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    Have You Seen…?

    in Music / TV / Films

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    I'm not a huge Woody Allen fan either, but I will say that I absolutely LOVED his movie from last year with Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris. I just bought my own copy yesterday because honestly I could watch it over and over. If anyone here hasn't seen it, run out and do it now! :lol:

     

    Ah yes, I remember you speaking highly of this. :) I plan on buying it once it drops in price a little. :)

     

    I was very lucky tonight. A local TV network showed Allen's Play It Again, Sam. I thought it was terrific. He's such a funny guy. :D Oh, and they'll be showing Sleeper next week. I can't wait!!

     

    If you enjoyed Duck Soup Kylie, then as Claire said A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races are the next best Marx Brothers films, I'd say.

     

    In a similar vein, the 1941 film Hellzapoppin' is great as well - full of surreal visual and verbal gags and fantastic dance scenes too. You don't see it around a lot these days, but it's well worth looking out for.

     

    Thanks for the recommendations! I hadn't heard of Hellzapoppin' before, so I looked it up and it sounds right up my alley. :)

     

    One director I absolutely adore is Terry Gilliam. I love Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which I can expect many people have seen, but there's a lot you may not have seen. Of these we have The Adventures of Baron Muchausen, a film I'm beginning to suspect I've only seen because I've not met anyone who has seen it, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which I must admit many have seen but still seems to be in a grey area of obscurity amongst my friends, and Tideland, which I really enjoyed, though it was a tad too artsy at times and I can defnitely see a lot of people not liking.

     

    Thanks for your thought m'lord. I love Monty Python and Fear and Loathing, so I'll try and watch the others when I get a chance. :)

     

    I haven't heard, much less seen, the more obscure films you mentioned.

    Have You Seen…?

    in Music / TV / Films

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    I watched this many years ago (which sounds odd because 'it was released on 2000, just a few years ago!', but then again, it's 2012 already, where does time fly?!), so I don't remember all that much about it apart from the basic idea, but I would recommend it

    Once I've finished reading The Saga of Darren Shan (very close to finishing now). I'm planning on reading Battle Royale, I've heard great things about the book and the film has been highly regarded by critics so I'll be giving it a watch after reading the book

     

    Thanks Frankie. :) I'm glad you enjoyed it. Hanananah, I look forward to your thoughts on both the book and the movie.

     

    Def La Dolce Vita.

     

    Also, I'd recommend 2046, or In the Mood for Love, both by Wong Kar Wai.

     

    The original The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951 with Michael Rennie is fantastic, and let me emphasize nothing, I repeat, nothing like the latest incarnation.

     

    Thanks Pontalba. The original The Day the Earth Stood Still is one of my favourite movies. :) I was warned against watching the remake but I watched it anyway because I had to see for myself. I didn't make it to the end. :roll:

     

    It's a fantastic movie, one of my favourites of all time, they made a sequel which isn't a patch on the first. I really like a lot of foreign movies both modern and old. Seven Samurai is a great movie and there is a Korean movie called Oldboy which I also really enjoyed. As for horror, I don't think many people do it better than the Japanese, check out the original Ring and Dark Water.

     

    The South American's also make some pretty good movies, Carandiru, Amores Perros & City of God being favourites of mine. Lets not forget some of the European movies like La Haine and 2 guilty pleasures of mine Amelie and Cinema Paradiso.

     

    Thanks Brian. I'm not generally big on horror, but I think I watched the Japanese version of Ring once (if that's the one where people receive a phone call after watching a video?) I'm interested in Battle Royale because it's a book on my dystopian TBR pile. Is the movie pretty violent?

     

    I've never gotten around to watching Amelie, but I'm sure I recorded it once. I'll have to go searching for it. :)

    Ayn Rand

    in The Classics

    Posted · Edited by frankie
    added spoiler tags

    I don't think the

    inclusion of rape scenes in her novels translates to condoning sexual violence against women!

     

     

    I'm just curious, have you read all of Rand's novels?

    Brian's 2012 Book Log

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    I suppose we don't see TV to be a great evil these days. Back when this book was written, though, TV was still relatively new, and I believe there were a lot of doomsayers around who despaired about the future of society. Today's doomsayers are perhaps more worried about social media such as Facebook and Twitter, and the Internet in general.

     

    I agree that Fahrenheit 451 is more of an ideas book. I think I originally marked it down a little because I also found it hard to identify with the characters. Yet the ideas are great enough for me that I still consider it one of my favourite books. :)

    Books You're Looking Forward To In 2012

    in General Book Discussions

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    The Folio Society published a lovely edition of Austen's letters a year or two ago - it sometimes comes up on ebay at quite decent prices (single figure pounds).

     

    I looked it up; it's quite nice! The 'regular' hardback I mentioned has a lovely cover, but it's really rather expensive, even at the really cheap online shop I use. :(

     

    Walter Moers' latest book, The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books, has been/is being translated into English and will be released on 1 November. I can't wait!

    Chaliepud's 2012 Reading Log

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    My Dad raves about Bill Bryson but I'm worried I won't enjoy it as I'm not a big fan of non fiction?... :smile:

     

    In that case, Bill Bryson will probably be perfect for you. :) He writes wonderfully well; reading his books is like having a very funny friend tell you stories. :D In A Short History of Nearly Everything, he uses great, easy-to-understand analogies so non-scientific folks like me can understand scary scientific concepts.

    Rory Gilmore's Book List Challenge

    in Reading Challenges

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    THIS LIST FORGOT OLIVER TWIST!!!!!! jess & rory blatantly talk about oliver twist hello

     

    The list at the beginning of this thread is a list that the WB put on its website for fans of the show. They never said it was a complete list, and neither did we.

     

    By the way, it's really not a good idea to join a forum and start shouting at people in your first post. :sarcastic:

    The 'To Be Read' pile - a good or a bad thing?

    in General Book Discussions

    Posted

    This is a great topic for discussion. :)

     

    I'm rather torn. Like Willoyd, I see my library as a beautiful large collection of books, and I have a huge variety to choose from. I feel happy and excited when I look at my shelves and see all of the (hopefully) great books I have ahead of me. I'm proud of them and can't wait to read them.

     

    But the excitement dims a little when I realise that the number of unread books far, far outnumbers the books that I've actually read. Like Kidsmum said, it can feel like a millstone. So far this year, I've bought about half the number of books I had bought this time last year, which is progress, but I think I'm still buying at least 3 books to every 1 that I read.

     

    I go through brief periods where I can refrain from buying anything for weeks, and I do actually talk myself out of buying a lot of books that I'd like, but it's still not good enough. If I didn't buy a single book for the next 18 months, I'd probably only get my TBR pile down to 1,300, which is a barely noticeable change from where it is now. The thought (rather, knowledge) that my TBR pile will only continue to go up is rather depressing. I suppose one day I'll look back fondly to this day, when my TBR pile was 'only' 1,400. I genuinely don't want it to get any higher, but I just can't seem to resist the lure of buying new books.

     

    Despite my huge TBR pile, probably 90% of my books fall into my 'desperately want to read' category, which frustrates me, because it will inevitably be years and years before I get to those books that I want to read most, simply because I want to read them all now!

    Your Book Activity ~ July 2012

    in General Book Discussions

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    Getting on with Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and enjoying it .. there's just one little niggle but on the whole .. fab-u-lous.

    Can't wait to hear the niggle..... :cool:

     

    Me too! You're such a tease, Poppyshake. :P I hope you won't make us for the full review.

     

    I've read another chapter of The Great Typo Hunt. I'm back to slow reading, but it looks like I'll be taking a holiday soon, so hopefully I'll get a bit of reading done in between driving thousands of kms.

    Brian's 2012 Book Log

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    Wow, you managed to read the entire book at work? Either you're a very fast reader or that was some lull. Haha.

     

    No worries about the saying. It's pretty amusing to think of one writing an Ode to Superfreakonomics. :giggle2:

    Hot Guys Who Read?

    in General Chat

    Posted

    I wonder where Raven hauled his single hotness? :(

     

    Aww, I miss Raven. :(

     

    It took me a minute to find the pic. Silly me Googled 'man reading owls' instead of 'hot guy reading owls'. Haha! He is quite cute. :)

    Poppy's Paperbacks 2012

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    :lol: Good lord Kylie, get reading!!

     

    I'm trying, honest!

     

    Oh, I thought it would be something more detailed, sorry! I'd never heard of that. But I do recall some things Michel said about the French on GG.

     

    Haha. Sorry to disappoint you!

     

    Hahahaha :D Your ancestry rules, Kylie :friends3: I remember how eagerly your Dad told the story about the Barmy Army at the stadium

     

    Thank you. :) Ah yes. I can't remember...was it my Dad or a friend of his that got them riled up?

    Alex's Around the World Challenge

    in Reading Challenges

    Posted

    Thanks, Alexistar. :)

     

    I did read Cloudstreet a couple of years ago, so I have possibly forgotten how depressing it is. It's quite likely I wouldn't enjoy it as much now. I only seem to be able to read light and happy books these days.

     

    Have you ever read The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck? It's similarly depressing (possibly more so!) but it's also one of my favourite books. I was just wondering how you thought the two compared, if you've read TGoW. :)

    Peacefield's Reads of 2012

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    Heh, that movie is showing on TV here right now. Just seeing it in the TV guide brought a massive smile to my face. I have it on DVD though, so I'm resisting it on TV so I can watch something else. I look forward to your thoughts on the graphic novel. :)

     

    Oh, and have you read Simon Pegg's own graphic novel called The Adventures of Simon Pegg? I can't remember if you've read his autobiography, but if you have, you'll remember his own novel-type thing that was interspersed between the regular chapters. I downloaded the graphic novel app for my iPad (I'm not sure what other formats it's available in, if any). It's very nice. :)

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