Paid Members gmoney Posted September 21, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted September 21, 2023 Are you thinking of the musical stage adaption? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 Just now, gmoney said: Are you thinking of the musical stage adaption? Not a patch on This Is Spinal Tap or O Brother Where Art Thou. They are superior musicals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted September 21, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted September 21, 2023 Least favourite musical? I'd have to say Human Traffic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted September 21, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted September 21, 2023 I really like the musical The Last Waltz though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, gmoney said: Least favourite musical? I'd have to say Human Traffic. It’s no Citizen Kane, that’s for sure.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 3 minutes ago, gmoney said: Least favourite musical? I'd have to say Human Traffic. Off topic but I have to say, I have a massive soft spot for that film and watching it back not long ago, it hasn't aged terribly. Really good fun. And Dyer is just fantastic. "You know, really fucking hurt the geezer" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted September 21, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted September 21, 2023 (edited) I had a mate who was obsessed with it, and would put it on whenever we went around. I've conservatively seen it about 25 times. I loathe it, but Dyer is the bright spot. The worst bit is obviously the national anthem scene. Edited September 21, 2023 by gmoney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 13 minutes ago, gmoney said: I had a mate who was obsessed with it, and would put it on whenever we went around. I've conservatively seen it about 25 times. I loathe it, but Dyer is the bright spot. The worst bit is obviously the national anthem scene. I wasn't obsessed with it, but we would put it on a lot when stoned. Me and a mate still use the phrase "Who the hell you been ringing in Taiwan boy?" to each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cousin Jim Bob Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 45 minutes ago, gmoney said: I had a mate who was obsessed with it, and would put it on whenever we went around. I've conservatively seen it about 25 times. I loathe it, but Dyer is the bright spot. The worst bit is obviously the national anthem scene.  I saw the film a few times as I was clubber and in college/Uni in the late 90's. I remember thinking it was fun at the time but I couldn't remember much. I could barely even make it through the trailer after seeing it mentioned here, I was cringing so much. Fucking hell at that national anthem scene. @SuperBacon you are a cracking poster but " it hasn't aged terribly" vs the below evidence. Hmm.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 Yeah, fair enough. 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 That scene really carries on the spirit and genius of Busby Berkeley, doesn’t it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted September 21, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted September 21, 2023 I was in the mood for something low-brow and amusing, and so gave this a try. Â How could you not love that artwork? Unfortunately, that's the only good point. It's low budget, but so are other far better films. This is mostly people sat around talking about nothing in particular until one of them decides to go into the house, where they get murdered by the local alternative to Michael Myers. There's not even much humour to make up for it. Avoid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organizedkaos Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 (edited) Artwork reminds me of point horror / fear street book covers from back in the day. Â And yeah i never got Human Traffic despite being very much of that world. Raving is like masturbation, great fun but i'm not that fussed about watching other people do it nor witter on about how cool they are for doing it. I genuinely was hoping something bad would befall Danny Dyer's character as at least it would give the film a point (albeit a trite "drugs are bad" point). Instead they smirk and say something about "when you've done too much it's time to chill out" and then the film just carries on thinking it's the coolest fucking thing in the world. There's a couple amusing observations (the Howard Marks bit, the comedown bit) but yeah it's just all so bloody self satisfied. Also far too many normal people for underground dance music Edited September 22, 2023 by organizedkaos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted September 22, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted September 22, 2023 surely a musical requires the songs to actively either move the plot forward, or to express the characters' motivations through song? It can't just be any film in which characters sing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organizedkaos Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 (edited) To say something more positive - I would thoroughly recommend Eden (the Mia Hansen-Løve one not the human trafficing one) which slaps my Rave/Masturbation analogy in the face for being a dickhead Felt it really captures rave/club culture and it's based on the writer/director's brothers actual experiences in the Paris music scene in the 90s. Which means you get some nice hopefully true moments like a pair of teenagers turning up at a house party with their first pressed record and being desperate to put it on. They do, and you watch a house party full of people start to listen to "Da Funk" for the first time (Daft Punk are sort of Jay and Silent Bob in the film) It also gets into the darker side of that scene pretty well. The whole film basically comes up them comes down  Edited September 22, 2023 by organizedkaos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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