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The Film Thread

USArsenal

watched Blue Valentine tonight (Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams)..

urgh... like Revolutionary Road, depressing "insight" into a poor marriage.. could do with those 2 hours back

Burnwinter

I thought Blue Valentine was a great bit of realist cinema.

USArsenal

i thought it was mundane and the characters (especially Williams) were annoying and unsympathetic, much like I felt when i watched Rev. Road

i guess watching "realistic" movies about loveless and failing relationships just arent my thing.. i dont find them enjoyable or even interesting

asajoseph

Just seen that film about the bloke who cuts his own arm off.

Painful.

Burnwinter

USArsenal wrote:
i thought it was mundane and the characters (especially Williams) were annoying and unsympathetic, much like I felt when i watched Rev. Road

i guess watching "realistic" movies about loveless and failing relationships just arent my thing.. i dont find them enjoyable or even interesting

Each to their own I guess.

I haven't seen Revolutionary Road, but I've done the failing relationship thing, and Blue Valentine looked a bit like it. Also thought it was good to see a film about characters who were actually from the working class - I'm a bit over UMC navel-gazing. The performances from Gosling and Williams were superb.

asajoseph

Watched the Fighter last night. Pretty good, can see it picking up a gong or two at the Oscars.

I don't think any one film's going to clean up this year - Inception and the Kings Speech probably my two favorites from the nominations this year, but looking forward to True Grit as well.

Burnwinter

Funny. I saw The Fighter over the weekend - thought it was absolute shit. I kept waiting for something, anything unpredictable to happen. I thought Micky would actually lose his title fight etc. etc. No dice. It was uninteresting and unconvincing, and yes Christian Bale lost weight again, but what the fuck for?

Winter's Bone I also saw - and it was an excellent film. It's about ten times as good as The Fighter (only opinion of course). Unusual film.

invisibleman18

Saw the King's Speech on Saturday and thought it was excellent.

invisibleman18

Great scene from King's Speech:

asajoseph

Burnwinter wrote:
Funny. I saw The Fighter over the weekend - thought it was absolute shit. I kept waiting for something, anything unpredictable to happen. I thought Micky would actually lose his title fight etc. etc. No dice. It was uninteresting and unconvincing, and yes Christian Bale lost weight again, but what the fuck for?

Winter's Bone I also saw - and it was an excellent film. It's about ten times as good as The Fighter (only opinion of course). Unusual film.

Yeah, the formula was pretty generic really, none of it felt all that new. Felt very similar to 127 hours, in that sense, certainly nothing happened in either film that I wasn't expecting, apart from Amy Adams in see-through underwear. That's worth an Oscar, for sure.

Felt the characters were stronger in the Fighter though - good candidates for best supporting actor / actress, which I think is a far stronger category than the Leading Role category this year.

Burnwinter

Yeah, it was real workaday Oscar fodder. But it felt like it, from Bale's emaciated frame (uglification equals nomination) to Marky Mark's role which was practically identical to his part in Invincible, right down to the ploddingly rehearsed regional US accent.

The acting wasn't bad I just couldn't see the point. And just to show you how cranky I am, I'm going to claim Amy Adams is nothing special.

Ricky1985

Burnwinter wrote:
And just to show you how cranky I am, I'm going to claim Amy Adams is nothing special.

Too far, Burns. Too far.

RocktheCasbah

invisibleman18 wrote:
Saw the King's Speech on Saturday and thought it was excellent.

Me too.

Also looking forward to True Grit, Asa.

Burnwinter

Ricky1985 wrote:
Burnwinter wrote:
And just to show you how cranky I am, I'm going to claim Amy Adams is nothing special.

Too far, Burns. Too far.

All I can say is, I prefer Veronicas to Gidgets.

Burnwinter

Ricky1985 wrote:
Saw 127 Hours, absolutely loved it. The scene everyone is waiting for is every bit as stomach turning as you'd think. James Franco is very, very good. Just a very good film.

Just saw it myself and I concur. It's a classy film. The various vision / flashback / whatever sequences are quite good as well as the brilliant main thread.

There is something quintessentially Danny Boyle about the film as well. I lack the vocabulary or the brain to describe it though, but it's identifiably by the same director as Trainspotting, The Beach, 28 Days Later, Slumdog Millionaire etc. etc. Might be the way Franco is photographed.

USArsenal

of all the nominated films, I would put them in the following order (my preference only)

-The King's Speech
-The Social Network (very close second, i would not be upset if this won)
-127 Hours (close third)
-The Fighter (distant fourth)
-Inception (distant fifth)
-Black Swan (distant sixth)
-Winter's Bone (very distant seventh)

Havent seen the following yet (but will watch everything except Toy Story before the Oscars)
-The Kids Are All Right
-Toy Story 3
-True Grit

Burnwinter

Yet to see The King's Speech. Out of the rest of the nominees this would be my ordering:

Winter's Bone
Black Swan
127 Hours
Inception
The Social Network
The Fighter

😃

I reckon The Kids Are All Right is a very decent family comedy, True Grit is excellent.

Klaus

That list looks good, Burnsy. Especially the first two choices. I'd have True Grit third. I'd put The Social Network ahead of Inception too. Haven't seen The Fighter yet though.

asajoseph

127 Hours is a firm last in my list, of those I've seen.

I'd probably have it in this order:

Inception
The Kings Speech
Toy Story 3
The Social Network
The Fighter
127 Hours

None of them are bad films, mind.

I'm a massive Coen Brothers / Jeff Bridges fan, so I can see True Grit jumping to the top of that list, if it meets expectation. The Johnny Cash trailer alone is almost Oscar-worthy.

Captain

Does anyone remember a film from either the early nineties or late eighties called "Arena"? And if you do, do you have any idea of where I could get hold of it (download or retail is fine)?

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