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Fight Club is far superior to Zodiac.

Why's that then?

+1 for the Kermode lovers as well. I miss not being able to listen to his reviews on Radio 5 on a Friday afternoon.

They are avaliable in podcast form. :thumbsup:I re-watched Fight Club last night, I remember seeing it a few years back and despite it being a good film, feeling it had been over-rated and not the amazing cinematic experience everyone had said it was. People think it's one of Pitt's best roles, but it doesn't compare to his roles in Se7en or Twelve Monkeys, and I've never been a huge fan of Ed Norton and as a lead found him somewhat uneaging - even though his role in the film appears to be to represent the 'evey-man' character (I.E he could be you or me). The film is rather good though - the subsections that allow non-linear directions (such as the explanation of the cigarette burns and the Ikea catalogue in the apartment) are very entertaining and the film has a good pace for its length.It all adds up to an entertaining two hours, but but it's not a patch on Fincher's Se7en or Zodiac.

I watched Scorsese's Cape Fear last night, starring De Niro (who else?), Nick Nolte and Juilette Lewis. I really enjoyed the film for the most, with Scorsese's homage to Hitchcock in terms of the shots and editing (although some of the shots really jar and just look out of place). Its a strange breed it works like a 1940s thriller with a 90's backdrop and context. I honestly think Nolte is one of the most under-rated actors of his generation and his performance in this film is enjoyable and very subtle compared to De Niro's excellent turn as the chilling Max Cady.Well worth the 50p I paid for it.

I watched Chopper last night. Great film with a chilling performance from Eric Bana. Well directed, beautiful use of colours and a scarily bleak sense of humour.

Iron ManLoved it!.. Robert Downey was great. The thing I loved about the film was that it wasnt just a good vs evil thing.. it actually had a really good story behind it all. Rotten Tomatoes gave it 92%(and they're usually very harsh in scoring).. I think I'd agree with them!.I saw the Hulk trailer yesterday.. even though it looks awesome.. I cant forget how shit the first film was.. I felt like I was in a 2 hour biology lecture.Just like last year... so many good films coming out this summer! Hancock, Indiana Jones, Dark Knight, Harold and Kumar 2!, Superhero Movie looks funny... hopefully they wont suck as some of the much hyped films did last year.

I thought the first film was rather good, and I'm pretty sure (from teasers etc I have seen) that they've turned the new one into another dull generic comic book film. I don't think I will bother with it.

I was in Manchester over the BH weekend so a bunch of us decided to watch some Manc themed flicks. First we went to the cinema to watch the new documentary Joy Division, really insightful and offers some insight from all the band members, Ian Curtis' girlfriend (who has never spoken publicly about their relationship before) and some great footage from the band that has been previously unseen. I've never been a HUGE fan of the band but the documentary was interesting, stylish and had a good pace to it (whilst maintaining a great depth on its subject). Well recommended. Although I doubt many cinemas are showing it.

 

Then we watched 24 Hour Party People, the film in which Coogan plays Tony Wilson and charts the change in music (and culture) in Manchester from the Sex Pistols to the Happy Mondays. After just having watched the documentary the film (which I had seen before) was appalingly inaccurate and used a lot of creative licence - however with Coogan's quips to the audiences throughout, "so-and-so swears this never happened!", the light-hearted tone is set accordingly. Jammed full of fun, humour and nostaglia this is a great homage to one of the greatest music scenes in history. Both really good movies, that you need to see if you want a true understanding of the history of contemporary alternative or electronic music.

I haven't seen it, but if its anything like the original it can't be that bad.

Watched the original Ealing version of 'The Lady Killers' last night. Really good stuff, with some great turns from Peter Sellers and a hideously-disguised Alec Guiness. Far darker than I thought it would be, and much more richer than I had expected. Really good vintage flick.

Was going to go to the cinema to watch 'Happy Go Lucky' last night, but I didn't get round to it in time - so me and my girlfriend watched a different Mike Leigh film - 'High Hopes'. It was Leigh's first feature film for a decade and the one that got the ball rolling for him, and deservedly so. Its had to explain what his film's are about, apart from perhaps explaining that they are 'character' not 'plot' films. Very enjoyable and thought provoking.

Bit off topic but I've had Mike Oldfield's 'The Killing Fields' OST on loop on iTunes - its brillant. I don't think I've heard a soundtrack which captures the essence not only of a film but of the film's subject so well before.

Your both wrong.

No they're not. The have a different opinion to you, that's all.

I didn't mean that they were literally incorrect - I was just using a figure of speech.

Finally saw I want Cancdy the other day. Got to say I loved it, really good lowbrow British comedy. Also fun to play 'spot the bitpart players from variety of Britsh comedy shows'.

Got I Am Legend.Brilliant movie.

Your both wrong.I Want Candy is a shameful film - it should be noted that this is one of the new 'Ealing Studio' films and so I was expecting something half decent from it. But no - it's mostly unfunny and predictable.I Am Legend is a film everyone's seen a million times before - whether its 28 Days Later, 12 Monkeys, or the Omega Man its the same film but with Will Smith in lead. I had expectations for both to deliever, but neither did more than any slightly-below-par film would.

Planet TerrorI've been wanting to see this even since the Grindhouse project was first announced but after the project was dissected to please the bumbling masses I decided to wait until the DVD release in order to see the films in their full glory. I'm would liked to have seen the two movies released together as part of an interesting Grindhouse box set but seeing as this doesn't appear to be happening any time soon I decided to buy each movie individually, unfortunately Death Proof didn't arrive in time for the weekend so here's my Planet Terror review.Shoddy. Ill-advised. Uninteresting. Tedious. These are words that I would not associate with Planet Terror. As a closet fan of budget horror movies this is a fantastic tribute to those movies that just never made it, it's gory as hell, the dialog is smart and the plot is ridiculous, but most importantly this film is entertaining. You're probably all aware of the plot by now but for those of you who don't I'll quickly fill you in; a military department are doing experiments, the test subjects escape and infect all but a few people in a small southern American town, the survivors battle hordes of zombies-esque creatures to survive and seek to ultimately escape the carnage, hijinx ensue. Unlike most survival horrors this film has plenty of funny moments entwined with the action, while comparisons with Shawn Of The Dead are justified the focus of Planet Terror always remains on the action, even when Freddy Rodr

Theres a teaser trailer for it already. It's def happening.

I saw Funny games at the cinema 3 days ago. I had never heard of the German version, what drew it to me were the 2 actors playing the disturbed young men in the golf gear. Brady Corbet was magnificent in Mysterious Skin as this loaner who was rigidly nervous and I liked Michael Pitt's dopey, always drugged out of his mind character in Bully.Anyway, I thought it was a so so movie that kicks off with the most unartistic opening credits and continues on with pathetically bland dialouge. There's no humour, no family arguments which the audience could possibly relate to, its actually too flat and dull to be believable for most people. The 2 young men show up who at first exchange cordial gratitude for being given the 4 eggs and for being granted a go with a golf club. However, things quickly (too quickly really, the film could have played on the awkwardness of expressing irritation towards 2 gentlemen you initially hit it off with) get uncomfortable when the 2 guys refuse to leave and persist in asking for the replacement of 4 eggs (the first 2 batches of eggs were broken by accident) And from there things get worse and worse as the 2 disturbed young men start a series of games which will decide the fates of the small family.*spoilers coming up here*The film sort of goes against the grain with the family standing no chance. Most films I can think of this this category would involve the victims fighting back and always standing a chance on keepin their lives, which in fact would be the probable ending. In this film though, the mother's attempts at trying to beg were shot down in flames, in fact they weren't even addressed, Brady Corbet's character simply said "Stop, don't you have any dignity?" The situation was hopeless. The film was very commercial however in the sense that we had 2 soft spoken villains, romancing up the tone. The son is the 1st one murdered, and from there the film feels pretty pointless. What are the parent's possibly fighting for now, their son is dead, can their lives really get any shittier from here on if they can somehow survive this ordeal? Well, after some time, including an excruciatingly long scene with the mother turning off the television, Naomi Watts's character manages to grab the shotgun and shoot one of the men fatally through the stomach, only for the his partner in crime to grab the remote control and rewind the scene... my jaw hit the floor, where the fuck did this come from? See it at your own risk, I wasn't bothered by the film at all myself, the torturing wasn't as bad as I was lead to believe and if you've seen enough mordern films, like the Saw trilogy for instance, you'll be desensitized to the gruesome content.

I also saw this film this week and totally disagree with you. The director, said the film was to address the use of violence in film, particulary American films like the Saw trilogy you mention. The film is almost anti-horror, as the director does not let you see any of the killing for a purpose; to show how it is not the single action which is important, but the aftermath, the suffering, the pain which the viewer is desensitised to. The film is totally blunt about what it is trying to achieve, with the two lads addressing the camera on more than one occasion, asking questions such as 'Do you want me to kill her now? No, you want the climax." In fact the only downside to the film is that at times it feels a little bit like a lecture, but this is one of the only films which I have seen that has enough guts to say 'fuck you' to the audience, to try and actually argue a logical human point to an unsuspecting audience. It could be subtler, but fuck subtlelty if you think you have something important to say. The fact that you complain it doesn't pan out like a normal horror, with the final kill being the perfect example of this, suggests perhaps you were expecting to see a conventional mindless film with killers and endless supply of corpses, each killed in a variety of 'fantastic' ways . Plus the cast were fucking great.

I watched The Madness Of King George last night, a cracking FilmFour flick from 1994, with Nigel Hawthorne, Ian Holm, Helen Mirren and er Rupert Everett. The monarch (Hawthorne) develops a madness, and the Prince Of Wales (Everett) uses this to try and pry his way into power. Beautiful performances from the cast (including *gasp* Everett) and a wonderfully adapted Alan Bennett screenplay, mean this film is a great watch. Its cynical interpretation of the throne is funny, without losing the depth of the historical context (or expecting the viewer to be in the mood for a history lesson).

I watched Walk The Line this morning. It's been on my pile of 'to watch' DVDs for a while now, and given its a bank holiday I decided to give it a go.

 

Johnny Cash's career from his early days as a door to door salesman to a troubled famous superstar in the 1960s, with the lead coming from the very talented Joaquin Phoenix in one of his most under-stated roles I'v seen him in yet. He shares screen time with Reese Witherspoon as June Carter, Cash's life partner/ best friend, with Reese finally appearing in a film which doesn't annoy the tits off me (and she does pretty well, although its certainly not an Oscar worthy performance).

 

The pace of the film is odd. With years flashing by at various intervals, and then 30 minutes given to one specific time period. I found this a bit frustrating at times, especially when you were just expected to accept changes in situation, context and character.

 

Overall, I thought this was a fine film, with a heart-warming over all feel to it which suited a bank holiday morning well. I didn't think it was the stand out movie that many people said at the time, just a good biopic.

Reads more like a studio press release than a review.

Really?In all honesty I'm looking for feedback/ criticism at the moment on my film thoughts as I'm taking a writing course and I'm looking to be able to express myself fairly coherently, especially with films as they are something I'm interested in. Re-reading it, I can see what you mean. To a certain extent, it does look like I've copied it off the DVD case to a certain extent.

That be where the confusion stemmed from.

Just a part time course I'm doing in the evenings. Nothing specifically related to film, but working on my writing skills. Which as you pointed out with your stigma/ stigmata correction, needs some work.

Gonna have disapoint you there.I have the glamous job of retail management and just watch films for fun.