Film

[Ollkiller]

Never saw the Godfather? What in the name of...!

Me and my buddies were mad into La Haine back when we were teenagers. It was a real cutting edge type film at the time. Great movie, dunno how it would hold up nowadays but great in its day.

Remember watching Le Haine when it came out.  What a film. Mesmerising.  Watched it recently and it's still savage.

[astfgyl]

Never saw the Godfather? What in the name of...!

Me and my buddies were mad into La Haine back when we were teenagers. It was a real cutting edge type film at the time. Great movie, dunno how it would hold up nowadays but great in its day.

I know. I feel like I should at least find out what the fuss is about. It just never came on my radar for one reason or another

[Cailleach]

The Devil Has a Name
The Wall of Mexico

I did not like either of these two. Both movies suffer from weak execution of a decent plot, so they end up being cack.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Speaking of all things Asian, cinematic, and legendary, this popped up in my recommendeds this morning. Watched half of it over lunch and it's class; a frame by frame technical analysis of the 4 minute bike chase scene:

https://youtu.be/2ltgr21jMag

Ended up watching a few different technical analysis vids about Akira. In one of them, an animated movie called The Thief and the Cobbler was described by the video maker as something like the greatest artistic achievement in cinematic animation history. I'd never heard it, but found it to download handy enough and going to have a look over the weekend. Any of ye seen it?

[Mower Liberation Front]

Ooh, Devilman, haven't seen that in years. Ya could crack on with Urotsukidoji legend of the Overfiend too. Definitely not one for the kids! 

Lol fuckin legend of the overfiend, what a completely ridiculous film.  haven't watched it in years but the last time I did, I cracked in two buckets of soapbar in a row first and went cross eyed about 5 minutes in, some experience.

I've never seen it, but I'm in the mood for a bit of Anime so I'll check it out. Cheers

Watch Neon Genesis Evangelion

Actually I blasted through a heap of Anime there lately.  For films, it was nothing unusual but ones that are always good and hit the spot well - Ghost In The Shell, Akira, Perfect Blue, Paprika, Detonator Orgun.  Series wise I've done Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, Tokyo Ghoul, NGE, and Death Note (bar a few of the last episodes, nearly finished it) lately and enjoyed them all one way or another but I never know what other series to pick up with Anime as it can be very hit or miss.  Got a season into JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and can't actually tell if I like it or not but I'll probably tip away at it.  Wouldn't mind some more recs in the vein of any of those above (films especially) if anyone has any.

Series:
Martian Successor Nadesico
Dominion Tank Police/ New Dominion Tank Police
Cyber City Oedo 808
Full Metal Panic

Film:
Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise.
Future War 198X

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Watched the new Borat film last night. Some great moments, but did suffer from the parts where it was explicitly a "vote against Trump" vehicle. 

[open face surgery]

I hope he wins for that very reason.

[astfgyl]

I hope he wins for that very reason.

I find myself feeling that way too. Especially after being subjected to the Late Late a few times.

But back to films in this thread. Watched Ace Ventura 2 this evening. Not great. Should maybe have left it off and then I would have remembered it well

[astfgyl]

Jurassic Park 3 here this evening. Very poor and the CGI deserves a special mention for its' shitness but the young lads were buzzing so hard off it I actually enjoyed it. great escapism in watching shit films with kids who haven't a critical notion in their heads.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Actually watched Beverly Hills Cop today; the nostalgia buzz is fierce contagious! Enjoyed it a lot, but jesus, there really is nothing to it at all at all as a movie outside of Murphy's excellent performance! Story must have taken five minutes to write 

[Pedrito]

Was cold and rainy today so we put on Watchmen. What a masterful piece of cinema. It only gets better with every watch. Incredible story, the visuals are sumptuous...class altogether!

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Absolutely class, including the ridin' scene, no matter what the begrudgers may say!

[open face surgery]

Hereditary and Midsommar yesterday. Both for the second time and both amazing.

[warhead]

Don't know what to watch so I started with iZombie recently.
I was avoiding it for ages, as it seemed like complete shite. It turned out kinda watchable when there's nothing better around and the main actress is hot.
Seems like my mind is leaving me, and this corona depression, no gigs etc have messed my head even further........I got so emotional at the end of season 4, when so many people
got hope zombies and humans can live together it brought a tear to my eye.
Oh, yeah, and that Warrior series are top notch!! Highly recommended.

[ldj]

Watched a Belgian film called Man Bites Dog last night, it's a mockumentary about a film crew following a serial killer. Just a mad film altogether, kind of reminds me of something Martin McDonagh might make but with a more nihilistic tone and the violence taken to the extreme.

According the wikipedia page it was banned in Ireland, unsurprisingly.