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Jan 13, 2009 21:48:44 GMT -1
Post by astralweeks on Jan 13, 2009 21:48:44 GMT -1
Oh and for a bloody good laugh and very funny performances by Pitt and Clooney, see Burn After Reading. Very good Have to say that Frances McDormand's character did start to get on my tits after a while but I could overlook her on account of the other great performances.
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Jan 14, 2009 17:41:32 GMT -1
Post by katyr on Jan 14, 2009 17:41:32 GMT -1
Not watched In Bruges yet, tc, might watch it tonight if I don't fall asleep first.
I really liked Little Children, despite Winslett. Not a light-hearted film though. No Country for Old Men is very good but for my money it's nowhere near the best Cohen Bros film. It's not even in my top 3.
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Jan 14, 2009 17:57:47 GMT -1
Post by Dave G on Jan 14, 2009 17:57:47 GMT -1
Not the happiest film; some big moral questions asked at the end. Has anyone else seen No Country For Old Men? YES !! Very good film, although the guy they are chasing (name escapes me at the min) is seriously scary!! well worth seeing. Got 7 pounds ( Will Smith ) to watch tonight.
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Jan 14, 2009 19:33:23 GMT -1
Post by astralweeks on Jan 14, 2009 19:33:23 GMT -1
No Country for Old Men is very good but for my money it's nowhere near the best Cohen Bros film. It's not even in my top 3. Have you seen Burn After Reading? I doubt it'll be a 'top 3' either but it's very funny.
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Jan 14, 2009 19:57:22 GMT -1
Post by Kez on Jan 14, 2009 19:57:22 GMT -1
I liked No Country... a lot I have to say. Some lovely subtle performances. Wasn't blown away by Burn After Reading. Maybe I was expecting a bit too much. The Big Lebowski will always be my favourite I think.
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Jan 14, 2009 21:10:42 GMT -1
Post by katyr on Jan 14, 2009 21:10:42 GMT -1
Haven't seen that no, Liz.
It's between the big lebowski and o brother where art thou for me.
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Jan 14, 2009 22:16:11 GMT -1
Post by jp on Jan 14, 2009 22:16:11 GMT -1
john turturro theres an underated actor eh?
he'd be in my dream film, with al pacino and sean penn, be a fucking good film it would, i dont have a plot or a story or a theme as yet i just know it'll be a fucking good film
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Jan 15, 2009 2:26:09 GMT -1
Post by astralweeks on Jan 15, 2009 2:26:09 GMT -1
I had no idea, other than the most brief of plot info, what the movie was going to be like, Kez. Maybe that's why I enjoyed it so much. I just found it a good laugh and 'light-hearted' fun. I hadn't seen Brother where Art Thou until about a year ago. Had heard a lot of good things about it but had just never managed to remember it when I went to the DVD shop. I'm sorry I didn't see it sooner! I thought it was excellent and further developed a respect (and lust) for Clooney that I had started to cultivate watching Syriana (although not so much of the lust bit in that movie!). Great soundtrack too
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Jan 15, 2009 7:39:13 GMT -1
Post by Dave G on Jan 15, 2009 7:39:13 GMT -1
7 pounds is decent. Without having read anything about the plot etc, it took about 25 mins to work out just exactly what was going on but from that point on you couldn't help but be drawn in.
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Jan 15, 2009 8:23:39 GMT -1
Post by Kez on Jan 15, 2009 8:23:39 GMT -1
John Turturro is fanastic. Love that he can appear in a film for 5 minutes and steal the whole thing.
Must watch O Brother... again haven seen that in so long.
Seven Pounds looks quite interesting. Is it very very feel good?
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Jan 15, 2009 8:26:41 GMT -1
Post by Dave G on Jan 15, 2009 8:26:41 GMT -1
Difficult to say without giving much away Kez. Suffice to say the eyes well up and the heart strings get a good pulling. Worth seeing.
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Jan 15, 2009 8:39:43 GMT -1
Post by Kez on Jan 15, 2009 8:39:43 GMT -1
I am a serious sucker for those sorts of films I have to say and I've never seen a Will Smith film that I have truly detested (apart from Independence Day) so might well go see that.
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Jan 15, 2009 9:06:58 GMT -1
Post by jp on Jan 15, 2009 9:06:58 GMT -1
seems to me every will smith film is sold as exactly that, a will smith film and i never quite get to work what the film is about. the billboard is always just a picture of will smith and im 'is that hancock 2, or i am legend 3'
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Jan 15, 2009 10:52:28 GMT -1
Post by Kez on Jan 15, 2009 10:52:28 GMT -1
Hehehe.
Hancock was pretty good I thought. For the first half anyway. It sort of lost it towards the end.
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Jan 15, 2009 10:57:57 GMT -1
Post by HeatherA on Jan 15, 2009 10:57:57 GMT -1
I'm desperate to see 7 Pounds. It's supposed to be very different to the usual Will Smith films, isn't it?
The trailer certainly looks good.
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Jan 15, 2009 12:03:31 GMT -1
Post by katyr on Jan 15, 2009 12:03:31 GMT -1
I've never heard of that. I have to admit though, I never thought I'd enjoy The Pursuit of Happyness but I loved it. Shamelessly manipulative of course, but it made me cry in a good way.
What are the saddest films? Life is Beautiful is unbeatable isn't it? Although not so much a weepy as a particularly innovative method of emotional torture. I was in pieces for days after seeing it. That and Kez. I loved both of them, both amazing films, but seeing either of them more than once would just be sadomasochism.
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Jan 15, 2009 12:50:04 GMT -1
Post by Dave G on Jan 15, 2009 12:50:04 GMT -1
Heather / Katy, 7 Pounds does not contain a single joke in the whole film. It is very removed form his usual stuff yes. If you cried at POH, you should make sure plenty of tissues with you for this.
If anyone would prefer to have a bit of a blub in the safety of their own living room, pm me *ahem*
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Jan 15, 2009 12:59:23 GMT -1
Post by Kez on Jan 15, 2009 12:59:23 GMT -1
Films that made me cry:
Without fail the end of Shakespeare in Love makes me bawl. It's not even devastatingly sad but its just the way its filmed with the voiceover. Every single time.
Kes is that pit of the stomach despair isn't it. Every time I re-watch it I want the ending to change cos there's such a long build up to it. You know something awful's going to happen. Such genuinue perforamcnes as well.
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Jan 15, 2009 13:31:24 GMT -1
Post by tc on Jan 15, 2009 13:31:24 GMT -1
Watched the Lake House again the other night. Totally different ending!?
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Jan 15, 2009 14:44:02 GMT -1
Post by Kez on Jan 15, 2009 14:44:02 GMT -1
I've never seen that. Not a huge fan of Sandra Bullock (she's always shouty and moany in films).
I always bawl at any "crap relationship with their dad" type films as well. I absolutely crumble. I'm sure I was watching Sisterhood of The Travelling Pants (oh the shame) and it was utter awfulness and then at the end there's some awful guff about one of the girl's dad's letting her down and I cried like a little girl.
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Jan 15, 2009 16:00:35 GMT -1
Post by jp on Jan 15, 2009 16:00:35 GMT -1
the elephant man usually gets me going 'the theatre!, i feel as if i've travelled my whole life just to stand here' aww shut up john ye weird headed mentalist im welling up here
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Jan 15, 2009 16:05:35 GMT -1
Post by Kez on Jan 15, 2009 16:05:35 GMT -1
Yeah its funny how one line can do it.
In Shakespeare in Love its the line
"It will be a love story... for she will be my heroine for all time...... And her name will be Viola".
*short circuits keyboard from weeping*
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Jan 15, 2009 18:05:44 GMT -1
Post by katyr on Jan 15, 2009 18:05:44 GMT -1
How about the bit in Breakfast at Tiffanys where they find the cat in the rain? *wells up*
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Jan 16, 2009 1:22:25 GMT -1
Post by astralweeks on Jan 16, 2009 1:22:25 GMT -1
Oh, boy, weepies..........I love them. Nothing quite as cleansing as sitting and sobbing your heart out to something that isn't actually about your own pain or the shit in your life! Old ones now but have major impact, nonetheless - 'Happiness', 'War Zone', 'No Man's Land', 'Nil by Mouth'............I'm sure there are heaps of others that just don't spring to mind at the moment.
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Jan 16, 2009 7:08:51 GMT -1
Post by katyr on Jan 16, 2009 7:08:51 GMT -1
Breaking the Waves. *hides behind sofa*
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Jan 16, 2009 7:12:00 GMT -1
Post by Amy on Jan 16, 2009 7:12:00 GMT -1
Bjork's Dancer in the Dark, holy cripes almighty. Hands down, the saddest movie I've ever seen. NEVER have I cried (I mean really bawled) at a movie like I did in that one before. Wore a really thick cotton sweater that night and soaked all the way through the sleeves...
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Jan 16, 2009 7:29:04 GMT -1
Post by astralweeks on Jan 16, 2009 7:29:04 GMT -1
Breaking the Waves. *hides behind sofa* Until the bells in the sky at the end. I mean..........WTF?
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Jan 16, 2009 8:58:25 GMT -1
Post by Kez on Jan 16, 2009 8:58:25 GMT -1
Breaking The Waves had to be one of the most disturbing films I've ever seen.
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Jan 16, 2009 11:28:12 GMT -1
Post by katyr on Jan 16, 2009 11:28:12 GMT -1
Oh, easily. I went to see it with a couple of friends and I've never seen anything like it. Everyone filed out afterwards in COMPLETE silence, totally white-faced. Me and my mates walked to the pub without saying a word, got some drinks in and just sat there, speechless, shaking our heads in disbelief for about an hour. We couldn't even decide if it was any good or not.
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Jan 16, 2009 11:29:59 GMT -1
Post by tc on Jan 16, 2009 11:29:59 GMT -1
I know I keep going on about it, but Into the Wild made me cry like Amy described. Wracking sobs.
Leaving Las Vegas was on telly last night, I sky plussed it. No doubt that'll make me cry again.
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