Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Mon Jan 02, 2012 9:29 am  

Loved 'Ghost Protocol' - found it hard to watch the scene where he is climbing up the building in Dubai - brilliant action sequences and well acted.

8/10.

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Tue Jan 03, 2012 12:33 pm  

Conroy wrote:

Just watched The Inbetweeners. Took a while to get going but was quite funny once it did.

Was given this for crimbo even though i never watched the series, thought it was dreadful, don't understand the hype?

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Tue Jan 03, 2012 1:23 pm  

Horatio Yed wrote:

Conroy wrote:

Just watched The Inbetweeners. Took a while to get going but was quite funny once it did.

Was given this for crimbo even though i never watched the series, thought it was dreadful, don't understand the hype?

You'll have to watch the series 1st to get the jokes and characters. The series is funnier than the film btw.

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Tue Jan 03, 2012 1:27 pm  

Personally thought it was puerile and more befitting teenage 'humour'

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Tue Jan 03, 2012 2:08 pm  

Horatio Yed wrote:

Personally thought it was puerile and more befitting teenage 'humour'

It is indeed teenage humour - still, I thought the film was good, but not as good as the series, and without watching the series you definitely wouldn't quite 'get' it. As a standalone film I can see why it would struggle.

The first and second series were fantastic, the third series started to look a bit jaded. The film recycled some of the ideas but tried a bit too hard in places.

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:59 pm  

Steve-O wrote: Joined LoveFilm today. Any must see recommendations are welcome. Yes, McClennan, I'm looking in your direction on this one! I'm going to go through your blog for a few titles tonight There's always a few good recommendations on this thread (I've picked up several, shame Spaulding isn't still around as he had an encyclopedic knowledge) so stayed tuned. What sort of things do you normally go for and what can't you stand? Good luck and enjoy My December in film

Steve-O wrote: Joined LoveFilm today. Any must see recommendations are welcome. Yes, McClennan, I'm looking in your direction on this one! I'm going to go through your blog for a few titles tonight There's always a few good recommendations on this thread (I've picked up several, shame Spaulding isn't still around as he had an encyclopedic knowledge) so stayed tuned. What sort of things do you normally go for and what can't you stand? Good luck and enjoy My December in film

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:50 am  

I started my rentals off with 2 pretty awesome films. Killing Fields and The Lives of Others. I'd never seen Killing Fields and was very impressed. I'd seen The Lives of Others a few years ago and really enjoyed it, so I thought I'd try again, it was even better 2nd time round.

I like films to be realistic, preferably no Star Wars type sci-fi

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Thu Jan 05, 2012 1:24 pm  

Charlie Kaufman's lecture on screenwriting, given late last year at the BFI is available to view online.

Charlie Kaufman's lecture on screenwriting, given late last year at the BFI is available to view online.

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Fri Jan 06, 2012 12:30 pm  

I finally got round to watching Shane Meadow's Dead man's shoes last night what was on film 4 a while back . I wish I'd watched it over Xmas and not waited until now as I thought it was a good film.

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Sat Jan 07, 2012 7:25 pm  

Steve-O wrote:

I started my rentals off with 2 pretty awesome films. Killing Fields and The Lives of Others. I'd never seen Killing Fields and was very impressed. I'd seen The Lives of Others a few years ago and really enjoyed it, so I thought I'd try again, it was even better 2nd time round.

I like films to be realistic, preferably no Star Wars type sci-fi

I love the second half of The Killing Fields when the guy is trapsing through them. It's incredible stuff seeing as Cambodian guy was a survivor who escaped to Thailand. Didn't think much of the American guy though and I've seen him in a couple of films where he's stood out like a sore thumb lol.

Try a couple of these, if you haven't seen them already:

The Sea Inside
I Heart Huckabees
The Conversation
Wages of Fear
Whatever Happened To Baby Jane
Sullivan's Travels
Jean De Florette/Manon Des Sources