Ady Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I watched this on LoveFilm Instant. It's as bad as it looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janvier Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Hvid Nat (Denmark, 2007) (English title: White Night) Directed by Jannik Johansen, script by Anders Thomas Jensen Hvid Nat isn’t as bad as a couple of reviews that I read suggested. Its strengths lie in the script, very solid and without a flaw, and in the acting: the lead role was given to Lars Brygmann, an accomplished actor in Denmark with several dozen films in his resume. The movie documents the spiralling down of Ulrik Nymann, from a very succesful, confident and happily married real estate agent to a pariah, disawoved by his father, friendless and bankrupt. The event that sets in motion Mr. Nymann’s debacle is a squabble at a small pub where he engages a “loser”: an unemployed, alcoholic man who accidentally dies in the fight. Nymann doesn’t spend much time in prison (“you’ll be home by dinner” says his lawyer). Everyone from boss to family members and friends seem to believe that he has done a favour to society by killing a man with a record of petty crimes and spousal abuse. Nymann never resumes normal life. After he learns that his victim had a wife and two kids, he finds the widow and practically stalks her day and night, offering his financial protection as the only way to escape the feelings of guilt that engulf him. In his quest to protect the widow, Mr. Nymann slowly descends into the abyss as he loses wife, job, apartment and car. His troubles are compounded by obscure events from the past that have returned to haunt him. Hvid Nat succeeds in sending a powerful message of moral principles in today’s society. The brilliant real estate agent has to reevaluate his definitions of good versus evil, success versus failure and truth versus lie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Dounim Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Watching 'A Clockwork Orange'. Seen before, but loving it again (as I do all of Kubrick's pictures.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sickagain98 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I saw The Prestige last night, for the first time. A wonderful film, as all of Christopher Nolan's are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Gonna watch 'Coogan's Bluff' tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie29 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Celebration Day, tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Celebration Day, tonight! Damn Aussies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie29 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Damn Aussies! I'm feeling the love, Strider! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb126 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Working at home today so my dog is fed and walked before going to see Celebration Day tonight - yahoooo. Rosemary's Baby is on AMC. Not as excellent as the novel, but a damned good movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Just watched 'The Mask Of Fu Manchu' with Karloff and Myrna Loy. Talk about some elaborate torture and murder devices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 At some movie called ..... "Celebration Day" - hope it's good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedZeppfan77 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 At some movie called ..... "Celebration Day" - hope it's good! Oh Im sure it will be great!!! Enjoy Walter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 At some movie called ..... "Celebration Day" - hope it's good! All I can say is...... FUCKIN' AWESOME!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedZeppfan77 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 All I can say is...... FUCKIN' AWESOME!!! Cant wait to see the DVD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingo Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 I saw it in Yonkers, the volume was low, we had to get the manager and have him tell the sound man to turn it up. He cranked it and all was well. Really nice seeing and hearing it on the big screen. The only bad part is......I'm ready to go on tour. Instead, the fckn Stones are touring. C'mon Zep, get out there and kick some ass all around the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ady Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ady Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 I saw these two over the weekend on BBC 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 ^^^ Oh Kiwi, you didn't... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 ^Oh! I'm afraid so! You can blame my mom for this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 ^^^ Then I will...shame on you, Kiwi's mum! Making your daughter suffer thru such tired slop. This half-baked trend of "found footage" movies has overstayed its welcome....it deserved to die after "Blair Witch" came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 (edited) ^LOL! I must admit though that while Paranormal Activity 3 was an out and out drag for me, I kinda enjoyed Paranormal Activity 1 and 2 I guess for me it was the novelty of seeing a ghost / ghoul themed movie without all the dramatic music, weird images, etc. which got me the 1st and 2nd time! But, I on the other hand throughouly enjoyed this film (I saw this a few days after Paranormal Activity 3:) Edited October 23, 2012 by Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ady Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Nah, I like "found footage" films. Have you seen "The Troll Hunter"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb126 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 ^Ha. And a timely theme (heavy trollish traffic around here lately). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 (edited) ^^^ You got that right, jb. Nah, I like "found footage" films. Haha Ady, I'll take your word for it. But you deserve a medal if you can sit through this piece of schlock that Hollywood just vomited upon the public: "Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes". Edited October 23, 2012 by Strider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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