What movie did you watch last night? (13 Viewers)

[xsteox]

just watched i:heart: the huckerbee's. what an odd film. not bad mind. saw office space earlier. very good

 

[xsteox]

just watched the rest of this

was actually thinking of ordering that a few days ago. is it actually any good?,or one of those films thats actually shit, but because it got banned it, you want to watch it, to see what all the fuss was about.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

was actually thinking of ordering that a few days ago. is it actually any good?,or one of those films thats actually shit, but because it got banned it, you want to watch it, to see what all the fuss was about.

I thought it was quite good; well made but slow paced in parts
revenge sequences are cool - slo-mo violence. sex scenes are pretty explicit

the DVD picture quality is good with decent extras. Big improvement on the crap VHS copy with no subtitles I saw a few years ago

7/10 I suppose.

 

[pete]

saw office space earlier. very good

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[avernus]

Watched I :heart: Huckabees. pretty good stuff, v funny. Marky Mark is deadly in it, as indeed is Schwartzman. mental film, but enjoyable.

saw Garden State last night. very good. Zaff is a surprisingly good actor, director and writer.

also saw The Interpreter the other day - excellent thriller. Sean Penn is of course deadly! its a total shoving popcorn in your mouth movie.

 

[Cormcolash]

i thought conan was based on a comic? suppose ye olde snake god cult does fit in with the mythos....

Anyways, did anyone else think that the opening scene with Conan's
father presented a conflicting take on the Riddle of Steel than Thulsa
Doom's?

His father states "No one can you trust, not man, not woman, not
beast. This (points to a sword), this you can trust." (The musical
score to this scene is titled The Riddle of Steel/Riders of Doom).

While Thulsa Doom presents the riddle this way "Steel isn't strong
boy. Flesh is stronger."

Are these conflicting statements? My thought is that Conan's father
already knew the obvious (that flesh wielding a sword is ultimately
more powerful than the sword) and takes it a step further than Thulsa
Doom, to make a very Cimmerian point that a warrior must only rely on
himself and his sword.

Although, it could have something to do with Conan growing up, both in
a physical and psycological sense. While he used to rely mainly on his
weapon, people were refered to simply as an allied or an enemy. Then
when he meets Subotai and Valeria he confronts that ideal.

So neither of the two statements is more correct, but he has to decide
for himself. I like how Conan is more of a listener without judging
one way or the other. His father's possibly a bit primitive while
Doom's showing a deeper insight. However Doom is something of a Darth
Vader; he had the qualities to become great but misused them. The same
could happen with Conan (if I'm not mistaken he later becomes a king),
which fortunately it doesn't.

Then again, some people think that the "Riddle of Steel" actually
echoes/goes back to the Promethius myth.

And i know this is a little off topic does anybody remember what the
answer was to the meaning of life Conan gave?

Finally, to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to
hear the lemantations of their women. as for the riddle of steel, his
father never answered it, only introduced it to conan and warned him
that he would have to find the answer for himself, thulsa doom answers
it and conan proves it inthe end when his mind is stronger then thulsa
doom's hypnotic ability. through-out conan's adult life till doom
tell's him the answer he is worried that he will meet Crum and not
know the answer, so it appears that his father's advice was more of a
lesson in learning that men, and women, friends and lovers will at the
very least leave you, if not betray you. well, that's my
interpretation

Then again, our question can't be answered, since no one other than
Crom knew the riddle of steel. And your access to Valhalla is knowing
it.

Anyhow, I believe the father's take is much more feesible than Thulsa.
The whole "Conan character" that Arnold made is that you can't trust
anyone (apart from a select few), and that's what his father was
telling him. You're stronger alone than with others.

Remember C's prayer "Two stood against many". It's the whole essence
of the movie, being alone. An Odyssey (sp?). It's just the movie
itself...

I think they said the same thing but from different points of view.
Thulsa Doom shows the strength of flesh through faith by asking that
betty to step out into her inevitable death.

Conan's dad explained that Crom gave man the riddle of steel, and it
was up to man to protect its secret...in other words: Crom = riddle of
steel = faith = trust = the flesh that wields Crom's gift

Just my take.

andrew

And eef you do nat listen .... DEN DE HELL WITH YOU!!!

 

[ratmonkey]

Someone just brought me in King Boxer 2 with the legendary Bruce Le. Looking forward to watching this now when I get home.

 

[plug]

Someone just brought me in King Boxer 2 with the legendary Bruce Le. Looking forward to watching this now when I get home.

hey, by the way .|..| .|..| .|..| .|..| .|..| .|..| for the copy of commando! I'm going to watch it tonight!!!

 

[george mcfly]

i thought conan was based on a comic? suppose ye olde snake god cult does fit in with the mythos....

not a comic, but the stories did appear in Weird Tales as i'm pretty sure a lot of Lovecraft's stuff did in the early 1930's. the comics didn't appear til the 1970's, but the were all pretty much direct adaptations of the Robert E. Howard stories

have you ever seen Red Sonja? that's actually a Conan story written by Howard and it's directed by Richard Fleischer, but Arnie isn't Conan in it (even though he's pretty much playing the same character). so you could pretty much look at that as a lost Conan movie

 

[ratmonkey]

not a comic, but the stories did appear in Weird Tales as i'm pretty sure a lot of Lovecraft's stuff did in the early 1930's. the comics didn't appear til the 1970's, but the were all pretty much direct adaptations of the Robert E. Howard stories

The film kind of is too, although it seems to be more of a cut and paste job from various different stories.

 

[P. Littbarski]

We watched National Treasure last night...and it is possibly the worst film I have seen in a long time*. My brain was insulted.

I don't get Nicholas Cage sometimes...one minute he's a decent actor in a decent film (Adaptation, Matchstick Men, Leaving Las Vegas) the next he's a waste of space.


* and I thought Van Helsing was poor

 

[Cormcolash]

so you could pretty much look at that as a lost Conan movie

Except that it's bollocks.

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

Except that it's bollocks.

you grace jones wasn't actually acting in conan the destroyer?

 

[Cormcolash]

you grace jones wasn't actually acting in conan the destroyer?

Haha damn right she wasn't!

 

[george mcfly]

you grace jones wasn't actually acting in conan the destroyer?

ahh grace jones! he was deadly in a view to a kill

 

[Wilbert]

We watched National Treasure last night...and it is possibly the worst film I have seen in a long time*. My brain was insulted.

I don't get Nicholas Cage sometimes...one minute he's a decent actor in a decent film (Adaptation, Matchstick Men, Leaving Las Vegas) the next he's a waste of space.


* and I thought Van Helsing was poor

I have a theory about Nicholas Cage and here it is;

I don't think he has a selection of film scripts in front of him when deciding what film to make next. I think he has a selection of wigs.

He should just call his next film 'My New Wig' and be done with it.

 

[spiritualtramp]

also saw The Interpreter the other day - excellent thriller. Sean Penn is of course deadly! its a total shoving popcorn in your mouth movie.

Really? the Guardian review ripped that movie to pieces. Any film with a fake african language and country sounds pretty dodgy to me.

 

[BC]

not films as such, but anyway...

after my obsession with alan beadsdale's GBH has been sated, i have dived into the tv series of dennis potter's "The Singing Detective". superb and without peer, my new obsession.

 

[RSJ]

Was talking to a guy at work, he was saying he's well into his films, we got cut short so i asked if i could borrow a few of his DVDs (apparently he has about 100-150). He brought me Narc (nice one), Loaded weapon (eh...) and How High (into movies?)... So last night i watched how high, stoner film with redman and method man - standard fare, but meth is worth watching on his own. Needless to mention i won't be watching it again. Just to get it out of my system i watched Godfathers And Sons again. Chuck D is the man.

Which brings me to my question: What's good out of that Martin Scorcese "Blues" series? Piano Blues was brilliant, but Godfathers and Sons was a bit of a letdown, anyone seen any of the others?

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Loaded weapon (eh...)

This is hilarious, such fun. Kathy Ireland is dead sexy too. And Tim Curry has a great turn.

Anyone ever see Tim Curry in Clue? Brilliant

watched the Nancy Drew pilot this morning. Mystery of Pirate's Cove. Pamela Sue Martin looks just as good as I remember. :heart: