Films

The Stoning of Soraya M.

very sad film

"hobo with a shotgun", a rutger hauer classic, all the elements of a fine film, extreme violence, nudity, extreme violence, extreme violence, extreme violence and puppies !

very sad film

Yes, brutally sad, one of those movie that will fill with rage the night after. I love it, it grabs you slowly, doesn't jump and shout at you, it's very subtle.

Speaking of sad films, finally caught this the other night

Frankly jarring. Definitely for those used to that gritty social-realism stuff.

Anyone else seen Amores Perros? Thinking of watching it again tonight

Amores perros is terrific. a powerful film and well worth a second look.
Saw Doubt yesterday which was understated yet really highlighted how catholic priests manage to get away with molesting kids and stay being priests. great acting by meryl streep and seymore hoffman

Anyone into Middle Eastern cinema? Looking for some good titles, especially Arabic films.

Aladdin?

Subversive messages in Aladdin.

Watched black swan the weekend. Odd. And not that good.
Also saw Shrek 4 - shit like all the others
And La Horde, a French zombie film. Attack the block meets Dead Rising.
Was ok but there are better zombie flicks out there.

Senna. Legend. See it.

Was no one else disappointed by the Senna film? Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it. But it was still a bit disappointing.

What disappointed you mick. The design of the cars?;)

I've heard rumours they are remaking some John Carpenter classics.
They Live, which is fucking awesome
Escape from NY, why? It's brilliant.

To make up for it i'll be watching what I think is one of the most underrated films of the past few decades:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB-AUTGqUCU

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life of Kyle

What disappointed you mick. The design of the cars?;)

Hah! If only they raced cars like that today, I would enjoy F1 a lot more!

I dunno, it was just too much of a Prost v Senna thing. No mention of any of his other great rivals, no Mansell, no Berger, nothing on his influence on Schumacher. I know they need to keep the film relatively short, but they could've put so much more in. Or maybe it's just more suited to a short TV documentry series as opposed to a film.

Though i've gotta admit, the continuous onboard footage on the laps leading up to the crash, very well done. Hard to watch, but well done.

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life of Kyle

For some reason the forum won't let me embed youtube videos, been doing it for the past day or two. Grr.

The Fifth Element, amazing special effects that still look great 14 years later, great cast, amazing soundtrack and an absolutely gorgeous setting.

For some reason the forum won't let me embed youtube videos, been doing it for the past day or two. Grr.

probably just as well :)

Kylie in 3D

Wait, WHAT?!

My sentiment exactly!

The Fifth Element, amazing special effects that still look great 14 years later, great cast, amazing soundtrack and an absolutely gorgeous setting.

Yep, still looks immaculate. Love it. Oh and my Mum's in it, by the way.

Hah! If only they raced cars like that today, I would enjoy F1 a lot more!

I dunno, it was just too much of a Prost v Senna thing. No mention of any of his other great rivals, no Mansell, no Berger, nothing on his influence on Schumacher. I know they need to keep the film relatively short, but they could've put so much more in. Or maybe it's just more suited to a short TV documentry series as opposed to a film.

Though i've gotta admit, the continuous onboard footage on the laps leading up to the crash, very well done. Hard to watch, but well done.

They were probably limited by the footage and audio they had. I found it refreshing they made it without any specially shot footage or a narrator.
And it wasn't just Prost v Senna. Anyway, each to their own.

I wasn't saying it was just Prost v Senna, I was saying that I found it a little too focussed on it. There were some amazing battles with Mansell that weren't shown, some great (and pretty funny) stories with Berger, and of course his role in Schumacher's development as a driver.

But like I said, I did enjoy it.

Hah! If only they raced cars like that today, I would enjoy F1 a lot more!

I dunno, it was just too much of a Prost v Senna thing. No mention of any of his other great rivals, no Mansell, no Berger, nothing on his influence on Schumacher. I know they need to keep the film relatively short, but they could've put so much more in. Or maybe it's just more suited to a short TV documentry series as opposed to a film.

Though i've gotta admit, the continuous onboard footage on the laps leading up to the crash, very well done. Hard to watch, but well done.

totally agree. while we're on it i thought a lot of the sub-godspeed generic moody post-rock soundtrack irritatingly lame.

it's a shame that so little footage from that era was shot on film. sad that that all that exists of this amazing time is grainy, low res and badly coloured video. some of it looking like it was taped on well used vhs off someone's half-tuned telly then left in the attic for 10 years. if you think of the beautiful b&w archive footage of the likes of jim clarke and graham hill era, it just doesn't compare.

also a lot's been made of the fact that it's a film that's accessible to non F1 fans... id' go further and say that it's almost exclusively aimed at non F1 fans. I got the feeling that anyone who was even slightly interested or knew anything of that period would find themselves unsatisfied with the lack of detail. i wanted to know more about the cars, the tracks, the other drivers, the nitty gritty of it. as mccarthy says, it wasn't all about the relationship between prost and senna.

one of the most moving scenes for me was where he was on the podium in sao paulo in '91 almost totally immobilised with muscle spasms in his shoulders trying... almost failing... and eventually just managing to hoist the trophy above his head.

the scene from the bonkers brazilian christmas tv show was my favourite though. it's like that simpsons episode where bart's watching a spanish language kids show featuring tastle-twirling strippers, dancing elephants, glitter expolosions and inexplicably and man dressed as a giant dancing bug. oy oy oy. no me gusta!