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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss three 1-1 draws.
The first got us knocked out of the FA Cup, the next puts us in a good position in our Round of 16 Europa League game, and the latest was an actual decent performance against Arsenal at Old Trafford.
All hopes for the season now rest on the Europa League - does Amorim have the squad to win it?
Thank you for this. Made me watch it just now. Holy feck, was actually amazing. I think I called what happens quite early on, but despite the predictability of it, they created the plot fantastically. High recommendation. My brother's taste in films is very strict so I rarely recommend films to him - I shall recommend this and Prisoners to him, no doubt. Memento too, although he's probably seen it.
Jake Gyllenhaal's performance was hammy, though.
Err I was actually joking but ... You're welcome.
I think End of Watch, Prisoners, Enemy and Nightcrawler is a pretty good run of movies.
Enemy was appaulingly bad - angry you wasted the time bad.
So just to confirm, did anyone actually like Predestination apart from me?!?!
So just to confirm, did anyone actually like Predestination apart from me?!?!
Yeah i liked it.
I think most people liked it, Cina was just being over the top there to make a point.So just to confirm, did anyone actually like Predestination apart from me?!?!
So just to confirm, did anyone actually like Predestination apart from me?!?!
Yeah it was an excellent watch.
Mr Turner - beautiful looking with a great central performance from Timothy Spall. Maybe overlong. I need to watch more of Mike Leigh.
Naked!
Yes it's top of my list. I have a lot of time for David Thewlis.
Life is Sweet is pretty good too (with Thewlis and Spall).
and Happy-Go-Lucky.
and Happy-Go-Lucky.
Wibble doesn't do subtlety as far as movies are concerned.
You predicted that he/she went back in time and fecked his/herself?
Fair play.
We all saw it coming, to be fair. Almost three separate people created from one/or nothing. Why was this paradox created in the first place!? How it was created is beyond even Steven Hawkins. What was the original timeline? Do even they care? Why did she feck herself? But heh, the movie was convoluted, it had an unravelling plot, it kept us guessing. It had me bloody depressed that's what it managed. "
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I think I predicted that the barman, John and Jane were the same person. I guess I didn't think that far in advance that they all fecked each other
We all saw it coming, to be fair. Almost three separate people created from one/or nothing. Why was this paradox created in the first place!? How it was created is beyond even Steven Hawkins. What was the original timeline? Do even they care? Why did she feck herself? But heh, the movie was convoluted, it had an unravelling plot, it kept us guessing. It had me bloody depressed that's what it managed. "
Him feckin him/her self was the obvious bit. It was the fact that after he fecked himself he snuck into the hospital to kidnap himself as a baby so that would create the entire paradox over and over again that fried my brain.... not even touching on the part where he kills himself.
It is the work of either a genius or a lunatic.
So I watched Barton Fink for about the fifth time and think I've finally got most of it worked out, at least to my satisfaction.
The writing is frigging great, a precise, absurdist dissection of the creative process. That they went on to do the same for grief - in Llewyn Davis, and purpose and meaning - A Serious Man, just cements their genius. The best writers working today in my view.
The obvious: a Faustian tale, Goodman as devil. City of Angles, Hollywood writers hell, selling soul to movies. Dichotomy of art and commerce, etc.
It tackles the classic idea of selling your soul for financial gain but it also astutely addresses the more complex dilemma of exploiting ones soul for creative gain. Fink by the end manages to still have one hand on his soul (his head in the box), although he is still under contract to Hollywood, he isn't writing what they want (at the end he replies that he is not sure if what is in the box actually belongs to him). Munt's beheadings are simply him collecting on the insurance policies (he's just trying to help people out). He gives fink back his soul/head in the box.
It's also about the clash of art, truth and creation, a gap that Fink grandly talks about wanting to bridge. There's that brilliant line at the end "you are beautiful, are you in pictures?" and the girl from the hotel picture says "Don't be silly"- a questioning of the line between the depiction of beauty (the artifice) and worldly beauty. Also there is the scene when Mayhew describes his process as just making things up and he uses drink to "levee" against what he sees as the "bullshit" of the creative struggle.
It tackles the classic idea of selling your soul for financial gain but it also astutely addresses the more complex dilemma of exploiting ones soul for creative gain. Fink by the end manages to still have one hand on his soul (his head in the box), although he is still under contract to Hollywood, he isn't writing what they want (at the end he replies that he is not sure if what is in the box actually belongs to him). Munt's beheadings are simply him collecting on the insurance policies (he's just trying to help people out). He gives fink back his soul/head in the box.
It's also about the clash of art, truth and creation, a gap that Fink grandly talks about wanting to bridge. There's that brilliant line at the end "you are beautiful, are you in pictures?" and the girl from the hotel picture says "Don't be silly"- a questioning of the line between the depiction of beauty (the artifice) and worldly beauty. Also there is the scene when Mayhew describes his process as just making things up and he uses drink to "levee" against what he sees as the "bullshit" of the creative struggle.
The writing is frigging great, a precise, absurdist dissection of the creative process. That they went on to do the same for grief - in Llewyn Davis, and purpose and meaning - A Serious Man, just cements their genius. The best writers working today in my view.
Gone Girl
Was ok but far, far too long and as a result it felt a bit flat at the end after the 'twist' was out of the way. Fincher probably made it more watchable than it would have been in the hands of another director though so horses for courses I guess.
Was ok but far, far too long and as a result it felt a bit flat at the end after the 'twist' was out of the way. Fincher probably made it more watchable than it would have been in the hands of another director though so horses for courses I guess.
Under The Skin:
Very good film. I can't believe I felt sympathy towards Johansson's character at the end, despite all of her wrongdoing!
Very good film. I can't believe I felt sympathy towards Johansson's character at the end, despite all of her wrongdoing!
I haven't seen that but Enemy was the biggest load of arty drivel I've had the displeasure to experience in forever. One of the few films this year that actually annoyed me because I wasted my valuable time watching it. The ending was laughably bad. Something a 6th form art student might write in the mistaken belief that it was deep.
I love subtlety and I love a good arthouse film. 3 Colours Blue is my favorite film (today and always top 5) for example. Utter bollocks like The Enemy I hate.
I really liked it too.So just to confirm, did anyone actually like Predestination apart from me?!?!
I, Frankenstein
I watched this intending to hate it but surprisingly I didn't. I liked the gothic setting, which was similar to the Underworld series and some of the action and CGI was pretty nice. I have no idea what the film was about though but I didn't mind as they showed a lot of Yvonne Strahovski's legs 5/10
I watched this intending to hate it but surprisingly I didn't. I liked the gothic setting, which was similar to the Underworld series and some of the action and CGI was pretty nice. I have no idea what the film was about though but I didn't mind as they showed a lot of Yvonne Strahovski's legs 5/10
So just to confirm, did anyone actually like Predestination apart from me?!?!
How could you not like it. Fantastic original film.
Again, it was pretty obvious what was going on early on, but still a really good film. Anyone who couldn't see the twist though is, like my missus, a bit thick.
Boyhood
Really don't see what all the hoopla was about. It wasn't awful or anything, but certainly not the masterpiece it was received as by most critics.
Feels like I aged a few years watching this too. It was at least an hour too long. It just kept dragging on and on without anything that resembles a plot.
Not completely hated it either though, slightly above average film, but don't expect anything more or you'll be disappointed. 5.5/10
Really don't see what all the hoopla was about. It wasn't awful or anything, but certainly not the masterpiece it was received as by most critics.
Feels like I aged a few years watching this too. It was at least an hour too long. It just kept dragging on and on without anything that resembles a plot.
Not completely hated it either though, slightly above average film, but don't expect anything more or you'll be disappointed. 5.5/10
Gone Girl - I was enjoying it for a while but I just couldn't suspend my disbelief in the end, way, way too long.
These days, with all the prequels, sequels and movie rip-offs, it's impossible to be too original.
what i meant is that the logic in the movie is flawed... so despite being good fun (for a while), its not a good movie because it doesn't make sense. Its something the Manatees from South park might have come with.
What a ridiculous comparison, I can only imagine you've been sat on that line for a while now and just wanted to get it out there. In fact, putting that sentence alongside this movie is ironically like something the Manatees from South Park might have come up with.
You can poke holes into absolutely any work of fiction. Predestination is a great watch though and doesn't have as many loose ends as you'd expect from such an 'out there' concept.
i think you didn't "understood" the movie. And by this i mean you somehow did make sense out of what was going on in screen. Somehow...