Beasts of No Nation
Made by Netflix. A solid effort on a brutal topic.
Inside Out
I shed a tear
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Thanks TheCholulaKid, both of those are on my list to watch.
I settled down to watch The King of New York last night. Iâve seen it before., but spent most of my time seething that the DVD Iâd bought was in crappy 4:3 format. Managed to see a much nicer HD version last night.
First off, what a fucking cast. Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Fishburne (young enough to be credited as âLarryâ in this flick), Giancarlo Esposito (Gus from Breaking Bad) and Wesley Snipes all appear in much younger form, athough most are just as accomplished as they proved to be in later life.
Walkenâs Frank White is like the Genghis Khan of gangsters in New York. Most other gangs in the city are either racist or tribal. Like Genghis, Frank will take anybody, and breaks a particular taboo of the time by having a load of black lads in his crew. Heâs also a ruthless bastard; if a deal doesnât go the way he likes, he has got no aversion to killing everybody that refused him.
The film never really takes time to breathe, which is to its credit. Frankâs rise is swift, but heâs beset by enemies on all sides and problems throughout, his biggest arriving after he has lock stock control of the underworld. The final shot is fantastic too.
Undefeated. Borderline cheesy. But some definite feel good stuff going on:
Just watched (always about 6 months behind) Ex Machina - very intreging SciFi - and I am in love with Alicia Vikander
Date night with gf. Was given the choice of Steve Jobs, Hunger Games or Spectre.
Went with Bond. God it was dull. So by the numbers and painfully predictable. Franz was entirely uninteresting, shame considering how interesting Silva was in Sky fall.
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Thought Spectre was a bit old school Bond, which is good, but I thought the point was being modern and like the Bourne movies.
Yeah, there wasnât any good outcome there bear.
Originally posted by @KRG
Yeah, there wasnât any good outcome there bear.
Movie wise or with your date?
New Bourne film in production, should help banish that Bond memory to dust.
WTF is a date night?
I did an interview with the stunt co-ordinator guy from Spectre, whose now doing the new Bourne movie. In a really non descript building in Leavesden. More like a boxing club with a boxing mat and fake knives, guns etc. Afterwards an AP from the Bourne franchise turned up to check I hadnât filmed anything I shouldnât have. I joked about seeing the script, which wasnât funny 
Got a good mate in the States that is training as an SFX artist. Heâs a huge Doctor Who fan, and takes pride in making it to conferences. Anwyays, he gets drinking with one of the British writers, who duly spoils the next 15 months of the show. The writerâs boss turns up, clocks whatâs gone on, and fronts my mateâs tab for the rest of the night, hoping to get him in a state of forgetful oblivion.
Didnât work, obviously - but he kept the plotlines schtum, even in the retelling.
You all need to watch the full version of Jungle Burger
My step-brother and his partner both work on films/tv shows, often at Pinewood/Leavesden. It does make me laugh the lengths they go to for security. I did a few weeks as a runner at Pinewood a few years back, and was amazed at the improvised hay bale wall they built to obstruct views of the âcastleâ they built for Snow White & The Huntsmen and the ('kin impressive) town they built for Dark Shadows.
My favourite story was when I asked her what she was working on a while back and she wasnât allowed to tell me. But then told me that the code word they had to use (failure to use this internally was a sackable offence) was so obvious that external suppliers could work out what the film was straight away. Silly folk.
Originally posted by @TheCholulaKid
Originally posted by @KRG
Date night with gf. Was given the choice of Steve Jobs, Hunger Games or Spectre.
Went with Bond. God it was dull. So by the numbers and painfully predictable. Franz was entirely uninteresting, shame considering how interesting Silva was in Sky fall.
WTF is a date night?
Itâs normally for long time married couples with kids! They get someone to babysit and they go out as if theyâre on a date, sort of trying to rekindle a spark. (See OED Definition)
I thought KRG was young and newlyish married so am a bit surprised by him going on one
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Anyway I watched Agent 47 the other night, sâalright I guess, nothing exciting, in fact I spent part of the film playing one of KRGâs gamesâŚ
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Not even married, but yeah weâve been together years. I more just figured it was a date with someone who youâve been with for a while? I may have misused it.
What game were you playing BBB?
Havent been to see a film for a while but we decided to see The Lady In The Van the other day which was well worth the trip. Only downside was that it was ÂŁ11.30 each! I am old enough to remember when going to the Flicks was a cheap night out! WTF happened?