Albino Rover Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 I owe my avatar and signature to it- it's a post-teen Romeo & Juliet of our time, perfectly played and easily one of the best-directed films ever. My only slight complaint is the possible overuse of Simon & Garfunkel- I think "Scarborough Fair" is in the film three times! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 I owe my avatar and signature to it- it's a post-teen Romeo & Juliet of our time, perfectly played and easily one of the best-directed films ever. My only slight complaint is the possible overuse of Simon & Garfunkel- I think "Scarborough Fair" is in the film three times! Are Scott Chaplain and Darren Young both in the Graduate? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albino Rover Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 I forgot about that bit! Look up a line. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blootoon87 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 I owe my avatar and signature to it- it's a post-teen Romeo & Juliet of our time, perfectly played and easily one of the best-directed films ever. My only slight complaint is the possible overuse of Simon & Garfunkel- I think "Scarborough Fair" is in the film three times! So it is. At first glance I thought your avatar was Rocky with his arms raised at the top of those steps he runs up during training 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albino Rover Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 I've been a long-time admirer of your avatar, by the way. Columbo is the best TV programme of all time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albino Rover Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 The last film I watched was Luis Bunuel's The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie. It's about a group of middle class people who sit down to dinner on several occasions, but keep getting interrupted. As the film goes on the interruptions get more and more bizarre, but although it's surreal it's always going in some sort of direction, and visually it's very stylish. It's bat-shit crazy but mysteriously profound, frequently funny and very engaging. 8.5/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Are Scott Chaplain and Darren Young both in the Graduate? At the same time? Anything's possible with footballers, I suppose. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shengus Khan Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 The Guest. 8.5/10 great film and the soundtrack is a belter Just finished watching it myself and thoroughly enjoyed it. A wee bit 80's in style and a bit cheesy at times but I thought it was great fun. I did laugh out loud on a couple of occasions as well. I'm also going to give it an 8.5. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Switch to American Netflix. Just did it myself and, hoo-baby! The catalogue of movies is about four or five times bigger, and not stuffed full of Sci-Fi Channel shite like it is here. How do you go about doing that? I'm on PS4. Does it remain the same amount each month? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamdunk Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 2001: a space oddessy 10/10 Spoilers ahoy Missed this in the dca last month so got it out for a watch as not seen it in a few years. One of my all time favourite films. It's a very slow paced film, starts with a black screen and some weird sounds for about 3-4 mins before anything starts. The first part depicts the dawn of mankind being influenced by an alien artefact and is quite well done, if a little long. The monkey/human thing smashing up the carcass with a bone is a great scene. It eventually transitions to its view of a future 1990s and you have the great scene of the space station set to the blue danube. You're probably going a good 30 to 40 minutes before you get any dialogue, but its just so great to look at. The monolith from before has been found in an excavation site on the moon, which emits a strong radio signal that we later discover is pointing them to Jupiter. So this transitions us into the main part of the film. The manned mission to Jupiter. The spaceship is effectively run by the HAL9000 supercomputer, which has an artificial intelligence interface. Unfortunately HAL begins to malfunction and finds out the the astronauts are considering disconnecting his AI interface. Well the shit hits the fan as HAL cuts one astronauts lifeline during a spacewalk and locks the other one out the ship after he goes to investigate what happened. Well the guy makes it back on board and starts to disconnect HAL in what is a fairly brutal and relentless scene, with the computer trying everything it can to save itself. What a fantastic character HAL9000 is. We move into the head f**k visualisation part of the film which seems to depict the various wonders of the universe and eventually the finale where everything links full circle back to the earth. It's a Stanley Kubrik film so uses the audio and visual elements to tell the story more than dialogue, the music choices also fit perfectly. My summary of the plot doesn't really do the underlying themes and narratives of it any justice, but even without all that, the film is quite stunning and I just enjoy experiencing it. Wish I could have gone to watch it in the cinema. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumigoo Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Taken 3 Generic and poorly made. The whole thing was a mess. 3/10 Foxcatcher This was a film I had been looking forward to for months. It is wonderfully put together and features some fantastic performances (Ruffalo in particular). I was engaged throughout and the story is fascinating but it didn't quite live up to the expectations I had for it (so maybe my own fault really). It won't be for everyone as it is very slow at times but it certainly was a film worth watching for me. 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinkle Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 The Birdman - 1/10 Without trying to be controversial, this is one of the worst movies ive ever been subjected to. Id been looking forward to this since i spotted the trailer a while back on IMDB but it was horrific despite what is a stellar cast of Michael Keaton, Ed Norton, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts and Zach Galfinakis. How anybody made it through this film and mananged to sleep that night without the sound of that constant drumming is be a miracle and im stumped as to why it has such a high rating on IMDB 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 How do you go about doing that? I'm on PS4. Does it remain the same amount each month? Took me a bit of dicking around, but you have to change the DNS settings on your router to make the website think you're in the US. You can find free DNS servers to point to, but Netflix block them regularly (apparently), so there are places that you can pay for access to DNS servers which are guaranteed to work. I signed up with Unblock-US but others are available. Then, you just go to the NetFlix app (or website) and the US selection comes up. You'll know the difference as the recommended titles will be full of stuff that doesn't come up in the UK. It's one of those loopholes that NetFlix currently don't give a shit about. They have licences to show certain titles in certain regions, but no doubt they tell the licencees that they've taken steps to restrict access from other regions (which they have), and that'll continue until the right holders start kicking up a big stink about it. In other words, they don't ban anyone for doing this 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurph Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Is it out here? Love me some Kevin Smith. No idea but it's available via other means. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 No idea but it's available via other means. Gotcha 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 The wife and me watched American Sniper last night, not bad but you'll be disappointed if you read the book as I did. Only about 30% of the book made it in to the movie with one of the main story lines of the movie completely fabricated. 6/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinkle Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 The wife and me watched American Sniper last night, not bad but you'll be disappointed if you read the book as I did. Only about 30% of the book made it in to the movie with one of the main story lines of the movie completely fabricated. 6/10 I watched it on friday. Cant say i was impressed with it in all honesty. It was a decent enough film but after watching the trailer, i thought it was gonna be more of a "Lone Survivor" type film than what it was. Maybe the fact it was set over a period of years and didnt show as much of his home life as opposed to his army life made it difficult to have the relevant sympathy for his wife and kids 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Did so well with the review of Birdman until the rank arrogance of "how did it get such a rating" Tastes are different. Get over it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie95 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Birdman I hadn't read any of the reviews for this, however, I had heard that it is in the running to win a few major awards this year. It's not that bad a film, although I have seen better. Michael Keaton and Edward Norton are great in this. 8/10 Gone Girl I wasn't sure about watching this as quite a few people claimed you had to read the book first. It is a great film, with some great scenes and acting. (I'm struggling to not give away any of the movie). Any film that can make Tyler Perry look like a great actor, deserves great reviews. 9/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinkle Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Did so well with the review of Birdman until the rank arrogance of "how did it get such a rating" Tastes are different. Get over it. Im over it mate. Didnt mean to come across as arrogant, i was just surprised its achieved such a high rating and the message board on the film has a lot of people agreeing. In the end, its all about opinions and mines was that i hated it. Tonight im going for Unbroken which is another film ive been looking foward to for a while 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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