Will read up about those, Ricky and Burnsy. Always fascinated by what humans can do when survival is at stake.

In the case of Shackleton and his men, camp on a floating ice floe eating nothing but penguins for the best part of a year 😃 the whole story is far more insane, though.

Touching the Void is a feature length documentary mate. Well worth downloading. Incredible story.

Just watched Don't Look Now for the first time in a long time. Knowing what was coming at the end somehow made it all the more unbearable and I got an all over body chill at that final denouement. Brilliant film, and an example of how scary a film can be without strewing guts all over the place.

Ricky1985 wrote:

Touching the Void is a feature length documentary mate. Well worth downloading. Incredible story.

Watched it last night. Quite unbelievable. Truly terrifying story. I don't blame the guy who cut the rope, for what it's worth. Interesting to note that at the end of both 127 Hours and Touching the Void, it is stated that in both cases the men since have returned to climbing/mountaineering. They're braver men than I am.

Need to check out Burnsy's story now. They haven't made a movie about it by any chance? 😃

Also Burnsy, I heard about that production of Macbeth. Thought I might give it a watch as we'd studied it back when I was at school. Sounds like it might be worth skipping though?

Ron: I haven't actually seen this film about Shackleton's Endurance voyage, but it'd probably be ok.

Oh, and that version of Macbeth isn't bad at all - certain aspects of it are really good.

I do think Stewart's a bit old for Macbeth, he's into his King Lear years now. The sets - it seemed to have been filmed on location at a hospital or asylum - were a bit poorly conceived, and Lady Macbeth as envisaged by Suzanne Burden doesn't evolve from sexy to mad - she evolves from quite bonkers to utterly, utterly insane.

Anyone seen a film called The Lemon Tree? Fancy watching a film and it's just coming on Film Four. Heard it's good, but got a couple of others to choose from that I keep meaning to watch.

Saw Paul the other day. Was actually alot better than i was expecting.

Really looking forward to seeing Submarine next week.

Burnwinter wrote:

Oh, and that version of Macbeth isn't bad at all - certain aspects of it are really good.

I do think Stewart's a bit old for Macbeth, he's into his King Lear years now. The sets - it seemed to have been filmed on location at a hospital or asylum - were a bit poorly conceived, and Lady Macbeth as envisaged by Suzanne Burden doesn't evolve from sexy to mad - she evolves from quite bonkers to utterly, utterly insane.

Recorded that to watch a while ago. Not got round to it yet. Got Four Lions to watch tonight, looking froward to that.

And also lookin forward to Submarine. Loooove Paddy Considine.

Four Lions is brilliant. If you haven't seen it already, do so now!

Yes, now!

Four Lions is really quite subtle, but also hilarious. Nice change of pace for Chris Morris I thought.

I've been meaning to watch that for ages. Looks really funny.

Went and saw Battle Los Angeles tonight and I absolutely loved it. A mix between a hardcore war film and a good sci-fi. Non-stop action from start to finish.

Reviews didn't seem all that positive so I gave it a miss but given the glowing reports, I may pick it up this weekend.

(four lions that is)

It's a bit of a grating concept for a lot of people, I think. The content would tend to rub against the habits of mind of both your average anti-Islamic bigot (it carefully humanises and also Anglicises "home-grown terrorists") and your average apologist (it caricatures the practice of Islam).

I thought it was worth a good review on that basis alone. Because it refuses to adopt the emotional pitch of one of the established camps of thought on the subject.

I watched Hors de Prix last night - Yep, a French language romantic comedy! Right up Burnwinter's street.

In my defence, firstly it wasn't my decision; I watched it with my mate and his girlfriend. Secondly, Audrey whatsername is pretty amazing, and finally, it was actually quite funny.

French comedies can be a bit hit and miss- haven't seen Hors de prix.
Of the those I've seen recently I'd recommend Tatie Daniellle or Tanguy.
Not laugh out loud funny, but original and witty.

Anyone seen Rango yet?

I like the look of the animation but have seen some mixed reviews.

What's my street Pep?

Tatie Danielle's a good'un - saw that on a French class excursion when it came out 😃

In more recent years I enjoyed Le Couperet and the original version of Wild Target with Jean Rochefort and Guillaume Depardieu.

I watched a film called Renegade earlier, starring Vincent Cassel, Juliette Lewis and Michael Madsen. Partly in French, partly English, partly some sort of Apache. It was a bit of an 'orrible mess, but about three quarters of the way through there's a fairly amazing 3d-animated vision sequence that lasts for about ten minutes.

Just saw Inside Job. Would recommend 4/5 stars

Inside Job's a top movie. Might watch it again soon

I was surprised by how inarticulate and hostile many of the FSI bigwigs were when put on the spot.

Burnwinter wrote:

What's my street Pep?

Wherever such Renaissance Men live!

😆

It was beer and hotdogs over Renegade and Inside Job tonight. Girlfriend's flown to the Shetlands for a month as of today which makes for a good excuse for slobbery.

Pepe LeFrits wrote:
Burnwinter wrote:

What's my street Pep?

Wherever such Renaissance Men live!

😆

Capi reckons this is my kind of Footy too.

Watched the remake of The Manchurian Candidate earlier. Good film, though Meryl Streep's performance was a bit ott Denzel was his reliable self.

Just back from the cinemas. Originally went to the cinema to watch Unknown but it was sold out so we had to settle. Ended up watching the Lincoln Lawyer first. Good film, lots of twists and turns (not gonna say any more as I don't want to spoil it for anyone). For me it was a 7.5/10 movie. Then right after went to see the King's Speech. Decent movie for me. Not as spectacular as some would have you believe but it was kind of funny at times (even though it's not really a comedy). Solid 7/10 for me, nothing more.

Interesting choice - he was quality in Inception. Anne Hathaway is an awful, awful decision though.

She's so mingin, it rubs off on Angelina:

Joseph Gordon Levitt pops up in lots of good films e.g. Brick, Mysterious Skin. Top actor.

I watched Green Hornet yesterday. Stopped paying attention about half way through because it was so awful.

If Nolan gets this movie even 50% right and then closes the franchise, it will be one of the greatest trilogies ever. I'm not big into Superhero movies, but Batman Begins and The Dark Knight are two of my favorite movies ever.

Just watched The Bourne Ultimatum tonight. Now that's a bloody trilogy!! Forgot how good those films are.

I was on Netflix the other day, wondering if I would want to watch Bourne Identity yet again. :-) Fantastic trilogy.
Are they thinking of making Bourne Legacy/4 without Matt Damon? If they are, Hollywood execs really are a money-grabbing bunch.

Tim wrote:

Just watched The Bourne Ultimatum tonight. Now that's a bloody trilogy!! Forgot how good those films are.

The action sequences in The Bourne Ultimatum - I'm thinking specifically of the train station sequence with the cameras and the sniper, and the Marrakech sequence in which Bourne and the guy bash each other with a book - are among the best ever.

That film would be a flawless serious action thriller if it weren't for the slightly flaky last twenty minutes.

Oops - I mean Tangier, not Marrakech. Got to know your Moroccan film locations.

Watched The International on Saturday night as I was struggling to sleep. Kind of like Bourne-lite, and pretty decent for it.

Tim wrote:

Just watched The Bourne Ultimatum tonight. Now that's a bloody trilogy!! Forgot how good those films are.

Toy Story excepted, I think the Bourne trilogy may be my favourite of all time.

Watched The Road last night. Having read the book, which I loved, I had slightly mixed feelings about it. Thought it came across as basically a man and a boy walking along a road. Which is all the book is, somehow though, the book manages to be so much more than that. However, I loved the look of the film, the soundtrack and thought the ending was beautifully done.

"Operation Dinner Out is a go!" :-)

Watched Brighton Rock tonight. Thought it was really good, Sam Riley delivers a very good- if totally unsympathetic- performance. Thought the storyline a touch unbelievable and the ending a bit of a cop out but didn't spoil anything. Winters Bone should arrive tomorrow, really looking forward to that.