Movie recommendations

[Main Street]

I might have watched one episode on BBC4, ages ago.
Farm, pitchfork, hay, village, nice young women, Germans. 

I forgot about the series totally,  I'll get a loan (download) of S1 from one my friends.

But surely this should be in the TV drama thread?  different class entirely.

[Billys Boots]

Yes indeed, but we were talking about German historical stuff and I got distracted.   

[nifan]

White ribbon was good -  very strange


Watched "as if i am not there" the other night - set in the bosnian war about a captured bosnian woman. Very bleak - directed by an Irish woman as well.

[Puckoon]

Dead mans shoes was excellent. Ruined any romantic mood that may have been in the air.

[CiKe]

Hidden (Caché) 2005 was on again last night,  probably BBC4, I forget. which one

Imo, one of the best French films ever. A pure mystery and even after 4 viewings, I'm still somewhat mystified.

One of my favourite films non-stop. Not seen White Ribbon, Funny Games wasn't such a fan of.

[mouview]

Just saw Chinatown again last night. Absolutely superb, even if I'm not a particular fan of Nicholson or Dunaway. John Huston as Noah Cross has to be one of the most chilling, repulsive screen villains of them all. Was there ever a more correct piece of theme music than Jerry Goldsmith's? Just seems to capture perfectly the mood and indolence of the time;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYondMo40nA

"Hello, Claude. Where'd you get the midget? "

[spuds]

Just saw Chinatown again last night. Absolutely superb, even if I'm not a particular fan of Nicholson or Dunaway. John Huston as Noah Cross has to be one of the most chilling, repulsive screen villains of them all. Was there ever a more correct piece of theme music than Jerry Goldsmith's? Just seems to capture perfectly the mood and indolence of the time;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYondMo40nA

"Hello, Claude. Where'd you get the midget? "

Clicked on link above, says the content owner has not made this avilable on mobile. Why would they restrict this ?

[ballinaman]

Saw that new End of Watch film.....decent enough cop film.Good acting by Gyllenhaal and the other lead in it.

Worth a gander. 7/10

[NAG1]

Watched The Departed again last night is an enjoyable show, if you can look past Jack Nicholson over egging it.

[mouview]

Watched The Departed again last night is an enjoyable show, if you can look past Jack Nicholson over egging it.

And if you can take the insipid Matt Damon, which totally I can't. Also Di Caprio's most mature, watchable role. Ray Winstone hams it but there are compensations in the form of Mark Rolston, David O Hara, Vera Farmiga and particularly Mark Wahlberg. Seems to be a fact that many movie people get Oscars for work that isn't their best.

Just saw Chinatown again last night. Absolutely superb, even if I'm not a particular fan of Nicholson or Dunaway. John Huston as Noah Cross has to be one of the most chilling, repulsive screen villains of them all. Was there ever a more correct piece of theme music than Jerry Goldsmith's? Just seems to capture perfectly the mood and indolence of the time;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYondMo40nA

"Hello, Claude. Where'd you get the midget? "

Clicked on link above, says the content owner has not made this avilable on mobile. Why would they restrict this ?

Don't know, works in PC browsers. Do try to listen to it, very dreamlike.

[Milltown Row2]

Dawn of the dead!! Classic BBC2

[playwiththewind1st]

Gambit? Forget it!

Much as I like the Coen Bros, this was a complete & utter load of tripe.

[onefaircounty]

Finally got to see Skyfall last night, better than the last Bond film but loads of plot holes as usual. No surprise Javier Bardem played a excellent villain though the story line could have been better.  6.5 out of 10

Javier played an excellent villain (misnomer?) in the film No Country for Old Men.

In NCFOM he was the best villain I have ever seen.

I'd put him up there, found him genuinely unnerving in that film, which was obviously what he was going for.

Good topic maybe...

Best film bad guy?

[The Worker]

Finally got to see Skyfall last night, better than the last Bond film but loads of plot holes as usual. No surprise Javier Bardem played a excellent villain though the story line could have been better.  6.5 out of 10

Javier played an excellent villain (misnomer?) in the film No Country for Old Men.

In NCFOM he was the best villain I have ever seen.

I'd put him up there, found him genuinely unnerving in that film, which was obviously what he was going for.

Good topic maybe...

Best film bad guy?

Heath ledger?

[Orior]

Watched The Departed again last night is an enjoyable show, if you can look past Jack Nicholson over egging it.

And if you can take the insipid Matt Damon, which totally I can't. Also Di Caprio's most mature, watchable role. Ray Winstone hams it but there are compensations in the form of Mark Rolston, David O Hara, Vera Farmiga and particularly Mark Wahlberg. Seems to be a fact that many movie people get Oscars for work that isn't their best.

Vera Farmiga  - Woof woof!

Mark Wahlberg - I love his bit in the film:

Queenan: Do you know what we do here? My section?
Costigan: Sir, yes, sir. I have an idea...
Dignam: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Let's say you have no idea and leave it at that, okay? No idea. Zip. None. If you had an idea of what we do, we would not be good at what we do, now would we? We would be c***ts. Are you calling us c***ts?