Jusoda Kid 1 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 I'm not really a fan of the flics since i got caught wanking off in the Odeon to Basic Instinct II but my bans up now so I think I'll make the effort to go and see this. You got caught touching your pric at the flics? What a dic. You're a poet and you don't know it Bet you've been to the pictures with a few prics before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 I'm not really a fan of the flics since i got caught wanking off in the Odeon to Basic Instinct II but my bans up now so I think I'll make the effort to go and see this. You got caught touching your pric at the flics? What a dic. You're a poet and you don't know it Bet you've been to the pictures with a few prics before He used to be best mates with one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Transformers (with spoilers) There's a prologue at the start of this film, to lay the foundations for people like me who weren't fans of the cartoons. Actually, I don't know if it's faithful to the cartoons or not, but this prologue says something about a planet being uninhabitable and a cube called a 'spark'. I'll be honest, I was confused. But I presumed all would be explained. Problem is, it wasn't. An hour in I still couldn't see why any character was doing a single thing they did. Another half hour and my confusion was at overload. Why didn't the kid tell his dad there were robots in the garden? Why were the subtitles in autobot (or deceptacon) before translating to English? What was the name of any robot other than Optimus Prime? Am I supposed to be able to tell them apart? What's going on? Is that collection of rotating bits of metal the only baddie? He is more irritating than Jar Jar Binks, so that's pretty scary. Why do they want a map that was created 70 years ago, to a cube that's since been moved? If we got all our technology from the robots, why did they come 'to harness our technology against us'? Why must everything spin around so much? Why's that computer nerd girl and her fat, black mate in the film? As the film strode into its second hour I had lost any capability I might once have had for rational thought. It didn't matter that Optimus Prime held two humans in his hand one minute, then in another a pair of spectacles were similarly proportioned, who cares about perspective when you can fly a plane into a tall building. Hang on; they didn't do that did they? Christ! An actual plane into a sky scraper. My mind was so numb I never thought about it at the time. In fact it's coming back to me now. The main catchphrase in the film is ''Sacrifice leads to victory" or something like that. Holy shit! It’s Al Quaeda propaganda. They're promoting the suicide bomber mantra. I thought it was bad, but I've come to the realisation that it's actually evil. It has a terrorist agenda and it's indoctrinating all who see it by stripping them of any will to think straight, then hitting home the dodgy ideology. This film isn't just the shittest film of all time (though it is the shittest), it's a scourge on mankind and should be banned as facilitator in the war of terror being waged on the west. you really took it that seriously? jayzus, just go along for the ride! It's kinda faithful to the cartoon... but it doesn't matter It was explained, but it's not a very difficult concept to dissect so maybe you missed it with all the effects and self congratulatory shmoltz, but it the end the plot doesn't matter I thought it was pretty clear why the Autobots were after the Spark, I thought it was clear why Bumblebee (in particular) was trying to protect Sam... it was obvious why the soldiers were running away from, then fighting the huge robot invaders, why the Decepticons were after the cube, why the government hired the blonde girl to decipher the origin of the "hack" and why she sought out the fat bloke, why the .... the list goes on but it doesn't matter. Maybe the Kid didn't tell his Dad because it's pretty safe assumption that if you are trying to hide a giant robotic car from the authorities, your dad is likely to side with "the Man" The subtitles were surely a device to emphasise the fact these machines didn't come from Earth and are alien, but it doesn't matter Barricade, Bonecrusher, Starscream, Soundwave, Megatron, Ironhide, Jazz, off the top my head, but it doesn't matter yes, you are supposed to be able to tell the difference between a big red robot and a big yellow robot.. I wonder, did you critique Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles so profoundly? it's a pop corn action flick mate, you really shouldn't get this het up maybe go lie down in a dark room for a bit? Yeah, everyone was thinking they were every day, run of the mill earthling 100ft tranfsorming vahicle robots. Profound? I'm not seriously suggesting it's a Bin Laden advert. The turtles film came in at a far more reasonable 93 minutes, and if it had been completeley unintelligable I'd have been damning of it (even though I was only 11). Transformers is 144 minutes. And in all that time it still can't come up with a coherent plot. Why did the big baddy come to earth to harness our technology against us when we had no technology and we reverse engineered all of our technology from his arrival? I'm not taking it seriously at all, but it is worse than Pearl Harbour, both the film and the actual event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Aye, I gathered that you were being serious when you said it was terrible. 2J has sent me a copy of it along with the new Die Hard. I'm guessing I'll prefer Die Hard. Anyway, watched 101 Reykyavik last night. Set in Reykyavik, it's about a twentysomething slacker who still lives with his Mam and is trying his best to avoid getting a job. Lola, his mother's Flamenco teacher, comes to stay with them for Xmas and New Year and a bizarre love triangle ensues. I won't say any more as the plot gets going pretty quickly (it's only about 90 mins long) but there's a quality scene in it where he is visiting the family on Xmas Day and they stick on a video of the previous year's Xmas dinner and he imagines pulling a rifle off the wall and gunning them all down. We've all been there Well worth a watch I thought, funny and it looks great too. About an 8 out of 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Rush Hour 3 (Spoilers, probably) Didn't really want to go and see it because Chris Tucker's voice gets right on my tits but it was 3 to 1, so I had no choice. I was suprised, there were some quite funny parts and I didn't want to kill Chris Tucker as much as I thought I would. The ending was dogshite though and it seemed to just be slung together. There is no way that killing a few henchmen can be described as 'beating the Triads' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30167 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 I've decided that my mind is too fragile and needs to be a bit more fucked up so I'm looking for recommendations for disturbing films, so far I've got: Requiem for a Dream Irreversible The Idiots Cannibal Holoucaust Blind Beast Salo or the 120 Days of Sodom Pink Flamingoes Anyone seen any of these or recommend anything else to warp my head a bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Irreversible's good. Pretty harrowing rape scene and the opening scene should grab your attention, to put it mildly. I won't spoil it for you though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 (edited) Irreversible is amazing. Requiem for a Dream and The Idiots are shit. And I say that as a huge fan of Von Trier (watch Dancer in The Dark or Dogville instead) and a a bit of a fan of Pi (if you ain't seen that give it a whirl). Bad Boy Bubby is meant to be pretty bad and had just been released on DVD. There's also a Swedish (I think) film about a blokes 60th birthday party where his son gives a speech about how his Dad abused all his kids, that's meant to be pretty shocking. Can't remember the name though. Anyone? EDIT: Festen it's called. Edited August 13, 2007 by Happy Face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Pi is excellent like, much better than RFAD. Not very scary however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Geordie 1 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Recently watched these four films: Glengarry Glen Rose (in which Pacino is seriously world class), Face Off (which I'd never seen before and enjoyed it) True Romance (bit of an odd one but enjoyable. Weird to see Brad Pitt have such a little role, but was good to see the actor that plays Tony Soprano in it!) and Things to do in Denver when you're dead. (Enjoyed this one despite being very freaked out by Christopher Walken!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Glenagarry Glen Ross is mint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Glengarry Glen Ross is quality. You can tell by some of the scenes that it's taken straight from a play with little or no adaptation but it's still excellent. My favourite parts are the dialogue between Ed Harris' and Alan Arkin's (dopey) characters. Everyone in it is class though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19808 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Billy Elliot Was nearly crying, mainly at the shocking attempts at the NE accents! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Glengarry Glen Ross is quality. You can tell by some of the scenes that it's taken straight from a play with little or no adaptation but it's still excellent. My favourite parts are the dialogue between Ed Harris' and Alan Arkin's (dopey) characters. Everyone in it is class though. Gill, the Simpsons character, is based entirely on Jack Lemmon's character in this. Like you say, everyone is brilliant though, even Alec Baldwin and his brass balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Geordie 1 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 I love this scene so much: Such a good lineup of actors all acted perfectly. Off topic but has anybody seen Kevin Spacey's impressions of Pacino etc on inside the actors studio? Hes seriously class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 I love this scene so much: Such a good lineup of actors all acted perfectly. Off topic but has anybody seen Kevin Spacey's impressions of Pacino etc on inside the actors studio? Hes seriously class His Christopher Walken is great. "Fast ship?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus 0 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 I've decided that my mind is too fragile and needs to be a bit more fucked up so I'm looking for recommendations for disturbing films, so far I've got: Requiem for a Dream Irreversible The Idiots Cannibal Holoucaust Blind Beast Salo or the 120 Days of Sodom Pink Flamingoes Anyone seen any of these or recommend anything else to warp my head a bit? Irreversible is a very good film. Not exactly the sort of thing youd watch with your parents and probably not with a girlfriend either. 120 days of sodom is a bit naff tbh. Not really all that shocking now tbh - despite the torture, rape and the scene where they all eat shit. Ive got david lynchs new one - 'Inland Empire' to watch. meant to be a total mindfuck (as all of lynchs stuff is). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460829/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30167 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Aye, Blue Velvet is another Lynch one I've added to the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1217 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Aye, Blue Velvet is another Lynch one I've added to the list. Mulholland Drive is more of a mindfuck if you've not seen it. And it has some cracking lesbo action to boot! Oldboy is without doubt the most disturbing film I've seen in god knows how long though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30167 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 I've got the Sky+ set to record Oldboy on Friday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1217 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 I've got the Sky+ set to record Oldboy on Friday night. It really freaked the shit out of me but it's excellent. Lady Vengence is also very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Serpico's ballet dancing man. Alex on a Saturday afternoon in the Trent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinofbeans 91 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 the big lebowski. proper film tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6457 Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 (edited) Frailty. Had never even heard of it but taped it on Film4 a few weeks back. Excellent movie. 9/10. One of my fav actors, Bill Paxton was in it aswell. Edited August 14, 2007 by Holden McGroin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Die Another Day Shite tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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