So.... Seen Any Good Movies Lately?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I heard Redacted is a great war movie. Never heard of it myself. I have it here now. Any opinions before I bother watching it?

It's got a shower scene that goes off the wank-o-meter.

Male or female? (Gotta ask.)

[tattuchu]

Now I need to get Nuns on the Run, another Python film of the same time period. I wonder if it will be as great as I remember, or if I'll be disappointed by it as well.

The shower scene is still HOT!

Its not a Python movie.

That shower scene though. Fuck. I'd forgotten about that.

They're Python films in that they have Python members in them. That's all I meant
Filming that shower scene musta been awful rough on Robbie Coltraine

It had 1 Python member.

I know. Cleese and Palin in Wanda, and Eric Idle in Nuns. Why are you being so anal? Should I have said "Python-related films"? I just figured everybody would know what I meant

[FBM]

I heard Redacted is a great war movie. Never heard of it myself. I have it here now. Any opinions before I bother watching it?

It's got a shower scene that goes off the wank-o-meter.

Male or female?

Most definitely.

[Animavore]

I know. Cleese and Palin in Wanda, and Eric Idle in Nuns. Why are you being so anal? Should I have said "Python-related films"? I just figured everybody would know what I meant

I'm sorry but when someone says a "Python" movie I think of a Python movie.
I've no idea why that is.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I know. Cleese and Palin in Wanda, and Eric Idle in Nuns. Why are you being so anal? Should I have said "Python-related films"? I just figured everybody would know what I meant

I'm sorry but when someone says a "Python" movie I think of a Python movie.
I've no idea why that is.

Python-related, Pythonesque, The Python Connnection. Anything works.

[FBM]

I know. Cleese and Palin in Wanda, and Eric Idle in Nuns. Why are you being so anal? Should I have said "Python-related films"? I just figured everybody would know what I meant

I'm sorry but when someone says a "Python" movie I think of a Python movie.
I've no idea why that is.

*snerk*

[maiforpeace]

...We're watching the Hurt Locker tonight.

I watched it last night. It left me with a 'Uhm. OK' feeling. Am I the only one who didn't get much from it? I mean, I understood the message(s) and all, but...
Maybe I should watch it again. It's not like I paid for it or anything.

I fell asleep half way through. I suppose I might try to watch the last half again today but what I did see left me with the same feeling you had.

I've heard things about Hurt Locker from friends. "Cowboy movie" is the most common comment.

That explains why I was so bored.

[Animavore]

John Pilger talks about Redacted here.
Mentions Hurt Locker also.

[maiforpeace]

John Pilger talks about Redacted here.
Mentions Hurt Locker also.

Thanks for that critique. I share many of his sentiments.

I'm not sure what he's referring to when he mentions Invictus, which is not nominated for Best Picture.

Avatar,The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, The Hurt Locker, Inglorious Basterds, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, A Serious Man, Up, and Up in the Air are the nominees.

I haven't seen An Education or Up. Of the remaining films I have seen it's too close a call for me to decide who should win Best Picture. What do other people think?

[Arse]

I'd like to see District 9 take it, but I don't think it stands a chance.

[Animavore]

John Pilger talks about Redacted here.
Mentions Hurt Locker also.

Thanks for that critique. I share many of his sentiments.

I'm not sure what he's referring to when he mentions Invictus, which is not nominated for Best Picture.

Avatar,The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, The Hurt Locker, Inglorious Basterds, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, A Serious Man, Up, and Up in the Air are the nominees.

I haven't seen An Education or Up. Of the remaining films I have seen it's too close a call for me to decide who should win Best Picture. What do other people think?

He never actually says "Best Picture". He just talks about the Oscars in general. Invictus is up for Best Actor and Supporting Actor.

I'm not surprised at his anger at that film. The apartheid is something dear to his heart. His brave reporting of the situation was integral to exposing the injustice in South Africa.

[Animavore]

Whoa. I can see why Bill O'Reilly derided that film, American critics were outraged and it was withdrawn from cinemas quite speedily.
The cheek of De Palma to show Iraqis as human beings and good ol' American soldiers capable of losing their morality and committing base acts in a war situation especially an ongoing war.
That said its not that great of a movie. Its marred by bad acting and it's just not that involving even though he's trying to portray a gruesome truth about war.
There was a film in the 80s with Michael J. Fox which done the same thing but better. Can't remember the name.

[RuleBritannia]

Whoa. I can see why Bill O'Reilly derided that film, American critics were outraged and it was withdrawn from cinemas quite speedily.
The cheek of De Palma to show Iraqis as human beings and good ol' American soldiers capable of losing their morality and committing base acts in a war situation especially an ongoing war.
That said its not that great of a movie. Its marred by bad acting and it's just not that involving even though he's trying to portray a gruesome truth about war.
There was a film in the 80s with Michael J. Fox which done the same thing but better. Can't remember the name.

Casualties of War?

[Animavore]

Whoa. I can see why Bill O'Reilly derided that film, American critics were outraged and it was withdrawn from cinemas quite speedily.
The cheek of De Palma to show Iraqis as human beings and good ol' American soldiers capable of losing their morality and committing base acts in a war situation especially an ongoing war.
That said its not that great of a movie. Its marred by bad acting and it's just not that involving even though he's trying to portray a gruesome truth about war.
There was a film in the 80s with Michael J. Fox which done the same thing but better. Can't remember the name.

Casualties of War?

That's the one. Looks like its the same director, Brian de Palma.

[leo-rcc]

"Bullit" with Steve Mcqueen. I've never seen the movie before, but I enjoyed it very much.