Films

[Katster]

Watched that in HD and thought it was terrible. I rewound it and found the whole scene to be a f**king joke. He was about 20 metres away from it and it did nowt to him. The plane was huge and then tiny as it came in. The wing just crumbled into nothing. And it took him a five minute jog from the point of contact to the carnage. Horrible graphics throughout.

[worm]

Got this to watch at the weekend, have heard mixed reviews but I liked Children of Men and it is by the same folk!

[sifi]

It's another collapse of technological society. It's based upon the old proverb of the one eyed man becoming king in the valley of the blind. It's given a twenty first century make over and is very good. I think it uses the right metaphors in the right places.

Edited October 8, 2009 by sifimaster

[worm]

Isn't that an old HG Wells short story? I'm sure I've read a book called the valley of the blind.

* goes over to east wing of Sifi mansions, where the library is *

[sifi]

I believe he did a version. The proverb has been knocking about for millenia though. Older than the Bible.

Edited October 8, 2009 by sifimaster

[worm]

Found out some stuff relating to character acting too Sifi. Character acting is just a massive definition as it refers, quite literally, to acting out characters or charactaristics. For example, you can have a character actor who has formed one character and applies it to many different roles. This can be dynamic or rigid. Dynamic in that the characteristics can be applied to a whole host of characters (i.e. Jackson or Clooney). Rigid in that the character can be applied to a whole host of plots (i.e. Wayne).

For me, Depp is the best due to both his rigidity of character and diversity of characteristics.

[worm]

Which bit of the bible?

[sifi]

Found out some stuff relating to character acting too Sifi. Character acting is just a massive definition as it refers, quite literally, to acting out characters or charactaristics. For example, you can have a character actor who has formed one character and applies it to many different roles. This can be dynamic or rigid. Dynamic in that the characteristics can be applied to a whole host of characters (i.e. Jackson or Clooney). Rigid in that the character can be applied to a whole host of plots (i.e. Wayne).

For me, Depp is the best due to both his rigidity of character and diversity of characteristics.

[sifi]

The Christian bit.

Bollocks!

Edited October 8, 2009 by sifimaster

[Rufus Gwertigan]

Blindness - quality film.

Knowing - poor film.

[worm]

That's one of the definitions that I came across too, and was probably the one I was happiest with. I think I referred to Joe Pesci in an earlier post on the subject, he would kinda fit into the first definition.

Edited October 8, 2009 by worm

[metallimuse]

Right that's me sorted for tomorrow night

"FAQ's About Time Travel"

I saw this last night and I found it rather amusing, but then we did follow it by "How Not to Live your Life" on TV. I haven't laughed like that for a while

[norainplease]

It's another collapse of technological society. It's based upon the old proverb of the one eyed man becoming king in the valley of the blind. It's given a twenty first century make over and is very good. I think it uses the right metaphors in the right places.

[Purple Monkey]

My plan for Friday night is to go see Invention of Lying, and on Sunday I'll be watching Up in 3D.

[Katster]

My plan for Friday night is to go see Invention of Lying.

Edited October 8, 2009 by Katster

[metallimuse]

Just watched 'Damage',the new Steve Austin movie.Not bad if you watch it for what it is and don't expect it to be a huge emotionally challenging or riviting film.

Laura Vandervoort is in it also ...

...think i need to 'get lucky' as that's twice in 2/3 days i've put ' ' in here while talking about films

[Acquiesce.]

I liked Zombieland, was much better than I expected and Woody Harrelson was fantastic, as well as the cameo.

"Do you have any regrets?"

...mabye Garfield"

[When Jokers Attack]

Just watched 'Damage',the new Steve Austin movie.Not bad if you watch it for what it is and don't expect it to be a huge emotionally challenging or riviting film.

Laura Vandervoort is in it also ...

...think i need to 'get lucky' as that's twice in 2/3 days i've put ' ' in here while talking about films

[metallimuse]

I liked Zombieland, was much better than I expected and Woody Harrelson was fantastic, as well as the cameo.

"Do you have any regrets?"

...mabye Garfield"

[Steve P]

I watched Angels and Demons at the weekend - tis ok but nothing remotely special. Proably due to my liking of The Wire, the fact that all the problems and puzzles seem to be solved instantly really annoys me.

[Purple Monkey]

Invention Of Lying - alright.

Up - Brilliant.

[sifi]

I finally watched A Mighty Wind last night. Don't know why it has taken me so long. There was some very amusing bits in it, laugh out loud moments ... "there's a puppy in the parlor and a skillet on the stove, and a smelly old blanket that a Navajo wove"

[M a r k]

Up - OK, not the best from Pixar though.

Land of the Lost - Poor, although a few very funny scenes.

Orphan - Predictable, unrealistic turgid rubbish. The 'twist' was so obvious.

Off to see An Education tonight, which looks like it could have potential.

[When Jokers Attack]

Let The Right One In was very good.

[REC] was good and had some mental scenes

Edited October 12, 2009 by When Jokers Attack

[Langdale Wolf]

I've been watching the Star Wars prequels for the first time in a while. I forgot how appalling Episode 1 is (except the Darth Maul fight) and how great Episode 3 is.

First time the wife has seen them too.