Moving Pictures...Movie Thread

[ChenLi]

Couldn't find a movie thread, so I thought I could make one...

What recent films have you seen lately? What are your fave films?

Basically any movies you want to talk about you can talk about in here.

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My fave movies are Pirates of the Carribbean, Phantom Of The Opera, Mulan, The Emporers' New Groove, Lion King/Lion King 2, Jurassic Park Trilogy, LOTR trilogy, The Grudge, The Ring 1+2 (Jap version), Princess Mononoke, Grave of the Fireflies, Spirited Away, Perfect Blue, Saw 1 + 2, Scary Movie 1/2/3/4, Silent Hill, Keeping Mum...the list goes on.

Labyrinth is a big fave, as it got me into David Bowie.

Recently I saw Silent Hill and Scary Movie 4. Silent Hill was very good, some very creepy bits. Worth the watch, definately will get it on dvd when it comes out. And may seek the game out. Scary Movie 4 was very funny, good for a laugh.

[thevegantwins]

I never get to the movies but I did see Thank You for Smoking in March, it was funny and intriguing. I do rent a fair share of movies-most recent rentals were: Crash (very good), Legally Blonde (cute, fluff film), The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (good documentary), March of the Penguins (beautiful scenery but lacking in actual science) and Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (boring).

Favorite movies include: Trainspotting, Little Voice, Love Actually (blows my mind that I love this movie), Babe, Princess Bride, Cabaret, To Kill a Mockingbird, Pride & Prejudice (the Colin Firth version), Muriel's Wedding, Antonia's Line, Planes, Trains and Automobiles and so many more..

[ChenLi]

Ah, Little Voice, good film that.

[Oracl]

Good idea for a thread, ChenLi. :agree: :excited:

Just been to see Ice Age 2. :snowflake: It was good fun. :D

Recently borrowed the DVDs of Crash, The Constant Gardener and Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang, all of which which I liked.

Favourite movies include: Donnie Darko, Edward Scissorhands, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, Life of Brian ........ can't think of any more....... it's late........ :zzz:

[thevegantwins]

Oracl,

I've been hearing of this Donnie Darko since I 'met' you, I really need to rent it. I don't think the library has it though, might actually have to hit a real rental place. :)

[ChenLi]

Ty. Ah, Ice Age 2, just as good as the first, which is a rarity in sequels.

[Oracl]

Oracl,

I've been hearing of this Donnie Darko since I 'met' you, I really need to rent it. I don't think the library has it though, might actually have to hit a real rental place. :)
It has become quite a cult movie. I really like it and find the ideas in it fascinating. I've watched it at least 3 times. :thumbsup:

Donnie Darko (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0246578/)

[Oracl]

Ah, Ice Age 2, just as good as the first, which is a rarity in sequels.
Yes and I loved those two possums! :dizzy:

[ChenLi]

Yeah...and the sabre tooth tiger (can't remember his name) having a fear of water...oh, and Scrat....Scrat rocks.

[Oracl]

Yeah...and the sabre tooth tiger (can't remember his name) having a fear of water...oh, and Scrat....Scrat rocks.
Diego. :)

Scrat played a more significant part in the plot of Ice Age 2! :D

[ChenLi]

Yep, which was good.

[Fauxmage]

Some of my favorites, in no particular order:

The Wizard of Oz (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/)

The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051337/)

The Ten Commandments (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049833/)

Jason and the Argonauts (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057197/)

Casino Royale (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061452/)

Johnny Guitar (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047136/)

Now, Voyager (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035140/)

Shadow of a Doubt (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036342/)

A Shot in the Dark (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058586/)

Sorry, Wrong Number (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040823/)

Good Neighbor Sam (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058153/)

Midnight Lace (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054084/)

Picnic (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048491/)

The Ghost and Mr Chicken (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059221/)

Young Frankenstein (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072431/)

The Piano (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107822/)

Cleopatra (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056937/)

Gormenghast (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0197154/)

I'll be back when I think of more. :popcorn:

[thevegantwins]

Watched Pecker, a John Waters film, this weekend, very funny :rofl:

[Willow]

Oracl,

I've been hearing of this Donnie Darko since I 'met' you, I really need to rent it. I don't think the library has it though, might actually have to hit a real rental place. :)

I watched it a long time ago and remember liking it, but not loving it. :rubchin: The topics are very interesting to me and my best friend had higly recommended it (and we have very similar movie preferences), so I had very high expectations...maybe that was the problem? I think I need to watch it again, because I've heard other people recommend it to me as well ;)

[dreamer]

I've been watching quite a few movies off of IFC since I switched to satellite and still get some movies from Blockbuster on-line. This weekend I watched "Bubba Ho-Tep," which was a weird black comedy/horror movie. I really enjoyed it, though it was TOTALLY different than anything I've ever seen b4. In it, Elvis is in a nursing home (having switched places long ago with an Elvis impersonator who's the one who died) and comes to help a black man who thinks he's JFK destroy a soul-sucking mummy in a cowboy outfit:beanie: I also watched Idiocracy, which was about a man who is cryogenically frozen and wakes up in the distant future to find that people have become total morons...by Mike Judge, the creator of King of the Hill:dunce:

[Keykeypie]

Ha ha ha.....I saw that one about the soul-sucker & Elvis in the nursing home.....it was funny.
I'll watch for that other one you mentioned....they DO have some good movies on IFC.

[Gliondrach]

Some of my favourites, not in any order:

Zulu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Zulu Dawn.
The Dambusters.
The League of Gentlemen.
The First Great Train Robbery.
The Man Who Would Be King.
All the Pink Panther films.
A Night At the Opera.
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday.
Mon Oncle.
Jour de Fete.
The Great Escape.
The Maltese Falcon.
The Big Sleep.
Casablanca.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy. All four parts of it.
The Eagle Has Landed.
Sink the Bismark.
The Battle of Britain.
A Bridge Too Far.
Cross of Iron.
Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Witchfinder General.
The Devil Rides Out.
And any film with naked women in it.

[Bowwowmeow]

...
The Lord of the Rings trilogy. All four parts of it...
Haha! :lol:

...And any film with naked women in it.
:rolleyes: No comment.

[Keykeypie]

Do people outside the US get South Park.......?

I :smallheart: South Park

[Oracl]

Yes, we get South Park! :agree: :laugh:

Did you see Team America: World Police (http://imdb.com/title/tt0372588/), Keykeypie? :lol:

[thevegantwins]

I bought Mr. TVT the South Park Greatest Hits DVD last month. He loved it. The creators picked out their favorite episodes.

[Keykeypie]

Yes, we get South Park! :agree: :laugh:

Did you see Team America: World Police (http://imdb.com/title/tt0372588/), Keykeypie? :lol:

Not yet.....but I heard it was real good.....I'll try to see it.

[dreamer]

I loved the South Park movie, but the Team America: World Police was just OK. I love South Park generally, especially when they actually "teach" something...like I learned a lot about Scientology that turns out to be accurate!

Anyway, Idiocracy hasn't been on TV yet, that was one of my rentals. I read that the studio didn't release it "wide" because they thought people wouldn't "get" his implication that we're being "dumbed-down" by the media:bhead:

[paul]

Some of my favourites, not in any order
more to come.

Awakenings

chitty chitty bang bang:o

sound of music:o (proberly because its anti nazi and based on a true story)

the shinning

Misery

Carrie

Dolores Claiborne

loads of Dracula, Zombie type movies.

The Titfield Thunderbolt .

The Ladykillers
Lavender Hill Mob
Passport to Pimlico
more to come
:boil:

[dreamer]

This movie "moved" me in a bad way...Crank. It was one of the worst movies I have ever made myself watch. I should have stopped the DVD 10 minutes in, but I kept trying to convince myself it would get better. It didn't and now I can't get back that 90 minutes of my life:hbang:

Now on the other hand, I watched and loved Dead Man and I also really enjoyed Heaven, both on IFC:)

[paul]

Mississippi Burning.

Once Were Warriors

even more to come.

[dreamer]

All the Little Animals
Just watched this (recorded it off IFC)...I loved the middle half of the movie because it focused on a hermit who thought all living things--from grass and trees to snails and badgers--were important and should be valued. He walked around and burried all the animals (including snails and insects) that he found on the road. I liked the other half of the movie OK, but mainly the middle section where it was just this hermit and a young man talking about how important ALL life was and respectfully burrying all the poor creatures off the road. [The rest was a bit violent and depressing.]

Company Man
Recorded this off AMC and found it very funny...about a guy who becomes a CIA operative after lying and saying he's one. He's obnoxious about grammar...as he's really an elementary school grammar teacher. Has loads of actors just "pop-up" such as Woody Allen, Alan Cumming, Sigourney Weaver, Dennis Leary, John Turturro, etc. He explains how the Bay of Pigs happened, but I found it quite funny...and that is something I need quite often:agree:

[Gliondrach]

Paul's mention of the Ealing-type comedies, which I also like, reminded me of another old British film: A Canterbury Tale. It's set in wartime - I think it was made then, too, and is about some people who go to Canterbury. Each one receives a blessing when they are there. It is a very nice film and I watch it every time it is shown on television.

I'm All Right, Jack is another good one. Peter Sellers stars as union shop steward, Fred Kite. He plays the part completely straight and in that is the comedy. He is so pompous and ridiculous that nearly everything he says is funny.

[Oracl]

I'm All Right, Jack is another good one. Peter Sellers stars as union shop steward, Fred Kite. He plays the part completely straight and in that is the comedy. He is so pompous and ridiculous that nearly everything he says is funny.
I saw that ages ago, it is very funny! :agree: :D

[thevegantwins]

Mr. TVT and I enjoyed an old British movie that I now can't remember the name of. It took place in a huge old house that was next to train tracks and a woman owned the house and took in boarders, all men. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

[paul]

sounds like The Ladykillers,(the original one)

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/paulpic_2006/Ladykillers1.jpg

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n137/paulpic_2006/lk.jpg

the story - five criminals, posing as musicians, successfully carry out a robbery, then find themselves defeated by their apparently harmless landlady, and ultimately driven to destroy each other - came in a dream to writer William Rose (who also wrote Mackendrick's previous film, The Maggie (1954)), and Mackendrick was immediately taken by its dark humour.

Alec Guinness gives probably his finest comic performance as the increasingly unhinged criminal mastermind Professor Marcus. The role was originally intended for Alastair Sim, and Guinness plays the part with more than a hint of Sim about him. But the film really belonged to the 77-year-old Katie Johnson as the apparently dotty but utterly indefatigable Mrs Wilberforce.

The casting is perfect across the board: Herbert Lom, in his first comic role, brings genuine menace as hardman Louis (as Mackendrick noted, "he acted as though he didn't know he was funny"), while Cecil Parker as the Major and the huge ex-boxer Danny Green as ex-boxer One-Round seem so right it's hard to imagine others in the roles. Peter Sellers got his first major film part as Teddy Boy Harry (he also voiced Mrs Wilberforce's parrots). Sellers and Lom would later play against each other in several Pink Panther films.

[thevegantwins]

:yea: Thank you, paul. That's it!! That was a great movie. I'm going to rent it again tonight from the library.

[Gliondrach]

It has a happy ending for the landlady when the police tell her that she can keep the money. They don't know she really has the proceeds of the robbery but they tell her to keep it.

[paul]

it is a great film, it was my music teacher that got me into ealing films when i was about 13, he took us for RE when the religus education teacher left half way through the term, my music teacher loved steam trains and showed us films with steam trains in it , IE the lady killers and the titfield thunder bolt, i can see his face now when the trains were shown, a big grin and waterery eyes, i didnt learn much about religion or music.

[thevegantwins]

We watched a rather depressing but good documentary the other night called Born into Brothels (http://www.kids-with-cameras.org/bornintobrothels/film.php) about young children in India who are raised in the red light district. A photographer worked with a group and taught them about photography and tried to get them out of the brothels.

[Oracl]

i didnt learn much about religion or music.
:D But you did get to see some great films! :agree: :thumbsup:

[Oracl]

We watched a rather depressing but good documentary the other night called Born into Brothels (http://www.kids-with-cameras.org/bornintobrothels/film.php)
That looks interesting but, yes, it does look depressing. :(

[Blueshark]

I watched two films today:

1. Flightplan with Jodie Foster.

It was an 'ok' film, I was watching her performance intently and she deserves a better script. A mix of fantasy and thriller.

2. Angel-A by Luc Besson.

Beautiful film, really got me fantasizing :o

[thevegantwins]

Flightplan was boring and stupid. I'm the type of person who watches a movie and finds all the mistakes. I can't stand movies that are supposed to be realistic but there are too many mistakes.

I rented 3 movies this weekend from the library: Notting Hill (good fluffy film), The Ladykillers (:yea:) and Harvey (who can beat a 6-foot tall imaginary rabbit :bunny: + James Stewart).

[Gliondrach]

Harvey is one of my favourites. I've seen it many times on telly. Elwood (James Stewart) is a great character. Someone everyone would like to know. I'm sure he is secretly vegan, being such a nice man. Harvey will be.

[dreamer]

OK, last night I watched the DVD of "Happy Feet." I have mixed feelings about it for a few reasons. First, just after the previews but b4 the root menu popped up, they had a short "documentary"/commercial (?) about the effect of over-fishing. What bothered me is that they kept talking about how you need to get information (they told you from where) about which fish to buy and not buy in order to help with the problem....That a few organizations would provide you with lists of what type of fish to buy and which ones to avoid. This annoyed me for probably obvious reasons...to stop over-fishing, don't buy fish:mad: Then, in the movie, I largely liked the message of human beings causing big problems in the world by pollution, direct killing of species, and over-fishing. But near the end what causes we humans to change our ways (by not "over-fishing" in the penguins' area it seems) is that when they find the penguins' home, they all start dancing. So having animals who "entertain" us die off is not acceptable, but otherwise all bets are off:confused: :hbang: :biff:

[dreamer]

Oh, I was also annoyed because the animals kept talking about how much smarter we are than them...IF we're so much smarter, why are we the ones practically destroying the earth?

[thevegantwins]

I rented 3 movies from the library this past weekend. Heathers is a sick movie about high school cliques. I had seen it years ago though Mr. TVT never saw it. We both love the musical, Hair so watched that again. I also rented McHale's Navy. I remember seeing the original when I was a child and enjoying it. The library didn't have the original, just the remake with Tom Arnold. I don't think it could have been much worse.

The kids have discovered the joys of travel videos. They both really enjoy the Lonely Travel guides. This weekend, we watched documentaries on India, Ecuador, Ireland, and San Francisco (but no Bowwowmeow sightings :( )

[dreamer]

I loved Heathers, though I haven't watched it in a few years;)

[dreamer]

Once Were Warriors
I just saw this on IFC. It was really good, but also sad. For most of the movie I didn't understand why the family stayed together, but by the "saddest" part, I understood--but still wanted the family to split up. Anyway, I'm glad you mentioned it Paul or I probably wouldn't have thought to watch it:)

[paul]

Glad you thought it was good dreamer, yep it is such a sad story There's a couple of sequels to it the first is What Becomes of The Broken Hearted? which is good and Jake's Long Shadow which i haven't seen.

id like to read Once were warriors but i cant find it anywhere.

[Oracl]

We went to see Zodiac (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0443706/) today. It is based on a true story and I really enjoyed it. Great shots of San Francisco and even a houseboat made it into the movie! :boat:

[thevegantwins]

even a houseboat made it into the movie! :boat:
It wasn't the houseboat though, was it?

[Bowwowmeow]

No, though, when I was in elementary school, we got police escorts for our schoolbusses when the Zodiac killer threatened to hijack one. It was very exciting, and an added benefit was getting to go out trick-or-treating before dark on Halloween. :beanie: :hyper:

[paul]

I saw Getting Even with Dad on tv today and San Francisco was in that , i didnt see any house boats but i did see a tram(ness ave i think it was)

[dreamer]

Glad you thought it was good dreamer, yep it is such a sad story There's a couple of sequels to it the first is What Becomes of The Broken Hearted? which is good and Jake's Long Shadow which i haven't seen.

id like to read Once were warriors but i cant find it anywhere.
Are the sequels as sad as the first one...I dunno if I could take that:dark:

[paul]

I didnt think The broken heared was as bad,bad but not as bad but that's just me, i havent seen jake's long shadow.

[Oracl]

It wasn't the houseboat though, was it?
It was more like the farthest houseboat in this photograph, which I just stole from BWM's Houseboat Livin' thread: ;)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/lauralb/Marina/photos175.jpg

[Bowwowmeow]

*Alert*
The houseboat next door is STILL for sale. :hyper:

[Oracl]

Ooh, tempting! :agree: :psing:

[thevegantwins]

*Alert*
The houseboat next door is STILL for sale. :hyper:

Can it hold a family of 4 and a fat cat? :D

[Bowwowmeow]

Yes, if you could stand living in an RV, which is just what the interior is like!

[thevegantwins]

:blecch: :lol:

[Gliondrach]

[QUOTE=thevegantwins] I also rented McHale's Navy. I remember seeing the original when I was a child and enjoying it. The library didn't have the original, just the remake with Tom Arnold. I don't think it could have been much worse.

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I used to watch that on television. Wasn't that the one with a Japanese POW bloke who had the free run of the place? They operated a PT boat, didn't they? And wasn't McHale a bit of a wheeler dealer - a bit like Bilko? Or does my memory play tricks?

[thevegantwins]

That's the one. I'd like to see the original again. The remake was torture.

[Gliondrach]

I haven't thought about it in years. Decades.

I wish they would re-repeat the Bilko series.

I haven't seen any films recently, on telly or at the cinema. If I did watch one I would want it to be funny.

[Gliondrach]

I've seen some good films on telly recently.

A few days ago I saw The Butterfly Effect, about a bloke who could change his past. Each time he did it he made things worse. But it had a reasonably happy ending.

Before that I saw Frequency, starring Denis Quaid, which I've seen before. In that, a bloke communicates with his dead dad on his dad's old radio. He is in the present and he can talk to his dad in the past. It has something to do with the Aurora Borealis and its effects on radio waves. The two of them manage to change the past and it has a happy ending.

Doctor Who, last Saturday, was very good. The episode was called 'Blink'. He and Martha - his new-ish assistant - were stuck in 1969 and they needed the help of a young woman in this present to help them to get the Tardis back. The Doctor communicated with her through messages he had left on DVDs.

The story before that was a two-parter called 'Family of Blood'. That was very good, too. He and Martha were living in 1913. The Doctor was a teacher in a public school and Martha was a maid there. He had forgotten who he was and thought he was an ordinary man called John Smith from Nottingham. He even fell in love. Shock! Horror! Only Martha knew his real identity.

[dreamer]

I can hardly wait to see the Doctor Who episodes you're talking about...it will start here in a few weeks on Sci-Fi.

[Oracl]

I can hardly wait to see the Doctor Who episodes you're talking about...
Me too! :agree: I hope they get here soon. :crossfingers:

[Gliondrach]

What's it worth to you two to stop me telling you the endings?

[dreamer]

YOUR life:flame: :boil: :rolleyes: ;) :D

[Gliondrach]

Well, if it means that much to you, I won't tell you how they end. I can tell you that Georgy Bush doesn't appear in any of them.

[dreamer]

Yay...no Georgy:yea:

[Oracl]

YOUR life :flame: :boil: :rolleyes: ;) :D
Yeah, what she said! :agree: :D

[Bowwowmeow]

They are coming out with a third version of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"! One of my favorite movies. I've seen the original, and the remake they made in the seventies. They included Kevin McCarthy, the star of the original, in the seventies version, and now they are including Veronica Cartwright from the seventies version in the newest one. It is starring Nicole Kidman and that guy who plays 007 (Daniel Craig?). I liked both versions, so I think I will check this one out. Its a fun story.

They are also redoing "The Last Man on Earth" which was a movie starring Vincent Price, based on Richard Matheson's book "I Am Legend", which I just read recently. I love the story, and I loved Vincent Price in the original. Charlton Heston's "Omega Man" was pretty good too, but I am having a hard time accepting the Fresh Prince of Bel Air as a stand in for Vincent Price in the latest version. Which is called "I Am Legend" after the original book title.

I am also looking forward to "The Golden Compass", also starring 007. And Nicole Kidman, come to think of it. Its got Derek Jacobi in it too. He is one of my favorite actors.

[Gliondrach]

Did Donald Sutherland appear in one of the Invasion of the Body Snatchers? He was in some body snatching film. He resisted being snatched for a long time.

I think I saw The Omega Man. Was that about the few surviving normal humans and their fight to survive attacks by mutants?

[Gliondrach]

Its got Derek Jacobi in it too. He is one of my favorite actors.



Derek Jacobi's in a film on telly tonight: Two Men Went to War, about two members of the Dental Corps going to war. He's not one of the two men. He is a man but not one of the two in the title.

He was good as Alan Turing. He was also in a recent Doctor Who.

[Bowwowmeow]

Did Donald Sutherland appear in one of the Invasion of the Body Snatchers? He was in some body snatching film. He resisted being snatched for a long time.
Yes. He was in the seventies remake.

I think I saw The Omega Man. Was that about the few surviving normal humans and their fight to survive attacks by mutants?
Yes. Actually, Charlton Heston was supposedly the only normal human left, but he did manage to find a girlfriend.

[Gliondrach]

I enjoyed that film, Two Men Went to War. It was based on a true story. A sergeant and a private in the Dental Corps both want to have a more active war. So they go to Cornwall, steal a fishing boat and sail to France. They blow up a railway line, cut some telephone wires, inadvertently cause two trains to have a head on smash, and blow up a radar aerial. Then sail back home. No one believes them at first but evidence comes in to corroborate their story.

I don't know how closely it followed the facts but it said that they both were transferred to other regiments. The sergeant became and officer and won the MC. And then in the Korean War won the DSO. The private was sent to the Durham Light Infantry and after the war, in 1967, became Deputy Lord Mayor of Newcastle. I didn't know we had had such an illustrious Deputy Mayor.

My old history teacher was Lord Mayor last year.

[Bowwowmeow]

They're gonna make a movie about Nesssssssssssie!!!!!! :yea: Its called "The Water Horse". I'm definitely going to go see that. This little boy finds a beautiful egg in the mud, and it hatches into this funny little creature who lives in the toilet, until he gets so big the only place they can think of to keep him secret is Loch Ness. :hyper:

The story was written by the same person who wrote "Babe", I believe.

[Oracl]

Sounds entertaining! :agree:

[Gliondrach]

It's not real, you know.

[Bowwowmeow]

Is too. :beanie:

[thevegantwins]

We're watching Babe right now. I'd like to see another movie by that writer.

[dreamer]

I watched C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America on IFC this past weekend. It was really good, about an "alternate universe" where the confederacy won the "War of Northern Aggression." So the C.S.A. (as opposed to the U.S.A.) kept slavery, did not give women the right to vote, was anti-everyone of color, tried to take over South & Central America, never declared war on Hitler (though did on Japan), was at odds with Canada (as well as the rest of the world) over its slavery & colonizing, etc. I thought it was very well done, though I didn't agree with the possibility of everything it showed. (Like how quickly the C.S.A. developed the atomic bomb--on par with when the U.S. did originally--because many of the people involved probably woulda never helped a gov't like the C.S.A.)

[dreamer]

OK, I saw Year of the Dog on DVD this weekend and I have really mixed feelings about it. I liked that there was a seemingly normal vegan guy (the vet worker) and the main female character certainly came across as caring for animals...but then she embezzled from her company, took in 15 dogs and let her house/person go to pot, and tried to kill her neighbor--though she said she was just trying to give him a message (not really kill him). Anyone else see the movie?

[Bowwowmeow]

Yes, Soynut and I have. I think there is a thread about it here.

[dreamer]

Yes, Soynut and I have. I think there is a thread about it here.

Where is it?

[Oracl]

Where is it?
I found it! :doggygrin: Year of the Dog (http://www.thenakedvegan.net/showthread.php?t=1005)

[dreamer]

I found it! :doggygrin: Year of the Dog (http://www.thenakedvegan.net/showthread.php?t=1005)

Thanks Oracl!

[Oracl]

We went to see 1408 today and had a good scare! :eek: It's based on a short story by Stephen King. John Cusack is very good in it, it's really just him and a creepy hotel room most of the time. Worth seeing on the big screen. :speechless:

I'll give it: :star: :star: :star: :star:

[Gliondrach]

Why does it have that title?

[dreamer]

I haven't seen the movie, but my understanding it that the title refers to a room number in a hotel (or apt. building?) where lots of creepy stuff has happened in the past and happens during the movie plot.

[Gliondrach]

Right.

[Oracl]

Yes, it is the number of the hotel room at the Dolphin Hotel in New York. Creepy, evil things happen in this room. 56 guests have died in this room. The numbers 1,4,0 and 8 add up to.......??? Spooky eh??? ;) :D

[Gliondrach]

Does anything happen in room 1309?

[thevegantwins]

We finally saw An Inconvenient Truth last night, rented from the library. I allready knew that Al Gore doesn't mention veganism let alone even going vegetarian as a huge part of helping global warming. Shame. Plus, I read recently that right after the intial premiere of the movie, his daughter got married and they served chilean sea bass at the wedding, an endangered species.

[Bowwowmeow]

But that's the whole point behind the green movement. If the little people don't stop driving cars, heating their homes, and eating endangered animals, there won't be anything left for the rich people. :dizzy:

[thevegantwins]

:agree: :crying:

[Bowwowmeow]

I saw "Shutter" this afternoon. A little slow to start out with, but essentially a good ghost story with a nicely warped ending. Sad but creepy!

[thevegantwins]

We finally watched Year of the Dog last night. I liked the point of the ending, that many people have something they are drawn to whether it is religion, dolls, their partner and for some, it is animal rights. I hated how crazy they made Molly Shannon seem once she went vegan. I thought it was funny when she made the vegan cupcakes and her coworkers were enjoying them until they found out they were vegan. How true. :shock:

[dreamer]

I agree with you (as I myself said b4) TVT that they made Molly Shannon seem nuts once she goes vegan. But I liked that the male character, who was also vegan, was not.

I've seen the DVDs of Sweeney Todd (with Johnny Depp) and Enchanted in the past week. I liked Enchanted much better. That surprised me because usually I love Depp and Burton, but it was just too gory for me. [Yes, I knew Sweeney Todd would be gory, but I think they went overboard.]

[Bowwowmeow]

This afternoon I went to see "The Ruins". I had read the book, and thought it very good. In fact, I couldn't put it down; I read it from cover to cover in one eight hour stint. I wanted to leave the theater after the first ten minutes of the movie, though. I was pretty surprised to see the book's author was the screenplay writer. I wonder what happened? :rolleyes:

It was filmed in our Oracl's very own Queensland, by the way, on the Gold Coast. If they ever decide to film a sequel there, I will pay you to go kick their asses for me, Oracl. :whistle: :biff:

I saw a teaser for what looks like a really good scary movie though, called "The Strangers". I'll definitely go check that one out. :agree:

[Gliondrach]

The best portrayal of Sweeney Todd that I've seen was by Ray Winstone. Come to think of it, it's the only portrayal of him that I've seen. But it was the best. I have seen a few episodes of The Sweeney, starring John Thaw and Dennis Waterman, though. And there was a lad called Sweeney in my class at school.

[Oracl]

It was filmed in our Oracl's very own Queensland, by the way, on the Gold Coast. If they ever decide to film a sequel there, I will pay you to go kick their asses for me, Oracl. :whistle: :biff:
OK! :agree: :laugh:

The Gold Coast is less than an hour's drive from where we live. :updn:

[Gliondrach]

I'm sure I read somewhere that they are going to remake Zulu.
I hope they don't have an American actor in any of the roles - unless he can do a very convincing English or Welsh accent. Or Irish. And I especially hope they don't have the US 7th Cavalry riding in at the last minute to save the day.

[Bowwowmeow]

I wonder why they bother to remake classics. I guess they are running out of good writers with original ideas.

[Gliondrach]

I think it is to state categorically that Fuzzy wasn't there at Rorke's Drift. He had actually advised Chelmsford not to split his forces when they went into Zululand but Chelmsford, the buffoon, ignored the advice. If the main force had been in one column, the Zulus would probably never have attacked the hospital and the film would never have been made.

There are also one or two inaccuracies in the film that will probably be corrected.

[Fauxmage]

I was totally blown away by District 9 today. I knew it would be good, and I was not disappointed. Very brutal scenes, not for the faint of heart, but I tell myself the special effects at least are make believe, even if the portrayal of the worst aspects of human nature was true to life. :star: :star: :star: :star: :star:

[Gliondrach]

What was it about - some police thing?

[Fauxmage]

It's about a colony of unwelcome aliens whose ship is disabled, and they have been living in squalor in a slum in Johannesburg, South Africa. Good stuff.

http://www.district9movie.com/

[Gliondrach]

It sounds interesting. I'll wait until it comes on the telly.

[Blueshark]

I am currently listening to the Moon Soundtrack by Clint Mansell. Produced for the film Moon - which I had the fortune of watching last Summer. It is definitely my sort of film, sci-fi, dystopian outlooks and with a real edge. Directed by Duncan Jones...the son of David Bowie. Worth a look on DVD.

[Bowwowmeow]

I'll have to check that out. I haven't seen any good movies in a while. None at all, in fact, good or bad.

[Blueshark]

I'll have to check that out. I haven't seen any good movies in a while. None at all, in fact, good or bad.

Ok Bowwowmeow..

I will give you my list of recommended films that I have seen recently:

1. Moon (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1182345/). Thoughtful Sci Fi.

2. The Lives of Others (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/). Excellent Cold War Drama.

3. The Hurt Locker. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887912/). Set in Iraq - tells story of a crack bomb disarmer. Feels realistic.

4. The Counterfeiters. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0813547/) Excellent WW2 tale re-telling of true events.

5. The Time Traveller's Wife. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452694/)Romantic Sci Fi.

There..enjoy :yea:

[Gliondrach]

The Counterfeiters must be like a more serious Private Schultz. That was a BBC series about Gerhard Schultz who was forced to join the SS and became embroiled in Operation Bernhard. In the series, it was his idea. And then he was parachuted into England to see if he could pass off the forged fivers. Very funny series.

[Blueshark]

I watched 'After Hours' last night...

[Blueshark]

I went to the cinema and watched this. (http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/film/viewfilm?id=9384)

Gliondrach will like it.

[Gliondrach]

Yes, I think I would.

[Gliondrach]

I was looking around you tube and wondered if there'd be any mention of Raven. This was television series of the late-ish 1970s starring Phil Daniels - a very good actor. I found a clip which advertises the DVD of the complete series. In it, Daniels plays a delinquent who has just been released from borstal or approved school and he goes to stay in the country with a married couple. There has always been a raven in attendence throughout his life. I think one was near him when he was found abandoned as a baby. One even followed the train that took him to the couple. It's about the Arthurian Story. I would like to buy it.

Then I decided to look for another of my favourites from the time. Children of the Stones. It's set in Avebury but the village has a different name in the series. A father and his son move into the village. The villagers seem to belong to some ancient pagan cult. It looks as if the whole series is available on you tube in 10-minute sections. I am going to watch it again, one episode a day.

[Blueshark]

I got two films today:

Dead Snow (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Snow-DVD-Jeppe-Laursen/dp/B002B7OM7W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1298752902&sr=8-1)

Will keep me amused this weekend on my downtime!

Ghost In The Shell 2.0 DVD (already seen it on Blu-ray - but I use DVD) (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ghost-Shell-2-0-Redux-DVD/dp/B001U3EON0/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1298752933&sr=1-1)

[ChenLi]

Old post but...dead snow is a good film.

[Blueshark]

Yeah it was kinda amusing.

[Blueshark]

I saw Rise of the Planets of the Apes. Don't bother with it lol. It was so slow and quite torturous to watch!

[Blueshark]

I saw Cowboys and Aliens - Awesome. Great Film.

[Pantera]

LOL, I was just going to recommend Rise of the Planet of the Apes. :rolleyes: I thought they did a good job of dealing with the issue of animal cruelty and experimentation, and showing the world through the apes eyes.

I saw Moon last week and it was really good. Also saw Forks Over Knives last night which was nice.

[Blueshark]

Watching Blade Runner now. It is very interesting - especially its futuristic view on animal life...

[Gingerbreadman]

I watched Super 8 over the weekend - I really liked it, it kinda reminded me of the Goonies!

[Gingerbreadman]

I just found out there is going to be a fourth Jurassic Park movie! Thats just made my week!

[Gliondrach]

They don't use real dinosaurs, you know. They are men dressed up - usually one at the front and one at the back.

[Gingerbreadman]

:rofl: