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johnny_ultimate

Together is great, but it isn't a Dogma film The blaring Abba soundtrack gives that one away!

I've only seen a handful of Dogma films, but Festen is stunningly raw and passionate filmmaking.

Corkfeen

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Together is great, but it isn't a Dogma film The blaring Abba soundtrack gives that one away!

I've only seen a handful of Dogma films, but Festen is stunningly raw and passionate filmmaking.

Indeed, I just realised. I knew I felt far too comfortable while watching it plus it definitely was entirely breaking the manifesto, It was a facepalm moment. Reworking post to remove that moment from existence. :pac: I deleted it just before I read your post, ninja style delete failed miserably......

I'll just rewrite the gyst of it. Together is a fantastic film and everyone should watch it. The previous post ceased to exist as it was a moment of idiocy.... Now i'm going to hit my head against a brick wall.

Judgement Day

Birneybau wrote: »

No Irish connection?

Niall O'Brien plays Captain Twilley - the operator of the Escort agency.

firestarter51

lawless, not as good as i expected bu tstill 7/10
man with the iron fists, it got half an hour in and had to go, bad acting and fighting scenes are shocking, might be alright for a stoner fully baked

mike65

A Simple Plan (Sam Raimi 1998) not bad little drama of consequences. I had some difficulty buying into Joshua (did he get dropped on his head as a child, hard to see why his character/intellect would that different from his brother) though Billy Bob Thornton was excellent in the role. Also I have some difficulty with the idea that the sheriffs office wouldn't have details of an FBI man forwarded to them so they knew who's who and what's what. Finally, no mobile phones in 1998?

nicklauski

The Campaign.

Put it on last night. Thought it would be a good laugh as I enjoy Will Ferrell and herself thinks Zak Galifinakis (?) is funny.

What a crock of dirt.
Turned it off after 10 minutes.

Avoid like the plague.

johnny_ultimate

Air Doll - Pinnochio meets Lars and The Real Girl in this unusual Hirokazu Koreeda film (completed in early 2009, but only now released on DVD). The film opens with a man coming home to his sex doll, in all the uncomfortably graphic detail that implies. It's a bolder, surprisingly explicit opening from a director famed for his very understated dramas like Still Walking or Nobody Knows, but the adult fairytale that follows the prologue is much more typical Koreeda. Fascinating critique of the way women are frequently objectified in Japanese society, and subtle insights into the variety of people who come in contact with this newly conscious inflatable. Dark and cynical, but still emotive and humanistic. Thoughtfully shot and edited. Alas, it does drag on a bit towards the end, but mostly this is a smart and offbeat fantasy. It's not as affecting as Koreeda's more recent I Wish (a truly fantastic film), but it's well worth a look for fans.

Bernie - While I undoubtedly appreciated the film's strange style and tone, there was something about it that just failed to draw me in. Perhaps it was the mockumentary delivery, which was an ambitious decision but one that IMO didn't fully gel with the more traditionally delivered scenes. Didn't warm to Jack Black's performance either. Probably just the mood I was in, TBH, and it's definitely nice to see a 'real life' crime story told in such a distinctive way.

firestarter51

the baytown outlaws, good action with a bit of humour, female assassins are awesome

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Just watched Tyrannosaur. Very hard film to watch, grim, grim, grim, but my God, Olivia Colman is outstanding in it. I've only ever seen her do comedy but she is utterly heartbreaking in this. How she didn't win all the acting awards on offer last year is beyond me.

One complaint, if you'd even call it that, was how they ended it, with the voice over and that, it just seemed like they made 95% of the film and then just wrapped it up quickly to get it done. I suppose it was the best way to tie up all the stories without dragging the film out to 3 or 4 hours.

MiloYossarian

Lawless

Terrible.

The Hobbit

It's good once it gets going, which is the finally forty five minutes. The rest just feels like left over bits from LOTR and people talking about LOTR. There's a lot of padding and frankly needless scenes. It's not an accurate take on the book by any means. They make up a lot of stuff, characters and situations. With one of these threads they're probably setting something up for the last film, but you know, spoilers and that.

In my opinion what they should have done was made two shorter films packed with good stuff rather than make a something bloated with pointless scenes, characters and situations.

Favourite film of the year so far...just joking, it's pretty good. Nothing like the awe of the first thrilogy.
P.s, the way the film looks, the frame rate they used it makes it look weird. It's like one of those 3D transfer stickers you could get before. It looks completely fake, takes you out of the film and has no place in movie making.

PandyAndy

Just watched Mr. Nobody. It was posted by FurtuneChip in the 'Best film which no one has heard of?' thread.

Great film and great soundtrack. The visuals are outstanding.

Centres around an old man named Nemo who tries to recall his life, however there have been multiple lives lived by Nemo based on different decisions he'd made throughout his life/lives.

Definitely recommend it. If you don't like films like Primer, Tree of Life etc then you may not like this.

Edit: It's also quite the long film at 2hrs 35mins.

PandyAndy

nicklauski wrote: »

The Campaign.

Put it on last night. Thought it would be a good laugh as I enjoy Will Ferrell and herself thinks Zak Galifinakis (?) is funny.

What a crock of dirt.
Turned it off after 10 minutes.

Avoid like the plague.

Hahaha I did the same acouple weeks back. I turned it off just where Zach goes home.

LiamMc

MiloYossarian wrote: »

Lawless

Terrible.

The Hobbit

It's good once it gets going, which is the finally forty five minutes. The rest just feels like left over bits from LOTR and people talking about LOTR. There's a lot of padding and frankly needless scenes. It's not an accurate take on the book by any means. They make up a lot of stuff, characters and situations. With one of these threads they're probably setting something up for the last film, but you know, spoilers and that.

In my opinion what they should have done was made two shorter films packed with good stuff rather than make a something bloated with pointless scenes, characters and situations.

Favourite film of the year so far...just joking, it's pretty good. Nothing like the awe of the first thrilogy.
P.s, the way the film looks, the frame rate they used it makes it look weird. It's like one of those 3D transfer stickers you could get before. It looks completely fake, takes you out of the film and has no place in movie making.

Love the irony.

Tony EH

I don't know how anyone could sit through this in 3D. Jesus, my eyes would be burning.

Anyway, like you Milo, I though that 'The Hobbit' would have been a more satisfactory as a two film affair. I haven't seen it yet, but a trilogy just strikes me as wrong?

In saying that, I can't wait to see it as 'The Lord of the Rings' gets a regular outing in my house. Despite some minor problems, it's a truly fantastic effort.

Although, why would the characters in 'The Hobbit' be "talking about" events in 'The Lord of the Rings'? 'The Hobbit' takes place decades before that.

MiloYossarian

Tony EH wrote: »

I don't know how anyone could sit through this in 3D. Jesus, my eyes would be burning.

Anyway, like you Milo, I though that 'The Hobbit' would have been a more satisfactory as a two film affair. I haven't seen it yet, but a trilogy just strikes me as wrong?

In saying that, I can't wait to see it as 'The Lord of the Rings' gets a regular outing in my house. Despite some minor problems, it's a truly fantastic effort.

Although, why would the characters in 'The Hobbit' be "talking about" events in 'The Lord of the Rings'? 'The Hobbit' takes place decades before that.

I know, that really bothered me, because it's just filler, padding like. It cheapened it for me. There's a lot of foreshadowing and knowing winks that just shouldn't be in it as well as the more obvious full on discussions.

You could just do away with the majority of the first hour and it would have been a far better film. Or leave the major LOTR foreshadowing until the last film, when something triggers Gandalf to grow suspicious.

I remember in the book, on the way back Gandalf goes to see a Necromancer which is revealed to have been Sauron in the Lord Of The Rings.

The 3D is horrific. One of the glories of the LOTR was that it looked real, it almost had me convinced that it was an Historical epic. The 3D in this one at times says "you're watching a movie you're watching a movie you're watching a movie." It completely takes you out of it. What a terrible decision.

Having said that, these are just quibbles. It's still a good movie, and I feel that the next two could reach the heights of the Lord Of The Rings.

P.S, Petey, just show me the dragon. I've paid 16 euros to get in. I've waited quite a while for it to be made. Years while you spoke about it and things fell through. Show me the gosh darn dragon.

johnny_ultimate

I've never been a big fan of Ang Lee as a director, but before watching Life of Pi I decided to check out a double bill of his most well-liked early productions.

The Wedding Banquet - I liked this one alot. The setup is pure farce - a gay Taiwanese man in New York agrees (actually, actively suggests it in the first place) to marry a Chinese friend to ensure she gets a green card. But hearing the news, the grooms parents arrive and effectively demand a huge wedding banquet. In lesser hands, this would be the broadest of possible rom-coms, yet in Lee's hand it's a surprisingly considered, smart comedy drama that frequently and insightfully subverts expectations. The 'culture clash' stuff is very thoughtfully handled, and the characters are well drawn. It all comes together with an third act that is equal parts crowdpleasing and realistic. Excellent stuff.

Eat Drink Man Woman - many of the cast members of Wedding Banquet return in Lee's subsequent Taipei-set film, and the director manages to effectively recapture the smart yet entertaining tone. I got a distinct 'Hannah and Her Sisters' vibe off the film at times, but the comparison is favourable. Again, well-realised family drama about three adult sisters and their widower father - over the course of the film, they all struggle to achieve some sort of independence. In a rare break from tradition, the film actually becomes more focused as it progresses. The film's dramatic centerpieces are a series of elaborate Sunday banquets prepared by the masterchef father of the family, and Asian food fans will emerge feeling very hungry indeed. One or two of the plot developments are a bit random or sudden, but it all works surprisingly well. Another very hard film to dislike given the warm, affectionate tone and intriguing characters.

Paddy Samurai

Fcuking Brilliant!
About my 10th viewing And as a bonus,a fantastic soundtrack.:D

ManOnFire

Jersey Girl - having watched all of Kevin Smiths stuff besides this and Copout (which i refuse to watch!) I decided it was time to have a look. Can see why the die hards hate this but its not unwatchable, not a patch on his others all the same.

Super - just finished watching this a little earlier, very enjoyable and would be ahead of Kick Ass in my book. Great performance from Rainn Wilson as the Crimson Bolt

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

While You Were Sleeping - an oldie (kind of) but a goodie. They don't make rom coms like they used to. Sure you know how it's going to end but it's so enjoyable to watch all the same.

403 Forbidden

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Fcuking Brilliant!
About my 10th viewing And as a bonus,a fantastic soundtrack.:D

I just watched it for the first time last night. Loved it

ManOnFire

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Fcuking Brilliant!
About my 10th viewing And as a bonus,a fantastic soundtrack.:D

have had this on dvd for about two years and yet to watch it! cant believe ive never seen it!:eek:

Marty McFly

ManOnFire wrote: »

have had this on dvd for about two years and yet to watch it! cant believe ive never seen it!:eek:

Well then in that case do yourself a favour get off boards crack open that dvd sit back and enjoy .

briany

Talhotblond

A documentary, apparently, chronicling an online love affair and it's real life consequences.

An OK documentary. Was frankly expecting more from it but it ended up reminding me of something you'd come across on the C&I channel. Very average presentation and I wasn't that impressed by the narration style. It was a disturbing look into how online relationships can get out of hand sometimes though, although I was more disturbed and impressed by Catfish, a film with a similar subject matter than Talhotblond, even though Talhotblond lead to a real life crime. Both docs have been accused of fakery and I'm not sure what is true about them, if anything, but both are an interesting look at one of the darker sides of the internet and human nature. Catfish is better but having seen that, Talhotblond is not a bad watch for stories of bad internet misdeeds . Not a great one either, though.

budgemook

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Fcuking Brilliant!
About my 10th viewing And as a bonus,a fantastic soundtrack.:D

Is the film called fcuking brilliant?

candy-gal1

Deck the halls and now ET! festiveness!!!

Mickeroo

budgemook wrote: »

Is the film called fcuking brilliant?

He's on about goodfellas. I didn't see it first either as its the title of the post and you can't see those on the touch site.

johnny_ultimate

Watched The Queen of Versailles this evening, a fascinating documentary about the stinking rich Siegel family (earned from timeshare sales) who decide to build America's biggest home - a recreation of the Versailles palace. Then the recession hits, and everything goes to ****. The docu initially seems like it's going to harshly critique and ridicule the absurd extravagance of these people's lifestyle - and yes, it does that. But what makes it interesting is how much effort it puts into humanising them too. I don't know if I'd go as far as 'compassionate', but this puts an insightfully and often affectingly human face on the 1%. Jackie Siegel - "the trophy wife" - particularly emerges as a surprisingly decent sort caught up in the addiction of rampant consumerism. Her much older husband David comes across less than favourably at times, but the film does paint a frank portrait of a man determined to succeed almost no matter the personal cost. Well worth a watch.

longshotvalue

Watched Looper, I tought it was good, if a bit overrated, and i found it slow enough at the start, it improved once Emily Blunt arrived on the scene..
7/10

ronoc 1

watched infernal affairs on netflix,had seen departed so i wanted to see how it compared and i have to say its just slightly better than the departed.the departed had better cinematography and shootouts but the story in infernal affairs was a lot more leaner and made more sense.espeically the ending

where in the departed it just became laughable with all the deaths whereas in infernal affairs the mole in the police was so ambigious that i was uncertain as whether to be glad he survived to the end.

btw are the sequels worth watching,what ive heard about them, they seem to be solid follow ups.

Judgement Day

John Frankenheimer's "The Train" (1964) on DVD, for the umteenth time! B+W World War II classic starring Burt Lancaster and Paul Scofield. Based on a true story and using real railway equipment in its many action scenes. YouTube video below (in colour) shows scenes from the making of the movie. Hits the spot every time and is possibly my favourite all-time movie. 10/10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2pEvr32C7g