Film

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Cronenberg's Crash tonight. Great film, haven't watched it in about 20 years. The tension and atmosphere Cronenberg can generate is second to none, music perfectly matched too, Howard Shore nailing the ambiance. At some point, the automobiles start feeling like beast entities in it. Must read the book sometime, which I imagine is quite different. But in Ballard and Cronenberg, you've definitely got two of the most committed to a vision artists you could ask for.

[StoutAndAle]

Stuck on the latest Staham flick "Wrath Of Man" - directed by Guy Ritchie. Like most other Guy Ritchie films, it looks  and sounds great. Statham is rock-solid at what he does but the story-line is less than plausible - fewer plot holes than some other Ritchie movies though.

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If anyone else here has watched it - was it just me or does most of the dialogue in the first 20 minutes sound like a film that was made in Hong Kong or somewhere and then dubbed into nonsensical English?

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Also watched a new Christmas movie called "8-Bit Christmas" - set in the 1980s during the early Nintendo boom - starring Neil Patrick Harris and Steve Zahn. Well worth a watch for the nostalgia and a bit of a laugh.

NB - It's a kid's movie. I didn't know that when I put it on - I thought it was like Seth Rogan's "The Night Before" or "A Harold And Kumar Christmas".

[Caomhaoin]

Watched that hooligan show 'ID' last night. The 90's were some cringe fest, the gear these lads on, desperate!

Pretty good show though, few lads who ended up on the English soaps in lead roles.

[Ollkiller]

Watched that hooligan show 'ID' last night. The 90's were some cringe fest, the gear these lads on, desperate!

Pretty good show though, few lads who ended up on the English soaps in lead roles.

Savage flick. Throwing the darts at opposing crowds. I was at a Sunderland vs Bolton match in 1993 and when I saw that film it reminded me of that day. Mental carry on.

[Caomhaoin]

Some of the crowd shots looked really authentic (quite unlike the dialogue) especially when he's being kicked out of the away end and sent back to his own area. The whole cast, extras, the lot, go absolutely bananas. Great stuff.

[StoutAndAle]

Some of the crowd shots looked really authentic (quite unlike the dialogue) especially when he's being kicked out of the away end and sent back to his own area. The whole cast, extras, the lot, go absolutely bananas. Great stuff.

Not about hooligans but "When Saturday Comes" is a very decent 90s football film.

[Caomhaoin]

Sean Bean one? Yeah it's good alright.

[StoutAndAle]

Sean Bean one? Yeah it's good alright.

That's the one.

[Necro Red]

Cronenberg's Crash tonight. Great film, haven't watched it in about 20 years. The tension and atmosphere Cronenberg can generate is second to none, music perfectly matched too, Howard Shore nailing the ambiance. At some point, the automobiles start feeling like beast entities in it. Must read the book sometime, which I imagine is quite different. But in Ballard and Cronenberg, you've definitely got two of the most committed to a vision artists you could ask for.

Big Cronenberg fan. I'd recommend his novel consumed for anyone who hasn't read it. Great book!

[CorkonianHunger]

Irreversible- brutal and fantastic but wouldn't watch it again. Total attack on the senses and ultimately depressing.

[Carnage]

I watched that on a laptop with headphones and a combination of the score and the floating camerawork gave me an awful case of motion sickness. Brilliant, brutal film but yeah - one watch was enough.

[CorkonianHunger]

I watched that on a laptop with headphones and a combination of the score and the floating camerawork gave me an awful case of motion sickness. Brilliant, brutal film but yeah - one watch was enough.

It's definitely a bit misunderstood by a few, fairly straightforward what it's actually about. Heard it had some low frequency playing throughout to make you feel sick. Had a cup of tea watching it myself so wasnt too bad ha

[Emphyrio]

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/denis-villeneuve-directing-rendezvous-with-rama-adaptation/?fbclid=IwAR0kpZJ4JVGvi0hJgYGL0sPbgaOlmzdoQ_5PPXrAyFcBa8a8sEBBZdAJD-8

It's been over 20 years since I went through a mini Arthur C Clarke binge and still consider him the pinnacle of sci-fi writing. His stuff is largely unfilmable imo but at least this version is in good hands.  Fingers crossed.

[Carnage]

Safe hands there alright.

This reminds me, I must read Rama Revealed. Although it's been so long since I read the first three I'll have to go back and read the series from scratch.

[Emphyrio]

Ya, I'd be in the same boat. Down the line I might get around to a re-read of some of his stuff and start some of the ones I never got around to. There's a fair amount there though!