What's the Last Movie You Watched?

parson · Post by **parson** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:06 pm

control is so great. so is la haine. and i enjoyed juno too.

some stuff i've watched recently:

stardust - brilliant. like the princess bride for a new generation
the king of kong - amazing documentary about classic arcade gamers
funky forest - wacky japanese shit that was overlong, but had some amazing moments.

spooKs · Post by **spooKs** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:11 pm

Battle Royale. It was on Filmfour, one of the few good films they show anymore, so I watched it for the fourth time or something. Takeshi 'Beat' Kitano is scene-stealing - completely immoral whilst also pitiful and pathetic, evoking a lot of sympathy somehow. Strangely it seemed more over the top in terms of gore and sadism than when I watched it at 15 or so -

parson · Post by **parson** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:12 pm

i just showed battle royale to some friends last week.

its all about the girls in the lighthouse

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:13 pm

Was pretty impressed by Stadust to be honest, probably by vertue of expecting little from it. Thought I Am Legend was really good but, was let down by the crap cgi. I finely saw Pans laberinth last week and thought it was amazing. You should really catch Half Nelson if you get the chance,. Infact go and reant it today. A very fine film. Seen loads of stuff recently but, my memory is pretty bad right now so cant for the life of me remember what it was i've seen over that last few months.

datura · Post by **datura** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:14 pm

Don't bother with Battle Royale 2 though, it is probably the worst sequel i've ever seen.

@ Parson, I enjoyed Stardust too..Have you seen Mirrormask?

parson · Post by **parson** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:16 pm

yes i love mirrormask.

i'm also one of the few who doesn't hate battle royale 2. its not much different from the first one really. its also the director's final film as he died right after it was made.

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:16 pm

Baron_von_Carlton wrote:I watched Control. A movie charting the rise and fall of Ian Curtis from one of the greatest bands of all time Joy Division.
An utterly depressing film but incredibly well shot. Would have been an absolutely unbearable viewing if it wasn't for the mancunian manager Rob, man added some well needed humour to the film.
This was the point by the way, it was supposed to be depressing and it was conveyed brilliantly.

The guy who played Rob Gretton is a great actor. Cant waite to see this.

spooKs · Post by **spooKs** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:17 pm

Parson wrote:its all about the girls in the lighthouse

yeah - one of my favourite horror (?) scenes ever.

datura wrote:Don't bother with Battle Royale 2 though, it is probably the worst sequel i've ever seen.

so i've heard. steering clear.

parson · Post by **parson** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:20 pm

battle royale 2 is just like part one but rather than it being a free-for-all, there are two opposing armies of teenagers. its really not that bad.

i mean its really cheesy, but the first one is extremely cheesy as well. they're both like live action manga.

and rather than takeshi kitano as the badass instructor, you get riki takeuchi of the dead or alive series fame.

datura · Post by **datura** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:23 pm

metalboxproducts wrote: Thought I Am Legend was really good but, was let down by the crap cgi.

Having read the book i was disappointed in it..but that happens with most film adaptations.

I want to check Half Nelson, someone else whose taste i trust recommended it also.

parson · Post by **parson** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:24 pm

i've seen i am legend 4 times

datura · Post by **datura** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:25 pm

Parson wrote:yes i love mirrormask.

i'm also one of the few who doesn't hate battle royale 2. its not much different from the first one really. its also the director's final film as he died right after it was made.

he only started it, it was his son who completed it. I just found it was way too over the top, particularly the acting. There was none of the subtlety of the first film, particularly without Kitano.

parson · Post by **parson** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:26 pm

i like riki takeuchi

he's like the psychedelic japanese steven segal

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:32 pm

Parson wrote:i've seen i am legend 4 times

Iv'e done it three times so far. Have you seen the Charten Heston version by the name Omaga Man?

parson · Post by **parson** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:33 pm

never saw omega man.

do you find yourself noticing more stuff on repeat viewings of i am legend.

like the poster of the butterfly at the beginning

datura · Post by **datura** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:35 pm

Parson wrote:i like riki takeuchi

he's like the psychedelic japanese steven segal

I like him in Miike films..but thought he was awful in BR2.

parson · Post by **parson** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:35 pm

i dunno i think he's always kinda awful, which is what makes him so cool

kinda like steven segal

datura · Post by **datura** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:36 pm

metalboxproducts wrote:
Parson wrote:i've seen i am legend 4 times
Iv'e done it three times so far. Have you seen the Charten Heston version by the name Omaga Man?

the closest version to the book apparently is The Last Man On Earth with Vincent Price, but i haven't seen it or the Omega Man.

parson · Post by **parson** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:37 pm

yeah i see i am legend as a zombie movie rather than an adaptation of a vampire book

*grand* · Post by ***grand*** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:54 pm

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