What is The Last Movie You Watched?

[Stavros]

Now that IS strange!

[Prospero]

Wasn't there a thread running here recently about films you've never seen which everyone else has? Well I guess every Briton has seen this - but probably not so many Americans.

[broncofan]

Seven Psychopaths-Colin Farrell, Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson. Good cast. It was quirky. Not a great movie but I enjoyed its spirited approach to things. Original.

[Jericho]

The Magdalene Sisters.

Caught this on TV the other night.
Quite an eye-opener!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318411/?ref_=sr_3

[Stavros]

Crows Zero (Takashi Miike 2007)
The first part of a two part film about the rites of passage that young men take if they want to become part of a Yakuza syndicate, or just to prove that they are the toughest, roughest, meanest geezer on the block. The drama centres on two rivals fighting to become the head of Suzeran, the school which has classrooms but no teachers. The cartoon-like depiction of these wild young men is accentuated by the music, the overlay in sound when someone is punched or hits the ground, and by the use of language which is vulgar, and has that tonal resentment that the Japanese seem to do so well -but if you look beneath the surface of the violence, which mostly involves punching and kicking rather than guns and knives, the old Miike themes remain: what makes a group cohere, or fall apart? What is the real nature of loyalty? There is also an understated quasi-homosexual love story here too from a director who has toyed with sexuality before in his films. It isn't one of Miike's best, but is better than some of his earlier films. A world away from the films of Ozu and Mizoguchi!

[Dino Velvet]

Crows Zero (Takashi Miike 2007)
The first part of a two part film about the rites of passage that young men take if they want to become part of a Yakuza syndicate, or just to prove that they are the toughest, roughest, meanest geezer on the block. The drama centres on two rivals fighting to become the head of Suzeran, the school which has classrooms but no teachers. The cartoon-like depiction of these wild young men is accentuated by the music, the overlay in sound when someone is punched or hits the ground, and by the use of language which is vulgar, and has that tonal resentment that the Japanese seem to do so well -but if you look beneath the surface of the violence, which mostly involves punching and kicking rather than guns and knives, the old Miike themes remain: what makes a group cohere, or fall apart? What is the real nature of loyalty? There is also an understated quasi-homosexual love story here too from a director who has toyed with sexuality before in his films. It isn't one of Miike's best, but is better than some of his earlier films. A world away from the films of Ozu and Mizoguchi!

Thanks for that. Do you like Fudoh: The New Generation and Deadly Outlaw: Rekka? A couple good ones I don't remember discussing with you.

[KnHd]

Joe Dirt

[brickcitybrother]

Pariah

[Stavros]

Thanks for that. Do you like Fudoh: The New Generation and Deadly Outlaw: Rekka? A couple good ones I don't remember discussing with you.

Fudoh went in the purge of my dvd collection a couple of years ago, I just had too many cluttering up the place and sold them to the entertainment centre. I don't think Fudoh is one of his better films -dont know Deadly Outlaw. Have Crows II to get through next.

[Ben]

Beyond the Law w/ Charlie Sheen. Couldn't get into it....