[Plattsy]

Word. Viking movies are really producing the goods of late.

[lagerstarfish]

I thought I'd already posted about this, but can't seem to find it. Now all I need to do is remember what I thought I'd written...

I watched Synecdoche, NY a couple of weeks ago. Liked it. That whole play within a play (and then a play within a play within a play)  thing appeals to me.

[lagerstarfish]

Let The Right One In ... beautifully shot

I think they should make a coffee table book of the most interesting frames from the film. Could be a different take on the graphic novel.

[SA Chris]

Got Watchmen to watch tonight while babbysitting.

Don't expect too much. Or for it to follow the original story. Some good bits though. And PVC.

[Fiend]

I think it was well cool as comic book films go. Entertaining, stylish, and a couple of really intriguing characters.

[Dr T]

saw this a week or so ago - totally beautiful...
Origin Spirits of the Past

[nik at work]

Shutter Island
Dire, what a waste of my life.
1/10

[SA Chris]

Shitter Island

[Jaspersharpe]

I'm glad you've warned me off that as I thought it looked pretty good.

[cowboyhat]

Thats a shame. I'll prob see it anyway, Marty being shit is bound to be better than 99% of all other films.

[nik at work]

It has to be said that a fair number of people completely disagree with my opinions of films so you may like it.

I still think it's shit.

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

After Cofes tip, thought it would be interesting to post my lovefilm list...
We only recently joined, so what am I missing? What should be on my list?

At home:
500 Days of Summer
 Vicky Cristina Barcelona

List:
The Hurt Locker            
An Education            
Cloverfield            
        Evan Almighty            
        Fish Tank            
        Forgetting Sarah Marshall            
        Ghost Town            
        In The Valley of Elah            
Lost In La Mancha            
        Milk            
        Night at the Museum 2 - Battle of the Sm...            
        Paranormal Activity            
        Sicko
Star Trek            
        The Fantastic Mr. Fox            
        The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus            
        The Wrestler            
        There Will Be Blood            
        Tropic Thunder            
        Wanted            
        Assassination of Jesse James by the Cowa...            
        Gran Torino            
        Sleep Furiously            
RESERVED
         Coraline   
         It's A Wonderful Life

Rented:
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men   
Up

[Houdini]

I don't think you should be banned, Nik at Work, or thrashed to within an inch of your life, or merely called names - just that you should never be aloud to grade a film.

1/10?   Fuck off.

[Plattsy]

so what am I missing? What should be on my list?

You've got a pretty good list there and they'll keep you busy for some time yet.

This doesn't directly answer your question but what I did once I started running out of ideas of what to order I started checking lists like "100 best action movies" to find stuff I'd either never known about, forgotten about and missed or seen ages ago and would like to see again.

For example
Empires 500 greatest movies of all time

Doing this brought to my attention the works of Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli which made it worth while.

Enjoy.

[Jim]

toby, we only joined recently as well.
Its well jackson I recon.
Definately need to get:
star trek
hurt locker
district 9

[nik at work]

Houd you're probably right, it isn't a 1 as that would be truly terrible on an epic scale. I'll up my score to 2/10.

I still think it is complete shit.

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

That's a great idea Platts, I'll check it out. So far not massively impressed with the Lovefilm website, I want it to do more Amazon like stuff, "you liked this so you'll probably like this..." recommendations etc. It may do this and I've not found it yet. District 9 is awesome, one of the few films I've seen in the cinema over the last couple of years.

[Jim]

I've not been to the cinema for years, everytime we get the opportunity, theres fuck all on worth watching.
There is recomendations, scroll further down.
I like the list idea, pot luck what you get unless you put on high priority.
Didn't like the idea to begin with but now I think its great

[namnok]

been with tesco/lovefilm for ages now

definately recommend hurt locker...the mrs did say what was the point of it when it finished but she does like the twilight films.

recently had zombieland good different and funny in parts

got paranormal activity at the mo and fantastic mr fox on the way.

[Jim]

yes, zombieland is very good

[lagerstarfish]

At 3.30am this morning I decided to accept the fact that I was losing my battle with insomnia. Ironically, a bit of go-ogling pointed me in the direction of Alex Rivera's Sleep Dealer.
A cracking bit of believable sci-fi. Most of it is in Mexican Spanish, so I watched it with subtitles, but this in no way detracted from getting sucked in to the plot. Nice steady paced story set in the context of the exploitation of Mexican people by the US and the way that the US conducts it's "anti-terror" wars (told you it was believable) in the near future. Not a big budget Hollywood spectacular by any means, but all the better for that (cost $2million).
I'll watch it again.

[cofe]

After Cofes tip, thought it would be interesting to post my lovefilm list...
We only recently joined, so what am I missing? What should be on my list?

Recent views that I'd add word would be:

Let the right one in
Sideways
The Last King of Scotland
Juno

We've got District 9, 500 Days of Summer and Shifty due.

Also, have watched Flags of our Fathers, with Letters from Iwo Jima still to watch. But I have those on DVD so I'll lend you them.

[Dr T]

has brick been mentioned on this thread before??
well worth a peek if you haven't seen it...

[BB]

Do not, repeat DO NOT see Clash of the Titans, even if Zeus commands you. Utter tripe of the highest order.

A mindless patsiche of Gladiator and Lord of the Rings with terrible scripting, awful acting, and no character development . How this got made I will never know. It's a complete  insult to the original.

It cost us nearly £30 for two to see too because of the Inflated price for '3D' and the 3D glasses stealth tax. I feel like I've been well and truly bummed.

I notice that all the big franchises like shrek and toy story are lining up new film for 3D too. Is this what we're coming to? CG + 3D = no need for good films?

[slackline]

Is this what we're coming to? CG + 3D = no need for good films?

Just go to independent cinemas like The Showroom (Sheffield) or The Corner House (Manchester) and check out the "World Cinema" offerings from the likes of Tartan.

On that note, went and saw Samson and Delilah last Friday.  I thought it was pretty dam good, very well acted (although there is little dialog for large parts of it).  No doubt quite true of some situations in the outback.  Definitely going to have to get the soundtrack ( ).