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- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeAug 21st 2009
Have you seen Wonderland Jordi?On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorNautilus
- CommentTimeAug 21st 2009
Timmer wrote
Have you seen Wonderland Jordi?
Wonderland? the movie where Diane krueger, Catherine Z jones, Emile De Ravin, Megan Fox, Kate beckinsale, Jenifer Connelly and Jessica Alba stars together?
(Oooooooh....My flute! ) -
- CommentAuthorThomas Glorieux
- CommentTimeAug 21st 2009
Haute Tension or High Tension
debut film of Alexandre Aja (starring our very own lovely Cecile de France
) and the first hour and 15 minutes already showed Aja's talent. His talent for providing suspense, his talent for amazing stylistic gore, his talent for development leading to something. Sadly the ending (and the so called conclusive answer) is pretty ridiculous. It doesn't make any goddamn sense. Because never were we explained as to what would explain this ending 
Sad really, because everything else is up to par, even though the moody score will only work in the movie
6 out of 10waaaaaahhhhhhhh!!! Where's my nut? arrrghhhhhhh -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeAug 21st 2009
Nautilus wrote
Timmer wrote
Have you seen Wonderland Jordi?
Wonderland? the movie where Diane krueger, Catherine Z jones, Emile De Ravin, Megan Fox, Kate beckinsale, Jenifer Connelly and Jessica Alba stars together?
(Oooooooh....My flute! )
No, the one with Val Kilmer as a porn star who had a very large flute.On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorjustin boggan
- CommentTimeAug 21st 2009 edited
Is it just me, or is AMC (American cable channel, for those who don't get it) very FSM friendly with the showings? Sometimes it seems like nearly every day is showing something that Lukas has put on CD, and today was one of those days; I caught the second half of "The Split" (Quincy Jones).
The film was nicely engaging and interesting to watch, and Jones' was fun at times and serviced the film nicely. I won't say it would be a fantastic stand-alone listen on CD, but certainly not a bad one, and for those the work of the '70's will find a good value for their buck buying the CD.
Afterward, since I was still exercising and didn't want to stop, I decided to watch the next film they showed: "Bite the Bullet", 'cause I couldn't recall who scored it. Alex North did. Prometheus released the score:
http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm?ID=244
Film was kind of lagging interest wise, but was okay enough to kill time with.
North's score? Well, I think it would be safe to say fans of early Goldsmith should check this one out. North can be a hit or miss for some people, and some don't like his style, but for anyone unsure, I can assure you this is not one to skip by -- it's a good score.The views and opinions of Ford A. Thaxton are his own and do not necessarily reflect the ones of ANYONE else. -
- CommentAuthorSouthall
- CommentTimeAug 21st 2009
justin boggan wrote
Afterward, since I was still exercising and didn't want to stop, I decided to watch the next film they showed: "Bite the Bullet", 'cause I couldn't recall who scored it. Alex North did. Prometheus released the score:
http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm?ID=244
Film was kind of lagging interest wise, but was okay enough to kill time with.
Noth's score? Well, I think it would be safe to say fans of early Goldsmith should check this one out. North can be a hit or miss for some people, and some don't like his style, but for anyone unsure, I can assure you this is not one to skip by -- it's a good score.
You're quite right there! -
- CommentAuthorSouthall
- CommentTimeAug 21st 2009
FalkirkBairn wrote
Yellowstone
BBC2 started a 3-part documentary on Yellowstone National Park this evening. Some great images - this episode concentrated on winter and it looked stunning.
Edmund Butt's score for the series certainly had it's moments and I look forward to hearing more next week.
I've just started my second viewing of this excellent series, joyfully this time on the BBC HD channel. Some stunning footage.
I hope Edmund Butt's music can be released - don't suppose it will be, but it's very much worthy of it compared with some of the crap that does get out there. -
- CommentAuthorSouthall
- CommentTimeAug 21st 2009
The West Wing
Have finished my second run-through of all seven seasons. The quality definitely dropped for a while after creator Aaron Sorkin left following the fourth season, but it remained superior viewing. The first four seasons are the best dramatic television I've ever seen. So smart and witty, such well-drawn characters and fine actors. Wonder if we'll see anything like it again. -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeAug 21st 2009
Best series I have ever seen. Hands down.
What superlative writing!'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorSouthall
- CommentTimeAug 21st 2009
Martijn wrote
Best series I have ever seen. Hands down.
What superlative writing!
"Two Cathedrals" is the single finest episode of television I've seen. Steven would love it. Wonder if he's seen it? -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeAug 21st 2009
I liked the very end shot a lot, and it had a lot of powerful moments.
But I generally liked the fas-paced, high level political episodes better than the more introspective ones.
Though really, at the end of the day, the mix was very good and helped preserve a very powerful and continually interesting and engaging storyline. It's one of those series where it was really easy to watch six episodes for interest...but where you had to stop as the sheer pacing and amount of information and ways of leveraging that information were literally physically exhausting.
I could go to bed after five episodes fully content and feeling like I'd done a proper and very good day's work.'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorSouthall
- CommentTimeAug 22nd 2009
I know what you mean! -
- CommentAuthorSteven
- CommentTimeAug 22nd 2009 edited
Southall wrote
Martijn wrote
Best series I have ever seen. Hands down.
What superlative writing!
"Two Cathedrals" is the single finest episode of television I've seen. Steven would love it. Wonder if he's seen it?
I have not. But you've provided me with a solution to filling this rather large Battlestar Galactica shape hole I've been left with now that I've finished the series. Has always looked like my kind of thing, that and The Sopranos. -
- CommentAuthorSouthall
- CommentTimeAug 22nd 2009
Steven wrote
Southall wrote
Martijn wrote
Best series I have ever seen. Hands down.
What superlative writing!
"Two Cathedrals" is the single finest episode of television I've seen. Steven would love it. Wonder if he's seen it?
I have not. But you've provided me with a solution to filling this rather large Battlestar Galactica shape hole I've been left with now that I've finished the series. Has always looked like my kind of thing, that and The Sopranos.
Well, here's a scene to whet your appetite.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWqgD7lGneU -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeAug 22nd 2009
Ah yes. AH YES. And that is only one (admittedly very fine) example.
God, I miss that series.'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorSteven
- CommentTimeAug 22nd 2009
SOLD. -
- CommentAuthorSouthall
- CommentTimeAug 22nd 2009
Apollo 13
A really well-made film. I'm not Ron Howard's biggest fan, but this one's his best film. And what a score. How it didn't win an Oscar I don't know. -
- CommentAuthorMarselus
- CommentTimeAug 22nd 2009 edited
Southall wrote
Apollo 13
A really well-made film. I'm not Ron Howard's biggest fan, but this one's his best film. And what a score. How it didn't win an Oscar I don't know.
Because some smartass thought Luis Bacalov´s Il Postino was better. Oh, and that year Braveheart was also nominated. That makes the smartass even more smartass.Anything with an orchestra or with a choir....at some point will reach you -
- CommentAuthorSteven
- CommentTimeAug 22nd 2009
Certainly miles ahead of his Dan Brown snoozers - score and film. Pointless, by-the-numbers film making. (No doubt it makes the average person feel intelligent when they watch them. Bless their little cotton socks.) -
- CommentAuthorPawelStroinski
- CommentTimeAug 22nd 2009
Indeed Apollo 13 is, alongside with Frost/Nixon, Ron Howard's very best movie.http://www.filmmusic.pl - Polish Film Music Review Website -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeAug 22nd 2009
Steven wrote
Southall wrote
Martijn wrote
Best series I have ever seen. Hands down.
What superlative writing!
"Two Cathedrals" is the single finest episode of television I've seen. Steven would love it. Wonder if he's seen it?
I have not. But you've provided me with a solution to filling this rather large Battlestar Galactica shape hole I've been left with now that I've finished the series. Has always looked like my kind of thing, that and The Sopranos.
The clip James put up of The West Wing has totally sold me, Mel kept on telling me how good it was ( it must have been on one of the nights I was playing pool or something ) and now I feel I really have to see it.
And Steven
The Sopranos
Best. Series. Ever.On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorSouthall
- CommentTimeAug 22nd 2009
Timmer wrote
Steven wrote
Southall wrote
Martijn wrote
Best series I have ever seen. Hands down.
What superlative writing!
"Two Cathedrals" is the single finest episode of television I've seen. Steven would love it. Wonder if he's seen it?
I have not. But you've provided me with a solution to filling this rather large Battlestar Galactica shape hole I've been left with now that I've finished the series. Has always looked like my kind of thing, that and The Sopranos.
The clip James put up of The West Wing has totally sold me, Mel kept on telling me how good it was ( it must have been on one of the nights I was playing pool or something ) and now I feel I really have to see it.
And Steven
The Sopranos
Best. Series. Ever.
Apart from The West Wing!
In all seriousness, those two are my two favourite tv series ever. -
- CommentAuthorAnthony
- CommentTimeAug 22nd 2009
Southall wrote
Apart from The West Wing!
In all seriousness, those two are my two favourite tv series ever.
You sir sound awfully like my dad.
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- CommentAuthorSouthall
- CommentTimeAug 22nd 2009
Anthony wrote
Southall wrote
Apart from The West Wing!
In all seriousness, those two are my two favourite tv series ever.
You sir sound awfully like my dad.
Shit. -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeAug 22nd 2009 edited
I only saw the first series of The Sopranos. I did like it, quite a bit in fact, but I didn't think it was anywhere near the West Wing.
I realize full well I'm in danger of overselling it, and that it may be the tv series that requires most from its viewers (no quick toilet breaks here, folkds. You gotta stay on the ball ALL of the time!) and at the very minimum a passing interest in global affairs and a keen interest in the American political system. So it's definitely not for everyone.
But it was definitely for me.
Anthony wrote
You sir sound awfully like my dad.
Well, you are still quite a bit closer to the days of Thomas the Tank Engine and Hannah Montana than most of us here... It's not us being old...it's you being young!'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorSouthall
- CommentTimeAug 22nd 2009
Martijn wrote
I only saw the first series of The Sopranos. I did like it, quite a bit in fact, but I didn't think it was anywhere near the West Wing.
It's a very different beast, of course, but by the end had developed its characters so well (yes, viewers of 24 and Lost, some tv series actually DEVELOP characters) I think it deserves its accolades. And, of course, there's lots of swearing and violence, not to mention topless ladies, which are three distinct advantages. -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeAug 22nd 2009
Southall wrote
yes, viewers of 24 and Lost, some tv series actually DEVELOP characters
I think it deserves its accolades.
Yeah, I'm sure to catch the rest of the series as well.
It was more than intriguing enough!
And, of course, there's lots of swearing and violence, not to mention topless ladies, which are three distinct advantages.
to the power of 
'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorSteven
- CommentTimeAug 22nd 2009
I'm sold and then some on West Wing. I was already sold before it was mentioned, but that Bible seen gave me goosebumps. Bitch got pwnd. -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeAug 22nd 2009
I'll check out The West Wing as soon as I can get my hands on it.
Anyone here follow THE WIRE? BBC 2 have been showing the whole series ( on season 5 now which is the last of it ) and I am totally hooked.On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeAug 22nd 2009 edited
Just kicking into season two.
Though I find it's quite slow in hooking the viewer (I don't think any of the main characters -with one or two exceptions- are all that interesting, honestly), the suggestion of a very small case growing into gargantuan proportions is quite delightful!
And I like the fact the series sheds lights on both sides of the fence.
The parlance is annoying though: I do need the subtitles as I can't for the life of me make out what the hell most of the gangsters are saying (a'ight, yo?).'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn