Testy Area 51 - Page 791

Babylon AD could have been so much better, some of the action was well done but ultimately I was left unimpressed. There was talk of a much longer cut, not sure if that would have helped though.

I saw a film last night I don't think you'll enjoy watching Elizabeth, though the director might interest you, the director of Dancer in the Dark and Dogville, Lars Von Trier. Here's the review I posted in Movies -

Sick! Disturbing! Unwatchable! At least one newspaper here wanted Lars Von Triers controversial new film banned. I watched Antichrist last night and it left me bored more than anything else. It has nothing to do with the Bible, 666, Damien or the end of the world (sadly, I wish it was).

There are just two actors in the film, Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg, the story simple, the film opens with the couple fornicating with graphic close ups of genitalia, meanwhile their baby boy climbs up to the window and falls to his death, this is the opening few minutes of the film and sets up the main story. The couple are overcome with grief and guilt and they both go a little mad, particularly the wife. Thats basically the whole story, the nastiness comes from what they do to each other, I'll spoilerise a couple of the more disturbing scenes that come up -

Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show) Not a film for the faint hearted. But the most disturbing film I've ever seen is still William Friedkin's The Exorcist, I saw it at a young age in a rerun back in the 70's and it haunted me back then, I've never seen a film since to match that for pure demonic evil. It's also my favourite horror movie.

Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show) A scene from Antichrist.

I suppose you could always look away when things get ugly Elizabeth, no it's not worth it. I can't honestly recommend Antichrist. Horrible film.






RIP Patrick Swayze. So sad, he was only 57. I think I'll watch Road House and Point Break this week as tribute.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1213530/Patrick-Swayze-loses-cancer-battle-57.html

[sprints into frame] What's that? They're remaking Wolverines Russ? Whoa who's playing Hugh Jackman?

I hope they make a sequel to Knowing don't you?

Hey I kinda liked The Haunting in Collateral, is that the one with that Megan Fox lookalike? she was real pretty.

I confess to never having heard of Norman Balrog, how many lives did he save and why was it not on the news?

Dracula Sucks? Vampirella's currently sleeping the sleep of the undead.

I tried warning people off seeing Triers Von Lars disturbing new film - Antichristou, but it doesn't work on Russwell, he's chomping at the bit to see it. Are you chomping at the bit Russ? The bit? Chomping? Russ? psst 

Point Break was a really good action flick directed by Kathryn Bigelow, who has the excellent Hurt Locker out this year. I loved the skydiving scenes in particular, beautifully filmed and the music enhances the sequence perfectly. Unlike the other actors Swayze really did jump out of the plane and made sure the camera caught it all on film. The insurance people were not amused.

Chris, I never heard of this guy before yesterday. Yes, I do watch the news.





So we were both disturbed by The Exorcist, except you never watched it again while I couldn't wait to buy it on video.

I bought The Exorcist for £30 in 1981 and thats a lot of money for a film in 1981, especially for an 18 year old. The film was banned shortly after and was never seen again in Britain until the late 90's when our old censors were replaced by more modern people and more films were left uncut than ever before. The Exorcist was released in cinemas again and I was first in line to see it at the Warners cinema in Leicester Square, an area which is full of cinemas. And I now own 3 dvds of it too.

Funny you should talk about subliminal messages Parker, in the recent directors cut of the film Friedkin has added subliminal images of the demon throughout the film, the film didn't need it and it cheapens it IMO, though I did like the inclusion of the 'spiderwalk' which sees the possessed Regan crawl down the stairs on her back spewing blood which was pretty unsettling.

Wow the Wolfman looks fantastic! Better than I thought it was going to be, why are they releasing it next year? I want to see it at Halloween! [sobs]

The original is a favourite of mine too. The Wolfman, Daybreakers, Shutter Island, a good start to 2010 I must say. And there's a big new Chris Nolan film out next summer, Inception. And Iron Man 2... plus Stallones The Expendables [bites fist].

Isn't Solomon Kane starring James Purefoy out soon, it's already got some good reviews, we need a trailer!

At least we have more room to type in now, even if our avatars have shrunk a bit.

I miss Russell's doodled avatar, especially the fanged Halloween one, don't think we'd be able to make it out now at this size.

I found the trailer to Solomon Kane, looks good. James Purefoy as the iconic Puritan swordsman in hat and coat looks a bit like Hugh Jackman in Van Helsing [Rick shudders]. Robert E. Howard wrote the stories, but his most famous creation is Conan the Cimmerian, Barbarian, Usurper, Conqueror, King!

Rumour has it? I don't remember that one, all I know is the Donna Summer song of 30 years ago, yes I was a bit of a fan, the disco diva, catchy songs... Sittin' here, eatin' my heart out waitin' for some lover to call, dialed about a thousand numbers lately, almost rang the phone off the wall. [jumps on desk] Lookin' for some hot stuff baby this evenin, 'I need some hot stuff baby tonight gotta hav[STOP IT STEVE!] oh alright. I was enjoying that.

Anyway I saw District 9 recently, wasn't that impressed with it. A spaceship appears over Johannesburg in 'Sath Afreeka' and the aliens turn out to be pathetic insect-like creatures looking for a home or something, anyway 20 years later the area where they live has turned into a ghetto and people have lost interest in the creatures dubbed 'prawns', as if that would ever happen in the real world. Thats what I didn't find believable in this film, that aliens would land on Earth and after the initial excitement and fear, we would lose interest in them. Yeah sure.



The effects were reasonably good, a lot of the film is shot in shaky-cam and the lead actor has never acted before but does a pretty good job of it even if he does look like some geezer they found walking past the set one day. The film has a dreary, grotty look and feel to it, but than it is set in alien slums! [snort] It's not the most pleasant film, though I did like some of the violence, the creatures, pathetic though they be, can tear a man apart in seconds. And I like the fact they only speak in their clickety cluck alien tongue (did they have tongues?) and not in perfect English, like the lizard aliens in V did (hey I remembered V, was a big fan of that 80's mini-series)

District 9 is an interesting alien invasion film with a twist, but I didn't like it much. I'll give it 3 out of 5 for attempting something different. A rental.


Edited by Steve Christou - 9/20/09 at 5:15pm

Good post and points chief, that would have made a neat addendum to my review, maybe next time we'll work together on a movie review.

"addendum" I like that word, you don't see it used much in forums, I like the way it sounds "aaaddennndummmm", like baby talk.

Well, hopefully the proposed sequel, District 10 The Prawn Ultimatum will be an improvement.

Russ, everyone's seen District 9 except you, give it a chance dood, I have a feeling you'll like it a lot more than I did. It's like one of those weird Japanese films where the guy slowly agonisingly turns into a machine. [Russ raises eyebrows] Yep it's a sick demented vomit stained film [Russ bites fist]. Hey the Nigerian goverment banned this movie, see Chris's post, yes he may have made that up, ChrisDAC can be a little strange [wink]. Walter enjoyed the film despite the bleak environment. Elizabeth probably wanted her money back. [snort] I'll give it a 2nd chance when I've forgotten all about it and see it in the 3 for £20 HMV sale some time next year.

Lets have a gander at your mini-reviews.. okay... um.. rubbish... rubbish... rubbish and... rubbish. I mean what was the point of remaking Last House on the Left? Tell me? The original was hardly high art and the sequel was... pointless. It made last years The Strangers look like a masterpiece in comparison.

LA Confidential, one of my favourite 90's films, popped thru my letterbox this morning, 2-disc special edition, 3 hours worth of extras and an isolated score, hopefully the picture and sound has been spruced up a bit. £5.99.

Oh well at least you've stopped double printing your reviews, and it looks like you've started using a speelchecker at last. Come on!... if you're man enough! 



Glad you liked LA Confidential, you do have some modicum of taste I suppose.

So Russ, how many Elvis Presley films have we got now, shall we tell the world?