Last Film You Watched

[Ian]

Lullaby. Very boring. Clemence Poesy is luminous and charming throughout, but is the only reason I sat through to the end of this painfully dull, unappealing and unconvincing love story.

[fish]

...this painfully dull, unappealing and unconvincing love story.

So not one to rush out and buy then?

[Ian]

I dunno, fishy, what are your masochistic tendencies?



Don't answer that.

[Ian]

Saw In Bruges last night. After a job goes badly wrong, two hit-men (Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson) are sent to cool off in Bruges (it's in Belgium) for a couple of weeks... but nothing quite goes as expected. You know, I knew I was going to like this within the first couple of minutes - sometimes you can just tell. This is an absolutely cracking comedy/drama/thriller that is frequently absolutely laugh-out-loud hilarious yet also builds to a genuinely gripping climax. I am really glad that my current fascination with Clemence Poesy (who is absolutely lovely here ) led me to this. One of the best films I've seen in ages.

[Dahls]

I agree, In Bruges is a very good film.

[sydney]

I saw the Secret life of Walter Mitty on Friday. Fascinating movie and I really recommend it!!! Great scenes of Greenland and Iceland.

[DMt.]

Saw In Bruges last night...current fascination with Clemence Poesy (who is absolutely lovely here]...

Poesy played the German dealer girl who serviced the film crews? Hmmm.
It was indeed a good film.

[Ian]

Indeed.

[Dahls]

I might take you up on that, Syd.
I love watching films with great nature sceenary, and Iceland is certainly beautiful.

[DMt.]

Check Sigur Ros' Heima documentary/live album doubleDVD, then. A doc, and the best bits of the free concerts they did all over Iceland [including the remotest bits] after getting home from three years' world touring. Just wonderful. It's on YouTube, if you can't source the DVDs.

[sydney]

I might take you up on that, Syd.
I love watching films with great nature sceenary, and Iceland is certainly beautiful.

Those scenes of Iceland made me actually want to go there...

[Ian]

Saw Anchorman 2 at the cinema today. Mm... good fun actually. Stupid - perhaps a bit too stupid toward the end - but very entertaining for the most part with some big laughs (the dinner party with his black boss/girlfriend's parents had me pissing myself ) and some quite effective satire on the dumbing down of broadcast news in the name of chasing ratings. Undemanding fun.

[Dahls]

The first one was indeed a lot of fun, so I'll certainly give the sequel a chance when it's out on dvd or for streaming.

Those scenes of Iceland made me actually want to go there...

You should, Iceland is a great place to visit.
I was there when I was just a kid, but I'll never forget how lovely it was, and hope to return one day.

Thanks for the Sigur Ros tip, Dave.
I saw parts of it when it was airing on tv a couple of years ago, but I'd like to see the whole thing.
I'll check it out on ytube tomorrow.

[Ian]

You're Next. A family reunion descends into bloodshed and terror when the family are attacked by masked intruders with just one thing on their mind - murder. There's just one thing the psychos didn't count on - a girlfriend of one of the sons (former Home and Away actress Sharni Vinson) who just so happens to be the daughter of a survivalist, and who won't be going down without a fight.... Reasonable horror thriller. Great first half but gets a bit silly and stretched out (despite being just 90 minutes) in the second half. And you thought your family get-togethers were painful!

[Ian]

Dead Snow. A group of college kids head for a cabin (man, have they never seen a horror movie?!) in the snow, only to find themselves up against a bloodthirsty local legend from the Second World War. You guessed it, folks... zombie Nazis! This campy Scandinavian splatter comedy-horror is a lot of bloody fun, literally!
"I told you we should have gone to Sunny Beach!"