Alyosha K Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Anyone else a fan of the League of Gentlemen TV Series? I just stumbled upon the series. SO FUNNY. My favorite is "your my wife now". I still like Little Britain better, but this one comes in as a close second. Link to post Share on other sites
m_thomp Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 I'm not watching this, but thought I'd point it out to anyone in Europe or America if you want to pay the postage: Werner Herzog Box Set 2 for Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Just shelled out for this - on the strength of Grizzly Man alone. Got it from Play.com - for the same price - as the offer appears to be over at amazon. noticed that Crispin Glover provides a commentary too, so I'm looking forward to it more now. He's one of my favourite cinematic weirdo's, and as George McFly delivers one of the best lines on the silver screen. "Lorraine! You're my density..... sorry, my destiny!" Hope you like them. If you do, you should try and get the other boxset with his films he made with Klaus Kinski (Fitzcarraldo, Aguirre: Wrath of God, Woyzeck, Nosferatu The Vampire, Cobra Verde and My Best Fiend which is a documentary Herzog made about his relationship with Kinski - how they both tried to kill each other at various times & that kind of thing). The best thing about all his films is that they are really two films in one. You can watch them without the commentary and enjoy them and also watch them with the commentary and they become brilliant documentaries about the making of film and the people who make them. Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 I finally watched Brokeback Mountain last night. The cinemetography was lovely, the acting adequate, the sex hot, and Larry McMurtry helped write the screenplay. In spite of all of this, my reaction was, "Meh." I just never connected with any of the characters. Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Tatlock Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Anyone else a fan of the League of Gentlemen TV Series?Good stuff Link to post Share on other sites
viatroy Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 I just saw Brokeback Mtn over the weekend ... I was struck by how it could have been a love story about any two people. Well, until the ending. And the story is from one of my favorite authors, Annie Proulx. Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 I just saw Brokeback Mtn over the weekend ... I was struck by how it could have been a love story about any two people. Well, until the ending. And the story is from one of my favorite authors, Annie Proulx. So, with all of those elements going for it, did you like it? Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Anyone else a fan of the League of Gentlemen TV Series? I just stumbled upon the series. SO FUNNY. My favorite is "your my wife now". I still like Little Britain better, but this one comes in as a close second. The first series of League of Gentlemen is brilliant, and the second series is pretty good too. It goes down a bit after that though. If you like that (and I don't know why you like Little Britain!) you should check out "I'm Alan Partridge" series 1 & 2, "Spaced" series 1 & 2 (from the people who made Shaun of the Dead, but a hell of a lot funnier than that), and The Smell of Reeves & Mortimer. You can get all those on DVD. Here are some clips of those shows from YouTube: Alan Partridge - Interviewing a Farmer (Chris Morris) Spaced Episode 1 Series 1 One of the Smell Of Reeves & Mortimer Intros Vic & Bob doing a sketch about plums with Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Leonardo Di Caprio & Robert De Niro Link to post Share on other sites
viatroy Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 So, with all of those elements going for it, did you like it? I did, watched it twice, and not just for the hot gay sex. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 I finally watched Brokeback Mountain last night. The cinemetography was lovely, the acting adequate, the sex hot, and Larry McMurtry helped write the screenplay. In spite of all of this, my reaction was, "Meh." I just never connected with any of the characters.Same reaction here, exactly. Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 I saw this over the weekend - in between little dude infomercials, First Blood, Becker, and Hogan Knows Best: Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 This was great, except about halfway through, after loads of interview footage of Berry Gordy, Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, etc., fucking Coolio shows up. Coolio. If only this documentary had been made a few years before or later, because he'd be nowhere near this. Sample Coolio quote: "It's like Stevie Wonder, you know, can't see, wit' his eyes, you know? But he can see what others can't." Jesus. Apart from that, wonderful Stevie footage. He just knows everything about a recording studio. It's amazing. And watching his drumming alone is worth the price of admission. Link to post Share on other sites
ms. yvon Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 ok, this just sent me on a twenty minute IMDB surf that ended with "Psst! Hammerman's After You!," an after-school special starring lance kerwin. sir s.: the stevie doc looks very cool!! Link to post Share on other sites
Papillon Parade Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Les Chiefs - Hockey Doc "This is the true story of five brawling hockey players, who live in the back of a hockey arena and fight their way to heroic status in the most violent league in the world. One by one our heroes begin to crumble against their worst foes - themselves. Les Chiefs is a real-life account of men fighting to remain boys." Great movie, extremely entertaining. Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Watched a piece of this last night, till I fell asleep. I may rent this or try to catch it again on IFC, because it piqued my curiousity, and I'm not that much of a fan. Interesting group of people for sure. Oak City. Who knew? Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted June 10, 2006 Author Share Posted June 10, 2006 Not top-of-the-line Altman, but I still had a blast hanging out with these particular characters for a couple of hours. Link to post Share on other sites
tugmoose Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 Just starting on TCM: Link to post Share on other sites
Moltisanti Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 I've finally gotten to watch The Corner, that HBO mini-series from a few years ago. My god, that's like the greatest thing I've ever seen on a television screen(and that includes The Wire). David Simon has to be in so much demand. Fucking genius storyteller. Link to post Share on other sites
Hodie Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 Have you read the book? It's pretty glorious, too. David Simon's writing style isn't generally the kind I gravitate to, but the stories carry it. Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 Saw the Al Gore movie the other night. A very entertaining and informative piece of work. Sad, though, to think of how less fucked we and the world would be if Al had been made president in 2000 instead of that retard. Link to post Share on other sites
ms. yvon Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 i was watching "Elephant" the gus van sant film on hotel HBO until lightning blew out the signal. i missed it at the theatre. what i saw of it was terrific and well done. i missed the beginning, but from the first shot i saw, i guessed it was gus. it was one long shot that lasted about 4 minutes. i'm going to have to rent that when i get home. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted June 14, 2006 Author Share Posted June 14, 2006 Two horror movies with wolf in the title. Am I bad film lover if I confess I preferred the Australian gorefest over Ingmar Bergman's portrait of a descent into madness? Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Am I bad film lover if I confess I preferred the Australian gorefest over Ingmar Bergman's portrait of a descent into madness?No, just a bad film snob. Link to post Share on other sites
WilcoHoney Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 I saw this over the weekend - in between little dude infomercials, First Blood, Becker, and Hogan Knows Best: I loved that movie when I was younger. Not sure what it's about now though. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted June 15, 2006 Author Share Posted June 15, 2006 No, just a bad film snob. Film snobs sometimes seem more interested in being associated with the baggage attached to certain movies rather than the works themselves. A true student of film ought to be egalitarian in their tastes, willing to dive into so-called "elitist" art, but equally willing to consider the pleasures of so-called "lesser" forms and genres. Biases just get in the way of the fun, at least in my experience. Anyway... I watched and enjoyed this today: Link to post Share on other sites
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