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Originally Posted by jackhammer (Post 496314)

^^^^

Demons is cheesy briliance. Directed by Lamberto Bava, son of the legendary Italian director Mario Bava.

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Oh dear Oh dear. What is Happening to Cronenberg? Whilst I am definitely all in favour of artists branching out, in the case of Cronenberg his emotionally cold and sterile world views were perfect for his particular brand of body horror. When we hit the real world this emotional detachment is a hindrance as we try to find allegiances with the characters on screen.

It certainly isnt a bad film but it could have been so much better. Naomi Watts is severely under used which is a shame as she is a fantastic dramatic actress. Vincent Cassell is quite frankly an embarrasment ( whose idea was it for a French actor to play a Russian with a smattering of English lines?). The language of the film annoyed me too. The film is about Russian gangsters so why are we treated to British inflected Russian accents punctuated by sentences of Russian? Surely we could have watched the film with the language Russian itself punctuated by English. A Russian father and son who come from Russia are hardly going to speak English all the time are they?

The violence ( as is the norm for Cronenberg) is expertly handled-brutal and without compromise. However I was never engaged in any of the characters and finished the film severly dissapointed.

I won't say to ignore this film at all, as it has a lot of admirers but a new Cronenberg film was usually cause for celebration and intrigue-how will he mess with us now. Lately though his direction and choices are becoming increasingly banal.

For a similar themed view of London and tangible plot points try 'Dirty Pretty Things' from a couple of years ago. Far more rewarding.

I enjoyed it more then a history of violence. What cronenberg film would you reccomend the most?

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Originally Posted by matious (Post 496577)

I enjoyed it more then a history of violence. What cronenberg film would you reccomend the most?

Videodrome is his absolute masterpiece but it's very surreal. Try Dead Ringers next maybe.

Dead Ringers :love:

anyway the premise of this film was too ridiculous even for Pixar, and after what seemed like hours looked at my watch to discover the film was only half finished... beautiful to look at, but just lacklustre by their standards really, strictly one for the nippers.

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I guess it must've been A Hard Day's Night. I had mixed feelings about it.

I walked out of Cars, that was some bs.

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Originally Posted by jackhammer (Post 496314)

For a similar themed view of London and tangible plot points try 'Dirty Pretty Things' from a couple of years ago. Far more rewarding.

Yeah, saw that. That bitch from Amelie was in it, right? Mmm, I'd like to remove her organs.

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Great flim based on the glam rock scene. Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Brain Slade a character based on David Bowie and Ewan McGregor as Kurt Wild who is based on Iggy Pop. And Christian Bale and Eddie Izzard are also in it.

The Recruit (on TNT) last night. I really liked it was my first time seeing it. Reminded me of Breech, which was another political, US government thriller.

In the theater I saw Han**** which actually a little underwhelming. Its been getting a ton of press but its not like a groundbreaking movie or anything. It's worth seeing though.

Delicatessen

7/10

I loved the visual style, but the story/characters should have been fleshed out a lot more. It's obvious that Jean-Pierre Jeunet was only starting out as a film director. Overall, it's a very original and interesting film.

^agree with you 100% on 'Delicatessen', it relied too much on it's quirkiness.

Watched half of the jackhammer-recommended 'Dirty Pretty Things' and was infuriated when the videostream ****ed up. I love British films when they get them right, which invariably these days takes the form of a gritty social commentary. Daily Mail readers take note on this 'un.

Also 'Ratatouille', which is hands down my favourite Pixar film now. Still family-orientated ofcourse but just painstakingly executed in every way and free of vomit-inducing songs in the soundtrack.