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Anyone seen any good ones recently?

This week I have watched The Departed, Casino Royale, Hidden (Cache) and the Constant Gardener.

The Departed was excellent - nice to see Hollywood can get it right for once.

Casino Royale and The Constant Gardener were decent.

Hidden was spectacular, I watched it twice back-to-back.
 
Diva (an old French film) was excellent. The History Boys was very good, Casino Royale was ok. Starter for Ten was disappointing. The book was far funnier.
 
Recent films ive seen which are both good and defo worth a watch are..

Lonely Hearts (Based on a true story about the "Lonely Hearts Killers") - John Travolta, James Gandolfini, Salma Hayek, Jared Leto.

Even Money (Gambling addiction bring the stories of three otherwise unconnected people together as it destroys each of their lives.) from the makers of crash and stars - Danny Devito, kim basinger, forest wittaker, kelsey grammer, Ray Liotta, Tim Roth.
 
This year, Capote exceeded expectations. A small masterpiece.

Hidden is a fine film but also look for th french cop drama 36. Great stuff

The football documentary on the new york cosmos Once in a lifetime is wonderful and often very funny

Havent seen United 93 yet, but must do. Brokeback mountain was a great film of course
 
Agreed An Capall (for once)

It was one of those mesmerising films where you think to yourself, this could not have been improved upon in anyway.
 
Originally posted by PDJ@Nov 29 2006, 06:06 AM
Diva (an old French film) was excellent. The History Boys was very good, Casino Royale was ok. Starter for Ten was disappointing. The book was far funnier.
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Diva was a cult film when I was at university - it is early 1980s not that old - an old French film is something like La Grande Illusion or Les Enfants du Paradis . :angry: ;)
 
Originally posted by clivex@Nov 29 2006, 11:18 AM
Havent seen United 93 yet, but must do.
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I got this on dvd and it is excellent. the extras too are very upsetting.

But does make you understand all the chaos of 9/11
 
The Da Vinci Code, Decent movie but not as good as the book but are cinematic adaptations ever as good as the literal work? ;)
 
The Constant Gardener (on cable) - a pretty raw study on loss and grief, I thought. Which was disappointing, as I was hoping for tips on what to do with cyclamens in winter.

A Cock and Bull Story - very amusing. Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are very funny.

Munich - billed as an 'uncompromising thriller', which it no doubt was, but you have to keep remembering that 11 Israeli athletes in the 1972 Olympics were murdered 'in real life' - I don't know that I'd like a friend or relative's death being marketed like that. A pretty honest and brutal depiction of a cruel event, in any case.

Inside Man: it was good while it lasted, but it's had a sort of candyfloss effect on me - I can't remember it too well just a few weeks on. I watched it for Denzel, who I reckon can rarely put a foot wrong.

There are several more I plan to see: The Dark, The Squid and the Whale, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, V for Vendetta and The White Countess.
 
I watched Inside Man this week too, krizon. Enjoyable way to pass two hours but that's about it.

V for Vendetta is an interesting film no doubt. I really enjoyed it.
 
That's the name of the film I saw the other day Kri - Inside Man. I thought it was pretty good, of course Clive Owen was in it....

I saw the Da Vinci Code too and thought it was done quite well - for someone who gets quite irate when films deviate too much from the book I thought it was pretty good actually.
 
Saw The Magdelene Sisters again last night, hard to believe that people acting as messengers from God could be so twisted.
 
I watched Deja Vu last night and its a great action flick with a mixture of science fiction and cop drama, Denzel Washington at his best.
 
Yes, agree, Irish Stamp - watched the same film for the first time with a sense of fury. I enjoyed the revenge on the priest, though - unattractive as his backside was, it looked far more acceptable covered in hives! Shocking statistic that some 30,000 Irishwomen passed through those ghastly places, dumped often by families who couldn't be bothered with a 'simple' daughter, or who they thought might be a possible embarrassment to them.

Equally appalling that the Church kept the damn things going until a mere ten years ago, but interesting that we should now find the Church the transgressor rather than the girls (although several years' worth of accusations about hushed-up paedophiliac priests has not done the edifice much good).
 
The first problem was that Tom hanks was totally unsuited to the role, I think Pierce Brosnan would have been a much better choice.
The next problem was the same one that the Harry Potter films suffered from. The book(s) are so well known that the directors/producers feel that they cannot change unwieldy sections. This leads to scenes being put in that are not needed and which make the films slow going.

When Peter Jackson made LOTR fans were up in arms over the cast and the scripts (Why no Tom Bombadil???). Jackson argued that, while the scenes were well loved they did not belong in the films and I don't think many people would argue with the end result.
 
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