The Film Thread

[LabradoRacer 2]

Ever watched a movie whose title is way better than the movie itself? Well, the Jap movie "The Big Tits Dragon: Hot Spring Zombies vs Strippers 5" is one such movie. I watched it without subs, since they don't matter with such intellectually stimulating movies. Other than some blood being sprayed on bare titties, I don't recollect much. Oh well.

'Garden State' is a superb romance/comedy movie. Cav, your fave woman has turned in an outstanding performance!

[monza gorilla 1]

Thanks guys I'll check those out.

Start with Eraserhead. Then tell me what it's about.

[LabradoRacer 2]

Start with Eraserhead. Then tell me what it's about.

Watch Tetsuo: The Iron Man . It's Eraserhead on steroids.

The Spanish movie Tras El Cristal makes for very disturbing viewing. Highly recommended.

Also saw The Call of Cthulhu . Although made in 2005 (if my memory serves me right), it recaptures the silent B-&-W style of the 1920s' film-making with supreme accuracy. Makes for a good viewing.

Another recent horror movie, The House of the Devil, though mediocre, again does a good job of recapturing the style of the 70's, down to the T. It's quite a technical achievement.

[LabradoRacer 2]

South Korea sure as hell comes up superb crime/action movies. Here are a few:

A Bittersweet Life http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0456912/ . Phenomenal movie, with an equally phenomenal background score. Seems Kim Ji Woon can do no wrong. (Dave, sorry for the deja vu all over again.)

Memories of Murder http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0353969/

Chaser http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190539/

Can think of only one English movie to recommend at the moment : Stand By Me

[Kopite Girl 0]

I highly highly highly recommend two films from the same trilogy of novels. Night Watch being the first and Day Watch the latter. Absolutely brilliant. But if you really want to experience this, i'd read the novels first. There are three books. Night, Day, and Twilight Watch (don't worry, nothing whatsoever to do with the teen saga).

[Rainmaster 7]

Saw Night Watch a while back, it is good! But cheers I didn't realise it was part of a trilogy.. Megavideo here I come.

[monza gorilla 1]

Saw Nightwatch & Daywatch recently. Excellent stuff. Have they made Twilight watch yet?

[LabradoRacer 2]

I highly highly highly recommend two films from the same trilogy of novels. Night Watch being the first and Day Watch the latter. Absolutely brilliant. But if you really want to experience this, i'd read the novels first. There are three books. Night, Day, and Twilight Watch (don't worry, nothing whatsoever to do with the teen saga).

Tetralogy.

Good movies, yep.

[LabradoRacer 2]

Have they made Twilight watch yet?

No. Unlikely.

[LabradoRacer 2]

2 Russian ones about crime/action. Yet to see 'em but they'll be good in all probability.

Brat http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118767/

Brat 2 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238883/

[Kopite Girl 0]

Saw Nightwatch & Daywatch recently. Excellent stuff. Have they made Twilight watch yet?

Not yet, but read a couple of months back will be going into pre-production mid next year. Can't wait for the finished product. Have you read the novels?

Jay. Potato, po-tah-toe

[monza gorilla 1]

Nope. Not read any of them yet. Keep threatening to buy them but then another bit falls off the house and the dosh gets spent on keeping the rain out.

EDIT: Watched Children of Men again the other night. Damn good.

[LabradoRacer 2]

Watched Children of Men again the other night. Damn good.

+1.

Watched The American. Despite the title, it's quite a low-key, understated movie. Nice movie. The best thing about it? The va-va-voom Italian actress Violante Placido. Lordy lord, what a fine example of the female species. She's in her b'day suit for practically every minute of her on-screen time. *smitten*

[BradSpeedMan 6]

As for Watchmen, a young fellow loaned it to me this past winter and insisted I give it a try. I did. I wish I could get that block of time back.

I can't believe u guys are actually serious. Watchmen is one of the best movies I ever watched!

[BradSpeedMan 6]

Recently watched "Kick-a##". Funny in parts but in total quite poor and rather weird too. I went to the cinema to see a film billed as a comedy and it shows a child getting seriously beat up by the "villain" of the movie (it's a superhero movie). Pretty weird and not really what I was expecting.

what the... ? It looks like u guys need to be movie educated..I mean really...

[BradSpeedMan 6]

Last film watched: The Bourne Identity. Fun, and nothing more. Only problem is I can't help look at Matt Damon and remember that scene in Team America

I was a big fan of Robert Ludlum and loved the books, read them late 80's / early 90's. Although the storyline veers off course, I was hugely impressed by Greengrass's directing. His audacious use of unsteady camera work is superb, it's almost as if you're the character/s in certain scenes with fast cuts. Suits the mood of the film. Crafmanship at it's best. Bourne Ultimatum gets abit out of line (as the last movie in a trilogy always does) but overall the trilogy delivers a great cinematic action treat...

lovely stuff

[LabradoRacer 2]

About Kick a##, a good movie in its own right, but apallingly poor when compared to the comic. A lot of stuff has been "mainstream-ized" at the behest some studio hotshot who thinks he has the right to decide what the audience wants. Violence has been watered down, Hit Girl's dad is a just vigilante, the hero gets the girl (not Hit Girl, but his classmate), interesting stuff like the creation of a new swear word "Tunk" has been ignored and so on.

Mark Millar, the guy behind the comic, must be embarrassed by the finished product. Wonder how the sequel will stay true to the next comic, given the first ones had different endings.

[freaky2 1]

I watched Kick-a## a week ago - everyone said it was so great and whatnot, but I didn't like it much. If there's a comic I gotta try it.

Now, I wanted to shut my mouth about this but... George, you MUST watch Scott Pilgrim vs the World and tell me what you think of it. One of the funniest movies I've ever watched, if there is a fault is that everything happens very fast (cramming 6 comic books into a 2-hour movie, humm XD). I wouldn't tell anyone else to watch it because it's quite a "nowadays youth, what the hell" movie, but exactly what I like

[Rainmaster 7]

I've already seen it Tanita! But.. I didn't like it very much. I was just sat there thinking "this is such a weird film". For me, it was one of those things which shouldn't have been converted to a film because it just didn't work.

At least we agree on Kick-a## though

Saw In Bruges recently. Very good.

[Kopite Girl 0]

Yeah. I liked In Bruges too. Not too heavy, not too light. Perfect when you can't decide what type of film you want to watch.

[freaky2 1]

I've already seen it Tanita! But.. I didn't like it very much. I was just sat there thinking "this is such a weird film". For me, it was one of those things which shouldn't have been converted to a film because it just didn't work.

At least we agree on Kick-a## though

Saw In Bruges recently. Very good.

It does work way better in the comic, but it's a solid effort to adapt something so surreally real xD I'm gonna start reading Kick-a## tomorrow (when my dad goes, because he disapproves if I read comics XD) and I'm sure I'll like it better than the film.

And meanwhile, I'm finally gonna finish watching Star Wars on Friday, for some reason the only film I haven't seen is on TV - I'm in luck XD

[Autumnpuma 0]

You've never seen Star Wars? Hm. First film I ever saw in a theatre at the wee little age of 7 was Star Wars. This could be why I'm nuts.....

[Kopite Girl 0]

lol Mike, wouldn't say you're nuts. Just a little crazy!

Like I can talk

Anyhow, I watched the first Sex and the City movie. Very disappointing. Not like the groundbreaking series at all. My favourite character from the series was Kim Cattrall's Samantha. The character in the film is completely the opposite!

I hope the second film isn't as disappointing. I never go for chick flicks but I guess more or less every woman watched Sex and the City on TV.

Another film I watched was Miller's Crossing again last night on the TV. Excellent film. Gabriel Byrne does it justice.

[LabradoRacer 2]

I watched Kick-a## a week ago - everyone said it was so great and whatnot, but I didn't like it much. If there's a comic I gotta try it.

Now, I wanted to shut my mouth about this but... George, you MUST watch Scott Pilgrim vs the World and tell me what you think of it. One of the funniest movies I've ever watched, if there is a fault is that everything happens very fast (cramming 6 comic books into a 2-hour movie, humm XD). I wouldn't tell anyone else to watch it because it's quite a "nowadays youth, what the hell" movie, but exactly what I like

Yep, Scott Pilgrim is damn entertaining. So what if it's an ADHD movie!

I've already seen it Tanita! But.. I didn't like it very much. I was just sat there thinking "this is such a weird film". For me, it was one of those things which shouldn't have been converted to a film because it just didn't work.

You're too intelligent to allow your imagination to straitjacket you. There are a lot of "weird" movies out there which are hypercreative and entertaining. Do see David Lynch's Lost Highway. If not nothing, you'll at least love Patricia Arquette's T & A display.

Anyhow, I watched the first Sex and the City movie. Very disappointing. Not like the groundbreaking series at all. My favourite character from the series was Kim Cattrall's Samantha. The character in the film is completely the opposite!

I hope the second film isn't as disappointing. I never go for chick flicks but I guess more or less every woman watched Sex and the City on TV.

You've no business watching that pile of garbage. At least check out the imdb ratings before proceeding. But yes, Kim Catrall's sexy! About chick flicks, I watch them only when I'm feeling slightly gay. And I confess I've found quite a few of them (I've felt gay that many times?! Gets foot out of mouth) to be quite entertaining. One such is Clueless. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112697/ Do see it. Alicia Silverstone is a doll!

[LabradoRacer 2]

About Star Wars, absolute turd, all 6 (or is it bazillion?) of 'em. The only good thing is the uber sexy Jabba The Hut. I think I'm gonna jerk off to his videos.