Cinema Club

[musashi]

Moonrise Kingdom Official Trailer #1 - Wes Anderson Movie (2012) HD - YouTube

This looks good.

[fluffybiscuits]

Went to see Albert Noobs last weekend and what a tale ! Really questions gender identity and asks what does it mean to be male and female?
Glenn Close plays the part very well and makes it her own.



'Albert Nobbs' Trailer - YouTube

[musashi]

http://cdn-static.denofgeek.com/sites/denofgeek/files/styles/article_main_wide_image/public/prometheus_poster.jpg

omg that was awesome.

[musashi]

Prometheus has been largely slated by the media - I think it's a masterpiece, exceeding Scott's former glory in Alien and Blade Runner.

This clip featuring Guy Pierce was cut from the movie, but indicates the film's depth and subject matter, enjoy.

Prometheus TED Viral Clip - YouTube

[fluffybiscuits]

Prometheus has been largely slated by the media - I think it's a masterpiece, exceeding Scott's former glory in Alien and Blade Runner.

This clip featuring Guy Pierce was cut from the movie, but indicates the film's depth and subject matter, enjoy.

Prometheus TED Viral Clip - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb7gspHxZiI)

Saw it on Saturday musashi and can say I was very impressed. The cinematography was beautiful with the shots of outer space magnificent. Fassbender was so cold as the android David and the plot while a little confusing a little more thinking will reveal our origins. Cant say anything more as I might spoil the plot but if people get a chance to see it, please do. Spectacular stuff!

[musashi]

Saw it on Saturday musashi and can say I was very impressed. The cinematography was beautiful with the shots of outer space magnificent. Fassbender was so cold as the android David and the plot while a little confusing a little more thinking will reveal our origins. Cant say anything more as I might spoil the plot but if people get a chance to see it, please do. Spectacular stuff!

I havn't paid to see a film in ages, seen this twice. Still love it.
I lol'd listening to people filing out of the cinema, somebody said: "what just happened?" the other replied "don't look at me."

[fluffybiscuits]

I havn't paid to see a film in ages, seen this twice. Still love it.
I lol'd listening to people filing out of the cinema, somebody said: "what just happened?" the other replied "don't look at me."

There was that confusing scene at the end. Im not going to divulge anymore but my mates are scientists (I dabbled in college for a few years) and they were coming up with all manners of theories and how what happened happened. Its one big huge head screw (Im being polite lol!!)/. Wouldnt mind seeing it again to be honest, its one to get on dvd :)...

[musashi]

There was that confusing scene at the end. Im not going to divulge anymore but my mates are scientists (I dabbled in college for a few years) and they were coming up with all manners of theories and how what happened happened. Its one big huge head screw (Im being polite lol!!)/. Wouldnt mind seeing it again to be honest, its one to get on dvd :)...

The director's cut will be a doozie.
My take is that it's a variation on the Promethean legend. Prometheus was a titan/giant/demi-god who was punished for eternity for playing god (giving us fire).
In the film 'fire' is represented by the alien 'weapon'.

There are numerous semiotic totems throughout the film that signpost this and indicate that if you play with fire, man or god, you're opening a pandoro's box and you're gonna get burned.

The scene at the end blew me away. It was quite a brash thing for the director to do which essentially reclaims the Alien mythos from directors like Cameron and Jeunet.

[fluffybiscuits]

The director's cut will be a doozie.
My take is that it's a variation on the Promethean legend. Prometheus was a titan/giant/demi-god who was punished for eternity for playing god (giving us fire).
In the film 'fire' is represented by the alien 'weapon'.

There are numerous semiotic totems throughout the film that signpost this and indicate that if you play with fire, man or god, you're opening a pandoro's box and you're gonna get burned.

The scene at the end blew me away. It was quite a brash thing for the director to do which essentially reclaims the Alien mythos from directors like Cameron and Jeunet.

Ah I will PM you as I dont want to ruin the plot!

[MauriceColgan]

Watched Thought provoking Promethius at the cinema a couple of days ago. I have mixed feelings about the film. Enjoyed it nevertheless. We need more good science fiction films. There were plenty when I was a teenager... lost in Space. :-)

[musashi]

Watched Thought provoking Promethius at the cinema a couple of days ago. I have mixed feelings about the film. Enjoyed it nevertheless. We need more good science fiction films. There were plenty when I was a teenager... lost in Space. :-)

Yep, me too at first, but any film that causes me to reconsider it afterwards...I'm still thinking about it.

[fluffybiscuits]

Yep, me too at first, but any film that causes me to reconsider it afterwards...I'm still thinking about it.
Im still debating points raised in the film!!

BTW Jason Siegel was in town tonight to promote some film or other. He was at the Savoy earlier in town :)....

[Sam Lord]

Came across a classic. State of Siege by Costas Garvas. It is in French but if you click the little cc button at the bottom of the screen the english sub titles will appear.

State of Siege (État de Siège) by Costa Gavras - YouTube

[fluffybiscuits]

The Dark Knight Rises - Official Trailer #3 [HD] - YouTube

Went to see this the other night in the Odeon in town, was not impressed with the Odeon but the new Batman film is great! Wont give too much away but there is a political subtext to the film :) Think of Bane as Occupy Dame St and Bruce Wayne being a bastion of well to do aristocracy, just who is the bad guy :) Film ran for 2 hrs 40 mins but it could have been cut a little shorter in some places as in some areas of the film I was gtting bored easily.

[TotalMayhem]

God Bless America - Official RED BAND Trailer (2012) - YouTube

[5intheface]

Even with a Phil Collins song on the soundtrack;

The Eighth Day (Le Huitième Jour) - preview - YouTube

[fluffybiscuits]

Detachment Trailer Official 2012 [HD] - Adrien Brody, Christina Hendricks - YouTube

Going to see this tommorrow night in the IFI. Bit like Dangerous Minds with an intelligent script I believe...

[goatstoe]

The Dark Knight Rises - Official Trailer #3 [HD] - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8evyE9TuYk)

Went to see this the other night in the Odeon in town, was not impressed with the Odeon but the new Batman film is great! Wont give too much away but there is a political subtext to the film :) Think of Bane as Occupy Dame St and Bruce Wayne being a bastion of well to do aristocracy, just who is the bad guy :) Film ran for 2 hrs 40 mins but it could have been cut a little shorter in some places as in some areas of the film I was gtting bored easily.

Saw it last night. Definite culminating message in the movie about preserving the status quo at all costs. Also I felt the ambiguous persona of The Batman from some previous incarnations was undermined. Good action flick though, although maybe a bit long as you say.

[musashi]

Cloud Atlas Extended Trailer #1 (2012) - Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Wachowski Movie HD - YouTube

One of my fav novels. Impressive cast. The story of Sonmi-451 is ********* awesome.

[TotalMayhem]

http://www.stayuptown.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/war-horse.jpg

Eventually got to watch the War Horse.

What a load of cr@ppy propaganda. The only known case of a minor being executed for desertion in the Great War was Herbert Burden, a British teenager who was "shot at dawn" at the age of 17. In fact the British (who were particularly fond of putting Irish soldiers in front of a firing squad - to create an example and to "encourage|" the others) have executed seven times as many soldiers for desertion and/or cowardice as the Germans.

[ZeroWedge]

In fact the British (who were particularly fond of putting Irish soldiers in front of a firing squad - to create an example and to "encourage|" the others) have executed seven times as many soldiers for desertion and/or cowardice as the Germans.Maybe they had seven times more deserters.

[TotalMayhem]

Maybe they had seven times more deserters.

The treatment of Irish soldiers under British military law might be worth a thread of its own.

http://i.imgur.com/sK7Om.jpg

[ZeroWedge]

The treatment of Irish soldiers under British military law might be worth a thread of its own.Good idea.

I hadnt heard that before. That irish soldiers were disproportionately punished versus other soldiers within the british army.

[fluffybiscuits]

Cloud Atlas Extended Trailer #1 (2012) - Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Wachowski Movie HD - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWnAqFyaQ5s)

One of my fav novels. Impressive cast. The story of Sonmi-451 is ********* awesome.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/

Definitely looking forward to this. A lovely idea, follow the soul on its journey :)

[TotalMayhem]

Good idea.

I hadnt heard that before. That irish soldiers were disproportionately punished versus other soldiers within the british army.

The issue of "the high proportion of executions among Irish soldiers" was raised by Senator John Minihan (PD) in a Seanad debate (http://debates.oireachtas.ie/seanad/2006/03/28/00006.asp) in 2006.

This really should be dealt with in a thread of its own... mods?

[Count Bobulescu]

The 20 most promising movies yet to be released in 2012.

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/08/20-movies-to-see-this-oscar-season/261538/

[fluffybiscuits]

The Imposter - Official Trailer 2012 [HD] - YouTube

Going to see this tonight. Tells the story of a kid who disappeared in Texas aged 14. Three years later some French kid turns up and amazingly manages to fool the parents and the community into believing he was the missing teenager. I have been avoiding reading the synopsis and other things like that to keep my interest piqued!

[TotalMayhem]

Getting drunk is your only hope to survive on this island...

Grabbers Official Trailer - YouTube

[musashi]

Two seminal movies that spawned a slew of English version remakes.

Seven Samurai, the inspiration for The Magnificent Seven, tells the story of seven ronin (masterless samurai) who defend a village from bandits.

http://www.1channel.ch/watch-825-Seven-Samurai

Rashomon, recounts a murder through the eyes of several witnesses, the victim, the perp etc.

http://www.1channel.ch/watch-888-Rashomon

[musashi]

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb57090/ansible/images/3/35/EndersGameCover.jpg

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1731141/


70 years after a horrific alien war, an unusually gifted child is sent to an advanced military school in space to prepare for a future invasion.

Have read this a couple of times, nicknamed 'kids in space' by fans, the novel's cult status finally led to an adaptation, currently in post production due to be released in fall 2013.

Wouldn't bother with the subsequent five novels, this is as good as it gets.

[Kev Bar]

One should go at once to see Lenny's astounding 'What Richard Did.'

World class stuff.

Bergman Nordic gloom and New Hampshire optimism clash in Dalkey.

Superb.

One can see how he got serious backing to tackle his next project: the Gitta Sereny book/interview with Franz Stangl the commandant of Treblinka.

Not alone is he the real deal, he's a perfect gent too.

Lenny not Franz.

[Count Bobulescu]

One should go at once to see Lenny's astounding 'What Richard Did.'

World class stuff.

Bergman Nordic gloom and New Hampshire optimism clash in Dalkey.

Superb.

One can see how he got serious backing to tackle his next project: the Gitta Sereny book/interview with Franz Stangl the commandant of Treblinka.

Not alone is he the real deal, he's a perfect gent too.

Lenny not Franz.



IMDB doesn’t have a lot of info on the movie can you shed more light on the plot?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2092011/


Recently saw the trailer for the soon to be released Spielberg/Daniel Day Lewis/ Abe Lincoln movie. It’s based on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s bestseller “Team of Rivals”
Was not overly impressed, but since I'm a sucker for political movies I’ll be out the door to see it as soon as it is out anyway.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443272/

[musashi]

There is a good 'political movies" thread growing here; it has triggered my reviewing my movie consumption of late.

The Sword of Doom tells the story of Ryunosuke and his life's descent into chaos, and violence. This one has taken me several viewings to come to grips with.

http://www.1channel.ch/watch-77836-The-Sword-of-Doom

I am interested in anyone's opinion on this movie.

[musashi]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/

Definitely looking forward to this. A lovely idea, follow the soul on its journey :)

Never thought about that.
Reincarnation is a theme in the novel but I missed it the first time. Mitchell uses motifs such as birthmarks shaped like comets that seem reminiscent of such mythical tropes.
In his other novels he lingers on amorphous smoke signals, random movements of elemental forces; it generates an ambiance of transience, impermanence.

[fluffybiscuits]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024648/

Ben Affleck is not reknown for his political savy in films but this one is being tipped by critics to do well at the Oscars next year. Im heading to see it tommorrow night so will report back (if I rememer).

Synopsis from IMDB


In 1979, the American embassy in Iran was invaded by Iranian revolutionaries and several Americans are taken hostage. However, six manage to escape to the official residence of the Canadian Ambassador and the CIA is eventually ordered to get them out of the country. With few options, exfiltration expert Tony Mendez devises a daring plan: to create a phony Canadian film project looking to shoot in Iran and smuggle the Americans out as its production crew. With the help of some trusted Hollywood contacts, Mendez creates the ruse and proceeds to Iran as its associate producer. However, time is running out with the Iranian security forces closing in on the truth while both his charges and the White House have grave doubts about the operation themselves.

[Sam Lord]

Ben Affleck is not reknown for his political savy in films but this one is being tipped by critics to do well at the Oscars next year. Im heading to see it tommorrow night so will report back (if I rememer).


Fairly racist according to this critic.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/jian-ghomeshi-argo-is-crowd-pleasing-entertaining-and-unfair-to-iranians/article4855769/

[musashi]

Fairly racist according to this critic.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/jian-ghomeshi-argo-is-crowd-pleasing-entertaining-and-unfair-to-iranians/article4855769/


typical US fare, most noteworthy aspect of the film is affleck's beard.
hackneyed clichés celebrating US resourcefulness in the face of totalitarianism are a long debunked myth.

Pitt's latest film, Killing them softly is a more truthful depiction of america.

[fluffybiscuits]

typical US fare, most noteworthy aspect of the film is affleck's beard.
hackneyed clichés celebrating US resourcefulness in the face of totalitarianism are a long debunked myth.

Pitt's latest film, Killing them softly is a more truthful depiction of america.

Im just gonna disengage my brain for about two hours!

[Ogiol]

I would like to recommend Häxan (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013257/) by Benjamin Christensen. Its from 1922 and is a masterpiece which goes through the history of witches and witchery (not the tribunal)! Its really crazy so if youre easily scared dont watch it! Otherwise, open a bottle of wine and enjoy!

[fluffybiscuits]

I would like to recommend Häxan (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013257/) by Benjamin Christensen. Its from 1922 and is a masterpiece which goes through the history of witches and witchery (not the tribunal)! Its really crazy so if youre easily scared dont watch it! Otherwise, open a bottle of wine and enjoy!

I fancy a couple of bottles of Paulaner :)

[fluffybiscuits]

Argo is a great film, that is the truth . The story its based upon was declassified in 1997 by Bill Clinton and the yarn spins along at great pace. Its also pure propoganda however, look at how great America is, look at how we deceived the Iranians and what clever people we are. As a stand alone story its good, Affleck does it justice and surprisingly using cliches he can act (proving himself with all this alpha male boll!x) . Its going to win an Oscar for director I reckon, shame Bryan Cranston from Breaking Bad didnt get a bigger role. 7/10

[musashi]

Argo is a great film, that is the truth . The story its based upon was declassified in 1997 by Bill Clinton and the yarn spins along at great pace. Its also pure propoganda however, look at how great America is, look at how we deceived the Iranians and what clever people we are. As a stand alone story its good, Affleck does it justice and surprisingly using cliches he can act (proving himself with all this alpha male boll!x) . Its going to win an Oscar for director I reckon, shame Bryan Cranston from Breaking Bad didnt get a bigger role. 7/10

Cranston is everywhere at the moment, good on him, he's come a long way since Malcolm in the Middle.
I don't disagree with you about the Oscars, Argo will do well but only because it's such a blatant piece Jingoistic propaganda.

[Sam Lord]

I would like to recommend Häxan (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013257/) by Benjamin Christensen. Its from 1922 and is a masterpiece which goes through the history of witches and witchery (not the tribunal)! Its really crazy so if youre easily scared dont watch it! Otherwise, open a bottle of wine and enjoy!

Seen it! One halloween, with live music accompaniment by a 8 piece ensemble. Marvelous evening.

[fluffybiscuits]

Cranston is everywhere at the moment, good on him, he's come a long way since Malcolm in the Middle.
I don't disagree with you about the Oscars, Argo will do well but only because it's such a blatant piece Jingoistic propaganda.

Should have been in more films!

[Count Bobulescu]

Oscar buzz has started. The piece below has a spreadsheet showing who or what has won which, so far.


Update: Zero Dark Thirty also won over Washington D.C.-area critics Monday when it took home the top prize, along with awards for best director and best actress. Our Golden Tally (below) has been updated to reflect that.

Original Post: Three film critics' groups announced their winners Sunday, and while Zero Dark Thirty continued its early award-season run, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association spread the love to The Master and Amour. Kathryn Bigelow and her Osama bin Laden flick claimed best picture and best director from both the Boston Society of Film Critics and the New York Film Critics Online, both of which also handed their top acting prizes to Emmanuelle Riva for Amour and Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln. It was Amour that scored big with the Los Angeles Film Critics Association's best picture award, though it actually put Riva in a tie with Silver Linings Playbook's Jennifer Lawrence for best actress. More surprisingly, perhaps, was Los Angeles honoring The Master with three prizes — for director Paul Thomas Anderson, actor Joaquin Phoenix, and supporting actress Amy Adams.
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/12/the-master-oscar-buzz/59794/

[fluffybiscuits]

Movies Reviewed: 'The Hobbit,' 'Any Day Now' and 'The Girl' - YouTube

The Hobbit was a marvellous film . First thrity mins are a tad slow and was thinking, crap this is going to be a let down but as the pace picks up so does the story.It encompasses what happened when they first encounter the ring. CGI effects are marvellous but the cinematography os breath taking. Rolling landscapes and huge hill.

[Sam Lord]

Harakiri (1962) [Movie] [MultiSub] [HD] - YouTube

[Saoirse go Deo]

Movies Reviewed: 'The Hobbit,' 'Any Day Now' and 'The Girl' - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmquS2-gxJI)

The Hobbit was a marvellous film . First thrity mins are a tad slow and was thinking, crap this is going to be a let down but as the pace picks up so does the story.It encompasses what happened when they first encounter the ring. CGI effects are marvellous but the cinematography os breath taking. Rolling landscapes and huge hill.
I loved it. Bilbo is so much more likable than Frodo was. Can't wait for the next one!

The 3D was excellent.

Was good to see 92 year old Christopher Lee in the film, I'm a big fan. Some man he is, releasing a heavy metal album (his second) at his age!

[random new yorker]

The Bang Bang Club

The Bang Bang Club Movie Trailer Official (HD) - YouTube

Not quite a Christmas Carol but very good....celebrating the insanity of real life heroes.

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[fluffybiscuits]

I loved it. Bilbo is so much more likable than Frodo was. Can't wait for the next one!

The 3D was excellent.

Was good to see 92 year old Christopher Lee in the film, I'm a big fan. Some man he is, releasing a heavy metal album (his second) at his age!

Agree with most of that bar the 3D! I cant stand 3D ! The effects hurt my eyes a bit and cant concentrate all that much on them!

[Yojimbo]

Two seminal movies that spawned a slew of English version remakes.

Seven Samurai, the inspiration for The Magnificent Seven, tells the story of seven ronin (masterless samurai) who defend a village from bandits.

http://www.1channel.ch/watch-825-Seven-Samurai

Rashomon, recounts a murder through the eyes of several witnesses, the victim, the perp etc.

http://www.1channel.ch/watch-888-Rashomon

And lets not forget the much remade (as Fist Full of Dollars and Last Man Standing among others)... um.. Yojimbo :D

[Sam Lord]

Just back from the Django Unchained, the new Tarantino movie about slavery (dressed up as a western). It's nearly three hours long but held my attention. I felt kinda weak leaving the cinema, however, as though I been shot half a dozen times myself. So if you have a limited capacity for violence it is probably best avoided.

Well filmed with a decent screenplay and excellent acting. Samuel Jackson in particular is very good. Also the German guy who plays a very interesting character. There is a quality soundtrack. The movie, something of a rough resetting of a German folktale (which is told in the movie), has many clever aspects. There is, for example, a very funny scene which is clearly a spoof of "Blazing Saddles" which itself was a spoof of westerns. So a spoof of a spoof. Also lots of philosophical/ethical questions posed around the protagonists (bounty hunters). The German character hates slavery and racism, for example, but likens it to his own profession (trading in human flesh as he puts it). So character contradictions to be teased out. Perhaps his unfortunate demise is some sort of act of personal redemption?

I've never really been a Tarantino fan but I'd recommend this though it has probably put race relations in the USA back a century. But that's the history and Tarantino pulls no punches in depicting it though there has been criticism, by Spike Lee for example, that it disrespects the Black experience in the USA. I'd have to hear his whole case on that but on the face of it I don't get it.

[Sam Lord]

Hostile review in Counterpunch:

http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/01/01/hollywoods-nigger-joke/

[Sam Lord]

And a very positive counterpunch review:

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/12/31/tarantinos-american-love-story/

[musashi]

Hostile review in Counterpunch:

http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/01/01/hollywoods-nigger-joke/

wow that critic was reaching, big time:


As I watched the long line of Blacks que up for the movie, and as I listened to their guffaws in the darkened theater, I realized that nobody likes a “nigger joke” more than Black people themselves. Are Black people themselves deeply masochistic? Would a Jewish American audience tolerate a film that makes fun of their history and their holocaust? I doubt it. Would the Weinstein have made a film about the Jewish Holocaust that ridicule and belittled the Jewish experience during Hitler? I doubt it.

Much of the problem has to do with Black people themselves. You would think that Samuel Jackson would have enough clout to produce his own films. Every Hollywood black have their own “company,” but they never produce any films.

Even though we have rich black men, they do not have the intellectual heft to confront Hollywood, which is supported by a culture of literacy. After four hundred years of being told that you can’t write, blacks tend to stay with “acting” and sports. They do not have the respect of their own authors to use their work in films. The literary codes that Hollywood uses depend on a culture that reads books, but for Blacks, literature is not a high priority.

[Sam Lord]

wow that critic was reaching, big time:

Indeed.

The main serious political criticism of the movie seems to be that it deals with the issue of slavery in a spaghetti western genre in which everything is blown up and cartoon (and there are jokes and laughs) and that this is disrespectful.

I think that this is an argument worthy of consideration though I do not agree with it. The main issue seems to me to be whether the movie gives the impression of slavery being a good thing or a bad thing. There is no doubt about where this movie stands.

A secondary criticism being made is that Tarantino is upholding a view that Blacks were by nature submissive and they point to a whole scene in the movie where the plantation owner cuts a skull open and articulates a phrenological view. It is difficult to support this criticism where the entire (bloody) conclusion of the movie is a black man taking violent revenge. And the phrenology, of course, is entirely absurd.

Finally, there has been a great deal made of the use of the "n" word (114 times in the movie apparently). But to my mind this is just historically accurate. There was no other way that whites described blacks in the southern US in that period.

[random new yorker]

Just back from the Django Unchained, the new Tarantino movie about slavery (dressed up as a western). It's nearly three hours long but held my attention. I felt kinda weak leaving the cinema, however, as though I been shot half a dozen times myself. So if you have a limited capacity for violence it is probably best avoided.

Well filmed with a decent screenplay and excellent acting. Samuel Jackson in particular is very good. Also the German guy who plays a very interesting character. There is a quality soundtrack. The movie, something of a rough resetting of a German folktale (which is told in the movie), has many clever aspects. There is, for example, a very funny scene which is clearly a spoof of "Blazing Saddles" which itself was a spoof of westerns. So a spoof of a spoof. Also lots of philosophical/ethical questions posed around the protagonists (bounty hunters). The German character hates slavery and racism, for example, but likens it to his own profession (trading in human flesh as he puts it). So character contradictions to be teased out. Perhaps his unfortunate demise is some sort of act of personal redemption?

I've never really been a Tarantino fan but I'd recommend this though it has probably put race relations in the USA back a century. But that's the history and Tarantino pulls no punches in depicting it though there has been criticism, by Spike Lee for example, that it disrespects the Black experience in the USA. I'd have to hear his whole case on that but on the face of it I don't get it.


Really nice review Sam. Thanks.

Will most definitely pass up on this one.....still tormented by the 3D howls of the Hobbit.....!
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[Sam Lord]

Will most definitely pass up on this one.....still tormented by the 3D howls of the Hobbit.....!


Which I also saw recently (yes, I know, politically incorrect :o) and thought was a really poor job. I was bored to tears.

[Saoirse go Deo]

I'm a fan of Tolkien, even though his books, characters etc are very elitist with all the crap about great kings being needed to rule the idle and useless rabble. Not very socialist! :D

People seem to be going into the Hobbit expecting more LOTR, but they forget that the Hobbit was a children's book, much more fun, and lighthearted than its sequel. So is the film.

I loved it, and am probably going to go see it again, something I never do.

[random new yorker]

I'm a fan of Tolkien, even though his books, characters etc are very elitist with all the crap about great kings being needed to rule the idle and useless rabble. Not very socialist! :D

People seem to be going into the Hobbit expecting more LOTR, but they forget that the Hobbit was a children's book, much more fun, and lighthearted than its sequel. So is the film.

I loved it, and am probably going to go see it again, something I never do.

I wish I could 'borrow you' for a day...you could take my children for a 3rd helping of this Globlin stuff... honestly i didnt know what to do with myself and its not like i could tune out or anything..... in my book it amounted to 'torture of my soul, hearing and sight'.

BTW i saw one of your posts a couple days back and i meant to say you should try and find professional help :) no shame, go for it!!
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[musashi]

Tarantino used up all of his Pulp Fiction credit with that crass piece of jewish torture porn Inglorious Basterds, if he blows it with this one he's off the xmas card list.

I'm pipping Lincoln and Argo for oscars. Both are forgettable but their subject matter bigs up the US.

[C. Flower]

Interesting reviews, that would lure me in to watch the Tarantino movie, in spite of the retch factor.

For Christmas I got two box sets of Fassbinder (16 films) and one of Herzog (6). If I watch all of them (over 100 hours) I reckon my spoken German will be perfect, but I will be in a terminal gloom.

Dilemma.....

:)

[Slim Buddha]

Interesting reviews, that would lure me in to watch the Tarantino movie, in spite of the retch factor.

For Christmas I got two box sets of Fassbinder (16 films) and one of Herzog (6). If I watch all of them (over 100 hours) I reckon my spoken German will be perfect, but I will be in a terminal gloom.

Dilemma.....

:)

Really??

Among the RWF collection, is Effi Briest there? And the Marriage of Maria Braun (absolutely brilliant!)? When I lived in Berlin in the 90s, I got to meet Hanna Schygulla in the Bar Jeder Vernunft. Fabulous woman and a great actress.

[fluffybiscuits]

I'm a fan of Tolkien, even though his books, characters etc are very elitist with all the crap about great kings being needed to rule the idle and useless rabble. Not very socialist! :D

People seem to be going into the Hobbit expecting more LOTR, but they forget that the Hobbit was a children's book, much more fun, and lighthearted than its sequel. So is the film.

I loved it, and am probably going to go see it again, something I never do.
+1/2 ;)

The books were terrible, The Lord of the Rings, the first book was full of the songs they sang as they went through the forest,ugh! Never read the other two.

Loved the films though, pure escapism.

Hobbit was fantastic, appealed to the inner kid in me :)

[RahenyFG II]

I can't wait for the Lincoln film to come out. Daniel Day Lewis is a great actor.

[C. Flower]

Really??

Among the RWF collection, is Effi Briest there? And the Marriage of Maria Braun (absolutely brilliant!)? When I lived in Berlin in the 90s, I got to meet Hanna Schygulla in the Bar Jeder Vernunft. Fabulous woman and a great actress.

All of them.


Hanna Schygulla

Legend.

[riposte]

People seem to be going into the Hobbit expecting more LOTR, but they forget that the Hobbit was a children's book, much more fun, and lighthearted than its sequel. So is the film.

I loved it, and am probably going to go see it again, something I never do.



+1/2 ;)

The books were terrible, The Lord of the Rings, the first book was full of the songs they sang as they went through the forest,ugh! Never read the other two.

Loved the films though, pure escapism.

Hobbit was fantastic, appealed to the inner kid in me :)

Yeah ... I read the Hobbit back in the '60s........ never could get into The Lord of the Rings...... couldn't tolerate the noise of the Video when my kids were watching it in the house......... certainly wouldn't go to see any of it in the cinema .......... but I couldn't wait to see the Hobbit .... absolutely loved it.

[Slim Buddha]

All of them.


Legend.

Hanna Schygulla's work with RWF was always top drawer. But to see her at her best, The Marriage of Maria Braun is the film to see. She was compelling in that film. Alas, in the English-speaking world, she is hardly known. Which is, in my opinion, a huge pity.

Schygulla occasionally pops into the Bar Jeder Vernunft in Berlin, which is one of the best cabaret venues in Europe. My time in Berlin was greatly enhanced by visits to this venue where I saw everything from Balkan Express to Ute Lemper.

But meeting Hanna Schygulla remains the highlight. :D

[fluffybiscuits]

Has anyone seen the Bader Meinhoff Complex, its been on my radar for a while but have never got around to watching it...

[Slim Buddha]

Has anyone seen the Bader Meinhoff Complex, its been on my radar for a while but have never got around to watching it...

Yes, a brilliant work by Stefan Aust. Even though the subject matter is somewhat hackneyed now, it is still an interesting insight into West German society in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Astrid Proll is still with us, even if Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof are not, but she doesn't really want to discuss it and rejects all approaches for an interview.

The film itself is great if you like that sort of thing.

[fluffybiscuits]

Yes, a brilliant work by Stefan Aust. Even though the subject matter is somewhat hackneyed now, it is still an interesting insight into West German society in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Astrid Proll is still with us, even if Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof are not, but she doesn't really want to discuss it and rejects all approaches for an interview.

The film itself is great if you like that sort of thing.

Definitely, I was reading an article on her a couple of weeks back and remembered the film. :)

[Slim Buddha]

Definitely, I was reading an article on her a couple of weeks back and remembered the film. :)

Probably the best German film of recent times is "The Lives of Others" with the late, great Ulrich Mühe in the lead role. Absolutely fantastic film with Mühe giving a fabulous performance as the Stasi officer.

Sadly, Mühe passed away shortly afterwards with, I believe, stomach cancer. The bitter irony of Mühe performing the role of a Stasi officer so well lay in the fact that his second wife spied on him during their marriage for years on behalf of the Stasi.

His is a huge loss to German cinema.

[fluffybiscuits]

Probably the best German film of recent times is "The Lives of Others" with the late, great Ulrich Mühe in the lead role. Absolutely fantastic film with Mühe giving a fabulous performance as the Stasi officer.

Sadly, Mühe passed away shortly afterwards with, I believe, stomach cancer. The bitter irony of Mühe performing the role of a Stasi officer so well lay in the fact that his second wife spied on him during their marriage for years on behalf of the Stasi.

His is a huge loss to German cinema.

Talking of German cinema, I still want to see Goodbye Lenin as well! The plot sounds off the wall!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye_lenin

[Slim Buddha]

Talking of German cinema, I still want to see Goodbye Lenin as well! The plot sounds off the wall!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye_lenin

It is hilarious, insofar as a German comedy can be;)

[musashi]

Django Unchained was pretty good, me rikey.

[fluffybiscuits]

http://www.thejournal.ie/how-londons-secret-cinema-smashes-through-the-screen-738792-Jan2013/

Now there is an idea that could take root here. People pay £43.50 and are not told where they are going or what is on. Its a bit on the expensive side but could work here. It works to recreate the atmosphere of the films into real life!

[fluffybiscuits]

Django Unchained was a superb film. Tarantino , with his penchance for violence again delivers a film with a lot of valid points. Man as a commodity lead to slavery which formed one of the main flash points for the American civil war. The black population was whipped into submission by the white man. Aside from being a historical commentary, Jamie Foxx plays the role well . Why the insufferable Leo Di Caprio had to get a role is beyond me, he has all the talent of tinned tomatoes.

Saw Les Mis last night. Anne Hathaway stole the show but whoever decided to give Russell Crowe a starring role needs their head examined.

[EMUII]

Django Unchained was a superb film. Tarantino , with his penchance for violence again delivers a film with a lot of valid points. Man as a commodity lead to slavery which formed one of the main flash points for the American civil war. The black population was whipped into submission by the white man. Aside from being a historical commentary, Jamie Foxx plays the role well . Why the insufferable Leo Di Caprio had to get a role is beyond me, he has all the talent of tinned tomatoes.

Saw Les Mis last night. Anne Hathaway stole the show but whoever decided to give Russell Crowe a starring role needs their head examined.

His performance was more wooden than the ship they were trying to pull into that empty dry dock :)

His voice just doesn't suit that kind of vocal. It was great to see Wilkinson in it and a surprise for many.... there were a few gasps when he appeared onscreen in the cinema where I saw it.

[fluffybiscuits]

His performance was more wooden than the ship they were trying to pull into that empty dry dock :)

His voice just doesn't suit that kind of vocal. It was great to see Wilkinson in it and a surprise for many.... there were a few gasps when he appeared onscreen in the cinema where I saw it.

:D

[Count Bobulescu]

Despite my own, and TM’s, rooting for Lincoln, seems the “smart” money is on Argo for the Oscar.

THE FIRST AND TRUE RETELLING OF ‘ARGO.’ With Ben Affleck’s Argo a leading contender to win best picture at Sunday’s Academy Awards, The New Yorker revisits the first—and more truthful—retelling of the Hollywood-meets-hostage-crisis thriller. In 2007, Wired was the first outlet to publish the full account of how the CIA snuck six escaped hostages onto a commercial flight and out of Iran during the 1979 hostage crisis. “It was getting later and brighter,” Joshua Bearman wrote about the escape. “The airport was filling with people. They knew there was no backup plan. [CIA agent Tony] Mendez wasn’t even carrying a gun, and the Revolutionary Guards were arriving, wandering around in fatigues and harassing passengers.” Read more

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/02/the-wired-origins-of-argo.html

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2007/04/feat_cia/all/

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/02/nate-silver-oscar-picks-2013/62422/


http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/02/my-2013-academy-awards-predictions/273399/

[random new yorker]

Despite my own, and TM’s, rooting for Lincoln, seems the “smart” money is on Argo for the Oscar.

THE FIRST AND TRUE RETELLING OF ‘ARGO.’ With Ben Affleck’s Argo a leading contender to win best picture at Sunday’s Academy Awards, The New Yorker revisits the first—and more truthful—retelling of the Hollywood-meets-hostage-crisis thriller. In 2007, Wired was the first outlet to publish the full account of how the CIA snuck six escaped hostages onto a commercial flight and out of Iran during the 1979 hostage crisis. “It was getting later and brighter,” Joshua Bearman wrote about the escape. “The airport was filling with people. They knew there was no backup plan. [CIA agent Tony] Mendez wasn’t even carrying a gun, and the Revolutionary Guards were arriving, wandering around in fatigues and harassing passengers.” Read more

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/02/the-wired-origins-of-argo.html

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2007/04/feat_cia/all/

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/02/nate-silver-oscar-picks-2013/62422/


http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/02/my-2013-academy-awards-predictions/273399/

Really, argh...with so much good stuff out there???

[Count Bobulescu]

HBO orders Season 4 of ‘Game of Thrones’ (http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/KYNZS9/6V83DA/LRHA85/IX6XKO/BMOJS2/4O/h)
Decision comes soon after third season’s premiere racks up viewers.
( by Patrick Kevin Day , The Washington Post)

I don't watch myself but,
I hear cheers in the Peanut Gallery

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_gallery

At Least 1 Million Nerds Pirated the 'Game of Thrones' Season 3 Premiere (http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/04/game-thrones-season-3-premiere-torrent/63790/) The titanically popular HBO series is so well-loved by the cable-less community that 1 million cord-cutters used BitTorrent to download and distribute the premiere. And that's just BitTorrent.

[random new yorker]

HBO orders Season 4 of ‘Game of Thrones’ (http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/KYNZS9/6V83DA/LRHA85/IX6XKO/BMOJS2/4O/h)
Decision comes soon after third season’s premiere racks up viewers.
( by Patrick Kevin Day , The Washington Post)

I don't watch myself but,
I hear cheers in the Peanut Gallery

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_gallery

At Least 1 Million Nerds Pirated the 'Game of Thrones' Season 3 Premiere (http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/04/game-thrones-season-3-premiere-torrent/63790/) The titanically popular HBO series is so well-loved by the cable-less community that 1 million cord-cutters used BitTorrent to download and distribute the premiere. And that's just BitTorrent.

well...i confess...

you can count me in that pile of nerds that watched it...

although i pay my dues with HBO!

[Count Bobulescu]

Hannibal Lecter Is Back on HBO -- and He's Brought Someone Very Interesting With Him (http://theatlantic.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ed2d318978b7dc9b30b1f464f&id=300bcb45ad&e=e5c72d445c)



Who is Will Graham?
HBO does the best drama on US TV. Watch out for this one.

[random new yorker]

Hannibal Lecter Is Back on HBO -- and He's Brought Someone Very Interesting With Him (http://theatlantic.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ed2d318978b7dc9b30b1f464f&id=300bcb45ad&e=e5c72d445c)



Who is Will Graham?
HBO does the best drama on US TV. Watch out for this one.










mmmmm... crime flicks dont quite strike my fancy..although.. mmmmm.. Mads Mikkelsen makes me re-think the whole deal

[RahenyFG II]

Anyone see Red Dawn, any good?

[musashi]

HBO orders Season 4 of ‘Game of Thrones’ (http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/KYNZS9/6V83DA/LRHA85/IX6XKO/BMOJS2/4O/h)
Decision comes soon after third season’s premiere racks up viewers.
( by Patrick Kevin Day , The Washington Post)

I don't watch myself but,
I hear cheers in the Peanut Gallery

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_gallery

At Least 1 Million Nerds Pirated the 'Game of Thrones' Season 3 Premiere (http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/04/game-thrones-season-3-premiere-torrent/63790/) The titanically popular HBO series is so well-loved by the cable-less community that 1 million cord-cutters used BitTorrent to download and distribute the premiere. And that's just BitTorrent.

Yep.
That number is not even close to the minimum estimate as to how many end-users are accessing the show. If one was to collate all of the torrent sites' (piratebay, torrentfreak,bitTorrent,demonoid etc) downloads AND add it to the number of 'live-stream' instances (tv-links.eu, sockshare, putlocker etc) you might have a more accurate estimate as to GoT's unofficial viewership. Add these to the official Nielsen net ratings numbers (4.1 million in the US) for HBO viewers... well basically the numbers are crazy-off-the-scale-big.

On a side note I don't believe the word 'nerd' need necessarily be applied as it implies a specialized minority whereas those unprecedented ratings numbers indicate knowledge on how to access the series and circumvent studio-oriented restrictions is commonplace.

And a footnote, the use of the phrase 'cord-cutters' is particularly well placed as it signals that a very large customer demographic is transcending traditional forms of media access and restriction. The phrase also hints at the nascent rebirth of the viewship's habits.

[musashi]

well...i confess...

you can count me in that pile of nerds that watched it...

although i pay my dues with HBO!

I really don't get why one would pay for something that one can get for free.





Hannibal Lecter Is Back on HBO -- and He's Brought Someone Very Interesting With Him (http://theatlantic.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ed2d318978b7dc9b30b1f464f&id=300bcb45ad&e=e5c72d445c)



Who is Will Graham?
HBO does the best drama on US TV.










This +1

[random new yorker]

I really don't get why one would pay for something that one can get for free.



This +1

that's cos I believe in paying for what I consume, bread, music, wine, TV shows, whatever the world doesn't run on empty ... one happens to need cash to pay salaries no matter the stuff you think you can get for free (it is comming off someone's unpaid labor..)

have you made your donation to PW? or do you think you should also be getting this for Free?

[TotalMayhem]

HBO does the best drama on US TV.

Ah now, AMC has some great stuff too: Breaking Bad, Mad Men and Hell on Wheels are great TV shows. Then there is Netflix now with their own productions such as Lilyhammer and House of Cards.

[Count Bobulescu]

Ah now, AMC has some great stuff too: Breaking Bad, Mad Men and Hell on Wheels are great TV shows. Then there is Netflix now with their own productions such as Lilyhammer and House of Cards.

Haven't seen Madmen, but thought it was NBC. Could be wrong though.

[musashi]

that's cos I believe in paying for what I consume, bread, music, wine, TV shows, whatever the world doesn't run on empty ... one happens to need cash to pay salaries no matter the stuff you think you can get for free (it is comming off someone's unpaid labor..)

have you made your donation to PW? or do you think you should also be getting this for Free?

lol,
y'got sand newb, I'll give you that.

[random new yorker]

lol,
y'got sand newb, I'll give you that.

:) yea :)

but

the question remains: did ya?

(...was in bad mood in the am...)


@ Count: I have the whole MadMen series... its AMC ...

[Count Bobulescu]

:) yea :)

but

the question remains: did ya?

(...was in bad mood in the am...)


@ Count: I have the whole MadMen series... its AMC ...

It's in my Netflix queue just haven't got to it.

[random new yorker]

It's in my Netflix queue just haven't got to it.


watch two episodes at a time when you get the first season..etc etc

[Count Bobulescu]

I really don't get why one would pay for something that one can get for free.

This +1
You seem tech savvy, I’m not. Just because you can do something does not mean you should do something. Kinda like the argument many critics of US foreign policy advance, if you know what I mean.

So could you splain to me this: What's essential crucial critical difference between unauthorized downloading of something you're asked to pay for, (circumventing a paywall) and shoplifting? People go to jail for shoplifting. Why one and not the other?

[musashi]

So could you splain to me this: What's essential crucial critical difference between unauthorized downloading of something you're asked to pay for, (circumventing a paywall) and shoplifting? People go to jail for shoplifting. Why one and not the other?

the crucial difference between pirating and shoplifting?
One can practically be prosecuted, one cannot.

[Count Bobulescu]

the crucial difference between pirating and shoplifting?
One can practically be prosecuted, one cannot.
So, although you maybe legally different, morally and ethically you really don't see yourself as much different than a shoplifter. Is that a fair assessment?

[random new yorker]

the crucial difference between pirating and shoplifting?
One can practically be prosecuted, one cannot.

ah well! ...bringing your hypocrisy into this thread ??

[musashi]

So, although you maybe legally different, morally and ethically you really don't see yourself as much different than a shoplifter. Is that a fair assessment?


ah well! ...bringing your hypocrisy into this thread ??

Ownership is theft.

[TotalMayhem]

I tried to watch Game of Thrones and this is what happened (http://theoatmeal.com/comics/game_of_thrones).


Ownership is theft.

A timely reminder that this is a political forum. :D

[Count Bobulescu]

Ownership is theft.

Well that’s a novel observation and succinctly put, I’ll give you that. I may give it a try by commandeering the wheelchair of the next disabled person I encounter.

[Count Bobulescu]

I tried to watch Game of Thrones and this is what happened (http://theoatmeal.com/comics/game_of_thrones).



A timely reminder that this is a political forum. :D

Tough, on those who have the option of cable, but reject it.

[random new yorker]

Ownership is theft.

there must be a good movie about that :cool:

[random new yorker]

I wanted to send a smile to Musashi so badly i ended up posting same twice :o

[fluffybiscuits]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8iLp1xQtPQ

Scared myself senseless yesterday in this !

[Count Bobulescu]

Trouble on the horizon for RTE, O2, Eircom, UPC etc.


Netflix CEO says future of TV is in apps (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/netflix-ceo-says-future-of-tv-is-in-apps/2013/04/26/f21f5cce-adc7-11e2-98ef-d1072ed3cc27_story.html)

Earnings results from several tech giants showed that Reed Hasting's vision is closer to becoming reality.

The number of consumers turning to Netflix and other online entertainment providers (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/verizon-cablevision-emerge-as-unlikely-allies-of-cable-customers-fed-up-with-bundling/2013/03/19/11fe0dac-900d-11e2-9cfd-36d6c9b5d7ad_story.html) has taken even Wall Street by surprise. Netflix has 30 million U.S. subscribers, a bit more than HBO and about 9 million more than the nation’s biggest cable company, Comcast. Hastings audaciously projected Netflix’s audience to grow to as many as 90 million as it expands globally. Its revenue, which exceeded $1 billion for the first three months of 2013, was a record. Minutes after the figures were announced Monday, Netflix stock soared more than 23 percent.


Here's how Netflix sees the future of TV (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/heres-how-netflix-sees-the-future-of-tv/2013/04/25/5c6415f2-ad69-11e2-a8e6-b6e4cc7c49d1_story.html)


Netflix (http://netflix.com) released a new 11-page document that outlines the company’s long-term outlook on the future of television — and more importantly, who will come out as winners. The outlook document comes after the company’s successful 2013 first quarter earnings report (http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/23/how-netflix-plans-to-make-more-money-without-raising-the-price-on-its-8-plans/), which saw Netflix bring in over $1 billion in revenue and a record 33 million subscribers. The outlook doesn’t really provide any new information, but it does shine some light on how Netflix is helping to revolutionize the business of streaming video.
We’ve outlined some of the more interesting bits below, but you can read the full document (http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/NFLX/2441659654x0x656145/e4410bd8-e5d4-4d31-ad79-84c36c49f77c/IROverviewHomePageLetter_4.24.13_pdf.pdf) here.

[DCon]

how time flies

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/943743_653736567986527_365978855_n.png

[Apjp]

On French cinema, people should youtube any of the 1930s films by Jean Renoir such as la regle du jeu and la grande illusion(Franco-German). Best films I have seen in any language. Another one is Le grand voyage, also on youtube with subtitles as half the film is in Arabic. One German film I really enjoyed was Hunde: Wollt Ihr ewig leben?'(Dogs do you want to live forever). I still need subtitles to watch most German films but cannot find die Welle online with English subtitles, which is one I'd really like to see. Das Boot is also very good if you have a few days. Even if your French or German is not great, you should really watch some of these films as they are real works of art as opposed to the ***** in your local cinema

Incredible to think how few Irish films are produced. The Irish Film Board is now chaired by Bill O Herilhy and its not clear what this particular blueshirt crony brings to the role apart from irrelevant competencies in sports journalism. Cannot remember the last time a good Irish film was advertised publicly either.