Recent Viewing Part IV

Then your experience is opposite to mine. I have heard nothing but NEGATIVE reviews of MR. TURNER from those in my circle (film journalist colleagues etc.), even going so far as calling it one of the worst movies of the year. That's why I've steered clear of it -- plus I've never been a fan of Mike Leigh in the first place.

THE IMITATION GAME I'm quite curious about. Both because the story fascinates me and because it's directed by a Norwegian.

The criticism basically circled around the fact that it was INSANELY overrated.

I'll probably get to it eventually, so that I can judge for myself. But I often trust my colleagues' taste in films.

Just to clarify, I have seen the former, that is, THE IMITATION GAME. An excellent film despite its inaccuracies (I'd go to Bletchley Park for the factual information).

Bletchley Park is something from real life.

Ambition, a film by Tomek Bagiński, is a short film produced in association with the European Space Agency and the aim of the film was to try to engage the general public in the ESA's recent Rosetta Mission to a comet.

"The short film tells the story of one of the most important space exploration endeavours of this decade. Just as Aidan Gillen’s enigmatic Master encourages Aisling Franciosi’s Apprentice to seek out the key to life amidst a rugged alien landscape, ESA has been on a decade-long ambitious journey of its own, to unlock the mysteries of a comet and the origins of our Solar System with its Rosetta spacecraft, hundreds of millions of kilometres from Earth. "

http://youtu.be/32vlOgN_3QQ

It's a visually stunning little film, aided nicely by Atanas Valkov's score. It's well worth 7 minutes of your time.

German showmaster Alfred Biolek contracted the Pythons for the public TV channel WDR after the Flying Circus show was finished in Britain. It seems, the sketches they did for the WDR aren't that well known in Britian. There have always been some copyright issues surronding these sketches. My favourite one is Football Philosophy

Volker

I have seen The Imitation Game now. I thought it was very good! Everything is there to make it a perfect Hollywood drama. A tragic story about an unlikely hero. I heard about the inaccuracies but with movies that aim for Oscars, you can expect to have added drama and freedom of the writer. But even besides all that ciricism, it's a lovely film to watch.

It's unbelievable that this person that leaves such a legacy ends up in such a dire situation due to a retarded law.

Next week Mr Turner.

Oh and the music is super! Lots of Ghost Writer atmosphere in the calmer passages. The main theme is a keeper.

Yeah, it's a blend of Herrmann with more modern minimalist trends, a bit of a "Bernard Glass" approach, if you will.

Yeah, in film, Powell's score doesn't make as much impact the second time around. The first one had several phenomenal key scenes that were carried by the music and visuals alone ("Forbidden Friendship", "Test Drive" and "Romantic Flight" in particular) - the second one doesn't really have that. Which isn't to say that the score isn't still outstanding both in and out of context.

Just now on German TV

Star Trek TNG: All Good Things (1994)

What a great farwell to an outstanding show.

Volker

I actually liked First Contact quite a lot.

There were some good things about First Contact; the new ship, the new uniforms, the Borg and of course the music. But it was let down by a nonsensical script, as is usually the case.

^LIKE!