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Haha... All I've heard about this film from people who've seen it is their impression of him saying "no, not the bees!" Surely that shit has to be up on Youtube or somthing?Hopefully I can remember to look it up when I get home.Nic Cage is so hilariously awful an actor I think I'm starting to have a bit of a thing for his films.. Like when I went through a Ben Affleck phase. I've seen Gigli twice, and I gotta say Daredevil is one of the most unintentionally funny films I've ever seen.

Thats FAR more entertaining than the actual film (and its not that good).

Just listening to the commentary for 'Superbad' and I can't believe what a dick Judd Apatow was.It started out being recorded in two locations but both places could hear eachother and interact.In L.A. the commentary featured:- writer Evan Goldberg,- writer/Star Seth Rogen- The guy who played Evan- The guy who played Fogeland in N.Y.C., the commentary featured:- the guy who played Seth- producer Judd Apatow- producer Judd Apatow's daughter Maude (who's about 8 years old) was also in the room.So the L.A. crew are having fun and talking freely, when a couple of times Jonah Hill (who played Seth) over in New York accidentally swore. Each time Judd Apatow warned him (albeit in a friendly manner) not to swear while his daughter is in the room. Hill apologized to her.Eventually 40 minutes in, Apatow gets legitimately pissed off at Hill for swearing.Hill explains that they are watching an R-Rated/15 certificate film which is unsuitable for her in the first place, and swearing does happen when he's talking to his friends who are also free to swear (as the people in LA had been frequently, with young Apatow not being able to hear them due to not wearing headphones).Apatow gets even angrier when Hill wouldn't censor himself just for the benefit of the child and actually storms out of the commentary, never to return!Jonah Hill didn't let it affect him and he seemed to enjoy himself more after the incident, but I imagine he and Apatow ended up falling out when Apatow - in my opinion - was out of order for bringing her in the first place.

Interestingly I just assumed this was a work. Good fun commentary though. Isn't there a gap in the audio just before he leaves etc. I just thought during this time they were just saying to each other 'I'm taking the kid out' 'I know, why don't we fuck with the audience?!'. They just didn't seem to be to bothered about it to be real. I might give it another listen at some point.

The Ruins

If any of you have seen Creepshow its basically a 90 minute version of the Stephen King segment from that except with your usual young adult idiots stuck up a ancient temple. I'm partial to crap horror films so I thought this one had its moments. I guess it sort of boils down to if you think planets crawling round inside you is creepy. Some completely unnecessary boob action in the early moments of the film was nice to see. Its a very disposable film and it knows it and certainly wouldn't recommend anyone go out of there way to see it but if your bored and you can get it for a couple of quid you could do worse as long as you understand this is your average crappy horror. It has a pretty ropey non ending which was pretty crap too which was irritating. Better than Captivity and Paradise Lost for me but far worse than many others.

Watched No Country For Old Men last night. **SPOILERS FORTHCOMING**I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it either. I found it quite enthralling but i think I made the mistake of thinking the film was about Lwellyn Moss when it really wasn't. I was hooked on his journey to keep the money and when he died, the film died for me. It's not often you see a film where evil prvails but I suppose that's the whole point.The acting was incredible. The bad guy, Chugger, or whatever his name was, was one of the most scary people I've ever seen. It was fantastically shot and well written. The silence was incredible at some points and made the outdoor scenes genuinally worrying. In truth, it's not really my sort of film, but I thought it was excellent for it was.Edit: Seriously annoying that I can't find other people's opinions on the film!!

Here's mine and others thoughts on page 231No Country For Old Men

Been a bit slack this last week. Haven't seen anything since HULK. To make up for it I'm going to check out Ruins and Wanted tonight. I haven't the foggiest which page its on but someone posted a website which listed every cinema release for years including which chain release what. Could someone be so kind as to link me again?

I was thinking about getting the US NOAH dvds that A-Merch and Highspots etc sell and was wondering how official they are? Are they produced by NOAH?I also noticed that they were clipped largely. Is this because they are copies of the original TV product or is there another reason for it?Finally of course simply are they worth getting? The only way I've managed to watch NOAH is either via the net or traders and thought as I enjoy the product so much I'd try and find the best way to get official NOAH products and get some of the money in there pockets that they rightly deserve.On a slight tangent looking at Highspots they seem to sell a great deal of DVD-r's of loads of Japanese promotions and comps. Are they official or are Highspots simply a glorified tape trader? I'm interested in them but I just don't like the idea of paying for what boils down to pirate dvds.

Ok here is a photo with the regular Allstar guys. For the life of me I can't remember the chap on the far right.

 

Its X-treme Dean Allmark, Ben Levy, Me & Lightning Kid Adam Davies then ?

Meet the Feebles is class. Its not to often you get to watch the Muppets on STD's and crack!It's not my favourite of his early films but its a film oddity that just can't be denied.Fight Club is twice the film that Zodiac is in my book. Zodiac is your run of the mill serial killer story, why anyone would think its particularly special is beyond me. I was really looking forward to it to. Thinking that I'd get something as interesting as Seven. When what I really got was an over long crime channel episode.

 

Ok many moons ago I talked about short zombie movie I made when I was 19. It was loosely and I do stress LOOSELY based on the Famous Five. Now finally I've managed to get it up (that's a freebie Who has called me Hage?) for all of your viewing pleasure. Its only 4 mins long and in the tradition of oh so many Troma films I grew up watching it has absolutely no tension, suspense or horror. Just good old fashioned home made gore.

I'm with Seven on this one. Superhero Movie is just plain crap.

Speed Racer

 

I can't really put my finger on it, maybe it was because the Matrix sequels were so painfully mediocre or maybe it was because I never really got into the Speed Racer cartoon, but I went into Speed Racer thinking that it was more than likely going to suck. I mean a property like this would more often than not be turned into stupendous nonsensical infantile painful mess by most of Hollywood. I'm happy to report that this did not happen and both the wife and I enjoyed it a great deal. I'd love to hear others opinions because its so garish I'm sure it would still rub some the wrong way. Its not with out its faults, Speed Racer himself and other members of his family certainly seemed a little underdeveloped, but that was forgiveable as they crammed so much thoroughly entertaining action, speed, flashing lights, bright colours, comedy, John Goodman and CG in as you could possibly want. It sure as hell entertained me.

 

If I was asked to describe it in one sentence I would say, Think Wacky Races crossed with Burnout!

Iron Man

 

Great stuff, easily the best Marvel adaptation since Spiderman 2. If you know Iron Man already then you know the jist of the plot. Robert Downey is absolutely Tony Stark, perfect casting. If I had one big complaint it would be that whilst Paltrow is pretty hot her acting is pretty ropey at times, but shes easy to ignore.

 

Make sure you stay until after the end credits because there is something REALLY BIG after them. Marvel fans will have a ~?~ moment.

I've just watched this weeks ECW and Taz said that he had been across the ring from the Undertakers entrance. That got me wondering did Taz and the Undertaker ever wrestle on TV or anywhere else?

First thing that comes up when you google "Undertaker vs Tazz": Undertaker vs Tazz - on Smackdown from November 2001But as far as Tazz's statement goes - I don't think he ever stood in the ring during the Deadman Undertaker's entrance, only the American Badass Undertaker.

Cheers dopper. Gonna watch the match now. Temporarily forgot the Badass gimmick, everyones allowed to be a bit dopey every now and again.

I've just watched this weeks ECW and Taz said that he had been across the ring from the Undertakers entrance. That got me wondering did Taz and the Undertaker ever wrestle on TV or anywhere else?

Rise of the FootsoldierI've had it rammed down my throat for months that this film is an absolute classic, and possibly one of the Britain's best ever. I can now honestly say that I will never take the advice regarding films from those that told me this awful lie seriously again.Utter pish, non-sensical and random shite from start to finish that made me weep, I cheered at the ned because it was FINALLY over after dragging on for so fucking long.I then watched Dead Man's Cards which restored my faith in the British Film Industry

Your not wrong there its bloody terrible! I was damn angry after seeing at the cinema. Who ever told you it was even vaguely good needs a new brain. I hate that film.

The Orphanage

Here is my review for this film,

 

This film will really shit you up.

 

Go and see it. I want to talk about it but not until every last person that likes film has seen it. lol

Watched all 6 Star Wars' over the last few days. The originals spunk all over the prequels in every sense, storyline, acting and suprisingly, CGI-wise.

The (original) originals weren't CGI'd up. It was largely done with models for the vehicles and prosthetics for the actors rather than JarJar cunting Binks which is why it looks so "real." Some of the action sequences were tidied up a bit with the Special Edition retreads which added to them, but I still cringe everytime I see Jabba in New Hope. It's amazing how quickly Phantom Menace has aged already compared to RotS.

they should of stuck to the old way then. The explosion of the queen's ship in Attack of the Clones is the worst piece of modern CGI I have ever seen. Jar Jar is the only decent thing in the new films and only in film 1 is he any good.What do people make of them putting Hayden Christiansen (or w/e his name is ) in as a force ghost at the end of the Old films. I don't mind it, it allows Luke to remember his father as a young, pure, 'good-guy', rather than the shivvelled up mess he saw him as.

did i read that right

Seconded, I read it three times before I realised he is quite insane. Jar Jar is THE worst thing in any of those films (and thats saying something). Some times I fear for your sanity TB.

The Last King of ScotlandI watched this earlier today.. and I thought it was really really good. Forrest Whitaker's acting is top notch.. and there were parts in the film that were really gripping. Quality film.Has anyone seen 'There will be blood'?.. I've been wanting to watch if for a while now (mainly because Day Lewis is in it).. is it any good?

I think its a bit of a marmite movie. Its got a lot of acclaim so some people must like it, but I didn't. Danny Day Lewis IS awesome in it though, a very impressive performance. If the film was about an hr shorter and made the narrative solely around him trying to acquire the oil and power from the preacher character then I don't think I would have been left thinking what was the point?

But that is the point. Paul Thomas Anderson has decided he wants to make the film, to tell this graphic story, without the constraints of modern cinema. Instead the film is given a lot more freedom, outside of 'begining' 'middle' and 'climax' segmentation. You are taken on a trip, and just like a good book which moulds the words to it's narrative ignoring constraint, and the film is better for it.

I don't know about that mate, sounds a bit like something written in a press junket when they know a film is too pretentious. I mean how is it a more graphic story? its not like the characters ark is any more developed than a regular film. He goes from being greedy to bitter because hes greedy. Not like we haven't seen that before a lot better developed. Furthermore it clearly has a beginning, middle and climax. The problem is that it has such a wafer thin through narrative that the 'climax' is tacked on. It IS a piece of modern cinema. It HAS ALL the constraints of modern cinema, including, but not only, audience perception, character development and narrative pacing. The reason these 'constraints' as you say are there in the first place is because thats how cinema functions, rightly in some instances or wrongly in others. A good book functions exactly the same way as a good cinema in that they both provide strong narrative entertainment. Books have different 'constraints' which serve them best to derive the desired effect from the audience. These differences in constraints between cinema and literature create misconceptions when they are compared with each other. For instance the old 'a good book is better than the film' idea comes from the comparisons of the two mediums different constraints. This comparison wrongly concludes that one is inferior to the other because when comparing the two mediums functions inevitably one will not be able to function in the same way as the other. A film can not function at 10hrs in length in the same way a book can not function in 20 minutes.What I'm trying to say is that both mediums are best served with out comparisons as they both impart important artistic and articulate ideas but in different ways. I think I went on a tangent there but hey, you got my tiny mind ticking lol. Also do you not think that the so called 'freedom' (if by freedom you mean underdevelopment) of the narrative is in fact a lot more restrictive because of it. Since the film is more or less a misguided biography of one character, the narrative and any of the other characters are subsequently underdeveloped and uninteresting.Its interesting that even though I didn't particularly enjoy it I'm quite interested in discussing it. I guess I'm quite intrigued by its acclaim. Maybe I'm over thinking the whole thing but I'll say this, at the very least the film seems like it was intended to be thought about (but not so much in that it tried to make a point).

The Last King of ScotlandI watched this earlier today.. and I thought it was really really good. Forrest Whitaker's acting is top notch.. and there were parts in the film that were really gripping. Quality film.Has anyone seen 'There will be blood'?.. I've been wanting to watch if for a while now (mainly because Day Lewis is in it).. is it any good?

I think its a bit of a marmite movie. Its got a lot of acclaim so some people must like it, but I didn't. Danny Day Lewis IS awesome in it though, a very impressive performance. If the film was about an hr shorter and made the narrative solely around him trying to acquire the oil and power from the preacher character then I don't think I would have been left thinking what was the point? It reminded me of The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp but not nearly as engrossing. The beginning and build is very good mind its just eventually it goes nowhere. I was especially left cold by the ending which felt like they really started scraping the bottom of the barrel. If you do see it I'd like to know what you thought as like I said its getting a fair amount of praise but didn't hook me. I was really expecting something good from both the trailer and the praise but it wasn't half the story it should have been.

Since I've had my Cineworld Unlimited card this is how many films I've seen. I'm not sure when exactly but I think I got it in late Feb or Early March 06. The first film I used it to see was Date Movie (urgh) and I've traced it back from that monstrosity's release. I put it all in spoilers as its a long ass list and theres no point in it taking up an entire page of the thread.

Can someone list me all the films released British cinemas so far this year?I'm trying to compile a list of films i've been to see and so far i have I Am Legend, Cloverfield, Jumper, Sweeney Tood, Juno, Be Kind Rewind and No Country For Old Men but i cant help but think i have left someg out that i have forgetten

This should help http://www.launchingfilms.com

Cool site, I'm going to do a list of films I've seen at the cinema since I had my Cineworld card in early 06. Will be interesting to see how much that card has saved me. Not that I would have seen a quarter of them at the cinema had not been for the unlimited card.

I quite liked The Devil's Rejects. I found it quite clever, and this is coming from someone who absolutely despised House Of 1000 Corpses.Finally got to see No Country For Old Men and.... I loved it. We need more simple films, and by that I mean ones with no need for countless contrived revelations that exist purely to shock the audience at expense of the story. The acting was naturally fantastic, and the lack of a soundtrack didn't once bother me. Everything worked really, the film has so much more bubbling underneath the surface than most will realise.As for the ending? Well I liked it. It's entirely faithful to the novel, so don't go attaching credit/blame to the Coens for coming up with it. It's refreshing to see a film play against type, and it worked. 2008 has 11 more months to produce a film as good as this. Will it?

I agree with you on everything up until the ending. That film IS freaking amazing anyway but after the film I got up and saw a fairly full audience slowly stand up and say is that? I thought everything was absolutley gripping up until the ending, which sadly dropped me to the point where I was bored/uninterested. Which was a real shame as I loved the rest of it more than any other film of 2007 (I think). But having said that its absolutely worth it anyway, everyone should see it. But it does have a marmite ending.

I just wondered if anyone has seen Apocolypto made by Mel Gibson? I noticed the DVD in WH Smith today and it's interesting, it's set in ancient South or Central America it appears.

Yeah I've seen it. Its quite cool. Its really just an over blown action movie under the pretense of something important because its all in some old tribal language. Its very violent and gory so if you like that type of thing its worth a watch.

2001 A Space Odyssey - I'm probably the last person in history to get round to watching this but I wanted to wait until I could get a 2 Disc bells and whistles version. I finally have that version and watched it today. Now obviously I've heard it being some big visual feast that changed the lives of Steven Spielberg blah blah blah. So naturally I assumed it would be good but far far too over rated. It really really wasn't, I honestly think its one of the best films ever made. The sense of control that comes with every shot literally blew my tiny little mind. It actually had more of a narrative than I thought it would, which made it all the more compelling. For this film alone Kubrick is one of the greatest Directors there ever will be and if I could I would go out of my way to shake his hand. If you haven't seen it you really should.

Fred Claus - went with the wife to see this today. Its warm family stuff but I was a little disappointed that it wasn't funny. I mean its not that the jokes are but that there are very few. I was expecting more of a comedy and the few jokes it does have are mediocre to terrible. That being said it was ok for middle of the rung nonsensical family entertainment.