I've just come back from seeing Shutter Island - an excellent film directed by Martin Scorsese with brilliant acting from Leonardo diCaprio, Ben Kingsley and Max von Sydow amongst others. I don't want to divulge too much about the plot, because it might spoil it for you.

It takes place in 1954 - two US marshals are on their way to Shutter Island, a very isolated island off the coast of Boston, where a female patient has disappeared from a high security psychiatric hospital......

well worth seeing

Just watched From Paris with Love, John Travolta as a sort of John Mclaine Die hard cop,

usual sort of action film with a bit of a twist, not to be taken seriously but an ok film of that type.

A local club is having documentary nights once a month where they show documentaries in a bar environment. They've got proper PA system there and a big screen on which they project the movies and you can buy drinks from the bar while you watch the movies. Last night was the first time that I went to the club and at least this time the bar setting was perfect for the movie. Last night's movie was It Might Get Loud and while I usually wouldn't want to drink alcohol while watching a movie, but for a music documentary like this I thought it was only appropriate to have a pint while watching it. It was great to see how enthusiastic Jimmy Page still is about rock music and the electric guitar. It was interesting to hear The Edge talk about his music because usually it's Bono doing the talking. For some reason Jack White seemed like he was almost embarrassed to be in the movie with Page and The Edge. I'm not saying he was embarrassed to be associated with the other two, but I got the feeling that he felt inferior to the older guitar heroes and didn't feel like he deserved to be in the movie alongside them. If you like rock music I recommend you watch this movie.

Here's the trailer:

Edited February 25, 201016 yr by Maksimov

I've just come back from seeing Shutter Island - an excellent film directed by Martin Scorsese with brilliant acting from Leonardo diCaprio, Ben Kingsley and Max von Sydow amongst others. I don't want to divulge too much about the plot, because it might spoil it for you.

It takes place in 1954 - two US marshals are on their way to Shutter Island, a very isolated island off the coast of Boston, where a female patient has disappeared from a high security psychiatric hospital......

well worth seeing

Does look good, just hope it doesn't have a load of Scorsese cliche's in it! Also, Di Caprio has turned into quite an actor, but it's based just outside of Boston so I'm sure he'll be ressurecting his "The Departed" boston accent...it's wicked smaaaht

I've just come back from seeing Shutter Island - an excellent film directed by Martin Scorsese with brilliant acting from Leonardo diCaprio, Ben Kingsley and Max von Sydow amongst others. I don't want to divulge too much about the plot, because it might spoil it for you.

It takes place in 1954 - two US marshals are on their way to Shutter Island, a very isolated island off the coast of Boston, where a female patient has disappeared from a high security psychiatric hospital......

well worth seeing

Just watched it!

Godfather 1 and 2

Thought I would take a new look at these - saw them at the flix when they first came out. GF2 is not a patch on 1 in the violence stakes but still a classy watch and goes a long way to explain the history of 1. Enjoyed them both 2nd time round - they pass the test of time easily. Looking forward to 3

That's a hell of a long time between screenings!

Saw two stupendous Aussie films this week just out on dvd after missing them on screen.

Van Diemens Land - ALexander Pearce's first culinary tour through the south west forests; and

Beautiful Kate - sexy incest flick.

Aussie film gets visceral again - its been too long!

Godfather 1 and 2

Thought I would take a new look at these - saw them at the flix when they first came out. GF2 is not a patch on 1 in the violence stakes but still a classy watch and goes a long way to explain the history of 1. Enjoyed them both 2nd time round - they pass the test of time easily. Looking forward to 3

Isn't the 3rd movie the one with Sophia Coppola?

Talk about ruining a great movie :angry:

Isn't the 3rd movie the one with Sophia Coppola?

Talk about ruining a great movie :angry:

Yeah - you're right but Ill watch it anyway

This isn't a post about the last movie I saw but one about one I am very much looking forward to seeing. Tim Burton's adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. One of the finest stories ever written adapted by, in my opinion, the most spectacular film director there has ever been.

It is guaranteed to be stunning.

This isn't a post about the last movie I saw but one about one I am very much looking forward to seeing. Tim Burton's adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. One of the finest stories ever written adapted by, in my opinion, the most spectacular film director there has ever been.

It is guaranteed to be stunning.

The porn version of Alice In Wonderland is far superior (so I've heard, ahem) :D

The porn version of Alice In Wonderland is far superior (so I've heard, ahem) :D

Aargh yes I remember it well, especially that classic scene with the Queen of Tarts, the Cock Hurtall and the Whoremouse... back in a second, toilet break required.

Tim Burton's adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. One of the finest stories ever written adapted by, in my opinion, the most spectacular film director there has ever been.

I thought it's gonna be more like what Spielberg's Hook was to Peter Pan rather than an adaptation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or Through the Looking-Glass.

Edited February 27, 201016 yr by Maksimov

You are right in that it isn't a straight retelling of the story. The difference between what Burton is doing to Alice and what Spielberg did to Peter Pan is that Burton will do it well whereas Spielberg made a dog's dinner of it.

The difference between what Burton is doing to Alice and what Spielberg did to Peter Pan is that Burton will do it well whereas Spielberg made a dog's dinner of it.

I hope so. There's no Robin Williams in Tim Burton's movie, so that's already one positive thing. I'm a little worried about how Burton has handled his first chroma screen movie, because usually he's built real sets and relied more on stop motion animation and other old school effects techniques, but I saw the trailer in 3D before the screening of Avatar last week and it looked quite impressive, so I'm definitely looking forward to it.

Finally saw Moon. How Sam Rockwell wasn't nominated for best actor is beyond me - well, no, in fact it's not beyond me at all. Happens every year with the bloody oscars that the stupid academy miss nominating seminal performances/films and at the same time someone like Sandra Bullock gets nominated! Unf**kinbelievable. Sandra Bullock for christ sakes and for that crap. She'll probably win.

This isn't a post about the last movie I saw but one about one I am very much looking forward to seeing. Tim Burton's adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. One of the finest stories ever written adapted by, in my opinion, the most spectacular film director there has ever been.

It is guaranteed to be stunning.

Tim Burton is a genius. I am looking forward to seeing Alice In Wonderland too. It was my favorite cartoon series adaptation back in the day.

Saw Burton and Jonny Depp interviewed on Jonathan Ross the other week. Quite a pair of oddballs.

I'm quite looking forward to seeing the film just to try the 3D thing out. (Wild horses wouldn't drag me to see Avatar)

Latest film I tried was M*A*S*H. Currently on Sky Anytime. I've seen it before but a long time ago. Thought it would be interesting. Turned out to be bloody dreary. Gave up after an hour or so.

Finally saw Moon. How Sam Rockwell wasn't nominated for best actor is beyond me - well, no, in fact it's not beyond me at all. Happens every year with the bloody oscars that the stupid academy miss nominating seminal performances/films and at the same time someone like Sandra Bullock gets nominated! Unf**kinbelievable. Sandra Bullock for christ sakes and for that crap. She'll probably win.

Well have you seen The Blind Side? Bullock was actually good in that one.

But you're right about Rockwell. Him not getting nominated is a disgrace, but I have a simple reason for it - Moon isn't a big movie.

Chances are that he people who nominate actors haven't seen nor heard of it. It's the same with "Mary and Max" which probably is the best animated movie of the year, but few seem to know about it and therefore it didn't have a snowflake's chance in hell at getting nominated.

I'm actually more surprised that 2012 wasn't nominated at all. I mean, it is a crap movie, but I did think it would be nominated for some special effects awards. But apparently it missed out completely :D

I watched this yesterday:

When I first heard about it I thought it's not a movie that I want to see, but I read some praising reviews and saw it being recommended in a movie magazine, so I thought I'd give it a go. Sadly it was just what I first expected it to be: voyeuristic shock-doc. The structure of the film was a mess and I don't think the footage of people actually jumping off of the bridge was in any way necessary. The only good thing about the film is that apparently(I read an article after watching the movie) they managed to prevent several suicides while they were shooting the documentary, but they also were witnesses to over 20 successful suicides AND just filmed them. I know it's a fact that many people jump off the bridge, but is it necessary to show them jumping off of the bridge and make "entertainment" out of it? They could have interviewed the same people and made a movie out of it. Sure, it wouldn't have had the shock value, but if the director really had good intentions when he made this movie, he wouldn't have needed the shock value. It's a touchy subject as it is, so maybe he should have concentrated on editing the interviews into a more coherent movie. I should have trusted my initial reaction and skipped the movie. I can't recommend this to anyone and I can't believe some usually reliable people like Roger Ebert gave this such great ratings.

Edited March 5, 201016 yr by Maksimov

I saw "The Secret of Kells" the other day and I thought it was really good. Not only did it have a good story, but the animation was quite different and cool.

The only reason why I saw it was because it's nominated for an Oscar. I actually hadn't heard of it before the nominees was announced.

Having seen that movie I have now watched all the nominees for "Best Animated Feature" and I have to say that 2009 was a really good year for animated movies.

Usually there's just one or two really great ones that comes out and "Best Animated Feature" is usually one of the easiest to predict.

This year it's much tougher. I guess "Up" will win it however, but the other movies in that category are really good.

"Coraline" was awsome (always great to see stop-motion being used), "The Princess and the Frog" was good, "Up" was excellent (as usual when Pixar creates something), "The Secret of Kells" was great, and "The Fantastic Mr. Fox" was really cool as well (though one has to like Wes Andersons style to enjoy it I guess).

So there's 5 nominees ranging from good to excellent, and that's even without my favourite animated movie "Mary and Max".

So lots of great animated movies out last year. I haven't even got to mention "Monsters vs Aliens" (okat, that one wasn't brilliant) and "Ice Age 3".

Watched the Shawshank Redemption again last night.......man, love that movie

Coraline has to win best animation. It's easily the best animation I've ever seen, it genuinely freaked me out, absolutely incredible film.

It's not going to win it, thanks to The Hurt Locker, but I truly hope we get a huge upset and get District 9 to win Best Film. One of my all-time favourite films, if you get the chance to see it, see it, it's among the greatest Sci-Fi's ever, easily.

Oh, and Sharlto Copey (lead actor in District 9) for best actor, too. This is his first ever acting role, and he improvised his whole dialogue. Insane.

Edited March 6, 201016 yr by Ruh Buh Juh

I aw Coraline last week (cheers Chippy) and have to say that if I hadn't read the book beforehand I would have thoroughly enjoyed it however I couldn't help but be disappointed that the characters in the film just weren't as convincing as the ones in the book and I didn't feel the 'child horror' theme in the book was nearly as powerful in the film.

The last film I watched was Wedding Crashers. It was faintly amusing garbage.