I liked this film, it takes quite a bit of talent to improvise and it was cool to 'travel' through England on a poetry/writer tour.Quote:
Originally Posted by Silas Thorne
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I liked this film, it takes quite a bit of talent to improvise and it was cool to 'travel' through England on a poetry/writer tour.Quote:
Originally Posted by Silas Thorne
Iron Man 3, I liked it, he's not my favorite superhero but good. Pepper Potts was good in it and Ben Kingsley's character kinda surprised me, maybe because I am not a genius when it comes to the comic books. Way better than 2. My son loved it so I give it 8/10...
Cash on Demand (1961)
This black and white film from Hammer studios concerns a clever provincial bank robbery by a confidence trickster posing as a security officer from the head office of the bank's associated insurance company. Allowing for the unlikely scenario, it provides some tense moments as the con man tricks the prim and proper manager into helping him. Bravo performances from Andre Morrel and Peter Cushing with good supporting parts from the bank staff make for an enjoyable 80 minutes viewing.
7/10
I have just watched for the second time this week a 3 hour documentary called What Happened on the Moon.
Absolutely fascinating and pretty damning evidence from professionals that the moon landings were faked. I remember watching the first 'landing' on TV as a youngster and saying out loud: 'But it's a film set !' Anyhow, the most fascinating section is part three dealing with the development of rocket technology in Germany and subsequently in the USA and USSR. The connection between Fritz Lang's film Frau im Mond and how it was used to inveigle Hitler's approval for funding the V2 project and its effect on the US Apollo programme is truly amazing. Because the film is exhaustive in highlighting impossibilities in the filmed moon landings, it must get a 10/10.
There are a couple of questionable points in the documentary but there are plenty that aren't.
http://youtu.be/sKainIQiaKA
I found "The Clue of the Silver Key" that Emil reviewed on YouTube. It seemed like I was watching a play. Although I knew from the review that the butler did it, I didn't see how until the end. Then it became obvious. Score: 5/10
I also saw "She Did Him Wrong", an old Mae West movie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Done_Him_Wrong I understand this movie saved Paramount from bankruptcy. The movie could have been longer spending more time on the relationship between West and Grant. I've never seen Mae West before, but after seeing her I can see why many found her attractive. It was mainly the way she spoke. She seemed voluptuously overweight, but that may have been the preferred style of the 30s. She had all the good lines, like, "It takes two to get one in trouble."
Score: 8/10
Since it was 2 for $1 at the library, I also watched "Sexy Evil Genius": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexy_Evil_Genius Unfortunately my mind was still on Lady Lou (Mae West) who seemed even more attractive to me while watching the two females in this movie: Miranda (Michelle Trachtenberg) was cute, but she seemed like a child compared to West, and Nikki, the "genius", (Katee Sackhoff) was too annoying to even compare her to West although Nikki had moments of generosity just as Lady Lou did.
Score: 3/10
Congratulations, you must be one of the few Americans who has seen a British B movie. The word you were looking for to describe the play-like quality of its presentation is 'stagy', which is a facet they all share and is what endears them to their many British followers as well as their nostalgia for a Britain that is no more.Quote:
Originally Posted by YesNo
The legendary Mae West is indeed voluptuously overweight, but it's all in the right places and her sexuality is very much in the viewer's face. Noted for her risqué sayings, she was alleged to have asked a potential leading man how tall he was. The guy said six feet six and a half inches; to which she replied : 'Never mind the six feet, let's talk about the six and a half inches.'
There Will Be Blood. I hadn't seen it in quite some time, I think since it was originally released, but it didn't cease to amaze me. The soundtrack by Johnny Greenwood of Radiohead is pretty amazing, as is the acting from Daniel Day Lewis. I would say that this is my favorite of his three Oscar winning roles. Completely mesmerizing film!
10/10
I started watching parts of this and it does make me wonder whether the photographs were taken on the moon or not. It seemed that the astronauts didn't rise high enough when they jumped, for one example.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
One of West's famous lines I remember hearing as a child. I thought it went something like "Why don't you come up and see me sometime." What I found out in the movie is she actually said, "Why don't you come up sometime and see me".Quote:
Originally Posted by Emil Miller
I think my version came from a Popeye cartoon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgUD-CUe-7o
The interesting thing about the film is that the 'conspiracy theorists', unlike the usual naysayers, are, with the exception of the co-authoress of Dark Moon, qualified scientific experts in their fields; some of whom actually worked on the Apollo project. However, one of the things that doesn't hold water in the film is the one you mention. If, as is suggested , the astronauts were attached to wires to simulate jumping in low gravity, then the astronaut's jump shown could have been as high as they wanted it to be. The other flaw in the programme is the statement that Armstrong and co. could have been surrogates standing in for real astronauts who did go to the moon. This is simply silly because who would volunteer for a mission in which they knew they wouldn't be coming back?Quote:
Originally Posted by YesNo
However, the clincher is the fact that other light sources were obviously used because it's impossible to obtain clear pictures in deep shadow areas and the shadows cast by different objects on the 'moon's surface' were at variance with each other, as the professional photographer and the industrial imagist clearly demonstrated: this is an impossibility unless other light sources were used. Even the Swedish guy from Hasselblad who designed the camera they used couldn't explain it and Nasa's spokesman tried to brush it aside by saying such evidence was nit-picking. One of the rocks in a photo clearly had the letter 'C' stamped on it and it was lined up with another letter 'C' marked on the ground. Then there is the statement by one of the Apollo astronauts that it was possible that the film might have been damaged by conditions on the moon and NASA could have staged the landings.
The whole black and white sequence resembles a bad 1950s B movie. which gets it 2/10.
If I was you lot I'd forget 'movies' and start watching All Creatures Great and Small on You Tube. 10/10.
Now, now Neely, All Creatures Great and Small is a British TV series about a veterinary surgeon and therefore rather parochial for an American website.
However, I have just watched Forbidden Cargo (1954) a black and white British film with a cast that reads like a composite list of 1950s actors as well known to British audiences in their day as the likes of James Cagney, Spencer Tracy etc.etc. were to American cinema goers.
The great Nigel Patrick plays a customs officer on the trail of a gang of drug smugglers and ends with a believably exciting motor chase through London's docklands before the gang are caught. No aliens, vampires, CGI, explosions, zombies, foul language or other forms of infantilism; just believable entertainment. 8/10
I haven't had a chance to finish What Happened on the Moon, but I can easily believe that many of the videos and photos of the moon landing were faked for Cold War propaganda purposes especially if live coverage proved a problem. The question that now bothers me is whether we actually went there or not. I told my daughter my current doubts. I probably shouldn't have. But if the Apollo missions were all a fake for propaganda purposes that would be almost as amazing a feat as going to the moon itself.
No vampires?:shocked:
Mrs Neely's quite fond of The Painted Veil, not a bad film either, I think we've seen it about four times in total, though not watched it this year. The sound track refrain thing also captures a certain mood:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1tyVlKjJZI
Though as I say I've not watching many films at the moment.
I showed some of Hitchcock's Tales of the Unexpected to some Y7s today (11/12 year olds) which went down quite well. I thought they would riot at the sight of black and white TV, but the direction of Hitchcock managed to pull it off.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr6aFSOZEfk
I love that show! I hadn't thought about it being available on youtube.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
The East 8/10 It's a movie about a young woman who infiltrates a group of bioterrorists. It explores a lot of ethical issues, and, if you care at all about the planet, makes you want to do more for it's well-being. A small, independent movie. I recommend it.