tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post111819960151383710..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: The 'sharp' test for filmsPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1118341193147712502005-06-10T06:19:00.000+12:002005-06-10T06:19:00.000+12:00Apocalypse Now - sorry.Apocalypse Now - sorry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1118340981302683132005-06-10T06:16:00.000+12:002005-06-10T06:16:00.000+12:00Martin Sheen was good in Badlands and Apocolypse N...Martin Sheen was good in Badlands and Apocolypse Now. He's not worth watching in anything else though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1118268080244235142005-06-09T10:01:00.000+12:002005-06-09T10:01:00.000+12:00James, you said, " Rambo!.....no other comment req...James, you said, " Rambo!.....no other comment required."<BR/><BR/>None indeed. Your choice speaks volumes, James.<BR/><BR/>Robin, you said, "I've never seen The Prisoner, but I'd really like to watch it. What's its appeal Peter?"<BR/><BR/>That would be telling. :-) Seriously Robin, the less I tell you the better -- it's one series that really repays thinking for yourself. And sharp! Crikey, it's so sharp you'll cut yourself. :-)Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1118268059778500762005-06-09T10:00:00.000+12:002005-06-09T10:00:00.000+12:00I'll be bahck! astalavista, bebey! B-|I'll be bahck! astalavista, bebey! <BR/><BR/>B-|XXXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03827007551114965940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1118263029692102312005-06-09T08:37:00.000+12:002005-06-09T08:37:00.000+12:00Rambo!.....no other comment required. :-)Rambo!.....no other comment required. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1118233723757968472005-06-09T00:28:00.000+12:002005-06-09T00:28:00.000+12:00I've never seen The Prisoner, but I'd really like ...I've never seen The Prisoner, but I'd really like to watch it. Whats its appeal Peter?<BR/><BR/>Be seeing you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1118228504958178482005-06-08T23:01:00.000+12:002005-06-08T23:01:00.000+12:00Sorry, that should have read "as frightful a hymn ...Sorry, that should have read "as frightful a hymn to solipistic nihilism as I've ever seen." <BR/><BR/>BTW, I agree with you about David Mamet. When I read he was filming 'The Winslow Boy', I had a definite WTF moment but was pleasantly impressed.Craig Ranapiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923246310584658857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1118228310851405392005-06-08T22:58:00.000+12:002005-06-08T22:58:00.000+12:00Ruth -Sorry, but I don't see how anyone can use 'l...Ruth -<BR/><BR/>Sorry, but I don't see how anyone can use 'libertarian' in the same sentence as 'Fight Club' - a frightful humn to solipistic nihilism I've ever seen.Craig Ranapiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923246310584658857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1118226113250085772005-06-08T22:21:00.000+12:002005-06-08T22:21:00.000+12:00I'll no doubt infuriate PC with this one: Raiders ...I'll no doubt infuriate PC with this one: Raiders of the Lost Ark. Loved it, gung ho and pointless it may be, but its still one of my favourites.<BR/><BR/>I'm looking forward to watching Sin City at the cinema, even if it does star Bruce Willis and is based on a comic book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1118223837033594552005-06-08T21:43:00.000+12:002005-06-08T21:43:00.000+12:00momento is a brilliant movie with guy peirce worth...momento is a brilliant movie with guy peirce worth checking out<BR/>hell i liked die hard 1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1118213947992394202005-06-08T18:59:00.000+12:002005-06-08T18:59:00.000+12:00Hi Bren. I loved 'Being John Malkovich' -- I have ...Hi Bren. I loved 'Being John Malkovich' -- I have a client with whom we joke about his 'Malkovich Room' since it's whole storey of his house barely four feet high -- and the recommendations I've heard for 'Adaptation' sound good.<BR/><BR/>'Amelie' I loved - it's on my list. 'Fight Club' failed my thirty-minute test: life's too short to waste time with that sort of crap.<BR/><BR/>You'll have a hard time persuading me of any Jim Carrey movies I'm afraid. Sharp they ain't. To use one of Robert Heinlein's lines, they're 'funny once' -- if that.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1118210596814257872005-06-08T18:03:00.000+12:002005-06-08T18:03:00.000+12:00Brad Pitts only redeeming factor *is* Fight Club. ...Brad Pitts only redeeming factor *is* Fight Club. Its pretty gripping, although I'd be hesitant to say it has much to do with libertarianism. It has a lot to do with self-loathing and anti-success. It is an interesting movie, and Edward Norton is good.<BR/><BR/>Ed Wood is one of my favourite movies - and its in black and white! Its a biopic about the reputed worst director of all time and stars Johnny Depp. Its all about ambition ;-) Go and rent Ed Wood, and admire the theremin music.<BR/><BR/>Man on the Moon is also fairly good, Jim Carreys only redeeming movie (with the possible exception of Eternal Sunset of the Spotless Mind)<BR/><BR/>Amelie is pretty good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1118206372178432752005-06-08T16:52:00.000+12:002005-06-08T16:52:00.000+12:00See, there's always one concrete-bound loser who i...See, there's always one concrete-bound loser who ignores all the important arguments in a post, and wants to get straight to the Bradd Pitt shots. <BR/><BR/>Always one. ;^PPeter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1118205784106685782005-06-08T16:43:00.000+12:002005-06-08T16:43:00.000+12:00Fight Club has one of my favourite (libertarian) q...Fight Club has one of my favourite (libertarian) quotes:<BR/><BR/>"I look like you wanna look, I fuck like you wanna fuck, I am smart, capable and most importantly, I am free in all the ways you are not - Tyler (Brad Pitt)<BR/><BR/>Too right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com