What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

MURDER JUNKIE · 03-17-2008, 11:29 AM

^Awesome flick

Molecules · 03-17-2008, 04:27 PM

For Your Consideration, from Christoper Guest and friends. It was a laugh, not exactly Spinal Tap but another successful doc-style comedy I think.

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Originally Posted by cardboard adolescent

I watched Control last night, and it was quite good, though I preferred I'm Not There.

I wasn't that impressed with Control, it didn't seem necessary to me. It might be because I've read Deborah Curtis' 'Touching From A Distance' a couple of times though. Also the depiction of Joy Division in the brilliant 24 Hour Party People is definitive to me.

jackhammer · 03-17-2008, 08:47 PM

The depiction of Joy Division in 24HPP is fleeting to say the least. That is not the films purpose.

Molecules · 03-17-2008, 09:27 PM

control's a great vehicle to flog more deluxe edition albums...

well ok that's oversimplifying it, but that film annoys me for several reasons

sweet_nothing · 03-18-2008, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Molecules

control's a great vehicle to flog more deluxe edition albums...

well ok that's oversimplifying it, but that film annoys me for several reasons

It was an amazing film, why would you say otherwise?
The black&white set the film's mood,the acting is great even though the movie is depressing there are funny lines such as "it could be worst, you could be the lead singer of the Fall".

Molecules · 03-18-2008, 05:57 PM

Dunno I thought the black and white was a tad predictable, but that's a personal gripe. I'm not saying it was an awful film either there are some scenes that really stuck out, and I've always been a JD fan...
It just seemed exploitative to me. I mean does everything have to be turned into hour-and-a-half chunks and given grandiose taglines ('he changed the face of music...') to be appreciated or discussed?
I think anybody who would potentially enjoy Joy Division would be able hear about them without the aid of a 2-disc deluxe edition DVD... New Order really milked the NME 'Godlike Genius' award situation and the word-of-mouth awareness transcends cult status.
Plus it's also basically a celebration of what a **** the man was, I mean no doubt those two albums were amazing but he was just totally fame-hungry and self absorbed.

adidasss · 03-18-2008, 06:19 PM

Or so says his wife...

Molecules · 03-18-2008, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

Or so says his wife...

haha, well... i guess if we're going by the book and the movie, he was a bit of a prat, Deborah Curtis was most articulate and frank in the former and you can't really sense any agenda, why bother?
Whatever he was clearly hooked on the rock n roll death myth and he ****ing cheated on Samantha Morton man!!!

jackhammer · 03-18-2008, 06:51 PM

Anton Corbin who directed the film was one of the first people to photograph Joy Division and as this is Corbin's first film the use of monochrome was implicit and a full turn of the circle. Curtis was reportedly an ******* to Deborah and that's why the film sounds so intriguing. He was a flawed person who happened to make music that is still talked about nearly 30 years later. Life as a musician is not as rose tinted as we would like to believe. He was just a kid and had many faults. His mistakes are no different to many many relationships out there. I think Curtis's appeal was that an ordinary guy can sometimes achieve greatness through mere banality.

cardboard adolescent · 03-18-2008, 06:53 PM

Ian Curtis was a poet

03-17-2008, 08:47 PM	#773 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	The depiction of Joy Division in 24HPP is fleeting to say the least. That is not the films purpose. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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03-18-2008, 05:57 PM	#776 (permalink)
Molecules daddy don't Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: the Wastes Posts: 2,577	Dunno I thought the black and white was a tad predictable, but that's a personal gripe. I'm not saying it was an awful film either there are some scenes that really stuck out, and I've always been a JD fan... It just seemed exploitative to me. I mean does everything have to be turned into hour-and-a-half chunks and given grandiose taglines ('he changed the face of music...') to be appreciated or discussed? I think anybody who would potentially enjoy Joy Division would be able hear about them without the aid of a 2-disc deluxe edition DVD... New Order really milked the NME 'Godlike Genius' award situation and the word-of-mouth awareness transcends cult status. Plus it's also basically a celebration of what a **** the man was, I mean no doubt those two albums were amazing but he was just totally fame-hungry and self absorbed. __________________ [SIZE="1"]Eff em tumble her

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adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	Or so says his wife... __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

03-18-2008, 06:51 PM	#779 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Anton Corbin who directed the film was one of the first people to photograph Joy Division and as this is Corbin's first film the use of monochrome was implicit and a full turn of the circle. Curtis was reportedly an ******* to Deborah and that's why the film sounds so intriguing. He was a flawed person who happened to make music that is still talked about nearly 30 years later. Life as a musician is not as rose tinted as we would like to believe. He was just a kid and had many faults. His mistakes are no different to many many relationships out there. I think Curtis's appeal was that an ordinary guy can sometimes achieve greatness through mere banality. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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MURDER JUNKIE The Wetter The Better!! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SH1TTY London Ontario Canada Posts: 2,504	^Awesome flick

03-18-2008, 06:53 PM	#780 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	Ian Curtis was a poet