That one made me feel very uncomfortable and I genuinely felt bad for laughing at it in parts... perhaps because they were also sitting in the cinema at the time? Should I be laughing? Awkwardly great.
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That one made me feel very uncomfortable and I genuinely felt bad for laughing at it in parts... perhaps because they were also sitting in the cinema at the time? Should I be laughing? Awkwardly great.
Anyone who gets famous is a "sell out" according to some people.
Cormcolash
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French comedy drama about speed typing set in the 50s. Pretty great! Loads of really good things about this film, although it does get a bit formulaic in the last third or so. Lots of good gender stereotypes reversal going on, a bit like The Artist in that respect, although not with as much depth.
French comedy drama about speed typing set in the 50s. Pretty great! Loads of really good things about this film, although it does get a bit formulaic in the last third or so. Lots of good gender stereotypes reversal going on, a bit like The Artist in that respect, although not with as much depth.
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Alice Sweet Alice. Great horror movie - Conor
David Kronenbourg
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Danny Boyle
Shallow Grave - 8 (haven't seen it since it came out but remember loving it)
Trainspotting - 10
A Life Less Ordinary - 5
The Beach - 3
28 Days Later - 8
Millions - didn't watch it
Sunshine - 9
Slumdog - didn't watch it
127 Hours - 5
trance - 2
Shallow Grave - 8 (haven't seen it since it came out but remember loving it)
Trainspotting - 10
A Life Less Ordinary - 5
The Beach - 3
28 Days Later - 8
Millions - didn't watch it
Sunshine - 9
Slumdog - didn't watch it
127 Hours - 5
trance - 2
David Kronenbourg
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fuck wrong thread.
The Raid
Hype usually does two things to a movie,
1. Makes people who wouldn't ordinarily bother with that type of thing watch it.
and
2. Raises the expectation level too high for the film to live up to.
The Raid is exactly that film, but it's a shame really. I don't particularly love action movies or martial arts movies but the level of praise this received made me curious and so I gave it a look. What you get with The Raid is the most primitive and basic a film you could imagine. Good guys go into building and won't come out until every single bad guy dies. Right, fair enough and The Raid sets out it's stall earlier than most movies can manage. It's the equivilent of waiting for two out and out attack minded sports teams go head to head and one scores a try/goal/touch down or whatever within the opening 10 seconds. The film is 100 minutes long and I'd imagine about 50% of that is just horrific violence. I had to watch one scene involving a sliced open femeral artery twice to see if I had really seen it properly. Trust me this is fucking gory stuff. But there in lies the rub. The other 50% is pretty stupid altogether and that's okay, in this kind of film you're not expecting high art or complex emotions or plotting. It's okay that the dialogue and plot are utter shit, that's fine. The problem with the film (and with football matches - because lets face it american football and rugby just don't matter really) that start off hammer and tongs is that after the frankly breath taking and stomach churning frenzy of violence and choreographed lunacy that opens procedings (Imagine Chris Kamara describing a match that's 4-3 at half time, Unbelievable Jeff!!!) the film really can't top it, and the following hour or so kind of dips off and drags in places. There are still some amazing scenes of hand to hand to elbow to knee to shin to head to hand combat but after a while even the most spectacular of fights seem pedestrian because it's all the film has to offer. There isn't the same humour or wow factor that comes with Jackie Chan films and the stunts are basically just men beating the living shite out of each other before stabbing each other to death. So no tricks with ladders and rakes or flying leaps onto busses from motorbikes, just lads pounding each other into dust.
That's not to say that The Raid is all bad. Certainly the opening salvo is incredible,a cross between Saving Private Ryan and the crazy 88 scene from Kill Bill. The film however simply can't sustain it's self and unfortunately once the shock has worn off there isn't enough left in the tank.
Unbelievable Jeff, the game has kind of petered out so full time it's 4-3, who'd have thought that at half time ?.... Unbelievable Jeff.
Hype usually does two things to a movie,
1. Makes people who wouldn't ordinarily bother with that type of thing watch it.
and
2. Raises the expectation level too high for the film to live up to.
The Raid is exactly that film, but it's a shame really. I don't particularly love action movies or martial arts movies but the level of praise this received made me curious and so I gave it a look. What you get with The Raid is the most primitive and basic a film you could imagine. Good guys go into building and won't come out until every single bad guy dies. Right, fair enough and The Raid sets out it's stall earlier than most movies can manage. It's the equivilent of waiting for two out and out attack minded sports teams go head to head and one scores a try/goal/touch down or whatever within the opening 10 seconds. The film is 100 minutes long and I'd imagine about 50% of that is just horrific violence. I had to watch one scene involving a sliced open femeral artery twice to see if I had really seen it properly. Trust me this is fucking gory stuff. But there in lies the rub. The other 50% is pretty stupid altogether and that's okay, in this kind of film you're not expecting high art or complex emotions or plotting. It's okay that the dialogue and plot are utter shit, that's fine. The problem with the film (and with football matches - because lets face it american football and rugby just don't matter really) that start off hammer and tongs is that after the frankly breath taking and stomach churning frenzy of violence and choreographed lunacy that opens procedings (Imagine Chris Kamara describing a match that's 4-3 at half time, Unbelievable Jeff!!!) the film really can't top it, and the following hour or so kind of dips off and drags in places. There are still some amazing scenes of hand to hand to elbow to knee to shin to head to hand combat but after a while even the most spectacular of fights seem pedestrian because it's all the film has to offer. There isn't the same humour or wow factor that comes with Jackie Chan films and the stunts are basically just men beating the living shite out of each other before stabbing each other to death. So no tricks with ladders and rakes or flying leaps onto busses from motorbikes, just lads pounding each other into dust.
That's not to say that The Raid is all bad. Certainly the opening salvo is incredible,a cross between Saving Private Ryan and the crazy 88 scene from Kill Bill. The film however simply can't sustain it's self and unfortunately once the shock has worn off there isn't enough left in the tank.
Unbelievable Jeff, the game has kind of petered out so full time it's 4-3, who'd have thought that at half time ?.... Unbelievable Jeff.
Was reminded how much I liked that film after doing John Cazale in the rate all the actor's films thread. Still marvelous, had forgotten how funny it was. Highly recommend it.
David Kronenbourg
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a bona fide classic. my favourite Pacino movie
Was reminded how much I liked that film after doing John Cazale in the rate all the actor's films thread. Still marvelous, had forgotten how funny it was. Highly recommend it.
David Kronenbourg
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The Stuff. Sloppy, disjointed but a bit of craic.
Also The Driller Killer
Grimy but impressive.
Also The Driller Killer
Grimy but impressive.
hermie
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Ted
A few giggles. The casual racism was more than a bit off-putting though.
A few giggles. The casual racism was more than a bit off-putting though.
I laughed more than I should have at that dumb film but I think it's just because of all the subtle and not so subtle Boston references.
hermie
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Yer one from the Page Turner is in that. Massive horn for her.
Meh, apart from Giovanni Ribissi's dance moves that film had very little going for it.
Cormcolash
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The Iceman - pretty good, but not spectacular, best thing about it is the dude that plays the Iceman.
Cormcolash
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If that's the main character, she is pretty nice alright.
hermie
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Yep Deborah Francois I think her name is
hermie
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Midnight In Paris
David Kronenbourg
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Miller's Crossing. It's definitely a 10, not least for John Tuturro at his slimiest and best.
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