What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

Piss Me Off · 09-15-2008, 02:51 PM

Sounds intriguing, i'll add it to my enormous mental list of must-sees.

Molecules · 09-15-2008, 02:57 PM

^^will be checking out 'Dark City'... as for Equilibrium I loved the 'gun kata'.. but like you said it just wasn't solid, like a patchwork of dystopian cliches (yes those bloody bleak dystopian futurescapes again!)

Speaking of which I just bought and watched Jean Luc-Godard's sci-fi/noir 'Alphaville' on VHS as part of a personal campaign to embrace French cinema once and for all. 'Alpha 60' is the super-advanced computer that controls a giant city of French automatons where emotion is banned and logic is law. Going on the only other Godard film I've seen (Breathless) was good cause I loved this. Cheap and cheerful, everything you want from yer grainy arthouse fun-fest.

edit: the main protagonist is called Lemmy Caution. nuff sed

jackhammer · 09-15-2008, 03:05 PM

OOOOOOOOOO French cinema. I will return with some pointers after the footie 2nd half.

Piss Me Off · 09-15-2008, 06:44 PM

Finally watched Some Kind of Monster just now. Not sure if it was worth the massive wait but i got a few laughs out of it and i'm enjoying some good old riffage right now. Does anyone else find that they watch a doc about a band and end up listening to them for the next week obsessively?

WWWP · 09-15-2008, 07:07 PM

Watching it now... yikes.

cardboard adolescent · 09-15-2008, 08:30 PM

Alphaville is awesome. Have you seen 8 1/2 yet Molecules?

Molecules · 09-15-2008, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent

Alphaville is awesome. Have you seen 8 1/2 yet Molecules?

possibly saw it in a film lecture many moons ago. that's Fellini right? and i'm an idiot for not knowing straight away?

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Originally Posted by Piss Me Off

Finally watched Some Kind of Monster just now. Not sure if it was worth the massive wait but i got a few laughs out of it and i'm enjoying some good old riffage right now. Does anyone else find that they watch a doc about a band and end up listening to them for the next week obsessively?

i loved the mustaine/ulrich therapy session, hilarious. you just know he'd been spraying mouthfuls of whisky on their pictures for the last 20 years

anticipation · 09-15-2008, 09:28 PM

smart people was suprisingly good. i think it's just because i like the dood from sideways, and he's in it too.

**Janszoon** · 09-15-2008, 10:54 PM

Saw both of these yesterday...

Heavenly Creatures
9/10

Long before Peter Jackson made the Lord of the Rings movies he made this fucked up, based on a true story drama about the obsessive relationship between two teenage girls from Christchurch New Zealand and the murder it lead to. This was the movie that first made people take notice that Jackson might be more than just a gore-comedy prankster and also Kate Winslet's big screen debut. I've been meaning to see it since I was first turned on to Peter Jackson by The Frighteners and this movie definitely did not disappoint.

Menace II Society
9/10

Another movie I've been meaning to see for years. Great movie, though holy crap was it depressing. It has a reputation for being a much more cynical Boyz n the Hood and I'd say that's a pretty accurate description. Also noteworthy for being both the Hughes brothers' first movie as well as Jada Pinkett's debut. Highly recommended but don't expect to be in a chipper mood afterward.

sweet_nothing · 09-15-2008, 11:24 PM

This is one of 2 Die Hard movies i've seen (the other being Die Hard with a Vengance) and wow it was a very great action moive, Brue Willis shows that you can never be too old to kick ass.

09-15-2008, 02:51 PM	#1331 (permalink)
Piss Me Off Moodswings n' Roundabouts Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: At the corner of Dude and Catastrophe Posts: 4,512	Sounds intriguing, i'll add it to my enormous mental list of must-sees. __________________ Last FM Rate Yr Music Muxtape

09-15-2008, 02:57 PM	#1332 (permalink)
Molecules daddy don't Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: the Wastes Posts: 2,577	^^will be checking out 'Dark City'... as for Equilibrium I loved the 'gun kata'.. but like you said it just wasn't solid, like a patchwork of dystopian cliches (yes those bloody bleak dystopian futurescapes again!) Speaking of which I just bought and watched Jean Luc-Godard's sci-fi/noir 'Alphaville' on VHS as part of a personal campaign to embrace French cinema once and for all. 'Alpha 60' is the super-advanced computer that controls a giant city of French automatons where emotion is banned and logic is law. Going on the only other Godard film I've seen (Breathless) was good cause I loved this. Cheap and cheerful, everything you want from yer grainy arthouse fun-fest. edit: the main protagonist is called Lemmy Caution. nuff sed __________________ [SIZE="1"]Eff em tumble her

09-15-2008, 03:05 PM	#1333 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	OOOOOOOOOO French cinema. I will return with some pointers after the footie 2nd half. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

09-15-2008, 06:44 PM	#1334 (permalink)
Piss Me Off Moodswings n' Roundabouts Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: At the corner of Dude and Catastrophe Posts: 4,512	Finally watched Some Kind of Monster just now. Not sure if it was worth the massive wait but i got a few laughs out of it and i'm enjoying some good old riffage right now. Does anyone else find that they watch a doc about a band and end up listening to them for the next week obsessively? __________________ Last FM Rate Yr Music Muxtape

09-15-2008, 08:30 PM	#1336 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	Alphaville is awesome. Have you seen 8 1/2 yet Molecules?

09-15-2008, 09:28 PM	#1338 (permalink)
anticipation Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,565	smart people was suprisingly good. i think it's just because i like the dood from sideways, and he's in it too.

09-15-2008, 10:54 PM	#1339 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	Saw both of these yesterday... Heavenly Creatures 9/10 Long before Peter Jackson made the Lord of the Rings movies he made this fucked up, based on a true story drama about the obsessive relationship between two teenage girls from Christchurch New Zealand and the murder it lead to. This was the movie that first made people take notice that Jackson might be more than just a gore-comedy prankster and also Kate Winslet's big screen debut. I've been meaning to see it since I was first turned on to Peter Jackson by The Frighteners and this movie definitely did not disappoint. Menace II Society 9/10 Another movie I've been meaning to see for years. Great movie, though holy crap was it depressing. It has a reputation for being a much more cynical Boyz n the Hood and I'd say that's a pretty accurate description. Also noteworthy for being both the Hughes brothers' first movie as well as Jada Pinkett's debut. Highly recommended but don't expect to be in a chipper mood afterward.