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[Curry Puff]

Watch Perfect Blue with your kids. Trust me.

Sounds impressive from the IMDB reviews but the level of nudity perhaps a bit much for 7-8 year olds, I'll keep an eye out for it in the DVD shops.

[Vengeful Glutton]

Walkabout (Nic Roeg).

[rowan]

I remember that film as a kid. Hard to believe nowadays that that fleeting nude scene caused so much excitement. But as I recall there wasn't much else in it really worth talking about...

[Numbers]

I remember that film as a kid. Hard to believe nowadays that that fleeting nude scene caused so much excitement. But as I recall there wasn't much else in it really worth talking about...

Yeah, I watched it again on the strength of an adolescent memory and was rather disappointed.

[OptimisticJock]

Suicide Squad. Worth it for Margot alone. Was a decent enough film but Leto's Joker was shite.

A War. Danish film in Afghanistan about a company commander who ends up killing a couple of civis. Really worth a watch. I'd have put more in about their time in Afghan to try and emphasise the periods of combat which interspersed the mundane times of nothing and the stress of not stepping on an IED.

[rowan]

I think I've seen that. Reality TV style documentary-film? If so, I thought it was rubbish, personally.

[OptimisticJock]

No.

[Vengeful Glutton]

I remember that film as a kid. Hard to believe nowadays that that fleeting nude scene caused so much excitement. But as I recall there wasn't much else in it really worth talking about...

Sorry about that. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Excellent review by Roger Ebert:

http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great ... about-1971

[rowan]

Oh, wait, just remembered - the one I saw was about Danish soldiers in Afghanistan and entitled 'Armadillo.'

Anyway, I'm not a war film fan even at the best of times, but if I'm going to watch something I'd prefer an anti-war theme, like the Jeremy Scahill doco 'Dirty Wars.' I think somebody had told me Armadillo was along those lines, but if so I wasn't really getting it.

Personally I'd say the most interesting films I've see over the past couple of years wereJohn Pilger's 'Utopia,' and a totally bizarre and macabre doco-movie entitled 'The Act of Killing' - which basically followed a bunch of actual war criminals from the first Indonesian genocide around as they produced their own movie version of what they themselves did to people

[Lizard]

Best war film is No Man's Land.

[Numbers]

Oh, wait, just remembered - the one I saw was about Danish soldiers in Afghanistan and entitled 'Armadillo.'

Anyway, I'm not a war film fan even at the best of times, but if I'm going to watch something I'd prefer an anti-war theme, like the Jeremy Scahill doco 'Dirty Wars.' I think somebody had told me Armadillo was along those lines, but if so I wasn't really getting it.

Personally I'd say the most interesting films I've see over the past couple of years wereJohn Pilger's 'Utopia,' and a totally bizarre and macabre doco-movie entitled 'The Act of Killing' - which basically followed a bunch of actual war criminals from the first Indonesian genocide around as they produced their own movie version of what they themselves did to people

I've seen The Act of Killing - it truly is bizarre, the discussing of torture rituals seemed to stick in my mind.

[gthedog]

Went to see Bourne a couple of weeks back
A jolly jaunt if you like that sort of thing, which I do
Plenty of action, fight scenes, car chases, tension etc
Not sure if they are lining up for another but the format is starting to get a bit weary ie. he's pissed off with someone in the CIA and therefore he comes out of hiding to fight it off again.
I'd give it a solid 7/10 just because I like that sort of film and will happily watch the movie another 15 times when it starts to show on TV

[rowan]

Oh, wait, just remembered - the one I saw was about Danish soldiers in Afghanistan and entitled 'Armadillo.'

Anyway, I'm not a war film fan even at the best of times, but if I'm going to watch something I'd prefer an anti-war theme, like the Jeremy Scahill doco 'Dirty Wars.' I think somebody had told me Armadillo was along those lines, but if so I wasn't really getting it.

Personally I'd say the most interesting films I've see over the past couple of years wereJohn Pilger's 'Utopia,' and a totally bizarre and macabre doco-movie entitled 'The Act of Killing' - which basically followed a bunch of actual war criminals from the first Indonesian genocide around as they produced their own movie version of what they themselves did to people

I've seen The Act of Killing - it truly is bizarre, the discussing of torture rituals seemed to stick in my mind.

& all supported by America, of course. Many of their victims were on a hit-list provided by the CIA, though pretty much just looking Chinese could've been enough to have you executed for 'supporting communism' by these guys. Meanwhile, English subtitles available on this version at Putlocker: http://putlocker.is/watch-the-act-of-ki ... ocker.html

Btw, Australia also made a rather eerie film about the deaths of some of their journalists during the Timorese genocide - The Balibo Five. Worth a look if you can find it

[Mikey Brown]

All the Mad Maxes. As the consensus generally goes 1 was very good, 2 was very good, 3 awful and 4 (the new one?) surprisingly good in a way.

The Falling. Terrible. Don't ask why I watched it.

[OptimisticJock]

Went to see Bourne a couple of weeks back
A jolly jaunt if you like that sort of thing, which I do
Plenty of action, fight scenes, car chases, tension etc
Not sure if they are lining up for another but the format is starting to get a bit weary ie. he's pissed off with someone in the CIA and therefore he comes out of hiding to fight it off again.
I'd give it a solid 7/10 just because I like that sort of film and will happily watch the movie another 15 times when it starts to show on TV

I thought pretty much the same.

Saying that I'll probably go and see the next one and say the same thing.

[Which Tyler]

Pride - very good, enjoyed that.

[rowan]

Not the last, but I was reminded of this recently, which I watched a few years ago while studying French here in Istanbul (I got free lessons through my job). This film was actually banned in France until quite recently:

[rowan]

Watched 'Sometimes in April tonight,' about the Rwandan genocide, a little more graphic than 'Hotel Rwanda' but somehow didn't have quite the same impact. Certainly watchable though.



I've been reading about the new film 'A Brilliant Genocide,' how US forces were sent to Uganda in 2012, ostensibly to hunt down notorious warlord Joseph Kony (who is still alive somewhere, btw), but really in support of dictator Yoweri Museveni, who was himself carrying out a genocide in the Acholi region of northern Uganda. Not sure if it's been released yet, but that's one to look out for.

[Discreet Hooker]

Mesrine ~ Killer Instinct .

Out since 2009 but if you haven't seen it, worth a look . True story about a well known French bank robber/murderer with Vincent Cassells in lead role . Earthy & violent about a man who always seemed one step of the police in the many countries he commited crime . Cassells won all sorts of nominations and is truly watchable , some good tension build up and action scenes and a brilliant climax .

A treat if you've not seen it before .

[kk67]

'The Epic of Everest (Chomolungma)' was on bbc4 tonight.
The BFI have restored the film from the Mallory+Irvine attempt. It's well worth a look.

[Mikey Brown]

Gone Girl.

One of those where you stick with it because you can see how it could be good, but overrall absolutely terrible. Great music, terrible acting, terrible acript, not a single character's motivations made any sense. Is this what Fincher is like now?

[Oblomov]

13 Minutes.
Excellent. A story that more people should be aware of.

[kk67]

Gone Girl.
One of those where you stick with it because you can see how it could be good, but overrall absolutely terrible. Great music, terrible acting, terrible acript, not a single character's motivations made any sense. Is this what Fincher is like now?

There's a space movie with Charles Dance and Dennis Hopper. It's totally awful,....but Charles Dances's death scene is a triumph of acting.

[Vengeful Glutton]

Looking very dated now, but when I first saw this John Dykstra's special visual effects were incredible.

"You must think in Russian."

[OptimisticJock]

Deepwater Horizon - I don't know much about the incident so can imagine they've taken a few liberties but can also fully believe the BP folk pushing hard to get the money flowing. Few brave folk on board nevertheless.

Magnificent 7 - decent fun. Been just the one year since I watched the original so can't really compare.