Paid Members Surf Digby Posted December 14, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted December 14, 2013 You'll want to keep an eye out for films where Tommy Lee's the bad guy. He usually directs them himself, and will give himself a gimmick of being a cripple, or blue skin, or speaking with an echo. Â The Hot, The Cool and The Vicious is a perfect example, but is unfortunately let down a bit in some scenes by "Flash Legs" Tan Tao Liang phoning it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted December 14, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted December 14, 2013 I bought Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut" for 5p on VHS from some joker at the carboot sale today. Is it any good? I know it's filled with the old grunt and groan, but does it have any decent storyline? Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 I bought Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut" for 5p on VHS from some joker at the carboot sale today. Is it any good? I know it's filled with the old grunt and groan, but does it have any decent storyline? Cheers! Â For a film with all the'promise' of sex, intrigue and mystery, etc, it's really, really, really, dull. It's a slog to stay awake watching it. 5p, is probably 5p too much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Freebird Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 You'll want to keep an eye out for films where Tommy Lee's the bad guy. He usually directs them himself, and will give himself a gimmick of being a cripple, or blue skin, or speaking with an echo. Â The Hot, The Cool and The Vicious is a perfect example, but is unfortunately let down a bit in some scenes by "Flash Legs" Tan Tao Liang phoning it in. Fantastic, thanks a lot for that Surf. I'll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted December 14, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted December 14, 2013 You'll want to keep an eye out for films where Tommy Lee's the bad guy. He usually directs them himself, and will give himself a gimmick of being a cripple, or blue skin, or speaking with an echo. Â The Hot, The Cool and The Vicious is a perfect example, but is unfortunately let down a bit in some scenes by "Flash Legs" Tan Tao Liang phoning it in. Fantastic, thanks a lot for that Surf. I'll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted December 15, 2013 Moderators Share Posted December 15, 2013 Incidentally, I watched a film you'd enjoy the other night - a documentary called Cropsey, about the crossover between serial killers and folkloric urban myths in the US. Really fascinating story. Â I've seen that, and you're right, I really enjoyed it. For a documentary, it's incredibly unsettling. I can't think of another doc with such a creepy, horror movie feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members chokeout Posted December 15, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted December 15, 2013 Had a Christmas movie day today and watched Its A Wonderful Life for the first time in years. Such a brilliant film. There's been enough fantastic things said about Jimmy Stewart on here but his performance in it is flawless and the whole film stands up well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bettencourt Posted December 15, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted December 15, 2013 Went to see Hunger Games: Catching Fire last night. First of all, I don't remember the first one being so fecking long! I did enjoy it in the end. Â Though, not enough Woody Harrelson. For a film I didn't really want to see (The Hunger Games), catching fire has got me ready and anticipating the third installment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Thunderplex Posted December 15, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted December 15, 2013 Just watched The Tower. Good, old fashioned disaster movie from South Korea. Corny and predictable as hell, but great fun and excellent FX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted December 16, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted December 16, 2013 Here's what I made of it. Stupid. Now, I can take stupid movies. But what makes this one so hard to take is that it's so close to what actually happened. How can people in general just be so fucking thick? Â This is why the film fails - these cases were not supposed to be about people being 'thick'. The reason these cases were so remarkable were because of the psychological methods used. The guy who did these calls was apparently a long time student of the methodology and results of The Milgram Experiment. Â We all know there are some thick twats out there. This film completely fails to tell us anything other than that, and in these cases there is a LOT more to be said. It's a reprehensible piece of shit that completely misrepresents the crimes committed. I completely agree with both of you (it was on Film4 tonight, so is probably being repeated if anyone wants to try it). Â Even going in with some preconceptions, and making allowances for how overly compliant it made the victims, I still found myself cringing at how unmanipulated it made it all seem. My girlfriend was "What the..? This is just stupid" quite early on, and I found myself almost defending the film to her. The ending was a mess too, with - I suspect unintentionally ironic - the TV presenter asking her leading questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted December 16, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted December 16, 2013 (edited) I watched Cannon Film's version of "Lady Chatterley's Lover" last night starring Sylvia Kristel. Surprisingly good stuff. A lot less sleazier than the BBC Sean Bean version of the nineties. Bloody excellent soundtrack that I'm struggling to find too. Edited December 16, 2013 by bAzTNM#1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted December 16, 2013 Moderators Share Posted December 16, 2013 Every year I link to this in this thread, so if anyone's interested, the first part of my mammoth year-end best movies list is up. It's all the stuff that didn't make the top 20, and the shittest movies of 2013. Have at it.   - Love, Spamstro Spammywood.  And here's the first half of the Top 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted December 16, 2013 Moderators Share Posted December 16, 2013 Fucking hell, I've actually already seen several of those this year! This is something of a surprise to me. Â I think your taste is getting better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted December 16, 2013 Moderators Share Posted December 16, 2013 Wait until you see the Top 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 I watched Mud last night. A great little film with really good performances throughout. McConaughey is really great these days, I've always liked him but not enjoyed the shit he was in. The main young lad is excellent and even Reece Wetherspoon puts a decent little shift in. Michael Shannon manages to play a character that doesn't look like he wants to wear your skin for pyjamas and the whole story is just simple but really interesting. I can definitely see where the comparisons to Stand by Me come from but it's only similar in the feel of the film and it's a much more gritty and grown up experience. The review I read said there was a supernatural element similar to Take Shelter but there's really not, it's much more understated and I'd wager most people wouldn't make the same link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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