Moderators PowerButchi Posted January 27, 2015 Moderators Share Posted January 27, 2015 The Poseidon Adventure fucking rules  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Williams Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Just got back from seeing The Drop , I wasn't sure what to expect as even though I'm a fan of Gandolfini and Tom Hardy it seemed to sneak under the radar without much hype or advertisement which is normally a bad sign. I have to say it is one of the best films I have seen in years . Brilliant story , great character development and some real good twists and turns, I can't see why this didn't have a more hyped release to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Justice Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Yeah I saw this a few weeks ago. I thought it was a decent strong film. Nothing particularly special, just solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron&Hermione Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I was recently listening to a podcast (B.S. Report) with guest Chuck Klosterman, who I absolutely love. Â Anyway the conversation shifted to the subject of Eyes Wide Shut and how Chuck theorised that Kubrick used that film to show how Tom Cruise is a fraud and a closeted gay guy living a life based on lies. It really is fascinating and I definitely recommend listening to those bits alone. Â The few stories I've heard about Kubrick make me believe something like that wouldn't be off the table. Â It's only a five minute conversation. Â http://espn.go.com/espnradio/grantland/player?id=12162143 Â Go to 50mins 15secs to start. It goes on til 54mins and they come back to it at 57mins (there is some talk about the show The Affair inbetween.) Â I don't know too much about Stanley Kubrick, but if this theory is true then it automatically makes Eyes Wide Shut the greatest film of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted January 28, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted January 28, 2015 This theory isn't new and has been discussed widely ever since the film was released. Â It falls apart on several levels. Kubrick had absolutely no reason to chase after Cruise in this way. There was nothing to be gained from him exposing Cruise as gay or anything else for that matter. He never used his films for personal agenda. Â Considering the strong friendship that he built up with Cruise and Nicole Kidman during filming, and just how strongly Cruise backed Kubrick's vision despite its mixed critical reception and the doubts of the money men, Kubrick was extremely unlikely to have had any such agenda. Â Plus, if the Scientologists had even the slightest hint that Kubrick was up to something then they would have had Cruise out of there like a shot. Cruise still talks fondly about Kubrick to this day, and Eyes Wide Shut. Basically, it's all cobblers. Â Eyes Wide Shut is an amazing film, by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron&Hermione Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 This theory isn't new and has been discussed widely ever since the film was released.  It falls apart on several levels. Kubrick had absolutely no reason to chase after Cruise in this way. There was nothing to be gained from him exposing Cruise as gay or anything else for that matter. He never used his films for personal agenda.  Considering the strong friendship that he built up with Cruise and Nicole Kidman during filming, and just how strongly Cruise backed Kubrick's vision despite its mixed critical reception and the doubts of the money men, Kubrick was extremely unlikely to have had any such agenda.  Plus, if the Scientologists had even the slightest hint that Kubrick was up to something then they would have had Cruise out of there like a shot. Cruise still talks fondly about Kubrick to this day, and Eyes Wide Shut. Basically, it's all cobblers.  Eyes Wide Shut is an amazing film, by the way. Damn logic ruining things, but yeah what you say makes it sound rather unlikely. Eyes Wide Shut is a film I will happily jump into if it's on, yet I never properly watch.. I barely remember anything from the film (apart from the sex.) and I've seen it a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted February 5, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted February 5, 2015 Â First pic from that Michael Shannon/Kevin Spacey Elvis/Nixon film we were chatting about a couple of months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members I Bent My Wookie Posted February 5, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted February 5, 2015 UltimoTheGreat and Merzbow are both getting referenced in one of my film studies essays. Â The joy of having to do an entire topic evaluation of fan response to Nymphomaniac aye? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 First pic from that Michael Shannon/Kevin Spacey Elvis/Nixon film we were chatting about a couple of months ago. Fucking hell, I'm ever more excited about it now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimo the great Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 UltimoTheGreat and Merzbow are both getting referenced in one of my film studies essays. I want to ask why but i'm afraid of the answer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members I Bent My Wookie Posted February 5, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted February 5, 2015 Its all innocent. Basically I needed to put a written presentation together around the Nymphomaniac films and their audience reaction through the use of message boards, blogs etc. Got a ton of UKFF response to the film around the time one of you put the posters up on here. All innocent but any chance to chuck the UKFF into a graded uni work I'll take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimo the great Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I was expecting "there's this guy on this forum who watches too many films. he needs help" or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey_Piste Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I ended up watching Nymphomaniac on Xhamster. I don't think I've spent so long on the site in one sitting and I didn't need to clean myself up afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nick Soapdish Posted February 9, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted February 9, 2015 I fell asleep watching Birdman. Got halfway through. It's well acted and filmed, but god is it dragging! I was really looking forward to it too but so far, so disapointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted February 15, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted February 15, 2015 I'm actually looking forward to this more than Age Of Ultron and the ike. Pretty bang on and scary impression of his da at the end of the trailer. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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