Jump to content

Recommended Posts

I actually thought a young Kirsten Dunst was brilliant in Interview with a Vampire!


TillieTrotter Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> He's certainly strapping and when you're having to

> command a company of 300 Spartans you'd have to do

> alot of shouting surely. Do give it a go, and

> make sure Mrs Keef watches it too, she might find

> it erm, worth the watch.;-)



Right, well we watched it, and I have to say I wasn't overly impressed. It did look stunning in a very sylised way, kind of Sin City meets The Matrix, meets Troy. There was little or no story though, so it was totally reliant on action scenes and computer generated effects.


Think Mrs Keef was impressed enough with the lads in it, although the 6 packs were even computer generated, and that is just plain cheating!!!


Was quite funny seeing Dominic West (AKA McNulty for the Wire fans) playing a role using his (real) posh English accent.

It was a really very silly film, but I did quite enjoy it for a no brainer. You did wonder if anyone actually talked rather than shouted in them olden days innit.


I watched Hellboy last night on Five which was excellent if once again, very silly. Will definitely keep an eye out for the sequel now.

Have never seen or heard of Hel boy, will look out for it.


Didn't realise 300 was based on a comic, that explains a lot!!! Whilst watching it, I commented to Mrs Keef that it was like the film had been made by a computer games company to market a game.


Brendan, do you have lots of these comics (Sin City / 300)? If so, may I borrow some please.

Hellboy is by Guillermo Del Toro of Cronos and Pan's Labyrinth fame (and next to do the LOTR adaptions with the 2 part Hobbit).


I'm a little concerned that Mr 300 (Zack Snyder), who obviously ha sa flair for visuals but doesn't get under the covers of a story the same way Del Toro can, is just finishing up the movie adaption of The Watchmen, which is so beautifully multi-layered a tale that I fear for how it has fared under his direction.

I don?t actually Keef. Most of what is left of my comic collection is in SA. Dulwich library however has a very good comic section. I get a lot of comics out there. They have most of the Sin City?s, 300, a few Hellboys and a lot of other stuff.


You will be amazed at how many films which don?t fall into the (expected) superhero genre are based on comics. Other recent ones that I have enjoyed have been, From Hell, V For Vendetta and Road to Perdition.


All time favourites: The Crow and Howard the Duck. (and many others)

Piers I think the difference between the films 300 and Hellboy is evident in the books they were adapted from. It may have been why they were picked up by different sorts of film makers.


300 (like frank miller?s other work) is written in style of almost film like landscape images with a narrative flowing over it. It?s all big scenes of soldiers trudging over severe landscapes and pitched battles for life and death. In-depth characterisation and excessive dialogue are brushed aside in a Spartan manner because they?re there to fight and die if needs be not pansy on about how they?re going to miss their wives and puppies. It was all part of the idea. Well that?s the way I saw it anyway.


Hellboy on the other hand is a more traditional comic book with a group of good guys who work for a secret government organisation one is a demon from hell, one spontaneously combusts if she gets upset and another is an aquatic human discovered in a Nazi laboratory during WW2. They do battle with the bad guys who are lead by Rasputin who continually dies and is reincarnated back from hell in order to open the gates back there for ancient evil gods to return to earth, kinda thing.

Brendan Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> What does that mean? I have never learnt French

> but I can basically make out, The cat somethinged

> the window.


Isn't it a double bill?


The Cat supported by On The Window. The Cat is an hilarious farce in the style of Mr Hulot's Holiday starring the little-known French comedy stars Terri Ecossais and Jun Blanc-Champ. Their moggy goes missing somewhere in the house, his boss is coming to dinner and is allergic to cats, they've run out of spuds and the shops are all shut, unbeknowst to them their boss is bringing a German guest and their next door neighbour was a prisoner of war and is not the forgiving type.

Hilarity ensues.

On The Window is a George Formby film with French subtitles.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Latest Discussions

    • This is a remarkable interpretation of history. Wikipedia (with more footnotes and citations than you could shake a shitty stick at sez: The austerity programme was initiated in 2010 by the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government. In his June 2010 budget speech, Osborne identified two goals. The first was that the structural current budget deficit would be eliminated to "achieve [a] cyclically-adjusted current balance by the end of the rolling, five-year forecast period". The second was that national debt as a percentage of GDP would fall. The government intended to achieve both of its goals through substantial reductions in public expenditure.[21] This was to be achieved by a combination of public spending cuts and tax increases amounting to £110 billion.[26] Between 2010 and 2013, the Coalition government said that it had reduced public spending by £14.3 billion compared with 2009–10.[27] Growth remained low, while unemployment rose. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_government_austerity_programme From memory, last time around they were against the LTNs and competing with the Tories to pick up backlash votes - both failed. They had no counterproposals or ideas about how to manage congestion or pollution. This time around they're simply silent on the matter: https://www.southwark-libdems.org.uk/your-local-lib-dem-team/goosegreen Also, as we have seen from Mr Barber's comments on the new development on the old Jewsons yard, "leading campaigns to protect the character of East Dulwich and Goose Green" is code for "blocking new housing".
    • @Insuflo NO, please no, please don't encourage him to post more often! 😒
    • Revealing of what, exactly? I resurrected this thread, after a year, to highlight the foolishness of the OP’s op. And how posturing would be sagacity is quickly undermined by events, dear boy, events. The thread is about Mandelson. I knew he was a wrong ‘un all along, we all did; the Epstein shit just proves it. In reality, Kinnock, Blair, Brown, Starmer et all knew as well but accepted it, because they found him useful. As did a large proportion of the 2024 intake of Labour MPs who were personally vetted and approved by Mandelson.
    • I used Aria recently to replace the basin waste for my bathroom sink. He was super friendly, communicative and helpful - including changing the washer on the new replacement I bought to ensure longevity. Would highly recommend. 
Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...