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Quote: chipolata @ January 28 2012, 1:00 PM GMTAvatar. That was long.
Isnt it just.
That's one way to describe it. Blue is another. Boring comes to mind too.
Leaving Las Vegas. It's a great film about alcoholism, refreshingly downbeat, and probably Nic Cage's finest performance, but I could have done with a bit less Sting on the soundtrack.
The Simpsons movie
For the third or fourth time
Still can't decide if it's bollocks or not
Am watching a Ewan McGregor film about ghostwriting a book.
Is quite good, but he's doing a slightly silly cockney accent.
I saw Thor. Enjoyable enough romp.
'Birdsong'. What can I say? I've been in Picardy and a walk round one of the many graveyards is heartbreaking.
Quote: chipolata @ January 29 2012, 9:17 PM GMTLeaving Las Vegas. It's a great film about alcoholism, refreshingly downbeat, and probably Nic Cage's finest performance, but I could have done with a bit less Sting on the soundtrack.
When I used to drink I loved that film with a passion. Since I quit (nearly 3 years ago now) I find it shallow, self-indulgent and dislike how it romanticises alcoholism. (The actors are still good though. Well, apart from the ever-rubbish Julian Sands, of course.)
Quote: keewik @ January 29 2012, 10:40 PM GMT'Birdsong'. What can I say? I've been in Picardy and a walk round one of the many graveyards is heartbreaking.
Was it.., I don't know the right way to put it without sounding flippant..
I went to Ypres years ago and it was so odd, like the space holds its own ghosts. It's probably that you invoke that yourself, but, without believing in actual ghosts, it does feel like some places are sort of captured, apart in their own atmosphere. That sounds like such wank, I do apologise. I quite want to go to other places where horrific things have occured but am not really comfortable with tragedy tourism.
Have there been any good movies about alcoholisim?
Quote: sootyj @ January 29 2012, 11:00 PM GMTHave there been any good movies about alcoholisim?
'Days of Wine and Roses' (starring Jack Lemmon)
'The Lost Weekend' (starring Ray Milland)
'My Name Is Joe' (starring Peter Mullan)
...are a few that spring to mind.
Quote: Tim Walker @ January 29 2012, 10:45 PM GMTWhen I used to drink I loved that film with a passion. Since I quit (nearly 3 years ago now) I find it shallow, self-indulgent and dislike how it romanticises alcoholism. (The actors are still good though. Well, apart from the ever-rubbish Julian Sands, of course.)
I see your point, but if you stick anything on the silver screen you sort of romanticise it. Doesn't the act of making a "film" about a subject automatically add lustre?
(And I'm not ashamed to say I like Julian Sands. He was great in Warlock)
Quote: Tim Walker @ January 29 2012, 11:06 PM GMT'Days of Wine and Roses' (starring Jack Lemmon)
'The Lost Weekend' (starring Ray Milland)
'My Name Is Joe' (starring Peter Mullan)...are a few that spring to mind.
Days of Wine and Roses I thought was slated for being too sentimental?
The other 2 seem good.
Quote: chipolata @ January 29 2012, 11:07 PM GMTI see your point, but if you stick anything on the silver screen you sort of romanticise it. Doesn't the act of making a "film" about a subject automatically add lustre?
Fair point. But... ***SPOILER ALERT*** ...to have the lead character die from the disease whilst being f**ked by Elizabeth Shue in some quasi-religious manner is romanticising a bit too much, if you ask me. Alcoholics who drink themselves to death pretty much die alone, having alienated and rejected everyone around them. Also, the movie didn't really explore the nature of the disease at all. It gave some vague allusion to a broken marriage in the lead character's past, but never showed any inclination (or probably didn't have any idea how to) explore this backstory.
To me it's very much style over substance. Nothing wrong with that in a movie, but I wouldn't consider it an exploration of alcoholism.
Quote: sootyj @ January 29 2012, 11:10 PM GMTDays of Wine and Roses I thought was slated for being too sentimental?
Sentimental? No way! And it ends on a very mixed note - one happy outcome, one tragic outcome. Lee Remick is very good as the female lead too. 