bozz

Hello!

I've been getting into Akira Kurosawa movies. Watched Yojimbo last weekend, and Seven Samurai this weekend. I've got Rashomon and Ran left to watch. Can anyone recommend other films of his?

ANTICHRIST -

A couple of nasty scenes at the end (not in a mega-graphic torture porn sort of way)

I think we've seen different versions of this film. The one I saw featured mega-graphic torture porn.

Some inconsiderate bastards have made "Bozz" and "Bozzley" already on that server (and "Bosley" too! Damn you Tee!). So in the spirit of naming characters after Manx things I've made a dwarf hunter called "Comeover". See you soon.

Fuck it, count me in

Fantastic Mr Fox is cussing brilliant. Good for kids and adults. Recommended.

Saw Inglourious Basterds earlier in the week, a superb return to form for Quentin Tarantino.

And then today I watched Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Not the digitally remade versions, the proper old-school originals. Was good until the ewoks turned up, which is when I fell asleep. I woke up when the emperor started being all lightningy. Good films.

Watched Crank 2 over the weekend. Quite possibly the most random 96 minutes of film I've ever seen, brilliant stuff.

Crank 2 is the apex of the current era of cinema. It cannot be bettered within my lifetime.

Just seen The International, starring Chancer and the screamy one out of King Kong who wasn't actually King Kong. It's one of them "message" films, but possibly the best example of one I've seen in quite a while. Ten minutes of fairly gritty shooty action, eighty minutes of talking about serious things, four minutes of "this here thing what the film is about is bad for society and the world, innit", and not one wedged-in-to-appease-marketing romance. It does get, well, boring, but considering the subject matter and the sheer craft which has gone into the film, it's perfectly acceptable. And I'm hammered, and I watched a boring film, and I liked it, so it must be good.

For anyone who knows weird German films and isn't sure - it's by the guy who did Run Lola Run, but it's fuck all like Run Lola Run. But it's worth a watch, though.

It also contains a variation on the "sometimes burning bridges gives you the light to see by" quote, which is also good.

I'd give it three and a half World Banks out of five.

Listen! the last film I watched was boogie nights 2 hours I had ta wait ta ave a quick spy of a cock when all I needed at do was ta stand and watch Douglas cycle lane where there's loads of cocks,

If you wanted to see cocks, you could have looked on, ooh I dunno, the internet? It's full of them, figuratively and literally. Erm, so I've been told. Ahem.

In The Loop. Made me realise that I'm an amateur when it comes to swearing. Sixteen stars out of five.

I finally forced myself to watch The Fountain the other night. I've had it for ages, tried to watch it three times before, but it's sooo frigging sloooow.

Bloody hell, I loved it. Kinda sci-fi, very beautiful, very very clever film. I've watched it twice since, still can't fathom how someone came up with it. Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz were superb. If you have patience and a very open mind when it comes to films, I'd recommend giving it a chance.

Role Models made me laugh louder and longer than that time the cat fell off the table.

Burn after reading was brilliant, The cohen brothers back to what they do best, it's up there with the big lebowski.

 

And as for teeth one of the worst films i have ever seen, turned it off after an hour, awful

Brilliant Hold on, are you my dad?

I watched Southland Tales the other night ( IMDb link ). I wanted it to be good, and persevered with it but it was utter dross. Most disappointing

First time I saw Southland Tales, I wasn't sure if I was watching the best or the worst film ever made. Hated some bits of it, couldn't understand what the hell was going on, but there was something about this big glossy bat-shit crazy film that I liked. I've seen it a few times now, and it's grown on me big time. And the soundtrack is superb - lots of ambient electronica linking songs by Radiohead, Muse and the Pixies.

(also - if you've seen the film but want to know more about it, there's a comic book that acts as a prequel, explains a helluva lot more than the film did)

Apart from seeing one of the cast get their head blown off whilst wearing the daftest grin ever put on film, I genuinely couldn't see the point to Burn After Reading. Filed alongside No Country For Old Men in the "Coen Brothers Finally Disappear Up Their Own Arseholes" drawer.

If you want a good film, you can do worse than Teeth.