Film

[Emphyrio]

Aye, very realistic and uncomfortable viewing.

[Eoin McLove]

Yeah I enjoyed it all,  despite finding certain elements stupid,  like the fat Jewish Varg with cartoon villain laugh and Troglodyte Snorre. I loved all the metal music and recreation of the shop, t-shirts etc.  And the story is interesting in its own right.  It definitely has some very corny stuff added in and I'm not sure if the director is trying to poke fun at,  and undermine, the lads or if it's to highlightthe fact that they were impressionable youngsters.

[Eoin McLove]

The violent scenes were hard going.  They were done brilliantly,  I thought.

[Paul keohane]

Initially with the reaction to it in the underground metal world i was expecting it to be pure shite.But overall it was a good watch,not half as bad as i was expecting.

[Nail_Bombed]

Rewatch of Inception last night - still a good film. Not as great as everyone makes it out to be, the parts some people find difficult to deal with I found relatively easy. Chris Nolan is definitely a fan of world-building atmosphere techniques in his films, and the constant soundtrack which at times can lull you into a dreamlike state is very effective - thank Hans Zimmer for that. Looking forward to watching Tenet when it comes out.

[Ollkiller]

Rewatch of Inception last night - still a good film. Not as great as everyone makes it out to be, the parts some people find difficult to deal with I found relatively easy. Chris Nolan is definitely a fan of world-building atmosphere techniques in his films, and the constant soundtrack which at times can lull you into a dreamlike state is very effective - thank Hans Zimmer for that. Looking forward to watching Tenet when it comes out.

I enjoyed Inception when it came out but also knew I'd never watch it again if that makes sense.


Watched Longshot (Seth Rogan film with Charlize Theron) with herself on Netflix last week. Expected it to be shyte. Haven't laughed as much at a comedy in years. Feckin great craic altogether.

[Eoin McLove]

Lemmy has been added to Netflix.  I haven't seen it before.  Time to crack open a can methinks.

[Eoin McLove]

Fairly shite.  Entertaining,  but shite.  Most of it was famous people taking about how rock n roll he is.  Fluff.

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Watched Vanilla Sky again, man that move is so good. It's such a head fuck throughout

[Juggz]

I watched Bait this evening, very good indeed.

[StoutAndAle]

I watched "Lord Of Chaos" to the end. It was actually decent overall - not a classic or anything - but better than a lot of music biopics. The violence is certainly flinch-worthy though. 

Speaking of... I put on "Behind The Candelabra" after "Lords of Chaos" thinking it would lighten the mood. It did not but it was an enjoyable film.

Stuck on "Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story" yesterday. It was really well made - far better than I was expecting from a crowdfunded documentary. Frank Sidebottom was a constant if somewhat peripheral figure in my teens back in the 90s. For a while there he seemed to be everywhere but in small doses. I always enjoyed his sense of humour and some of the video stuff he put out was as funny and anarchic as The Young Ones/Fry & Laurie/Mary Whitehouse Experience etc. but I never knew much about Chris Sievey, the guy who created him. It seems that he was a bit of a mad genius in the vein of Mick Lynch, Mark E. Smith, Robert Crumb etc. Well worth a watch for anyone interested in comedy.

[Juggz]

I have a DVD he put out, kind of an "At home with..." thing with Mike Joyce, the drummer from The Smiths. It's demented but very funny all the same. Jon Ronson's book "Frank: The True Story That Inspired the Movie" is worth a read too.

[StoutAndAle]

I have a DVD he put out, kind of an "At home with..." thing with Mike Joyce, the drummer from The Smiths. It's demented but very funny all the same. Jon Ronson's book "Frank: The True Story That Inspired the Movie" is worth a read too.

I think "Frank" is one of the few Ronson books that I haven't read. I'll pick it up. The film that they made with Michael Fassbender is also decent but it has nothing to do with Sievey really bar the plaster of Paris head and a few other loose ideas - as far as  I can tell anyway.

Edit: Just noticed your profile image. 

[Juggz]

Yeah, the movie is more Captain Beefheart and Daniel Johnston. The book has a bit more on his time in Frank's band.

[kiehozero]

Uncut Gems is something else