List the films you've seen at the cinema: 2008
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Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Subtitles don't make a film badmozzy said:
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
mozzy said:
Hurray! I fucking love that film.
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
Thanks for clarifyingtastebud said:
I thought maybe it was just a listings thread for you to gather statistics for your files 
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
first of the year
Retour en Normandie
interesting documentary, in parts, dragged a bit in others tbh, a film maker returns to normandy 30 years after he helped to make a film there, the original film; "Moi, Pierre Rivière, ayant égorgé ma mère, ma soeur et mon frère" (I, Pierre Rivière, having cut the throat of my mother, my sister and my brother)." was based on a murder in the area in the 1830s (plot handily summarised in the title ) , many of the characters in the original film were played by locals, so he went back to see them again, to see what they were doing, warning it includes a really graphic scene of pig slaughter...
Retour en Normandie
interesting documentary, in parts, dragged a bit in others tbh, a film maker returns to normandy 30 years after he helped to make a film there, the original film; "Moi, Pierre Rivière, ayant égorgé ma mère, ma soeur et mon frère" (I, Pierre Rivière, having cut the throat of my mother, my sister and my brother)." was based on a murder in the area in the 1830s (plot handily summarised in the title
) , many of the characters in the original film were played by locals, so he went back to see them again, to see what they were doing, warning it includes a really graphic scene of pig slaughter...
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
Really? I was thinking it might be worth seeing - but maybe that's just me buying the hype 
Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
Went to watch No Country For Old Men last night - impressions? Pretty good, I suppose, great performances mainly, beautifully shot but the storyline meandered a little bit and just didn't quite hang together for me. Very enjoyable none the less but maybe not as good as Fargo imo.
So my list now stands at a mighty 2!!
The Lives of Others (7/10)
No Country for Old Men (8/10)
So my list now stands at a mighty 2!!
The Lives of Others (7/10)
No Country for Old Men (8/10)
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
Mmm, I saw NCFOM too - it was interesting and watchable but I agree it didn't quite hang together. It's also quite a bleak view of humanity and I left feeling a bit depressed. And I didn't find any of the characters - including tommy lee jones - particularly likeable, which didn't help. (6/10)
Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
I dunno, I was quite sad when Josh Hilton's character was found shot in the motel, he was quite a warm character. TLJ's sheriff seemed to be finding it all a bit quick for him and i thought he was a bit underused tbh. The psycho-guy, Anton, was grimly menacing but Woody Harrelson's character felt pointless really.
Reno
The In Kraut
It might be an idea to put a spoiler tag on this if you absolutely have to give the end away:
http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=234702
...not that the actor is called Josh Hilton, but it's easy to figure out who you mean.
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
Because I am a simple man with simple tastesWhy do you need to have likeable characters to enjoy a film?
I don't *always* need it, but if the characters are unlikeable it has to be redeemed by something else being brilliant - preferably the plot. But the plot of NCFOM is...minimal let's say, so there was nothing to counterbalance the absence of likeable characters and really draw you into the film.
I'm a proponent of the idea that fictional films should be entertainment, rather than intellectual exercises, and for it to be good entertainment you've got to have something to draw you into the world of the film. I'm not sure NCFOM had that.
Because I am a simple man with simple tastes
I don't *always* need it, but if the characters are unlikeable it has to be redeemed by something else being brilliant - preferably the plot. But the plot of NCFOM is...minimal let's say, so there was nothing to counterbalance the absence of likeable characters and really draw you into the film.
What about the wonderful dialogue, the exemplary camerawork, the excellent performances, the curious narrative, the startling violence? For starters, like..
Well let's assume you're right in your distinction between 'entertainment' and 'intellectual exercises' (it's a totally bogus distinction IMO - do you really compartmentalise your activities like that?
). What about NCFOM strikes you as an 'intellectual exercise'. It's hardly Last Year At Marienbad, is it?
Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
What is he called? I thought that was his name?
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
Each to their own
Each to their own
Booorrring answer.
If you follow the 'each to his own' line, Urban surely becomes a series of lists?
Paulie Tandoori
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Aha, that's the one. Where the fuck did i dig Hilton up from i wonder???
Aha, that's the one. Where the fuck did i dig Hilton up from i wonder???
Wanking over 'that' vid again?
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
Easily the best film i've seen this year and probably last year. A real breath of fresh air.
Also Old Country 4 Old Men - good but not quite as brilliant as everyone makes. I think it's the material that is overly familiar e.g. guns , murder , psychopaths, drug deals, mexican border and stuff.
Silent Light - terrific meditative epic, pain, stasis , adultery and medieval german in some weird part of Mexico
Alice in the Cities - Wim Wenders travelogue currently on release again, charming little film.
I'm not there - ? hard to pronounce critical judgements on , Cate Blanchett was hilarious and brilliant though.
we saw 27 Dresses last weekend....its was a garden-variety chick flick but above average....3 out of 4 stars
Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
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