Movie/film thread: resurrected

I bought my copy of J&W here in China. Well, series one and two. 3 and 4 I downloaded from demonoid.

Spiffy Ah, AMonk, I have already, in my apartment here in China, the complete J&W and the "Fry&Laurie" series....I showed one episode of J%W to students and they said it was boring...pish, piffle, one is even tempted to employ the word flapdoodle.

   Civilisation is SAFE

I've started watching Seinfeld and am into Season 3.  When does it start to get good, or should I give up now??

Give up now. If you don't get by now try agin later. My BFF & sister absolutely love that show. I, on the other hand, can take it or leave it.

CONTROL

This Biopic about Ian Curtis, the singer for Joy Division, is AMAZING.

One caveat: we took 2 smoke-and-pee breaks, and were better off- it's gripping, but not exactly action packed.

Download it at youku.com 

The Hurt Locker

Don't judge the movie by it's awful title. It's set during the war in Iraq right and follows a group of US soldiers whose main task is to disarm IEDs (improvised explosive devices). The movie is very gripping and does an excellent job portraying how war tears a person up inside.

Brüno

Sacha Baron Cohen strikes again. Not for the faint of heart or small children.

I have been watching a new TV series called Kings which I think is quite good.

Brüno

Sacha Baron Cohen strikes again. Not for the faint of heart or small children.

Took my 72yr old female neighbour to see it. Let's just say that she won't need her hair permed (curled) for quite a while. I was telling the Security guards at the Casino about the movie and one asked if it was really Sacha Baron Cohen's private part that we saw. I laughed and said it probably belonged to John Holmes. My neighbour said John who? I'll have to see about finding a video that will really curl her hair

I watched a copy of Bruno, I dont think they will be showing it in the Cinemas here. I thought it was well funny.  It's like Borat though, once you have watched it once and seen all the jokes, there is no point watching it again.

TAR TRE

Well, Star Trek, 2009, a high quality cam copy thereof, the only thing wrong being the missing left side, right side, and the top of everyone's head when they stood up.  It's an excellent film.  A definite revitalisation of the franchise. 



David Tennant's Doctor Who.  Also revitalising the franchise.  He's a fun guy!

I tried to watch Borat. 

I agree, it's hilarious, haven't laughed so much at a movie in a long time, but I couldn't take sitting there laughing my ass off and waiting to see what absolute train wreck of a personal interaction would come next.  I only made it as far as the night stay at the Jews' house.

I get the savage educational value of it, but there's something inhumanly awful to it too.


/pansy.

Sacha Baron Cohen is IMO one of the greatest satirists of all time.  Total genius...

I'm still plugging away at it.  It remains hilarious.  What bugs me, I think, is knowing it's an act: the actor can maintain the character in the face of attempts to reach an understanding.  So, ironically, he uses deception to demonstrate the value of not being ignorant and not being close-minded.

In any case, speaking of the human condition, as we weren't:

"Ladies and Gentlemen in Ladies Attire, allow me to present my favourite nephew, newly relieved of Her Majesty's pleasure, Mickey Peterson."

Aka Charlie Bronson.  In:

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Probably best not thought of as a documentary.