Bigsby Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Saw VI. The same as all the rest, but actually one of the better ones in that it had a coherent storyline that was easy to follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 UnderworldI've seen this before but couldn't recall much about it but I quite enjoyed it this time around. Vampires hunt werewolves as part of a feud that has been going on for hundreds of years. Werewolves are up to some shifty shenanigans and Kate Beckinsale is a vampire in tight black rubber/leather who wants to find out what they are up to while also protecting a human who the werewolves are after. Head werewolf is Michael Sheen, I'd forgotten he was in this but I recalled that Kate was going out with him just before this and dumped him for the director. He is good as usual but weird seeing him in this as opposed to his turns as real life personalities. He must have an affinity for the supernatural because he turned up in that 'New Moon' pish as a head vampirepart of a 3 DVD box set purchased in Asda for a tenner. 2nd and 3rd instalments to go. This one can get 7/10.Lost in TranslationRe-watch on BT Vision. Gets mixed reactions, folk seem to love it or hate it. I'm in the former camp, Bill Murray is deadpan greatness and a wiz at karaoke. Scarlett Johansson looks nice in pink pants. Great soundtrack and always makes me want to go to Tokyo. 9/10.Red DragonAnother BT Vision re-watch. A 2002 version of the book of the same name that was previously filmed as 'Manhunter'. In many ways this is better, as it follows the book's plot more closely to give more background info on the psycho killer but after watching 'Manhunter' dozens of times I think I still prefer it, William Petersen being the definitive Will Graham and the 'In a Gadda Da Vida' ending being fanny-tastic - main thing that lets it down is the 80's-tastic filming style and music. Anthony Hopkins continues to ham up his Hannibal Lecter character, Ed Norton is reliable but feels too young for the Will Graham character. Ralph Fiennes is ultimately too good looking to play the Francis Dolarhyde character. 7/10 for this version. (9/10 for 'Manhunter' in case you haven't seen it. You should.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 In no way is Red Dragon better than Manhunter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 In no way is Red Dragon better than Manhunter.Actually I should have said 'in some ways' rather than 'many' as the only thing I wish is that 'Manhunter' followed the book a bit more.I've got a cassette of the 'Manhunter' soundtrack, goes on Amazon for 60 quid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Manhunter is just unbelivebly brilliant, I don't mind the 80s touches, they may look passe now but in another 10 years they'll look "classic". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Manhunter is just unbelivebly brilliant, I don't mind the 80s touches, they may look passe now but in another 10 years they'll look "classic". It led me to discover 'In a Gadda Da Vida' which is a great song. This is the best use of it other than in The Simpsons when Bart puts the sheet music for it on the church organists music stand and the congragation start singing it, then it skips to 15 minutes late rand the old biddy collapses. Amazing.'Wait a minute, this sounds like rock and/or roll music'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Yup "In The Garden of Eden by I. Ron Butterfly".Ringo knicked the drum solo at the end of Abbey Road from In a gadda a vida, fact fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 Dorian Gray - A film adaption of the Oscar Wilde novel. A dashing young gentleman commissions an artist to paint a portrait of him. Upon seeing it he flippantly comments that he would "sell his soul to the devil" to remain looking as young as he does in the painting. And it actually happens, he suddenly finds himself invincible. For the next 25 years he lives a life on unbelievable hedonism - drink, drugs, sex etc - and he never ages a day and never has so much as a scratch on him - however all the damage he does to his body shows up in the figure in the painting, which ages and begins to look twisted and warped. The premise of the film is excellent, however it's far too talky and quite dull in places. It takes about an hour for anything to actually happen, and when it does, it's not really worth the wait.**A Life Less Ordinary - This was a fun little kidnap caper, however I missed the first 20-30 minutes and I didn't really understand all ths stuff about angels and that. Ewan McGregor and Cameron Diaz were both excellent and had real on-screen chemistry. I'm beginning to think that McGregor might actually be a very good actor.**** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 very good actor.****Ugh. No. Really, no. I do actually like the guy but he is pretty much terrible in films when doing anything other than his natural Scots accent. Hence Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, A Life Less Ordinary, Young Adam are all pretty good. Most other things he is in are shite. He needs to become this generation's Sean Connery and just have the same accent regardless of whether playing Russian submarine captains, Spanish swordsmen or Irish coppers.I watched 'Flatliners' last night, a 2 quid from Asda special. I am positive I went to see this at the cinema. I Think it was Kiefer Sutherland's first big post- 'The Lost Boys' movie and it also stars young Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, Oliver Platt and William Baldwin as medical students who start experiments where they stop their hearts to experience a period of death before being revived. A competition ensues to see who can be dead longest and weird things start to happen when elements of their death experiences spill into real life. It actually holds up OK, even with William Baldwin being in it. 7/10.Most of my viewing for the foreseeable future will be 'The Simpsons', I was in Bridge of Dee Asda yesterday and they were selling box sets for 15 quid each so I had a moment of madness and bought Seasons 4 thru 8 which are reputed to be the golden period. Having watched Disc 1 of Season 4 tonight I'm going to have some good viewing ahead I think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulscoconutass Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Face Off: yes it's cheesy, but still fantastic entertainment. 7/10Benjamin Button: Epic, a-la Forrest Gump. Great execution. 7.5/10Slither: boring CGI-fest - avoid at all costs. 3/10Survive Style 5+: Insane Japanese mish mash, awesome fun. 8.5/10The Hangover: Wasn't expecting it to be that good! 7/102001: A Space Odyssey: Is this the most over-rated film of all time? 4/10The Lookout: It was all a bit 'meh'. Not the best film ever. 5/10Machine Girl: Gore gore gore gore, story and more gore: 3/10Up in The Air: great critique on modern life, compelling story. 7.5/10Vicky Christina Barcelona: Bardem and Cruz are brilliant. 6.5/10Hell Ride: Please stop presenting us with crap films Mr Tarrantino. 2.5/10One Day Removals: Good story / production for a local film. 6/10Full reviews here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Most of my viewing for the foreseeable future will be 'The Simpsons', I was in Bridge of Dee Asda yesterday and they were selling box sets for 15 quid each so I had a moment of madness and bought Seasons 4 thru 8 which are reputed to be the golden period. Having watched Disc 1 of Season 4 tonight I'm going to have some good viewing ahead I think...You haven't seen them? Oh man. I envy you, you are in for a treat. Just stop there though, going any further will just end in disappointment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Face Off: yes it's cheesy, but still fantastic entertainment. 7/10"I hate to see you go, but I LOVE to watch you leave! "Cage and Travolta are both excellent in that film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 "I hate to see you go, but I LOVE to watch you leave! "Cage and Travolta are both excellent in that film.Nic Cage is easily the finest actor of our generation. I watched his remake of The Wicker Man last night. Most entertaining film I have seen in years. This sums it up perfectly:YouTube - REAL TOP TEN NICHOLAS CAGE MOMENTS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 You haven't seen them? Oh man. I envy you, you are in for a treat. Just stop there though, going any further will just end in disappointment.I'll have seen some of the episodes for sure, I used to buy all the VHS compilations that came out several years ago which were themed by tape and so episodes came from across various seasons. I do recognise some of the episode names as ones I've seen but definitely haven't seen full seasons. I did buy a few of the themed DVD's that started coming out as well but stopped when they started releasing the whole season collections, after buying the first 2 I stopped as they weren't great. I actually sickened myself of The Simpsons when I had Sky and was single several years back, used to just spend evenings watching them and Futurama. Again I have no idea what seasons episodes I may have been watching.I have a feeling I asked on here which seasons were best and it may have been you that advised on these 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Nic Cage is easily the finest actor of our generation. I watched his remake of The Wicker Man last night. Most entertaining film I have seen in years. This sums it up perfectly:YouTube - REAL TOP TEN NICHOLAS CAGE MOMENTSHopefully this is a joke, that film is bad in so many levels....Comedy value, unintentional mind, is about all that redeems it.Nic Cage did indeed use to be one of the most watchable actors around, even if a bit out there in style and an aquired taste for some, but his gradual decline in quality control has been such that I rarely even bother with his films now - he needs to disappear for a few years and come back triumphant like Mickey Rourke when the bad years are largely forgotten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 I'd say they're probably the best telly ever made, I like S1-3 as well but some people can't stand the early animation. There's a steady decline though to the stage where I just can't watch it anymore, and I used to be obsessed by it in the late 90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Hopefully this is a joke, that film is bad in so many levels....Comedy value, unintentional mind, is about all that redeems it.Nic Cage did indeed use to be one of the most watchable actors around, even if a bit out there in style and an aquired taste for some, but his gradual decline in quality control has been such that I rarely even bother with his films now - he needs to disappear for a few years and come back triumphant like Mickey Rourke when the bad years are largely forgotten.Unfortunately I think this is unlikely as he's just about bankrupt isn't he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diarmaid Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 I have a feeling I asked on here which seasons were best and it may have been you that advised on these 5.4 to 8 really are great. Though 3, 9 and 10 still have pretty great moments. Phil Hartman died in 1998 and his last episode was in season 10. I think that was generally the moment The Simpsons began its slow descent into pure bollocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 You haven't seen them? Oh man. I envy you, you are in for a treat. Just stop there though, going any further will just end in disappointment.Hell no. 9 through to 11 are still just as great. I have no idea why the apparent Golden Era stops at Season 8. It got patchy as it entered the teens, but still great. The late teens are the worst, but there's still plenty of goodies. The latest series seems to be a reasonable return to form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Unfortunately I think this is unlikely as he's just about bankrupt isn't he?Oh yeah I think you are correct....again, Mickey came back OK....messed up coupon like, but doing good films.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Bobby - A film with loads of characters and storylines (I'm sure there's a word for that?) centred around the assassination of Robert F Kennedy. Interspersed with real footage of and speeches by Kennedy on the campaign trail for the primaries. Loads of fairly well known actors (Hopkins, Stone, Sheen Sr, Slater, Macy...erm Estevez who also wrote and directed it) play little roles presumably on the misguided belief that they were involved in the making of a modern classic. The script may have looked that way but in the end it was not bad but instantly forgettable.Eastern Promises - Pretty stupid storyline where the main character (a nurse played by Naomi Watts) becomes involved with the Russian mafia in London when she looks into the life of a young prostitute who dies during childbirth on her shift. Some pretty decent violence and a good performance by Viggo Mortensen but overall the story and the main character were a bit.......meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Eastern Promises - Pretty stupid storyline where the main character (a nurse played by Naomi Watts) becomes involved with the Russian mafia in London when she looks into the life of a young prostitute who dies during childbirth on her shift. Some pretty decent violence and a good performance by Viggo Mortensen but overall the story and the main character were a bit.......meh.The fight scene in the Turkish baths is pretty incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Just casting a quick glance at S9 reveals these absolute stinkers:The Principal and the Pauper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaBart Star - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaRealty Bites - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe Trouble with Trillions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaLost Our Lisa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaNatural Born Kissers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaHad a quick look at S10, but it would be much quicker to post the good ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 The fight scene in the Turkish baths is pretty incredible.It has also just about filled up my quota of viewing Viggo's schlong as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 The fight scene in the Turkish baths is pretty incredible.Aye, that was a good scene. My girlfriend hates gore but loves willies so was in a real quandary over whether to cover her eyes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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