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[monstanoodle]

Independence Day is on at present!!!!
Gawwww I'm such a fan of slightly rubbish films. Golden Rubbish is what I like to refer to them as

 

[fluffybudzz]

Two films I seen thIs year which I thought were bangin

Machine gun preacher - bad ass. About a meth head turned vigilantes war against Joseph kOny in Uganda. Must see

The hunger games - just seen in the cinema, hopes weren't high but i was blown away by how good this was.

 

[Mr Smokes Blunts.]

I'm looking forward to the hunger games. The concept looked wicked on film 2012. I might read the book first. It seems like a dystopian future film crossed with battle royale?

 

[maxalfie]

I watched 'In Time' starring Justin Trousersnake a couple of days ago.
Quite enjoyed it, set in the future in LA. Good story but can't think of how to explain it at the mo as head a bit fuzzy.
Look it up and see what you think both my flatmate and myself enjoyed it.

 

[fluffybudzz]

I'm looking forward to the hunger games. The concept looked wicked on film 2012. I might read the book first. It seems like a dystopian future film crossed with battle royale?

Essentially that's exactly what it is. I hadnt read the book but have heard it's also very good along with the sequels. For me it was the acting that really did it. The emotion portrayed felt very real!

In time was Pretty good I thought. Very fit bird in it too

 

[Shambles]

Got around to watching...

... over the weekend. Suspect most here who are likely to did so ages ago but will chip in anyway...

In short, not really worth it on the small screen. Looks fuckin' gorgeous but most of all the whooshiness doesn't really translate to a weensy lappy screen tbh. Other than that, lovely bit of work. Poncy as fuck admittedly. Three hours of flashy effects just to point out how great DMT and having babies are? Fair enough. I would've done the same if I couldv'e gotten a studio to fund it :D

Not quite what a DMT trip looks like but not bad for Hollywood - would've looked great on the big screen I suscpect...

 

[TheSpade]

I went to see The Hunger Games the other night. it's alright but not anywhere near living up to the hype. Just an OK film. Also saw the new Ghost Rider one a few weeks back, gash! Then that crappy romance/comedy one about the 2 secret agents who fall in love with Reece Whetherspoon, load of gash. Few thai moves too but they are bollocks, they don't seem to make much that isn't a soppy love story.

 

[Cornishman]

I watched this the other day.



Don't be fooled by the sweet looking cover.
It was actually quite depressing.

A poor young girl is forced into a life of hard work in order to become a witch.

She ends up in all sorts of scenarios and nearly loses everything.
I expected it to be much happier so I give it 3 stars.

 

[Shambles]

One of Miyazaki's less-lauded works but it meself, Cornish. Yet to meet a Miyazaki I don't in fact (and I'm fairly sure I've seen everything he's done so far). Strikes such a perfect balance of magic, loss, cutesy and tragedy

At the risk of sounding like a total paedoperv, he has an incredible way with young girls. Not that I ever was one - nor even had a sister - but he seems to capture girlish childhood innocence to absolute perfection (the way I imagine it to be anyway). Slightly less good on boyish yoofdom oddly enough. Suspect he has daughters rather than sons cos the observational details in the animation alone are just magical

PS: Ha! Slight excess of in that post it seems :D

 

[Shambles]

Dead Mans Shoes

Also watched this recently. Think I may've indulged in a tad too much MXE to quite make sense of it. The way he has everyone talking at once and general sense of never quite knowing what the fuck is actually going on confused the shit outta me. Again, I suspect a second viewing sans the dissociation may help...

 

[effie]

Miyazaki for the absolute win! Princess Mononoke is my favourite I think

Re-watched this the other day:

It's fantastic, highly recommended! Really visually beautiful and a great story too

 

[Shambles]

Never gotten around to watching City of Lost Children, Ms Eff. Dunno why cos Delicatessen is one of me all-time faves. Mainly for pure genius scenes like this

Did you see the bowdlerised-to-buggery-and-back Disney version (English dubbed) or the original Japanese cut of Mononoke, Ms Eff? Latter is infinitely superior - much darker (surprise, surprise). Disney bought up the Miyazake back-catalogue and totally fucked 'em for the most part

 

[effie]

Japanese! Fuck US versions of Japanese awesomeness

I prefer The City of Lost Children to Delicatessen actually, although the latter is superb too. Get on it! :D

 

[Shambles]

Been meaning too for years, Ms Eff - one of these days :D

In vaguely related news, for those that enjoy surrealist subtitled films with oodles of quirk and ick I'd highly recommend Taxidermia. Trailer here. One of those that sounds twisted as fuck (and kinda is really) but is also hilarious and incredibly creative and well-shot.

Cornishman: If you like yer Miyazake all-cutesy all the time then maybe try Porco Rosso. Trailer here. It's a pig that flies biplanes. What's not to ? :D

 

[effie]

I've not seen that Shammy, I will definitely give it a look, thank you! Looks like something I would enjoy Dave got me into Delicatessen etc, love it

 

[Shambles]

Hardly anyone did see it, Ms Eff. Mentioned it here when it came out but got few takers. Quality film though I can assure you

Whilst recommending obscurities... for those who didn't quite "get" the aforementioned Enter the Void, maybe give Jigoku (Hell) a go. Trailer (in Japanese) here. It's basically the same idea (Buddist afterlife/Book of the Dead stuff) only a tad more... authentic. Properly good film but probably somewhat hard to track down. Worth it though

PS: PooToob linkies to the latter in full (with English subs) may or may not be linkied on the Recommended Links side of the page... but that wouldn't be my breach of copywrite

PPS: Same goes for the Porco Rosso trailer above...

 

[33Hz]

I watched 'In Time' starring Justin Trousersnake a couple of days ago.
Quite enjoyed it, set in the future in LA. Good story but can't think of how to explain it at the mo as head a bit fuzzy.
Look it up and see what you think both my flatmate and myself enjoyed it.

I didn't mind that either. Nothing amazing, but a pretty good spin on the whole "Time is money" proverb. Amanda Seyfried is a nice bit of eye candy too.

Bully: Probably my 2nd favorite Larry Clark film. I should imagine quite a lot of people on here have already seen it as it's been out for awhile now. True story about a group of teenagers who get revenge on one of their so called friends for being a complete bastard to his best mate.

Afterschool: Antonio Campos debut feature length film. A story about an internet addicted public school boy who unintentionally films two of the most popular girls ODing on coke in one of the school corridors. Slightly self indulgent at times, but I love the atmosphere of the film. Probably best to watch after a few benzos, weed, or MXE. Has that kind of vibe. If you like that you should check out 'Simon Killer' his 2nd film. Even better.

 

[Mugz]

finally got around to watching city of god and it was great as expected.

Inside I'm Dancing is a really good film, also would recommend October Sky

 

[Marmalade]

Dunno why cos Delicatessen is one of me all-time faves. Mainly for pure genius scenes like this

lawd, you've just made me hate j00! I used to be a HUUUUGE cinema buff (still am) and Delicatessen is one of my all time faves. Just went through all my old cinema ticket stubs from years ago when i used to save em all, but Delicatessen is not fucking there godammit! I'm raging!

there's a whole heap of fucking awesome flicks i went to see on big screen back then but I cant find that one. I know I have it/went to see it. now I'm gonna be searching through old handbags and shoe boxes of old shite until i find it. FUCK!

Remember seeing some corkers @ a little local arthouse place between 90-94 - would take a pic n post the stubs but can't be arsed to erase the location details of em all.

just from a small selection of the stubs in front of me: Eraserhead ( Lynch), The cook the thief, his wife and her lover ( Greenaway & this makes it into my top 3 fave movies of all time), El Mariachi, Henry: portrait of a Serial Killer, Dawn of the dead ( I Romero!), Naked Lunch ( Crone is my fave director of all time), Matador (Almodovar makes it to my top 10), In the realm of the Senses (cinema was full of pervs in macs, understandably), Tetsuo II Bodyhammer, Mean Streets, Map of the human heart, The bad Lieutenant (saw it on thee week of it's release), Man Bites Dog, Hardboiled, Brazil, Army of darkness, Reservoir dogs (week of release. had been looking forward to it since seeing it hyped to hell in Sight and Sound mag), Tie me Up, Tie Me Down.

woot! also just found this while looking @ cinema stubs too, t'was an awesome gig:

 

[parttime crackhead]

^ That's clearly a gig ticket lol.