Film Fanatics - Chat Thread II

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Reply 2500

aja89

Original post by cambo211

A nice little history of every 3D film ever made:

I know these are your kind of thing.

That is mega flippin' awesome, and I don't even like 3D!

Reply 2501

Phalanges

New fun thing; Sort the movies on my computer by genre. Because they all use metadata rather than me manually typing everything in, there's some bloody weird genres. Try and guess which films I have from these genres:

Albino Bias
Christian Film
Future History (what the hell does this mean?)
Movies About Gladiators
Mumblecore
Psycho-Biddy (perhaps my favourite descriptor ever)

Reply 2502

Ape Gone Insane

Original post by Phalanges

The Guardian actually called it S Club Game of Thrones Junior. And the even better Hollycloaks. :awesome:

It's true. They speak in monotones, the atmosphere is dreary and the narrative is dull and slow-moving.

Game of Thrones however...have you still been watching it? :hmmm:

Original post by cambo211

A nice little history of every 3D film ever made:

I know these are your kind of thing.

Love these things. Awesome.

Reply 2503

zjs

Original post by Phalanges

Try and guess which films I have from these genres:

Movies About Gladiators

Gladiator? :pierre:

Reply 2504

cadaeibfeceh

Original post by zjs

Gladiator? :pierre:

Dammit I knew there was one :tongue:

Reply 2505

zjs

Original post by cambo211

A nice little history of every 3D film ever made:

The Jonas Brothers 3D is an actual film release? I feel sick.

Reply 2506

cambo211

Original post by zjs

The Jonas Brothers 3D is an actual film release? I feel sick.

Reply 2507

zjs

Original post by cambo211

Reply 2508

Ape Gone Insane

Knowing Phalanges' film taste, I bet 1 TSR credit that it's anything but Gladiator. Another 1 TSR credit that there's a documentary in there somewhere. :pierre:

Reply 2509

cadaeibfeceh

Original post by Ape Gone Insane

Knowing Phalanges' film taste, I bet 1 TSR credit that it's anything but Gladiator. Another 1 TSR credit that there's a documentary in there somewhere. :pierre:

So Ben-Hur and Colosseum: The Gladiator's Story :wink:

Reply 2510

Phalanges

Original post by Ape Gone Insane

It's true. They speak in monotones, the atmosphere is dreary and the narrative is dull and slow-moving.

Game of Thrones however...have you still been watching it? :hmmm:

I had stopped but I recently went on a bit of a binge which took me up to episode 7. I would have watched the last one but the weekend came and F1 beckoned instead.

It's very watchable. I do enjoy it, but I don't think it's a great work. There are moments when it all comes together and that's fantastic (and they usually involve Aidan Gillen, who is absolutely sensational in this) but for every moment like that there's a moment where you think "ugh, why am I watching this?". And also something that really annoys me is how jarringly clunky some of the dialogue can be, when they speak as if they're from some historical stereotype but only do it intermittently and nobody really gets how to put inflections on that kind of speech.

So yeah, I would class it as similar to Rome and Spartacus were it not for it's really good cast and story which occasionally shows moments of genius, which elevates it slightly above those. Speaking of crap pseudo-history shows though, I'm looking forward to The Borgias. :ahee:

Original post by zjs

Gladiator? :pierre:

Haha, not quite. I would be utterly amazed if anyone got this one. It is by no means an obscure film, just hilariously miscategorised. I can't think of a single gladiator in it, although there is an arena of sorts. In fact, none of them are particularly obscure except maybe the one from mumblecore and the future history one.

Also, no docs from those categories Ape. :p:

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Reply 2511

zjs

Original post by Phalanges

Future History: Back to the Future?

Psycho-Biddy: Psycho? :colonhash:

Reply 2512

Phalanges

Original post by zjs

Future History: Back to the Future?

Psycho-Biddy: Psycho? :colonhash:

Hint; none of them have the genre in their title. :p:

Future History was Things To Come (which is apparently available for free on youtube, and worth a watch if you have the time - I've never seen anything quite like it).

There were no biddies in Psycho. :p:

Psycho-biddy is a perfect genre for this film, it pretty much sums up the plot of the film.

Reply 2513

ahq

Original post by Phalanges

Hint; none of them have the genre in their title. :p:

Psycho-biddy is a perfect genre for this film, it pretty much sums up the plot of the film.

Is the Gladiator one Tron?

Reply 2514

Phalanges

Original post by Abiraleft

Is the Gladiator one Tron?

Nope, that is cyperpunk. :p:

It is sci-fi though.

Reply 2515

zjs

Original post by Phalanges

Hint; none of them have the genre in their title. :p:

Psycho-biddy is a perfect genre for this film, it pretty much sums up the plot of the film.

Mrs. Bates. :colonhash:

Need a film to watch now. Ideas? Looking for an 'inspiring' film and was thinking along the lines of I Am Sam or Invictus, having watched neither.

Reply 2516

Phalanges

Original post by zjs

Mrs. Bates. :colonhash:

Need a film to watch now. Ideas? Looking for an 'inspiring' film and was thinking along the lines of I Am Sam or Invictus, having watched neither.

She is not a (psycho) biddy anywhere near the extent in the sense of the lead in this film. :p:

Inspirational, you say? How about Up In The Air or Please Give, if you haven't seen those? Invictus is also a good shout.

Reply 2517

zjs

Original post by Phalanges

She is not a (psycho) biddy anywhere near the extent in the sense of the lead in this film. :p:

Inspirational, you say? How about Up In The Air or Please Give, if you haven't seen those? Invictus is also a good shout.

Seen both. Enjoyed Up In the Air but, not being especially driven by money in the first place, I didn't find it particularly inspiring. May go with Invictus then.