What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

NumberNineDream · 02-08-2010, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

I actually ended up liking Les chansons d'amour, it's a rare example of good music in musicals. Plus, the whole "pansexual" angle really appealed to me (which is why I wouldn't call it neutral, at least in that respect it's quite "edgy"). I guess I'm easy that way. :|

It seems these days, that we only have to put few gay characters in a movie to make it a blockbuster. It all looked too easy. It felt like they were thinking "Hey! Let's make a film with all the characters being bi-sexuals, and we'll get them to juggle their interest!!". It was all too predictable. Btw, I didn't really get where is the "edgy" part?

About the music: all the songs are just examples of cliché French pop. As I grew up in a very French style society, I got quite fed-up with this kind of corny music. The French can be the greatest, music-wise, but when it comes to Pop, they should stop imitating the Americans.
French Folk Rock was certainly the root of all the songs in the film, but this "American Pop" arrangement ruined it. That's without talking about the lyrics... Very bad lyrics: "I want to taste your saliva, and let its poison go through me" or "The worm of the apple may go through your teeth and rot you heart, your mind and your whole body - but the worm in the apple can go through me, and make me ecstatic" or even "Let your tongue strike me gently, let it cleanse my whole body". They should have just shut up.

I think that is the first time I don't side with the gay couple in a film.

WolfAtTheDoor · 02-08-2010, 06:11 PM

Currently watching Picture Me: A Model's Diary. It apparently did the festival rounds in 09 and was widely appreciated as a genuinely interesting insight into the modelling industry, and I'd have to agree. I was expecting a low-budget version of The Hills but, surprisingly, it features (mostly) intelligent young females who just happen to walk the runway for a living. It's interesting to watch Sara, the protagonist, go from level-headed "I can't believe I'm being paid to do this" everywoman the one minute, and then becoming an emotional wreck over her "pizza face" the next.

NumberNineDream · 02-08-2010, 06:26 PM

^ HILARY SWANK IS TEH MAN!1!!!

Great film, definitely a favourite. The choice of the image quite intrigued me. The whole editing and cinematography felt more like I was watching Lost Highway, and not an adaptation of a true story happening in the middle of nowhere. I loved that twist. The image doesn't have to be boring, if the story is real. The sound, image, mixing, editing, all worked very well... and of course the acting: Excellent!

FETCHER. · 02-08-2010, 06:26 PM

@ WolfAtTheDoor
I'm watching that too! It's actually really good. It's interesting how one girl notices that older models are lying about their age and stuff. You never really get to see the model side of the story in the fashion industry.

Freebase Dali · 02-08-2010, 06:45 PM

Bumped into this movie online and watched it. It's pretty awesome. If you like crime/comedy you'll like this.
Can't believe I hadn't heard of it. I think it came out in 98'.

WolfAtTheDoor · 02-08-2010, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by kayleigh.

@ WolfAtTheDoor
I'm watching that too! It's actually really good. It's interesting how one girl notices that older models are lying about their age and stuff. You never really get to see the model side of the story in the fashion industry.

Agreed. A majority of the time it's just outsiders claiming that the whole industry is corrupted and that the models are dunderheaded, skinny blondes. This documentary certainly didn't disprove the accusations that all agencies are anorexia-promoting hardasses, but each model that appeared on screen was likeable and had their own story, something which is forgotten underneath their D&G sporting exteriors.

Sometimes it was a little irritating to see these incredibly wealthy, young, attractive females complaining about being afraid of moving their lives in another direction when it would be quite possible for them to simply buy their way through education and become whatever the hell they wanted, but other than that they seemed like down to earth and humble women that had been offered an extraordinary opportunity and took it regardless of the stigmas that accompany profession.

Kevorkian Logic · 02-08-2010, 09:46 PM

five easy pieces. Pretty good for a 70s movie. Understand better why Jack Nicholas became so fmaous.

ElephantSack · 02-08-2010, 10:40 PM

I was hungover yesterday, and I found myself sitting through Wuthering Heights in it's entirety while my headache subsided. At more than a few times in the film, I wanted to punch every character in the face, and it left me with a general disdain for 19th-century Britain. However, I was reminded of my penchant for how women looked in classic cinema: ****ing gorgeous, and they could act, too.

Esaul · 02-09-2010, 01:19 AM

I've never seen the movie, but that's a great book, I personally loved it.

Last movie I watched was probably X-Men. xD

jackhammer · 02-09-2010, 06:07 PM

If you like director Mike Leighs preoccupation with characters on the fringe, then this low budget downbeat comedy is a must. Two Dublin junkies spend a day trying to get a fix and get into all sorts of scrapes. Both honest and savagely funny without resorting to seedy dramatisation or caricature, it's a great little movie that once again got buried amidst commercial humdrum banality.

02-08-2010, 06:11 PM	#5222 (permalink)
WolfAtTheDoor ironing your socks Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: I'm in a rocknroll band. huh. Posts: 396	Currently watching Picture Me: A Model's Diary. It apparently did the festival rounds in 09 and was widely appreciated as a genuinely interesting insight into the modelling industry, and I'd have to agree. I was expecting a low-budget version of The Hills but, surprisingly, it features (mostly) intelligent young females who just happen to walk the runway for a living. It's interesting to watch Sara, the protagonist, go from level-headed "I can't believe I'm being paid to do this" everywoman the one minute, and then becoming an emotional wreck over her "pizza face" the next. __________________ *press your space face close to mine, love*

02-08-2010, 06:26 PM	#5223 (permalink)
NumberNineDream Blue Bleezin' Blind Drunk Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The land of the largest wine glass (aka Lebanon) Posts: 2,200	^ HILARY SWANK IS TEH MAN!1!!! Great film, definitely a favourite. The choice of the image quite intrigued me. The whole editing and cinematography felt more like I was watching Lost Highway, and not an adaptation of a true story happening in the middle of nowhere. I loved that twist. The image doesn't have to be boring, if the story is real. The sound, image, mixing, editing, all worked very well... and of course the acting: Excellent! __________________ Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Welcome to the Black Lodge

02-08-2010, 06:45 PM	#5225 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	Bumped into this movie online and watched it. It's pretty awesome. If you like crime/comedy you'll like this. Can't believe I hadn't heard of it. I think it came out in 98'. __________________

02-08-2010, 09:46 PM	#5227 (permalink)
Kevorkian Logic Imperfectly Perfect Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,290	five easy pieces. Pretty good for a 70s movie. Understand better why Jack Nicholas became so fmaous. __________________ "it is only through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect that a certain type of perfection can be attained"

02-08-2010, 10:40 PM	#5228 (permalink)
ElephantSack Man vs. Wild Turkey Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: ATX Posts: 948	I was hungover yesterday, and I found myself sitting through Wuthering Heights in it's entirety while my headache subsided. At more than a few times in the film, I wanted to punch every character in the face, and it left me with a general disdain for 19th-century Britain. However, I was reminded of my penchant for how women looked in classic cinema: **ing gorgeous, and they could act, too. __________________ OF THE SUN**

02-09-2010, 01:19 AM	#5229 (permalink)
Esaul Groupie Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 9	I've never seen the movie, but that's a great book, I personally loved it. Last movie I watched was probably X-Men. xD

02-09-2010, 06:07 PM	#5230 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	If you like director Mike Leighs preoccupation with characters on the fringe, then this low budget downbeat comedy is a must. Two Dublin junkies spend a day trying to get a fix and get into all sorts of scrapes. Both honest and savagely funny without resorting to seedy dramatisation or caricature, it's a great little movie that once again got buried amidst commercial humdrum banality. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”