What are you watching tonight?

[ratbert]

I watched 'Heston's Victorian Feast' with that loony Blumenthal fellow. He did an absinthe jelly, which he made wobble using a scary contraption made from dildos.

Didn't watch it, but read Charlie Brooker's review of it, and the series, sound slike my kind of cookery programme!

Charlie as ever was spot on!

[TANGODANCER]

gran torino.

it were belting!

General, you are so right. Eastwood is magnificent. Great movie everybody should see.

[General Mannerheim]

gran torino.

it were belting!

General, you are so right. Eastwood is magnificent. Great movie everybody should see.

Yeah i saw it without hearing anything about it, i had a couple of hours to kill and that was on at the time.

was good to sit down a watch a great film under no pretences. really enjoyed it - some funny bits too, yum yum.

[TANGODANCER]

gran torino.

it were belting!

General, you are so right. Eastwood is magnificent. Great movie everybody should see.

Yeah i saw it without hearing anything about it, i had a couple of hours to kill and that was on at the time.
was good to sit down a watch a great film under no pretences. really enjoyed it - some funny bits too, yum yum.

It has things to say as a film and addresses a few issues brilliantly. Can racism be funny? This film thinks so and handles it all so well, making fun of bigotry in the bargain. It's like Victor Meldrew, armed and dangerous. Loved it.

[William the White]

Red Riding. C4 I think.

previews very, very promising. based on novels by david Peace (He of THE DAMNED UNITED fame).

Saw one piece claiming it'll walk away with Next year's baftas, and that before even the first episode screened.

[Verbal]

Red Riding. C4 I think.

previews very, very promising. based on novels by david Peace (He of THE DAMNED UNITED fame).

Saw one piece claiming it'll walk away with Next year's baftas, and that before even the first episode screened.

This.

The teaser trailer on youtube (all thirty seconds of it) makes it look grim up north alright. Could be the best thing of the year. Also has Paddy Consadine in it, who is a teriffic actor.

[Verbal]

Red Riding is fecking incredible so far.

[ratbert]

Anyone who sees 'Watchmen' this weekend... post a review.

[General Mannerheim]

Red Riding is fecking incredible so far.

so far? how many has there been, i only have one taped???

[superjohnmcginlay]

Red Riding is fecking incredible so far.

so far? how many has there been, i only have one taped???

There's 2 to come.

[Verbal]

Red Riding is fecking incredible so far.

so far? how many has there been, i only have one taped???

There's 2 to come.

whs

it's based on three of David Peace's novels. I've reviewed the first bit in my blog, located in my sig

[William the White]

Red Riding is fecking incredible so far.

so far? how many has there been, i only have one taped???

There's 2 to come.

whs

it's based on three of David Peace's novels. I've reviewed the first bit in my blog, located in my sig

Tremendous review, really intelligent and perceptive, Verbal.

Recommend Verb's review to all, and this series also...

I disagree at heart, though... not with your review, but, somehow, i didn't suspend disbelief... i didn't believe the conspiracy, the silence, the impunity...

I'm disappointed, in one sense... but this is excellent drama... wish i could buy into it more... a bit of me feels it's copying american drama, but our place doesn't work for that, it really doesn't... but i'm holding off until the next two are up...

[Verbal]

Red Riding is fecking incredible so far.

so far? how many has there been, i only have one taped???

There's 2 to come.

whs

it's based on three of David Peace's novels. I've reviewed the first bit in my blog, located in my sig

Tremendous review, really intelligent and perceptive, Verbal.

Recommend Verb's review to all, and this series also...

I disagree at heart, though... not with your review, but, somehow, i didn't suspend disbelief... i didn't believe the conspiracy, the silence, the impunity...

I'm disappointed, in one sense... but this is excellent drama... wish i could buy into it more... a bit of me feels it's copying american drama, but our place doesn't work for that, it really doesn't... but i'm holding off until the next two are up...

Thanks, wtw though a quick re read through has reminded me why I shouldn't conduct reviews at 1.30am!

I must say that, on the other forum I use, the reviews have tended to side between the 'absolutely amazing' to the 'great, but in the main underwhelming' brackets. There was a good review in the New Statesman which suggested that, as you have the spectre of the murders in the background, whether you needed the added weight of the corruption, brutality, suicide, the institutionalisation, and whether it would overpower the viewer. As yours, WTW, very good points.

But hey, I bought into it it was refreshing to see such an ending, if unexpected. Also, the fact that it blurs between fact and fiction makes it a bit hard work at times to say the least...but there were moments watching the film, mostly the scenes containing Sean Harris, where I was completely mesmerised.

And what the heck, the first two hours of The Wire were pretty humdrum, and Paddy Constadine is in the next one, can't be too bad

[William the White]

so far? how many has there been, i only have one taped???

There's 2 to come.

whs

it's based on three of David Peace's novels. I've reviewed the first bit in my blog, located in my sig

Tremendous review, really intelligent and perceptive, Verbal.

Recommend Verb's review to all, and this series also...

I disagree at heart, though... not with your review, but, somehow, i didn't suspend disbelief... i didn't believe the conspiracy, the silence, the impunity...

I'm disappointed, in one sense... but this is excellent drama... wish i could buy into it more... a bit of me feels it's copying american drama, but our place doesn't work for that, it really doesn't... but i'm holding off until the next two are up...

Thanks, wtw though a quick re read through has reminded me why I shouldn't conduct reviews at 1.30am!

I must say that, on the other forum I use, the reviews have tended to side between the 'absolutely amazing' to the 'great, but in the main underwhelming' brackets. There was a good review in the New Statesman which suggested that, as you have the spectre of the murders in the background, whether you needed the added weight of the corruption, brutality, suicide, the institutionalisation, and whether it would overpower the viewer. As yours, WTW, very good points.

But hey, I bought into it it was refreshing to see such an ending, if unexpected. Also, the fact that it blurs between fact and fiction makes it a bit hard work at times to say the least...but there were moments watching the film, mostly the scenes containing Sean Harris, where I was completely mesmerised.

And what the heck, the first two hours of The Wire were pretty humdrum, and Paddy Constadine is in the next one, can't be too bad

The first two hours of The Wire were utterly compelling... And the reason I kept going for the next however many hours it was... Red Riding is not, i'm afraid, ever going to match that...

No tv better than The Sopranos in the last ten years tho...

[KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab]

There's 2 to come.

whs

it's based on three of David Peace's novels. I've reviewed the first bit in my blog, located in my sig

Tremendous review, really intelligent and perceptive, Verbal.

Recommend Verb's review to all, and this series also...

I disagree at heart, though... not with your review, but, somehow, i didn't suspend disbelief... i didn't believe the conspiracy, the silence, the impunity...

I'm disappointed, in one sense... but this is excellent drama... wish i could buy into it more... a bit of me feels it's copying american drama, but our place doesn't work for that, it really doesn't... but i'm holding off until the next two are up...

Thanks, wtw though a quick re read through has reminded me why I shouldn't conduct reviews at 1.30am!

I must say that, on the other forum I use, the reviews have tended to side between the 'absolutely amazing' to the 'great, but in the main underwhelming' brackets. There was a good review in the New Statesman which suggested that, as you have the spectre of the murders in the background, whether you needed the added weight of the corruption, brutality, suicide, the institutionalisation, and whether it would overpower the viewer. As yours, WTW, very good points.

But hey, I bought into it it was refreshing to see such an ending, if unexpected. Also, the fact that it blurs between fact and fiction makes it a bit hard work at times to say the least...but there were moments watching the film, mostly the scenes containing Sean Harris, where I was completely mesmerised.

And what the heck, the first two hours of The Wire were pretty humdrum, and Paddy Constadine is in the next one, can't be too bad

The first two hours of The Wire were utterly compelling... And the reason I kept going for the next however many hours it was... Red Riding is not, i'm afraid, ever going to match that...

No tv better than The Sopranos in the last ten years tho...

Not even "Celebrities Dance For Comic Relief...Did We Mention It's Dancing....And For Charity....And It Has Celebrities In It...Because You Love Celebrities, Don't you?....Celebrity"? That's it's full title.

[Puskas]

Not even "Celebrities Dance For Comic Relief...Did We Mention It's Dancing....And For Charity....And It Has Celebrities In It...Because You Love Celebrities, Don't you?....Celebrity"? That's it's full title.

Is it on ice?

It it's not on ice, I won't watch it.

Looking forward to the upcoming series of "The Shield On Ice".

Possibly.

[Verbal]

There's 2 to come.

whs

it's based on three of David Peace's novels. I've reviewed the first bit in my blog, located in my sig

Tremendous review, really intelligent and perceptive, Verbal.

Recommend Verb's review to all, and this series also...

I disagree at heart, though... not with your review, but, somehow, i didn't suspend disbelief... i didn't believe the conspiracy, the silence, the impunity...

I'm disappointed, in one sense... but this is excellent drama... wish i could buy into it more... a bit of me feels it's copying american drama, but our place doesn't work for that, it really doesn't... but i'm holding off until the next two are up...

Thanks, wtw though a quick re read through has reminded me why I shouldn't conduct reviews at 1.30am!

I must say that, on the other forum I use, the reviews have tended to side between the 'absolutely amazing' to the 'great, but in the main underwhelming' brackets. There was a good review in the New Statesman which suggested that, as you have the spectre of the murders in the background, whether you needed the added weight of the corruption, brutality, suicide, the institutionalisation, and whether it would overpower the viewer. As yours, WTW, very good points.

But hey, I bought into it it was refreshing to see such an ending, if unexpected. Also, the fact that it blurs between fact and fiction makes it a bit hard work at times to say the least...but there were moments watching the film, mostly the scenes containing Sean Harris, where I was completely mesmerised.

And what the heck, the first two hours of The Wire were pretty humdrum, and Paddy Constadine is in the next one, can't be too bad

The first two hours of The Wire were utterly compelling... And the reason I kept going for the next however many hours it was... Red Riding is not, i'm afraid, ever going to match that...

No tv better than The Sopranos in the last ten years tho...

I found the first two hours quite dull, mostly because it took me time to get used to the slow pacing of the show, after that I thought it was fantastic. And I'll take your word on the Sorpanos

[Bruce Rioja]

I think I might revisit Root Into Europe. It's high time that I did. The best TV series that I ever did see.

[Dujon]

Hopping off the television train for a moment. I watched a DVD of The Scarlet and The Black last evening. Not a bad cast - it included Gregory Peck, Christopher Plummer and John Geilgud - and tells a story of a priest in Rome during the Nazi occupation. There are no Oscar winning performances but it's an interesting film and one that highlights the danger to and the morals and indecision of the main characters. This is not a 'blood and guts' war movie, nor does it intend to be (unless the director got it wrong) but it's good enough to portray the mood of the times as well as the delicate (and sometimes not so delicate) manoeuvring undertaken by the characters.

To summarise: A good, but not great, film that forces one into analysis rather than tells you what is right and what is wrong - although there is distinct goody/baddy element. I suspect that it could have been done better, but I'm not sure as to how; a tighter script perhaps, a different character for the priest (Peck, to me at least, doesn't quite fit and, as the main character, that takes something away from the film).

Not a bad two hours spent and I've put it into my pile of 'watch again' DVDs.

[KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab]

Not even "Celebrities Dance For Comic Relief...Did We Mention It's Dancing....And For Charity....And It Has Celebrities In It...Because You Love Celebrities, Don't you?....Celebrity"? That's it's full title.

Is it on ice?

It it's not on ice, I won't watch it.

Looking forward to the upcoming series of "The Shield On Ice".

Possibly.

Is it a celebrity Shield? If it ain't, and all that jazz.