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We're going to see Nosferatu next week, at the local Church in Wales church (as the vicar said "Well, it's a Gothic building!") with Father Richard doing the musical accompaniment on the organ! Only in Hay-on-Wye!!!
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Apparently Interstellar is premiering in France tomorrow, which puts us ahead of the crowd. Sorely tempted to go back for this.
Did. Was well worth it. Lovers of Moon and/or 2001 should enjoy.
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I watched The Double, a British film based on Dostoyevsky, but trying desperately, at times tiresomely, to be David Lynch.
The whole theme of identity confusion might have been fresh and exciting in 1846, but these days it's become a bit of a film cliche, so the plot isn't as riveting as maybe the creators were hoping for.
The ambiguous location and anachronistic time period are well drawn, but again, those are hardly original devices these days.
All that said, if you like bleak mood pieces, you'd probably enjoy this. I'm thinking I might even give it a second viewing some time in the near future.
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I went to see The Book of Life this evening and I loved it. Such unusual (to me) animation framing a story about love, family, integrity, and redemption all set in a world of Dia de Los Muertos. The colors! The textures! Awesome. ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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Kelly Alves
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Just finishing the 2012 version of Nicholas Nickelby-- and I'm kind of enjoying it. It's like if you took the schmaltziest of Merchant-Ivory costume dramas and gave it a dose of a light hallucinogen. The director embraces the over-the top- melodrama of Dickens and adds enough weird little touches and strange characters to give me an excuse to use the word "Felliniesque."
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I continue watching films with a 14 year old, and our recent viewing has included:
- Interstellar - I enjoyed it and reckoned it was channelling Arthur C Clarke and all sorts of things I could use in teaching*, but the 14 year old came out saying he had no idea what it was about and totally switched off.
- The Hunger Games - Mockingjay 1 - again, I quite enjoyed it as I'd seen the first one. Student's comment was that it was boring and had no action. I belatedly checked if he'd seen any others of the series and realised he hadn't. But another tutor also took his students to see it and also reckoned not to bother unless you were a fan and had seen the previous films. He owns both of the previous films on DVD and he was lost in parts of the film.
* Lots and lots of teaching ideas: beautiful depictions of dust bowl America, farming, human over-exploitation of the planet, science of the solar system, space debris, the atmosphere around earth / in space, altruism, the human survival instinct, hibernation, singularlity, relativity, space-time continuum, Newton's laws of mechanics: action and reaction - none of which I can now use and he was so switched off.
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Sir Kevin
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Originally posted by Eigon:
We're going to see Nosferatu next week, at the local Church in Wales church (as the vicar said "Well, it's a Gothic building!") with Father Richard doing the musical accompaniment on the organ! Only in Hay-on-Wye!!!
One of our favourite films: borrowed from the library, black and white, VHS, silent...
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Originally posted by Eigon:
We're going to see Nosferatu next week, at the local Church in Wales church (as the vicar said "Well, it's a Gothic building!") with Father Richard doing the musical accompaniment on the organ! Only in Hay-on-Wye!!!
One of our favourite films: borrowed from the library, black and white, VHS, silent...
If you can ever find it on the cheap, you should check out the Eureka 'Masters of Cinema' edition. It's fully restored to it's original form including colour filters, features a reconstruction of the "original" score and is simply beautiful.
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We went to see Birdman and Interstellar. Both excellent films, in quite different ways. I have reviewed them over at Book View Cafe.
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I just finished watching Noah's Ark (1928), starring Dolores Costello and George O'Brien. Dolores was the grandmother of Drew Barrymore and, while I admit I might be imaging it, I think I do see a resemblance in some of the scenes.
There is a lot to comment on. First, I like films from 1928/1929, because that is the period of transition from silents to sound. The Jazz Singer came out in 1927, but a lot of theaters did not have sound equipment, so there was a period when movie makers had to decide whether to go for sound and have limited distribution, or stay silent. Some would make both a silent and a sound version of a film. Others did what this film did (and, indeed, The Jazz Singer did) which is to film what is primarily a silent film and add a few sound sequences.
One of the interesting issues for early sound films is the technical problem that, for sound recording, the camera itself made so much noise that it had to be shielded in a sound-proof booth. As a result, while "silent" portions of the film could have a mobile camera panning across the action, the sound bits are very static--essentially people just stood still and spoke their lines. This was another disincentive for going completely to a sound film, because it restricted the camera motion so much.
The version of Noah's Ark that I watched ran for 108 minutes. I think the original release ran about 138 minutes but, after the first showing, about 30 minutes were cut out--much of that being failed sound sequences that just didn't come across right. The version I watched only has about 15 minutes of sound, although that includes a lovely speaking part for Myrna Loy--the primary reason that I bought the DVD. I adore Myrna. She had just a bit part, but it was in a sound sequence.
The film contrasts a "modern-day" sequence, set during the Great War (a/k/a World War I...although at the time they didn't know they had to number it) contrasted with the Biblical time of Noah. The Great Deluge of Noah is compared to the "deluge of blood" caused by the War. We don't really get to the Biblical theme until about 65 minutes into the film, but it carries on until the 102nd minute.
The Flood sequence is very impressive. It is even more so when you remind yourself that they did not have the advantage of CGI. Scenes of people being washed away by huge amounts of water were not drawn by computer, but were achieved by...well, by huge amounts of water washing people away. It is reported that three extras drowned during the Flood sequences, and many others sustained serous injury. As a result, after this film, new standards were set for what was considered an acceptable risk for movie stunts ("Rule # 1: Try not to kill the actors, even if they are only extras.")
It is also stated that one of the extras swimming in the floodwaters (and who clearly did not drown) was a young John Wayne. But good luck trying to identify which one he is.
The moral of the film--that the Great War was a modern version of the Flood and God's new covenant is that war will now be an "outlaw" and hunted from the face of the Earth, so that "these ten million men will not have died in vane"--is tragic in light of our knowledge that, far from being "outlawed," another "World War" was just a little over a decade away and would cause even more death and destruction. And that further wars just keep coming.
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Kelly Alves
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Great review, Hedgehog! I agree that films of that era are technically fascinating.
And thanks for reminding me about the flood scene fiasco-- that is notorious.
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I'm also a fan of silent films. Two that your film reminded me that I saw in the last couple of years were
20,000 Leagues Under the Seat which had some pretty amazing shots that were filmed underwater.
I saw a film about the Great War called "J'accuse". A trifle long but some powerful scenes about the war in the trenches and the aftermath. It also had a Jules and Jim like sub plot where the Brute and the Poet who fell in love with the Brutes wife come to an understanding in the trenches.
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Saw Fury last week. It was much like Saving Private Ryan with Tanks. While it wasn't as gory as SPR (thankfully), it was definitely much more brutal in a way that has you googling afterwards to check it's distressing historical accuracy. Both Pitt and LeBeouf were great in this, as well as the Tiger 1 tank making his comeback after sitting in a museum since 1946. Overall, I'm glad I caught it in the cinemas.
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Paddington. Surprisingly good! Yes, lots of slapstick which the kids in the audience loved. But also lots of wry British humour for the adults, and a very touching exploration of the 'immigrant experience'.
I thought I spotted several homages to Mary Poppins (the painted cherry blossom in the house, Paddington being blown into the sky holding an umbrella, the quirky household and worried father who needs to soften up...)
The sort of family film they supposedly don't make any more. Oh, and don't worry about the PG certificate, unless your child is likely to be traumatised by the sight of Hugh Bonneville in a dress being chatted up by a sleazy official.
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Not only I liked Paddington, but my 14 year old teenage boy companion came out saying it was much better than The Hunger Games and agreed when I said it had more action.
The other game was spot the English actor - loved Peter Capaldi and Matt Lucas, but there were so many other names - and I hadn't realised that Michael Bond also has a bit part a la Hitchcock.
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Mr Clingford
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... spot the English actor - loved Peter Capaldi
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Everybody seems to like Paddington a lot.
Interstellar was my last film on the big screen and it was a thrilling experience.
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Trudy Scrumptious
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The Theory of Everything. I'd love to know who else has seen it as there are things in it I'd like to discuss with someone!
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Kelly Alves
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It's become a New Tradition for the cable channels around here to show Pieces of April around the holidays, and I cannot recommend this sweet, funny little film enough. Katie Holmes (age 21ish) plays the family black sheep, living in semi-squalor with her sweet boyfriend in a crappy lower East Side tenement, who attempts to show her family she is turning her life around by inviting them to Thanksgiving dinner, which she prepares herself. As an indication of how things go-- her oven is broken, and she has to beg her neighbors to lend her oven space.
Her ridiculously complicated quest is interspersed with scenes of her family driving from Upstate to attend, with her siblings and cancer- ridden mother cheerfully predicting disaster, and her father extolling them to have hope. The humor is the kind that makes you laugh with a sharp ache in your stomach, but the film has a lot of heart, and a gently happy ending.
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The Theory of Everything. I'd love to know who else has seen it as there are things in it I'd like to discuss with someone!
Saw it today, and really enjoyed it.
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Kelly Alves
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Any doc fans out there. I just saw and highly recommend Whoopie Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. I watched it because just about every comic I admire cites her as an influence-- and in the comedy world, if a popular male comic doesn't hesitate to cite a woman as an influence, it's a sign she must be checked out. She indeed was a force of nature.
And Sidney Poitier, in his interview, sounded like he had a little crush on her. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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I saw the documentary on Moms Mabley and enjoyed it as well. The thing that astounded me was just how long a career she had. I also enjoyed that the lesbian aspect of her personal life surfaced. It's so easy for stuff like that to get lost in the adoration.
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Kelly Alves
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Did she not look smoking hot in drag? ![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif)
( they showed a still of her out of her comedy getup and dressed in a forties- style three piece suit with a fedora and a bigass cigar.)
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Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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"Passport to Pimlico" is on television - haven't seen that in years. I'd had forgotten how enjoyable some of these old Ealing comedies could be. A refreshing way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
(Can't get over how young Charles Hawtrey is in it though.)
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Ariel
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Has anyone seen "The Hobbit" Part 3 yet? I'm thinking of going to see it, but not if it's going to be 90% battles.
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I got to see Moms Mabley live once, opening for some Mo-town acts. Very funny. Also funny was the DVD someone gave me yesterday, for my birthday, of Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock in The Heat. Not my usual Merchant/Ivory sort of thing but I laughed all the way through it. ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
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Kelly Alves
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I thought McCarthy and Bullock made a pretty good team-- hope they team up again.
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Trudy Scrumptious
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The Theory of Everything. I'd love to know who else has seen it as there are things in it I'd like to discuss with someone!
Saw it today, and really enjoyed it.
Since watching it, I've been reading Jane Hawking's book on which it was based. The book is not nearly as well-written as the film is well-made (since she's not primarily a writer) but it's recognizably the same story. It's an interesting attempt, in the movie, to frame the story of Stephen Hawking's life as the story of his marriage to Jane, when you know going in that the marriage is not going to last, and the film has to tell THAT story too. It somewhat undercuts the inspiring "love conquers all" narrative, but in a good way, I think.
I'm seeing The Hobbit with the family on Wednesday. I think it's going to be a hot mess, but I will freely admit that I'm contributing to the Peter Jackson Money Machine by buying tickets for opening night. We've seen all of LOTR and all of The Hobbit in the theatres and I can't quit now, even though I know I'll find the extended action sequences and additions to the plot ridiculous. I hope they'll be a few quiet moments to enjoy, and some stunning sets and scenery -- that's really about the best to hope for at this point isn't it?
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I saw The Hobbit today. It's a lot of battle, with some quite graphic scenes and I really, really don't remember some of those story lines from the book - a female elf in love with Kili, where did that come from? And where did she come from?
It starts with Smaug taking out Laketown, which is spectacular, but I suspect is harking back to the previous film. That's very well done. As are Thorin's reactions now they've achieved the mountain. Loved Dain Ironfoot in the battle, plus the cast was full of the most unexpected actors: Stephen Fry and Sylvester McCoy, for example.
(I am not the best person to review this as I've never managed to sit through any of the Lord of the Rings films, and I own them, didn't bother trying to see The Hobbit films).
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I saw The Hobbit today. It's a lot of battle, with some quite graphic scenes
Ah - thanks for the warning. I'll wait until it comes out on DVD and borrow it for the library, don't think I'll want to shell out a tenner on seeing it at the cinema.
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I really, really don't remember some of those story lines from the book - a female elf in love with Kili, where did that come from? And where did she come from?
Explosive love triangle with Legolas. She (I forget her name) and Legolas were apparently responsible for guarding the entire region between just the two of them, before the dragon happened and the dwarfs arrived on the scene and Legolas' interest in her became a lost cause. Strangely, it can be very hard to find that particular bit in the book.
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Of all the weird additions to the book that were required to stretch it out to three movies, the addition of Tauriel bothers me least, because honestly, if there was ever a writer who needed some more female characters, it's Tolkein. The elf/dwarf love story seemed silly to me (although I quite liked Kili), and at the end, Legolas seems to just sort of drop his end of the love triangle as if he's forgotten about it.
I loved all the bits with Thorin and Bilbo, great acting from both -- found the battle scenes big and overblown and boring, and suspending my disbelief just a little too far. But still, having seen every movie of both trilogies in the theatre, I was glad to have completed the series. I still think The Hobbit would have worked just fine as a single tightly-plotted movie that followed the book closely. But it was not to be.
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I haven't seen the first two Hobbit films, and I'm not sure I'll see the third. I'm wondering if some aspiring editor will do a Youtube mash up when all three are available on DVD and produce a 90 minute cut of all three. One can only hope.
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That last one was 144 minutes .... it did feel over long in parts.
And was the shortest of the three!
Here's some pertinent words from critic Mark Kermode
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Trudy Scrumptious
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That last one was 144 minutes .... it did feel over long in parts.
That's 144 minutes based on, apparently, the last 47 pages of the book.
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Saw Intersteller at Mrs White's suggestion. She doesn't usually go for Sci Fi but had been swayed by rave reviews. Maybe this was my chance to get her hooked on SciFi so's I don't have to look like some lonely old geezer every time I want to see a SciFi flick.
After about an hour and ten she asked if it was just her, or was it mind-numbingly dull. Gutted. Trouble is, she was right. 20 mins of stellar special effects wrapped up in an hour and a half of sheer tedium. Reminded me of watching Arsenal under George Graham.
Off to see Hobbit 3 in the New Year. On me todd again...
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I just saw a Christmas Eve double feature of "Birdman" and "Into The Woods". Birdman had some terrific acting and fun backstage theater but really lacked a story other than the nervous breakdown of a celebrity.
Into the Woods was ok, but the Sondheim music had been sweetened with a ton of upbeat fanfares and string fill. The changing of Jack and Red Riding hood into children weakened the show a bit.
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Saw Intersteller at Mrs White's suggestion. She doesn't usually go for Sci Fi but had been swayed by rave reviews. Maybe this was my chance to get her hooked on SciFi so's I don't have to look like some lonely old geezer every time I want to see a SciFi flick.
After about an hour and ten she asked if it was just her, or was it mind-numbingly dull. Gutted. Trouble is, she was right. 20 mins of stellar special effects wrapped up in an hour and a half of sheer tedium. Reminded me of watching Arsenal under George Graham.
Off to see Hobbit 3 in the New Year. On me todd again...
I agree, I thought it was dreadful rubbish.
Hoping for better over the New Year - BF will be here and we will hopefully take in Hobbit 3, the Imitation Game and the one about Stephen Hawking whose name escapes me at the moment. Also I want to catch up with Mr Turner but I will probably have to do that one on my own, not BF's thing at all.....
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I'm excited to see the new Mad Max. I may have to drive to Bahrain to see it because I live in Saudi Arabia. Hopefully we can watch The Interview tonight. This is my first ever post btw. Hi all.
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Hello and welcome, king in exile! I hope you enjoy looking around - I suggest you take some time to familiarize yourself with the board guidelines, as each board has a different flavour.
You're also welcome to pop over to All Saints and introduce yourself there on the Welcome Aboard thread, if you like - we're a friendly bunch and people will be pleased to see you. If you aren't sure about anything, or have any questions, just ask, we're happy to help.
Merry Christmas! and happy posting,
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A Matter of Life and Death earlier on and the Ladykillers (the original) at the moment.
Both just brilliant. Perfect for Boxing Day.
M.
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I saw 'Exodus' on Boxing Day. It was better than I was expecting, if you put to one side the ethnically curious casting choices. The film looked great - CGI, costumes, make-up, etc.
However, I wasn't convinced by the decision to use a rather arrogant little boy as the intermediary between God and Moses. His presence emphasised the attempt to underplay the spiritual side of Moses' character and to me, that was rather unsatisfying. What we have in the OT are leaders and prophets who communicate vividly with God, and I don't feel that removing that level of communication makes biblical figures more interesting than they otherwise would be; just more confused. But it's obviously a trend in biblical epics, as Noah was similarly very confused about God in that film last year.
Anyone else seen 'Exodus' yet?
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I just saw "The Imitation Game" for the second time. Like the first, it was free tickets so I went with a friend. It's good even if fuzzes the facts a bit and leaves out interesting stuff. I liked the review which complained "for a biography about a homosexual mathematician" there wasn't much homosexuality or math. You don't often get complaints that film didn't have enough math in it.
It did make me go back and reread the Andrew Hodges Biography which I haven't read in many years. He's a fascinating person.
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