Film

[ochoill]

Superhero films in general are fucking muck.  GotG 1 is alright.  The old X-Men films are decent but probably best left to my memory.  Preferred the first Chris Nolan Batman out of all three of them too but that's probably mostly from people ruining the villains of 2 and 3 through online worship.

Haven't watched a decent film in a while actually, must go back through this thread for some recent ones.  Actually have Tarkovsky's Stalker there to watch too, got a half hour into it and loved it but I was way too locked to keep it going, it needs to be dealt with sober from the start.  If anyone has any other recs in that vein I'll take them.

Rewatched Wishmaster for the first time since I've been about 14 there last weekend, fuck me it is truly awful but manages to come right around and back out the other side into comedy gold.  It may as well be written by Garth Merenghi.  Howled laughing from start to finish.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Stalker isn't an easy watch. I'd go for Solaris and Mirror above it, both just incredible journeys. I mean, Stalker is excellent, just very slow. The book is fantastic, totally different to the movie too.

[astfgyl]

Haven't watched a decent film in a while actually, must go back through this thread for some recent ones.  Actually have Tarkovsky's Stalker there to watch too, got a half hour into it and loved it but I was way too locked to keep it going, it needs to be dealt with sober from the start.  If anyone has any other recs in that vein I'll take them.

I had Stalker on as well but I was locked and I can't remember a note of it

[Carnage]

I watched Stalker a couple of months ago and can confirm that sobriety is the best approach. One of those you have to be in the mood for and need to pay attention to. It's great though. Solaris is one of my favourite films (another one that's different from the book, though not too much). I even like the Clooney/Soderbergh version, but the first Russian TV adaptation is shite.

[astfgyl]

One of those you have to be in the mood for and need to pay attention to

Might wait until my wife leaves me so

[Carnage]

Suggest it for film night, it might speed things up.

[astfgyl]

lol nothing says "leave me" quite like a 3 hour 1979 Soviet science fiction art film

[Caomhaoin]

I watched Angela's Ashes last night with the Mrs, as she was a big fan of the book.

The actor who played the eldest version of McCourt is called Mike Legge, from the North, which will have several of you off presently to IMDB for an auld look.

[mugz]

I watched Stalker a couple of months ago and can confirm that sobriety is the best approach. One of those you have to be in the mood for and need to pay attention to. It's great though. Solaris is one of my favourite films (another one that's different from the book, though not too much). I even like the Clooney/Soderbergh version, but the first Russian TV adaptation is shite.

film4 used to be great

[Trev]

Finally got around to watching 2001 Space Odyssey for the first time. Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood for it but found it pretty shit. More like an exercise in special effects than anything else

[Carnage]

I watched Stalker a couple of months ago and can confirm that sobriety is the best approach. One of those you have to be in the mood for and need to pay attention to. It's great though. Solaris is one of my favourite films (another one that's different from the book, though not too much). I even like the Clooney/Soderbergh version, but the first Russian TV adaptation is shite.

film4 used to be great

It was on Film 4 that I saw it.

[mugz]

Finally got around to watching 2001 Space Odyssey for the first time. Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood for it but found it pretty shit. More like an exercise in special effects than anything else

it's a thing

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Gona stick on patriot game and clear & present danger tonight, great shows and not watched them in a good while.

[astfgyl]

I remember Patriot Games being the better of the two but both pretty enjoyable stuff.

I sat down on me own and watched two films for the first time in ages on saturday night. First I saw In The Tall Grass, which started out nicely creepy but got a bit stupid towards the end and then I looked at Left Behind, which had an interesting premise but I fell asleep about 20 mins from the end, so I'll finish that tonight.

Was going to watch War of the Worlds tonight but it isn't on Netflix or Sky Cinema so I settled for The Two towers to try keep the small fellas occupied.

[Eoin McLove]

Finally got around to watching 2001 Space Odyssey for the first time. Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood for it but found it pretty shit. More like an exercise in special effects than anything else

I tried watching that recently. I managed an hour and gave up. I don't have the level of patience that film requires.