Movie/film thread: resurrected

Yep, me too, usually in some shitty suburban area of Essex like Brentwood...

I started with the US version for other reasons, but decided last night to try the UK version.  I shall endeavor to like it.  I can see immediately that the UK version is sharper.  Also, just like the US version, the first ep is more irritating than enjoyable.

And then I discovered I can't watch them simultaneously!  Just can't.  Michael Scott is irritating again once I've seen the UK version.  So I'll stick with David Brent for a few more episodes and see what happens.

The UK one is a very subtle observational kind of humour, it's very 'real'... some people hate it

I really Liked Reign On Me with Don Cheadle and Adam Sandler... until the DVD buggered up 2/3rds of the way through.

I was undecided about Shanghai Baby... until it buggered up 2/3rds of the way through.

Starship Troopers 3 was awful.  It, of course, played the whole way through.

Lately I have watched

Surrogates - Quite good
I love you Beth Cooper - Some parts funny
The Thaw - Just another crappy Val Kilmer Movie
The Orphan - So Scary I will never adopt a child
The taking of Pelham 123 - Very good movie

I have started watching a series called Flashforward.  The new series of heroes and Dexter are good as always.  I have also started watching Californication again.

I dont work much

Venus.  Billed as perhaps Peter O'Toole's last movie.

SEE THIS!  An utterly lovely little film.

Wallace and Gromit.  Lovely animations, good visual and verbal humour, lots of allusions, lots of cultural stuff.

I have a student staying with me for the moment and have introduced him to this classic British comedy.  He LOVES it.  It's fun having others enjoy the things you enjoy.

In this way I've introduced (and enjoyed re-visiting) The Gruen Transfer, (great for analysis), Monty Python (which led to a total John Cleese fan developing! ), Hustle, Spooks, John Safran Vs God and all of the Studio Ghibli animations.  The students who come here have really liked these shows.

Just finished season one of The Wire, courtesy youku.com    This show is ruining my life: it's 5 in the morning!

The Wire looked very suspenseful, but the commercials made it look too bloody. Was it pretty violent?

Nah, it's more dickensian/shakespearian for the most part, like a play played out on telly

everyone should watch the new south park. or at least the first 5 minutes or so

i nearly fell off my chair

The Wire, season 2, is even better.  On to season 3- and it's 2 in the morning! 

Just saw "This is it" Michael Jackson's last movie. I really enjoyed it. The dancing was great as was the singing. I must admit to wanting to get up and dance in the aisle, but no one else was making a sound, so thought I'd get thrown out. (can you see the headlines? "old Granny thrown out of theatre for unruly behaviour" I did a fair bit of dancing in my seat though. Going to see Heath Ledger's last film today, "Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus"

If you want to watch the most ridiculous film ever, watch Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus.  I suspect it will become quintessential 'so bad it's good' student fare in the coming years.

Aussie mate brought me a DVD with 2 Barry Humphries movies "The Great McCarthy' and 'Barry McKenzie Holds His Own'.  How do you think the students will cope with Dame Edna??

Also brought me "Real Aussies' - a 2 CD of Oz music - Men at Work, Died Pretty, Skunkhour, Mi-sex, Margaret Urlich etc.  Cool!!