We watched Contagion tonight, and then the first of the night's Killing on delay. It was a bit like Secret State. One imagines that a stack of decent actors had a few days spare and rushed through a pretty decent script and turned it into a rather poor product. The Killing is quality stuff.

 

Just watching Cars again and I think this is one of those occasions where the sequel is better than the original.

 

Watching it on BBC One HD and it looks very nice indeed.

I watched the Hobbit last sunday in the HFR format, and 3D. I enjoyed it, but I wasn't all that enamoured by the 3D, HFR was nice but not necessary.

We have been known to get the Jean De Florette/Manon Des Sources dvd out around about now... i'm watching football tonight though!

Wanting to 'pap out' ... i just made that phrase up LOL ... i settled down today to watch 17 again.

Oh dear ... not a patch on all the other 'body swop' cum 'young again' movies.

Disappointed.

love that phrase

 

i watched sinister

that was good

 

 

I don't recall Sinister. Do you have an IMDB link?

rubbish at links but heres a pic

 

So, just watched the film TED, in fact the credits are still rolling as I write. It's not an hilarious film, but there are enough funny lines in it to make it enjoyable (more so if you like the humour of Family Guy / American Dad).

 

The overall story is one that's been done many times before, but having an animated teddy bear (that swears and is generally lewd and a bit of a pot head) is enough of a difference to keep me interested.

 

Always worth totting up all the other film/TV  and cultural references as they happen. I did think the bear sounded like Peter Griffin at times.

 

Would I recommend? Yes, just. Not too bad a way to kill an hour and a half or thereabouts.

 

Now, next film up is Man On A Ledge. Once I have made up a bowl of cereal.

 

 

 

   I watched it last week - I had several laugh out loud moments at his one liners.  

 that's because it's the same guy.

I'm not  much into films bit over the season I have sat through three and quite enjoyed

 

Elf .....................lovely Christmassy film

 

The Duchess .............Seen it before but worth a second look.

 

The Inbetweeners ................cringeingly funny - watched a lot of it through my hands on face.

 

Counting down the days to Les Mis  I don't think I've ever anticipated a film so much - really hope it's not a let down.

Watching 'Dances With Wolves' st the mo - great film isn't it?

 

I was aware going into the film that it was written and directed by Seth McFarlane the creator and voice artist for Family Guy and American Dad.

 

I think my point was (albeit not made very well by me) was that TED's voice at times was too close to the character of Peter Griffin. More of a disctinction could have been made or voiced by someone else to avoid this comparison.

 

I'm the same with the new Star Trek film - Into Darkness.

Just seen the hour long special of the making of Les Mis ........................sooooooooooooooo excited - I just know it's gonna be great

Soozy - I've just watched it now.    I've still got goosepimples and I was on the verge of tears just with the tiny clips of Ann Hathaway.  It's going to be absolutely terrific.  I know you can't compare film and live theatre, but I almost feel it'll be better than the stage show - Hugh Jackman summed it up - it's like having the best seat in the house with those close ups.  I can't wait to see it.

Just watched WarHorse - I'm not one for films and I've watched several over the past week or so - enjoyed WarHorse

 

And yes Kaffy, Les Mis looks to be a winner - I'm saying no more as I fear I may be a tad obsessive about it

In the film, someone comments that Ted sounds like Peter Griffin.

Recently watched Total Recall, and while not crap, I agree with the consensus that it's not as enjoyable as at the Arnie original. 

 

I recently watched the Arnie original for the first time in years and was taken aback by how casually and gratuitously violent the film actually is.  I couldn't imagine a big budget, sci-fi blockbuster with that level of violence being made today.  But for all that, it has a charm and a fast moving plot that is missing from the remake, which seemed disjointed.

 

The remake's imagery was good and the action scenes were choreographed well but filled up too much of the film.  As a result, there was little time to flesh out the characters.  Consequently, you care little for the lead character.

 

Kate Beckinsale (like Angelina Jolie) is always a fair bet that at least one of the lead characters will be a one-dimensional kick-ass chick and the character development and the script will be overshadowed by special effects and one on one fight sequences.

 

I'll try to avoid spoilers but the film differed to the book and the Arnie version in its location premise.  Therefore, the downtrodden rebels did not seem that distinct from their exploiters.

 

It was ok but overall just not a good remake.

Watched Dread the other night, it was good. It flopped a bit at the box office but i think thats down to it coming out same time as the Raid and being a similar story

 

Before I forget, watched Inglorious Basterds for the first time on the box the other week. Now I'm generally not a Tarantino fan, but I did enjoy this film. Principally it was the character played by Christoph Waltz (Col. Hans Landa) that did it for me. In particular the opening of the film. But all the way through, his scenes stood out. I note he is in the new Tarantino film Django Unchained. So if you have not seen IB I would say it's definitely worth a watch. But be prepared to do a fair amount of subtitle reading unless you are fluent in French and German!

I enjoyed the film that followed slightly more. It's called Hard Eight. I was only going to watch the first 15 mins, but the story and characters drew me in and I found myself watching the whole thing, despite having an early start in the morning. It's set around Reno. Starts off with an older well dressed man meeting another man outside a diner who appears to be down on his luck. The older man offer him a ride back to Reno and how to turn $50 into a bed for the night. Is this a chance meeting?

 

As the film unfolds they appear to become friends, the older man teaching his younger partner to gamble.  Other characters join the story in the shape of Samuel L. Jackson and Gwyneth Paltrow. Jackson playing a non too likeable acquaintance and Paltrow a waitress/hooker.

 

Not gonna say any more because if you get the chance to watch it, you will enjoy how the lives of the principal characters unfold to their conclusion which in one aspect did surprise me (the twist). Although I would need to watch it again because I missed how a certain piece of information became apparent!

 

 

I understand it's one of the directors first films, others include Magnolia and There Will Be Blood.

Wild Bill on Sky Premier this week  

 

Charlie Creed-Miles must be one of our best actors 

I really liked the impossible & django was funny/violent/good

and i watched Its a disaster-that was good aswell, about a dinner party going t*ts up when a dirty bomb thing goes off & theyre all stuck in the house together

Impossible was brilliant, had me teary from quite early on. The fact it was a true story made it all so powerful to me.

 

Django, i thought was good too.

I saw Impossible ...........harrowing is how I'd describe it ........if it wasn't for the fact that it was a true story you'd say it was too far fetched. Fantastic cinematography and lovely kids. My daughter snivelled from beginning to end. I was just watching a lot of it through my fingers going oooh - ouch etc.

 

Good film though.

 

Loved Inglorious Basterds too ..............I'm becoming a bit of a film buff

 

Haven't watched films much in years - I do fancy Lincoln and The Great Gatsby too.

Have I mentioned that I saw Les Miserables too

 

Great film

We watched the last part of Cleanskin (currently featured on Sky) it wasn't a classic by any means, more like a rejected Spooks script.

 

Has anyone seen Les Miserables yet?

 

Anyone?

 

Soozy?

 

Fixed it for you...

i loved it

 

'what a cruel trick of nature landing me me with such a louse'

 

To be fair, me. I am in general not a fan of musicals or music heavy films.

 

I will add the caveat that I do like West Side Story & Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Oh and not forgetting Paint Your Wagon - a masterpiece.

 

 

Get to watching it people!!

 

 

But before you go see Django Unchained, find out where Tarantino got his "inspiration". Track down a copy of the original Django film.

 

The star : Franco Nero as Django.

 

Indeed  ^^

 

Tarantino does nout for me  

 

 

...or Rango Unchained !!!

 

 

 

 

If you are looking for a film recommendation I would give this one a go. It feels like a 1980's sci-fi film that owes a chunk to Kubrick in the way it looks at times. Seems to divide people although most of my friends and colleagues who have seen it view it positively, there are many on-line I've seen that pan it. I'm still unsure myself. I do like the title and the soundtrack, which I can't get hold of for love nor money!

 

I may give that one a go EC

Is that where this comes from? I loved this in my youth.

 

 

Maybe the Upsetters were big fans of the film, I can't say what the link is myself. But Reggae artists do like westerns by the sounds of it - Clint Eastwood and General Saint! - I'm sure others will have song titles and band names to add.