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  1. Bregt wrote
    Watching Suits at the moment. Adventures of a lawyer and his associate. Good stuff. Quick paced. Gets even better in season 2, where I'm now. I enjoy it. Doesn't take itself too seriously either. Steven might like this?

    I don't watch a lot of TV but Suits is one of the exceptions. I enjoy it a lot, very fast-paced, witty dialogue, memorable characters (Louis Litt in particular is such a strange, odious little man and yet impossible to dislike). Definitely worth a watch.
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeOct 24th 2013
    Thor wrote

    The third season of HOMELAND is off to a great start, IMO.

    I think it has LOTS in common with 24, from the way the different narrative lines overlap, the introduction of "new" baddies, the whole terrorist thing, the mystery of the man behind it all etc. It's not as straight-out action/thriller as 24, but it has some of the same 'vibe'.


    Superficially it may bear some resemblance to 24, and it certainly appears to be the younger sibling in synopses, but it's more like the distant cousin - it's a completely different way of telling a loosely similar story. Fans of 24 would not necessarily enjoy Homeland.
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeOct 24th 2013 edited
    Timmer wrote
    plindboe wrote
    I'm very trustworthy! When I express my opinion of a film, you can be 100% sure that it's my opinion.

    Peter smile


    I totally agree with that Peter.

    You're often very wrong too! tongue ( my little wizard has often wept at your negative views on truly classic films )


    Hehe, apologies to your little wizard (I hope that's not a euphemism!).

    It's true though that most films from the 50s and before does little for me. I think the only oldies I remember liking are Double indemnity and Psycho. Perhaps it's because I haven't grown up watching the oldies, that I generally find them hard to get into. I'm more into the late 60s, the 70s and the 80s when I have to select my classics.

    But not having seen many films from this period, I won't pretend I can properly judge it. There's just something about the style, the characters, the way they speak and behave, and the lack of colours, that means my brain isn't fooled by it, so I'm not sucked into the story.

    Peter smile
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeOct 24th 2013 edited
    Thor, what is American Horror Story like? Opinion??

    Peter, Psycho goes without saying but you've definitely earned yourself a few kudos points for the brilliant Double Indemnity beer

    p.s. No euphemisms, just a small weeping wizard wink
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeOct 24th 2013
    Hehe. Glad I at least earned a some kudos points! beer

    I've also been curious about seeing 12 angry men. Everyone seems to rave about that one.

    Peter smile
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeOct 24th 2013
    12 Angry Men is excellent!
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeOct 24th 2013
    It is, absolutely.
    It has a few remakes which are pretty good, but go for the original one with Henry Fonda and Lee Cobb.
    Powerful stuff.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeOct 24th 2013
    Timmer wrote
    Thor, what is American Horror Story like? Opinion??


    It's a bit of an acquired taste, and it can be a bit annoying sometimes in its wild narratives and hyper-stylized universe, but I find myself going back every season. I like the fact that each season has its own narrative, but they don't necessarily have anything to do with each other (the first was haunted house, the second about an asylum run by a demon etc.). It's quite 'adult' -- not necessarily in its violence, but in its storylines and multi-faceted characters.

    AND....it stars a brilliant Jessica Lange, playing different parts in each season.
    I am extremely serious.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeOct 24th 2013
    Martijn wrote
    It is, absolutely.
    It has a few remakes which are pretty good, but go for the original one with Henry Fonda and Lee Cobb.
    Powerful stuff.


    That's interesting, I neither knew nor heard of any other versions?
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  2. The original still awaits me, but I have seen a TV remake directed by William Friedkin and starring George C. Scott and Jack Lemmon. It was pretty good.
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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeOct 24th 2013
    Well, that's a good pedigree right there Pawel.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  3. Yeah, I think I was 14-15 when I first saw it. I wonder if it wasn't actually my introduction to the work of Friedkin. I saw his classics much later, with The Exorcist being a particularly interesting story - we have somewhat obligatory religion classes in school (if you don't take religion, there are ethics which should be funded by the school, but I've heard there were problems with that), so our priest on the fourth year decided to teach us about rituals of the Church. We went through baptism and all that and then decided to tell us about exorcisms (a well-read, well-taught priest from a noble French family, and an academic in Roman Law at the same time, teaching on the university in Warsaw).

    The week before the exorcisms lesson he said that there's no point in having a normal lesson, there is a movie that presents everything very realistically and properly when it comes to rituals, so he played The Exorcist to two classes in a row (us and a parallel class, that is the same year as us). Quite a bit of it was him telling us about the locations in the movie, because he happened to actually study at Georgetown biggrin . He also knew some of the people involved in the real events that inspired the book and later the movie.
    http://www.filmmusic.pl - Polish Film Music Review Website
  4. Just watched the new episode of "South Park":

    "Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers"


    I thought the season 17 premiere was the first episode of the series I ever hated, and the unfunniest thing I had seen. This might actually be worse.

    I have to quote "Bad Santa" here: "You're FUCKING WITH ME! AREN'T YOU?!"


    And what's worse about this is how over the modern years of SP, they have always been topical on the latest issues, yet this episode is behind the curse by a few years, right down to the crap-tacular twist ending.


    Wow. Between the premiere, the Zimmerman episode, and this ... is this what season 17 is going to be -- shit?
    The views and opinions of Ford A. Thaxton are his own and do not necessarily reflect the ones of ANYONE else.
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeOct 25th 2013
    I thought the first three South Park episodes were good. There were several in season 16 I found poor, and I thought the first episode of season 17 was a step up. The second episode is better though, and the third (World war zimmerman) I found to be the funniest episode in years.

    Peter smile
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeOct 25th 2013
    Hyperboles aside, I agree with Justin that the latest episode was a bit naff. But no worries, I'm sure there'll be some better episodes on the way (and I also agree with you Peter, I liked the first three episodes of this current season!)

    I'm feeling very agreeable today.
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeOct 25th 2013
    Steven wrote
    Hyperboles aside, I agree with Justin that the latest episode was a bit naff. But no worries, I'm sure there'll be some better episodes on the way (and I also agree with you Peter, I liked the first three episodes of this current season!)

    I'm feeling very agreeable today.


    Stop it.
    I am extremely serious.
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeOct 25th 2013 edited
    Thor wrote
    24 is an excellent show, although the concept got a bit watered out in the later seasons. The intensity of the suspense was great. It's basically the same thing they're trying with HOMELAND now, only that is more on the intrigue side of things.

    PRISON BREAK I never started on.


    Steven wrote
    I've not seen Prison Break, but 24 I seem to remember being quite entertaining (if a little gimmicky). I did give up watching it after about 4 seasons since it just repeats the same idea over and over. Also, I also seem to recall almost zero character development given that it's set in, well, 24 hours. But perhaps later seasons remedied that?


    Thanks guys, for helping me decide. 24 it is!

    Peter smile
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeOct 25th 2013 edited
    This is the end

    Pretty funny. Had some hilarious scenes. But it also has so many dick jokes it practically borders on gay porn.

    Rating: 7


    Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

    I saw this one a few hours ago. I've forgotten what it was about. Witches or vampires or something.

    Rating: 5

    Peter smile
  5. Ender's Game

    Went into this with some trepidation considering some of the production difficulties surrounding it, but to my relief and slight surprise it's really rather good. Asa Butterfield is appropriately chilly and distant in the lead role (reminded me eerily of a young Elijah Wood at times), although of course Harrison Ford and his half-dozen or so phoned-in gruff lines gets credit before him. rolleyes The battle training scenes in the first half are a little disorienting, which is arguably the idea, but it's hard to tell who's who at times or even spot what people are shooting at (dark grey suits on a black backdrop...hmm), and even in 2D gave me a bit of a headache (would have been much worse in 3D). But the later battle simulations are a lot clearer and you can follow the strategy better.

    Read the book relatively recently and it's a quite faithful adaptation I'd say, right down to the ending which leaves you with a feeling of "wait, what?" and is rather abrupt and unsatisfying. But that's not the filmmakers' fault! Overall this is about as good as I think we could have expected. I do wonder how (and whether) they're going to handle the sequels, Speaker for the Dead and Xenocide and such, considering how very talky and heady and philosophical things get compared to the more battle-centred and straightforward Ender's Game.

    Jablonsky's score is inoffensive but contributes very little and remains a horrifically missed opportunity.

    Rating: 7
  6. Glad to hear the positive report on ENDER'S GAME. I had given up any hope of that being any good.

    Just saw WORLD WAR Z. It's pretty good! Very intense and well-told story. The rewrite was a million times better than the original ending would have been.
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeOct 27th 2013
    Man of steel

    Finally saw this one. Thought it was rather entertaining and well made throughout. Great villains too, instead of the comical ones from Superman II. I also thought Zimmer's score was great. People complain that it was too loud, but in that movie it had to be. I was reminded about when I recently watched The Bourne ultimatum and noticed how the piece Tangiers was completely drowned out by sound effects. One of the most awesome pieces in history, and you can't even hear it! So in that respect, Zimmer's was the better film music.

    Rating: 8

    Peter smile
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeOct 27th 2013
    An 8 for MAN OF STEEL? shocked

    I give it 2
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeOct 27th 2013
    An 8?
    My Zod... :sad:
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeOct 27th 2013
    I'm with Peter. The film is great!
    I am extremely serious.
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeOct 27th 2013
    Clearly you're still drunk.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeOct 27th 2013
    Thor wrote
    I'm with Peter. The film is great!


    I'm with Martijn and can I please have some of what you and Peter are on. wink

    Seriously though Thor, how do you explain this turkey as being great?
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeOct 27th 2013
    plindboe wrote
    Man of steel

    Finally saw this one. Thought it was rather entertaining and well made throughout.


    Thor wrote
    I'm with Peter. The film is great!


    Well that settles it - I'm not going to enjoy this film.
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeOct 27th 2013
    If you like Snyder and appreciate his 'film project', so to speak, I think you'll find lots to like in MAN OF STEEL. If you don't care for his style, however, you probably won't. An explanation as to why I think the film is great also requires me to explain why I think Snyder is great in what he does. Too hung over to do that now, but I may do it later (then again, haven't we discussed MOS enough on this board already?).
    I am extremely serious.
  7. I'd love to hear about the Snyder approach. And I'd love to hear more about why you like Michael Bay so much. To me except great camera work and amazing blocking abilities (to those who may not know this technical term, blocking is defining "who goes where" on the set or on stage - in fact it's taken from theatre, basically defining the actors' movement) for action scenes, the guy has no idea how to tell a story and how to direct actors in terms of actual performance. Except The Rock and Bad Boys I haven't seen a well-acted Bay movie!

    And same with Ridley. While I agree that he goes beyond the story with his visuals, I would argue it's going beyond with adding certain semantic elements rather than sacrificing the story for elements. The best of Ridley Scott is the best of both worlds. I mean, there is a shot in Black Rain, where an elegiac arrangement of Hans' theme plays under a flyover of Osaka, which I thought was just a representation of Michael Douglas' state of mind, but then I realized that except that Scott uses that shot to show time passage, a basic storytelling device.
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  8. Oh -- he's good at blocking? That settles it. He's a blockhead.
    The views and opinions of Ford A. Thaxton are his own and do not necessarily reflect the ones of ANYONE else.