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Frog in the Sand
-+ Le premiere frog +-
France
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 Posted - 02/11/2006 : 06:17:37
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The best movie I've seen recently (on DVD) is
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Broken Face
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USA
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Posted - 02/11/2006 : 12:42:37
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ERASERHEAD
I'm ashamed to admit it, but i had never seen it until this past week. More straight-forward than i expected
-Brian
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
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Posted - 02/12/2006 : 03:42:23
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I´d love to read the screenplay of Eraserhead, it´d be random like "HENRY sits by his window. Somewhere a man is pulling levers."
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Buy your best friend flowers. Buy your lover a beer. Covet thy father. Covet thy neighbour's father. Honour thy lover's beer. Covet thy neighbour's father's wife's sister. Take her to bingo night. |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2006 : 07:01:33
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I saw Man On Fire last night. It had Christopher Walken in it, of course it was good.
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 02/12/2006 : 07:09:38
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Saw 1984 at a mate's house last night. Having not read the book, it was a little confusing at first, although I knew the basic dystopian-future premise. Very bleak throughout, the mirror opposite of a feel-good Hollywood movie. Great performances, John Hurt is perfect (he's just the quintessential off-beat English misfit, he often reminds me of Thom Yorke!) and Richard Burton deserved the acclaim he got for what was his last movie. Suzanna Hamilton is very good too (and very fanciable!). It's funny, Cyril Cusack appears in this and the similarly-themed Fahrenheit 415, which got me thinking, surely Bradbury was influenced by Orwell?! Also features Gregor Fisher (Rab C. Nesbitt!) and Roger Lloyd-Pack (Trigger in Only Fools And Horses) as a waiter, and David Cann (Brass Eye, Jam) as O' Brien's butler, Martin!! According to IMDB, Richard Branson (Virgin Films financed the movie) had The Eurythmics do some music for the film (he wanted David Bowie, but he asked for too much money!) and some of there music was put on the soundtrack, unbeknownst to director Michael Radford. In retaliation, he withdrew the picture from BAFTA consideration for Best Picture, and when he won the Evening Standard Best Film Of The Year award, he denounced The Eurythmics involvement in his televised acceptance speech. Annie Lennox has a cameo in the film.
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2006 : 13:31:07
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<mimes slapping Carl across face> Read 1984.
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Buy your best friend flowers. Buy your lover a beer. Covet thy father. Covet thy neighbour's father. Honour thy lover's beer. Covet thy neighbour's father's wife's sister. Take her to bingo night. |
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1485 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2006 : 19:07:58
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Originally posted by Broken Face
ERASERHEAD
I'm ashamed to admit it, but i had never seen it until this past week. More straight-forward than i expected
-Brian
Still haven't seen it either. I own the soundtrack though, that thing is out of control! |
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cassandra is
> Teenager of the Year <
France
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2006 : 07:53:04
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I saw that recently, too. Great stuff.
Newo, I watched 1984 at a friends house, he wanted to see it after finishing the book (he's just finished Animal Farm, too), which he recommended. According to him, the film follows the book very closely.
Watched Clockwise earlier (it was free with the News Of The World, which I would never normally buy, but I just thought I wouldn't checking the film out again). I saw it years ago with my parents in the cinema. Saw a tiny bit of it on TV again a while ago, but I couldn't remember if it was any way decent and I thought it might be a mildly entertaining caper. Sadly, it's a crock of shit. It's dated pretty badly (lots of mulleted schoolchildren), with a poor, clumsy script. John Cleese just wheels out his usual manic performance. And the music is ingratiatingly bad. It should have been called Carry On Cleese. It'd be rather quaint if it wasn't so bloody awful. By the way, checked it up on IMDB, and apparently the director Christopher Morahan did a 1965 TV version of 1984.
pas de dutchie! |
Edited by - Carl on 02/13/2006 07:59:27 |
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2006 : 08:08:41
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I just watched murder she wrote.
I have to get a fucking job |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2006 : 08:10:59
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Jessica Fletcher-the mother of our unemployed nations!
pas de dutchie! |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2006 : 10:50:47
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quote:
Originally posted by starmekitten
I just watched murder she wrote.
I have to get a fucking job
Why don't you become a crime solving author?
Did she not inspire you?
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 02/13/2006 : 11:47:54
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I watched the DVD that came with the new Belle and Sebastian album.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 02/13/2006 : 12:51:39
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Revisited John Waters POLYESTER yesterday. What a hilarious movie! It's impossible to even classify the comedy it's so ridiculously audacious.
"He's here, Francine. At first I thought he was out walking his dog...then I realized it was his date."
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 02/13/2006 : 18:36:12
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Originally posted by TRANSMARINE
Revisited John Waters POLYESTER yesterday. What a hilarious movie! It's impossible to even classify the comedy it's so ridiculously audacious.
"He's here, Francine. At first I thought he was out walking his dog...then I realized it was his date."
Hank the 8th was a duplicated man
-bRIAN
This is one of those movies that really changed the way I look at the art of film (and comedy for that matter). I think I was 16, I couldn't believe it.
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cassandra is
> Teenager of the Year <
France
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1834 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2006 : 10:39:56
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quote:
Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
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Originally posted by starmekitten
I just watched murder she wrote.
I have to get a fucking job
Why don't you become a crime solving author?
Did she not inspire you?
As a late friend said about fifteen years ago, it's sad to think that from now on there will always be Murder She Wrote reruns running somewhere on this planet. |
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1834 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2006 : 10:45:21
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2006 : 10:47:18
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Originally posted by Erebus
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Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
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Originally posted by starmekitten
I just watched murder she wrote.
I have to get a fucking job
Why don't you become a crime solving author?
Did she not inspire you?
As a late friend said about fifteen years ago, it's sad to think that from now on there will always be Murder She Wrote reruns running somewhere on this planet.
Oh dear, that's worse than trying to imagine Daisy and Steve's love children.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 02/14/2006 : 12:51:30
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Watched a a kind of horror-thriller called Christina's House last night, at a friend's. Utter crap. John Savage from The Deer Hunter was in it, and a guy from Final Destination. And Michael Buble's sister!! One of the characters was supposed to be like Brad Pitt in Fight Club. Woeful.
Watched Animal Farm on C4 this morning. I'm sure I've seen it before a few times as a kid.There are silly cartoon animal moments, but it is an interesting watch. According to IMDB:
"The CIA obtained the film rights to "Animal Farm" from Orwell's widow, Sonia, after his death and covertly funded the production as anti-Communist propaganda. Some sources assert that the ending of the story was altered by the CIA (in the book, the pigs and humans join forces) to press home their message, but it is equally possible that the more upbeat ending of the movie was an artistic decision, to give the film more audience appeal."
I'd heard something about this before.
pas de dutchie! |
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
7443 Posts |
Posted - 02/15/2006 : 05:41:58
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Yesterday I watched Jurassic Park II: The Lost World. Despite what you could imagine, it blew.
Denis
I love Guitar Wolf from the Erath! |
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 02/15/2006 : 07:30:02
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ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM
Informative and entertaining - but something was off.
-Brian
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 02/15/2006 : 07:50:11
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Originally posted by vilainde
Yesterday I watched Jurassic Park II: The Lost World. Despite what you could imagine, it blew.
That was crap. In fact, even the effects were crap, not anywhere near as good as the first. Part III is better, the effects are great in that, too.
pas de dutchie! |
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
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Posted - 02/15/2006 : 07:51:43
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Yeah the effects sucked. The movie was crap even for a Spielberg movie.
Denis
I love Guitar Wolf from the Erath! |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 02/15/2006 : 07:55:49
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Spielberg shouldn't do sequels. Remember Temple Of Doom?! It was probably enjoyable as a child, but I'm sure it'd be sucky watching it now, despite a couple of cool scenes.
pas de dutchie! |
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
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Posted - 02/15/2006 : 10:07:40
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Wolf Creek. Deliverance in the Australian Outback.
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 02/15/2006 : 10:20:17
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Originally posted by Broken Face
ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM
Informative and entertaining - but something was off.
-Brian
i think it was just the fact that it was too long and paint-by-numbers. but it is fascinating |
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Broken Face
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USA
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Posted - 02/15/2006 : 10:44:19
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i also didn't like a lot of the unneccessary shots of casino games whenever anyone mentioned taking a gamble.
-Brian
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floop
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Mexico
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Posted - 02/15/2006 : 10:55:18
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Originally posted by Broken Face
i also didn't like a lot of the unneccessary shots of casino games whenever anyone mentioned taking a gamble.
-Brian
i think what they were trying to do was connect the idea of "gambling" with the company stock to "gambling" in a casino. the casino games are a visual metaphor for gambling.
maybe you just didn't get the subtlty of it? |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 02/15/2006 : 15:29:01
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I just watched Mystic River. It was all going so so well until the small matter of a very unlikely ending.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 02/15/2006 : 15:32:47
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| what happened in the end? |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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Posted - 02/15/2006 : 15:59:11
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Has anybody seen Cache, the French film starring Juliette Binoche and Daniel Auteuil? I'd love to know what the scary scene is about but am too chickenshit to view it.
Thanks!
I got some heaven in my head
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 02/15/2006 : 16:21:43
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I saw it a few weeks ago, Kathryn (My little review is on the previous page). I don't want to give it away, but there is a sudden, shock moment in the film.
pas de dutchie! |
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therewererumours
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
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Posted - 02/15/2006 : 16:41:20
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I was meant to go see it a week or two ago but was too hungover to leave the house. Euro News gave it great reviews!! Has anyone seen an English film with Daniel Auteuil as a private detective who discovers a paedophile ring?
Shit animation, incoherent inexplicable storylines, but for some reason I love it(geek).
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floop
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Mexico
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Posted - 02/15/2006 : 16:51:31
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Originally posted by Carl
I saw it a few weeks ago, Kathryn (My little review is on the previous page). I don't want to give it away, but there is a sudden, shock moment in the film.
pas de dutchie!
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