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[Tooj 17]

 

[Guest alex]

One of my favourites Johnny, good lad.

[Happy Face 29]

The King of Kong

 

Oh man, what a film.

 

Documentary that follows the two greatest players of Donkey Kong in the world. It follows the Rocky template and it's not just a case of cramming these people into that story, it's a very valid comparison to make.

 

The current champion (Apollo Creed) is Billy Mitchell, he's been champion for 25 years, he's been the best all his life and he's taken his winning mindset into the boardroom to own a successful hot sauce company that does very well. He's talented and arrogant with it, nobody has come close to his score since he set it in 1982, he's close pals with everyone at the official high score arbitrators which is a mutually beneficial friendship as they court the publicity his talent brings them.

 

The challenger (Rocky) is Steve Weibe, a thoroughly nice bloke that wouldn't say boo to a ghost. He was laid off from his job and struggled to find work to support his wife and kids. He thought Mitchell's record was beatable, so to give his long days purpose he invested in a DK machine and began working at it. From this moment on you can just hear Eye of the Tiger playing.

 

Steve breaks down barrier after barrier in his attempts to get to the top, he submits a tape of a new hi-score that smashes the record, but it's rejected on a technicality. He does it again in person at an official contest, only for the authorities to accept a higher score from a very dodgy tape submitted by their bosom buddy Mitchell. At the contests he's an outsider, Mitchell's cronies are constantly trying to trip him up while keeping Mitchell informed via mobile phone (he hasn't got the bottle to take on the contender face to face).

 

Slowly but surely though, people begin to see through Mitchell, the hard work that Weibe puts in starts to win over not only the authorities but also Mitchell's closest friends. Weibe finds work as a science teacher at the local school, but remains committed to becoming the best at an obvious cost to his personal life, Mitchell on the other hand is never seen practicing, he has no doubt he will always be the best. In the end everyone in the film as well as the viewing audience wants the little man to come good, Mitchell's constant no shows and Weibe's grit swinging favour to the underdog. The look of contempt on Mitchell's face, when watching his best pal talk respectfully about the challenger is worth watching it for alone. I'll not spoil the ending, you think you know, but Rocky was make believe, this is real life.

 

Suffice to say, you don't have to be J69 to enjoy a film about classic arcade machines. They're just the back drop to a film about people, competition, obsession, desire and true sportsmanship.

 

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[Holden McGroin 6457]

Is Zodiac based on the book by Neal Stephenson? Not read it but 'Snowcrash' was good. As an aside, I see the fantastic 'I am Legend' by Richard Matheson has been made into a film starring Will Smith

 

Nah, its based on a Robert Graysmith book.

 

Neal Stephenson writes sc-fi doesn't he ?

Edited December 13, 2007 by Holden McGroin

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Is Zodiac based on the book by Neal Stephenson? Not read it but 'Snowcrash' was good. As an aside, I see the fantastic 'I am Legend' by Richard Matheson has been made into a film starring Will Smith

 

Nah, its based on a Robert Graysmith book.

 

Neal Stephenson writes sc-fi doesn't he ?

Aye.

[Tom 14011]

Pink Floyd - The Wall

 

Fucking class.

 

I understood pretty much all the references too which i think might go a long way

[Happy Face 29]

Superbad

 

Can't fathom the popularity of it. Nothing whatsoever to add to the long line of 'nerds want to get laid' films. There were a few chuckles when when Seth Rogen and Bill Hader were on screen (that being the only time it got away from dick jokes and vaginal secretions) but nothing really laugh out loud funny.

 

It's also a shame they bottled it, gross-out films like this should push it all the way, if the film-makers had any integrity they would have followed through on the exaggerated homo-eroticism they'd played for attempted laughs throughout with a true twist on the teen comedy...an Y Tu Mama Tambien style finale, if they wanted to gross out their core audience, that's the taboo that would really do it.

[Tooj 17]

Did anyone many to catch those 4 boxing documentaries entitled "The Fight" on BBC/History Channel a couple of years ago? Managed to find my disc with them all downloaded on, so going to rip them to DVD now and give them a watch.

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Did anyone many to catch those 4 boxing documentaries entitled "The Fight" on BBC/History Channel a couple of years ago? Managed to find my disc with them all downloaded on, so going to rip them to DVD now and give them a watch.

Yeah, they were superb. Wacthed them all on 2. Pretty sure I've seen them quite repeated recently as well. Maybe on sateillite. 'The closest thing to dying' was probably the best iirc. Might have to blag another favour off you kiddah

[Tooj 17]

Did anyone many to catch those 4 boxing documentaries entitled "The Fight" on BBC/History Channel a couple of years ago? Managed to find my disc with them all downloaded on, so going to rip them to DVD now and give them a watch.

Yeah, they were superb. Wacthed them all on 2. Pretty sure I've seen them quite repeated recently as well. Maybe on sateillite. 'The closest thing to dying' was probably the best iirc. Might have to blag another favour off you kiddah

Closest thing to dying was mint like, loved the feature on Joe Louis as well, as I grew up watching a load of old Joe Louis stuff as me granda loved him.

 

"You shall have your justice. Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do me a service in return. Until that day, consider this just a gift from my wife, your daughter's godmother."

[Happy Face 29]

Knocked Up

Top notch comedy well worth a watch. Laughed throughout and was happy for the characters at the end.

 

Sicko

Michael Moore ...

 

 

...unleashes his typical rhetoric on the powers that be in America. Standard line up of sad sacks repeating the same old story one after the other to hammer home how fucked up the place is. Everyone here knows it, everyone there knows it, but Moore does manage to convey a level of incredulity at nothing being done that really hits home. His standard shocking finale is ridiculously over the top, and contradicts everyting most left wingers would say is wrong about guantanamo, but for the sake of this argument it's an interesting view to take.

Edited December 13, 2007 by Happy Face

[Park Life 71]

Knocked Up

Top notch comedy well worth a watch. Laughed throughout and was happy for the characters at the end.

 

Sicko

Michael Moore ...

 

 

...unleashes his typical rhetoric on the powers that be in America. Standard line up of sad sacks repeating the same old story one after the other to hammer home how fucked up the place is. Everyone here knows it, everyone there knows it, but Moore does manage to convey a level of incredulity at nothing being done that really hits home. His standard shocking finale is ridiculously over the top, and contradicts everyting most left wingers would say is wrong about guantanamo, but for the sake of this argument it's an interesting view to take.

 

 

I cried at the bit where the black woman's child died cause she had to waste time taking her to another hospital due to the health insurance fiasco. It was a very sad image of her explaining how she asked forgivness from her dead child and that she had done all she could.

[Happy Face 29]

Knocked Up

Top notch comedy well worth a watch. Laughed throughout and was happy for the characters at the end.

 

Sicko

Michael Moore ...

 

 

...unleashes his typical rhetoric on the powers that be in America. Standard line up of sad sacks repeating the same old story one after the other to hammer home how fucked up the place is. Everyone here knows it, everyone there knows it, but Moore does manage to convey a level of incredulity at nothing being done that really hits home. His standard shocking finale is ridiculously over the top, and contradicts everyting most left wingers would say is wrong about guantanamo, but for the sake of this argument it's an interesting view to take.

 

 

I cried at the bit where the black woman's child died cause she had to waste time taking her to another hospital due to the health insurance fiasco. It was a very sad image of her explaining how she asked forgivness from her dead child and that she had done all she could.

 

The 9/11 volunteers who weren't getting any of the $50Million raised to pay for their healtchare getting treatment in Cuba did for me.

[Happy Face 29]

Death Proof - Good film, not up with Tarrantino's best but a lot better than Kill Bill (part two at least). The ending was hilarious and certainly not how I was expecting it to go. And Stuntman Mike's first attacked resulted in some pretty stunning visuals.

Not a classic like Pulp Fiction or Resevoir Dogs but a very fun movie.

 

I thought it was complete horse shit.

 

I thought I was unhappy with Kill Bill vol 2, but this drags Tarantino down to a Rob Zombie level of uninspired drivell.

 

Inland Empire

It is an incredibly dull film, and vacuous to boot. Everyone in Hollywood is a whore wracked with self doubt? You don't say! Is this a revelation that warrants three meandering and incomprehensible hours on the thought process of an actress?

 

But then again it did intrigue me. I did after all sit there for the full 3 hours. And through the entire end credits (which I never do) and then for a little bit longer to think about it some more. And I want to watch it again to see if I can get my head round it, but it's the cinematic equivalent of a Paul Mckenna cd to cure insomnia, so I can't see that happening.

 

Maybe I'm being harsh because I'd just watched Sicko beforehand and that was about a real issue (you know, people whose kids have died and that) wheras this is plainly pretentious guff about people who get paid to play dress-up. This is an unfair comparison as Inland Empire has a sense of humour about it's subject, just not a particularly funny one. I liked the Beck and Nina Simone tunes. And the Locomotion. I've also not seen all of Lynch's other films and there seemed to be a lot of references to the one I have, so maybe you need to be more familiar with his oeuvre (christ I'm more pretentious than Lynch) to 'get it', but even if that is the case, I still think a film should stand on it's own.

 

The really annoying thing is reading back all the reviews by people that love it. I've not seen one be specific about where it's excellence lies. It's all vague gubbins about how brilliant it is that it makes no sense and how labrynthine it is, is that a good thing now? Feeling lost by your story teller?

 

Mind, Laura Dern was good. But she's canny in Jurassic Park too, which was a much more fun experience.

 

I've still got Mullholland Drive there to watch too. Looking forward to that.

[@yourservice 67]

Death Proof - Good film, not up with Tarrantino's best but a lot better than Kill Bill (part two at least). The ending was hilarious and certainly not how I was expecting it to go. And Stuntman Mike's first attacked resulted in some pretty stunning visuals.

Not a classic like Pulp Fiction or Resevoir Dogs but a very fun movie.

 

I thought it was complete horse shit.

 

I thought I was unhappy with Kill Bill vol 2, but this drags Tarantino down to a Rob Zombie level of uninspired drivell.

 

Inland Empire

It is an incredibly dull film, and vacuous to boot. Everyone in Hollywood is a whore wracked with self doubt? You don't say! Is this a revelation that warrants three meandering and incomprehensible hours on the thought process of an actress?

 

But then again it did intrigue me. I did after all sit there for the full 3 hours. And through the entire end credits (which I never do) and then for a little bit longer to think about it some more. And I want to watch it again to see if I can get my head round it, but it's the cinematic equivalent of a Paul Mckenna cd to cure insomnia, so I can't see that happening.

 

Maybe I'm being harsh because I'd just watched Sicko beforehand and that was about a real issue (you know, people whose kids have died and that) wheras this is plainly pretentious guff about people who get paid to play dress-up. This is an unfair comparison as Inland Empire has a sense of humour about it's subject, just not a particularly funny one. I liked the Beck and Nina Simone tunes. And the Locomotion. I've also not seen all of Lynch's other films and there seemed to be a lot of references to the one I have, so maybe you need to be more familiar with his oeuvre (christ I'm more pretentious than Lynch) to 'get it', but even if that is the case, I still think a film should stand on it's own.

 

The really annoying thing is reading back all the reviews by people that love it. I've not seen one be specific about where it's excellence lies. It's all vague gubbins about how brilliant it is that it makes no sense and how labrynthine it is, is that a good thing now? Feeling lost by your story teller?

 

Mind, Laura Dern was good. But she's canny in Jurassic Park too, which was a much more fun experience.

 

I've still got Mullholland Drive there to watch too. Looking forward to that.

 

ok.

[Guest alex]

Laura Dern

[Jusoda Kid 1]

Eastern Promises - thoroughly enjoyed it 7.5/10

[The Fish 10674]

The Simpsons Movie.

 

meh, seen better episodes tbh

[Jimbo 172]

Oceans 13.

 

Jesus wept.

[Kid Dynamite 6964]

Ellen Barkin is most definately a milf in that though!

 

[David Kelly 1217]

Death Proof - Good film, not up with Tarrantino's best but a lot better than Kill Bill (part two at least). The ending was hilarious and certainly not how I was expecting it to go. And Stuntman Mike's first attacked resulted in some pretty stunning visuals.

Not a classic like Pulp Fiction or Resevoir Dogs but a very fun movie.

 

I thought it was complete horse shit.

 

I thought I was unhappy with Kill Bill vol 2, but this drags Tarantino down to a Rob Zombie level of uninspired drivell.

 

Inland Empire

It is an incredibly dull film, and vacuous to boot. Everyone in Hollywood is a whore wracked with self doubt? You don't say! Is this a revelation that warrants three meandering and incomprehensible hours on the thought process of an actress?

 

But then again it did intrigue me. I did after all sit there for the full 3 hours. And through the entire end credits (which I never do) and then for a little bit longer to think about it some more. And I want to watch it again to see if I can get my head round it, but it's the cinematic equivalent of a Paul Mckenna cd to cure insomnia, so I can't see that happening.

 

Maybe I'm being harsh because I'd just watched Sicko beforehand and that was about a real issue (you know, people whose kids have died and that) wheras this is plainly pretentious guff about people who get paid to play dress-up. This is an unfair comparison as Inland Empire has a sense of humour about it's subject, just not a particularly funny one. I liked the Beck and Nina Simone tunes. And the Locomotion. I've also not seen all of Lynch's other films and there seemed to be a lot of references to the one I have, so maybe you need to be more familiar with his oeuvre (christ I'm more pretentious than Lynch) to 'get it', but even if that is the case, I still think a film should stand on it's own.

 

The really annoying thing is reading back all the reviews by people that love it. I've not seen one be specific about where it's excellence lies. It's all vague gubbins about how brilliant it is that it makes no sense and how labrynthine it is, is that a good thing now? Feeling lost by your story teller?

 

Mind, Laura Dern was good. But she's canny in Jurassic Park too, which was a much more fun experience.

 

I've still got Mullholland Drive there to watch too. Looking forward to that.

Mullholland drive is fantastic, one of my favourite films but based on your above review I'm not sure you will like it (although I've not seen Inland Empire yet I suspect there are a lot of similarities to Mullholland Drive and Lost Highway).

 

Death Proof is horse shit but it's meant to be and I thought the action scenes were hillarious.

[Kid Dynamite 6964]

The minute i saw the lass with a bazooka as a leg on the trailer i knew i had to see death proof! I enjoyed it. At least it was semi-original in a been done 100 times before sort of way

[Happy Face 29]

http://www.stupidvideos.com/video/just_pla...he_Blues/#34416

 

[Park Life 71]

Death Proof - Good film, not up with Tarrantino's best but a lot better than Kill Bill (part two at least). The ending was hilarious and certainly not how I was expecting it to go. And Stuntman Mike's first attacked resulted in some pretty stunning visuals.

Not a classic like Pulp Fiction or Resevoir Dogs but a very fun movie.

 

I thought it was complete horse shit.

 

I thought I was unhappy with Kill Bill vol 2, but this drags Tarantino down to a Rob Zombie level of uninspired drivell.

 

Inland Empire

It is an incredibly dull film, and vacuous to boot. Everyone in Hollywood is a whore wracked with self doubt? You don't say! Is this a revelation that warrants three meandering and incomprehensible hours on the thought process of an actress?

 

But then again it did intrigue me. I did after all sit there for the full 3 hours. And through the entire end credits (which I never do) and then for a little bit longer to think about it some more. And I want to watch it again to see if I can get my head round it, but it's the cinematic equivalent of a Paul Mckenna cd to cure insomnia, so I can't see that happening.

 

Maybe I'm being harsh because I'd just watched Sicko beforehand and that was about a real issue (you know, people whose kids have died and that) wheras this is plainly pretentious guff about people who get paid to play dress-up. This is an unfair comparison as Inland Empire has a sense of humour about it's subject, just not a particularly funny one. I liked the Beck and Nina Simone tunes. And the Locomotion. I've also not seen all of Lynch's other films and there seemed to be a lot of references to the one I have, so maybe you need to be more familiar with his oeuvre (christ I'm more pretentious than Lynch) to 'get it', but even if that is the case, I still think a film should stand on it's own.

 

The really annoying thing is reading back all the reviews by people that love it. I've not seen one be specific about where it's excellence lies. It's all vague gubbins about how brilliant it is that it makes no sense and how labrynthine it is, is that a good thing now? Feeling lost by your story teller?

 

Mind, Laura Dern was good. But she's canny in Jurassic Park too, which was a much more fun experience.

 

I've still got Mullholland Drive there to watch too. Looking forward to that.

Mullholland drive is fantastic, one of my favourite films but based on your above review I'm not sure you will like it (although I've not seen Inland Empire yet I suspect there are a lot of similarities to Mullholland Drive and Lost Highway).

 

Death Proof is horse shit but it's meant to be and I thought the action scenes were hillarious.

 

 

MD is awesome. In many ways better than IE...imo.

[khay 10]

Going to see Golden Compass tonight.