Film

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Watched The Silence of the Lambs tonight. For the first time ever! Just one of those things that slipped past over the years. Definitely stands up to the test of time anyway, although personally
...30 YEAR OLD SPOILER ALERT....
I'd have edited out the revenge reveal at the very, very end.

[StoutAndAle]

Shallow Grave is on Film 4 at 2 tonight.  Recording set! Haven't seen it in years but I loved it as a gossoon.

As far as I know if it's on Film 4 then it'll be on the All4 app too.

"Trainspotting" - Danny Boyle's lesser known follow-up to "Shallow Grave" is on there too...

Actually - the All4 app is well worth downloading. Quality stuff on it.

[Carnage]

Trainspotting is 25 years old this year, feck.

[StoutAndAle]

The Bondathon continues;

"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" - the only outing for George Lazenby as James Bond.

I was aware of this film because a lot of people put it and its star down. Honestly, I can't see why - it's better than a few of the Sean Connery Bond films that I've watched. Lazenby is cool as fuck as Jimmy Bond as well, more understated and less cheesy than certain Connery moments. The stunts are pretty deadly too. At 145mins it's a little bit overlong but that seems to be creeping into the series as I go. The ending is excellent and was totally unexpected (I knew it was going to happen but you don't think that the studio would have the guts to do it).

I texted my buddy, Chuckles, who is a bit of a Bond aficionado and said as much as above to him. He replied that it's one of his favourite Bond films and that aparently Lazenby was signed up for 4 films in total but pissed off the producers so much that they sacked him. He said "you'll notice that it says Ian Fleming's OHMSS starring George Lazenby and not George Lazenby is James Bond in Ian Fleming's OHMSS cos they fired him long before it was released".

Lazenby's retort was to dress very un-Bondlike, a bit hippyish, and smoke weed throughout the premiere of the film. 

"Bond..... eh...... heh heh...... Bond..... em...... James? James? Bond"

[Emphyrio]

Very under-appreciated, as far as the Bond movies go.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Always dug it myself too, from my very neutral-towards-Bond perspective.

[Carnage]

It's one of my favourites too, worth watching for that last scene alone, the best moment in the franchise for me.

Lazenby was a complete prick onset. I saw an interview with Diana Rigg around the time she died where she said she did her best to help him out, teach him some diplomacy etc., but he had such a big head that he was essentially fired without finishing some sequences. His entire performance was dubbed by another actor afterward as he couldn't get the accent (he's Australian).

[ldj]

Last couple of days viewings...

Mandy - Just batshit insane, has a very 80's horror vibe which I like, but not in a purposefully nostalgic way like Stranger Things or something. I've seen it described as a 'Heavy Metal' movie which is accurate.

Rosemary's Baby - Great movie, a real slow burn but it stays interesting all the way through, the end is a little campy but it's horror.

Santa Sangre - My first time watching a Jodorowsky film, very strange but when everything comes together at the end it's worth it.

The Fall - An entertaining enough movie.

Psycho - Pretty amazing film, I can sometimes struggle to watch really old films but this holds up, Anthony Perkins performance is great. Only low note is the 10 minute monologue at the end where they literally explain everything that has happened for the audience.

[open face surgery]

Watched Brotherhood there. I remeber enjoying Kidulthood and Adulthood but maybe I was wrong. This was dogshit.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Santa Sangre - My first time watching a Jodorowsky film, very strange but when everything comes together at the end it's worth it.

Definitely not a Jodorowsky starting point I'd personally recommend, but sure why not. The Holy Mountain is up there with sex, Physical Graffiti, and psychedelic trips on my list of things I think every human should experience at some point in their life.

[CorkonianHunger]

Last couple of days viewings...

Mandy - Just batshit insane, has a very 80's horror vibe which I like, but not in a purposefully nostalgic way like Stranger Things or something. I've seen it described as a 'Heavy Metal' movie which is accurate.

Rosemary's Baby - Great movie, a real slow burn but it stays interesting all the way through, the end is a little campy but it's horror.

Santa Sangre - My first time watching a Jodorowsky film, very strange but when everything comes together at the end it's worth it.

The Fall - An entertaining enough movie.

Psycho - Pretty amazing film, I can sometimes struggle to watch really old films but this holds up, Anthony Perkins performance is great. Only low note is the 10 minute monologue at the end where they literally explain everything that has happened for the audience.

Big fan of Mandy, great flick.

[open face surgery]

Santa Sangre - My first time watching a Jodorowsky film, very strange but when everything comes together at the end it's worth it.

Definitely not a Jodorowsky starting point I'd personally recommend, but sure why not. The Holy Mountain is up there with sex, Physical Graffiti, and psychedelic trips on my list of things I think every human should experience at some point in their life.

Got stoned, not a common occurrence, and went to see The Holy Mountain for the first time in the cinema last year. It was amazing. Must crack into his other stuff.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

I'd say you'd be equally into El Topo too, although nothing beats The Holy Mountain. I loved The Dance of Reality too; it's got a much more positive vibe than his early stuff, yet still shamelessly (in a good sense) embraces the full scatological to spiritual scope of life.

[blessed1]

Watched Seven Psychopaths last night. Had plenty of people tell me it was shit when it came out so never bothered with it.
I loved it. Thought it was very funny.

[Emphyrio]

Coming to America 2 is due out this week so gonna rewatch the first one tonight.

Someone mentioned Thief a while back, watched it last night. Good movie.