EDF Cinema

[JetSetWilly]

i,m bloody knacked after staying up to watch them. Letters is without doubt the better film, and certainly benefits from having watched Flags beforehand. Clint has fairly come on leaps and bounds with his films, Gran Tourismo being one of the best I,ve seen this year, unfortunately and although I,ve yet to see it I can,t quite shake the idea out of my head that Harry Brown, is going to be a poor mans Gran Tourismo.

Anyway if its real class you want try Paul Blart Mall Cop,typical American fare, but gently amusing in its own way.

[SeanMacGabhann]

keef mentioned he had seen this in another thread but finally watched There Will Be Blood yesterday

I had put off watching it for ages - seemed like I would need to set aside a day to get over it but it was a very very good film, with amazing performance from Day-Lewis

You could freeze frame any scene and hang it on a wall as well - stunning to look at

And as keef also mentioned, it is odd. It's like there is another planet making fims in a similar way to us, but different enough to be jarring if we saw one by accident. Which is what this felt like. A bit...

Everything is there - the foundations of our society - oil, greed, family, religion and how so little changes. I'll be watching it again

I also watched Iron Man on Saturday... very silly indeed but totally enjoyable watching Robert Downey and Jeff Bridges chew up the scenery

[mockney piers]

I have that on my iPhone so get to watch it in fits and starts, but thus far very very good indeed.

Watched the Star Trek movie On Saturday which I enjoyed a great deal. It put the fun and adventure back into a franchise which lost all semblance of humour and enjoyment a very very long time ago. Well worth a watch for action fans even if scifi isn't really your thing.

Also watched Blood: The First Vampire, a live action remake of

a manga short film. It was good if you like ninjas and vampires basically. Not much else to it, though perhpas watching it just to see Gavins dad/archie as an American general, which was a bit odd.

Edited for usual iPhone dyslexia issues and also before anyone says, yeah, manga anime blah blah blah yeah i know already.

[Keef]

I have Gran Torino and Slumdog waiting to be watched at home, so looking forward to those, as well as Damages series 2 which is just good, slightly silly, but really addictive telly.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Whig I enjoyed a great deal.

Paddy Pantsdown - all is forgiven.

[*Bob*]

I watched the Clint double-bill too last week and found myself thinking about Easty in his directorial capacity.

He's a kind-of workaday pluggaway director more often than not. His films are usually competent and worthy but they seem to miss a spark of something or other. Even with LFIJ, a decent effort (an easily the better of the paired two) - he has highly-charged subject matter, a good cast, decent budget but.. there just seemed to be a whiff of the miniseries/tv movie/melodrama about it, which I couldn't quite put my finger on.

Only occasionally (and usually in familiar territory - apart from 'Play Misty For Me') does he seem to break free of this (High Plains Drifter, Unforgiven).

As for his non-directing/acting fillums: Leone obviously the ultimate fit, but 'The Beguiled' (a early Siegel collaboration) is a great film as well.. if you can spot it when it pops up at 3am on a weeknight every few years.

[SimonM]

For me, the ultimate Eastwood film, as both actor and director, is "The Outlaw Josey Wales". It is simply perfect.

[*Bob*]

Ah yes. "The Josey Wales".

I forgot about that one. V good also. Familiar territory too.

Clint's a cinematic icon for sure; but whilst he may have a great face and (at his best) simply sweat screen presence, his acting capabilities are seriously limited. Clint's best roles are always just playing Clint - and that's that.

Once you remove the cool-factor, I'm not even sure he's any better an Actor than, say, Arnie Schwarzenegger.

[woofmarkthedog]

Keef Wrote:

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> I have Gran Torino and Slumdog waiting to be

> watched at home, so looking forward to those, as

> well as Damages series 2 which is just good,

> slightly silly, but really addictive telly.

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Gran Rotino

Good god you poor man. Look buy a packet of "tuc" biscuits and hire an Emu to peck out them of your eyeballs all night

I wish I had

W**F

[*Bob*]

I love "The Empire Strikes Back" but I'm not sure I quite like it so much now that Boba Fett has suddenly turned-into a Kiwi.

[Brendan]

Had a bit of night last night where I completely and utterly failed to get to Boho bar as I had planned. Anyway consequently I have spent the better part of today on the sofa watching films. Three films to be precise. Three films that I have now decided are the three best films to have ever been committed to celluloid. Cool Hand Luke, Tenacious D the Pick of Destiny and Return of the Jedi.

I realise they may seem popularist, clich?d and/or downright stupid but Cool Hand Luke has ?going ninety I?m not scaredy because I go the virgin Mary assuring me that I won?t go to hell?

The Pick of Destiny brings classical music to the beaches of California.

And Return of the Jedi has Ewoks and shit.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I never realised Pa Walton was so sexy. Must watch the film sometime.

[mockney piers]

- what about the ewoks? They were rubbish!

- yeah, but compared to jah jah binks they were, fucking ... Shaft!!!

[Rolo Tomasi]

Nice Spaced reference MP

[mockney piers]

:)

there is almost nothing in life to which spaced, withnail and I or

family guy cannot lend it's great philosohpies to!

[Huggers]

Saw 'Let The Right One In' this weekend. Its a brilliant and dark Swedish film, sad, poignant, intelligent, atmospheric, haunting, mysterious, beautiful to look at, compelling, and a little bit scarey. Highly recommend. Not for the kids. Got it out on dvd.

[Brendan]

Any Ewoks?

[SeanMacGabhann]

Good shout Huggers

We watched El Lobo yesterday - based on infiltration of ETA back in the 70s. WOuld be interested in hearing Mockney Piers take on it. It was interesting and some great performances but as a film 7/10

[mockney piers]

Not seen it but will keep an eye out.

LTROI thirded here, and much touted in this room.

I watched Hapy Go Lucky on channel four. I do like mike Leigh but after the opening scene I wondered if I was goi g to last more than ten minutes.

Luckily it picks up quite quickly and I found it really good, very warm and subtle. Loved sally Hawkins, great performance that conveyed Poppy's almost irritating optimism and her deep sensitivity and darker corners just brilliantly.

Weirdly I suddenly realised that I'd watched one of the scenes being filmed in my lunch hour when I worked in Camden a couple of years back. I had had no idea what I'd been witnessing at the time, bu immediately recognised the shot. Bonkers.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I tried watching, but didn't last past the chicken fillets.

[Keef]

Recorded it. Haven't gotten round to watching a film for a couple of weeks.

[mockney piers]

"I tried watching, but didn't last past the chicken fillets."

yeah. I was beginning to switch between that and batman at the chicken fillets, luckily I stuck wih it. Remembering batman as having perhaps the most confusingly nosensical denoument, thanks to the editors having clearly turned up to work then necking a bottle of JD, helped in the decision process.

Give it a go keef.

[Keef]

Watched Starter for 10 last night.

Nice little Brit flick, set in the 80s, and seems to capture it all rather well. Has a nice 80s film feel to it too (which probably explains why it is only 90 minutes, which seems short these days, but was the norm then).

Not deep, pretty predictable, but really enjoyed it.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I thoroughly enjoyed the book - haven't watched the film. Bu then I'm one of those sad people who love shouting the answers at the TV screen every Monday night!

[Keef]

Me too... er, on the odd occasion I know one.