[Closed] Recent Viewing Part III

I just went through the whole of Knowing Me Knowing You series recently and it still kills me like the first time I saw it

A radio review of STAR WARS THE PHANTOM MENACE 3D

It wasn't THE favourite of year, but actually number 6 on my 2011 list:

http://montages.no/2011/12/thor-joachims-topp-20-2011/

I also wrote an article on the film itself here (in Norwegian):

http://montages.no/2011/12/briljant-dra … -et-brudd/

Basically, I loved how it bordered on thriller elements in a very socio-realistic setting. Loved the restraint and the chamber piece dynamic between the characters.

Here's a translation of the last paragraph:

"A SEPARATION is a touching film, but rarely breaks out in pure melodrama. It's restrained, finely tuned and realistic in style. At the same time it's chaotic, exciting and frustrating. The characters become pawns in a series of events beyond their control, and continually bang their heads against a wall of total social and communicative collapse. In that way, it may be called a typical 'feel bad'-film, especially since by the end of the film, you still haven't reached any form of katharsis. That doesn't mean, however, that you leave the theater emptyhanded. Quite the contrary, the edifying aspect lies in our empathy for the characters and the understanding of the relationship between action, consequence, chance and external influences on our freedom of action".

Or something like that.

I think it's a solid film, because it's in any ways what THE SLAP isn't. Not my favourite Iranian film though.

This sound like a setup in a Three Stooges scene...

You liken A SEPARATION to an Australian soap?

The slap I refer to this time is the slapping of a Norwegian ear.

THE SLAP isn't an Australian soap. It's a miniseries based on a famous novel written here. Much like A SEPARATION, the narrative echoes around a domestic incident (in the Iranian film, a man pushing a woman, and in the Australian series, a man physically punishing a child) that in time confronts everyone's beliefs. However, despite the apparently realistic behavior and scenarios involved, it did end up feeling more than a bit contrived to me, despite the local acclaim.

Don't tease Franz! After all, he's never teased YO....oh...wait...

I am 2 hours into the second Transformers film and I am still not sure what is going on. The urge is to stick with it - "I may as well" - but common sense has prevailed (though admittedly about 110 minutes too late). Bye bye film.

No. It was on Film 4.

CROMWELL ( 1970 )

Watched this on BBC 2 this afternoon, very intense performance from Richard Harris as the title character and Alec Guinness as the arrogant and pompous King Charles I, it's about the English civil war and the eventual abolishment ( for a few years ) of the monarchy, Charles going to the scaffold for an exceptionally short haircut, damn good film and I love Frank Cordell's Oscar nominated score.

There's only one way to find out.... FIIIIIIIGHT!!!!

Has anyone seen JOHN CARTER? I saw a little news report earlier saying it's already one of the biggest flops of all time.

I still fancy seeing it.

An ironic thing to say Ant considering how influential Burroughs books were. I still fancy seeing it on the big screen, I'll let you know if I thought I should have waited for the TV outting.