Basel Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 (edited) Hi All, It's a new threat about what are you watching. You can also post your last watched movie and The movie you watched most. Don't forget to mention the no of times you watched movie. SO from my side I watched AVATAR movie recently and I like it. Count down begins... Vishal Bhatia Edited February 12, 2011 by Basel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el toro Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 (edited) Um.... a new 'threat' about what I'm watching? As in, if you don't like it you'll come round my house and give me a severe talking to!!! Just kidding.... just finished Generation Kill - from the Wire guys.... I think it's playing over here on ABC 2 at the moment too. But I gorged all 7 eps over 2 days on DVD. It's amazing - gritty, raw and does that thing that all great TV or film does, takes you into a world you don't know. And that's no mean feat considering how many war films we've all seen. Same witty, dense, nuanced dialogue as you got in the Wire and the same attention to detail. The world created (a vision of hell in some parts...) feels utterly real. The authenticity these guys (David Simon et al) achieve seems to come from a journo's commitment to research - and in this case, apparently the whole story was based on the articles of a guy embedded with the 1st recon marines. However, and I'm gunna tread warily here because I don't want to spoil anyone's enjoyment.... it felt to me that it was a little too faithful to the source material. Either that or it was trying to make a particular statement about that conflict in it's dramatic approach. Anyone who's seen it may be able to identify with what I'm saying (or disagree completely!). But that said, it's still a cracking watch. Some of the best moments are the pop culture references that come thick and fast among the dialogue of the young marines. And the spectacle of four blokes rolling across the Iraqi desert in an armour plated humvee singing 'Loving you' in harmonised (badly) falsetto is pure GOLD! Four stars from me. Margret? Edited February 4, 2011 by el toro typos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el toro Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 'Kay, just realised this is a 'Movies' thread - mods feel free to move/scratch it. But hey, if you watch all the eps in say... two sittings, it's like watching two long movies.... kinda.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Ive been watching Star Trek Enterprise, from the beginning. Almost finished the 2nd season, watching 1 episode a night. I'm not sure why but I am drawn to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundfan Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 (edited) I watched Blood Simple (the Coen Brothers first film ) this afternoon. An excellent neo-noir crime flick. M.Emmet Walsh is a hoot as the private investigator. Edited February 4, 2011 by soundfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peter the Greek Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Perahps I should start watching Startrek.... ....Hopefully see The Fighter and Black Swan and one other this weekend.....2 birthdays to go to....see how we go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickonsound Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 I'm not sure why but I am drawn to it. After looking at the pictures, i see the reason why you are crazy about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danter Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 GOing TV Series mad of late - The Wire, Dexter, Shameless, Oz - must track down Generation Kill. Caught 5 mins of it the other day on ABC and it did look very good (didn't realise it was from 'The Wire' guy - he is doing another series 'Treme' about the aftermath of Katrina in New Orleans which is apparently up there with the best too - one to look out for). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundfan Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 I watched The Fighter the night before last and thought it was very good. It's a character driven film which I found engrossing and unpretentious and Christian Bale is a knockout (pardon the pun) in his role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sligoriverblues Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I watched Blood Simple (the Coen Brothers first film ) this afternoon. An excellent neo-noir crime flick.M.Emmet Walsh is a hoot as the private investigator. Excellent movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sligoriverblues Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I've got Bergman's The Faith Trilogy DVD Box Set (Through a Glass Darkly, Winter Light and The Silence) as a gift and have watched The Silence last night... Mesmerizing! Through a Glass Darkly has one of the best usages of Bach's music in cinema as far as I'm concerned... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmhf Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Ive been watching Star Trek Enterprise, from the beginning. Almost finished the 2nd season, watching 1 episode a night. I'm not sure why but I am drawn to it. Jolene Blalock with pointy ears does it for me Jake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janjuggler Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Ive been watching Star Trek Enterprise, from the beginning. Almost finished the 2nd season, watching 1 episode a night. I'm not sure why but I am drawn to it. Is a bit like the old joke: Q: What's the difference between Star Wars and Star Trek? A: The hot chicks in Star Trek 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweaky Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 (edited) I've been watching Being Human series 3. It's brilliant. The last series of QI [series 8/H] was OK, I wouldn't put it at one of the funnier series as a whole though. Edited February 11, 2011 by Tweaky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pasgod Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Charles Chaplin : City Lights, The Circus and Modern Times. This guy was a genious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterpan Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 i have been watching battlestar gallactica the new series. i dont think it has anything to do with the girl in the red dress? mmmmmm. [ATTACH=CONFIG]28892[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S2 13BT Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I thought I might chuck in a movie if that's cool... Last night I watched 'Antichrist'. Very strange "horror" movie, although there wasn't a great deal of horror, just weird sh!t. Was alright I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 TV - Dexter Party Down - ABC2 Thurs 8.30 ( About party caterers - a little bit naughty sometimes especially the Porn Adwards night episode) Graham Norton Show - ABC2 Thurs 9.30 (the funniest chat show ever) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handy steel Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Watching House, seasons 1-6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mondie Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Coast on SBS Oz and James Drink to Britain (brilliant!) Top Gear Men behaving badly (seems to have been pulled sadly) Grand Designs Cycling Central A move to the country On DVD we have been working through a great British medical drama made 2004/05 called Bodies. So realistic l have to look away at times. Occasionally we watch an episode of the Prisoner on Blu-ray, the picture on this set is exceptional even if some of the lots are no easier to decipher Cheers, mondie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal beat Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 the best show on TV at the moment IMO is " the Inbetweeners " Thursdays 9pm on GO. It's the 2nd series I have watched, but I think it is the 3rd and last series showing?. " The Inbetweeners is about four teenagers growing up in middle-class British suburbia. It’s a world of futile crushes, getting drunk, fancying the girl next door, casting aspersions on your friend’s sexuality, and perving at your mate’s mum. " Bloody hilarious - but it has lots of swearing, wanking, porn and all other such things 17-19 year old males try to get up to - so definately not for the children. US tv could never do this, bravo UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtrachewy Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Shameless (UK): tasteless, crass, you wouldn't like it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rab of Everest Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 GOing TV Series mad of late - The Wire, Dexter, Shameless, Oz - must track down Generation Kill. Caught 5 mins of it the other day on ABC and it did look very good (didn't realise it was from 'The Wire' guy - he is doing another series 'Treme' about the aftermath of Katrina in New Orleans which is apparently up there with the best too - one to look out for). I'm with you, Danter. I haven;t yet caught up with Dexter, but the others are mostly great. As for the Wire guys, IMO The Wire itself is way better than Generation Kill, although I also liked that very much, and I have only watched the first episode of Treme... it didn't do it for me, but I should probably watch another episode or two before coming to a conclusion... Our most recent addiction is In Treatment... we did a serial rental of Series 1 and 2 from our local video library.... can't wait for series 3! Highly recommended... but nothing can touch The Wire, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest VladimirFreddie Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Graham Norton Show, Good News Week, & been watching a lot of Drop the Dead Donkey on DVD. As well as going through our Xmas present - the Xfiles box set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 2 for Graham Norton, Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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