Paid Members Surf Digby Posted July 30, 2009 Paid Members Posted July 30, 2009 Hush. <-- click on 'spoiler' to show/hide the spoiler Two people die instantly from being poked in the eye with small wrenches, in different scenes. [close spoiler] ");document.close(); <-- click on 'spoiler' to show/hide the spoiler Were they in audience? [close spoiler] ");document.close();
Paid Members Green Posted July 30, 2009 Paid Members Posted July 30, 2009 I'm thinking about watching the Twin Peaks movie on the ITV Player, but one thing is stopping me. Would watching the series be essential ? It's a prologue, however I'd recommend watching the first season at least just so you have a better idea of what's going on.
organizedkaos Posted July 30, 2009 Posted July 30, 2009 (edited) The Twin Peaks movie also reveals the murderer which is a key plot point the first and half the second series is based on. Plus contains references to stuff that happens in the last episode of the series. Whilst it occurs before the series it's by no means a first chapter in the story, it's definately the last Twin Peaks is approximately my favourite thing ever, but even I would discourage people from watching it if they're gonna watch the movie first. Edited July 30, 2009 by organizedkaos
NEWM Posted July 30, 2009 Posted July 30, 2009 I Love You Man, now out on DVD (rip). Loved it at the cinema, watched it last night and still loved it. If there had been no Bruno, it would be the funniest film of 2009 for me, Paul Rudd is absolutely phenomenal at being Paul Rudd in this one, even better than he normally is.
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted July 30, 2009 Paid Members Posted July 30, 2009 And Jamie Lee Curtis topless in Trading Places is the single greatest thing ever. best tits ever.
Loki Posted July 30, 2009 Posted July 30, 2009 Hush. Absolute garbage. There was nothing you haven't seen better done in Duel, Breakdown, Joyride and so on and so on. The opening ten minutes has the clunkiest exposition I've ever seen, and the dialogue itself was atrocious. I was openly calling everything that happened the entire way through (I'm hard), and I've never seen a more predictable, by-the-numbers film. I've put some plot points in spoilers, but you'd be saving yourself by not watching it. <-- click on 'spoiler' to show/hide the spoiler A dog shows up, he's obviously going to be killed with an offscreen whimper by the bad guy, to denote that the bad guy is close, and he is. Someone he runs into for help turns out to be in on it. Protagonist convinces the police to help him, only to have the policeman killed 2 seconds later. There are two (!!) scenes of looking for someone in toilets, obviously supposed to be tense and Hitchcockian, but just shit. Quick, lift your feet up! Of course when someone looks under the door - gasp! - they're not actually in there. This same cat & mouse bait and switch is used numerous times. No cell phone reception, only when it suits the attempts at tension, ditto no fuel. The villain was a hoody wearing charicature. The whole thing is shockingly pointless without an original thought in its 80 minutes. Two people die instantly from being poked in the eye with a small wrench and a nail respectively, in different scenes. No gurgling, no thrashing about, just "I've got an inch of metal in my eye, I R DEAD" [close spoiler] ");document.close(); It was also shot with this irritating shakeycam in closeups with a pointless soft focus glow for the external scenes. Surprise surprise, Mark "not a fucking clue" Kermode loved it, and although he is mates with the director, I suspect this specific piece of evidence of him knowing nothing at all was mostly just down to him talking out of his arse. Which film are you talking about here, Woyzeck?
patiirc Posted July 30, 2009 Posted July 30, 2009 Levity, Morgan Freeman, Holly Hunter , Kirsten Dunst and Billy Bob Thornton.. its about a man looking for redemption for a horrible thing he did inhis past. BBT in full Sling Blade, Slack-Jaw mode, Morgan Freeman who is a preacher with a twist.. Kirsten Dunst. trampy groupy mode, and Holly Hunter as a milf. Aside from the casting which should have made a great film, its far too drawn out and pretentious. Having read up on it, The film was some blokes labour of love. It shows, but my god is it boring. nothing really happens and the film meanders to its inevitable conclusion. BBT shot one of Holly's sons and then stops her other son from shooting someone else, but gets shot but doesnt die. A curious at best. More fun was had watching Stalingrad from the producers of Das Boot Shows the attack on Stalingrad from the German perspective, picked it up cheap on DVD and hadnt seen it in years. Its a bleak film, and is one of the earlier films not to glamourise WW2, full of tales of woe, beautifully shot. I cant recommend it enough. The english dub with the high pitched voices is sometimes unintentionally hilarious. Its down right miserable in tone but chocked full of black humour, as it follows one of the platoons from Italy to their eventual end. Brilliant Flags of Our Fathers was also quite good, based on the attack of Iwo Jima, and told through flashback, it is predominanlty about the story who raised the flag over Iwo Jima. Initially the narritive is confusing as it jumps from present to past , even further in the past, present and then past again, but is well worth carrying on. Shot with a limited budget, it has an amazing cast including Neal McDonough, playing a another Captain/Lieutenant. The fight scenes arent utterly pivotal to the story as its more about the fall out/PTSD that the survivors had, but its good none the less. Will get round to watching Letters from Iwo Jima at some point as a companion piece.
Paid Members Carbomb Posted July 30, 2009 Paid Members Posted July 30, 2009 Flags of Our Fathers was also quite good, based on the attack of Iwo Jima, and told through flashback, it is predominanlty about the story who raised the flag over Iwo Jima. Initially the narritive is confusing as it jumps from present to past , even further in the past, present and then past again, but is well worth carrying on. Shot with a limited budget, it has an amazing cast including Neal McDonough, playing a another Captain/Lieutenant. The fight scenes arent utterly pivotal to the story as its more about the fall out/PTSD that the survivors had, but its good none the less. Will get round to watching Letters from Iwo Jima at some point as a companion piece. You need to see Letters From Iwo Jima - it's very good. As I understand it, it's not just a companion piece; it's the other side of the coin. There are parts of FOOF that occur from different angles in LFIJ, as well as a couple of character perspectives. Watched The 13th Warrior last night, and I have to wonder why it's received such a slating; I enjoyed it a great deal, and appreciated the efforts to cover up the plot holes without seeming patronising or simplistic. I also love how it's basically a humanistic take on the Beowulf saga; every possible supernatural element is explained away clearly as human behaviour or tactics. My only real disappointment is that Banderas makes almost no attempt to dispense with the Spanish accent when playing an Arab; I know it's difficult to even manage an English accent when acting in English and it's not your native language, but come on - just a tad lazy, I think.
JV John Vollman Posted July 30, 2009 Posted July 30, 2009 I Love You Man, now out on DVD (rip). Loved it at the cinema, watched it last night and still loved it. If there had been no Bruno, it would be the funniest film of 2009 for me, Paul Rudd is absolutely phenomenal at being Paul Rudd in this one, even better than he normally is. That out already? Very good film actually, I enjoyed it. Paul Rudd is generally top class. His bird is fit in that too.
DJ Stevie C Posted July 30, 2009 Posted July 30, 2009 Flags of Our Fathers was also quite good, based on the attack of Iwo Jima, and told through flashback, it is predominanlty about the story who raised the flag over Iwo Jima. Initially the narritive is confusing as it jumps from present to past , even further in the past, present and then past again, but is well worth carrying on. Shot with a limited budget, it has an amazing cast including Neal McDonough, playing a another Captain/Lieutenant. The fight scenes arent utterly pivotal to the story as its more about the fall out/PTSD that the survivors had, but its good none the less. Will get round to watching Letters from Iwo Jima at some point as a companion piece. You need to see Letters From Iwo Jima - it's very good. As I understand it, it's not just a companion piece; it's the other side of the coin. There are parts of FOOF that occur from different angles in LFIJ, as well as a couple of character perspectives. Can I second this. The movie acts as if it's shot by a sympathetic Japanese director which is amazing considering. Very well shot and a lot more together than flags of our fathers which was good but as you said it was a bit all over the place.
Loki Posted July 30, 2009 Posted July 30, 2009 Yeah, I liked Flags Of Our Fathers, but it was a bit sprawling and erratic, and reminded me far too much of The Thin Red Line, except not as good. It did also come across as quite jingoistic, so I'm looking forward to seeing Iwo Jima to counteract that. I just got the impression that Clint realised he'd never made a WW2 film, and so tried to find a story to film, rather than finding a great story and wanting to film it.
patiirc Posted July 30, 2009 Posted July 30, 2009 I got a Flags/Letters double pack, so will watch Letters when i get the chance and dont feel so shite.... Loki, was thinking of TheThin Red Line, when i wrote the review, havent seen that in an age. I lent it to the Father (to be) in law, and not sure Ive ever had it back.
children of bodom Posted July 30, 2009 Posted July 30, 2009 I know loads of people will hate this news but I enjoy his movies so i love this news rob zombie has signed to do halloween 3
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