Films

It should have been in cinemas longer then.

It was in the longest time we could get it in. Cinemas wouldnt give it a chance and people didnt go and watch it because they are dont want to listen to Shakespearean dialogue

Philistines.

Watched The Watch. Actually not that bad, bit of fun and not all the jokes were in the trailer. Ben Stiller wasn't a likeable character which may be why I liked it

watched Total Recall last night.
not great.
not terrible either.
Couple of good nods to the original Arnie film.
wouldnt recommend going to the pictures to see it, but lovefilm it when it comes out on BluRay.

Going to see The Watch tomorrows

30 years, who would believe it.
Scott Bukatman celebrates in BFI/Palgrave publication.

Submarine C4 tonight - if you've not seen it, do

Total Recall. Allegedly closer to the Philip K. Dick novel than the original film, but I'm not so sure.

I've actually ordered "We can sell it to you wholesale" to see whether or not this really is the case.

I didn't think it was possible to have someone one screen who is more wooden than Arnie, but Farrell achieves this feat easily.

Jessica Biel is much better than the directors' wife and Bill Nighy didn't have a big enough role, but overall the film is entertaining enough.

Six over ten.

Pretty high rating there for a film I expected would get 2 or 3 out of 10...

The cinematography and CGI was fairly good.

why are there so few decent movies on demand included with a subscription to lovefilm?

i seem to spend ages just trawling through lists of straight to dvd films that i would never want to see

any suggestions for decent movies that i can watch for free on lovefilm (though i guess it will be all the ones i have seen so far)

Film4oD looks good.

Not sure how the cost compares but they've got some decent stuff on there, new and old: "Watch brand new films instantly online or download to watch offline."

Watched This Is England again last night. Masterpiece.

Watched The Imposter last night.

Great film/documentary. Can't believe how so many people were manipulated.....

Watched This Is England again last night. Masterpiece.

Left a nasty taste in my mouth, didn't like it one bit

don't watch the series then.

The one with Thomas turgood?that's fucking.dynamite that.

didn't watch the series...well. tell a lie, watched 15 mins, thought it was shit

Just found this:

Its from the 1962 tradin card series that the '96 film 'Mars Attacks' was based on.
from wikipedia :

Bob Wood who did the concept sketches and then
Bob Powell redid them as finished cartoons and then Norm Saunders did the paintings that were the finals for the cards. The original paintings are surprisingly small- almost postcard size.

Finally watched Downfall last night. Wow! It is such an intense film. The scene with the kids is almost unwatchable as a parent. Great casting and acting. Woke up this morning still feeling a little bit drained from the experience.

yes excellent film, is that the cyanide scene?

Yes. It makes me uncomfortable to think about it now. Ice cold.

Hello clever people. I'm trying to come up with films that give a central role to the character or theme of kingship/monarchy throughout the ages. In particular:

Pre-history or tribal (Apocolypto? I've not seen it)
Antiquity (Alexander? Anything about Egypt that's decent?)
The middle-ages (A Man for All Seasons?)
Absolutism, the Enlightenment, and the French revolution (To Kill a King?)
Constitutional monarchy (King's Speech? Elizabeth? Haven't seen either).

Really, anything that broadly can fit into those categories (or even outside of them slightly).

Thoughts?

Time Bandits

Then you're fully covered

Bill and Ted, covers everything also.

Last night I watched Hybrid (SuperHybrid in USA)
Incredibly bad acting, terrible plot holes, awful CGI.
I quite enjoyed it...