Movie recommendations

[Main Street]

You mean  'The Intouchables'?

That paragliding scene had my butterflies in a frenzy.

[ballinaman]

You mean  'The Intouchables'?

That paragliding scene had my butterflies in a frenzy.

Aye, cracking film.

[ONeill]

Argo was very watchable throughout but I thought the final third was disappointing. Predictable and contrived even without knowing the real life stuff. If it wins best film then it was an average year.

[Norf Tyrone]

Thought Wreck it Ralph was possibly as good as Toy Story.

I loved it anyway!

[Minder]

Thought Wreck it Ralph was possibly as good as Toy Story.

I loved it anyway!

My wee girl said it was the best film she has ever seen, high praise indeed.

[ONeill]

It was a bit far fetched.

[Minder]

It was a bit far fetched.

"Based on actual events"

[ONeill]

Liberties.

[trileacman]

Watched Django the other night, at times Tarantino flirts with brilliance, in particular his panache for "a spectacle" such as the night raid scene. However by the time Christopher Waltz character has his "handshake" the movie enters an absolute freefall. My friend remarked "a film really goes to shit when you kill the director with half an hour to go." His choice of soundtrack, use of modern language in a 1850's setting and complete absurdity of the special effects once again underlines the fact that Tarantino is as deranged as he is talented. The sad part is beneath the exterior of overkill and over-exuberance, a brilliant film and ultimately a potentially brilliant director exists.

[trileacman]

Argo was very watchable throughout but I thought the final third was disappointing. Predictable and contrived even without knowing the real life stuff. If it wins best film then it was an average year.

Agreed, heavily formulaic stuff, looks terrible when compared to the directors previous outings which were brilliant. Don't understand the award fervor but I heard a critic remark that the Academy love an old American reminisce story where they fight insurmountable odds to save lives and "do good", deflecting attention from their recent atrocities.

[Main Street]

I watched  Searching for Sugar Man,  one of this year's oscar nominated documentaries, about a down and out  talented songwriter/musician called Rodriguez from Detroit in 1970, who made a few records then disappeared. Unknown to himself, he became thee most popular musician in pre and post apartheid SA. He became the bard for social and political change, for those 'whites' who wanted to end Apartheid.  It's hard to credit that this story is what it is. The bare facts by themselves have the makings of an incredible story. But what lifts this story to something more, is the understated dignity and love of a father and his children.
It's directed by a young Swede.

Searching for Sugar Man  is now the 2013 Oscar winning documentary film.


Also nominated for Best Documentary Film were:

Five Broken Cameras
The Gatekeepers
How to Survive a Plague
The Invisible War
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-oscars-2013-best-documentary-noms-20130109,0,7647313.story

It's a safe bet that these documentary films, which finally got through the lengthy culling process, are worth a watch.
Not only that but there's a long list of excellent documentaries which made the shortlist of 15. This year was the first year that a documentary put forward. already had to have a theatrical release in order to be considered.

15 films made the shortlist for Best Documentary at the 85th Academy Awards, narrowed down from 126 qualifying documentaries
http://collider.com/2013-oscar-documentary-shortlist-includes-bully-ai-weiwei-never-sorry-the-imposter-and-searching-for-sugar-man/

[ballinaman]

What Richard Did. Very good, well worth a look.

[ONeill]

Any you fcukers find a copy of La Poison (1951) online anywhere (torrent or stream)? Looks like I'm bate this time. Might have to buy it.

[Main Street]

Any you fcukers find a copy of La Poison (1951) online anywhere (torrent or stream)? Looks like I'm bate this time. Might have to buy it.

Lazy and incompetent gobsh!te,  you don't deserve this
http://depositfiles.com/files/b2k0fko26

You can find your own fckin subs.

edit,   source site for complaints
http://descargas-de-peliculas-vlazec.blogspot.com/2012/10/la-poison-1951-sacha-guitry.html.html

[ONeill]

Good for something.