The next one I fancy watching is Martyrs:
It appears suitably brutal and disturbing... That last bit is important, as it's what *truly* fucks with your head ;)
Marco.
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The next one I fancy watching is Martyrs:
It appears suitably brutal and disturbing... That last bit is important, as it's what *truly* fucks with your head ;)
Marco.
Horrible film, saw it on channel four a year or so ago, yuck. It was like a car crash one shouldn't look but one does. The inner plot does raise it above similar films but, getting there is a very nasty journey.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Regards Neil
The only one I really like, and enjoy watching.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Regards Neil
You've just sold it to me, Neil! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dalek Supreme D L
Marco.
'Stand Up Guys'
Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin are ageing mobsters approaching the end of the line. Sounds like it should be a classic - a sort of geriatric 'Mean Streets' - but ends up as less than the sum of its parts. A buddy movie like this really needs some great dialogue from a Mamet or a Tarantino but it isn't on offer and the film can't decide if it is a comedy or a serious character piece. The glossy production kills the mood, as does the upbeat and intrusive soundtrack. Watchable for the performances, which are excellent, but that's about it. A massive lost opportunity.
:doh: I hate films with gratuitous violence and torture films like this and others, which seem to be only interested in shocking the watcher aren't for me but Martyrs does have a few interesting elements but I wouldn't want to see it again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Regards Neil
Thing is, I watch them because, when the violence kicks in, I find it FUNNY [extremely twisted mind] :eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalek Supreme D L
I replay the goriest bits (sometimes two or three times, so that I can capture the full image properly inside my head), and then have a right good giggle!!
Another one I fancy is Inside:
Looks like there may be a few 'interesting bits' in there.... :eyebrows:
Marco.
Ive never been into gore. Especially for gore's sake. Much prefer a well made film or a bawdy comedy like carry ons...I understand where your coming from though. My son used to love that stuff too
Yes, there's got to be a decent story, too. It's not so much the gore I like, but the psychologically disturbing parts of the story that are responsible for creating it. Essentially, it's how sometimes innocuous everyday situations are portrayed in a deeply macabre/nightmare-inducing way - and I love that.
For example, next time I'm alone on an underground train at night (if it ever happens), I'll be thinking about 'The Midnight Meat Train'.... *That* is the scary bit. The gore itself, for me (as it's not real), is just pure comedy.
Marco.
Just watched the first episode of Narcos on Netflix, very promising.
United 93 :(
Regards Neil
Sweet Smell of Success, starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis in a brutal expose of the gutter press. 'Match me, Sidney'. Also featuring the Chico Hamilton Quintet.
Doctor at Large (1957) starring Dirk Bogarde, Donald Sinden and James Robertson Justice, with Muriel Pavlow as the totty;).... A classy caper with some everlasting lines.
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No sleep so now watching or re watching VICTIM from I think 1961 starring Dirk Bogarde, Dennis Price and Sylvia Syms. A lawyer gets blackmailed over his gay leanings. Remember it was both illegal and imprisonable in those days so a blackmailers money tree.
Fortunately the law saw sense
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THIS ONE IS A MUST SEE!!
Why is it a must see?
Because it's the best thriller I have seen in years, no gore and guts just a realistic drama that seriously freaks you out.
It's an original idea not a poor copy of a foreign film or worse,a good 3 day book made into a one hour movie, it's also not a sequel and the actors aren't predictable Hollywood elites whose faces we all know making the whole thing seem fresh and more real.
"Shit don't taste like chicken" :doh:
The Great Escape (1963) starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson etc. Super film, based on a true story. Watching the Blu-Ray version
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Seeing Steve McQueen riding a late fifties Triumph motorbike supposedly during WW2 rather spoiled the film for me. Never liked Attenborough in anything either.
They use a 1970s tank in 'A Bridge Too Far' - it jars but it doesn't spoil the film. It was much harder to resource the authentic item back then. Plus it is not exactly the worst historical error in the film. If you want to get picky ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Contextual accuracy and continuity are critical. I pick up on all the mistakes relating to machines. Planes, bikes and cars, etc. Many US movies featured Japanese two stroke bikes and of course the yanks always played a recording of a big four stroke Harley on the soundtrack. What crap!
Planes too. On occasion you see a plane taking off in a film and you (or at least I) know that it's a piston engined job and you hear a gas turbine sound. Again, crap!
Recent Kia car commercials have had a car zooming about to the soundtrack of a beefy V6 engine and I know for a fact the thing has a piddly little four cylinder motor. :rolleyes:
Yes. I am pickier than most! And probably a bit more technically minded with machinery.
Paul (2011) stars Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kristen Wiig and Seth Rogan as the voice of Paul. Not really a fan of Pegg n Frost but I love this film, even it it got fairly poor revues.
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The english patient on blu ray last night....a favourite of my good lady. Juliet Binoche aint too hard on the eye!!
This is a classic example of the late Alexander Pope's observation that 'Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise'. I have zero knowledge of such technical gibbons, so incongruities such as those you describe don't bother in the slightest. Ironically, I rarely watch war films.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
If the acting and direction are good enough, I can suspend disbelief quite easily, so even if I'm intellectually aware of a historical inaccuracy, that doesn't spoil my enjoyment, whereas ham acting or clunky direction certainly would.
Just finished: Escape to athena from 1979 with a very good cast but a slender plot. Still its quite good and Stefanie Powers was drop dead gorgeous.
...NOW, "Kind Hearts and Coronets" from 1949... Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood and Dennis Price star in one of the great films of our time. Guinness plays multiple members of the aristocratic D'ascoyne family all targets of Price's rage. All superbly done and in the scene where six members of the D'Ascoyne family, all played by Alec Guinness, are seen together, it took two days to film. The camera was set on a specially built platform to minimize movement. In addition, the camera operator Jeff Seaholme spent the night with the camera to ensure that nothing moved it by accident. A frame with six black matte painted optical flat glass windows was set in front of the camera and the windows opened one at a time so each of the characters could be filmed in turn. The film was then wound back for the next character. Most of the time was spent waiting for Guinness to be made up as the next character.
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Alec nearly drowned as the ship sank as he was held down with wires and they forgot.lol
A wonderful film! One of Ealing Studios finest - and not a wasted word in the screenplay either. :)
Too true Barry.. superb film and the restored Blu-Ray is fantastic............ as for the film, do NOT tell the truth in your memoirs and then leave them on the table when you leave.:doh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
:D
Now my all-time favourite film "Hobson's Choice" starring Sir John Mills, Brenda De Banzie and Charles Laughton as Henry Hobson. ..what can be said but ...PERFECTION.... David Lean directed and I believe Mills said it was HIS fav too so i am in good company:D
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"Beware the wrath to come" .......... never hath there been a truer statement...............especially where WOMEN are concerned:D
Tonight's main attraction is Powell & Pressburger's 1943 film; " The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp" starring Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook and a fairly large role for John Laurie of Dad's Army fame later in his career. of that show he once remarked that it was the biggest load of rubbish he was ever in lol
Prime Minister Winston Churchill hated this film and tried to have it banned. He was not alone in his condemnation as "right-wing sociologists E. W. and M. M. Robson produced a pamphlet called "The Shame and Disgrace of Colonel Blimp" ....... all because a German was shown in a good light. Martin Scorsese help fund the restoration for this blu-ray version which is a delight in every way. One of the 2 "P"'s greatest achievements.
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Excellent film.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Regards Neil
Battle Los Angeles
I like this alien invasion film about a group of American troops dumped into a war no one could have imagined and one in their own back yard.
Regards Neil
Not seen that one Neil. Funny as I always thought I had:doh: must check the boys library, as he probably has it:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalek Supreme D L
Now the 1970 western, "Two Mules for Sister Sara" starring Clint Eastwood and Shirley MacLaine. Directed by Don Siegel.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...uL._SX940_.jpg I will be watching the Blu-Ray version
just watched the last 3 episodes of Narcos, really good, well worth watching if you have Netflix. I think releasing a full series online in one go is great.
Going Clear - Scientology, The Prison of Belief (Sky Atlantic now)
A controversial (among Scientologists) documentary film examining the cult (yes I believe that title fits the facts) made up by a poor quality (imho) sci-fi writer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_Clear_(film)
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Met a load of those in Edinburgh when I was young... nuts the lot of them. they tried to convert me and the mate;) They never knew what they were letting themselves in for :lol:
I would say they are deceived. What is concerning is the amount of power they have in society. If you follow the link and read it, you will see just how difficult it was to get this film seen. Sky were threatened with being sued and they may still be for showing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Regards Neil
yes they do and are fanatics tboot. once they get a grip of you they will do anything to keep you, especially in the US.
They wouldn't like me! I'd horrify them. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Didnt like me either:D think the word beginning with p came up a few times;)Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
I think they have cleaned up their act a bit since thenQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
. They don't like being regarded as a cult and I think that is not unreasonable. There are alternative options that offer similarly hard to swallow fayre and they are not considered cults. I'm Catholic but I could end up in hell tomorrow beign told the right answer was Scientology. ;)
You should watch this documentary, this is much worse than I could have imagined I can see why they didn't want this broadcast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
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I was going to watch the "Hand of God series" on Amazon, but after the 2 minute intro I decided not to. looks depressing and its the last thing I need tbh so on goes "Paul" ...AGAIN lol. at least it keeps you smiling;)
Currently "Crooks Anonymous" (1962) with Leslie Phillips,
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then shortly Callan the film (1974) with Edward Woodward.
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Blackadder II (1986) .Imho the best one, although I know its a contentious choice.
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Excellent film, I believe it was the pilot for the equally excellent series on ITV.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Sort of Barry, yes. A magnum for Schneider was the pilot episode in 67 and first book. this was remade with some changes into the screen film in 74. I love the books as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Whoo Hoo! Just watched the first episode of the new series of 'Justified' on Spike channel. Savage stuff. Well up to the first series standard. Great acting, great cast and straight to the point plot. Wicked!!
Guadalcanal Diary (1943) Preston Foster, Lloyd Nolan and William Bendix lead a very good cast in this ww2 propagana offering from Lewis Seiler
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'We Were Soldiers' - an account of the battle of La Drang, Vietnam, 1965. Mel Gibson gives a good performance as Col Hal Moore and the battle scenes are also convincing (apart from at the very end). Surprisingly for an American film it is historically accurate, although it only recounts the first two days of the battle and so omits the disaster that happened later when a US battalion on the march blundered into an NVA (no, not that NVA ;)) main force and took a pasting.
Very watchable film and the sub plot involving the wives having to deliver telegrams to the families of those killed is a poignant counterpoint to the heroics of the battle.
currently watching "Carry on Camel".....Mustafaleque, as in must have a leak .... the oldies are always the best:doh::D