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  • Nick Armstrong
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    • Nov 2010
    • 26523

    Originally posted by Blotto View Post
    I'd really like to recommend God's Pocket which I saw this afternoon.

    It's Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christina Hendricks (who I didn't know) and John Turturro. The reviews have been mixed/ordinary but I thought it was really splendid, very funny, quite vulgar and unpredictable. It has something painful to say about provincial neighbourhoods. It won't be at the pictures for long so go quick.
    I was already eyeing the schedule at the local Everyman for a suitable viewing. Looks v good, and what a cast (inc another recent sad loss, PSH )
    "...the isle is full of noises,
    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
    Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
    Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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    • amateur51

      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
      I was already eyeing the schedule at the local Everyman for a suitable viewing. Looks v good, and what a cast (inc another recent sad loss, PSH )
      Thanks Blotto & agreed Cali

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      • jayne lee wilson
        Banned
        • Jul 2011
        • 10711

        Oh god, how wonderful was that? Just came here to share & recover from watching HER for the second time. Before it deletes at 2300.

        Cool, sleek, beautiful, and deep. Wow Samantha. Wow.

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        • johncorrigan
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 10348

          Went to see 'Pride' last night. It's not perfect but it was a most enjoyable and interesting film with some terrific performances. Set during the Miners' Strike of 84/85, a group of Lesbians/Gays decide to raise money to support the miners eventually building a relationship with a Welsh pit village. Imelda Staunton was excellent, Andrew Scott has such a strong screen presence, and Ben Schnetzer playing the young leader of 'Lesbians and Gays support the miners' was a terrific mixture of gentleness and defiance, and there were plenty moments of laughter and tears. Well worth the price of admission we reckoned.

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          • Flosshilde
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 7988

            I intend going top to see Pride, but it will be odd to see a fictionalised account of something I was involved in & also to see a film with a moderately (I assume) high budget & on general release, when in the 1980s & 90s films about similar subjects tended to be documentary, produced on a very low budget & shown in just a couple of independent cinemas in London.

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            • johncorrigan
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 10348

              Originally posted by Flosshilde View Post
              I intend going top to see Pride, but it will be odd to see a fictionalised account of something I was involved in & also to see a film with a moderately (I assume) high budget & on general release, when in the 1980s & 90s films about similar subjects tended to be documentary, produced on a very low budget & shown in just a couple of independent cinemas in London.
              While I'm sure it's not entirely factual Flossie as far as I can gather this did happen and the actors do play real characters in the film. Also it seems it's the director's first film and I think he's done a great job. There is a short film made at the time that he used as a source apparently though I imagine, having watched 10 minutes of it, it's best to see 'Pride' first.
              Last edited by johncorrigan; 15-09-14, 09:36.

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              • jayne lee wilson
                Banned
                • Jul 2011
                • 10711

                Don't miss HER! ​It's wonderful!

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                • Nick Armstrong
                  Host
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 26523

                  Originally posted by Flosshilde View Post
                  I intend going top to see Pride




                  "...the isle is full of noises,
                  Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                  Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                  Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                  • Nick Armstrong
                    Host
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 26523

                    Has anybody here seen The Grand Budapest Hotel with Ralph Fiennes et al. ?
                    "...the isle is full of noises,
                    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                    Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                    Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                    • johncorrigan
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 10348

                      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                      Has anybody here seen The Grand Budapest Hotel with Ralph Fiennes et al. ?
                      I thought it was great, Cal - nicely bonkers - I also really enjoyed Wes Anderson's previous film 'Moonrise Kingdom'. It had one of the best soundtracks of a film mixing Britten's 'The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra', Hank Williams and Francoise Hardy as I recall...so wonderfully unusual, I thought.

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                      • Nick Armstrong
                        Host
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26523

                        Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
                        I thought it was great, Cal - nicely bonkers - I also really enjoyed Wes Anderson's previous film 'Moonrise Kingdom'. It had one of the best soundtracks of a film mixing Britten's 'The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra', Hank Williams and Francoise Hardy as I recall...so wonderfully unusual, I thought.
                        Thank you John, hadn't heard of the earlier one.

                        Now the nights are drawing in... &c. &c...
                        "...the isle is full of noises,
                        Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                        Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                        Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                        • Honoured Guest

                          Pride - a hugely enjoyable and rewarding popular British "true fiction" tale of communities in crisis and their mutual support and activism, with individuals contributing to the greater good and developing personally in the process. I was almost dissuaded from seeing the film by the trailer, which highlights the broad comedy stereotypes, but was surprised to find that the actual film is so much richer than that, and struck me as being quite true to the life of the time (only thirty years ago, but absolutely "another time, another place"). It's a shame that it's somehow acquired a "15" BBFC classification because it would serve as an entertaining portrayal of recent British history for younger people.

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                          • amateur51

                            Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                            Has anybody here seen The Grand Budapest Hotel with Ralph Fiennes et al. ?
                            Smashing mad-cap entertainment of the sort I thought had died out with It's A Mad Mad etc World and Those Magnificent Men but more knowing and thus more interesting than either. Ralph Fiennes as you've never seen him and a glorious cast, particularly the hotel

                            I wonder what Stefan Zweig would make of it

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                            • Tevot
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 1011

                              Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
                              I thought it was great, Cal - nicely bonkers - I also really enjoyed Wes Anderson's previous film 'Moonrise Kingdom'. It had one of the best soundtracks of a film mixing Britten's 'The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra', Hank Williams and Francoise Hardy as I recall...so wonderfully unusual, I thought.
                              Hello there,

                              I certainly will endorse Moonrise Kingdom. A lovely, captivating film - brightly coloured and with a wonderful soundtrack. Britten's Friday Afternoons also features.

                              The Grand Budapest Hotel on the other hand I'll need to reserve judgement on. Saw it on a flight from the UK to China in the Summer. It could have been fatigue, stress or whatever but I couldn't get into the film nor understand the hype surrounding it.

                              Granted I enjoyed Jeff Goldblum's role.

                              I'll have to watch it again - on land and fully compos mentis

                              Not sure whether these two films have been mentioned already - but I'd recommend David O Russell's Silver Lining's Playbook and American Hustle. Both feature Jennifer Lawrence - but in the latter film I was taken by Amy Adams (Oh ... if only !!)

                              Both are well made, well acted, entertaining films. Highly recommended.

                              After losing his job and wife, and spending time in a mental institution, Pat Solatano (Bradley Cooper) winds up living with his parents (Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver). He wants to rebuild his life and reunite with his wife, but his parents would be happy if he just shared their obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles. Things get complicated when Pat meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), who offers to help him reconnect with his wife, if he will do something very important for her in exchange.


                              Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale) dabbles in forgery and loan-sharking, but when he falls for fellow grifter Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams), things change in a big way. Caught red-handed by FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper), Irv and Sydney are forced to work under cover as part of DiMaso's sting operation to nail a New Jersey mayor (Jeremy Renner). Meanwhile, Irv's jealous wife (Jennifer Lawrence) may be the one to bring everyone's world crashing down. Based on the 1970s Abscam case.


                              Best Wishes,

                              Tevot
                              Last edited by Tevot; 18-09-14, 22:40.

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                              • amateur51

                                Originally posted by Honoured Guest View Post
                                Pride - a hugely enjoyable and rewarding popular British "true fiction" tale of communities in crisis and their mutual support and activism, with individuals contributing to the greater good and developing personally in the process. I was almost dissuaded from seeing the film by the trailer, which highlights the broad comedy stereotypes, but was surprised to find that the actual film is so much richer than that, and struck me as being quite true to the life of the time (only thirty years ago, but absolutely "another time, another place"). It's a shame that it's somehow acquired a "15" BBFC classification because it would serve as an entertaining portrayal of recent British history for younger people.
                                Agreed HG a lovely film, I hooted with laughter and blubbed away throughout. I need to see it again soon & I think make a DVD purchase in due course. Much to my surprise Bill Nighy was superb & rather moving. :poot:

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