Film

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

That one is high on my list too.

[CorkonianHunger]

Few I got through this week.

After Hours - no idea why it took me this long to get to it, it's brilliant, could be one of my favourite Scorsese films now.

Scanners - really liked it, not as good as Cronenbergs later stuff but thought it was so weird it was cool. My girlfriend was dissappointed as the main hook is exploding heads and it only happens once but sure fuck it I thought it was great.

Raw - Saw Titane in the cinema and enjoyed it but really liked this one, just weird French young ones.

Fracture - threw it on from Netflix, was okay dated badly. Decent story but a better director and if it was in the 80s might have been better.

Death Wish - classic drinking film.

Raw Deal - another great drinking film with my mate, Arnold being Arnold in the 80s.

Hard Times - Brilliant Bronson/James Coburn flick about bareknuckle boxing, loved it.

[Caomhaoin]

Boiling Point. Jaysus me nerves.

Stephen Graham, some actor.

[ldj]

Watched a couple of weird ones over the weekend...

Titane - horror movie that came out last year, one of the most bizarre films I've ever seen but still quite entertaining, if for the WTF factor alone.

Under the Skin: Terrible film, just one of those films that tries too hard and ultimately does nothing, the only thing worthwhile is that Scarlett Johansson spends a fair amount of time in the nip but other than that you basically just watch her drive around Glasgow in silence for an hour and a half, shit movie.

[open face surgery]

I thought Under the Skin was desperate shite. Worst film I've seen in a while.

Watched After Hours after the post above. Thought that was shite as well. Funny to see both of Keven McAllister's parents in the same movie.

[Mr Barlow]

Late to the party, but watched Saint Maud and The Lighthouse over the weekend.  Not for everyone I'd imagine, but really enjoyed both.

[Cailleach]

Late to the party, but watched Saint Maud and The Lighthouse over the weekend.  Not for everyone I'd imagine, but really enjoyed both.

The Lighthouse is good. I can't remember much about Saint Maud.

[StoutAndAle]

Watched the latest Steve Coogan/Michael Winterbottom collaboration "Greed" - it's good enough and works well as a satire but I wouldn't say it's their funniest film together.


Re-watched the first two Indiana Jones films at the weekend as well because somehow my wife has never seen them. It's been a long time for myself too, I'd say it was still on VHS when I last saw them.

"Raiders Of The Lost Ark" still holds up from start to finish. "Temple Of Doom" less so - still good hokey fun with some great gags and set-pieces but a bit lacking.  Looking forward to "The Last Crusade". Won't be watching "Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull" again though. Once was enough (and the missus saw has seen that one - we saw it in the cinema before I realised she'd never seen the others).

One thing I noticed - if these were made today there's no way that they'd have gotten a PG certificate. NO FUCKING WAY!

[CorkonianHunger]

Watched the latest Steve Coogan/Michael Winterbottom collaboration "Greed" - it's good enough and works well as a satire but I wouldn't say it's their funniest film together.


Re-watched the first two Indiana Jones films at the weekend as well because somehow my wife has never seen them. It's been a long time for myself too, I'd say it was still on VHS when I last saw them.

"Raiders Of The Lost Ark" still holds up from start to finish. "Temple Of Doom" less so - still good hokey fun with some great gags and set-pieces but a bit lacking.  Looking forward to "The Last Crusade". Won't be watching "Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull" again though. Once was enough (and the missus saw has seen that one - we saw it in the cinema before I realised she'd never seen the others).

One thing I noticed - if these were made today there's no way that they'd have gotten a PG certificate. NO FUCKING WAY!

I generally end up watching them every Christmas, Raiders is of course brilliant but Last Crusade is just as great with Connery.

[leatherface]

'The King of Comedy'
Thoroughly bizarre and disturbing to say the very least. Quite overlooked, similar to 'Taxi Driver' in many ways (minus the violence).

[open face surgery]

Incredible movie.

[CorkonianHunger]

King of Comedy is brilliant, nearly as good as Taxi Driver at times.

[OpenSores]

'The King of Comedy'
Thoroughly bizarre and disturbing to say the very least. Quite overlooked, similar to 'Taxi Driver' in many ways (minus the violence).

The King of Comedy is an absolute classic, one of my all time favourites. Gonna have to lash it on!

[open face surgery]

Coogan's Bluff. Amusingly atrocious.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Decided to put on 2002's Bloody Sunday this evening, for the day that's in it. I'd never seen it before. Really excellently made documentary-style dramatization.