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droidman123

R P McMurphy wrote: »

Holy Hell

Documentary on Netflix about a new age style cult that started out in California and focusing primarily on their bizarre leader. An ex porno star with a penchant for strutting around in speedos and mascara. How he fell into the role of cult leader and quite what made hundreds of people flock to him over the decades is still a mystery after watching it. Crazy people. Worth and investment of two hours however as the footage was shot by a member over the course of two decades so gives a good exposition of life inside the group

What's the title of the documentary?

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

droidman123 wrote: »

What's the title of the documentary?

droidman123

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I just seen "holy hell" in the opening part of the post,i wasn't sure if that was an exclamation of how crazy the documentary was.it would of been easier for you just to post the title,is it really that hard for you to do that?

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

droidman123 wrote: »

I just seen "holy hell" in the opening part of the post,i wasn't sure if that was an exclamation of how crazy the documentary was.it would of been easier for you just to post the title,is it really that hard for you to do that?

Calm down. Given the name was in the post, and it's been mentioned a number of times in recent weeks, I genuinely wasn't sure if you were joking or not.

droidman123

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Calm down. Given the name was in the post, and it's been mentioned a number of times in recent weeks, I genuinely wasn't sure if you were joking or not.

Fair enough,i wasn't joking,i asked a simple question and I never heard of the documentary.if I seen the title of the documentary I obviously wouldn't of asked

ButtersSuki

Cheap Thrills recorded from Film 4 recently. Two friends, both in need of cash embark on a drink and drug-fueled series of dares over the course of a night while a wealthy couple egg them on to do crazier things for larger amounts of money. It has its moments, but overall I just felt I liked the premise of this more than the execution. 6/10.

Chain Smoker

The Fits
This has not earned the reviews its getting imo. Possibly one of the most startlingly misjudged scores I've ever heard. The film misled for the first two thirds in a way that was ABSOLUTELY unintentional but I really cannot accept much blame for.


Once Were Warriors
Been lingering on my hard drive for ages. Was alright yeah, easy watch, as expected

Rounders
Been lingering on my hard drive for ages. Was alright yeah, easy watch, as expected

Slow West
Been lingering on my hard drive for ages. Was alright yeah, easy watch, as expected

Mizu_Ger

Our Kind of Traitor
Decent thriller with everyman Ewan McGregor meeting a Russian mafia guy (Stellan Skarsgard) and fallout from a request he makes. Owes a bit to Hitchcock and doesn't waste it's European locations. Acting is good all round, but Damien Lewis's accent was a bit distracting at first. A good thriller if a little hard to believe at times.

Florence Foster Jenkins
"The worst singer that ever lived" apparently. I had never heard of her before, but the story is told with great affection and Meryl Streep is fantastic in the lead role (it seems that she did all her own (bad) singing). Hugh Grant and the "that guy from The Big Bang Theory" are very good too. Well worth a watch.

The Night Before
Absolute rubbish. Didn't laugh at all. Seth Rogen's usual story of a guy trying to grow up by taking lots of drugs. It's easy to forgive the repetitive story if it was funny, but it's not. Michael Shannon was the only decent thing in it, but it's not worth enduring the film for that alone.

Hard to be a God
Got this on blu-ray recently for a good price (the UK Arrow edition). Was waiting for a good 3hr slot to watch it in one go. Kids were gone to bed and house was quiet so put it on on Saturday night and the bloody subtitles wouldn't work! Tried everything and couldn't get them to appear. Tried again on Sunday morning and all was fine. We watched The Night Before instead, but I think I would have gotten more laughs from this Russain 3hr B&W film with no subtitles than from that thing!

johnpatrick81

The Jungle Book

Looked great, sounds great. Really enjoyable. Bill Murray is brilliant as Baloo! I'd say very young kids would be scared stiff by it though.

Liam McPoyle

Back to the Future 1 & 2.

Recently picked up the 30th anniversary blu ray set so watched these yesterday.

I'll admit, I've always been a fan but damnit, these are some brilliant movies.

I really cannot fault anything in them.

It's a simple but incredibly intricate story that is wonderfully interwoven.

Christopher Lloyd is thoroughly enjoyable as the wild eyed Doc.

MJF is a hugely likeable hero.

Thomas Wilson is a brilliant bad guy in Biff / Griff.

Crispin Glover though steals the show for me as young George and down trodden older George.

Alan Silvestri's score is fantastic.

You don't get a moments rest throughout, it starts off a pace and doesn't let up.

If I could describe them in one word that word would be thrilling.

From the Libian's attack to the Doc trying to reconnect the cables in part 1 to the Docs reintroduction at the start of part 2 up to when Marty runs up to him after the end of part 1, I watched the two of them with a massive grin on my face.

If I had to say anything bad it would be that some of the effects are a little dated but given the age of them then that can be completely overlooked.

I know its a cliche but they really don't make them like this anymore.

10/10

Chain Smoker

Saul T Nutzz wrote: »

Back to the Future 1 & 2.

Recently picked up the 30th anniversary blu ray set so watched these yesterday.

I'll admit, I've always been a fan but damnit, these are some brilliant movies.

I really cannot fault anything in them.

It's a simple but incredibly intricate story that is wonderfully interwoven.

Christopher Lloyd is thoroughly enjoyable as the wild eyed Doc.

MJF is a hugely likeable hero.

Thomas Wilson is a brilliant bad guy in Biff / Griff.

Crispin Glover though steals the show for me as young George and down trodden older George.

Alan Silvestri's score is fantastic.

You don't get a moments rest throughout, it starts off a pace and doesn't let up.

If I could describe them in one word that word would be thrilling.

From the Libian's attack to the Doc trying to reconnect the cables in part 1 to the Docs reintroduction at the start of part 2 up to when Marty runs up to him after the end of part 1, I watched the two of them with a massive grin on my face.

If I had to say anything bad it would be that some of the effects are a little dated but given the age of them then that can be completely overlooked.

I know its a cliche but they really don't make them like this anymore.

10/10

Ah now, every criticism levelled at the second film is 100% justified. It's fun but it's a f*cking mess. The pacing is its saving grace (it's really just a relentless stream a silliness) but also the reason it doesn't come close to the first one.


RE: Marty McFly, I've a really really strong suspicion if I saw that film for the first time now that I'd hate the too-cool-for-school little ****. Michael J Fox is probably the only reason I didn't think that as a four year old tbh.

Tony EH

Always thought the second film was the best myself.

Chain Smoker

[REC]
Pretty fun, end was a bit lame, lead one looked a lot like a girl I dated.

The VVitch
Fell asleep, will give it another try some other time. Wasn't really at all what I expected but that isn't necessarily a bad thing
Bit hard to take Chris Finch from the Office seriously in this role though

The Mosquito Coast
Harrison Ford played a good prick, but overall the film was the kind of bore you'd expect. Kind of like the boring bland hollywood version of a fitzcarraldo type of film

"31" 2016 There is really only one man who knows how to direct a horror film these days and thats Rob Zombie. If you actually want something that is not riddled with cliches and violence just for the sake of gore. This is a proper horror movie that needs to be watched in a darkened room. It is riddled with pure evil. Its a simple story but effective, the usual rag tag group that can be found in Zombies films stumbling across a whole heap of madness, with one character more frightening then the next. Great soundtrack too.
When watching Zombie's films its not a good idea to compare them to his others or other horror films, but just watch them as an individual movie for what it is in itself and go along for the ride...

cowboyBuilder

Blue Velvet (1986)

I find David Lynch strange - but his films are usually compelling and addictive, and allthough with other films of his I might be frustrated at the end - the actual experience of the movie is great - very enjoyable - usually.

But this - absolute scutter.

cowboyBuilder

Chain Smoker wrote: »

Ah now, every criticism levelled at the second film is 100% justified. It's fun but it's a f*cking mess. The pacing is its saving grace (it's really just a relentless stream a silliness) but also the reason it doesn't come close to the first one.


RE: Marty McFly, I've a really really strong suspicion if I saw that film for the first time now that I'd hate the too-cool-for-school little ****. Michael J Fox is probably the only reason I didn't think that as a four year old tbh.

True enough, but that ending of the 2nd one .... wow!!!!

Chain Smoker

Chain Smoker wrote: »

[REC]
The VVitch
Fell asleep, will give it another try some other time. Wasn't really at all what I expected but that isn't necessarily a bad thing
Bit hard to take Chris Finch from the Office seriously in this role though
film

Got back to this, Finchy was still an issue but it was mostly pretty good.
Had a google after the first viewing to check why I had such an inaccurate notion of what the film was, it was incredibly mismarketed.

The Descent
So I was liking this plenty up until the creatures were revealed.
Pretty much everything beyond that point was beyond awful, as bland a horror film as I've seen. Quite expensive looking monsters that were nowhere near as scary as them being a bit wasteful with their lights earlier in the film, stupid ****ing pool of blood... ridiculous excesses that done nothing but water down what the film had going for it.
The US theatrical release apparently cut out the final scene, that's beyond hilarious for how much further it goes to wrecking whatever the film still had working for it.


Florence Foster Jenkins
Many thousands of people will watch this in airplanes and it will make their 90 minutes pass by briskly.
I got interrupted with about 20 minutes of the film left, I haven't gotten back to watch them but I feel like I don't need to.

Gold Diggers of 1933
Fun, but didn't meet my hopes, fell foul to the limitations of the technology at the time more than I had expected.
It is fun though, I could probably rewatch it right now.

Westworld
Yul Brynner plays a robot. Can't help but feel this film, in the 70s, directed by one of those 70s directors they had over there (not one of the big ones, just someone a bit decent), could've been a hell of a lot more fun than Crichton's own efforts.

All That Jazz
As I was watching this, I started wondering just why I was expecting it to be really good and I honestly couldn't think of an answer. Not for me.

Right Then, Wrong Now
First Hong Sang Soo film I've seen. Kind of seemed like it was primarily a narrative expert so I maybe should have read about it first.
Very firmly divided into the two parts, of which you have to watch both. The first didn't really do a lot for me, was pretty bored. The second was really sweet though and having awareness of what the point of the first part was, there are some bits which, in retrospect, seem pretty funny.
Will be checking out more of him.

johnny_ultimate

As a big fan of Hong Sang-soo, I have been beyond frustrated waiting for a way to watch Right Now, Wrong Then Especially since the US release doesn't appear to have been accompanied by a VOD release.

Then again, being an Irish fan of Hong Sang-soo pretty much means you have to commit to imports, shadiness and endless rewatches of Nobody's Daughter Haewon for one's fix. And those times Film4 casually decides to show one at 3am.

Frank O. Pinion

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

Blue Velvet (1986)

I find David Lynch strange - but his films are usually compelling and addictive, and allthough with other films of his I might be frustrated at the end - the actual experience of the movie is great - very enjoyable - usually.

But this - absolute scutter.

I think Blue Velvet is incredible. #1 film of 1986 for me, and I quite like Short Circuit, so that's saying something.

johnny_ultimate

The Human Condition - Masaki Kobayashi's 9 hour plus opus is many things. It is perhaps cinema's finest trilogy (or 'long film', depending on how you look at it). It is almost certainly one of the great war - and anti-war - films. It is, more than anything, remarkable.

The film follows Kaji (Tatsuya Nakadai, who has had one of the most extraordinary careers of any actor) as he attempts to navigate the moral and ethical complications of the Second World War. The series begins when he makes one notable ideological compromise to avoid military service. From there he serves as a mining supervisor in Manchuria, attempting to bring some degree of empathy and respect to the situation. In the second film, we follow him actually being drafted, focusing mainly on his training before his deployment to active duty. Finally, the third film is something of a survival film, as he attempts to return home without being captured by Soviet forces.

The series is defined by its humanism - few films have ever, in such great depth, felt like such a complete exploration of the costs of war. Kaji attempts to do the right thing in a system that actively rejects his morality, forcing him into danger, trouble and compromise at every turn. He is a fascinating character - constantly coming up against new torment. His victories - some small, some large - are constantly countered by defeats. Kobayashi's familiar anti-authoritian attitude is in full evidence, and there are no attempts to downplay the atrocities committed in the war by either side. It is, instead, one decent but (like everybody) flawed man's journey through a moral, physical and emotional nightmare. The inevitable compromises he has to make are devastating.

Shot in a beautiful yet largely understated manner - vast, empty landscapes are a recurrent motif - this can be a slow, challenging piece of work. But it is engrossing and dramatic, too, its melodramatic moments suiting a tale this epic. Set aside nine hours over a couple of days - The Human Condition is a film that manages to live up to its lofty title.

Decuc500

I think Blue Velvet is a masterpiece. I saw it on video at a young, impressionable age and I think it scarred me! (In a good way of course).

Chain Smoker

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

The Human Condition

Is this getting a theatrical run atm or did you just stump up the courage to watch it at home?




Finders Keepers
Documentary about a guy who buys a storage lot and finds an amputated foot in it, he claims its his property and tries to monetise it while the owner (who was keeping it to make a shrine or some ****) wants it back.
Kinda depressing, the filmmakers make an effort to not punch down but may've been the best way to go with the odd entrepreneurial dude. Overall still it's a load of damaged lower class people being paraded a bit in a manner I wasn't too keen on.

Paranoid Park
I was absolutely out of it watching this, cannot tell you a single plot point.
...but, f*cking hell, Gus Van Sant takes a nice shot, doesn't he?

Embrace of the Serpent
Yep, liked it a lot. Doesn't overreach itself for the most part and knows exactly what tone it's shooting for.


Have I bitched about the Descent here yet? I have, yeah?

Feel like I watched something else that needed subtitles yesterday too... what was it...


EDIT
Cannot remember the subtitles but I also saw...
Werner Herzog's Internet Documentary
Kinda disappointing really. It's grand, like.

cowboyBuilder

Frank O. Pinion wrote: »

I think Blue Velvet is incredible. #1 film of 1986 for me, and I quite like Short Circuit, so that's saying something.

Well I did try my best to enjoy it, but just couldn't , probably the worst performance I´ve seen from Dennis Hopper too ...

fin12

Im watching the film red eye at da moment and they are able to use phones on the plane? How come our phones dont work on planes now?

johnny_ultimate

Chain Smoker wrote: »

Is this getting a theatrical run atm or did you just stump up the courage to watch it at home?

Watched it at home, the new Arrow boxset. Very easy to split it up however suits - broken into both three parts and six parts so easily digestible

Ageyev

Chain Smoker wrote: »

EDIT
Cannot remember the subtitles but I also saw...
Werner Herzog's Internet Documentary
Kinda disappointing really. It's grand, like.

Is this online?

Chain Smoker

Ageyev wrote: »

Is this online?

It's available on amazon video and all the usual places

Mizu_Ger

God's Pocket
Not sure what to make of this. I felt like turning it off 20 minutes in, but stuck with it to the end (it's less than 90 mins long). It has a great cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Richard Jenkins, John Turturro and more. The story itself is very simple and set in an area of Philadelphia called God's Pocket. It tries to evoke this atmosphere of the area in the 80's (I think), but it's told in such a dour, lifeless (no pun intended) way that it's hard to see the inhabitants as anything more than a bunch of scumbags! The attempts at (very) black humour don't have any effect.

This needed at least an extra 20 minutes to fill out characters, make their actions more believeable and better direction/editing to handle the humour. Very odd little film. Don't know what the point of it was.........

ButtersSuki

Lady Chatterley French interpretation of the tale. Has plenty of sex and nudity, but it's not done gratuitously....in fact I'd imagine if you're watching it for that you'd have tuned out long before you'd see anything as it is very slow. The sex scenes are also done in that classic French way which seem very natural compared to say how Hollywood approaches it. It's quite long at just under 3 hours, and though released in 2007 it looks like a film that was shot in the 1980s which I assume is very deliberate. Avoid if you don't like slow drama with subtitles, but if you like French cinema it should be right up your street. 7/10.

droidman123

Just finished watching king of devils island (2010) a norwegian movie about a prison for juveniles on basty island,off oslo.couldnt recommend this movie high enough,based on a true story,this island was used as a prison/rehabilition centre from 1900-1950 and tells of the cruel regime that operated it in such harsh conditions and the corrupt and ruthless staff, a must see.