Now Screening - What Are You Watching Right Now?

[s70rmp]

I'm about to start watching Transformers 3 -1080p rip been told it's not very good but got nowt else to do this evening so I'll give it ago

[MartinT]

I'm about to start watching Transformers 3

I would have to not only have nothing else to do but have given up on life completely before I watch that

[Reid Malenfant]

Good job we are all different Martin, it'd make for a boring world if we all liked the same things

[MartinT]

I was just agreeing with that sentiment in another thread

[MartinT]

An example: for me, 2001 A Space Odyssey is one of the greatest films ever made. The visual grandeur, the deliberate slow pace, the lack of dialogue for the first 30 minutes, the epic nature of the story, the open ending, the absolutely stunning special effects for its time, the superb musical accompaniment, the future vision, the collaboration of a great director and a great author...need I go on?

Can I get Ruth, my partner, to take any interest in it? No way

Each to their own.

[Reid Malenfant]

Yep, i have to agree with you, 2001 is a classic!

Have you ever seen "Judge Dredd" (Stallone) Martin, ok it's nothing like 2001 but there is a point in the film where one (of three) freaky brothers dials up one of the others mood altering devices on his head

What i'm attempting to say (probably poorly) is that what i decide to watch is in the same way as music - mood dependant Now while i just love films like "Into The Wild" (Emile Hirsch) etc, there are a lot of times i like to see some serious action & kicking ass. Again it's mood dependant on what goes into the BD player

[MartinT]

I haven't, Mark, but I'll look out for it.

I tend to like the thoughtful slow-burners like The Jacket, The Thirteenth Floor, Monsters, The Fountain, Never Let Me Go, The Keep, Apocalypse Now, Blade Runner etc. Nearly all SF or fantasy. I do like a good action film, too, but not banal stuff.

[Reid Malenfant]

I wasn't suggesting you watch it chap, it was just the mood altering bit that kind of fitted the bill...

By the way, i have a few of those you mentioned on BD, so we aren't too far off

[Canetoad]

I watched the Escapist yesterday, recorded of Film 4 and starring Brian Cox. I thought it was very good!

[s70rmp]

I would have to not only have nothing else to do but have given up on life completely before I watch that

it wasnt very good !