Wow, I'm really surprised you could come to that conclusion. One of the best British films of the last few years, achieved with a very low budget as well.
What film did you watch last night?
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Wow, I'm really surprised you could come to that conclusion. One of the best British films of the last few years, achieved with a very low budget as well.
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Last night I saw The King's Speech.
Brilliant.
I highly recommend you all go out and see this film as soon as you can, wonderful cast, flawless acting, emotive story, and incredibly interesting. I'm seriously considering going to see it again tonight.
Other films I've seen recently that I'd recommend: Black Swan, True Grit - Black Swan in particular is a goddamn masterpiece.
Brilliant.
I highly recommend you all go out and see this film as soon as you can, wonderful cast, flawless acting, emotive story, and incredibly interesting. I'm seriously considering going to see it again tonight.
Other films I've seen recently that I'd recommend: Black Swan, True Grit - Black Swan in particular is a goddamn masterpiece.
Agreed.
Watched The Social Network today. It's a decent movie but nothing like the hype suggests for me.
And it doesn't surprise me that Facebook was created (give or take the 'truth' of the movie) by a bunch of *****.
I'll be shocked if it wins any awards because it really did nothing to live up to the hype.
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I seem to be catching up on all my documentaries today:
An Inconvenient Truth
Finally got round to watching this and find there's probably a bit too much gloss for my liking. The messages are solid enough but I just hate when they start substituting actual material for sentimental messages. 7/10
Capitalism: A Love Story
Michael Moore's latest and rather one sided view on capitalism and frankly I don't know if it's just me but he's getting tiring now with his film making techniques of trying to capture as many tears as possible on video. His solutions for remaining competitive on a global scale without the current system appear to be somewhat simplistic and not viable. 5.5/10
The Corporation
This appears to be a more level headed argument regarding the corporate world and considers business sustainability from all 3 aspects: social, environment and profitability/competitiveness. It doesn't offer any miracle cures and sees it as a long process will take many decades to level out the pros and cons of the system. 8/10
An Inconvenient Truth
Finally got round to watching this and find there's probably a bit too much gloss for my liking. The messages are solid enough but I just hate when they start substituting actual material for sentimental messages. 7/10
Capitalism: A Love Story
Michael Moore's latest and rather one sided view on capitalism and frankly I don't know if it's just me but he's getting tiring now with his film making techniques of trying to capture as many tears as possible on video. His solutions for remaining competitive on a global scale without the current system appear to be somewhat simplistic and not viable. 5.5/10
The Corporation
This appears to be a more level headed argument regarding the corporate world and considers business sustainability from all 3 aspects: social, environment and profitability/competitiveness. It doesn't offer any miracle cures and sees it as a long process will take many decades to level out the pros and cons of the system. 8/10
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Watched the Devil, was a decent film. The story line was ok would give it 6/10.
Watched my Criterion blu-ray of Thin Red Line for the first time tonight. And except for Toy Story 3 it is the best looking blu-ray picture I've seen (And that includes Avatar). Great movie as well one of my favourties. So glad it looks and sounds so good. 10/10
totally agree
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Black Swan - I thought it started a little slow but the last hour (especially the performance) was absolutely outstanding.
8.5/10
8.5/10
Classic film.The Book of Eli, a film on post apocalyptic world which at times reminded me of Mad Max films.
A few twists in the film, though a good performance by Mr D Wasington.
I would a film I am glad I waited to see on DVD.
A few twists in the film, though a good performance by Mr D Wasington.
I would a film I am glad I waited to see on DVD.
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The Kings Speech
Very good film. Colin Firth was great in it. Geoffrey Rush was very good as well though I do think Christian Bale rightly deserved best supporting actor.
8/10 - For me, not as good as Black Swan.
Very good film. Colin Firth was great in it. Geoffrey Rush was very good as well though I do think Christian Bale rightly deserved best supporting actor.
8/10 - For me, not as good as Black Swan.
A Single Man - very good. Lots of tension; well drawn out without being tedious. Colin Firth was excellent as the man being overwhelmed by it all. Well shot, good use of colour and slow motion to accentuate things. Quite erotic, even when it was purely homogay.
The Shining - I'm not really one for horror films, so maybe this was wasted on me. It felt like it was lacking in substance, like it blew its load too soon. I could have done with half an hour more tension before he lost the plot. The wife was a bit tiresome. The only bit that really succeeded in scaring me was the content of his novel, and that only because it was plausible - everything else was too much of a ghost story, and I don't believe in ghosts full stop, so it didn't scare me. That being said, it was very well shot and the sense of scale and isolation that it inspired was intimidating.
The Shining - I'm not really one for horror films, so maybe this was wasted on me. It felt like it was lacking in substance, like it blew its load too soon. I could have done with half an hour more tension before he lost the plot. The wife was a bit tiresome. The only bit that really succeeded in scaring me was the content of his novel, and that only because it was plausible - everything else was too much of a ghost story, and I don't believe in ghosts full stop, so it didn't scare me. That being said, it was very well shot and the sense of scale and isolation that it inspired was intimidating.
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