Film Fanatics - Chat Thread II

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Looks a really interesting premise.

Still really want to see Planet of the apes but have no real opportunity before its out of cinemas.

Can't afford to see it when not on orange wednesdays and i go away for 10 days on tuesday.

Fingers crossed there's a few more showings after that.

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Deshi

Definitely, Maybe or Forgetting Sarah Marshall? Haven't seen either and I'm bored and in the mood for a comedy.

I also caught the latest American Pie film the other day, it was ****ing awful and not funny at all.

Reply 4023

Ape Gone Insane

Original post by mevidek

Jeannes Jacques Annaud is a really good director, I'd highly recommend his other films. Not too mainstream, very artistic, good acting and convincing stories make his films some of the best around!

Have you seen any of his other films?

Most notably the ones you listed on the other page? I haven't, no but I'm much more inclined to now. I'm going to get around to watching them within the next few days!

Original post by aja89

Aaaah yes, one of the greatest kid's movies ever in my opinion. :moon:

Pretty much anything Robin Williams did was a big hit with me in the 90s, Hook and Mrs Doubtfire especially. :rolleyes:

I miss films like that, they really don't make them anymore.

EDIT: And all those late 80s/90s Roald Dahl films. Matilda, The Witches, James & The Giant Peach, The BFG.

They really don't. Or perhaps that is our flawed perceptions since we're no longer kids. :tongue:

Roald Dahl was the pinnacle of my childhood. :moon:

Original post by Lewroll

Anyone see the Portal short film? Its got a few million views in less than 2 days!

That's really cool. Nice dark ending there. I want a Portal gun to be made in my lifetime.

Reply 4024

ahq

The trailer première for Paddy Considine's Tyrannosaur

Looks quality.

Reply 4025

Phalanges

This is why Quora is so god-damned good; one of Conan's screenwriters talking about what it's like to fail at the box office: http://www.quora.com/Whats-it-like-to-have-your-film-flop-at-the-box-office

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Ape Gone Insane

That's pretty sad. It's so easy to forget the sheer amount of people that work and invest on a film for years, how it all slowly comes together as a product from so many different sources and how when it flops, the only thing that is remembered is the flop - and nothing else. To the majority of us, it's just one massive finished product that we can easily discount as being good or bad.

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Colonel.

Original post by Deshi

Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Twice the film.

Reply 4028

Phalanges

The music they cut this with is hilarious. I couldn't stop laughing after he blew the door off.

Reply 4029

lukejoshjedi

Original post by Deshi

Forgetting sarah marshall for me, found it funnier

Reply 4030

Falcon91

Watched Final Destination 5 (god knows why) and it obviously turned out as funny as ever.

And Captain America, man that film was a disappointment.

Reply 4031

Deshi

Original post by Colonel.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Twice the film.

Original post by lukejoshjedi

Forgetting sarah marshall for me, found it funnier

Yeah I watched Forgetting Sarah Marshall, was hilarious, Kristen Bell looked :sexface:

I was caught off guard though with the full frontal nudity from Jason Segal. Was not expecting that. Especially considering it was a 15 and I've been watching him in HIMYM for years, it felt a bit :lolwut:

Reply 4032

Javindo

Went to see Super 8 the other day, really enjoyed it. The best performance in my opinion was from Elle Fanning, definitely a very promising young actress. Has anyone been to see One Day yet? Heard Anne Hathaway being interviewed about it on R4 yesterday, sounds like it could be decent.

Reply 4033

aja89

School Of Rock will never not be an awesome film. :awesome:

Reply 4034

a.ginger

Original post by Lewroll

Anyone see the Portal short film? Its got a few million views in less than 2 days!

I saw that shortfilm yesterday, such a good directing there!

I don't usually watch shortfilms but here u are one of the few I liked:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/films/p005dsmr

Reply 4035

Phalanges

American History X has much more powerful and resonant prison scenes than Shawshank Redemption. And a much stronger ending.

Reply 4036

aja89

Original post by Phalanges

American History X has much more powerful and resonant prison scenes than Shawshank Redemption. And a much stronger ending.

Still annoyed about Movie Madness? :colondollar:

Reply 4037

Colonel.

He makes a good point.

Reply 4038

Ape Gone Insane

Of course it would though.... American History X deals with more realistic and gritty problems and themes like the widespread racism, the main character actually committing the murder and inmate brutality, the depiction of which is far more brutal than Shawshank. It also leaves a more powerful message (redemption followed by the same problem rearing it's ugly head as opposed to a new beginning in Shawshank) after it spends the course of the film following Derek's gradual change in the way he thought and perceived things.

I wonder, and there have been rumours about this, what the film would have felt like if at the end...

Spoiler

I want to believe in the redemption but...