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just watch it and take note of which actor seems to be the more credible in their role. simples.
Gary Oldman?
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Gary Oldman?
Zodiac - That was a quick 157 minutes. I don't think a film about the Zodiac killer could have been pulled off better than this. I love 'All the President's Men' and it's influence on this film was quite obvious. It's probably Fincher's best work to date.
Beasts of the Southern Wild - What a great, exhilarating, poetic blast of a film. It really moved me. The actress who played the girl put in one of the greatest child performances I've ever seen. Fantastic soundtrack too. One of the best films of the year.
Zodiac is one of my favourite films of the 2000-2010 decade. Bloody brilliant film.
Right fellow caftards, my girlfriend is revising all evening and I can't be bothered to play PS3, so I'm looking for a film to watch. I'm open to all suggestions. Throw out as many names as you can of films you've enjoyed, any genre (although I wouldn't mind either a comedy, either a thriller/drama), I need your help!
Right fellow caftards, my girlfriend is revising all evening and I can't be bothered to play PS3, so I'm looking for a film to watch. I'm open to all suggestions. Throw out as many names as you can of films you've enjoyed, any genre (although I wouldn't mind either a comedy, either a thriller/drama), I need your help!
Mr. Nobody -
Jared Leto stars in it. My favourite movie ever. Absolute genius. A must watch for movie lovers.
The Dark Knight Rises - I just watched it and I really loved it. The best movie in the franchise for me and pretty epic (thought personally I would have liked if
Anyway, a really great movie and I think that this trilogy will be remembered as one of the best ever. 9/10
Batman would have been killed, it would have been even more emotional
End of Watch
Thoroughly enjoyed it. Well acted, directed, and shot.
Just feels a little like a long tv episode (The Shield). This may have something to do with the high quality of some shows these days.
Recommended. 7/10
Thoroughly enjoyed it. Well acted, directed, and shot.
Just feels a little like a long tv episode (The Shield). This may have something to do with the high quality of some shows these days.
Recommended. 7/10
We should have a film club where we all watch a movie at the same time and moan about it like in a match day thread.
Great film about a serial killer which doesn't glamorise murder.
I'd never heard of the Zodiac Killer before watching the film, so was really annoyed with the ending at first. I agree that it's a great film, rubbish soundtrack though.
Has anyone seen Bug (the 2002 one, not the great Friedkin/Michael Shannon one)? Planned to watch it a while back but never managed to get hold of it.
Some stuff I've seen recently:
You, the Living - this really grew on me as it went on, the brass band coming together was nice. Looking forward to seeing Songs from the Second Floor.
Looper - because I went in with the wrong impression of it (more a tame supernatural horror than a thriller), I really didn't enjoy it. I know you're only onto a loser being critical of aspects of time-travel films, but my god was the body parts bit dumb. JGL's facial prosthetic was more distracting than Brando's eyebrow.
Morvern Callar - I really wanted to like it & though I watched it for Samantha Morton who didn't disappoint, even she wasn't enough to carry it for me. It had a few moments, didn't help that the soundtrack (particularly late Can) has always left me cold.
All the Real Girls - not being a fan of Zooooey, I liked it more than I imagined I would. Its best aspect is the way it's shot so that it really feels tied to its location. (i.e. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). I have the same problem with all serious attempts at romantic dramas, which is that the attempts at serious dialogue invariably seem ridiculous to me. Which I realise is just personal opinion, as the things which are really meaningful to me are similarly hackneyed & meaningless for others. The two-legged dog steals the show.
Conversations With Other Women - see above - I worship the ground HBC walks on but even she had a couple of moments of spouting inane clichés while looking into the distance. It's always as if the characters are speaking outside themselves, unconvincingly delivering someone else's idea of what passes for weighty or significant thoughts, & it never seems to fit. It's shot in split-screen throughout, which produces a couple of clever moments but mainly it was just an irritation. Still above-average for the genre I think, Eckhart's character develops nicely.
Ivansxtc - loved this, portrayed (my ignorant view of) a lifestyle really well. The flashback style fit really well & it had a great soundtrack.
Ghost World - years since I first watched this, I'm sure I enjoyed it a lot more the first time. Still decent with that great feel Buscemi has for outsiders/freaks.
In the City of Sylvia - it lost me about two thirds of the way through, which is weird given nothing happens throughout. I guess so much depends on mood/expectation, I found the start really great & strangely soothing at the time, then I felt the final third played too heavily with the ambiguity of it all. I'm pathetically neurotic & some music from it has been bugging me for days, so hopefully someone's seen it for a chance to win, er, my undying gratitude.
Funny Ha Ha - though not quite as extreme as above, another where nothing happens. Surprisingly enjoyable thanks to a brilliant lead.
Lantana - had some decent characters, I feel like I've been spoilt seeing LaPaglia in Without a Trace as that was the perfect character it felt Lantana was going for in a much shorter time frame.
The Tree of Life - the dinosaur moment was hilarious, that whole initial universe sequence (mainly its placement) was a piss-take, surely willfully alienating some of the audience. At least I hated it - beauty for the sake of beauty is worse than showing none, I think. I needed a reason to care about it all, which the rest of the film did provide. It was brilliant in parts which makes the unevenness all the more annoying. Great music, it's almost impossible to ruin Má Vlast or Gorecki.
Scene from a Marriage - did the egregious thing of asking for a recommended running order for Bergman (cheers again, R.N7) then ended up watching this first after having to put the Bergman marathon on hold. Didn't even realise it was the condensed theatrical version - I feel like I need to watch the original series now as the dynamics of the main characters did feel unbalanced in parts, which I guess is because of cuts. I really liked Bibi Andersson & her partner, I love/hate the strength of hatred two people can come to have for one another while feeling bound together.
Has anyone seen Bug (the 2002 one, not the great Friedkin/Michael Shannon one)? Planned to watch it a while back but never managed to get hold of it.
Some stuff I've seen recently:
You, the Living - this really grew on me as it went on, the brass band coming together was nice. Looking forward to seeing Songs from the Second Floor.
Looper - because I went in with the wrong impression of it (more a tame supernatural horror than a thriller), I really didn't enjoy it. I know you're only onto a loser being critical of aspects of time-travel films, but my god was the body parts bit dumb. JGL's facial prosthetic was more distracting than Brando's eyebrow.
Morvern Callar - I really wanted to like it & though I watched it for Samantha Morton who didn't disappoint, even she wasn't enough to carry it for me. It had a few moments, didn't help that the soundtrack (particularly late Can) has always left me cold.
All the Real Girls - not being a fan of Zooooey, I liked it more than I imagined I would. Its best aspect is the way it's shot so that it really feels tied to its location. (i.e. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). I have the same problem with all serious attempts at romantic dramas, which is that the attempts at serious dialogue invariably seem ridiculous to me. Which I realise is just personal opinion, as the things which are really meaningful to me are similarly hackneyed & meaningless for others. The two-legged dog steals the show.
Conversations With Other Women - see above - I worship the ground HBC walks on but even she had a couple of moments of spouting inane clichés while looking into the distance. It's always as if the characters are speaking outside themselves, unconvincingly delivering someone else's idea of what passes for weighty or significant thoughts, & it never seems to fit. It's shot in split-screen throughout, which produces a couple of clever moments but mainly it was just an irritation. Still above-average for the genre I think, Eckhart's character develops nicely.
Ivansxtc - loved this, portrayed (my ignorant view of) a lifestyle really well. The flashback style fit really well & it had a great soundtrack.
Ghost World - years since I first watched this, I'm sure I enjoyed it a lot more the first time. Still decent with that great feel Buscemi has for outsiders/freaks.
In the City of Sylvia - it lost me about two thirds of the way through, which is weird given nothing happens throughout. I guess so much depends on mood/expectation, I found the start really great & strangely soothing at the time, then I felt the final third played too heavily with the ambiguity of it all. I'm pathetically neurotic & some music from it has been bugging me for days, so hopefully someone's seen it for a chance to win, er, my undying gratitude.
Funny Ha Ha - though not quite as extreme as above, another where nothing happens. Surprisingly enjoyable thanks to a brilliant lead.
Lantana - had some decent characters, I feel like I've been spoilt seeing LaPaglia in Without a Trace as that was the perfect character it felt Lantana was going for in a much shorter time frame.
The Tree of Life - the dinosaur moment was hilarious, that whole initial universe sequence (mainly its placement) was a piss-take, surely willfully alienating some of the audience. At least I hated it - beauty for the sake of beauty is worse than showing none, I think. I needed a reason to care about it all, which the rest of the film did provide. It was brilliant in parts which makes the unevenness all the more annoying. Great music, it's almost impossible to ruin Má Vlast or Gorecki.
Scene from a Marriage - did the egregious thing of asking for a recommended running order for Bergman (cheers again, R.N7) then ended up watching this first after having to put the Bergman marathon on hold. Didn't even realise it was the condensed theatrical version - I feel like I need to watch the original series now as the dynamics of the main characters did feel unbalanced in parts, which I guess is because of cuts. I really liked Bibi Andersson & her partner, I love/hate the strength of hatred two people can come to have for one another while feeling bound together.
Roy Andersson is one the most unique directors there is, his style is just unlike any other. Scenes from a Marriage is actually the only major Bergman film I've yet to have seen.
Casiono Royale: 8/10. IMO the best bond movie. Skyfall isn't even near it for me.
Yes, the 80's digital watch conspiracy was compelling.
Certainly the best Bond movie since Roger Moore for me.
But then again, those old Bond movies I just loved as a kid, if I watched them again now I might well find them inferior to Casino Royale.
Completely different styles of film to be fair. I watched a few over the last month or so, as a specific channel was on tv that played nothing but Bond films. The old Roger Moore ones have a certain charm, but they couldn't be further from the gritty realistic style of the new Bond.
Lawless
I suppose I can just about muster a 'meh' for this. Predictable plot, cliched characters and not nearly as good as the trailers had promised. The only thing I will say is that Lebouef didn't annoy me for once. It's watchable but nothing special. A 5/10 film if ever there was one with points docked for poor use of Gary Oldman.
I suppose I can just about muster a 'meh' for this. Predictable plot, cliched characters and not nearly as good as the trailers had promised. The only thing I will say is that Lebouef didn't annoy me for once. It's watchable but nothing special. A 5/10 film if ever there was one with points docked for poor use of Gary Oldman.
Batman: The Dark Knight Rises - Expected it to be better, probably the worst one of the three. In saying that, I was never a big Batman fan or know anything about him outside of the films so maybe if you're into it, like my mate was who said it was amazing, you'd enjoy it better.
6/10
6/10
True Grit - Meh, not much to write home about. I expected more from the Coen's.
Craigslist Joe - Documentary about a guy who decides to live a whole month and travel from LA to NY and back on the kindness of others and the craiglist network. It goes for a hugely inspirational tone that somewhat falls flat because trying to fit a month into an hour and a half makes for quite a few montages which in turn seperate you from the journey, plus Joe can be quite passive at times which makes it quite awkward to watch when somebody is opening up to him. Overall though it's all about the characters he meets and although you're mostly left with the sense you'd have liked to get more depth to them they are often quite entertaining and make it a pretty enjoyable journey. It'll also make you check your local craigslist, if you're in the UK don't bother, it's shit.
End Of Watch - bloody amazing. One of the best films I've seen in so long. Better than the adverts suggested. So much depth in it with characters and everything. It deserves the praise its getting imo.
Sinister
Best horror film I have seen for years, had a good story , there was even a few proper jump out of my seat bits.
Even the ending was OK, even if I did guess, it but not until about 10 mins from the end.
7/10
Best horror film I have seen for years, had a good story , there was even a few proper jump out of my seat bits.
Even the ending was OK, even if I did guess, it but not until about 10 mins from the end.
7/10
Beasts of The Southern Wilds
The camera work, which is handheld, and the fantasy aspects of the film may not work for everyone but if they don't you are missing a real treat. A film made on a shoestring by a New Orleans film collective featuring mainly non-actors. It is the story of 6 year old Hushpuppy who lives in The Bathtub, a Bayou community outside the levee, when Katrina hits. It is the story of marginalised society, it is a story of community, it is the story of Hush puppy and her search for her mother, her relationship with her sick drunken father and her understanding of and fears for the world. The central performances alone make it worth watching but this film is far more than that right down to the music which weaves the different aspects of the film together. This is my film of the year by a considerable margin. So despite it's minor flaws I'm giving this 9/10
The camera work, which is handheld, and the fantasy aspects of the film may not work for everyone but if they don't you are missing a real treat. A film made on a shoestring by a New Orleans film collective featuring mainly non-actors. It is the story of 6 year old Hushpuppy who lives in The Bathtub, a Bayou community outside the levee, when Katrina hits. It is the story of marginalised society, it is a story of community, it is the story of Hush puppy and her search for her mother, her relationship with her sick drunken father and her understanding of and fears for the world. The central performances alone make it worth watching but this film is far more than that right down to the music which weaves the different aspects of the film together. This is my film of the year by a considerable margin. So despite it's minor flaws I'm giving this 9/10
Lincoln - Steven Spielberg (2012)
Schpeelberg piles on the cheese quite high here, pulling out nearly every cliché in the book, tugging at those heart strings and making it all so predictable . . . well, whaddya expect Nobby, it's Spielberg.
Thankfully Dan Day Lewis doesn't pull out another Bill the Butcher cum oilman cum Lincoln and puts on a masterful display to somewhat save this from falling too far into schlockdom. Don't think Lincoln was so morally sympathetic to the African American plight as Spielberg depicts him though.
Such a shame the United States had to go through such political manipulation and the bloodiest and bitter of civil wars (followed by another 100 years of defacto apartheid) to rid itself of the vile institution of slavery while the rest of the `civilized' world had at least somewhat peacefully and morally got the message. True Amerikan exceptionalism, indeed. Ya gotta wonder, having seen these recent elections and southern US history, had not they gone through that bloodbath back then, if slavery or some watered down form of it, would still be prevalent in the south.
5 cocks up.
Schpeelberg piles on the cheese quite high here, pulling out nearly every cliché in the book, tugging at those heart strings and making it all so predictable . . . well, whaddya expect Nobby, it's Spielberg.
Thankfully Dan Day Lewis doesn't pull out another Bill the Butcher cum oilman cum Lincoln and puts on a masterful display to somewhat save this from falling too far into schlockdom. Don't think Lincoln was so morally sympathetic to the African American plight as Spielberg depicts him though.
Such a shame the United States had to go through such political manipulation and the bloodiest and bitter of civil wars (followed by another 100 years of defacto apartheid) to rid itself of the vile institution of slavery while the rest of the `civilized' world had at least somewhat peacefully and morally got the message. True Amerikan exceptionalism, indeed. Ya gotta wonder, having seen these recent elections and southern US history, had not they gone through that bloodbath back then, if slavery or some watered down form of it, would still be prevalent in the south.
5 cocks up.
I'm 15 minutes into The Sweeney, and I hate absolutely everything about it.
I'm 25 minutes into The Sweeney, and I hate it even more. It's an appalling sweaty macho cliche of a film with absolutely no charm or wit. So far the moral is, if you're a fat, obnoxious, charmless, corrupt, needlessly violent uber bellend, you'll definitely be enough of a real man to get Haley Attwell to fall madly in love with you & tug you off on a dual carriageway..
I heard that it was a fetid steaming pile of rancid wildebeest droppings. So I avoided it. Glad I did now.
Have you seen BOTSW yet Mockney?
Have you seen BOTSW yet Mockney?
I'm 35 minutes into the Sweeney. Ray's just gotten his second sex scene. I'm really considering turning this off.
I'm 45 minutes into the Sweeney. I'm not sure whether Plan B is trying to act intense or just has wind (or as one review brilliantly put it, secretly urinating in a swimming pool).. Ray's got his belly out again now. I'm literally now only watching this to take the piss out of it.
It's horrible. It's like a wish fulfilment fantasy for absolute cnuts & Top Gear fanatics. You know how American sitcoms invariably have a fat middle aged man with a beautiful young wife just to reassure it's target audience that this could be them? Well that seems to be at play here. Only it's target audience seems to be sexist, violent, alcoholic criminals. Ray Winstone is playing literally the biggest cnut in London, the kind of copper who you'd happy see banged up and publically disgraced, and then raped in prison as comeuppance for his hideous, offensive, arrogant machoism. But obviously you're sort of supposed to like him & root for him here. Cos, you know, erm, I dunno? He's a man? Or something. I reckon the Sun gave it 5 stars.
Also, for a film about gritty, real, urban London, it looks absolutely nothing like real, urban London. Everything's shot in swish clean spacious high rises and swanky wine bars. Very faakin' Sweeney.
I hadn't heard of it until you mentioned it. Will though. What kind of thing would you compare it to? Is it a Pan's Labyrinth type shindig?
It's horrible. It's like a wish fulfilment fantasy for absolute cnuts & Top Gear fanatics. You know how American sitcoms invariably have a fat middle aged man with a beautiful young wife just to reassure it's target audience that this could be them? Well that seems to be at play here. Only it's target audience seems to be sexist, violent, alcoholic criminals. Ray Winstone is playing literally the biggest cnut in London, the kind of copper who you'd happy see banged up and publically disgraced, and then raped in prison as comeuppance for his hideous, offensive, arrogant machoism. But obviously you're sort of supposed to like him & root for him here. Cos, you know, erm, I dunno? He's a man? Or something. I reckon the Sun gave it 5 stars.
Also, for a film about gritty, real, urban London, it looks absolutely nothing like real, urban London. Everything's shot in swish clean spacious high rises and swanky wine bars. Very faakin' Sweeney.
I hadn't heard of it until you mentioned it. Will though. What kind of thing would you compare it to? Is it a Pan's Labyrinth type shindig?
*sobs* I was looking for some retro trainers online the other day, and the company were using screenshots of Danny Fackin' Dyer & The Business as a lure to unsuspecting twit-customers. I mean, really...
It's directed by the same guy, Nick Love, who did that & Football Factory. He's basically the hobo man's Guy Richie. But worse. He's an absolute faakin' bum tool.
I now feel ashamed of my Tacchini y-fronts.
I'm 100 minutes into the Sweeney. The action stuff's actually alright for a low budget British film. They certainly got decent production values out of it. Shame the script is bollocks and all the characters are appalling. The only person who isn't appalling is the one guy you're supposed to hate. Seemingly, and entirely, for the heinous crime of having a desk job and not being a nasty violent, angry idiot like super Ray.
I'd give it a 3, for cars.
I'd give it a 3, for cars.
Life of Pi: 7/10. Nice movie, definitely worth a watch.
Ted: Above average comedy which is probably funnier if you have no idea what the film is about like I didn't. Pretty cliched plot in general but Ted is very funny and Mila Kunis looks hot as usual. 7/10
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry - Very inspiring documentary about the artist and political dissident Ai Weiwei, covering his artwork and clashes with the Chinese goverment.
I'd say it's like a live-action Hayao Miyazaki film, with early Terrence Malick-esque narration.
I'd say it's like a live-action Hayao Miyazaki film, with early Terrence Malick-esque narration.
Nils.... Ten films from the last...Er.... 24 months?
Beasts of the Southern Wild - A messy, joyous fairy tale.
Mysteries of Lisbon - Dreamlike, historical, picaresque epic.
The Intouchables - Very good feel-good film.
Oslo, August 31st - Moving film about a middle aged recovering drug addict.
Holy Motors - A smörgåsbord of madness.
Himizu - Mental film about young people suffering the consequences of their parents having their lives ruined by the tsunami.
Incendies - Very original war mystery.
Shame - Grim and realistic take on sexual addiction.
Le Quattro Volte - Profound film made from scratch.
Beginners - Melancholic, well-acted indie rom-com.
Poetry - A challenging, subtle and evocative piece about an illness struck old woman.
The Tree of Life - Flawed but a must watch really.
Mysteries of Lisbon - Dreamlike, historical, picaresque epic.
The Intouchables - Very good feel-good film.
Oslo, August 31st - Moving film about a middle aged recovering drug addict.
Holy Motors - A smörgåsbord of madness.
Himizu - Mental film about young people suffering the consequences of their parents having their lives ruined by the tsunami.
Incendies - Very original war mystery.
Shame - Grim and realistic take on sexual addiction.
Le Quattro Volte - Profound film made from scratch.
Beginners - Melancholic, well-acted indie rom-com.
Poetry - A challenging, subtle and evocative piece about an illness struck old woman.
The Tree of Life - Flawed but a must watch really.
Interview with the Vampire
Was craving a horror movie last night, ended up watching this. Not scary by any means, but very good nonetheless.
I thought Tom Cruise would be a bit ridiculous trying to play a vampire. While I was right, it wasn't as bad as expected. Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst and Antonio Banderas are all superb. Very atmospheric and intelligent. The story was very good and unpredictable, though it did run a little long imo.
8/10
Was craving a horror movie last night, ended up watching this. Not scary by any means, but very good nonetheless.
I thought Tom Cruise would be a bit ridiculous trying to play a vampire. While I was right, it wasn't as bad as expected. Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst and Antonio Banderas are all superb. Very atmospheric and intelligent. The story was very good and unpredictable, though it did run a little long imo.
8/10