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Ho ho ho, yeah, right. It's one of those films that repays watching time and again, not only for its wonderful narrative, but also because it was the first major war epic to use sound, and the scene composition and the tracking shots are so innovative.Quote:
Originally Posted by robertlouis
Delivered in the flattest of voices with an irish brogue
Jasus now, what are you sayin' Shamus?Quote:
Originally Posted by Prospero
BTW, did you note the centenary of Flann O'Brien/Myles na Gopaleen/Brian O'Nolan last week? At Swim Two Birds is one of the most sublimely funny books ever written, and I also love (and possess) a wonderful anthology of his columns from the Irish Times. Last Thursday's cryptic crossword in The Guardian was all about him and his work and I'm pleased to say that I finished it without having to resort to my bookshelves.
The other guys is a great film
It made me laugh more than most of that genre, that's for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by russtafa
yes i do watch a lot of Filipino films but the recent trend for me has been more on indie films because they're so raw, sometimes they dont cater to the mainstream too much and the directors are very talented...I wanted to watch "Kinatay" but havent seen a good copy around yet, i love to watch in high quality if not in the theater anyway...LAst Filipino film I watched was an indie " Patayin sa Shokot si Remington - Zombadings" just a couple of weeks ago...:). I dont know how Filipino DVD copies of movies are distributed in different parts of the world but a good place to look for them is probably online? LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Stavros
Thanks Lisa -the short answer is that there is a lot of online stuff from the PI but it seems to be mostly soap operas from tv; and at the moment I am not buying anything online. Also, because of region differences the UK/Europe doesn't get the dvd's that are exported, mostly to the USA. However, I know some Filipino people here and will ask about the Remington film, which presumably is about shaving...
Fried Green TomatoesI think this is one of the best performances I've seen from Kathy Bates and I always love watching Jessica Tandy.:geek:
I actually really like that movie. Last one I watched was I am Number FourQuote:
Originally Posted by BigDF
The other night I watched Inarritu's Biutiful -I am a fan of most of his films, particularly Babel- and Biutiful gives an alternative view of Barcelona to the postcard city of Las Ramblas and that hideous squashed-wedding-cake architecture of Gaudi. This is a Barcelona of African and Chinese immigrants working on the margins of society and barely surviving -Javier Bardem plays a dysfunctional dad moving between the immigrants and the law, a middle-man with a conscience: I was moved by his fate. Interesting to compare this aspect of modern city life in Europe with the Woody Allen version in which -even in New York City- there are no blacks, no homosexuals, people dress and shop and live at a level barely even dreamed of by Chinese sweat shop labourers, but I don't suppose anyone ever accused Woody Allen of being realistic. Wonder how Inarritu's Barcelona compares to Allen's, as I didn't see his version of the city.