Film

[mickO)))]

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.

When was it banned? I use to always see that film in my local xtra Vision years ago I remember it because the title always reminded me of the Aborym song Man Bites God.

[ldj]

Banned in 2003 apparently.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Beverly Hills Cop was supposed to star Stallone as Axl Foley? Oh wow. In about five to ten years, someone is going to have created that using deep fake technology, and I'll bring that bong out of retirement for the occasion! 

A milestone has been passed on the way to this becoming a reality...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXwmSFjlVc0

[astfgyl]

Speaking of Stallone I watched Rambo II this evening. Rambo III is on this minute but I doubt I'll make it to the end. The plot of these, as was said of Beverly Hills Cop, must have taken 5 minutes to throw together but depending on how one wants to look at it that might be the greatest thing about it.

[Cailleach]

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.

I don't think it will age well for that reason. I still found it quite funny overall.

With Kazakhstan in mind, i watched Tomiris last night.  Borat would not like this movie about his homeland, as its about a female warrior.

[StoutAndAle]

"La Haine" is a film that's seared into my brain. I saw it in 1997 when BBC2 screened it on Mark Cousins' show "Moviedrome". Remember that? When you'd catch a movie on TV? I had already read about it in Empire but couldn't find it anywhere. I was the right age to both understand and be influenced by it. It's in my top 5 films of all time. Jusqu'ici tout va bien...

"Man Bites Dog" was banned ten years after the fact? I didn't realise this. As mentioned - Xtravision used always have the video. From what I recall - I bought my DVD copy in an Xtravision. The whole thing is a black comedy but (I haven't watched it in a while) the final reel is far too bleak and alters the tone beyond repair.

Watched the new Borat film too. Couldn't get into it. Some funny moments but, without the surprise factor, it doesn't work as well as the original. Also, watching it on Amazon Prime for desktop my only option for subtitles during the non-English bits (which I thought, at first, might be gibberish) were the hard-of-hearing version. Took me out of the film at points.

Also watched "The Torture Report". Well worth a watch. Low key but some killer performances. Reminiscent of the old school Alan Pakula political thriller.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

"Tonight on Moviedrome..."
The best of memories.

[Emphyrio]

Watched Borat too, both of them, in fact. There are some incredibly funny parts in both, I was crying a coupla times but overall neither are more than grand.

[Trev]

Haven't watched the second one yet but thought the first was ok. I find that his characters are better suited to the shorter skits he used to do, after a while of the film the joke starts getting a bit old

[Emphyrio]

Ya, definitely. His recent show, Who is America, was much better overall as each section was standalone. Over the course of a movie it's harder for it to work. Borat, as a character, is also quite annoying.

[open face surgery]

Thought it was shite enough. Few laughs but wanted it to end.

[Kunt 4 Life]

What is the deal with rudi guiaina (or however you spell his name)? Was he really playing with his wab,or was it just the editing and he really was adjusting his mic? Haven't seen it myself.

[Caomhaoin]

The Borat and Bruno skits he used to do on the Ali G show were class (the gay converter evangelist was amazing), the films were never going to be as good. Haven't seen the second Borat one, not sure I'll bother.

[StoutAndAle]

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 

Currently reading "Wild And Crazy Guys" about Hollywood comedies of the 1980s. It seems a few of you on here would be interested in this too. Apparently the first "Beverly Hills Cop" script was kicking around since 1975. About 10 different writers including Stallone took a go at it over the years. Murphy ad-libbed a lot of his lines but apparently the plot took a bit of tweaking.

Also - Stallone and Murphy had a falling out over Eddie's treatment of Sly's then wife, Brigitte Nielsen, on the set of "Beverly Hills Cop 2". Nielsen had only been hired for the film as a favour to Stallone. But, before they had the argument, the pair worked up a script for a third installment in the Godfather saga starring the two of them and Al Pacino. Both Paramount and Pacino were interested and willing to move forward.

Imagine that.

Christ almighty.   

[pete]

What is the deal with rudi guiaina (or however you spell his name)? Was he really playing with his wab,or was it just the editing and he really was adjusting his mic? Haven't seen it myself.

Just tucking in his shirt. They had just had an interview in the other room like a suite in a hotel room and she had been flirting with him, and then she invited him into the bedroom for a drink, she took off his mic and took out his shirt to do so. So he was putting himself back together.

Yeah I'm not crazy about the movies myself. I loved his pieces on the Ali G show though.