John-Locke wrote:Mmmm interesting, I liked What Dreams may Come but that certainly misfired in similar ways, I'll check this out but wait for the DVD, thanks Dimnix, I wasn't really sure what to expect from this film and all the other reviews I've seen go into too much detail, now I know.
Cpt Kirks 2pay wrote:My favourite thing though is Ellen Page, it's the film's main selling point, and I can't wait to see what other stuff she's done or has coming up.
underscore wrote:I saw The Queen.
seppukudkurosawa wrote:Just finished seeing Apocalypto, which came out in the UK today. Not gonna go into a KCBC/Locke-sized (or quality) review, mostly because you've probably seen it already, but also because I've been working all day and I'm knackered.
Fuck. Hing. Hell.
At the beginning I thought this was gonna be a bit like The Gods Must be Crazy...and then I thought, hey this is kinda like a holocaust movie directed by Miike; then finally, I just sat back and let my heart and eyes do all the work.
Still, there's one very personal thing that kinda pissed me off. I wrote a 20k word story a couple of years ago called The Emissary of the Gods, about two tribes, the Flatheads and the Slopeheads; one of them slaughters the other; there is a pregnant woman featured throughout, plus the Emissary is a jaguar-sensei dude. It was also kinda about the encroachment of the West upon ye olde world............
I know this thing happened to MasterWheders, and I know it's happened to thousands of other people, but I'm still not entirely certain that Mel "Goebbels" Gibson (:wink:) didn't hack into my harddrive and steal my story.
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Ah well, loved the film anyway. What I loved even more, though, is watching aging Mel Gibson fans'- accompanied by Mid-Life Crisis femme-bait- eyes slowly pop out of their heads. I'm certain they mentally screened out 98% of the movie, watched the last minute, with the cute little chirpy kid giggling, and thought, "Ah, what a lovely film".
8.5/10 (It would have been higher if not for that plagiarism thing. Guy could always have given me a call or something, I'm sure I would have been willing to make some sort of arrangement.)
John-Locke wrote:I hope Forrest gets the Oscar, he's one of the best actors around and has had one hell of a year when you consider his outstanding performance in The Shield last season.
brainiac wrote:A Yank's take on The Queen:
Helen Mirren is properly frosty, and the other actors slide into their roles as though born to play them while supposedly giving the "insider's view" into the workings of the Royal Family during the week after Diana's death. That the Royals felt Diana was more of a royal pain in the ass while alive is brought home with quips and barbs about her seeming to play to the camera and how she is no longer part of "our" family. Forgetting of course that she would be forever (as portrayed by Blair's speech writer) The People's Princess.
Deeply grieving, the people of Britain turned to the Royals for comfort. None was forth coming. In a matter of days, the people began to turn on a Queen who could seem so heartless and cold. The Queen's biggest mistake it seems was in not comforting her people in their time of sorrow regardless what she thought of Diana.
Luckily, protocol and historic precedent were set aside for a brief connection to the country in mourning. The monarchy was saved from its own pig-headedness and Tony Blair's popularity was cemented.
Two things stand out in this movie besides Mirren's stoicism: Prince Charles' fragile personality (no wonder she doesn't want to turn her kingdom over to him) and the magnificent stag or hart that can sometimes be seen as part of the mythology of a visit or help from a spirit of the dead. (H@rry Potter's Dad appears as a White Hart in the Prisoner of Azkaban.) The hart seemed to affect the Queen more than the death of the Mother of her grandsons. (She keeps telling everyone that she is helping her grandsons grieve but not once is she seen to speak with them much less comfort them.)
This is a sad and affecting movie especially seeing Diana's youth and beauty so swiftly extinguished.
Excellent showing from all involved. And a reminder that public opinion can and does change history.
How do those of you living under the Monarchy feel about the movie?
HollywoodBabylon wrote:brainiac wrote:A Yank's take on The Queen:
Helen Mirren is properly frosty, and the other actors slide into their roles as though born to play them while supposedly giving the "insider's view" into the workings of the Royal Family during the week after Diana's death. That the Royals felt Diana was more of a royal pain in the ass while alive is brought home with quips and barbs about her seeming to play to the camera and how she is no longer part of "our" family. Forgetting of course that she would be forever (as portrayed by Blair's speech writer) The People's Princess.
Deeply grieving, the people of Britain turned to the Royals for comfort. None was forth coming. In a matter of days, the people began to turn on a Queen who could seem so heartless and cold. The Queen's biggest mistake it seems was in not comforting her people in their time of sorrow regardless what she thought of Diana.
Luckily, protocol and historic precedent were set aside for a brief connection to the country in mourning. The monarchy was saved from its own pig-headedness and Tony Blair's popularity was cemented.
Two things stand out in this movie besides Mirren's stoicism: Prince Charles' fragile personality (no wonder she doesn't want to turn her kingdom over to him) and the magnificent stag or hart that can sometimes be seen as part of the mythology of a visit or help from a spirit of the dead. (H@rry Potter's Dad appears as a White Hart in the Prisoner of Azkaban.) The hart seemed to affect the Queen more than the death of the Mother of her grandsons. (She keeps telling everyone that she is helping her grandsons grieve but not once is she seen to speak with them much less comfort them.)
This is a sad and affecting movie especially seeing Diana's youth and beauty so swiftly extinguished.
Excellent showing from all involved. And a reminder that public opinion can and does change history.
How do those of you living under the Monarchy feel about the movie?
Well, as someone who firmly believes that The Monarchy should be abolished I openly admit I'd probably go into this movie with a certain amount of biased and preconception. A fault on my part, I know. But I remember the death of Diana well; and frankly the reaction to it in the UK was puzzling and slightly absurd. Of course it was a shock - she seemed a decent person, cruelly treated by The Royal House Of Windsor when alive - but at the end of the day I agree with what Gore Vidal said about it all: "The public were not crying for Diana, they were crying for themselves." People seemed caught up in a frenzy of grief that had no basis in reality - even some of my friends (though now they won't admit it; go figure). So, yes, it was a shame she died, but nothing more than that. As for the reaction of the Royal Family during that period? To be honest, it was no great surprise. They treated her like dirt when alive, so why be different in death?
This may be a terrible thing to say, but I bet in the weeks and months after there were some within that Institution who were cracking open a few bottle of champagne, toasting the fact that the biggest threat to them was now buried six feet under, never to be a thorn in their side again.
And time has proved them right.
TonyWilson wrote:HollywoodBabylon wrote:brainiac wrote:A Yank's take on The Queen:
Helen Mirren is properly frosty, and the other actors slide into their roles as though born to play them while supposedly giving the "insider's view" into the workings of the Royal Family during the week after Diana's death. That the Royals felt Diana was more of a royal pain in the ass while alive is brought home with quips and barbs about her seeming to play to the camera and how she is no longer part of "our" family. Forgetting of course that she would be forever (as portrayed by Blair's speech writer) The People's Princess.
Deeply grieving, the people of Britain turned to the Royals for comfort. None was forth coming. In a matter of days, the people began to turn on a Queen who could seem so heartless and cold. The Queen's biggest mistake it seems was in not comforting her people in their time of sorrow regardless what she thought of Diana.
Luckily, protocol and historic precedent were set aside for a brief connection to the country in mourning. The monarchy was saved from its own pig-headedness and Tony Blair's popularity was cemented.
Two things stand out in this movie besides Mirren's stoicism: Prince Charles' fragile personality (no wonder she doesn't want to turn her kingdom over to him) and the magnificent stag or hart that can sometimes be seen as part of the mythology of a visit or help from a spirit of the dead. (H@rry Potter's Dad appears as a White Hart in the Prisoner of Azkaban.) The hart seemed to affect the Queen more than the death of the Mother of her grandsons. (She keeps telling everyone that she is helping her grandsons grieve but not once is she seen to speak with them much less comfort them.)
This is a sad and affecting movie especially seeing Diana's youth and beauty so swiftly extinguished.
Excellent showing from all involved. And a reminder that public opinion can and does change history.
How do those of you living under the Monarchy feel about the movie?
Well, as someone who firmly believes that The Monarchy should be abolished I openly admit I'd probably go into this movie with a certain amount of biased and preconception. A fault on my part, I know. But I remember the death of Diana well; and frankly the reaction to it in the UK was puzzling and slightly absurd. Of course it was a shock - she seemed a decent person, cruelly treated by The Royal House Of Windsor when alive - but at the end of the day I agree with what Gore Vidal said about it all: "The public were not crying for Diana, they were crying for themselves." People seemed caught up in a frenzy of grief that had no basis in reality - even some of my friends (though now they won't admit it; go figure). So, yes, it was a shame she died, but nothing more than that. As for the reaction of the Royal Family during that period? To be honest, it was no great surprise. They treated her like dirt when alive, so why be different in death?
This may be a terrible thing to say, but I bet in the weeks and months after there were some within that Institution who were cracking open a few bottle of champagne, toasting the fact that the biggest threat to them was now buried six feet under, never to be a thorn in their side again.
And time has proved them right.
Damn straight. When ever I hear that "queen of hearts" bollocks I want to puke.
It's a competition of grief as well, who can be the most affected, the most compassionate. URRRGH.
It was the same when the queen mother died too.
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seppukudkurosawa wrote:Just caught The Last King of Scotland with my Unlimited cinema voucher my [now ex] girlfriend gave me for Christmas. Heh, I guess it was a bad investment on her part considering we broke up a couple of days later, but I'm not complaining.
This film is like a "real-life" version of The Devil's Own, but with one little difference...it's not a complete piece of shit. In fact, it's bloody amazing. It starts out in a fairly breezy, laid-back, Brit-flick sort of manner, and, come the end of the movie, brings to mind a certain scene from Ichi the Killer. The fact that it changed gears without me even noticing the transition is just one of its good points. Others include: PLENTY of gorgeous, naked Ugandan flesh; Forest Whittaker bringin' method back to the masses in an acting job so amazing that I completely forgot the cute, studly footballer in Fast Times at Ridgemont High; great turns by Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson and James McAvoy.
Only part I'd say I wasn't the biggest fan of was the scheming, snidey English guy. His "offer" didn't go anywhere, and the guy who played him wasn't all that hot. Maybe if Forest Whittaker wasn't firing on all cylinders in the same movie, I wouldn't have noticed the meh performance.
I'm just glad to see a really good British film four production actually pay off(these are the guys who did Trainspotting way back when). 100% check it out if you get the opportunity.
8.855/10
OK, fuck it: 9/10.
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