mmmribsmmm wrote:I just saw The Hunger Games yesterday. I enjoyed to jabs taken at American culture. The whole movie reminded me of 1984 with the imagery. I also thought they borrowed heavily from steampunk with the costume designs and makeup.Isn't the whole story stolen from Battle Royale? Which was also written in novel form before Hunger Games.

Podge9 wrote:Senna.I don't have a great deal of interest in formula 1 but this plays out with an oddly strong 'narrative' for a documentary. It gets pretty tense in the build up to the incident.All surprisingly gripping and pretty moving at times.Thanks for suggesting, this is excellent.

I looked at the free weekly a day too late to see that a screening of Wiseman's Juvenile Court was on Friday evening. So I did not see that good movie lately. Dammit.However, I did grab at the library The Exterminating Angel and Two-Lane Blacktop so I shall enjoy those this week.

Wanderlust was extremely funny.

I just saw The Hunger Games yesterday. I enjoyed to jabs taken at American culture. The whole movie reminded me of 1984 with the imagery. I also thought they borrowed heavily from steampunk with the costume designs and makeup.

enframed wrote:mmmribsmmm wrote:I just saw The Hunger Games yesterday. I enjoyed to jabs taken at American culture. The whole movie reminded me of 1984 with the imagery. I also thought they borrowed heavily from steampunk with the costume designs and makeup.Isn't the whole story stolen from Battle Royale? Which was also written in novel form before Hunger Games.I was thinking about it. I've never seen Battle Royale, but I read a wikipedia page on it. The Hunger Games is making a critique of the power structure in the U.S. A friend is urging me to read the book so I'm going to. The movie isn't just about a bunch of kids that have to kill each other, it goes a bit further than that. I think it's the kind of movie this country needs in major theatres. Check it out, I dug it.

The Raid: Redemption yesterday.

Zorg wrote:Adrian wrote:Riff Magnum wrote:pymm wrote:If you like watching a brainy Keira Knightly getting voluntarily flogged then A Dangerous Method is for you.I thought Fassbinder was really good in this. Movie was good. Not Cronenbergs best, butit's up there.Watched this last night. Fassbinder does indeed put in a very strong performance.Exceptional, if you consider that he's been in a grave the last 30 years.There's method, and there's method.

Riff Magnum wrote:pymm wrote:If you like watching a brainy Keira Knightly getting voluntarily flogged then A Dangerous Method is for you.I thought Fassbinder was really good in this. Movie was good. Not Cronenbergs best, butit's up there.Watched this last night. Fassbinder does indeed put in a very strong performance.

Zorg wrote:Adrian wrote:Riff Magnum wrote:I thought Fassbinder was really good in this. Watched this last night. Fassbinder does indeed put in a very strong performance.Exceptional, if you consider that he's been in a grave the last 30 years.Ah yes indeed. With apologies to Mr Fassbender.