Films

I have opposite views from the experience but agree an excellent film
'Ho Chi Minh'

Watched the The Baader Meinhof Complex last night.
As ive pretty much decided to only watch german cinema this year.

Tells a glamorised story of Left winged militants - the Red Army Faction

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baader_Meinhof_Complex

I've been meaning to watch this. I read a little about Astrid Proll in Hackney, That Rose Red Empire (which incidentally is an excellent book if you're a Hackney local or interested in local history in general) and it sounded bloody interesting.

I watched House of Games last night. Being a Mammet fan I enjoyed it but think others would too. Recommended.

Finally watched Django Unchained and The Place Beyond the Pines.

What was the beef with Django? I really enjoyed it. Seemed like a classic Tarantino film. I did a lot of laughing and a lot of looking away because it was crazy gory.

TPBTP. I felt that this was a great film. I managed to make the jump from being totally behind RyGo to being totally behind Bradley Cooper without a problem. Good film-making? The end was was quite tense and I kept trying to guess in which direction the film would go, I enjoyed where it went and I didn't predict it. Felt really bad for Eva Mendes's character. Seemed like she got a bum deal.

'After Earth' - I found it to be better than I thought it was going to be. Yes, they don't publicise the fact its an M.Night film. Probably because it is quite different to his other movies, this one actually does what it says on the can. A bit obvious perhaps, but well executed and doesn't drag on. Its only 100 minutes long!

Its a shame I missed 'The Place Beyond The Pines' in the cinema, waiting for the bluray now.

TPBTP seemed to go on for far too long when the story in itself was pretty thin on the ground. Nice music throughout though, which I believe was handled by Mike Patton.

'After Earth' - I found it to be better than I thought it was going to be. Yes, they don't publicise the fact its an M.Night film. Probably because it is quite different to his other movies, this one actually does what it says on the can. A bit obvious perhaps, but well executed and doesn't drag on. Its only 100 minutes long!

Its a shame I missed 'The Place Beyond The Pines' in the cinema, waiting for the bluray now.

Prince Charles Cinema. Still showing it once a day. Get in there quick, that's where I saw it on Sunday.

TPBTP seemed to go on for far too long when the story in itself was pretty thin on the ground. Nice music throughout though, which I believe was handled by Mike Patton.

It definitely felt LONG. I thought it was over 2.5 hours but it wasn't even quite 2? I wasn't bored though, I didn't feel like I wanted it to end, but I did feel like I wanted to know where it was going, quicker than it was telling me.

I watched The Act of Killing yesterday.

Really bizarre and disgusting and chilling, highly recommended. It opens at the Ritzy on Friday with a director's cut and Q&A which should be well worth checking out.

Open City Doc Fest ?

What an extraordinary film this is. The unpunished perpetrators of an anti-communist death squad in 1965/6 Indonesia are given a chance to reconstruct their crimes for the benefit of a documentary. A bizarre and unsettling window into the psychology of genocide. Brilliant. IMO

Nice music throughout though, which I believe was handled by Mike Patton.

It was and it was.

I really struggled with this film because there was a lot I liked in it but a lot that just didn't work for me. In my mind the film is essentially a triptych:

1. Moto Bandit
   
2. Police corruption
   
3. The kids
   
   

The Gosling story (1) was by far the most gripping in my eyes. I didn't want it to end and I missed it when it did. There was so much to like - a brilliant, flawed hero, a tense, unsustainable love triangle and great camaraderie between the two thieves.

The Ray Liotta vs Bradley Cooper story (2) promised a lot but delivered little. I enjoyed RL and the general air of menace and I think the situation had so much potential but it was just quickly resolved and then put to bed never to return.

The sins of the fathers revisiting the sons in (3) just bored me to tears. Too long, too soppy and a bit predictable. I kept waiting for the backlash from the corruption beef to raise it's head but it never did. I didn't much like anyone in this segment.

I enjoyed this film and it's really refreshing to see someone be so ambitious with their filmmaking but TPBYP was wildly unfocused and a bit of a mess.

Incredible Burt Wonderstone - How's The Show Going - YouTube

I don't know about the film, but Jay Mohr always makes me laugh.

It was and it was.

I really struggled with this film because there was a lot I liked in it but a lot that just didn't work for me. In my mind the film is essentially a triptych:

1. Moto Bandit
   
2. Police corruption
   
3. The kids
   
   

The Gosling story (1) was by far the most gripping in my eyes. I didn't want it to end and I missed it when it did. There was so much to like - a brilliant, flawed hero, a tense, unsustainable love triangle and great camaraderie between the two thieves.

The Ray Liotta vs Bradley Cooper story (2) promised a lot but delivered little. I enjoyed RL and the general air of menace and I think the situation had so much potential but it was just quickly resolved and then put to bed never to return.

The sins of the fathers revisiting the sons in (3) just bored me to tears. Too long, too soppy and a bit predictable. I kept waiting for the backlash from the corruption beef to raise it's head but it never did. I didn't much like anyone in this segment.

I enjoyed this film and it's really refreshing to see someone be so ambitious with their filmmaking but TPBYP was wildly unfocused and a bit of a mess.

It had potential to be amazing but 2/3rds of it just didnt work. Some of the shot in the Ryan Gosling part were ace and the story was brilliant. My favourite song in it it was Che-Suicide. Absolute tune.

It was beautifully crafted but not very interesting. I gave up all hope when they played the overly
dramatic music when Ray Liottas character was arrested. A corrupt village cop and they made it sound like
they brought some genocidal war criminal to justice.

Saw The east and Hummingbird last night. Both are mehhhh

That Liberace movie is a bit boring. The trailer is better.
I don't know what it is but there doesn't seem to be much of a story there.

It's a biopic. It's about characters and relationships.

yea, nothing interesting there either.

All biopics are dull

Multiplex hangover film today. Man of Steel or World War Z?

Wwz!!

Open City Doc Fest ?

What an extraordinary film this is. The unpunished perpetrators of an anti-communist death squad in 1965/6 Indonesia are given a chance to reconstruct their crimes for the benefit of a documentary. A bizarre and unsettling window into the psychology of genocide. Brilliant. IMO

Sorry, only just saw this, yes I was there as well. Sadly the only film I got to see at the Docs Fest this year, but there were so many playing that looked fascinating.

World War Zzzzzzzz

How bad?

fairly. Not epic enough, and just quite boring......hard to feel any sympathy for their predicament - Brad's character isn't particularly likeable, his Wife one dimensional and very annoying, and his youngest Daughter is a nervous wreck/attention queen a la Tom Cruise's Daughter in War of the Worlds. Very samey

I havent seen it yet and with these sort of reviews I think I'll wait for the dvd.