the film helped clarify quite a few things.
Quote from: slack---line on January 10, 2011, 10:53:02 amthe film helped clarify quite a few things.IIRC the film was a vastly simplified version of the GN. Although I think there is an extended cut on DVD which may follow the original story a bit more closely, and includes The whole Tales of the Black Freighter bit.
Several people have said that the book came out too fast, before he properly had time to take stock and realise what a douche he'd really been before and immediately after the accident, and that now he's much more humble and nicer for it and that's what the film shows, who knows what the truth is.
Or he and the film's producers realised that nobody would go to see it unless they toned down what a bell end he actually was?
Someone may well have mentioned this before but nay mind. Watched Four Lions last night and its a great watch. Gets you warming up to some very cold characters and laughing at stuff which is obviously not funny in the slightest. If you haven't seen it and dont mind your comedy very dark indeed then I highly reccommend
Quote from: apharri on January 10, 2011, 12:49:07 pmSomeone may well have mentioned this before but nay mind. Watched Four Lions last night and its a great watch. Gets you warming up to some very cold characters and laughing at stuff which is obviously not funny in the slightest. If you haven't seen it and dont mind your comedy very dark indeed then I highly reccommend Rubber dinghy rapids brother Omar!
Quote from: Jaspersharpe on January 10, 2011, 12:34:15 pmOr he and the film's producers realised that nobody would go to see it unless they toned down what a bell end he actually was? I would like to think Danny Boyle refused to make a film about an utter cock so employed some artistic license. But that's probably rose tinted specs because he seems like such a nice bloke.
Just dull silliness as far as I could tell. I think this maybe goes against the tide of opinion but hey-ho.
Refusing to watch anything involving ladyboy de Caprio is probably a good maxim to live your life by.
Basketball diaries is a mint film.
Watched Gomorra last night. Really really good.The "story" is very haphazard and fragmented but that's sort of the point. It isn't really a story, more a snapshot of how the Camorra's grip on the lower levels of society affects ordinary people. Harsh and grim throughout it manages to not be too depressing as the inevitability of the downfall of most of the characters is apparent from the start. You don't have any expectations for any of them but the film still manages to keep a strong feeling of tension going as you never know when or to whom the next bad event will occur out of nowhere.Made me interested to read up on the area and the history of the Scampia feud. My Mrs spent some time living in Napoli and never realised that there were areas like that in the city. Understandable as you wouldn't visit by choice....
No doubt there are one or two exceptions, but given a choice of watching all of his films in the hope of finding a good one vs avoiding them completely, I think I would be breaking out the longer of my bargepoles. For all I know there might even be a good Michael McConaughey film out there, but I'm not going to take the time to find out.