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  • #102
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,717 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Good Morning - charming, very funny late Ozu. Follows a group of neighbours (young and old) in suburban Tokyo over a couple of days. The adults deal with gossip, work problems and stubborn children, while the kids play, sulk and watch sumo wrestling on the only neighbourhood TV. Feels a lot more modern than many of his other films, but still takes the time to develop its characters affectionately and honestly. This is just a great comedy drama from one of cinema's master directors: ranging from the typically perceptive family & social insights to a surprisingly large amount of fart jokes.


  • #103
    MiloYossarian
    Registered Users Posts: 380 ✭✭MiloYossarian


    crazygeryy wrote: »
    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz good god did u like it or not?

    Why don't they just take you out and shoot you altogether. I'm actually afraid to post here now, just in case I say something that that clique disagrees with it and gangs up on me.

    I felt, when I read what you said, that your tongue was firmly planted in your cheek.


  • #104
    Delightfully Pessimistic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 106 ✭✭Delightfully Pessimistic


    The Descent: Found this on tv the other night. Good movie better than I was expecting, stayed away from some of the cliche's I was expecting.
    Want to see Part 2 now even though there is a negative buzz about it.


  • #105
    don ramo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭don ramo


    splashthecash wrote: »
    Jurassic Park

    Got this on Blu-ray a few days ago and said I'd give it a whirl....haven't seen it in years and looked forward to seeing it again. Holds up very well for the most part..one or two iffy CGI shots but the action\adventure element is top class.

    The kids are more annoying than I remember them (I was their age when it came out first so I thought they were cool) but a great showing by the rest of the cast.

    The transfer to Blu-ray was overall good but some scenes were very very grainy and probably could've been done better. It does have however a **** load of extras which I'll dip in and out of
    jack_edson wrote: »
    I brought my girlfriend to see Jurassic Park when it was re-released in the cinema. She hadn't seen it and I hadn't seen it in quite a while. It was a busy screening and was as good as the first time I saw it. Easy to forget just how good a popcorn movies it is with the substandard copies/sequels. Ditto JAWS, which I saw when it was re-released too. Just great.
    its getting the 3D treatment next year, due in cinemas around april in the US and probably the same time here,

    i enjoyed immensely when i went to see in cinema last year, hadn't seen it in years, i felt like a kid watching it, happy days :D:D


  • #106
    crazygeryy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,065 ✭✭✭crazygeryy


    MiloYossarian wrote: »
    crazygeryy wrote: »
    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz good god did u like it or not?

    Why don't they just take you out and shoot you altogether. I'm actually afraid to post here now, just in case I say something that that clique disagrees with it and gangs up on me.

    I felt, when I read what you said, that your tongue was firmly planted in your cheek.

    to be honest i had a few drinks in me when i posted.but your right on two counts. i was being overly sarcastic with tounge placed firmly in cheek. and screw Being afraid to post in here just post, who cares.

    and yes there is a clique in here.
    who mods the mods eh?

    red dog.Australian movie about a dog. not good not good at all.


  • #107
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,680 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    Good Morning - charming, very funny late Ozu. Follows a group of neighbours (young and old) in suburban Tokyo over a couple of days. The adults deal with gossip, work problems and stubborn children, while the kids play, sulk and watch sumo wrestling on the only neighbourhood TV. Feels a lot more modern than many of his other films, but still takes the time to develop its characters affectionately and honestly. This is just a great comedy drama from one of cinema's master directors: ranging from the typically perceptive family & social insights to a surprisingly large amount of fart jokes.
    I haven't seen this. I really need to get a hold of more Ozu films. The four or so films of his that I have seen are extraordinary and are among some of the best films I've ever seen. If his other films are only half as good as the Noriko trilogy and An Autumn Afternoon, there's a lot of quality viewing ahead of me.


  • #108
    MiloYossarian
    Registered Users Posts: 380 ✭✭MiloYossarian


    crazygeryy wrote: »
    to be honest i had a few drinks in me when i posted.but your right on two counts. i was being overly sarcastic with tounge placed firmly in cheek. and screw Being afraid to post in here just post, who cares.

    and yes there is a clique in here.
    who mods the mods eh?

    red dog.Australian movie about a dog. not good not good at all.

    Ya I knew that, it's just that other people didn't seem to get it. They just blindly fell on the sword for Johnny Ultimate andI just wanted to give some balance, because, I don't know, I got what you were saying. But in fairness, I am drunk right now.
    No disrespect to anybody else here, but I don't care about the negative stuff, and the bitchy behaviour, the film snobery, I've gotten good few tips on what to watch here. And that goes especially for Johnny Ultimate. I mainly write up what I watched here as a record of what I watched on a particular day and what have you.


  • #109
    briany
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,219 ✭✭✭✭briany


    Chasing Sleep starring Jeff Daniels as a man with a case of cabin fever in the wake of his wife's disappearance. He waits hopefully for good news but the insomnia and anxiety he feels threaten to crack him up. Good slow burning psych thriller in the mold of Kubrick or Lynch but not as good what they'd make and predictable in parts. Still, recommended.


  • #110
    Professional Griefer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,116 ✭✭✭Professional Griefer


    Existenz

    Saw it years and years ago on RTE 2 late one night and loved it, flicking through netflix a while ago and threw it on. I really enjoyed it (again), good movie.


  • #111
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,717 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Cliques :confused:
    Sad Professor wrote: »
    I haven't seen this. I really need to get a hold of more Ozu films. The four or so films of his that I have seen are extraordinary and are among some of the best films I've ever seen. If his other films are only half as good as the Noriko trilogy and An Autumn Afternoon, there's a lot of quality viewing ahead of me.

    I need to watch more too. Good Morning was actually on TV which was wholly unusual (and apt given the subject matter of the film). Probably the first film I've watched on TV in a year or so :pac: It's 'lighter' than many of his better known films, but its an extremely pleasant film. Was taken aback how funny it was too!

    Tonight I watched The Imposter, which is good fun. Its value as a documentary is questionable: its a hybrid of sort, combining drama and documentary footage where the truth is rarely certain. But its a bizarre story told in an interesting way. Worth watching predominantly for the cast of characters - barring one doctor character, every single one of them is a liar or straight-up ignorant :pac: Or so the filmmakers lead us to believe... Still, some of the comical tangents about the identification property of years, 'Adobe Photoshop' or the surprise presence of Coke in Spain had the whole cinema laughing. It isn't a balanced or remotely subjective retelling of the tale, but it sure makes for an entertaining film.


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  • #112
    fluke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,707 ✭✭✭fluke


    Watched quite a few recently:

    The Expendables 2 - Oh dear this was bad. I knew it would have a tongue in cheek approach and I set my expectations suitably. I love 80’s action films but this was a poor homage/parody/whatever the fuck. It was just all over the place with the story, characters, pace and action scenes. I dunno if this has been brought up in the related thread for this film but the special effects were really bad, so much so they took me out of the film completely. I’ve seen the same runny cgi blood splatter effect in the new Fright Night – I hope this is not seen as the way forward with these kind of effects.

    Punch Drunk Love - Another of these movies where Adam Sandler acts, and he’s not bad in it. An unusual film for P.T. Anderson. Short and prob not to everybody’s taste. I thought it was alright though in its own airy way.

    The Snapper - Haven’t seen this one in years. Still brilliant and probably one of my favourite Irish films. There were a few scenes of people smoking in pubs and if I recall correctly a hospital – surreal.

    The Imposter – documentary about a boy who went missing in Texas in 1994 and then he’s seemingly found in Spain 3 years later. Good stuff and quiet gripping throughout.

    Vantage Point – Watchable thriller set within a certain time from various points of view. Sort of reminded me of 24. Nothing special and Ripley was in it for 5 mins.

    The Last Broadcast – A found footage film released before Blair Witch Project and often compared to it. A different film really and it this had a slow burning creepiness to it, the filmmakers were quite resourceful with the small budget they, had but it was let down by its ending, so so much.


  • #113
    Tony EH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,542 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    'An American Werewolf in London'

    John Landis' best picture (in fact his only good picture besides 'Trading Places') sees American backpacker David Kessler (David Noughton) and his friend Jack Goodman (Griffin Dunne) attacked by an animal on the English moors. Jack is killed brutally, but David survives. David later finds out that he's been attacked by a werewolf and that he too will turn into one on the next full moon and kill people.

    'An American Werewolf in London' was released in 1981, alongside a number of other "werewolf" films, including 'The Howling' and received generally positive reviews from critics and public alike. Some of the "comedy" elements don't sit right, but if they're viewed as symptoms of David's changing psyche and physiology, then they're ok.

    In general, though, the film takes its subject seriously and benefits from that. It's also enriched by great performances by secondary characters, like Griffin Dunne and John Woodvine and the Jenny Agutter is smashing as a fine English rose.

    The films other ace in the hole is Rick Baker's fantastic effects, which were the cause of much "wow" in 1981 and they're still pretty good today. In fact, he won an Oscar for them. Personally, I think the werewolves in 'The Howling' were better, but the transformation of man into werewolf in 'An American Werewolf in London' remains the benchmark for such things still.

    Unfortunately, Hollywood couldn't leave well alone and had to produce the inevitable poor sequel, 'An American Werewolf in Paris', which thankfully has sort of disappeared into oblivious mediocrity.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3FTkAS15zk


  • #114
    fluke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,707 ✭✭✭fluke


    Tony EH wrote: »
    'An American Werewolf in London'
    John Landis' best picture (in fact his only good picture besides 'Trading Places')

    No love for Animal House? An American Werewolf is great alright. The cinema scene reminds of Donnie Darko a bit.


  • #115
    Tipsy McSwagger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,068 ✭✭✭Tipsy McSwagger


    Raoul wrote: »
    Yeah don't know why gery found your post so boring and you also said it was thoroughly enjoyable. :rolleyes:

    :confused::confused::confused:


  • #116
    Tony EH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,542 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    fluke wrote: »
    No love for Animal House?

    Nah. Never got the love for 'Animal House', or 'The Blues Brothers' for that matter. Both pretty "meh".


  • #117
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,394 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    Tony EH wrote: »
    Unfortunately, Hollywood couldn't leave well alone and had to produce the inevitable poor sequel, 'An American Werewolf in Paris', which thankfully has sort of disappeared into oblivious mediocrity.

    Indeed, never understood how Julie Delpy ended up in that. Although she did go topless in it, so there's always that.


  • #118
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,030 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Compliance (2012)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDat96UyT5A

    IMDb wrote:
    When a prank caller convinces a fast food restaurant manager to interrogate an innocent young employee, no-one is left unharmed. Based on true events.

    Since I was aware of the original story it was based on, it never really treaded new ground. The original story is more shocking if anything since
    the prank caller was acquitted of all charges, yet the restaurant manager's fiancee got 5 years in prison for sexual assault
    .

    Performances are all decent.. in that they can make you believe some people could be that idiotic.

    Not a bad film persé.. but not much new in there - especially if, like me, you were familiar with the original story.


  • #119
    Tony EH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,542 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    Indeed, never understood how Julie Delpy ended up in that. Although she did go topless in it, so there's always that.

    Um...I was so nonplussed by the whole show, I don't even remember that.


  • #120
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,717 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Andrei Rublev - This DVD has been sitting in my collection shamefully unwatched for somewhere between three and five years, but I must have a minor phobia of Russian historical epics as I've never felt in the mood for it. But today, I finally committed myself to it. And, as I should have expected from Tarkovsky, it's ****ing fantastic. It opens strong, although the subsequent hour is probably the toughest of the film (barring an extended pagan ritual that is equal parts terrifying and beautiful). Its rarely less than fascinating, but demands attention. The entire second half, however, is simply hypnotic. Spectacular setpieces on a staggering scale. It might sound dull when I say the last forty minutes or so involve the forging of a bell - but its magnificent, electrifying filmmaking.

    This is proper spectacle filmmaking - a brilliant cinematic craftsman, huge resources and an episodic yet epic narrative. Only problem is Artificial Eye DVD is a bit unusual - including very peculiar menus and a strange 'optimised for widescreen' aspect ratio that felt off no matter how much tinkering I did. Minor concerns, but they won't stop you getting sucked into this immense classic.


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  • #121
    rednik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,159 ✭✭✭rednik


    Jaws blu ray, bought today and watched tonight. Absolutely stunning transfer, reference quality for both picture and sound. 21.99 not cheap but in this case well worth the money, I saw it in the cinema in the '70s and I wonder now did it look this good.


  • #122
    Charlie19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,787 ✭✭✭✭Charlie19


    The Watch
    What a pile of pants. Wish I had of looked into this one.
    Unexpected twist,
    Fecking Aliens
    :)


  • #123
    crazygeryy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,065 ✭✭✭crazygeryy


    Basq wrote: »
    Compliance (2012)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDat96UyT5A

    IMDb wrote:
    When a prank caller convinces a fast food restaurant manager to interrogate an innocent young employee, no-one is left unharmed. Based on true events.

    Since I was aware of the original story it was based on, it never really treaded new ground. The original story is more shocking if anything since
    the prank caller was acquitted of all charges, yet the restaurant manager's fiancee got 5 years in prison for sexual assault
    .

    Performances are all decent.. in that they can make you believe some people could be that idiotic.

    Not a bad film persé.. but not much new in there - especially if, like me, you were familiar with the original story.

    the original story? Jesus where did this happen?
    the movie was unbelievable, as in how the hell could this happen?
    the movie is freaky. especially since you know its based on true events. well worth a watch.


  • #124
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Also watched Compliance

    Excellent film, I'm glad I got the reccomendation from here
    I hadn't heard of this story so was all new to me

    Extremely messed up what happened

    And what happened afterwards is even more messed up
    From wiki the assistant manager sued McDonald's for failing to warn her of the previous hoaxes, asking for $50 million.
    She was awarded 1.1 million which later got reduced.
    The nerve to even dare to sue!


  • #125
    briany
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,219 ✭✭✭✭briany


    I too watched Compliance and thought it was excellent but it was tough viewing in parts. Cringe behind the chair tough.


  • #126
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,030 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Regarding Compliance - am glad to bring the movie to more people's attention.

    Here's a Wiki link on the Strip Search Prank Call Scam - the movie deals with the Kentucky, Mount Washington case specifically.

    Here's a 20/20 report on the true story behind it and also has snippets of security camera footage from the incident: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=655_1204546764


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  • #127
    briany
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,219 ✭✭✭✭briany


    Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party

    You might know him as "Needlenose" Ned "The Head" Ryerson from Groundhog Day or any other number of films and TV shows he's appeared in. Anyway, this lighthearted doc shows the man preparing a birthday celebration and regaling the camera with stories from his colourful life. The man is something of a raconteur it seems and tells interesting tales such as being caught up in an armed robbery and swimming with killer sharks. Highly recommended. Check it out if you can find it.


  • #128
    BigCatInJapan
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16 ✭BigCatInJapan


    Footsteps in the fog, killer mystery about a rich man whose wife dies and his maid blackmails him.


  • #129
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,717 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    In The Loop - I'm working through the superb The Thick of It (hopefully will be finished before series four kicks off on Saturday) so it was a welcome opportunity to revisit this worthy spin-off. I tend to avoid superlatives where possible, but I think this makes a very, very strong case to be labelled the funniest comedy of recent years. Achieves a perfect balance between crude, obscenity-laced humour and clever yet accessible political satire. In a world where most mainstream cinematic comedy has gone to the dogs, In the Loop proudly earns its belly laughs.


  • #130
    crazygeryy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,065 ✭✭✭crazygeryy


    truth or dare.
    its a ruin of the mill British horror. if you have nothing else to watch its worth a viewing. its one of those movies that starts off very good and meh towards the end.
    judge for yourself.


  • #131
    kearneybobs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,923 ✭✭✭kearneybobs


    Basq wrote: »
    Regarding Compliance - am glad to bring the movie to more people's attention.

    Here's a Wiki link on the Strip Search Prank Call Scam - the movie deals with the Kentucky, Mount Washington case specifically.

    Here's a 20/20 report on the true story behind it and also has snippets of security camera footage from the incident: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=655_1204546764
    Good film, hard to watch some spots.

    anyone recognise the cop at the end being the face and voice of Max Payne. iI recognised the voice before I realised who it was.


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  • #132
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    In The Loop - I'm working through the superb The Thick of It (hopefully will be finished before series four kicks off on Saturday) so it was a welcome opportunity to revisit this worthy spin-off. I tend to avoid superlatives where possible, but I think this makes a very, very strong case to be labelled the funniest comedy of recent years. Achieves a perfect balance between crude, obscenity-laced humour and clever yet accessible political satire. In a world where most mainstream cinematic comedy has gone to the dogs, In the Loop proudly earns its belly laughs.


    love TTOI but didn't really take to in the loop
    the scenes in america just felt so... wrong



    Oldboy. still awesome.


  • #133
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,284 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Watched 3 movies at the weekend since I was at my parents and there wasn't much on:
    Collateral Damage: Boring attempt at an action movie that makes no real sense.
    Teen Wolf: Haven't seen it in a long time. Enjoyable. And it's true, an extra does flash the camera at the end.
    Charlotte's Web(Live action): Awwwwwww.


  • #134
    Tony EH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,542 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    'Paranormal Activity'

    Absurdly successful when released in 2009, 'Paranormal Activity' is a found footage ghost story, shot entirely in "wobbly cam", featuring a total cast of four and shot on a budget of 2 shillings and 6 pence.

    It's effective in some places, but mostly it falls very flat indeed and is dreadfully boring for many of its minutes. It also has two tedious and unlikeable people at the heart of its story.

    It's quite bewildering to me how this made so much money and spawned not only one sequel, but three! Actually, they're prequels, but whatever.

    You just keep expecting that little bit more to be happening.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCsM37y9doM




    'Grave Encounters'

    Another "found/documentary footage" film, like 'Paranormal Activity', but slightly more entertaining. This story follows the activity of a film crew as they shoot for a cheap Reality TV show, named 'Grave Encounters'. The crew is led by the suitably obnoxious presenter, Lance Preston (Sean Rogerson) who guides them through an abandoned mental asylum "looking" for ghostly apparitions and other such nonsense. Along the way he pays some people to lie about their experience, films various hokey footage and interviews a bogus "medium" guest star, until some real creepy things start happening. The crew have locked themselves into the asylum for dramatic effect and find that they cannot get out, once things start to go awry.

    'Grave Encounters' initially irritating premise actually builds into an ok film. There is a slight problem with the actors showing a little too much "acting" in their performances and it can take you out of the film. Some of the effects too are a bit "off" and don't necessarily suit. But, some scenes are very effective and can be quite jumpy, if you're in the right frame of mind. The asylum itself is quite a spooky place too and is a great setting for the film.

    Worth a look.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8FBRATbJoA



    'The Innkeepers'

    Tedious ghost story about a hotel that is about to close and the discoveries that two employees, Claire (Sarah Paxton) and Luke (Pat Healy), make about the establishment during the final week, including the suicide of a young woman, Madeline O'Malley. They look into the story closer and find out that all is not right with the hotel and this leads to some creepy goings on.

    Unfortunately, 'The Innkeepers' does nothing at all for such a long time, that when it gets to the point of the film, few people care. There's just so little going on, that it becomes tiresome.

    It could have been a good film, if the producers had spiced up the proceedings a bit, but as it stands, 'The Innkeepers' moves way too slowly and does very little, that it's hard to recommend it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LeIpoYpwVo


  • #135
    mikemac1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,395 ✭✭✭✭mikemac1


    Andersonville

    Set in the US Civil War and about horrific conditions in a prisoner of war camp.
    Most of it based on events that happened

    You may have seen the other Ted Turner films about the civil war so this is along the same lines

    Obscure actors, I've never seen them before or since but they did a good job.
    Well there was one I recognized, the hotel owner from HBO's Deadwood

    When things get tough it's survival of fittest and often your worst enemies are your former comrades who would kill you for a slice of bread or a pair of shoes.

    Nearly three hours long, if you liked the other Ted Turner films you'd like this.
    It's not a documentary, more a made for TV film


  • #136
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,790 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    Watched Faster the other night. Nothing spectacular but a solid action film to kill a few hours. Predictable enough plot but a nice cast.


  • #137
    MiloYossarian
    Registered Users Posts: 380 ✭✭MiloYossarian


    Lego: The Movie I didn't know what to make of it to be honest.


  • #138
    nicklauski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,789 ✭✭✭nicklauski


    MiloYossarian wrote: »
    Lego: The Movie I didn't know what to make of it to be honest.

    In bits was it?


  • #139
    MiloYossarian
    Registered Users Posts: 380 ✭✭MiloYossarian


    nicklauski wrote: »
    In bits was it?

    It's all over the place. I'm still trying to piece it together.


  • #140
    jack_edson
    Registered Users Posts: 47 ✭jack_edson


    Saw Shadow Dancer at the weekend. Very solid thriller. Slow paced but it quite tense. Great performances and good to see Irish locations being used (Ballymun one of the most recognisable). Andrea Riseborough and Domhnall Gleeson are as good as ever and the ending packs a bit of a punch.
    Solid 4 out of 5


  • #141
    nicklauski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,789 ✭✭✭nicklauski


    MiloYossarian wrote: »
    It's all over the place. I'm still trying to piece it together.

    Touché :)


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  • #142
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,717 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Anton Corbjin: Inside Out - documentary profile of photographer to the stars (U2, Arcade Fire, many other musicians of record) and sometimes film-maker (Control, The American). It's pretty good - Corbjin is a modest, likeable individual, and the filmmakers capture much of what makes him so popular with countless talented people. It's mostly filmed in an observant and understated style. The second half lays on the 'insular, lonely, transient artist' angle too strongly - there's several shots of Corbjin walking reflectively away from camera when it seems like its going to fade to black, but followed by more shots of Corbjin walking reflectively away from camera. Definitely feels like it was stretched out to just about hit feature length. But it's a solid documentary - nothing groundbreaking, but its affectionate and respectful without resorting to the hyperbole other such profiles would.


  • #143
    Marty McFly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,224 ✭✭✭✭Marty McFly


    This is England: One of them films that ive had on the to watch list for some time considerig how much id heard about it, just finished watching it and it certainly is powerful and I did enjoy it. One id certainly recommend great performance by Stephen Graham as Combo and Thomas Turgoose as Shaun who is especially impressive given his age when it was filmed.


  • #144
    mrmorgan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 805 ✭✭✭mrmorgan


    The possession

    If you are into horrors then it's worth a watch but stay away othetwIse. They really don't make horrors like they used to!

    The watch:

    Where has it all gone wrong for Ben stiller and Vince Vaughan?


  • #145
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,205 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    Next (2007)
    Certainly not Nic Cage's best movie :pac: But its worth a watch. He plays a man who can see 2 minutes into the future. Its the type of movie if you aint doing anything it'll pass 90 mintues.

    Event Horizon (1997)
    Watched it a few times over the years. Still a nice little 'Horror in space' movie.

    (I know someone will blast me for this one :pac:)

    But The Avengers...
    Its just not as good as people say. Like, its still an entertaining movie. Its just all this talk of "10/10" - "best movie of the year!" - for me its not. My girlfriend said something interesting about it as well ... that while the movie is ok. Each characters movie was better than the combined Avengers movie. Captain America the first avenger was a better film IMO.


  • #146
    mrmorgan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 805 ✭✭✭mrmorgan


    B.A._Baracus wrote: »
    Next (2007)
    Certainly not Nic Cage's best movie :pac: But its worth a watch. He plays a man who can see 2 minutes into the future. Its the type of movie if you aint doing anything it'll pass 90 mintues.

    Event Horizon (1997)
    Watched it a few times over the years. Still a nice little 'Horror in space' movie.

    (I know someone will blast me for this one :pac:)

    But The Avengers...
    Its just not as good as people say. Like, its still an entertaining movie. Its just all this talk of "10/10" - "best movie of the year!" - for me its not. My girlfriend said something interesting about it as well ... that while the movie is ok. Each characters movie was better than the combined Avengers movie. Captain America the first avenger was a better film IMO.

    A few people have said to me that in individual movies were better but I disagree. I thought thor and captain America were poor and as for the hulk movies!

    I did enjoy the iron mans though


  • #147
    Hank Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭Hank Scorpio


    The Prestige, really enjoyed it

    Question
    If Bales double was a natural twin, why was the keyword to his diary tesla, the guy who made the cloning machine


  • #148
    mrmorgan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 805 ✭✭✭mrmorgan


    nuxxx wrote: »
    The Prestige, really enjoyed it

    Question
    If Bales double was a natural twin, why was the keyword to his diary tesla, the guy who made the cloning machine
    Question: Was Christopher Bale's character a twin or a "clone" made by Telsa's machine? (Because Bale's keyword for his diary is "TESLA" and when Hugh Jackman's character actually goes to see Tesla, he states that he knows he made a similar machine for his competitor. Bale??)
    Answer: They were twins. Tesla didn't make a matching machine for Borden - all he made for the twins was a machine that made some light and noise to enhance their trick. The Borden brothers sent Angier off to see Tesla on what they thought would be a wild goose chase, just to get him out of the way for a while - they would never actually give away the real secret to their trick. They never anticipated that Tesla could actually have built the machine in question.


  • #149
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    ^ spoilers? Plenty of people havent seen the prestige yet


  • #150
    bluefinger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,802 ✭✭✭bluefinger


    Haven't posted here in a while as a i'm making my way through some tv Series at the minute. On the recommendations of a few above I watched Compliance and I have to say I was a little disappointed, maybe because my expectations were quite high.

    It was a truly weird case and the main feeling i got from the film was why are these people doing this? Once you get over that there's not much else to it. As stated before though the actual cases themselves made very interesting reading.

    Might have benefited by developing the character of the perpetrator a bit more or by providing a better exposition of the links between the behavior of those involved and the phenomenon of compliance itself. Have to say that it did provoke some discomfort in parts and my other half couldn't watch all of it through.

    From a film point of view I didn't think the cast were up to much although there was a nice minimalist feel to it. Overall a decent made for tv movie. 6/10


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  • #151
    GAAman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭GAAman


    nuxxx wrote: »
    The Prestige, really enjoyed it

    Question
    If Bales double was a natural twin, why was the keyword to his diary tesla, the guy who made the cloning machine

    Well I believe it was because
    Bale knew Jackman's character went to America to enlist Tesla's help. As such it would be the very last thing Jackman would guess. Which is kinda what you want from a password when you think of it :)


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