I can swear to you there is nothing wrong with my bodily fluids
1964 Stanley Kubrick
A mad paranoid Brigadier General sets in motion a plan to launch a nuclear strike against the Russians and breaks communications with his superiors. The B52 has the go codes no-one knows the stop codes the BG gets more madder as the superiors try to sort it all out.
Fantastic plot and characters, Peter Sellers shows his talents playing several parts. The star of the film for me was Sterling Heyden as General Jack D. Ripper. He's funny, he's scary.
This is a definate watch againer
8/10
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
Film 42 "Cinema Paradiso" IMDB No. 77
I don't want to hear you anymore, I want to hear about you.
1988 Giuseppe Tornatore
Story of a boy growing up in a Sicilian village told as flashbacks from the now famous film director.
The young boy called Toto has a fascination for films, he tries all the tricks to get into the local film house the projectionist Alfredo eventually lets him help out.
For the most part it set in the 20's and 30's when the cinema was the focal point of the village, the scenes inside the theater are great and the acting of the young boy is especially good.
I would say this is a bit of a girls film, but watchable and enjoyable enough.
7/10
1988 Giuseppe Tornatore
Story of a boy growing up in a Sicilian village told as flashbacks from the now famous film director.
The young boy called Toto has a fascination for films, he tries all the tricks to get into the local film house the projectionist Alfredo eventually lets him help out.
For the most part it set in the 20's and 30's when the cinema was the focal point of the village, the scenes inside the theater are great and the acting of the young boy is especially good.
I would say this is a bit of a girls film, but watchable and enjoyable enough.
7/10
Friday, 3 June 2011
Film 41 "Vertigo" IMDB No. 44
Only one is a wanderer; two together are always going somewhere.
1958 Alfred Hitchcock
Set in San Francisco, a retired police detective is asked by an old college friend to keep an eye on his wife who he thinks is going mad obsesed with a dead ancestor.
The retired detective, Scottie, obviously never worked undercover, it is some of the worst following I have seen in any film. He follows her a lot and becomes obsessed with her.
There is the usual Hitchcock twist and turn or two and a dramatic ending.
I didn't like this as much as Rear Window, probably because it's just a bit too lovey dovey.
I almost forgot, Scottie is scared of heights, so he can't follow her everywhere.
I may return to it one day.
6.5/10
1958 Alfred Hitchcock
Set in San Francisco, a retired police detective is asked by an old college friend to keep an eye on his wife who he thinks is going mad obsesed with a dead ancestor.
The retired detective, Scottie, obviously never worked undercover, it is some of the worst following I have seen in any film. He follows her a lot and becomes obsessed with her.
There is the usual Hitchcock twist and turn or two and a dramatic ending.
I didn't like this as much as Rear Window, probably because it's just a bit too lovey dovey.
I almost forgot, Scottie is scared of heights, so he can't follow her everywhere.
I may return to it one day.
6.5/10
Monday, 30 May 2011
Film 40 "Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship of the Ring" IMDB No.19
Nobody tosses a dwarf.
2001 Peter Jackson
A fantasy tale of Hobbits and Dwarfs and Elves and Man and Wizards and Dark Lords to name but a few. There is a lot going on here a lot to take in. The version I watched was about 3 hours long and tells a lot of the history behind the story and sets up a lot of what is to come in the next installments and it carries you along at a good pace. i didn't think I would like this, it's from a kids book after all, but I did enjoy it a lot. The scenery and sets are amazing, fighting action scenes are good, the surround sound was really rumbling.
The story goes a bit like this.
An ancient ring has powers that makes it want to return to its owner, this is given to a little hobbit, when the goodies find out he has it they join forces to beat the baddies. The ring has to be destroyed by casting into a mountain deep in enemy territory, the hobbit says he will destroy it. A group of the goodies say they will help him.
I want to watch the next one
8.5/10
2001 Peter Jackson
A fantasy tale of Hobbits and Dwarfs and Elves and Man and Wizards and Dark Lords to name but a few. There is a lot going on here a lot to take in. The version I watched was about 3 hours long and tells a lot of the history behind the story and sets up a lot of what is to come in the next installments and it carries you along at a good pace. i didn't think I would like this, it's from a kids book after all, but I did enjoy it a lot. The scenery and sets are amazing, fighting action scenes are good, the surround sound was really rumbling.
The story goes a bit like this.
An ancient ring has powers that makes it want to return to its owner, this is given to a little hobbit, when the goodies find out he has it they join forces to beat the baddies. The ring has to be destroyed by casting into a mountain deep in enemy territory, the hobbit says he will destroy it. A group of the goodies say they will help him.
I want to watch the next one
8.5/10
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Film 39 "Alien" IMDB No. 46
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space.
1979 Ridley Scott
The crew of a deep space mining ship get woken from hypersleep when the ship's computer interprets a signal from a planet as an SOS. You know what's going to happen, it's going to kick off with an Alien, it's all there in title of the film, it wasn't an SOS it was a warning.
It starts pretty slowly as the crew prepare to investigate, like a classic horror film it just keeps building the tension. There's plenty of gorey action and the ending made me hold my breath.
I last saw this when I was a teenager and probably didn't realise how good it was then, this was like watching it for the first time.
Brilliant 8/10
1979 Ridley Scott
The crew of a deep space mining ship get woken from hypersleep when the ship's computer interprets a signal from a planet as an SOS. You know what's going to happen, it's going to kick off with an Alien, it's all there in title of the film, it wasn't an SOS it was a warning.
It starts pretty slowly as the crew prepare to investigate, like a classic horror film it just keeps building the tension. There's plenty of gorey action and the ending made me hold my breath.
I last saw this when I was a teenager and probably didn't realise how good it was then, this was like watching it for the first time.
Brilliant 8/10
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Film 38 "Downfall" IMDB No. 93
What do you expect from a teetotal, non-smoking vegetarian?
2004 Oliver Hirschbiegel
Set in Berlin in 1945, it tells the story of the end of The Second World War as told by Hitler's private secretary Traudl Junge. Let me say there isn't any fun or humour in this film, it's pretty grim. If this were about The Brits loosing I reckon there would be a bit of humour, the Germans were a weird bunch, in the face of defeat instead of having a cup of tea and thinking 'at least it's over now' they preferred to kill themselves. There is a lot of guns in mouths and super quick poison capsules going on.
Still the sets are brilliant and the acting takes you there and you really get the feel for what was going on at the time in that environment.
Great to see a war film from a different perspective, albeit without the happy ending.
8/10
2004 Oliver Hirschbiegel
Set in Berlin in 1945, it tells the story of the end of The Second World War as told by Hitler's private secretary Traudl Junge. Let me say there isn't any fun or humour in this film, it's pretty grim. If this were about The Brits loosing I reckon there would be a bit of humour, the Germans were a weird bunch, in the face of defeat instead of having a cup of tea and thinking 'at least it's over now' they preferred to kill themselves. There is a lot of guns in mouths and super quick poison capsules going on.
Still the sets are brilliant and the acting takes you there and you really get the feel for what was going on at the time in that environment.
Great to see a war film from a different perspective, albeit without the happy ending.
8/10
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Film 37 "Terminator 2 Judgement Day" IMDB No. 42
You just can't go around killing people.
1991 James Cameron
It's like buses, another James Cameron film, not intentionly I didn't know he directed this, I'm not that sad, but I do now, so now I am.
Another Terminator is sent back to 'terminate' John Connor, who is going to save the world (if he survives)
The twist is that the terminator that was sent back in the original Terminator 1 to kill his mum Sarah is actually the goody and the baddy is the one that looks the goody. You don't work this out until about 10 minutes into the film.
Lots of guns and shooting and blowing things up and suffering injuries that would kill people but because they are future robots they survive until the end, it does end eventually.
7/10
1991 James Cameron
It's like buses, another James Cameron film, not intentionly I didn't know he directed this, I'm not that sad, but I do now, so now I am.
Another Terminator is sent back to 'terminate' John Connor, who is going to save the world (if he survives)
The twist is that the terminator that was sent back in the original Terminator 1 to kill his mum Sarah is actually the goody and the baddy is the one that looks the goody. You don't work this out until about 10 minutes into the film.
Lots of guns and shooting and blowing things up and suffering injuries that would kill people but because they are future robots they survive until the end, it does end eventually.
7/10
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