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Bruno · Post by **Bruno** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:29 pm

Human Spider - about a French bloke who climbs skyscrapers without ropes.

Amazing stuff.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:47 pm

They've just expounded my theory on Masterchef once again. That is: whenever there's a pretty girl on it she could offer up cheese on toast as representing the absolute limit of her culinary capabilities, and still go through!

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:19 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:They've just expounded my theory on Masterchef once again. That is: whenever there's a pretty girl on it she could offer up cheese on toast as representing the absolute limit of her culinary capabilities, and still go through!

And rightly so Bruce. We don't have to eat the shite that they serve up, so we can at least have a perv!!

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:23 pm

General Mannerheim wrote:
Bruno wrote:Just watched 'the boy in the striped pyjamas' on sky movies.

I'm in bits, that was so so sad.
yeah saw it myself a few weeks back - very powerful! if only they had spoken in German, or at least had German accents rather than quintessential English!

if you don't know already would like to recommend Au Revoir, Mes Enfants - Louis Malle, I think, the director. again, the holocaust through children's eyes - at a catholic boarding school in occupied France a young Jewish boy is given shelter... don't want to say any more in case you see it... Heartbreaking... and I know you guys are not afraid of subtitles...

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:34 pm

boltonboris wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:They've just expounded my theory on Masterchef once again. That is: whenever there's a pretty girl on it she could offer up cheese on toast as representing the absolute limit of her culinary capabilities, and still go through!
And rightly so Bruce. We don't have to eat the shite that they serve up, so we can at least have a perv!!

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:37 pm

Reading of new prose fiction tonight at the octagon. Two v g writers - work that was funny and thoughtful... recommend especially Chris Killen, whose work i didn't know previously...

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:44 pm

William the White wrote:
General Mannerheim wrote:
Bruno wrote:Just watched 'the boy in the striped pyjamas' on sky movies.

I'm in bits, that was so so sad.
yeah saw it myself a few weeks back - very powerful! if only they had spoken in German, or at least had German accents rather than quintessential English!
if you don't know already would like to recommend Au Revoir, Mes Enfants - Louis Malle, I think, the director. again, the holocaust through children's eyes - at a catholic boarding school in occupied France a young Jewish boy is given shelter... don't want to say any more in case you see it... Heartbreaking... and I know you guys are not afraid of subtitles...

Great film. We watched it at school for French. Takes a lot to move an entire group of rowdy 15 year old boys, especially when not quite understanding everything, but it's a very powerful film.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:45 pm

Just watched Sean Penn in Mystic River directd by Clint Eastwood.

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:52 am

TANGODANCER wrote:Just watched Sean Penn in Mystic River directd by Clint Eastwood.

Good Film! Penn always delivers!

jimbo · Post by **jimbo** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:11 am

Bruno wrote:Human Spider - about a French bloke who climbs skyscrapers without ropes.

Amazing stuff.

I watched that. It was pretty incredible. The time it took to get up them was amazing. 92 minutes to get up the Petronas Towers!? No idea how he managed the overhanging dome at the top after all that climbing.

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:42 pm

another night at the Octagon which is transforming itself into a real cultural powerhouse under the new director... this time to see a touring production in the studio theatre, but written by Bolton playwright, neil duffield - a young people's/family play about kids evacuated in the 2nd World war - complete with top hat n tails dance routines and astaire/rogers songs.

amazingly saw primary school kids gripped by these songs and dance, and a strong story of what it means to be young and taken away from your fanily... it's on till saturday - if you have 8 year olds and above to take you, go...

my 18 year old also thought it was great...

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:54 pm

Taxi to the dark side. Interesting. Very interesting and very moving. Anyone else seen it?

ratbert · Post by **ratbert** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:47 am

jimbo wrote:
Bruno wrote:Human Spider - about a French bloke who climbs skyscrapers without ropes.

Amazing stuff.
I watched that. It was pretty incredible. The time it took to get up them was amazing. 92 minutes to get up the Petronas Towers!? No idea how he managed the overhanging dome at the top after all that climbing.

So what? It only took me eight minutes to get up the Petronas Towers.

I was in a lift though.

Bruno · Post by **Bruno** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:52 am

General Mannerheim wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:Just watched Sean Penn in Mystic River directd by Clint Eastwood.
Good Film! Penn always delivers!

Mystic River is soooo slooooow though, it could have been miles better.

Off to watch Halloween 2 tonight :scared:

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:37 pm

Bruno wrote:
General Mannerheim wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:Just watched Sean Penn in Mystic River directd by Clint Eastwood.
Good Film! Penn always delivers!
Mystic River is soooo slooooow though, it could have been miles better.

Off to watch Halloween 2 tonight :scared:

I wanna see that. Directed by the crazy fooker "singing" this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voT3jGWUh2o

Puskas · Post by **Puskas** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 2:08 pm

superjohnmcginlay wrote:
Bruno wrote:
General Mannerheim wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:Just watched Sean Penn in Mystic River directd by Clint Eastwood.
Good Film! Penn always delivers!
Mystic River is soooo slooooow though, it could have been miles better.

Off to watch Halloween 2 tonight :scared:
I wanna see that. Directed by the crazy fooker "singing" this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voT3jGWUh2o

Rob Zombie?

His previous films weren't all that great - House of 1000 Corpses and the (almost identical) follow-up, The Devil's Rejects were basically second-rate Texas Chainsaw Massacres.

Not seen either of his Halloween remakes, though, so can't really comment on them.

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 2:18 pm

Aye. Thats him. I quite liked the devils rejects.

Bruno · Post by **Bruno** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:41 pm

Went this afternoon instead - possibly the worst film I have ever ever ever seen.

Avoid. Avoid like the plague.

Boring, cliched and stupid - no, not CAPSLOCK - this film. When you go and see a horror flick and spend more time laughing that jumping then you know something is wrong.

Shit shit shit.

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:52 am

Guess he should've stuck to music then.

ratbert · Post by **ratbert** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:08 am

Why remake a sh*t sequel in the first place?

Maybe its the film snob in me, but Halloween II really does mark the bottom of the barrel being scraped. Get ready for a 're-imagining' of Holiday on the Buses next.

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