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Post by trubble on Jan 14, 2009 12:55:58 GMT
I tired to watch Atonement but my brain rebelled. Two full attempts at it, including rewinding and giving myself a stern talking to, left me day dreaming and feeling slightly dead.
I gave up.
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Post by PeterL on Jan 14, 2009 12:59:12 GMT
it is so long since i wwnt to the cinema that i cant remember when or the film i saw
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Post by trubble on Jan 14, 2009 13:02:02 GMT
Bringing together the themes of Steph's trust in Nicolas Cage and TG's trust in Oscars... ..I watched Adaptation. I am livid. It is self-referential amateurism posing as genius. It got awards because all the voters are self-referential posers who were thrilled to watch something they finally could relate to: navel gazing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation. Although you can't fault the acting, just the whole premis and execution.
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Post by maggie on Jan 14, 2009 13:02:23 GMT
I tired to watch Atonement but my brain rebelled. Two full attempts at it, including rewinding and giving myself a stern talking to, left me day dreaming and feeling slightly dead. I gave up. Trubs, I bought this on DVD in the January sales. I think I'd better be having a duvet day when I get around to watching it then!
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Post by trubble on Jan 14, 2009 13:08:31 GMT
Maggie, I hope you enjoy it sorry if I'm putting you off. If you enjoy it, come back to tell us what philistines we are, I might even give it one more go if anyone can persuade me. ;D It's true that your own state of mind affects the enjoyment. I generally like anything if I'm wrapped in a duvet. ;D If there's a film that I really want to see, as opposed to looking for entertainment or distraction, I have to see it in a cinema. It's easily the best way to watch a film. Peter, you should get to the cinema this year just to remind yourself what it's like. ;D
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Post by trubble on Jan 14, 2009 13:09:16 GMT
Be prepared for fainting at the price of popcorn though!
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Post by yoda on Jan 14, 2009 15:45:26 GMT
The worst film ever made was called 'The great spider invasion'.
You have to watch it to believe it.
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Post by Sheriff Moto on Jan 14, 2009 15:52:22 GMT
The worst film ever made was called 'The great spider invasion'. You have to watch it to believe it. I don't recall the name of the film you mention, but I do know that "Eight Legged Freaks" was utter shit. I didn't think much of Arachnophobia either
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Post by sesley on Jan 14, 2009 21:25:35 GMT
the worst fim i ever saw and could never watch again is, Sophies Choice.
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Post by TG on Jan 14, 2009 21:48:39 GMT
the worst fim i ever saw and could never watch again is, Sophies Choice. My wife would watch a film she has seen before and the kids would watch one many times over but I have never seen one that interested me that much.
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Post by yoda on Jan 14, 2009 22:11:44 GMT
Not one? You will have to make your own film!
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Post by hagen on Jan 15, 2009 7:56:04 GMT
Hagen posts.:- The worst Film I ever saw is ,"the Sound of Music".
Pretentious crap.
I did see Julie Andrews in a film about Trannies in France though, and she showed us her breasts!
I also saw a bit of Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump, truly awful and I thought at the time how low Hollywood has sunk when they start making a film about a guy with a low IQ This is like the TV series with Michael Crawford playing a guy with a low IQ and they call this, "entertainment".
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Post by Sheriff Moto on Jan 15, 2009 11:53:16 GMT
I also saw a bit of Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump, truly awful and I thought at the time how low Hollywood has sunk when they start making a film about a guy with a low IQ I remember just before that film came out, Barry Norman was interviewing Tom Hanks about it. Tom said that Forrest Gump was representing the ideals of an American hero, and Barry said "so you don't need to be intelligent to be an American hero then" Tom Hanks replied politely but he did not look amused ;D
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Post by trubble on Jan 15, 2009 14:49:43 GMT
the worst fim i ever saw and could never watch again is, Sophies Choice. Worst because it was traumatic watching or worst because it was rubbish?
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Post by trubble on Jan 15, 2009 14:58:36 GMT
I remember just before that film came out, Barry Norman was interviewing Tom Hanks about it. Tom said that Forrest Gump was representing the ideals of an American hero, and Barry said "so you don't need to be intelligent to be an American hero then" Tom Hanks replied politely but he did not look amused ;D What was Barry's point, that (LOL-ha-ha-schoolboysmirk-snicker) americans are stupid? He was a great film reviewer/critic, in my opinion the best, and he was scathing with no shame when it was deserved. He was always firm but fair. BUT! Put him near a Hollywood Star and he crumbled into near sycophancy or lost the plot. He would laugh like he was at a cocktail party and agree with everything they said about the film, even if the previous week he had been slating it. That was his one big flaw. Other than that I miss Barry Norman. No one has replaced him.
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