Recent movies seen - Page 41

jjacob · 02-10-2006, 05:38 PM

Just saw O Diabo a Quatro, a Brazilian comedy. Pretty good stuff, and very funny at times. If you ever catch this on TV or in cinemas, go see it. Has some of the same actors as Cidade de Deus, but it's not nearly as 'dark'.

pinkgothic · 02-10-2006, 06:16 PM

Mary Reilly (1996, John Malkovich, Julia Roberts)

A nice reimagining of Jekyll/Hyde out of a fresh perspective - that of Jekyll's housemaid Mary Reilly - but understandably not a tale for everyone. Rather disturbing unless you're pinkgothic who ticks like Hyde anyway...

I love it.

Once A Villain · 02-10-2006, 07:47 PM

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Mary Reilly (1996, John Malkovich, Julia Roberts)

A nice reimagining of Jekyll/Hyde out of a fresh perspective - that of Jekyll's housemaid Mary Reilly - but understandably not a tale for everyone. Rather disturbing unless you're pinkgothic who ticks like Hyde anyway...

I love it.

1996? Wow, that's crazy. I remember very well when I saw that at theaters...makes me feel old.

jjacob · 02-10-2006, 07:53 PM

Loved that film too, caught in on TV a couple of weeks ago. Dark and disturbing ones are the best

, well, most of the time anyway.

jjacob · 02-14-2006, 02:05 AM

Just saw Delicatessen on DVD, holy cow what a fantastic movie! Exactly the type of humour so sadly absent in modern comedies, dark and gritty, and visually stunning

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In a post-apocolyptic society where food is so rare it's invaluable and used as currency, people eat eachother. A young clown applies for a job at a local delicatessen. The butcher's intent is to have him work for a little and then serve him to his stranger than normal tenants who pay him in, of course, grain. This clown falls in love with the butcher's daughter who tries to foil her father's plans by contacting the rebels. The rebels are possibly the most sensible of the lot, as they see food as food and not money.

Directed by Marc Caro (La Cite des Enfants Perdu) and Jean-Pierre Jeunet (known for La Cite as well, in addition to Le Fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain, Alien: Resurrection and best of all Un long dimanche de fiançalles) this is probably one of the best French movies I have ever seen, if not the best. It's also quite possibly the most absurdistic film I've come across. I'm completely in love with this film, I'm going to try and find the DVD (rented this one) and buy a hundred copies!

Anyone else seen this film?

Tobbe · 02-14-2006, 02:26 AM

Saw Factotum a few days ago, loved the writing, and the pacing of the film..

Gordon Bennett · 02-14-2006, 03:02 AM

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I tried to explain this to my uncle a few years ago, during the "Freedom Fries" crap... His response was: "Well, Americans invented the airplane!"

Please, please tell me that you pointed out that the Montgolfier brothers were flying hot-air balloons over France more than a century earlier.

There is, after all, a fine line between good-natured xenophobia and bigotry.

As far as film, I'm sorry to say that I can't recommend anything. I have seen some movies recently, but they were all terrible. I've only recently begun posting here, and it is far too soon to be known as the one who sent everyone out in search of cinematic emetics.

jjacob · 02-14-2006, 03:15 AM

The Wright brothers are overrated

Brazilians did it first!

"good natured xenophobia"? For some reason, that just sounds weird

pinkgothic · 02-14-2006, 05:47 AM

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Anyone else seen this film?

I have it on DVD. It's hilarious

RLacey · 02-14-2006, 06:10 AM

Worth £5? I might order it.

Dasilva · 02-14-2006, 06:35 AM

I enjoyed Big Mommas House 2, it was a great film, much better than the first one.

I'll be sure to grab it on dvd, too.

squarejawhero · 02-14-2006, 08:19 AM

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Worth £5? I might order it.

Oh, definitely. It's one of those films I keep meaning to buy.

AFGNCAAP · 02-14-2006, 08:20 AM

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Anyone else seen this film?

I have it on DVD.

Me too. Picked it up recently, and I haven't actually watched it yet. And as I almost *never* buy DVDs of the movies I hadn't seen at least once, this should say something about how much I loved Amelie, Un long dimanche de fiançalles and City of the Lost Children.

jjacob · 02-14-2006, 04:06 PM

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I have it on DVD. It's hilarious

The opening scene, where the guy tries to hide in the bin, that guy is named "Tried to Escape" on IMDB

And I just love the scene with the violin saw, where the whole building is making noise in harmony, OMG that is sheer utter brilliance

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Worth £5? I might order it.

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Oh, definitely. It's one of those films I keep meaning to buy.

Don't hesitate, just buy it! This is one of those purchases you'll be watching over and over again

(as opposed to the tens of DVDs I own but only seen once and don't intend on seeing again

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I enjoyed Big Mommas House 2, it was a great film, much better than the first one.

I'll be sure to grab it on dvd, too.

According to IMDB, it's the 53rd worst film ever

But IMDB has been wrong before.

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Me too. Picked it up recently, and I haven't actually watched it yet. And as I almost *never* buy DVDs of the movies I hadn't seen at least once, this should say something about how much I loved Amelie, Un long dimanche de fiançalles and City of the Lost Children.

All wonderful films, except La Cite felt a bit forced, or overdone.

Tobbe · 02-15-2006, 05:49 AM

Saw House Of 1000 Corpses, and then afterwards The Devils Rejects (House of 1000 corpses sequal) They were a bit sick, but I liked them though, Rob Zombies got a special kind of humour..

seebaruk · 02-15-2006, 05:56 AM

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Saw House Of 1000 Corpses, and then afterwards The Devils Rejects (House of 1000 corpses sequal) They were a bit sick, but I liked them though, Rob Zombies got a special kind of humour..

Gotta check them out some time. So they're funny and not just really gruesome?

Tobbe · 02-15-2006, 06:06 AM

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Gotta check them out some time. So they're funny and not just really gruesome?

Both..It´s hard to say actually, there sense of humour ist everyones cup off coffee, but if you like horror movies, they´re great, and really creepy, not creepy as in spooky, but the family is reeeaally sick!

playing_games · 02-15-2006, 12:14 PM

Symphathy for Lady Vengeance. Absolutely loved it.

http://forums.adventuregamers.com/sh...postcount=2809

MoriartyL · 02-15-2006, 12:44 PM

Wow. Just wow.

Didn't have a clue what was going on in the last twenty minutes, but still-

Wow.

Gordon Bennett · 02-15-2006, 12:57 PM

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"good natured xenophobia"? For some reason, that just sounds weird

What I mean by good neatured xenophobia is joking at another people's expense, but clearly in a manner that is not malicious, and certainly with th implicit understanding that there is no real intolerance or prejudice behind the joke. Instead, the target of the joke is the prejudice itself, or individuals who believe that stereotypes are real.

The best-known example I can think of was the episode of Fawlty Towers in which Basil suffers a head injury from a falling moose head and quite badly mistreats a group of German tourists.

02-10-2006, 05:38 PM	#801
jjacob Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,771	Just saw O Diabo a Quatro, a Brazilian comedy. Pretty good stuff, and very funny at times. If you ever catch this on TV or in cinemas, go see it. Has some of the same actors as Cidade de Deus, but it's not nearly as 'dark'. Share Share this post on Twitter

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02-10-2006, 07:53 PM	#804
jjacob Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,771	Loved that film too, caught in on TV a couple of weeks ago. Dark and disturbing ones are the best , well, most of the time anyway. Share Share this post on Twitter

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02-15-2006, 05:49 AM	#815
Tobbe Living with my love Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Finland Posts: 1,453	Saw House Of 1000 Corpses, and then afterwards The Devils Rejects (House of 1000 corpses sequal) They were a bit sick, but I liked them though, Rob Zombies got a special kind of humour.. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ ''My names George. It means... Well, its just a name'' George Stobbart-Broken Sword

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