Track the Films You Watch (2008) - Page 18

Joe Karlosi · 02-18-2008, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by 42nd Street Freak

You might as well. Everyone else seems to be.

I don't know anyone in the U.S. who has moved to England. I know many who are going to Florida and North Carolina, though.

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But waiting times can be bad, Hospitals can be shit holes (be not surprised you risk death simply going to Hospital more than for what illness/trouble put you in the Hospital in the first place) because the cleaning of them can sometimes be abysmal and your chances of getting certain drugs/care can depend on where you live.

So no, it is not perfect at all. But it won't hand you a bill at the end of your stay that means you have to sell a kidney to pay for your stay in Hospital.
Though of course the option to have health insurance and to go private is there.

Hmmm. I'm now even more confused! Looks like it varies from person to person, based on their experiences. But at least you make it clear, Dave, that it's not all rosey as Michael Moore depicts it.

42nd Street Freak · 02-18-2008, 10:30 AM

Well, I don't know how it is in America, but we have cases of people going into a hospital for something and then dying of an infection caught in the hospital.
Recently two mothers died after contracting one of the so called 'Hospital Super Bugs' while simply there to give birth.

People waiting on stretchers for housr in A&E corridors is not unusual either.

But the chances are slim of course, generally all is well and good and of course it's all free.
A good example of why America's system might be more high tech and safer but ultimately fails far too many was an episode of "Without a Trace" I saw today where a Mother had to have a hearing aid for her son but had to find $500 for one. $500 she did not have or would ever have.
Dreadful.
It the UK her son would have had a National Health hearing aid free of charge.

Bill McA · 02-18-2008, 11:25 AM

Dracula (restored version)(1958)

Wow!!

It was a great pleasure to finally see this long-time favorite on the big screen and in a print that has been newly restored from the original elements by the BFI.

Restored to it's original Technicolor lustre (and it's original title), the film was simply dazzling to experience in a sold-out theatre. The color, the detail and depth were simply stunning, I got goose-bumps all over again.

Warner's upcoming SE re-release DVD should be quite something!!

P.S. I saw HTF's Bob Turnbull in the audience...what did you think, Bob?

Bob Turnbull · 02-18-2008, 12:06 PM

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P.S. I saw HTF's Bob Turnbull in the audience...what did you think, Bob?

Wow!!

Yeah, it was terrific fun and my first viewing of it. I don't know what previous prints may have looked like, but the colours were magnificent. My two friends loved it too.

Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, fangs, impending doom music, awesome sets...Yeah, it had it all. I have to catch up on so much Hammer.

We grabbed a quick pint across the street before returning for The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg. I'd seen it before, but this was probably my favourite viewing of it. Since I had just seen Lola a few nights previous, the section where the camera flashes back to one of the sets from Lola put a huge smile on my face. I've also been able to catch Demy's short film Lust (part of the omnibus film The Seven Deadly Sins) and Bay Of Angels (that opening iris on Jeanne Moreau followed by that long quick backwards tracking shot through the Riviera was simply perfect). Lola and Bay Of Angels define bittersweet to a 'T'.

I'll be catching Young Girls Of Rochefort tonight. I've seen that as well and absolutely loved it, so the big screen showing should bump it up a notch.

Let me know if you'll be there Bill!

Bill McA · 02-18-2008, 12:36 PM

Sadly, I'll be skipping Young Girls of Rochefort tonight and I'll make do with a Zip.ca rental of that (when it arrives). I'll be going to Model Shop on Thursday and possibly the doc and short films tomorrow (depending on how my day at work goes).

I was at the same screenings of Lola And Bay of Angels too.

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that opening iris on Jeanne Moreau followed by that long quick backwards tracking shot through the Riviera was simply perfect

And the musical inclusion of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 really cinched it, it's a terrific piece of music that I've been hearing everywhere ever since I saw Irreversible.

Prints of Horror of Dracula (as well as the current DVD) definitely lean towards a brownish hue. The yellows and reds don't look anywhere as good as they did on Sunday (not to mention the added detail).

Can't wait for the SE DVD

PatW · 02-18-2008, 01:01 PM

Quo Vadis (1951)

Spectacle about the early Christians at the time of Nero. The stand-out here was Peter Ustinov who lives it up as Nero. Leo Genn also fares well as Petronius. His suicide scene was the single best scene in the whole movie. I had a hard time buying Robert Taylor in the role. He seemed stiff and uncomfortable in the role and his romance with Deborah Kerr was uninteresting. Still it was colourful to look at and the religious aspect of the movie, interesting.

Michael Elliott · 02-18-2008, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Karlosi

I don't know what came over me yesterday, but I had an unusual urge to walk into my local rental store and pick up 5 random DVDs to check out off the shelves, whichever interested me and a couple which I thought my wife would be interested in. I knocked out the first 4 in one day:
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Did they only have five titles?

02/14/08

Good Will to Men (1955)

Hanna & Barbera

Oscar-nominated cartoon is a remake of the Oscar-nominated 1939 short Peace on Earth. The film has a preacher mouse telling the younger mice how men destroyed the world due to war and violence. This is a pretty good cartoon, although I prefer the original version. The animation is very good as are the characters and I always like seeing cartoons in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio. It's funny to think that an innocent short like this couldn't be made today due to the religious aspects of the story.

Little orphan, The (1948)