What was the last film you watched?

[Julian]

Burke & Hare last night.  It was really very good indeed, and the film reviewer at the Metro "newspaper" who slated it is Simply Wrong.

[LindaG]

Pushing Tin.

Billy Bob Thornton.   John Cusack.

Oh yes.   Much totty.  Some good aeroplane shots.  And the 'stand behind a 747 and see what happens'.  I love that.

Oh, and it's good to see someone else get burned out by their job   

[cyclone]

SAW 7 3D - nowhere near as chilling as the first ones. Stylised gore...

[Valiant]

Jonah Hex. I quite liked it for mindless entertainment.

[Mr Larrington]

Extraordinary Rendition.  A fillum which tends to make one very cross with governments.

[itsbruce]

The Children of Men.  A film to make you think hard about a number of things, not least how much you'd be willing to risk for other people.

[citoyen]

A film to make you think hard about a number of things, not least...

Will Julianne Moore ever be mine?

Sigh.

d.

[itsbruce]

Will Julianne Moore ever be mine?

Hug that Boogie Nights DVD close.

[itsbruce]

Brazil, for the first time in quite a few years.  Probably Terry Gilliam's most complete and successful film.  Much as I love it, every time I watch it, it makes me so sad.  Wonderful.

[clarion]

It is wonderful.  And wonderfully sad.

[Bledlow]

Another Year.

Good.

[PaulR]

Another Year

Very good indeed.  Jim Broadbent is a fabulous actor but Mike Leigh is a genius.

[citoyen]

The missus and I have the night off this Saturday, since the offspring is sleeping over at his mate's house, so we thought we might go and see Another Year.

Shame nearly every single sodding cinema screen within two hours' drive will be showing Harry bleedin' Potter ad nauseam this weekend. Surely the whole point of multiplexes is to show lots of different films rather than the same film 12 times at once?

The only cinema that's showing something I might actually want to watch is the arty-farty cinema at the university (they have The Arbor on, which I want to see because a] I'm a fan of Andrea Dunbar, and b] I know the director). I dare say they'll get Another Year eventually, but probably for one night only, and probably on a night I can't go.

d.

[Bledlow]

The nearest & most accessible cinema for us isn't showing it. That chain will only show it in a few metropolitan cinemas.

Beautifully observed. I think there's some stereotyping, for ease of recognition, but it's not taken too far: the characters are all believable. I've met Mary, Ken, & Carl.

Mrs B reckons that the teenagers who most films are aimed at wouldn't appreciate it, because they haven't lived enough to understand the characters.

[spesh]

The Odd Angry Shot

As recommended by Wascally Weasel, it came across as an Aussies in Vietnam version of Milligan's earlier war diaries. More bawdy humour and beer than bullets, and worth it just for the scene where the shoebox contraption is presented to the padre. 

[teethgrinder]

Surely the whole point of multiplexes is to show lots of different films rather than the same film 12 times at once?

No. The purpose of multiplexes is to sell grossly overpriced popcorn and suchlike to as big a captive audience as they can muster, hence why they don't allow you to bring your own. Hence why I wear a puffy coat with an inside pocket, large enough to fit a half bottle of wine and my own supermarket bought snacks.
Anyway, that's why they show Harry Potter non stop. Because lots of people want to see it on the big screen. They won't sell so much overpriced junk food if there are fewer mugs customers to but it.

[citoyen]

No. The purpose of multiplexes is to sell grossly overpriced popcorn and suchlike to as big a captive audience as they can muster, hence why they don't allow you to bring your own.

Indeed. And this will be why they've done away with separate ticket desk and "food" counter - if you want to buy a ticket, you have to join the same queue as for the buckets of popcorn and half-gallon vats of luridly coloured fizzy pop. (This is why I always book tickets online and use the automated ticket machine.)

Hence why I wear a puffy coat with an inside pocket, large enough to fit a half bottle of wine and my own supermarket bought snacks.

Ha! Good work.

I tend not to bother - I can usually last a couple of hours without feeling the need to fill my face - but if I want to take a drink or snacks in with me, I'll hide them in my wife's handbag.

Anyway, that's why they show Harry Potter non stop. Because lots of people want to see it on the big screen. They won't sell so much overpriced junk food if there are fewer mugs customers to but it.

Fortunately, I've found a cinema that's showing Another Year on Saturday evening so we're going there instead. And a very lovely cinema it is too - it's a bit of a trek, but it'll be worth it. It's a proper grown-up cinema - I don't think they sell popcorn, but they do offer home-made cakes and pastries.

d.

[LEE]

"Jean de Florette" and "Manon des Sources" double DVD just arrived from Play.com. (only £6.29)

I know what the next films I shall be watching are.

[urban_biker]

No. The purpose of multiplexes is to sell grossly overpriced popcorn and suchlike to as big a captive audience as they can muster, hence why they don't allow you to bring your own.  <snip>

I've not seen that in my two local multiplexes. In fact I've often been surprised that they don't have that kind of policy. I've often openly carried in food and drinks bought elsewhere.

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

I went to see Harry Potter tonight. I enjoyed it. My "chocolate" raisins weren't very nice though.

[Bledlow]

No. The purpose of multiplexes is to sell grossly overpriced popcorn and suchlike to as big a captive audience as they can muster, hence why they don't allow you to bring your own.  <snip>

I've not seen that in my two local multiplexes. In fact I've often been surprised that they don't have that kind of policy. I've often openly carried in food and drinks bought elsewhere.

My two local multiplexes have signs saying no food or drink bought outside may be consumed in them.

But - nobody's ever searched me or Mrs B & found the cans or bottles we usually take in.

[citoyen]

Another Year.

Stunning. One of Mike Leigh's best yet. Lesley Manville is astonishing. As is Jim Broadbent. So glad we made the effort to see it. And I want to see it again!

[Mr Larrington]

Into The Wild.  Pretty harrowing even if you've read the book and know how it's going to end.

[mattc]

No Country for Old Men.  Best film I've seen in a long time.

Ditto. Some very tense scenes, and a plot that surprised me a few times. I'd put it in the better half of the Coen brothers portfolio.

My only tiny criticism was the sometimes incomprehensible drawl of characters such as the sheriff. This was the first time I've ever wanted subtitles in a US movie!

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Don't expect a poetic tidy ending (presumably cos they stuck to the book)

Completely OT, but looking into the cast afterwards I found out about this guy:
Charles Harrelson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Blade]

Quicksilver. Been trying to track down a copy of this film for quite some time as I'm gradually building up a collection of films which have a cycling theme.

The film stars Kevin Bacon as a bicycle messenger and has quite a lot of footage featuring cycling.