy gold. Sandler before his movies became paint my numbers crocks of shíte.

Elmo

Strange this year seems to be one of the better years for a good fright on the TV <<<<<

RTÉ

Gremlins 13:45 RTÉ 2 Saturday
Gremlins 2 15:45 RTÉ 2 Saturday
The Rocky Horror Picture Show 00:00 RTÉ 1 (Saturday Night/Sunday Morning)
Ghostbusters 14:20 RTÉ 2 Sunday
Monster House 16:15 RTÉ 2 Sunday
28 Week Later 22:00 RTÉ 2 Sunday
Halloween 6 23:15 RTÉ 2 Sunday
Poltergeist 00:50 RTÉ 2 Monday


TV3

The Omen 23:00 TV3 Saturday
The Exorcist 23:00 TV3 Sunday
The Fog 00:00 3e Monday

TG4

Scream 2 22:50 Saturday
Na Cloigne 21:30 Monday (Re-edit of the mini-series, Irish Horror)


ITV

The Thing ITV 4 23:45 Friday
The Mummy ITV 2 15:35 Sunday
Casper ITV 2 19:00 Sunday
Dracula ITV 4 01:05 Monday
The 6th Scene ITV 1/UTV 03:15 Monday

BBC

Night of the Living Dead BBC 4 23:45 Saturday
Halloween BBC 4 23:30 Sunday
Halloween 5 BBC 2 1:55 Monday


Channel 4

The Disappeared Film Four 23:45 Friday
Rosemary's Baby Film Four 01:55 Saturday
Cloverfeild Film Four 21:00 Saturday
Alien Film Four 22:35 Saturday
Nightwatch Film Four 00:50 Sunday Morning
The Others Film Four 22:00 Sunday

E&OE <<< should be part of internet speak!

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Just in case people missed the ads or the thread in bargain alerts.

Dman001 wrote: »

Sjy have an upcoming Free Weekend of Sky Movies on the 29th, 30th and 31st of October. I assume you will need a Sky subscription of some sort to avail of it, but will be available in HD too. The schedule is as follows:

Friday 29th October

8pm Gran Torino
10pm Role Models
11.45pm Push
1.45am Gran Torino
4.25am Stone Of Destiny


Saturday 30th October

6.15am You're So Cupid
8am Rugrats In Paris: The Movie
10am Cats & Dogs
12pm Race To Witch Mountain
1.45pm Alex Zane's Guest List: Simon Pegg
2.15pm Paul Blart: Mall Cop
4pm Cats & Dogs
6pm Confessions Of A Shopaholic
8pm Fast & Furious
10pm Paul Blart: Mall Cop
11.45pm Transporter 3
2.05am Fast & Furious
4.05am You're So Cupid





Sunday 31st October

6.10am Coraline
8am Bedtime Stories
10am Confessions Of A Shopaholic
12pm Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Season 3, Episode 1
12.30pm Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Season 3, Episode 2
1.20pm Bolt *Special showing courtesy of Disney Cinemagic*
3pm A Bug's Life *Special showing courtesy of Disney Cinemagic*
4.40pm Brother Bear *Special showing courtesy of Disney Cinemagic*
6.15pm Coraline
8pm Bedtime Stories
9.45pm Seven Pounds
12am Righteous Kill
1.45am Forrest Gump
4.15am Stone Of Destiny

http://movies.sky.com/freeweekend

Elmo

SVG wrote: »

Just in case people missed the ads or the thread in bargain alerts.

Is this available on UPC?

Cantona's Collars

28 Weeks later on RTE2 at 9pm. I think it was posted in a list earlier but time was wrong.

The Exorcist TV3 now!

Just home from a day of beer and this film still scares the **** out of me!

mike65

This is not so much a recommended as a heads up for a very rare screening - Michael Ritchies version of The Island (1980) from the Peter (Jaws) Benchley airport page-turner. Its possibly the low point of several careers but not to be missed if you like old school trashy violence and melodrama

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNr4A-6BAGI