Thoroughly recommend watching Rob Ager's breakdowns of Kubrick's films AFTER you have watched them. Kubrick was mentally unbalanced but on another plane of thought when it came to the things he did in his films.

2001 is the greatest piece of cinema.

I haven't read them tbh so can't comment on that.

What I will say though is that in general I think people reading books is a good thing. And I know a hell of a lot of women who would never read, who can basically recite the books backwards to you - some of which realised how much they enjoyed reading and continued to do so for varying genres. So there's that, at least.

'A Clockwork Orange' has made me want to! Will be checking out 2001: A Space Odyssey next. Love movies that force you to think about hidden meanings.

You guys should watch all of Kubrick's movies.

They are truly astounding.

:lol: can confirm I have been planning on watching it solely because of this too :lol:

Last night I watched Big Hero 6, and really liked it. I didn't have much hope when I saw the trailer, but was pleasantly surprised (I had the exact same experience with Guardians of the Galaxy). The whole America-Japan thing weirded me out a bit, but once I got over that it was a fun movie that pulled the heart-strings once or twice :lol: I definitely am a sucker for a good kids movie though.

Watched 'A Clockwork Orange' the other night purely because of the FFT poster clockworkorange :lol:

Really enjoyed it. Reminds me of the movies you have to study and break down during your HSC with the amount of hidden meanings etc.

Highly recommend the movie Whiplash. I was on the edge of my seat with some of the scenes.

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I don't hate the books for the content - I hate them for the shit standard of writing.

My friend, who is a complete (self-proclaimed) slutty submissive really hates the books for the way they portray the dom/sub relationship. It seems to be the common consensus of people who are into kink, it's looking at a safe and mutual lifestyle through a lens that doesn't understand it and portrays appeal in non-consentual dominance.

I dunno, I haven't read them and I'm not very acquainted with dom/sub kink (other than my general straight white cis male shitlord misogyny, of course).

I haven't yet but promised the wife I will go with her, probably next week.

I don't fully understand the hatred of the books by guys tbh - if anything I got more "play" than usual when she read the books, it was great! :lol:

Anyone seen 50 Shades yet?

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Son of a Gun

Australian Heist Film

Did not hold together at the end, and Im usually a fan of the work of Ewen Mcgregor, in his films, and his Long Way Around docos

The clichéd romantic love story involving the young kid and a gangster affiliate is pretty played out dont you think?

In conclusion, of the last batch of films I have seen, and this is the time of the year to catch up on films, the only film worth remembering was "Winter Sleep", the rest have been disappointments, or just did enough for me not to switch off on them, watching from the confines of my laptop

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You get taken out of the movie as much as I did watching it? Jeez, the sandstorm fight just lost all tension when he decided to call home. What the hell was he thinking?

I disagree! :lol:

I watched American Sniper last night and really liked it. Knew nothing of the story or anything before seeing it, but got really drawn in and a few things really hit home for me. Something tells me it could have been done better, but I'm not unhappy with how it turned out.

Watched a few movies the past few nights. Here are my ratings:
Gone Girl - Really liked it but the ending shit me. 8/10 Wristies
The Inbetweeners 2 - Good movie, funny. Enjoyed it mainly because it was based in Australia. 6.5/10 Wristies
The Maze Runner - Love this type of movie but can see the sequel being better 7/10 Wristies

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Watched American Sniper.

Was good, but all the tension in certain scenes is just taken out by dumb things like calling home, fake baby, and convenience. Still enjoyed it.

Also saw Imitation Game and Theory of Everything...good movies. Seeing Birdman tomorrow.

And all his other works as well.

Shame though as I don't think people would respond well to that stuff being made into movies now after The Hobbit.

Maybe just keep Peter Jackson and Co as far away as possible from it.

-PB

A pity that the Tolkein estate don't like what's been done with LOTR, because there's large chunks of The Silmarillion that would make an awesome series of movies.

Birdman

Did not like it...

Am I supposed to like this?

I dunno

I'm one of the few people I can find that loved Battle of Five Armies. I thought it was great!

Robert Allenby says kidnapping felt like the film 'Taken'

Well, maybe Robert Allenby should stop dressing like George Michael on a Golf course next time, then he wont have a Taken-type experience!

I didn't bother researching the guy before I saw it because I didn't want it to impact my viewing so I'm not so bothered by that tbh. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, I thought Cooper was quite good but the movie felt really rushed, particularly the last 30 or so minutes. Also Sienna Miller is still tidy but way better as a blonde IMO.

I watched Inherent Vice last night and despite looking forward to it more than any other 2014 film I wasn't expecting much due to the mixed reception it's got thus far, but I absolutely loved it. Mind you I'll have to see it again to properly wrap my head around things because it's hazy as fuck in patches but I'd put it alongside Birdman as my favourite of 2014. Unsurprisingly Joaquin Phoenix is brilliant as a stoner.

So keen for this, next on my list.

Just watched American Sniper. Wow, talk about a character whitewash. Calls itself a bipoic, but it is barely one at all.

Birdman is incredible, performances and direction are amazing.

Screener season is well and truly delivering at the moment.

Recently watched The Thing again, definitely my favourite horror movie of all time. Although Aliens is up there.



Saviour of sci-fi action films. We need more of these, and less of Comic book clone #279.

Watched Nightcrawler today, Lou was fucking creepy as fuck.

Gyllenhall is probably one of, if not my favourite actor atm. Kills everything.

Went and saw The Imitation Game today. Really well made movie, enjoyed it thoroughly. The cast was excellent

Big hero 6 ia an awesoke movie . It did have a traditional marvel ending after the credits . Had great themes and explored themes of loss , death , revenge . I had to explain to my daughter but she understood as she seen me cry about losing her granddad

:lol: nah since disney own marvel they decided to make a movie on one of the most obscure title that marvel has .