Films

[worm]

Anything can be changed, improved, restructured for a different watching experience and only the sky is the limit.

[What??? No beer???????]

Watched Chinatown and Double Indemnity over the weekend. Both excellent films. Highly recommended for some film moire action.

[norainplease]

Hunger. My gosh that was painful viewing

[ralph250]

Watched Chinatown and Double Indemnity over the weekend. Both excellent films. Highly recommended for some film moire action.

[MartinGooding]

I had the displeasure of watching both Max Payne and The Spirit this weekend, Max Payne has very little of the things that made the game interesting, it uses very little of the games trademark "bullet time" scenes and has ignored the of Noir aesthetic that made the game so fresh and original. Max as a character is very shallow, the inner monologue that is depicted in the game is mostly missing from the film as are his quirky metaphors and twisted take on life. The Spirit is just as bad with terrible campy performances by pretty much every cast member your just left feeling hollow as Will Eisner turns in his grave, I loved Sin City but maybe Frank Miller is best kept under supervision by more experienced directors as he goes completely overboard with his trademark graphic style. I havent read The Spirit comics but have learnt more about them in 5 minutes on Wiki than i did in 80 minutes of this dreadful film.

[MartinGooding]

sorry double post

Edited August 31, 2009 by MartinGooding

[When Jokers Attack]

Recently watched Ghost Dog and The Game.

very unusual role for Whittaker though it was a good film though.

Thought The Game was superb except for the ending

[Katster]

Was it any good?

[norainplease]

Extremely, though I feel rotten saying that. I don't suppose it would tell you anything you didn't already know if you were already knowledgeable of the hunger strikes.....I mainly chose to watch it because I wasn't. But it definately gives you a good account of them. There's not a great deal of dialogue in the film, apart from the longest scene ever with the bloke discussing with his friend and priest of his plans to go on hunger strike.

It's not one for the kids!

[What??? No beer???????]

I had the displeasure of watching both Max Payne and The Spirit this weekend, Max Payne has very little of the things that made the game interesting, it uses very little of the games trademark "bullet time" scenes and has ignored the of Noir aesthetic that made the game so fresh and original. Max as a character is very shallow, the inner monologue that is depicted in the game is mostly missing from the film as are his quirky metaphors and twisted take on life. The Spirit is just as bad with terrible campy performances by pretty much every cast member your just left feeling hollow as Will Eisner turns in his grave, I loved Sin City but maybe Frank Miller is best kept under supervision by more experienced directors as he goes completely overboard with his trademark graphic style. I havent read The Spirit comics but have learnt more about them in 5 minutes on Wiki than i did in 80 minutes of this dreadful film.

[sifi]

Inglorious Basterds - I can't help but think there are some parts of it which aren't entirely historically accurate

But loved the whole feel of the film, and of course Tanrantino's wonderful dialogue.

[Purple Monkey]

I had the displeasure of watching both Max Payne and The Spirit this weekend, Max Payne has very little of the things that made the game interesting, it uses very little of the games trademark "bullet time" scenes and has ignored the of Noir aesthetic that made the game so fresh and original. Max as a character is very shallow, the inner monologue that is depicted in the game is mostly missing from the film as are his quirky metaphors and twisted take on life. The Spirit is just as bad with terrible campy performances by pretty much every cast member your just left feeling hollow as Will Eisner turns in his grave, I loved Sin City but maybe Frank Miller is best kept under supervision by more experienced directors as he goes completely overboard with his trademark graphic style. I havent read The Spirit comics but have learnt more about them in 5 minutes on Wiki than i did in 80 minutes of this dreadful film.

Edited September 1, 2009 by Purple Monkey

[Rufus Gwertigan]

Recently watched Ghost Dog and The Game.

very unusual role for Whittaker though it was a good film though.

Thought The Game was superb except for the ending

[sifi]

Was Ghost Dog the film where the old Mafioso screams "It's the f**king bird man" before having a heart attack?

[Rufus Gwertigan]

Was Ghost Dog the film where the old Mafioso screams "It's the f**king bird man" before having a heart attack?

[MartinGooding]

A Frank Miller work can be spotted a mile away: Swastikas, black and white, prostitutes, guns, blood and gore, crap and cheesy dialogue, cliched shallow uninteresting bad guys with a freaky gimmick, plenty of male characters with big nipples making you wonder whether Miller is that far into the cloest he's reached Narnia, etc.

Never understood the hype behind any of his work. Sin City was fun, Dark Knight Returns had a few neat ideas (albeit realised horribly - ugly), but by Jebus, there's far better out there.

300 is massively gay.

[Lauz_Abbott]

saw final destination in 3d the other night - ive realised i dont like horror films or 3d ones...

[dakyras]

saw final destination in 3d the other night - ive realised i dont like horror films or 3d ones...

[Lauz_Abbott]

well not so much a horror film - just dont like the gore!

[When Jokers Attack]

The Sixth Sense , What a f**king ending........

[wheelie123]

The Sixth Sense , What a f**king ending........

[worm]

The Sixth Sense , What a f**king ending........

Edited September 1, 2009 by worm

[When Jokers Attack]

The Game is a really good film but i think it should

have ended when nicky went off the roof at the end, Instead of having him survive and saying that this was also meant to happen, just seemed a bit silly and too farfetched

[worm]

The Game is a really good film but i think it should

have ended when nicky went off the roof at the end, Instead of having him survive and saying that this was also meant to happen, just seemed a bit silly and too farfetched

[the_frame]

I agree with the worm, I enjoyed it.

I am tickled that someone has just seen the sixth sense and had managed to not know the ending, its the classic "ironic" spoiler, I'm amazed.

bravo.

Edited September 2, 2009 by the_frame