Monkeys Fist 41508 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 By 15 minutes in, I was about ready to pour molten lead into my ears. The annoying thing is, I gave him the choice of Frozen or Walking With Dinosaurs. Little tit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 29775 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 12 Years a Slave Man is free, man becomes slave, man is free again, all's well that ends well. I can't help but think that if a film of this quality were about anything other than US slavery that it wouldn't be getting the plaudits that it is. The whole thing left me bored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 12 Years a Slave Man is free, man becomes slave, man is free again, all's well that ends well. I can't help but think that if a film of this quality were about anything other than US slavery that it wouldn't be getting the plaudits that it is. The whole thing left me bored. Did you see his first film - Hunger? Just wondering if it being about "The Troubles" would interest you on a more personal level. There's long lingering dialogue free sequences and a 17 minute static shot of one conversation, but i was gripped, and really looking forward to 12YAS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 29775 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 I haven't seen it but I'll give it a go. I'm generally not a massive fan of films on Irish history as they tend to simplify things far too much, as generally happens with most films based on historical conflict I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21563 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Gravity 3D. Well worth a trip to the cinema for. Some annoying scenes with Sandra Bullock later on, particularly the sequence where we see Clooney come back. Still, an awesome spectacle. 8/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 20604 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Really pissed off I missed this in the cinemas, sounds like one of those rare films that really benefit from the technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Sightseers Superb. My favorite Ben Wheatley film now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Frozen I enjoyed it, but then I put on toy story of terror and got more entertainment in 20 minutes. TSOT is brilliant and I think we've watched it about 20 times. I really enjoyed Frozen too but do have to admit that was a bit too much singing and not enough Olaf and Sven for my liking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Besty 4 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 The Wolf of Wall Street Absolutely loved it, reminded me a bit of Goodfellas the way it's done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Can we make this thread about Amy Adams now please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 The Wolf of Wall Street Absolutely loved it, reminded me a bit of Goodfellas the way it's done. I watched the opening 2 minutes and thought the same. Presumably it's purposely done like that to make the connection with gangster crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Can we make this thread about Amy Adams now please? She's great in the muppets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1208 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Sightseers Superb. My favorite Ben Wheatley film now. I agree with that. I've now tried twice to watch A Field In England and I've fell asleep both times. Managed to watch about 40 minutes and while there's been some funny and weird stuff, I've felt much less engaged with it than I was with Sightseers and Kill List. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Trying to watch compliance but the whole premise of it is utterly ridiculous. I find it hard to believe both the manager and the accused could be this gullible and thick equally. edit > jesus wept, I hope the "based on true events" and "70 similar accounts" are widely exaggerated otherwise obama is going need one fucking huge education reform to sort out how thick americans are. 1/10 not worth watching, to sum up lad on phone can talk multiple people into doing completely insane things in a fast food place and it takes a gardener to put an end to it. Just watched it last night. Do you still stand by your 1/10 given that it did all happen? Is believability more important than the truth in a film? I've read that they left out some of the other stuff she had to do (Nix then ordered her to insert her fingers into her vagina and expose it to him as part of the "search") and I guess the oral sex was heavily implied rather than explicitly stated because they feared reactions like yours. The thing that I didn't like about it was that they brought in a traditional beauty to play the victim. Louise Ogborn wasn't a dog or anything, but she was just a plain, glasses wearing kid without the Hollywood glamour. Leaves a sour taste that they had fatties and old folk in all the other roles as it suggests they choose to dramatise a real live sexual assault case in order to titilate. Otherwise I thought it was well made and worthwhile. It left me more shocked than the news stories which detailed the more explicit reality, I read those before watching but more easily dismissed it as "stupid Americans" wheras the film leaves you to ponder Milgrim and that more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I agree with that. I've now tried twice to watch A Field In England and I've fell asleep both times. Managed to watch about 40 minutes and while there's been some funny and weird stuff, I've felt much less engaged with it than I was with Sightseers and Kill List. Aye. Think I said when it came out I wasn't sure about it. Said it needed more viewings...but i don't think I'll ever be inclined to put it on again, unconventional as it might have been. The actors in Sightseers apparently wrote most of the script which makes for a much more conventional story so it pulls you in much better. His wife (Amy Jump) seems to have had more to do with Kill List and sole responsibility for AFIE so I think the level of her involvement correlates with the level of weirdness in his films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1208 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Aye. Think I said when it came out I wasn't sure about it. Said it needed more viewings...but i don't think I'll ever be inclined to put it on again, unconventional as it might have been. The actors in Sightseers apparently wrote most of the script which makes for a much more conventional story so it pulls you in much better. His wife (Amy Jump) seems to have had more to do with Kill List and sole responsibility for AFIE so I think the level of her involvement correlates with the level of weirdness in his films. I did like the weirdness in Kill List but it had plenty to keep you going throughout. A couple of my mates have watched that and one found it too weird in the end and the the other really liked it but even the one who ended up not liking had reasonably enjoyed it up to the end. AFIE actually seems less weird to me than both Kill List and Sightseers did as I was watching them but there's so little happening I'm finding it hard to stick with. I will finish watching when I've had some sleep though so I'll not make a final decision it until then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1208 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 12 Years A Slave. Was canny but I really don't see what all the fuss is about (with the film not the story of a free black man getting kidnapped and sold into slavery). It's obvious Oscar bait but it's not a patch on American Hustle as a film. And considering the subject matter I thought it would be a lot more difficult to watch (I only found the last whipping scene hard really). Rush. It felt like a dramatized version of Senna but not really as gripping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 (edited) Got to say 'The Wolf of Wall Street' was a little disappointing. 7.2 /10 It was like 'Goodfellas' (Voice over and flashback structure) without the pacing and great actors. I don't know if Di Cap will ever be able to play the darker characters even as he gets older...He came closest in this but overloaded with 'to camera' monologues he don't got the weight or visual mystery or the repertoire to really carry it off. For a Scorsese film it was poorly cut and after about half way the pacing was totally off...Labored long scenes that could have been done without the 'join the dots' set ups for over wordy conversational interplays this time not backed up by a really tense backdrop/back story. A return to form in some ways a total lumbering wreck in others. The fat guy was excellent. Imo it needs half an hour cutting from it. Edited January 17, 2014 by Park Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Besty 4 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 The fat guy = Jonah Hill? Agree if so, thought LDC was great aswell though. Strange seeing some of the faces that popped up (Shane from Walking Dead, Eli from Boardwalk), haven't really seen them in any other roles until this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Would You Rather Grim, tries to show itself as more intelligent than your average 'torture porn' fick, but at the end of the day that's al it is. Shame, as it might have worked as a psychological thriller had there been actual thought put into character development. The ending was really careless as well - totally rushed and too non-sequitorial. It would've worked had there been more focus on the aforementioned character development. Jeffrey Combs was very good though. 4/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Blue Jasmine. Uncomfortable film made impressive by Cate Blanchett who plays a blinder with a horrible character. Quite a spiteful film beneath the modern morality tale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 The fat guy = Jonah Hill? Agree if so, thought LDC was great aswell though. Strange seeing some of the faces that popped up (Shane from Walking Dead, Eli from Boardwalk), haven't really seen them in any other roles until this. Yeah Jonah Hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1208 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 (edited) Eh? ya realise it was about two actual F1 drivers Of course. I meant it was acted rather than a documentary like Senna. I'd had a joint and a few cans by the time I posted that though so my use of English wasn't at it's best! Edited January 17, 2014 by David Kelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1208 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Wolf Of Wall street. Probably about half an hour too long and structured a bit too much like Goodfellas but otherwise excellent. Made me want to try quaaludes which I'm not sure was intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 12 Years a Slave. Stunning. 9.7/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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