Loki

I love Nolte, and totally agree that he's underused and underrated. I guess his personal problems have held him back from a more productive career. I don't know if you've seen The Good Thief, one of his most recent outings, but it was pretty good, and he was excellent, showing that he's still got a lot to give. And, boy, is he ever grizzled now.

Cheers BenBobJr.

Saw 'This Is England' the other night on film four.Really thought it was a good film.

Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised by this. It was quite unsettling the way it morphed from a nice, heart-warming rites of passage movie into a violent trip into the fascist underground. Really great performances throughout. It was top drawer, really.

Oh yeah I totally disagree with Loki's assessment of Brad Pitt and believe that Jesse James is the better film, just saying that I thought TWBB was better than No Country.

Well, you're both wrong

I'm more of a realistic racing type, and I thought from the reviews that it was more that than power-sliding craziness. If it isn't, I may well be dissuaded. They're doing F1 next, so if this is good it bodes well for the recently-shit F1 licence.

Does anyone know what happened to Jazz? She was rumoured to be joining the TNA women's division, but never turned up. Is there a story behind it?

360 is the best version, followed by Wii, followed by PS2.Anyone thinking of getting Race Driver: Grid? I was a big fanof Gran Turismo back when I had a PSOne, and this looks like a very similar game for the 360/PS3.

Yeah, I really enjoyed it. Macy is an acting God.The Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeely long and drawn out. I love a good western, I love a slow-paced character piece, but this one tried my patience to the limit. The premise was fine, in that Robert Ford was a more complex character than his infamy suggests, and the actor playing him did a good job, but the whole thing could have been done in an hour and a half, not the bloated 2 1/2 hours it took. Any sense of growing destiny or danger or anticipation was leeched away by the huge amount of time people spent on-screen together before anything happened. To me this felt like a director noyt sufficiently reined in by the more experienced producers (though one of them was Ridley Scott, not known for his brevity and conciseness).My other problem was Brad Pitt. I really like Brad Pitt, I think he's a great movie star, but he exudes "acting" through every pore of his body, you can see him acting. In his best roles, the quirky characters of Twelve Monkeys, Fight Club or Ocean's Eleven, it works well. In a totally serious, heavyweight drama like this it really jars. I was like "ooh, look, there's Brad Pitt) every time the camera hit him. Compare that with someone like Daniel Day-Lewis - he inhabits the character so such an extent that you forget who is acting and concentrate entirely on the film.So, 5/10. Disappointed as I'd heard good things. It's not the epic that it thinks it is, and Brad Pitt is miscast.

Wow, just wow. Alarmingly wrong, especially the Pitt/Day-Lewis comparison. I like Day-Lewis, but come on, what you wrote about Pitt exuding "acting" and looking like he's acting to the point where it's distracting is pretty much what Day-Lewis does in every single one of his roles. He overshadows the films he's in because his performance is straight out of the Greek theatre, consistently dripping with bombastic ostentatiousness. Pitt was not miscast in JJ, he was stunning. Subtle when he needed to be, conveying more emotion with a downcast look from his eyes than Day-Lewis with his BOOMING VOICE and distracting John Huston impression in TWBB. You're so wrong on this one Loki, it's actually unacceptable.

God bless you Nev, things are always black and white for you when it comes to film!You'll never convince me that Brad Pitt is a better screen actor than Day-Lewis, so don't even bother, and I'm a big fan of Pitt. He's one of this generation's best film stars, but he is not capable of making the switch to serious acting in the way that his fellow film star Clooney is, because he is incapable of turning off his own magnetism for the sake of a role. I haven't seen There Will Be Blood, but apart from Gangs, I don't think your description of Daniel Day-Lewis' acting style is valid at all. You seem to have forgotten about all his other many excellent and subtle performances from My Beautiful Laundrette on, I need not list them here.This was not a great film. It clearly thought it was something special, but it actually diluted its message with unacceptably slow pace and poor casting, and I stand by that. But if you thought it was a major work of modern cinema, then we'll just have to agree to disagree.

Good work all round, UKFF.

Imagine if you were called Braxton, but had a lisp."Hi, I'm Bwwwaxton".

God, giving your child a misspelt name is just a horrible thing to do. Just because you didn't realise it was a misspelling, doesn't mean you have to inflict that question on him every time somebody asks his name. With one simple admission of ignorance, you can make his entire life happier; why wouldn't you?I think Dylan is a fine name - don't spoil it.

Just got back!Everything is going well! We're a bit less pregnant than we thought we were, moving the due date to....24th december!!!! Looks like i'm not cooking the xmas dinner then. Had the scan, everything is moving along nicely and no problems at this stage. Got to admit, i started welling up when i heard it's heartbeat! Currently measuring 1.67cm...bit like a bean. Didnt realise - we got a 4D scan with this!! My scanner isnt working so i cant show it off at the mo, but i'll try to get it onto the computer. It was amazing - could see the face, arms and leg stumps, even though it still looks a bit alien. Dead chuffed

I admire the "we" attitude to pregnancy a lot, however it'll all go out the window when it gets to the birth and you're making rounds of toast while she tries to shit a melon. I think at that point you'll be under no illusions that she's the one doing all the work.

It's at times like this that I wish Carbomb still posted here. He'd have loved this thread.

Somebody has the hots for pregnant chicks....

Yeah, I really enjoyed it. Macy is an acting God.

 

The Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeely long and drawn out. I love a good western, I love a slow-paced character piece, but this one tried my patience to the limit. The premise was fine, in that Robert Ford was a more complex character than his infamy suggests, and the actor playing him did a good job, but the whole thing could have been done in an hour and a half, not the bloated 2 1/2 hours it took. Any sense of growing destiny or danger or anticipation was leeched away by the huge amount of time people spent on-screen together before anything happened. To me this felt like a director noyt sufficiently reined in by the more experienced producers (though one of them was Ridley Scott, not known for his brevity and conciseness).

 

My other problem was Brad Pitt. I really like Brad Pitt, I think he's a great movie star, but he exudes "acting" through every pore of his body, you can see him acting. In his best roles, the quirky characters of Twelve Monkeys, Fight Club or Ocean's Eleven, it works well. In a totally serious, heavyweight drama like this it really jars. I was like "ooh, look, there's Brad Pitt) every time the camera hit him. Compare that with someone like Daniel Day-Lewis - he inhabits the character so such an extent that you forget who is acting and concentrate entirely on the film.

 

So, 5/10. Disappointed as I'd heard good things. It's not the epic that it thinks it is, and Brad Pitt is miscast.

Nope... no, still makes no sense. Have you tried the quotation button?

Those youtube videos are fucking hilarious - a couple of mates down the pub pretending to be in the wrestling business. That Staniforth chap has a voice like a gurgling drain.

Sexing if required for

You might want to try Assasin's Creed too - open ended, open world gameplay and lots of sneaking around breaking in to places like Deus Ex.Otherwise I'd say pick up the Orange Box, and play HalfLife 2 and Portal. For futuristic settings and all that, they can't be beat. Halflife 2 is a bit fucking long and drawn out though, I got distracted halfway through and never even made it to Episode 1.

Where was child conceived? It worked for The Beckhams, then again Portsmouth aint a good name for a kid. (if he was conceived in Portsmouth that is???)

Nightclub Toilet?

I don't think Seven ever defined himself as "emo", that's just what everyone thinks he is. And, to be fair, I tend to taunt him with it whenever I can.

Believe me if i wanted to find you, i could lets just leave it at that.

It's like watching uncles fight at a wedding.Bad uncles, naturally.

She has fuck-me eyes

It was barely even contact, even if Hopkins hadn't been wearing a cup it wouldn't have had him doubled over in pain for 3 or 4 minutes. And it's not as if Hopkins didn't sneak a few low blows and headbutts in out of sight of the ref.But that's Hopkins. If you're going to fight him, you can expect him to do stuff like that; on the flip side he can't compain if it doesn't win him fans amongst the judges.

It really was an ugly fight that did neither fighter any favours. Hopkins threw very little, and cheated a lot. Calzaghe threw plenty of punches, but most of them would have struggled to knock out a child. Neither fighter looked at all hurt at the end of the fight, and it makes you wish for the days when they would have continued to fight until someone couldn't stand.I think Calzaghe looked the better fighter, but I can see why everyone's lining up to fight him now - he looks eminently beatable at this weight class, and he'd be a big scalp.

Either my girlfriend is 16 weeks pregnant, or you're usually fairly thin Do you have a before picture to compare?

That was a cracker that match.There were rumours of TNA bringing in Jazz to the women's division, but she's never appeared. Anyone know why?