jojo
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i can't believe everton managed to sign lukaku. He would have been a good signing for a champions league side. I'm not fully convinced by martinez as a manager but am still very optimistic about the season ahead.
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This is getting ridiculous. You just could not dominate this much without having some sort of advantage. Sky say it's his 'scientific training' and im willing to give them the benefit of the doubt because you'd have to be a real sad case to be a lone doper. But surely this scientific training is just the same as doping as it gives riders opportunities which others don't. I just want a level playing field, where the effort and intelligence of a cyclist is rewarded, not because they have some new weaponry that no-one else has.
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Depression is, i think, goes hand in hand with a capitalist society. I don't think it takes much insight to see why.
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OMG, that was pure epic. An i cant believe Dennis wise is in it, which makes it even better. Awsomage.
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jojo, I remember going through that exact chain of thought in my mid-teens. I used to be heavily into music and spent most of my wages on CDs. One of my friends' brother is a proper film guy- he spends every minute of his free time watching films, reading about them, writing, rewriting and amateur filming, and he goes away to masterclasses about editing and all sorts of things. He's my go-to guy when I see something I really like and he'll talk about everything, really openly too, which is nice- if he doesn't like something that I loved, he'll talk me through his thoughts and he encourages me to do the same. He's quite reserved about the stuff he writes and doesn't show it to anyone, but I'm pleased to be one of the people that he talks to about his ideas.
I remember I hung out with him one night when I was maybe 15 and he just showed me film after film after film, and between them talked about his favourite shots in those films, and what Kubrick did to get this effect, and how Scorsese's director of photography came up with this idea...it was fascinating. I then went through a phase of watching really great films, and some less great ones, and thinking about the technical side of it, putting the microscope over it if you like. Pretty soon I came to a conclusion that film is definitely the supreme art form- it combines craft and vision with precision and technology- it's so complicated and so hard to do, but the feeling when you've just seen something that 100% works for you is absolutely mind-blowing.
I reckon Scorsese summed it up best when he said: "Cinema's a matter of what's in the frame, and what's out."
Yeh, im starting to agree with you. as you say, every single thing in a set has been thought out, every shot has been thought out. Films just excite me more now, theres not really any new good music coming out any more, but there is plenty of films. Also, even a bad film is still enjoyable, most of the time. Wheras a bad album is just awful, and lets face it, most music is bad.
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The fugitive - 7/10 good , enjoyable and well made film although the plot was flimsy and almost ridiculous. It was made for audiences to enjoy and it was enjoyable.
seven - Really good film actually. Worth a watch. 8/10
The master - It was good but i wans't entirely gripped throughout. Plot line wasn't great, although the two lead actors more than made up for that. Absolutely stunning performances from pheonix and hoffman. 7.5/10
I'm starting to think films are more where it's at than music.
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Just watched tree of life - Very ambitious, bold and profound. Overall i think it was brilliant, althoug i can see why people dont like it. For the first half hour i didn't have a clue what was going on. I see it as a generall critique of american society. 8.5/10
Skyfall - It was basically fluff, but thats not to say i didn't enjoy it. It was well made bond film, one of the best bonds i've seen.
My brother the devil - i would recommend people go and see this. I would compare it to neds, and overall, i've decided i enjoyed it more than neds. Very good film considering thats the directors first film.
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Resevoir dogs - Good, but not amazing as veryone always makes out. 7/10
Withnail and i - Absolutely superb film. A laughed all the way through. Now one of my favourite comedies. 10/10.
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Just watched the last picture show.
I would go as far as saying this is a must see. I had previously never heard of it but it is exceptionally good. About american town life, and i think it more or less sums it up Also, it has a young jeff bridges who is very good. All his films are at least good.
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SHEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
The Wire is phenomenally good. I just can't imagine a piece of television ever beating it. It's one for the ages as well as that social problem will never die.
Stringer Bell is the fucking man. My favourite season is the one they move to Hamsterdamn.
Im on season 3 episode 10. It's just ridiculously good. It's literally flawless in my opinion. It doesn't let up at all aswell. I am preapred to be dissapointed with every series i watch after this.
Fav charachter was deangelo, or bubbles and ziggy. Only charachter that hasn't been that good is brother mouzone. All the charachters are superb though. And i defy everyone who says they would not like to be stringer bell. Everyone wants to be gangster do they not.
fav scene. Gets my heart beating.
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Just read chavs: the demonization of the working class by owen jones.
Very good. Great points throughout and interesting facts. Would reccommend this one thouroughly.
now onto crime and punishment. Awsome.
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The virtue of selfishness by Ayn rand - Interesting but not very pleasant. Says, its our moral obligation to act for our own sake, not the general population and advocates lassaiez fairre capitalism. However it all boils down to a contempt for the general, working population, describing them as animals, looters, brutes a lot. And she defended the exploitative, hoarding, tyrannical people who own everything. Her stance is basically, we have to make way for the homo superior and not try tostop them in from destroying the natural world ect. You cound't take this stance unless you've never been in a position of poverty, illness, or even just working. I guess she's had a fairly easy time. Shes luckily managed todo something she likes and scorns at and dislike anyone to fails to.
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a chancer by james kelman - I would recommend this one for all scottish people, comparable to trainspotting. Very good book.
A structured anarchism - very good.
Revolutionary road by richard yates - good so far anyway.
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great documentary there. Very interesting.
Overall im disgusted by the lack of honesty and niceness from business men. That's why they say if honesty was suddenly introduced the system would crumble apart.
The misdemeanors of multi millionairre businesmen should come as no surprise, but what is more interesting is the apparent incompetency or just withholding information by the media. This programme should have been out ages ago. I can't believe that no journalist knew about david murrays dealings. If none did then they're completely incompetent. I would say it's deliberately misleading and not telling the public the truth. Let's face it, the media just wants to make a profit and coming out scrutinising this issue would not be beneficial to them as murray just said no interviews ect.
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The most disappointing thing about yesterday from a neutral point of view was the lack of a contest. On 5 live they previewed the game and were going for the blood and thunder theme. Expect loads of crunching tackles and not to be 11v11 at full time.
That was the least that i and other neutrals expected. It was the last game of the season, both sets of players should have left absolutely everything on the pitch and get right tore into everything that moves.
We never got that, the game was done by 50 minutes and Hibs never really looked that bothered about it. Wasn't much of a spectacle at all.
yes, because of two bits of cheating and a auwful ref mistake. Sums scottish football up entirely.
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Sorry to disagree with your observations but Hibs (who I actually wanted to win) didn't turn up for the first half hour. The first goal came because the Hibs defender at the post didn't move his arse out after the first phase of the set piece. Had he moved quicker he'd likely have caught Barr offside. Hibs came into the game for a while after they scored and should have come out in the second half fired up by there goal. Instead they lose possesion very quickly and the aforementioned defender gives away a penalty. The ref made the mistake in his decision that the infringement was inside the box but it was still a definite foul. The lad, knowing he had already been booked, should not have reached out and pulled the shirt. He should not have been in the position he was in in the first place. After that heads went down again.
The bottom line is Hibs never turned up.
The bottom line is that, what had potential to be an epic cup final, was ruined by a absolutely horrendously ridiculous mistake be the ref - again. I'm angry because i was greatly enjoying the game and it could have been historic, but the ref ruined the whole spectacle for all the watchers cause hes a c**t.
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It's because you're a moron.
could you expand.
I'm just saying hibs competed well considering the gulf in quality. it was only 1 goal in ti and i could see them getting another. Everyone concentrating on how awful hibs were, which they were after the third hearts goal, but ignoring how horrendous the ref was and who, in my view, completely spoiled the spectacle.
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was it just me or has all the commentators, levien, pat ect just reconstructed history. As i saw it, it was an excellent first half which could have gone either way in the second, with the ref showing considerable bias to hearts in first. The whoe game was entirely ruined by a atrocious decision by the referee and from there on it was shite.
A shocking dive from suso which he should have got booked for - noone mentioned this. Left back for hibs getting very softly booked for an accident, but two hearts tackles which were just as bad if not worse ignored. I went into the game wanting hearts to win and am still glad they did as it mean saints get into europe, but im confused how all the commentators, even pat fenlon seeing the game completely differently from me and coming away with a opposite impression. It does have to said however that they completely gave up after the fourth goal and 2 or 3 players just seemed to not care, particularly that right back, who is on loan from wolves.
Does anyone agree with me or am i alone in my analysis?
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I've heard from an insider that contrary to what most people think, that when david murray was chairman he was putting money into rangers from his businesess, he was actually putting money from rangers into his businesess. Not sure if this is true but it raises the question, how did the bbc or other journalists not know this.
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Read some awsome books recently.
'The nigga factory ' by gil scot-heron : fantasic book about a student strike from the point of view of the student president. 7/10
'The corner' : an excellent and rational voice in the midst of the chaos of the american war on drugs and enjoyable read. Follows the lives of several people living in a ghetto in baltimore. 8/10
Finally got round to taking pink freuds advice on sci-fi novels and read 'the player of games' by ian m banks : i enjoyed it greatly once i got into it. 8/10
'Maus' by art speigleman. :unique depiction of a true story of holocaust survival. A comic book.
'The washington connection and third world fascism' A very importan book and everyone should at least read one of noam chomsky's books as there are fascinating and enlightening. We live during a quite evil empire - america. It's comparible in brutallity to the worst and motivated by world domination. They just want more power and control, yet most of us are oblivious.
Also, 'the bible' by god . but very slowly. utterly boring. 1/10
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Zeitgeist: Moving forward - I urge you to watch it. I felt enlightened afterwards. It's about our need to change the market -monetary system, to a system which based on sustainability and fulfilling human need and science as the market monetary system is the root of so many of our problems. 10/10
Land and freedom - about a liverpudlian going to fight in the spanish civil war, directed by Ken loach. Good watch. 7/10
Birds
- both by alfred hitchcock and excepsional. both would be 8/10
Phycho
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Seen 5 films at the glasgow film festival the weekend:
1. planet of snail - a wee documentary about the relationship and life of two people from south korea. One is blind death and the other has a spinal problem and is only like 5ft. I was worth a watch i would say. 6/10
2. In darkness - a true story set in occupied poland during ww2. A group of jew seek refuge from the nazis in a sewar. A man who works in the sewar is an instinctive anti jew so when he know they are there, he takes the opportunity for to get some money. 500punds a week and he keeps them alive. After a while he starts to help ther jews out of altruism and not money and they surivive until the end of the war. 7.5/10
3. khodorkorvksy - a documentary about the russian oligarch who was improsoned for like 10 yrs. They claim its was because he challenge putins power. 6/10
4. Finnistera - a wierd film about two russian ghost who travel from catalonia to finnisterra so they can achieve a different form of being. Very low budget, deliberatly poor acting but still shot with tremendous skill and presision. Different but good. 6.5/10
5. Two years at sea - a film shot in scotland about jake williams, a man who lives in the scottish wild, all by himself. interesting seeing him go about i business. Also shot in black and white. At some moments i thought just get on wi it by looking back it was well worth a watch. Film with the longest time in which the camera was completely still and it was just his face. Must have been aboot 5 minustes. 6.5/10
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A brave new world by aldous huxley.
great book, and worth a read. The scary thing is that it is very believable.It's like 1984, but more realistic
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Badlands directed by tennence malick. First of his ive seen and it was trully superb! Masterclass in directing. great acting too.
8.5/10
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Depression
in The General Nonsense Forum
Posted · Edited by jojo
I very highly recommend that people watch these 4 discussions on psychological disorder. I found them extremely illuminating and helpfull.