Films you've watched recently.

Shutter Island. Hmmm.

Very well made. Excellent acting, cutting (the hacks were surely deliberate), cinematogrphy and filming, etc.

But it was a cheat, really. That is, you could explain all the various unresolved inconsistencies in presentation and plot by claimin "ah, all a dream, mate!" A bit like the "NSR getout" on this forum.

btw, whyy LedaEdis? One "e" too many, surely?


Taglines for the film that come to mind:

"And you think you've ot problems."

"Seinfeld it ain't .."

"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me."

city of god. superb.

no country for old men. bit too arty towards the end but good overall.

in bruges. brilliant though a couple of things defied logic.

taken. OUTSTANDING. neeson smashed it.

gran torino next.

Gran Torino was a great film you ignoramus!

Taken's a deceptive film. First 20 minutes had me convinced it was gonna be shit, then Neeson ripped that shit up. That's the kinda justice the Gusman's talking about. 82% rapeage, 14% murderous rapeage and 4% undistilled 'i'm gonna royally f*ck you in the ass'-age.

Chivalry Augustus wrote:Taken's a deceptive film. First 20 minutes had me convinced it was gonna be shit, then Neeson ripped that shit up. That's the kinda justice the Gusman's talking about. 82% rapeage, 14% murderous rapeage and 4% undistilled 'i'm gonna royally f*ck you in the ass'-age.

What a night out that would be.

DJ_Smerk wrote:Gran Torino was a great film you ignoramus!

thats why its next on my list! sky player is da shit.

Ash wrote:

DJ_Smerk wrote:Gran Torino was a great film you ignoramus!

thats why its next on my list! sky player is da shit.

Oops, my bad. Definitely worth a watch!

Also, Glengarry Glen Ross is outstanding.

Belatedly watched (most of) TROY

How camp can you get? Lisping public-school types. Eric Bana and O Bloom in particular reminded me of Nicol Williamson in his pomp. Not so much Horace and Paris, as a pouting Cedric and after you, Claude. A lot of plot enfeeblement, too.

Ridiculous "one man slays 200 in half a minute" choreography, too. Almost as bloody silly (and camply auto-erotic - "look at me and my gorgeous pecs, dahling") as "300".

On the plus side. Brad Pitt is always good. Not a convincing charismatic leader with his whisper and retrousse' little nose. But sinister in the field, and a certainn aura as a warrior. He never acts badly, even in a disaster area of Wolfgang Petersen's multinational-compromise making.

Peter O'Toole had the right bearing, the royalty where many of the others were poorly-acting low-slung chavs/bogans.

And the horse was good, in a "Wicker Man" (original version) way.


Lousy, lousy sentimentalising low-grade soundtrack.

Brendan Gleeson wasted.

I liked Troy...... There were semi-naked men with nice bodies in abundance...

Saw Paranormal Activities on DVD on Friday night (eldest sprog hired it).

Complete and utter dribble. A snore-fest from start to finish.

Maybe you'd just ODed on dinner, Skulls.

eowyn wrote:I liked Troy...... There were semi-naked men with nice bodies in abundance...

corr!!

eowyn wrote:I liked Troy...... There were semi-naked men with nice bodies in abundance...

On Thunderbirds ?!!

I watched the Saffer film District 9 last night. Not sure if someone off here recommended it or not, but twas pretty good.

taips will be pleased with your review, JKL. I bagged it a few months back as the attack of the killer space prawns, who get beat down and get fed cat food.

ZULU ... best Saffer film ... ever.

skully wrote:taips will be pleased with your review, JKL. I bagged it a few months back as the attack of the killer space prawns, who get beat down and get fed cat food.

That's the alternative title! I'm easily pleased though!

Merlin wrote:

eowyn wrote:I liked Troy...... There were semi-naked men with nice bodies in abundance...

On Thunderbirds ?!!

Thought the performances were a bit wooden on TAG!.

Just got back from seeing Four Lions. Funniest terrorist comedy I've ever seen.

Seriously though, it is brilliant.

Saw Iron Man 2 recently. Plenty of action but a bit "meh".

Merlin wrote:ZULU ... best Saffer film ... ever.

Do you mean the 1964 Cy Enfield film? Though filmed in SA it is more Welsh as it was a co-production by Richard Burton and Stanley Baker although most of the participants in the historical battle were English, not Welsh (the British Army did not recruit on a geographical basis or use geographical names for its regiments until the 1880s) - one of many factual inaccuracies in the film. However I agree it's an excellent film, although extremely politically incorrect and could never be made, or re-made, now, and must rank as the greatest British 'western'.

Classic movie, AD and thankfully made way before this PC-gone-mad era.

Watched Synecdoche, New York last night. Really complex but vastly interesting drama about life.

Phillip Seymour Hoffman plays the lead role exceptionally.

Are you are a professional film critic, Smerky? I get that impression from many of your comments on this thread. Probably a Welsh version of John-Michael Howson.

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As Smerkles won't know who that is:




I would've thought more Bill Collins: