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Seeing the arguments raging over The Mummy Returns and Pearl Harbour (I may have stirred the pot a bit there), I'd like to remind everyone that there are also smaller films out there that are often just as, if not more, rewarding than the Mcfilms we are spoon-fed.
They wont come to your local giga-plex enormodome cinemas and may even involve a trip to an arthouse cinema, but the rewards can be so worthwhile it's worth the effort.
These films won't have budgets the size of the US Defence budget, but quite often they don't need them, the lack of money forces the filmaker to be more creative and original instead of throwing money at effects and stars to wander through the film and bump into CGI monsters.
2 of the best films I've seen this year so far haven't played anywhere near my house and involved a search through listings mags to find them.
One Night at McCools - An inventive, original, funny movie about 1 woman and 3 different men's version of events. It had Micheal Douglas in, but he's more indie than mainstream.
A brilliant plot, genuinely funny scenes and a pay-off that matches any comedy moment I've seen so far.
How can you pass on a movie that has a shoot-out to the Vilage People singing "YMCA"?
Dark Days - Now, nobody saw this but me and a handful of other people that went to The Curzon for the week it was playing.
It's a documentary made by a 27yd old English guy about the homeless in New York.
What made this stand out was the homeless lived underground in the rail-tunnels and rarely came out into the light.
It treated them with dignity, followed their lives over 5 years and involved everyone in the making, the homeless were the crew, lighting, camera etc,allowing you to see this familiar problem from their point of view.
It was uplifting, genuinely moving and one of the best films of recent memory.
Yet nobody saw it.
Why?
Why is Pearl Harbour number 1 and The Coen Bros need funding from Europe because not that many people watch their movies?
It does take more effort to find the smaller films, but they can be your secret.
Your movie that you loved and not many others have seen it, it's just yours. You can tell everyone about this movie, spread it by word of mouth and know that someone will enjoy it because they found it by themself.
Withnail and I is a HUGE cult hit, yet there are still not many people know it.
But that doesn't stop the fans from quoting from it, delighting when they hear a reference to it and best of all, you get to introduce your mates to it.
To say "I told you that was good".
Personally, I find this a much more enjoyable experience than watching a movie, getting to the pizza place afterwards and finding I've already forgotten what I've seen.
It's like Chinese Food. Ok whilst you're chewing, but you can't remember it an hour later and you keep going back.
They wont come to your local giga-plex enormodome cinemas and may even involve a trip to an arthouse cinema, but the rewards can be so worthwhile it's worth the effort.
These films won't have budgets the size of the US Defence budget, but quite often they don't need them, the lack of money forces the filmaker to be more creative and original instead of throwing money at effects and stars to wander through the film and bump into CGI monsters.
2 of the best films I've seen this year so far haven't played anywhere near my house and involved a search through listings mags to find them.
One Night at McCools - An inventive, original, funny movie about 1 woman and 3 different men's version of events. It had Micheal Douglas in, but he's more indie than mainstream.
A brilliant plot, genuinely funny scenes and a pay-off that matches any comedy moment I've seen so far.
How can you pass on a movie that has a shoot-out to the Vilage People singing "YMCA"?
Dark Days - Now, nobody saw this but me and a handful of other people that went to The Curzon for the week it was playing.
It's a documentary made by a 27yd old English guy about the homeless in New York.
What made this stand out was the homeless lived underground in the rail-tunnels and rarely came out into the light.
It treated them with dignity, followed their lives over 5 years and involved everyone in the making, the homeless were the crew, lighting, camera etc,allowing you to see this familiar problem from their point of view.
It was uplifting, genuinely moving and one of the best films of recent memory.
Yet nobody saw it.
Why?
Why is Pearl Harbour number 1 and The Coen Bros need funding from Europe because not that many people watch their movies?
It does take more effort to find the smaller films, but they can be your secret.
Your movie that you loved and not many others have seen it, it's just yours. You can tell everyone about this movie, spread it by word of mouth and know that someone will enjoy it because they found it by themself.
Withnail and I is a HUGE cult hit, yet there are still not many people know it.
But that doesn't stop the fans from quoting from it, delighting when they hear a reference to it and best of all, you get to introduce your mates to it.
To say "I told you that was good".
Personally, I find this a much more enjoyable experience than watching a movie, getting to the pizza place afterwards and finding I've already forgotten what I've seen.
It's like Chinese Food. Ok whilst you're chewing, but you can't remember it an hour later and you keep going back.
I see what Goatboy is saying but I am to tired to post my opinion on it :)
hehe
It's ok, you need to be a movie-geek to use these sites.
Aint-It-Cool is excellent, they post reviews of previews, so you find out what the movie is like months before it comes out.
They dont give spoilers, just let you know if its any good or not.
The Internet Movie Database rocks as well
It's ok, you need to be a movie-geek to use these sites.
Aint-It-Cool is excellent, they post reviews of previews, so you find out what the movie is like months before it comes out.
They dont give spoilers, just let you know if its any good or not.
The Internet Movie Database rocks as well
I'm a complete imbecile.
I have never, ever used the internet to check film reviews before renting a movie.
And why not?
The thought has never before crossed my mind!
Cheers for the URLs, anyway!
I have never, ever used the internet to check film reviews before renting a movie.
And why not?
The thought has never before crossed my mind!
Cheers for the URLs, anyway!
Yep.
And that's where movie web-sites come into play for sifting through the drek.
aint-it-cool.com and darkhorizons.com are both pretty good at letting you know what's coming and what it's about.
One to watch out for, and this explode over here and set The Daily Mail off on their "ban this sick filth" campaign is a Japanese film called "Battle Royale".
A "reality tv" film set on an island.
42 kids sent there, 3 days on the island.
The aim?
To have one last kid standing. They have to kill each other before the 3 days are up or their families get it.
Regular announcements are made about a "danger area" and they have to get 40yards away in 20 seconds or their collars explode, taking off their heads.
And the teachers are allowed on the island to taunt and help.
Sick, brilliant, twisted concept.
And it's coming in August.
Watch out for it.
And that's where movie web-sites come into play for sifting through the drek.
aint-it-cool.com and darkhorizons.com are both pretty good at letting you know what's coming and what it's about.
One to watch out for, and this explode over here and set The Daily Mail off on their "ban this sick filth" campaign is a Japanese film called "Battle Royale".
A "reality tv" film set on an island.
42 kids sent there, 3 days on the island.
The aim?
To have one last kid standing. They have to kill each other before the 3 days are up or their families get it.
Regular announcements are made about a "danger area" and they have to get 40yards away in 20 seconds or their collars explode, taking off their heads.
And the teachers are allowed on the island to taunt and help.
Sick, brilliant, twisted concept.
And it's coming in August.
Watch out for it.
Because they don't show at the big Cinemas, and because I live in the middle of nowhere, seeing such films at the Cinema is highly unlikely.
However I often rent movies that didn't have huge budgets, and aren't filled with special effects, and sometimes I find some really great little movies.
However, there's also way too much crap out there, and it's easy to get put off.
However I often rent movies that didn't have huge budgets, and aren't filled with special effects, and sometimes I find some really great little movies.
However, there's also way too much crap out there, and it's easy to get put off.
Seeing the arguments raging over The Mummy Returns and Pearl Harbour (I may have stirred the pot a bit there), I'd like to remind everyone that there are also smaller films out there that are often just as, if not more, rewarding than the Mcfilms we are spoon-fed.
They wont come to your local giga-plex enormodome cinemas and may even involve a trip to an arthouse cinema, but the rewards can be so worthwhile it's worth the effort.
These films won't have budgets the size of the US Defence budget, but quite often they don't need them, the lack of money forces the filmaker to be more creative and original instead of throwing money at effects and stars to wander through the film and bump into CGI monsters.
2 of the best films I've seen this year so far haven't played anywhere near my house and involved a search through listings mags to find them.
One Night at McCools - An inventive, original, funny movie about 1 woman and 3 different men's version of events. It had Micheal Douglas in, but he's more indie than mainstream.
A brilliant plot, genuinely funny scenes and a pay-off that matches any comedy moment I've seen so far.
How can you pass on a movie that has a shoot-out to the Vilage People singing "YMCA"?
Dark Days - Now, nobody saw this but me and a handful of other people that went to The Curzon for the week it was playing.
It's a documentary made by a 27yd old English guy about the homeless in New York.
What made this stand out was the homeless lived underground in the rail-tunnels and rarely came out into the light.
It treated them with dignity, followed their lives over 5 years and involved everyone in the making, the homeless were the crew, lighting, camera etc,allowing you to see this familiar problem from their point of view.
It was uplifting, genuinely moving and one of the best films of recent memory.
Yet nobody saw it.
Why?
Why is Pearl Harbour number 1 and The Coen Bros need funding from Europe because not that many people watch their movies?
It does take more effort to find the smaller films, but they can be your secret.
Your movie that you loved and not many others have seen it, it's just yours. You can tell everyone about this movie, spread it by word of mouth and know that someone will enjoy it because they found it by themself.
Withnail and I is a HUGE cult hit, yet there are still not many people know it.
But that doesn't stop the fans from quoting from it, delighting when they hear a reference to it and best of all, you get to introduce your mates to it.
To say "I told you that was good".
Personally, I find this a much more enjoyable experience than watching a movie, getting to the pizza place afterwards and finding I've already forgotten what I've seen.
It's like Chinese Food. Ok whilst you're chewing, but you can't remember it an hour later and you keep going back.
They wont come to your local giga-plex enormodome cinemas and may even involve a trip to an arthouse cinema, but the rewards can be so worthwhile it's worth the effort.
These films won't have budgets the size of the US Defence budget, but quite often they don't need them, the lack of money forces the filmaker to be more creative and original instead of throwing money at effects and stars to wander through the film and bump into CGI monsters.
2 of the best films I've seen this year so far haven't played anywhere near my house and involved a search through listings mags to find them.
One Night at McCools - An inventive, original, funny movie about 1 woman and 3 different men's version of events. It had Micheal Douglas in, but he's more indie than mainstream.
A brilliant plot, genuinely funny scenes and a pay-off that matches any comedy moment I've seen so far.
How can you pass on a movie that has a shoot-out to the Vilage People singing "YMCA"?
Dark Days - Now, nobody saw this but me and a handful of other people that went to The Curzon for the week it was playing.
It's a documentary made by a 27yd old English guy about the homeless in New York.
What made this stand out was the homeless lived underground in the rail-tunnels and rarely came out into the light.
It treated them with dignity, followed their lives over 5 years and involved everyone in the making, the homeless were the crew, lighting, camera etc,allowing you to see this familiar problem from their point of view.
It was uplifting, genuinely moving and one of the best films of recent memory.
Yet nobody saw it.
Why?
Why is Pearl Harbour number 1 and The Coen Bros need funding from Europe because not that many people watch their movies?
It does take more effort to find the smaller films, but they can be your secret.
Your movie that you loved and not many others have seen it, it's just yours. You can tell everyone about this movie, spread it by word of mouth and know that someone will enjoy it because they found it by themself.
Withnail and I is a HUGE cult hit, yet there are still not many people know it.
But that doesn't stop the fans from quoting from it, delighting when they hear a reference to it and best of all, you get to introduce your mates to it.
To say "I told you that was good".
Personally, I find this a much more enjoyable experience than watching a movie, getting to the pizza place afterwards and finding I've already forgotten what I've seen.
It's like Chinese Food. Ok whilst you're chewing, but you can't remember it an hour later and you keep going back.