Watched Iron Man last night on Sky for the 1st time and I really enjoyed it I'd say it was my favourite of the comic book adaptation so far. Downey Jr was excellent in his role it looked like he was loving every minute of it and its got me really looking forward to the sequel.

I've recorded Iron Man but haven't got around to watching it. Did watch The Incredible Hulk last week and found it shockingly enjoyable, much better than the Ang Lee/Eric Bana effort. They laid it on a bit thick at the beginning with some references to the TV show but other than that it was a fun ride. To be honest I can't work out if it was a better film that I was expecting or if I've just begun to lower my standards.

I tried watching the new Hulk film with Eric Bana not long after it came out but it bored me to tears and the cgi Hulk was shite, aint got nothin on Lou Ferrigno.

I watched Sid & Nancy for the first time the other month, he was the drummer in it. While he was only in a few scenes, it was hard to watch without thinking of Mum & Dad. Some very, very wrong moments.

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That's Grotesque on my list of things to watch then.... These are the people that gave "Visitor Q" A rating for heavens sake...

Censorship.

Just when you think the BBFC are getting better, they do something like this. Utter cunts.

Watched Narrow Margin last night. Good fun, nothing too taxing, and you get JT Walsh AND M Emmet Walsh in the same film, and it doesn't get more awesome than that.

I saw I love you man the other day.. I had been really looking forward to seeing this as Paul Rudd has been great in a bunch of recent comedies I've seen, most notably that one with Stiffler where they have to mentor kids... That film was great.

Unlike this one. Man, what a stinker. Fucking rubbish. Lazy. Lazy plot would have been forgiveable, but they were so fucking lazy with the jokes as well. There weren't many really.. And fuck. The guy in the gym with the squeeky voice has to be the worst 'incidental wacky character that turns up a few times' ever.

I probably laughed about 4 times. There were long periods where I was listening to the tv, but cringeing so hard I couldn't even bring myself to look up at the screen.

Such a let down; the most I've been disappointed by a film in a long time.

One to avoid.

Not seen either yet but Sky plussed Iron Man ready to see.

Yep, I'll certainly be looking out for Grotesque as well now.



That scene itself itself is pretty good. What I didn't like about the ending is...



Spot on.

Role Models! That's what the film with him and Stiffler in it was called...

I really enjoy Rob Zombie's films just for the fact that his wife is always in them, god I lover Sheri Moon.

I hated Role Models and loved I Love You Man. There must be a hidden correlation between the two that only allows Paul Rudd fans to enjoy one or the other.

I have to say I agree with their decision. If they award it an 18 rating then doesn't that give it the possibility of being put in more cinema's across the UK? If so then a film like this shouldn't be readily available. At the end of the day, like the article says, they have only rejected three in the last fours years which is an unbelievably small number. Whether you agree with it or not, censorship he there for the right reasons (in some countries anyway) and now and again it has to be put into effect.

Nothing should be censored. Ever.

It should be readily available to adults who can decide for themselves whether or not they want to see it. It's a work of fiction, created using special effects and performed by actors. It's not a real snuff movie seeking national distribution or footage of real life child abuse. I find it extremely hard to justify censoring a totally fictional work on the grounds of its content. Putting an age restriciton on it makes perfect sense, but to deny grown adults their right to choose what they watch is far too meddlesome for my liking.

Have you seen it?

He doesn't need to. The BBFC have told him he won't like it and that's good enough for him.

If professional film critics don't need to watch films before condemning them any more then I don't see why us regular schlubs should have to. Still, at least they didn't ban Antichrist.

I liked Role Models, thought it was really funny. Havn't seen I Love You Man though.

Yeah, don't waste your time. Apparently the Hangover lives up to the hype though if you're looking for a decent comedy. I've yet to see it myself.

It doesnt. Its a solid three star film at best, I was massively disappointed with it.

I was also pretty dissappointed with 'I Love You Man'. I loved Forgetting Sarah Marshall, so was looking forward to another film starring Jason Segal as a main character. Unfortunately it wasnt written by him and was pretty dull. I thought Role Models was a little better but nothing special.

Your all crazy, I Love You Man is a laugh a minute.

As for Grotesque being banned, it takes a hell of a lot to get the BBFC to out right ban a film. Looking at what they have said the thing that jumps out straight away is sexual sadism which along with Child abuse and cruelty to animals are the main things that the BBFC will cut.

We have probably the best censorship laws in the world which is a hell of a turn around from what it was like up untill 2000. Given they've passed near enough all the video nasties of the 70's and 80's, stuff like Hostel, the Saw movies, Miike's films and plenty of hardcore scene's to hear them bashed is pretty ridiculous. There should always be some form of censorship (i love korean films but i don't want to see any of the Animal cruelity in some of their films) and for me the BBFC get it right, were damn lucky.

I'm not going to lose any sleep over not getting to see Grotesque looking at the trailer it looks shit.

Last Film watched: V For Vendetta which is fucking dreadful.

Saw Knocked Up the night, it had some funny bits but it was a bit of a soppy film after a while.

Knocked Up is a perfectly average 80 minute long fim that is dragged out to a fucking dreadful and boring 2 hours plus. Also Forgetting Sarah Marshall is shit and my guess is I Love You Man is too. Jason Segal is the most unlikeable unfunny comedy actor I've seen in years.

How dare you! Its fantastic. How is Segal unlikeable? The poor bastard gets kicked in the nuts constantly throughout the film, he was great.

Sit in the corner with Ultimo and cry about V for Vendetta. You Vacant, Void and Vicious Vermin!

edit - I really liked Knocked Up but if they trimmed some of the fat (down to 90 minutes.) it would have gained a few more points.

The fact is that the BBFC have to move with the times and understand that a move like this is counter-productive. The majority of film-watchers out there probably would never even have heard of Grotesque. As soon as this lot hit it with their mighty banhammer then people are now going to clambering over themselves to find a torrent of it or get an import of it from eBay or Amazon.

What doesn't make any sense in this case is that the BBFC usually give out a list of cuts that should be made to achieve a certificate before banning something. In this case, they didn't. Still, I'm sure that squat cunt John Beyer is overjoyed.

Yeah but during the movie Segal is so dull and wussy that he actually deserves to get brutally dumped. His timing sucks, he's got a face that just deserves to get punched and can't really act either. Also Sarah Marshall is really annoying and not even that fit. I found Russell Brand funny at times but apart from that I can't think of any paticularly good lines (that "you sound like you're from Lahdahn" doesn't count, it's really annoying and unfunny) and there isn't any paticularly memorable comic scenes or sequences. IT'S SHIT.

Though not as bad as V For Vendetta which is really, really terrible. I will send my fist through the internet and out off your screen straight into your headpiece if you disagree with this.

He is a bit of a wuss, but I dont think he's punchable at all. He isnt cocky or obnoxious. In fact I'd say he's incredibly likeable and I wanted him to move on, find a nice girl and write his play!


She's the bad guy, its good that shes annoying and bitchy. I think she is attractive but its better for the story that Mila Kunis is much more.


I liked that Brand is a cocky bastard but becomes more likeable as the film goes on.

Theres loads of good lines...

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Oh listing lines out of context cant emphasise how great the film is! Its a great story, full of good lines and funny, likeable characters. A lot of the secondary characters are strong too. Its probably the best comedy released in the last two years. (which isnt saying much) 8/10!


V for Vendetta was decent, not great. I had a few things I didnt like but overall it was a thumbs up. I liked it enough to buy the comics and read about Alan Moore too. Maybe you should punch yourself in the face. It might knock some sense and good taste into you!

Pee Wee's Big adventure is one of my favourites though, your avatar gains you some credibility back.

The only thing I remember about his FSM appearance was him getting his dick out in a scene that screamed "Hey girls, I'm ugly. But I got a big dick!".

It's smacks of when Seth "It hurts to look at you" Rogan always gets the pretty girl in the film to tell him how attractive he is. Despite that not being the case.

I think you're looking into it a bit too much. It was a cheap cringe gag, not a personal statement.

Oh yeah?! Well you like Forgetting Sarah Marshall and V For Vendetta so you ain't got no credibility, motherfucker.

And maybe YOU should punch YOURSELF in the face because....erm...you're gay!

I like V For Vendetta.

Anyways, went to Inglourious Basterds today. Having said this several months ago:



I'm glad to report I was wrong (yes, imagine that) and it is infact, excellent. I'll probably elaborate more later.

Just got back from Inglorious Basterds, and as Mr. Seven says, it is a sublime piece of movie making.

The story is gripping, the dialogue is sharp and witty, and even at 150 minutes, I was left wanting more.

Also went to see Inglourious Basterds last nice and thoroughly enjoyed it, except for getting numb bum. Was expecting it to be a little more comedy led but thankfully it wasn't, although it did have some humorous parts. Loved the gory parts too, they were done brilliantly.

Watched Iron Man this afternoon, enjoyed it, pretty darn good!

Inglourious Basterds...

I am now more gay for Brad Pitt than ever, Tarantino's best dialogue is back with a vengeance, Christoph Waltz vs Denis Menochet is up there with Hopper vs Walken in True Romance and I actually forgive Eli Roth for making the Hostel movies. See this movie, it is wonderful. That is all.

Just watched I Love You Man. Christ. I know Judd Apatow wasn't involved (at least I think he wasn't as I didn't see Seth Rogen anywhere) but this plethora of the same fucking comedy has to stop. Dreadfully unfunny, horribly forumlaic and I usually like Paul Rudd, but I wanted his character to die horribly in this. Avoid.

Watched Aliens in the Attic. Nothing wrong with it. Some decent child acting, I couldn't stop thinking the Dad was based ont he guy form 8 Simple rules and the 'robotic' boyfriend and nana was hilarious. Also Ashley Tisdale looks trampily hot.

Finally done with Twin Peaks season one.

Is Season Two better than it ? It can't be surely. That was one of the best seasons of TV I've ever seen. I watched episode two and thought "this must be the best one". It got better and better. I couldn't believe it.

"Never Back Down" is a premiere on Sky Premiere this evening. It's a romance set in the MMA world, or something. Any good?

It isn't. David Lynch wasn't very happy with it, let's just say. But I think it's still got some great stuff in it and some of the support characters get a lot more time to develop, which I liked.

Sky Premieres this week. Any thoughts on them?

Season 2 gets a bad rap. Lynch was on board for much more of it than is generally believed, and it was more of a case of he went off to do a movie than he disowned it or anything.

The first half of it is fucking awesome and to a similar standard to season 1. There's a big drop in quality and some crappy subplots in the second half, but the final few episodes are great and the Lynch finale is just fucking monumental.

I enjoyed Death race, its got lots of explosions & jason statham. (sp)

If you like him you will like it if you dont you wont, just leave your brain outside the door.

Old lady on wires doing flippy floppy Hollywood kung fu. Like the Charlie's Angels bit from Scary Movie 2.

Man under mind control device slaps himself in the face. Like in Angels & Demons from Red Dwarf 3, amongst others.

See my bit in bold. Then insert facepalm pic.

Hey buddy I got a film for ya, A Fridge too Far!

Going back to the subject of Grotesque, the BBFC have banned it. And what an influential and powerful organisation they are too - you can watch it here for nothing.

And after that, I watched it as well. I wish I hadn't, not because of the violence, but because it was just utter bollocks. I can understand the point that they are trying to make with Grotesque - the fact that the torturer is only doing this for sexual gratification is supposed to make you despair more over his intentions and make you feel more uncomfortable. But it doesn't work. There is just no point to it and no pay-off in sight makes it a worthless experience.

The acting is terrible too. I mean, if you had some of these things done to you, you'd fucking scream not sort of pull a face like Anne Widdecombe had come on the telly or something. He's just And then the final violent act culminates in something so fucking stupid that they wouldn't have put it in a Friday The 13th film and a final scene that was utterly predictable.

Because of the understated reactions of the actors to what was going on, they missed a trick. If they had actually screamed more and there had been more realism, especially during one of the sexual acts, it would have been more effective. Saw and Hostel had some semblance of a plot to them. This had nothing. As film like this deserves to stay in obscurity yet the BBFC have given it the oxygen of publicity that it never deserved by banning it. What a bunch of twats.

3/10.

Before that I had watched R-Point, which was a Korean ghost film by way of Predator and Platoon where an army patrol goes to find a lost platoon and then encounters some spookiness at a 'temple built on the tombs of lost lives from years gone by'. Oooooh. This was a load of crap too. I think it probably wasn't helped by bad subtitling but some parts made no sense anyway such as an encounter with an American patrol wittering on about nothing at all and contributing nothing at all to the plot.

There were one or two nice scenes that worked pretty well but it was dull and about 15 minutes too long and then of course they had to have the obligatory scary long black-haired girl crowbarred in somewhere for even less reason than ever before here. I'm hoping The Guard Post is better than this, but I knew I should have watched The Host tonight.

4/10.

Watched Inglourious Basterds again on Sunday. Housemate returned from holiday and wanted to see it and we were more than willing to give it a second watch. Just as much fun the second time. It doesn't seem like the sort of film that'll win many awards but Christoph Waltz deserves so much praise for his performance that I hope he scoops a few. I know he got "Best Actor" at the Cannes film festival, but in truth that should just be the start. Tremendous performance.

Other stuff...

I've seen the trailer for Funny People about five times now. The latest one is one of those uber-extended trailers that walks you through the entire movie and it really doesn't make it look very good.

Sorority Row is actually "I know what you did last summer".

Seeing The Final Destination in 3D on Friday, it looks like it'll be a great deal of schlocky fun. Can't wait.