Whatcha watching?

[Goth Girl]

Just a new thread to see who's watching what at the mo, filmwise... recent discoveries you wanna share, new purchases, recommendations etc!

Just bought a film I'm saving for the weekend, another Tartan Asia Extreme film! Yup, it takes Japanese gore and subtitles to really catch my interest at the moment!

This one is called The Happiness of the Katakuris... anyone seen it? Supposed to be a cross between The Sound of Music and Dawn of the Dead! The hills are alive with the sound of screaming...!

[Lupa the Ancient]

Not been watching too many films of late .... I got hold of a few David Attenbrough DVD boxsets a couple of months ago (Life on Earth, Trials of life etc etc) so when I've had a spare hour or so I've been working through those little treasures.....

I like the sound of the film you've mentioned GG... inspiring me to have a dvd gorefest soon...

[Exsanguinator]

I'm on a Bad Film vibe at the moment... Recently watched Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter (yup) and Buckaroo Banzai in the Eighth Dimension.

Oh and Ice Pirates (starring Robert Ulrich if you doubt its naffness from the title).

imdb anyone of them - I just can't get enough diabolically naff celluloid!

[Helmet Head]

Power Puff Girls the movie - Very ashamed to say I loved it.

28 Days Later - Really enjoyed it

Shrek 2 - Loved it

[Nosgali Songsayer]

Haven't had the chance to watch much of anything lately. But the last movie I remember watching was "Frailty" That show is hilarious, if you haven't seen it, you need to!

[sdkdmd]

I,m not a big movie buff,I,m kind of disappointed in most films I see, but I still do enjoy a lot of them. Nothing comes to mind right now.

I would like to ask, maybe a stupid question,if any one saw the Evil Dead Series?

[Rixy]

Buckaroo Banzai isn't that the one were the kids are playing a video game which is actually a recruiting device for some sort of space corps? Not that I've seen it, I'm just guessing!

[topol_sheap]

EVIL DEAD??? EVIL DEAD??? EVIL DEAD??? EVIL DEAD??? EVIL DEAD??? EVIL DEAD??? EVIL DEAD??? EVIL DEAD??? EVIL DEAD??? EVIL DEAD??? EVIL DEAD???

yep... up there in my all time top 10. The second film is by far the best, and probably the best film ever made - I'm not kidding, but there aren't too many people out there who whould agree with this, but I know they couldn't disagree with the fact that there is nothing in that film that doesn't need to be there, and some of the slapstick is the best I have ever seen smile.gif

[Exsanguinator]

Rixy...

Bukaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension came out in 1984 and is something of a cult... It stars Peter Weller, Clancy Brown, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, John Lithgow, Christopher Lloyd and a bunch of others...

The titular Banzai is a Rock Star/Neurosurgeon/Racing Driver/Theoretical Physicist/Sharp Shooter who figures out a way to make his car travel through solid rock via the 8th Dimension... Trouble is the 8th Dimension was a prison for an Alien Despot and his cronies and now they've escaped and the President (who's put his back out) needs Banzai to stop the despot escaping from Earth or else the people who put him in the 8th dimension will destroy the Earth and they only have 24 hours in which to do it!

*And Breath*

Worth watching once if only for some of the great lines. smile.gif

[sdkdmd]

EVIL DEAD Dead by dawn.

I agree with you Tops on all points and I know a few others who would also agree.
I would put #2 a little highed then top 10,maybe top 3.
To be honest I thought they were stupit the first time I watched them, but
only the first time.

[sdkdmd]

I have to mention the best scene.

THE POSSESSED HAND.

I'm rolling just typing this.

[Silver]

I agree, the possessed hand is also a favourite of mine!

Recently been watcing Red Dwarf 4, Shaun of the Dead, Shrek 2 and Sex lives of the Potato men. All amusing.

[topol_sheap]

the possessed hand is superb, especially when he (yeah I'm rolling out this old one again) put the bin on top of it, then the book, "A farewell to arms" grin.gif

[ August 20, 2004, 06:01 AM: Message edited by: Tops ]

[Canker]

I've went and got the special edition of the original Universal Monster movies, Dracula, Frankenstien and the wolfman. Cool to watch them all over again. Heard that Universal will be coming out with a box set of Creature from the black lagoon, Invisible Man and the Mummy. I wish you could get the Hammer films in a DVD box set.

[Lupa the Ancient]

Good films there Canker ... we are pretty lucky this side of the pond, with a number of Hammer Film boxsets available.

[Lupa the Ancient]

... has anyone of you guys watched Kingdom Hospital? I didn't catch it on the tv, but notice the DVDs available now -- it seems to be a little Twin Peakesque, but I read quite a few negative reviews in the press.... not sure if its worth the £35 outlay.

Another TV series about to get the DVD treatment is Life and Loves of the She Devil, which I recall watching when I was younger and remember it was quite freaky -- not sure if it will have dated but it'll be far better than the film version, based on the Fay Wheldon novel.

[sdkdmd]

I tried to watch Kingdom Hospital, but I don't think they could decide on a set day or time to air it, on this side of the world anyway, so I could not keep track.

[Silver]

I watched Equilibreum (spelling?) recently. Slow start but it picked up, rather Matrixy feel to it. Some good fight scenes, I enjoyed it.

[topol_sheap]

last thing I saw was the Bourne ID.. not bad... hopefully see the highly rated sequel this weekend... just waiting for Jurassic Park 4 right now - if they do what the rumours say, it could be completely mad...

[Rixy]

Cheers Phil, I got mixed up with The Last Starfighter for some reason. I'm going to have a lie down and see if that clears my head.

[Lupa the Ancient]

I am awaiting with bated breath Shaun of the Dead arriving through the post.... also just seen the remake of Starsky and Hutch, which I have to admit to really enjoying...... I've just ordered from play.com the original series first season for only £15.99... so that should arrive on my mat very soon as well.....

I have been watching quite abit of the Horror Channel lately, some real gems from the 70's in there. Bloody Birthday springs to mind....

[Goth Girl]

Got my Shaun of the Dead DVD on Saturday, but haven't had time to watch it yet, as I bought the Spaced box-set last week, been working my way through that... yup having a major Simon Pegg moment!

[Ema]

George & I saw Alien vs Predator & Hero this past weekend. Also saw Blade II he had on dvd. All 3 were good, but out of them all, Hero was my fav. Very artistic as Japanese (I think, maybe it was Chinese) movies are, Jet Li was the only name I recognized and it had subtitles. Good Action & storyline(s) too that had color changes with each part. Recommend that one highly. Was going to see Exorcist - the Beginning or the Village, but reviews I have seen and heard on both made us just wait for dvd rental and not waste the 11 buck a pop sans munchies. Next one will be Alexander in November! George saw Troy and although a few discrepancies (heh heh he is Greek!), he enjoyed it.

[Lupa the Ancient]

Watched Shaun of the Dead, this film is brilliant - can't believe I left it so long to watch....

Has anyone watched the extras? the missing plotlines? And TV Bits with Tricia!!!-CLASSICS!!

[Goth Girl]

Gonna watch the whole thing this weekend, extras, commentary, the lot!

Just ordered Battle Royale 2 and Dark Water, so lots more Japanese goodness (or should that be badness?!) to come.

And I'm going to see Hellboy on Saturday!

[Lupa the Ancient]

..I haven't seen Battle Royale 2, I notice that you can get the first un' on play.com for £7.99... plus for only £3.99 Shogun Assasin... grin.gif

(i hasten to add that I don't work for play.com, but do find them jolly cheap!) ;)

[Goth Girl]

(so do I!)

[Lupa the Ancient]

Watched X-Men 2 last night ... really good movie...

[Silver]

I've just caght up with the rest of the world and watched Harry Potter 1 and 2. The first one was really good, the second disappointing in oomparison.

[Lupa the Ancient]

this week I'm am mostly watching - the first season of Starsky and Hutch, and also introducing mini-me to the joys of Star Wars!!

[sdkdmd]

Heard my first commerical today for "Shaun of the dead" opening up this week sometime.

After reading some of the post I guess I have something to look forward to.

[sdkdmd]

Did anyone watch the new series "Lost"

Who thinks they know what creatures lurk in the woods?

[topol_sheap]

SHAUN OF THE DEAD!!!!

Do it, Do it, Do it, Do it, Do it, Do it, Do it, Do it, Do it, Do it, Do it, Do it, Do it, Do it, Do it, Do it, Do it, Do it, Do it, Do it, Do it, Do it....

Funniest film I've seen all year... it has some memorable quotes, but I can't post them in the movie quotes thread as they are just too rude!

[Goth Girl]

It is fab....

Looking forward to seeing Saw at the cinema soon, from what I've seen of the trailers looks like my kind of film!

And like all good little geeks, working my way through the Star Wars trilogy at the mo!

[ September 27, 2004, 04:15 AM: Message edited by: Goth Girl ]

[sdkdmd]

Shaun of the Dead seems to be doing pretty good over here,it's only at limited number of theaters and it's like #8 this past weekend.
Not bad.

[sdkdmd]

Oh and Debs, Geek and Goth, hell of a combination. ;)

[topol_sheap]

STARWARS.... Just seen Empire... not happy at all. All of the changes bar 2 I can live with. Firstly, the new Emperor (he looks cool, oK) - in his conversation he hints that Darth is Luke's father, which didn't please me one bit. And the main travesty above all others was changing Boba Fett's accent to sound like Jango Fett - what was the bearded one thinking?? It's just not Boba Fett anymore. My favourite character in the STARWARS universe destroyed....

I don't know, my favourite films, possibly ruined, and from what I hear, there's worse to come... I'm going to cry myself to sleep tonight.

[topol_sheap]

Oh, did you see Shaun yet????

[Lupa the Ancient]

... only watched Star Wars upto now, hoping to get Empire in before the weekend....

[topol_sheap]

I hope I didn't spoil it too much... but then again, it's all over the net anyway... and anyone who didn't know about Luke's father, well, where have they been for the last 14 years?

[Ema]

Luckily George & I didn't waste good money on the latest Star Wars and saw it with NetFlix's (a buck something to rent!).. very disappointing. Lucas should have left well enough alone and made his latest two stand alone films and not associated them with the original series (lol, meaning not have made them at all!). Same for Exorcist the Beginning.. you just can't go back in time successfully with a film if the originals are good IMHO.

We are seeing Shaun this weekend and will also see Saw when it comes out. The Grudge also looks good, I think in 'The Ring' sorta way, but we'll see if Geller has her 'Buffy-ness' imprinted in peoples minds.. that will ruin it for folks methinks.

[Red Willow]

Can't wait to see Saw (heehee, seesaw-has anyone seen those billboards?!!) looks damn good-lots of screaming and squelching!

[Goth Girl]

Ema, I haven't seen The Grudge yet either, but it's supposed to be great, much creepier than The Ring. I've still gotta watch Ring 2 and Ring 0 sometime!

[Ema]

Haven't seen Ring 2 (lol, didn't know there was a 2!), but have seen both English & Japanese versions.

And I don't mean to bash SW fans.. hell I am one, but I honestly didn't think the last two movies were needed as far as the original story goes. He should have done a stand-alone storyline instead. It would have been much better methinks.

And creepy is good! So many movies out in the next few months!

[Lupa the Ancient]

I hear what your saying regarding Star Wars, however I still reckon The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones ain't as bad as people make out.....

Can't wait to see Saw!! hehehehehe

[Ema]

OMG.. you all have to see Shaun of the Dead... hilarious! Gotta love that British Humor! I didn't think they'd be able to successfully merge comedy and zombies.. but oh my.. what a bunch!

Heh ehh, of course you all will guess when you watch it where the safest place to hide from the zombies will be. Wasn't sure if there were any zombies the way it started, but when you see how the main character, Shaun, reacts to things.. you'll see why.

Highly recommend this film for a good time!

Either Cellular or the Grudge is next.. whichever we come across first.

[Goth Girl]

Going to see Saw (or should that be teeter-totter? LOL) tomorrow night, rarr!

Glad you enjoyed Shaun, Ema.... Simon Pegg is one of my favourite comedians!

[Bungus Blood Beast]

Going to C/Saw on Friday.
Hope its as good as the hype - I still remember how disapointed I was after 'Blair Witch'.

[topol_sheap]

Just watched Aladdin - it's been many years.

Saw Shaun of the Dead and Dog Soldiers last week (shaun again!)...

Don't remember much about Dog Soldiers, want to see this again!

Shaun is still as good as ever, althoguh I have a theory about the movie, and will need to test it out with other mates... so far I've seen it with 3 (and about 1/5) different people, and it just gets better with each watch. It could be the company I've been watching with, so if that's the case, one of you out there is to blame.

Tops

[Ema]

Well, I plan on getting it when it comes out for sale and might even go and see it again as I'm sure there were quips I missed! George & I decided to watch it due to the previews, and it's not too often when you see a preview and there are more laughs than are just shown to entice you.

And Debs, I haven't ever seen Simon Pegg in anything before I don't think.. shame as he is a really funny fellow. Might have to look and see what other movies he's been in and rent them.

[Lady Rissa]

This weekend I will be driving 3 hours each way just to see Shaun of the Dead. That is the closest theatre showing it. I have heard so many great things about it and the trailers are hilarious. I haven't even seen it yet I know I'll love it.
Thanks for posting about it.

[Goth Girl]

Hey Rissa, nice to see you again, hope you're doing OK!

Enjoy the film hon smile.gif

[Helmet Head]

Gonna watch Shaun of the Dead tonight...

[Bungus Blood Beast]

Hi all.
Changed my mind and went to see 'SAW' tonight, in fact just got back.
Blinkin heck what a good film ! ! !

[Goth Girl]

Too right! The ending blew me away!

[Helmet Head]

Well I fought Shaun of the dead was absolutely treeeemendous and I'm glad I purchased it now.

[Lupa the Ancient]

Looking forward to Saw... just watched The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi... I reckon Lucas has done a good job of these (sorry Tops!). Just the extra disc to watch now.

got the Second Season of Starsky and Hutch and Kingdom Hospital for my birthday, so watching that as well...

[John & Paul]

I've got so many boxsets I need to watch at the minute ...why does HMV have to have a sale???? knocking boxsets down from 79.99 to 29.99 I just can't resist em... i won't tell you the boxsets or I'll be really showing my age.
Well two of them are Space 1999 season one and two lol

[Silver]

I saw Scooby Doo 2 the other night, not as good as the first one I thought.

[sdkdmd]

On our flight home from London I saw Spiderman II, I liked it better then #1.

I rented Day after tomorrow,good,but I expected more and better effects.

[Red Willow]

Going to see Saw tonight, might buy some popcorn to hide behind!

[Red Willow]

that was f-ing brilliant, i can't remember the last time i came out of a movie with my whole body buzzing! sheesh, and the ending was far better than anything i thought it could've been. But by dar the scariest thing, that puppet thang-i have an irrational puppet/doll fear so i couldn't look at the screen whenever it appeared! Everyone must see this!!!

[Ema]

I had such a crush on the Chief of Security, Tony Verdeschi! Imight have to breakdown and get me a dvd drive for my comp.. just for instances like this.

Saw Cellular, not bad.. cripes, talking about age.. Basinger, (although still looking good in George's eyes..lol) she's getting up there too.


Originally posted by John Paul:
I've got so many boxsets I need to watch at the minute ...why does HMV have to have a sale???? knocking boxsets down from 79.99 to 29.99 I just can't resist em... i won't tell you the boxsets or I'll be really showing my age.
Well two of them are Space 1999 season one and two lol

[Lady Rissa]

Hi there GG, I've been around, just not as much as I'd like to.

Shaun of the Dead was GREAT! I laughed so hard, it was so worth the drive. I wonder if Amazon is taking preorders for us Americans yet?...

[John & Paul]

went out and bought millenium season 2 last night and now up to episode 6.. I love this show it's so dark

[Lupa the Ancient]

Space 1999!! -- Classic! I love Gerry Anderson stuff, UFO was my fav....

Watching Kingdom Hospital which is very good.... not sure how it'll pan out....

[Goth Girl]

I was watching UFO last night, borrowed from a friend... first time I'd seen any, but it was better than I was expecting.

I have a stack of Tartan Asia Extreme DVDs to watch this weekend... The Eye, Dark Water and Battle Royale 2 shall be receiving my attentions in an attempt to save money/recover from last two weekends!

[sdkdmd]

Man on Fire. A fine film.

[Canker]

"Taking Lives".
Great movie and nice sex scene with Angelica near the end of the film grin.gif ;) tongue.gif

[ October 13, 2004, 10:23 AM: Message edited by: Canker ]

[Red Willow]

lupa-kingdom hospital is great!! weird ending but i loved it, just waiting to have money so i can buy it!!

[topol_sheap]

I'm hoping to find time to watch Hellraiser this weekend ;) It's not looking good in the time department mind you!

[John & Paul]

Like the new cube set they brought out for hellraiser... good idea

[topol_sheap]

yeah, I might have bought that... TBH - it's a rubbish box, but it does look good

[Goth Girl]

I'll be buying the cube set of Hellraiser once payday arrives (two more weeks, groan!)

[topol_sheap]

be warned, it looks nice, but is rubbish smile.gif

[John & Paul]

I've seen it cheap for £24.99 somewhere so not so bad when you get it cheap... we have the lord of the rings 5 disk sets up here with the golem figure for £17.99 at the minute too... was tempted to but another at that price

[topol_sheap]

Oh, started watching Hellraiser - looks great, nice transfer, the DTS is a bit weak though, which is a shame. It's certainly held up to the test of time! Picture and SFX wise, although the box itself doesn't seem quite so seamless!

[Lupa the Ancient]

Hellraiser is fantastic, I've got the older boxset... not the cube.

Ordered Thriller from cdwow, a previously banned swedish revenge movie from 1974 .... NICE!

[Lupa the Ancient]

...Thriller -A Cruel Picture, what a jolly nice yarn!!

Ordered the directors cut of Dawn of the Dead ... but a window of opportunity has opened and I may well be seeing Saw on the 'morrow - fingers crossed!

[John & Paul]

Watched The Butterfly Effect last night and wasn't sure whether I liked it or not...strange!
Enjoyed Van Helsing again though for the second time.

[DC 1]

We went to see AVP last night.

Too much build up and not enough Alien/Predator action. I actually felt let down :(

[John & Paul]

Damn I was looking forward to seeing that.. it looks great by the clips

[Lupa the Ancient]

Just been to see SAW, cor blimey what a relentless film....the ending was great. Well worth watching - a more intense Se7en....

My Directors Cut copy of Dawn of the Dead arrived this morning (good old play.com) - so just finished watching that again ...

Must lie down now ... my brain hurts ... I'm sure someones scratching in the cellar and moaning at the window.....(is that a Saw I hear??).....

[sdkdmd]

Again, I know i'm behine on the movie scene, but i just seen Dawn of the Dead & Van Helsing and enjoyed both of them, Dawn more then VH.

[Canker]

DC..... There could have been more action in AVP but from what I read all the best parts hit the cutting room floor so that the movie studio could achieve their PG-13 rating :mad:
Good news is that when the movie comes out in DVD there will be a directors cut with all those cut out sections added and it will be rated R.... from what I read. grin.gif

I still cannot get enough of Van Helsing.... Is it possible to wear out a DVD? *L* ;)

[ October 27, 2004, 07:17 AM: Message edited by: Canker ]

[Goth Girl]

Going to see AvP on Friday with the goth squad... not expecting much so we won't be disappointed!

I need to find time to see Oldboy too, before Hollywood gets it's hands on it (the rights have been bought already)! Apparently loads of Japanese/Korean films are being bought up, so we can expect tame remakes of Tale of Two Sisters and Dark Water soon *sigh* :rolleyes:

[topol_sheap]

I wish hollywood would just leave well alone... or they should move to asia and actually pay to make these films.

I could say more and use rude words, but that might mean I get a smack on the wrists...

As for me, I'm looking forward to watching goodfellas again soon... shiny and new, shiny and new. lal lal llalll lllaaa laal!

[Lupa the Ancient]

The Grudge is out soon as well .. starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, no new ideas I'm afraid.

[Goth Girl]

Blah, watch the original Grudge (£9.99 at play!).

Decided against AvP now, going to stay home and watch 'Series 7; The Contenders' (too funny!)

[Lupa the Ancient]

Watched The Crow, for the first time in aggesss... this is a great great movie.

[Ema]

George & I saw the Grudge this weekend... one note... don't get into the same theater with a whole mess of teenagers! lol, talk about screaming.. and at the strangest (and less scarier) places!

I think we were the oldest ones there.. me I know by about 27 years!

We're going to see if we can get the Japenese version to see if that is any better, which I'm sure it will be. Mixed on this one as parts were good, but the way they did the storyline just didn't work for me as it was a back & forth thing.. but it didn't merge right.. if you know what I mean. It took a bit to see if it was in the past or the now. I guess it's just that the still/jerky/ring-type movements work better for me as the original. There was an explanation why things were going on, but without giving things away.. the mother should have gone faster than she did.. I don't know. Might have been too that we were in a theater filled with teenagers who screamed at every little thing or the music in parts that prepared you for something happening. It is interesting though what 'Old Wives Tales' go on in other countries.

Anyhoo, it was good I suppose.. we just both wished afterwards that we had seen Saw instead..lol

[Lupa the Ancient]

Not sure when I'll next get to the piccies -- managed to get out of going to see Alfie with my good lady, but I see blooming Bridgit Jones on the horizon -- two films more horrific than any Lucio Fulci flick!!!

Sure I'll get to take mini-me to see The Incredibles at the back end of November....

Maybe the Exorcist ,The Grudge and AVP will be seen on DVD rather than the big screen....

[Red Willow]

gareth bought me the original Grudge, we watched it on monday-i'm still not fully recovered! nasty scary film, haunted by those images for life methinks. Going to see Dark Water on friday at some BFI thing, should be good.

[Goth Girl]

Kewl! I've got Dark Water on DVD, haven't watched it yet, but it's supposed to be one of the best of the genre. It's been snapped up by Hollywood, so best watch it now before the lame remake comes out!

Might watch it on Friday night too smile.gif

[Lupa the Ancient]

Watched Terminator 3 last night on Channel 5 which was better than I thought....

Catching up with some of the Friday the 13th sequals I haven't watched for sometime....

[Lupa the Ancient]

...got myself into gear and watched the documentary from the Star Wars boxset really interesting stuff.

[Lupa the Ancient]

Went to see The Incredibles yesterday, great film, I really did enjoy it.... plenty of action and good characters... best one since Toy Story 2 from Pixar IMHO....

[Red Willow]

Hopefully going to see this tomorrow, been cheeky and watched loads of clips, it looks damn good!

[Lupa the Ancient]

For anyone going to see it look out for EDNA ...great character! grin.gif

[Lupa the Ancient]

When my Chrimbo tree is erected my tradtional films include Muppets Christmas Carol, Its a Wonderful Life and Nightmare before Christmas .... grin.gif

[topol_sheap]

ELF ELF ELF ELF... probably my favourite christmas film...

[Hubris]

Going to pop in Bad Santa w/ Billy Bob Thornton this year. It makes you feel dirty in such a clean time of year.

[John & Paul]

Ah Lupa.. A Wonderful Life is one of my favourite Christmas films and yet still one I don't own.. must get that film sometime soon.

[Ema]

George & I are going to see Alexander tonight.. I'll do me review later. And you gotta watch all the X-mas movies around the holidays, heh heh especially the cartoons!

Never too old for those!

[Lupa the Ancient]

I notice the TV schedule is out now for Chrimbo.... on Boxing Day there's a new Sherlock Holmes starring Rupert Everett.

Love old Holmes with Basil Rathbone - although my fav remains Jeremy Brett from the ITV series.... Wonder what this un' will be like?

[Lupa the Ancient]

Off to the theatre next Monday to see The Lion, The Witch and the Wadrobe at the Leeds Playhouse... looking forward to that.

Not too much of a theatre go'er to be honest, but no harm in abit of culture!!!

[Hubris]

The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe? What's this? Havn't heard anything about it?

[Ema]

OMG.. I haven't seen or read that in ages Lupa!

this is the version I saw.. yeah I know.. was old to be watching cartoons! :-P

http://imdb.com/title/tt0079474/

Read the book though eons ago.

Ok.. Alexander

Really enjoyed it, great war scenes and portrayal of his 'madness for conquest'. I really think though that there should have been more explanation of the friendships he had as a child growing up.. folks would understand the closeness more.. especially with Hephasion (spelling). Some folks didn't like the innuendos of the relationships the men had back then with other men, so I will say this.. if you can't deal with it.. don't watch the movie or all you will do is blind yourself to the story of Alexander and how powerful he was. Same goes for folks I have seen on other sites/forums who complained about Colin's accent.. cripes, you couldn't really tell.. if that was the case they should have all been Macedonian/Greek and subtitled! A person has to be able to see the story behind the accents, looks, whatever.

I was spoiled too by reading a series of books about him by an Italian author, but Oliver Stone & gang did a fantastic job I thought. Will definately see it againas well as buy the VHS/DVD.

[Lupa the Ancient]

I will know doubt pick the books up again after seeing it on the big stage next week....

Hubris - The Lion The Witch and the Wadrobe is one part of The Chronicles of Narnia written by C S Lewis - a childrens book really, but still enjoyed by many adults, similar to Tolkein and Rowling I suppose. Well worth reading - 7 books in total ..... basically about a Wadrobe, some kids, a lion and a witch getting upto all kinds of shenanigans (a simple synopsis!)

[Lupa the Ancient]

For anyone interested ...

www.narnia.com/ (http://www.narnia.com/)

[Lupa the Ancient]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ema:
[QB] OMG.. I haven't seen or read that in ages Lupa!

this is the version I saw.. yeah I know.. was old to be watching cartoons! :-P

http://imdb.com/title/tt0079474/

Read the book though eons ago.

Ema ..you are NEVER too old to watch Cartoons! grin.gif ;)

[Lupa the Ancient]

Really enjoyed my trip to the theatre.. great production of TLTWATW!

Signed myself for some more theatre going in 2005 - David Copperfield, 39 Steps... not toooo sad I hope!

[sdkdmd]

rented a couples of DVDs today, nothing worth mentioning though.

[Goth Girl]

Just waiting for Spongebob the Movie. I know it's out in the States, and in Germany (where Squidward is called Thaddeus!), but we don't get it til February, grrrrr!

[Canker]

Good luck staying awake Debs! *L* I tried my hardest when I went with the kids but started to doze off. *L*

[Goth Girl]

LOL... during November I was watching about 6 hours of Spongebob a day at weekends! I'm a bit of an addict! smile.gif

[Ema]

Watched Willow last night with my X-mas pressie I got early.. a DVD-R/RW! Haven't seen that one in ages.. Conan & Conan the Destroyer coming tomorrow and I have 56 movies in queue at NetFlixs to go and counting..heh heh

[Helmet Head]

Finally watched Pitch Black (absolute class) and The Chronhicles of Riddick (good but not as good as the first) on Monday

[sdkdmd]

watch King Arthur, not bad, not the same old story line. well worth the watch.

[Hubris]

Yeah, King Arthur WAS good. The CGI was very subtle. Made it look pretty smooth.

[Canker]

Too many "1 liners" in The Chronicles of Riddick I thought.
I lost all interest with it because of Riddick and his 1 liners.

[Goth Girl]

I haven't seen either Pitch Black, or CoR (been meaning to for ages), but they're on The List. To be honest, Vin Diesel could just stand there saying nothing and I'd still wanna see them!

Mostly been watching vast quantities of Blakes 7 over the holidays, though I did watch a fab Japanese Zombie film called Junk. Kinda like Gozu meets Resident Evil and Shaun of the Dead... it was hilarious!

[ January 06, 2005, 09:42 AM: Message edited by: Goth Girl ]

[Rixy]

I thought King Arthur was pretty good and realistically dirty, not lots of shiny armour. I've got the Chronicles of Riddick to watch and I also picked up the special edition Monty Python & the Holy Grail in HMV the other day. I'm going to sit down with a couple bottles of wine and my house will be echoing to cries of Ni & shrubbery!

[ January 06, 2005, 05:55 PM: Message edited by: Rixy ]

[kenny]

Maybe i'm a bit behind the times, but i have just watched Kill Bill Vol's 1&2.
Vol 1 i thought was excellent, maybe a bit OTT in the fight scenes. Vol 2 was the best, you got a better insight of the characters. I won't elaborate on the killings, but the ending for me was a bit of a letdown(sorry).

[Lupa the Ancient]

Watching my Chrimbo DVD's - The Peter Kay Thing and Little Britain. Watched the extended Return of the King....

[Exsanguinator]

Watched Part Troll, the excellent Bill Bailey DVD last night...

[Goth Girl]

Haven't got that one yet... been toying with the idea of going to see the Klingon Nonce live, but it's pretty expensive (ie, as much as my ticket for a four day music festival in Leipzig), so the DVD will be a much cheaper investment.

I've got his Bewilderment DVD, and it's fab!

[topol_sheap]

I went to see him live at the end of november. very very funny... the first half was a bit rubbish, but the second half more than made up for that... it was just a shame there were some people there that laughed at everything he said - even the non funny stuff.

[John & Paul]

I've just finished Six Feet Under seasons one and two. I started watching season 1 which Paul bought me and then had to go out and buy season 2. Watched both seasons in 4 days. wow it's good. Now on to Millenium season 3.

[Helmet Head]

Just saw Hellboy and School of Rock, HB was pretty good but school of rock sucked it was like Sister Act 2 with guitars.

As for Hellboy it struck me really early that it was a very Lovecraftian film, did any one else think so or am I completely alone on this???

[The Bloody Lady]

We had a Star Wars episode one and two fest last night.....when is number 3 coming out?!

i want to see Hellboy too! but in the middle of watching all the Hornblowers (crimbo stuff)

ship ahoy matey!

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[Hubris]

Just got Conan: The Complete Quest dvd. It's awesome. Barbarian and Destroyer in one. Been feeding myself copious amounts of Arnold.

Episode III should be coming out in March or May, one of those two anyway. It's going to be great.

[ January 17, 2005, 10:09 AM: Message edited by: Hubris ]

[Helmet Head]

May

Ive seen the trailer in the cinema twice now and wooped like a fool on both occasions

[Exsanguinator]

Not May the 4th?

[Red Willow]

doh! that would be good though!
Just went to see Team America- bloody brilliant. Listen out for the songs...genius!

[Goth Girl]

I'm going to see that on Friday, can't wait! I love Matt and Trey films, and the songs are always excellent... anyone else seen Cannibal the Musical?

Finished watching the first series of Blakes 7, and enjoyed it more than I thought, cheesy special effects notwithstanding! Roll on Season 2!

[Exsanguinator]

I'm wanting to see Blakes Junction 7 that's doing the festivals - about a Blakes 7 (surprise, surprise) convention being held at a little chef or some such... Aparently MacKenzie Crook makes a very convincing Servelan!

[Ema]

Cannibal the Musical... hmmm.. ahhhh ok, I remember now... That had to be ther erm.. you know Debs heh heh I can't even attempt to describe it. But for fans of Southpark (which I have never seen although George is trying lol) well, lets just leave it at that shall we?

Saw Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Troy & King Arthur recently. All three good and I really enjoyed KA, nice to see a movie about Arthur where he wasn't portrayed as King of Camelot but as the warrior he was. Excellent fighting scenes too, seeing the fatigue was refreshing and much more realistic to me than someone lugging around armor like it was made of feathers and not getting tired at all.

Cannibal the Musical oie..lol, what drugs were they on when they thought that one up? :)

[sdkdmd]

Ema,they are the same reasons i thought KA was a fine film,not the same old run of the mill.

I just watch Troy,its getting one of the worst films of the year rating but i rather enjoyed it.

[sdkdmd]

spoiler

got a snow storm here so i rented a bunch of movies,so far i only watched AVP,it was OK but there were some things i didn't like.
everyone seemed to have been killed off before you knew what was happening.
the predator and the girl were to much of a unlikely team.
the alien popping out at the end,a threat?
what is one aliens chance against a whole ship of predators

[Goth Girl]

Wow!

Saw Team America on Friday night... just about died laughing! The songs! The panthers! Might even go see it again if I get time grin.gif

[Lupa the Ancient]

Not watching too much at the minute ..BUT I'm afraid to say that I'm hooked on Desperate Housewives!!! I fear ridicule and sneering... but I'm really enjoying the wacky offbeat style of this show.....Twin Peaks/American Beauty mish mash.....

Anyway on that note ... I suppose I best get my coat!!!

[Hubris]

Can't say I'm hooked by any means, but I've been known to enjoy what I've seen of it. Steph's become an addict and that means I watch it or I find something else to do. That's really hard to admit.

[Red Willow]

:( was getting really into it over christmas but i don't have a tv so i haven't been able to see any of it since the end of january!

[hocopepa]

Still desperately trying to watch MPD Psycho. Who's idea was it to give Takashi Miike his own TV show? Brilliant

[Lupa the Ancient]

On Channel 4 this week there running a series of Banned Films ...Evil Dead was on last night,Texas Chainsaw and Bad Lieutenant later in the week.

Lots of Documentaries as well for anyone interested...

[Helmet Head]

I should be quite ashamed of myself really as the only reason I've been watching the documentaries is to see rude stuff blush.gif

The only problem being that the clips aren't long enough to make it a poshy!!!...

[topol_sheap]

you have no shame.

[Silver]

Why am I not suprised?

[Lupa the Ancient]

hehehehehe .... good old Helm!!

[Exsanguinator]

Finally got round to watching The Wicker Man - what a bloody great film! I haven't laughed so much in a long time if you haven't seen it you gotta...

[kenny]

Watched The Shawshank Redemption AGAIN. I never tire of this great movie, going to watch Papillion AGAIN tonight(another of my favorites)also read the book which is awesome.

[Goth Girl]

I was given a great DVD for my b'day, called Save The Green Planet... yes, more Japanese horror, but with a sci-fi theme, and absolutely hilarious! Thoroughly recommend it!

Looked through all my DVDs yesterday, and 25% of them are in Japanese!

[Exsanguinator]

Could be worse - could be in Mandarin then the juice would get everywhere... tongue.gif

[sdkdmd]

the final installment of Blade??
not really up there with the other two but still enjoyable.
the one guy [ryan] added a little humor to this one,which i like and blade is still a bad dude.

[Botch the Mad]

darkness was a waste of my time. hated it. also exorcist-the beginning. i want the 4 hours of my life back that these movies took away. lemony snickets was alright, though. liked blade trinity.

[Exsanguinator]

I'm waiting for the general release of the version of Exorcist The Prequel - the film made before the studio decided they didn't like it and brought in Renny (Cutthroat Island, Deep blue Sea, Die Hard 2 Long Kiss Goodnight... need I go on?) Harlin...

Paul Schrader's original attempt has been almost universally liked (and much prefered) over Harlin's effort... Let's face it - not alot can be worse!

[Helmet Head]

Watched Constantine last night, thought it was really good and I was very suprised at how neat the story was as things like this in the past have tended to wilt towards the end as the story becomes fragmented and poor but this was brill from start to finish...

[Goth Girl]

Saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory yesterday... was so well done, had a real magical feel to it. Deep Roy was fantastic as several hundred Oompa-Loompas!

And reminded myself how funny Baseketball is last night too

[Tonka]

I just watched a film called Requiem for a dream.. ohh my god! it's just sooooo good, although increadably depressng.

[nightshade]

More recent fave: Something The Lord Made. Alan Rickman and Mos Def It was a made-for-TV flick, but DEFINATELY something to experience.

Watched In the Mouth Of Madness for the 10 time yesterday.... I sorry, Sam and Jurgen get my blood pumping. smile.gif

Also acquired Machinist and RE: Apocalypse from Blockbuster. RE was like the first flick, only slightly better. (translation: ok) Machinist was confusing, kinda slow, but really good once you figure out the whole story.

[Canker]

I know it might sound all mushy coming from a guy.......... Oh God here goes.....

But I could watch "Love Actually" over and over again.
I thought it was a great movie.
Ok... back to a guy flick... Hide and Seek with Robert Deniro.... great movie grin.gif

[ August 09, 2005, 07:52 AM: Message edited by: Canker ]

[Sophie]

Saw this film called the Boogeyman, the director apparently did the remake of the Ring and the grudge, so I was a little sceptical. but I watched it and it was quite a good horror film, better than a lot of western horror films anyway. I really have gone off western horror films for Asian horror films. they're just so much better in general, story, acting and directing wise, but this was a pleasant surprise.

I'd probably give it 7 out 10!

[Canker]

Bought the DVD Cursed.
I'm such a sucker for a werewolf flick! ;)
Acting wasn't that good nor was the story.... but like i said... I'm a sucker for werwolves!

[Ema]

Hide & Seek was good Canker, was surprised though regarding the previews.. they started out not showing glimpses of the 'the bad side', which made the movie really good when George & I saw it, but I noticed after it was out a bit they decided to start showing bits.. which could make a person expect to see the bad side. Can't see why they did that. Anyhoo, was a good flick.

Saw Ladder 49 the other day, good one, but I would have liked to have seen more of what firemen do for a living but I understand they do have to put a story in there somewhere :)

Hitch was good too, that Kevin James is a total freak! heh heh, I think he dances worse than I do even!

Got Blow and Donnie Darko in to watch, Trainspotting coming soon. Yeah I know, old movies, but never got around to watching them. Will have to get Cursed now too.

Agree to Asian vs US horror, I enjoyed both the Ring & Grudge Asian than I did US version. George got the series of books too, said they were great and quite different series wise as Ring 2 (which we walked out on btw) had nothing to do with the book. Hour and 10 or so into Ring 2 we knew what the ending was.. very disappointing and waste of money that could have gone to better things!

EDIT: Blasted typos

[ August 10, 2005, 04:34 AM: Message edited by: Ema ]

[Sophie]

hmm will look into those books, they sound interesting. Are they called anything in particular or is just Ring? tongue.gif

Ring 2 was ok, I liked it, but yeah towards the end it was predictable big time!

[Ema]

They are by Kôji Suzuki:

Ring
Spiral
Loop

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Koji_Suzuki.htm

EDIT: Oops, Birthday is another novel methinks. 3 in the book series though

[ August 10, 2005, 06:16 PM: Message edited by: Ema ]

[Sophie]

cool thanks smile.gif I'll be investing in these soon tongue.gif

[Goth Girl]

Watched Saw again the other day (Silver and I were having a London gore-fest!) and I recognised the actress who plays Amanda, the druggie, but couldn't think where from.

So I looked it up online (Becker, urghhh!), and guess what? Saw 2 is due out in the autumn (probably winter/spring for UK!)... didn't even know they were making a 2. Hope it's as good as the first one!

[Sophie]

Still haven't seen Saw, but according to everyone that has seen it, they said I'd like it... lots!

[Goth Girl]

Did you like Se7en? Lots of similarities between that and Saw

[Sophie]

I'd definetly like it then. Se7en is one of my favourites!

[Ema]

OMG... you know, you see a trio of movies, like the Lord of the Rings by Peter Jackson... then you watch a movie like 'Bad Taste'... and you wonder:

Either he was doing some very strange mind-altering drugs and discovering himself.. or he must have been in Invasion of the Body Snatchers and someone else took over..lol

I don't even know what to say about that movie! Although I think it might fall into the same category as 'Cannibal the Musical' and 'Jesus Christ - Vampire Hunter' LOL!!

[Helmet Head]

He made Bad Taste when he was a student with his mates a camcorder and no budget.
I personally loved it and thought it was pretty well done considering, plus the friends that helped with special effects went on to form Weta Work Shops which worked on most of the stuff in the Frighteners and LOTR including if I'm not mistaken Smeagol/Gollum.
Plus they've just done Kong with him also...

Of all the crappy looking movies of all time this is probably my favourite.
From humble beginings and all that...

[ August 16, 2005, 09:27 AM: Message edited by: The Helm ]

[Ema]

Heh ehh good for you Helm, but my point I was headed to but seemed to have made a left turn at was that he 'has' come a long way!

I didn't know either that he had done "The Frighteners", waiting for that to come out on DVD. And in BT, I knew he was one of the aliens, but didn't know he was ol' whatshisname with his brains leaking out from that flap in his head! I think those scenes were the best.. him fixing his dilemmas and even adding a few other bits in there that didn't belong!

[Helmet Head]

Yeah apparently the frighteners was Hollywood's way of testing him with a budget and seeing what he'd come up with before sanctioning the go ahead for the LOTR triology...