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The Film Thread

James

#Timmeh wrote:
Never seen a film at Broadway, but I've sat outside in the summer with a beer. Very nice. Stumble just across the street to The Brew Dog.

I wasn't aware there was one in Nottingham now. Girlfriend loves Lee Rosy's just across the road. Have now got my weekend all planned. Excellent.

RocktheCasbah

James wrote:
RocktheCasbah wrote:
Saw Django on Saturday night. Enjoyed it, and all the central performances were great imo- particularly Mr Waltz, but not as good as Inglorious Basterds for me. And definitely about half hour too long- though i was in the minority with that particular view..

Seems to be the general consensus in most reviews i've read.

Yeah, well, Jo, Chris and Jen don't write film reviews... ;-)

Qwiss

#Timmeh wrote:
So, Gangster Squad, les mis or Django? Or summat else?

Gangster Squad is getting panned. I enjoyed the other 2 a lot.

RocktheCasbah

After seeing Sean Penn in the trailer for Gangster Squad, I just couldn't take it seriously.

Flight looks like it might be worth a look though.

Burnwinter

David O Russell eh?

Three Kings - very good
I <3 Huckabees - brilliant
The Fighter - meh
Silver Linings Playbook - very meh

Should've got Bale as Dicky Edlund to play Bradley Cooper's Pat Solitano in SLP, then it would've had the edge it sorely lacked.

Tony Montana

Silver Linings was brilliant but Bale is a good shout. The Fighter is also good.

Captain

J.J. Abrams to direct episode 7.

Burnwinter

repeats all previous nerd-whinges about the half decent sf franchises of yore being handed over to careless empire-building TV/movie softcocks

Of course in Star Wars' case you can always say "at least it's not Lucas".

Burnwinter

Tony Montana wrote:
Silver Linings was brilliant but Bale is a good shout. The Fighter is also good.

I know Silver Linings was meant to be a fairly light comedy, and I didn't mind bits of it, but it felt like it was trying and failing to be edgy and confrontational.

The characters were stuck halfway between caricature and ... something that would've been a better film IMO.

I didn't really enjoy The Fighter because it was such blatant Oscar fodder.

Klaus

Just watched Skyfall. What a wankjob.

Burnwinter

Last half or so suuuucked. It was quite good up to that point for a Bond film.

Klaus

Thought it was fucking terrible all the way through. Sam Mendes continues to be one of the saddest stories in the film business.

Burnwinter

You're a big meanie Klaus. The first chase scene was fine. So was the beautiful nighttime aerial tracking shot down to the Macau floating casino or whatever. And as a film, it was overall better than uberturkey Quantum of Solace.

As for Sam Mendes, it surpassed American Beauty (overrated by some) and was on par with Jarhead so I guess Sam's on an overall career up.

Klaus

It looked like shit. Worst cinematography of any of the new Bond films. It had flat imagery, a dull story and a script full of bloody Disney villains. I don't like that Mendes drags Craig and Bardem down to his level.

Burnwinter

Flat imagery: the shots weren't exciting, but they were pretty.

Dull story: agree completely.

Script full of Disney villains: they were Bond villains (I saw no Jafar or Cruella de Vil) but they were shit.

Klaus

The shots looked pointless and generic to me. They even managed to screw up the lantern scene in Shanghai which takes some doing. Why on earth would you filter out all the depth of that shot? The stage has already been set with the lights and the reflection in the water. You just need to point the camera and record. The inescapable conclusion is that you're a wanker, and it fits in pretty well with the impression I got from the rest of the film.

As for the villains, they could have brought Richard Kiel out of retirement and no one would've battered an eyelid. I thought the franchise had finally moved past this bullshit.

Burnwinter

Klaus wrote:
The inescapable conclusion is that you're a wanker

I'm hurt, Klaus.

Burnwinter

Actually, one thing about Bond: so long as you're actually trying to please half the audience wanting to see all the "traditional" shit that goes into Bond films (flirting with Moneypenny, gadget time with Q, bad one-liners, hot chick he fucks who dies and he doesn't care, Aston Martins), and the other half wanting the franchise to be updated with modern gender politics, psychological delving, and floppy-haired indie kid offsiders, you're never going to get a really decent film.

The next Bond director should just release a statement telling one half of that audience to get fucked before shooting even begins.

Klaus

Burnwinter wrote:
Klaus wrote:
The inescapable conclusion is that you're a wanker

I'm hurt, Klaus.

I've handed out compliments that were worse.

Burnwinter wrote:
Actually, one thing about Bond: so long as you're actually trying to please half the audience wanting to see all the "traditional" shit that goes into Bond films (flirting with Moneypenny, gadget time with Q, bad one-liners, hot chick he fucks who dies and he doesn't care, Aston Martins), and the other half wanting the franchise to be updated with modern gender politics, psychological delving, and floppy-haired indie kid offsiders, you're never going to get a really decent film.

Yeah, maybe. Casino Royale didn't really fit that description though. It had a few elements from both camps I suppose but there was a bit of identity, both in the images and the character. Felt like a worthwhile film on its own merits.

Captain

Cast two mega hotties, so Sam is okay in my book.

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