Film

[open face surgery]

Liked that as a kid but couldn't face a Jim Carrey film these days. Best left to the past.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Went to Hamnet today. Won't be for everyone, but I was very impressed by all of it. Even on a technical cinematographic level, it's a seriously impressive work.

[Carnage]

I saw The Cable Guy when it cane out. Nope, absolute shite.

[Mooncat]

Watched the Luc Besson Dracula there. Holy shit, I cannot believe how bad it was. Aside from heavily ripping off the Coppola one, it was just such a bizarrely bad film. The dialogue was execrable, bad acting, direction and storytelling just plain weird. Even the soundtrack was a much weaker ripoff of the Coppola one. And that dancing/perfume scene...

[John Kimble]

I think it's fair enough to say that new ideas are a rarity in Hollywood these days, but another Dracula film? Really? There's hardly been a scarcity recently with Nosferatu, Last Voyage of the Demeter and Renfield in as many years. And yeah, I heard its a fairly shameless rip-off (sorry, homage maybe) of the Coppola one.

[Necro Red]

I rewatched Django the other night. I forgot how good it is having not seen it in years. A nice mix of dark humour and good story. I wonder if Tarantino has a few more movies left in him. He's by no means old

[Eoin McLove]

And he looks like Pete Steele's retarded twin, but that's neither here nor there.

[Thorn]

Below Zero ,Spanish film on Netflix at the moment, good show (Don't be put off by the generic Hollywood title as I nearly was.)

[Pat Twisted Wrath]

Finally got around to watching Grand Budapest Hotel. Dunno why I waited so long. Thought it was very good. Ralph Fiennes is excellent.

Two Kubrick blu rays just landed yesterday, 2001: A Space Oddyssey and Barry Lyndon. Been on "The List" for years!

[Carnage]

Barry Lyndon might be the most beautifully shot film I've seen. Great score too.

The Return - Odysseus returns from the Trojan war a broken man, drama ensues. It got mixed reviews but I really enjoyed it, Fiennes is fantastic as you'd expect. Looked great too. A nice slow burn of an evening.

[Mooncat]

Spirited Away

I'd never seen any Studio Ghibli, but when I was visiting home and drinking with some friends, they'd put My Neighbour Totoro on in the background for the kids to watch while the adults talked. I found I kept getting distracted by it and sucked in because I was enjoying it so much. I just realized Netflix has all the Studio Ghibli films (in Canada at least) so I decided to try a few more and started with Spirited Away.

I would say I didn't enjoy it as much as Totoro, but it was still a pretty magical ride. The animation is way more interesting than anything from the Disney animation era, and it did a great job of creating a sense of fantasy and wonder. The No Face guy was a really interesting character too.

I've got Howl's Moving Castle and Princess Mononoke lined up next I think.

[Carnage]

Mononoke's excellent and Ponyo is a good, fun kid's film. Those and Spirited Away are (I think) all I've seen from Ghibli but would thoroughly recommend all three.

Scratch that, I've also seen Grave Of The Fireflies, I forgot it was a Ghibli film as its tone is so different to those others. Definitely not for kids but absolutely essential, devastating viewing.

[ochoill]

Haven't seen a bad Ghibli film.  Princess Mononoke probably my favourite it is just savage start to finish, excellent story, gorgeous animation.  Howls Moving Castle right up there too it is great.  Grave of the Fireflies is excellent but jesus it is harrowing, it will be a long time before I put that on again but it left its mark on me.

[Necro Red]

Been on a war movie buzz lately. I watched We Were Soldiers, Apocalypse Now, The Thin Red Line and Platoon. All very good. I had never seen The Thin Red Line before. Pretty good now, great cast and soundtrack

[Pat Twisted Wrath]

Been on a war movie buzz lately. I watched We Were Soldiers, Apocalypse Now, The Thin Red Line and Platoon. All very good. I had never seen The Thin Red Line before. Pretty good now, great cast and soundtrack

Never seen The Thin Red Line, must actually get around to it.

Not an all action war movie, but Journey's End is a great WW1 movie with a great cast and fantastic acting.