Motion Pictures (that anuse me)

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Jan 14, 2026 2:24 pm

An Unicorn wrote: Wed Jan 14, 2026 3:10 am Aubrey Plaza's really having a moment lately, isn't she?

I'll take your word for it!

Post by **dng** » Sat Jan 17, 2026 7:10 pm

i saw the shining at the cinema today, and it was the american version they showed for some reason instead of the stanley kubrick approved european version, so there was 20 minutes of extra stuff i'd never ever seen before.

extra stuff;

a long slightly boring scene near the start where danny iand wendy get interviewed by a doctor
a mid length incredibly boring scene near the middle where scatman crothers hires a snow plow
a very short scene near the end where some skeletons are having a tea party

Post by **dng** » Sat Jan 17, 2026 7:11 pm

stanley kubrick will be spinning in his grave now some europeans have seen such sights

Post by **dng** » Sat Jan 17, 2026 8:40 pm

oh yeah and also the shining is only a 15 now, somehow

Post by **dng** » Sat Jan 17, 2026 8:40 pm

and also kind of weirdly

Post by **dng** » Sat Jan 17, 2026 8:42 pm

should be an 18 just for the way grady says the word "corrected"

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Tue Jan 20, 2026 12:04 pm

The American version is the one I'm familiar with, as it first got shown on ITV around 1989 because the American distributors got confused and sent their version by mistake

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Tue Jan 20, 2026 12:06 pm

dng wrote: Sat Jan 17, 2026 8:42 pm should be an 18 just for the way grady says the word "corrected"

And his N-word usage, but that might be why they brought the rating down :(

Gravid · Post by **Gravid** » Sun Jan 25, 2026 11:52 am

Left-Handed Girl - this was great, really lovely. The little girl was really excellent.

Post by **dng** » Tue Feb 17, 2026 4:29 pm

first love - fun takashi miike film about a shit amateur boxer getting caught up in loads of wild yakuza shenanigans with a pretty great and occasionally didgeridoo based soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PagF_ZHUJk

also i looked takashi miike up and this was his 103rd movie apparently (and it came out 6 years ago so no doubt now he's made another 15 or something since)

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Mon Mar 02, 2026 2:00 am

I attended the most recent Mystery Movie Marathon at the Prince Charles Cinema, which ran from 10:30 on Saturday to roughly 8am the following morning. I tagged all the films on my Letterboxd, and I think I was the only person who stayed fully awake for the whole thing

https://letterboxd.com/michellelyons/fi ... the-night/
https://letterboxd.com/michellelyons/film/ransom/
https://letterboxd.com/michellelyons/film/link/
https://letterboxd.com/michellelyons/film/retroactive/
https://letterboxd.com/michellelyons/fi ... e-volcano/

Post by **dng** » Mon Mar 02, 2026 11:45 am

blimey. i think that sort of thing would kill me now i'm old

Post by **vom** » Mon Mar 02, 2026 12:22 pm

Hell yeah Joe versus the Volcano! I wrote a song about that once.

I've never attempted an all-nighter but I don't think I could do it. I am very tired.

Post by **dng** » Thu Mar 05, 2026 10:43 pm

I just watched interstellar, ten years or whatever after seeing it before. They've stuck timothee chalamet in there now somehow

Post by **dng** » Thu Mar 05, 2026 10:43 pm

This is like when I watched saving private ryan again once and they'd put vin diesel in it

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Mar 16, 2026 8:00 pm

D.A.R.Y.L is a mediocre, sometimes touching, and somewhat ridiculous 80s SF-ish kids film, and I rather enjoyed it. 7/10.

WARNING: Contains Pole Position footage!!!

Post by **dng** » Mon Mar 16, 2026 8:16 pm

daryl is the best film ever made

Post by **dng** » Mon Mar 16, 2026 8:16 pm

especially the pole position bit

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Mar 16, 2026 8:25 pm

Wasn't it a question/answer in the n3ta games quiz from ye olden tymes?

Post by **dng** » Mon Mar 16, 2026 8:30 pm

it was

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Mar 17, 2026 1:04 am

Hurrah! 10 points to me!

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Tue Mar 17, 2026 6:19 am

Pole Position is also responsible for the best video game advert ever made:

https://youtu.be/tMpA6Jnq3CQ

Post by **vom** » Tue Mar 17, 2026 9:15 am

I don't think I've ever seen D.A.R.Y.L but I'm going to assume it stands for "Dat Awesome Robot You Like" until proven otherwise

Post by **vom** » Tue Mar 17, 2026 9:15 am

update: I've just been proven otherwise

Post by **dng** » Tue Mar 17, 2026 11:16 am

CandyDarling wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2026 6:19 am Pole Position is also responsible for the best video game advert ever made:

https://youtu.be/tMpA6Jnq3CQ

hooray

Post by **vom** » Tue Mar 17, 2026 12:28 pm

that is a very good advert!

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Mar 17, 2026 9:02 pm

vom wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2026 9:15 am update: I've just been proven otherwise

Bah, you can prove 'anything' with facts!

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Mar 17, 2026 9:08 pm

That is a truly excellent advert! They should use it now instead of running those dreadful bingo on yer phone adverts in the breaks.

Post by **dng** » Wed Mar 18, 2026 7:54 pm

This week I have watched two vampire films.

1 - lips of blood - ultra low budget soft porn 70s French exploitation nonsense, terribly acted and plotted, about nothing except that the director thinks vampires are incredibly sexy probably, yet incredibly atmospheric and weird and sort of unsettling all the way through

2 - sinners - massive budget no nudity 2020s important American nonsense, about racism and music and culture and history and colinalism, very well acted, great music, excellent for most of it, but not unsettling in the slightest and also all the atmosphere seeps away by the end because for some reason the end is both a rushed load of old piss and really long and oddly dragged out

Post by **dng** » Wed Mar 18, 2026 7:55 pm

So the no budget French nonsense wins

Post by **vom** » Fri Mar 20, 2026 9:50 am

I really liked Sinners until the vampire stuff really kicked in, it seemed really half-arsed

Post by **dng** » Fri Mar 20, 2026 12:11 pm

yeah, the last half hour was surprisingly shoddy

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Mar 20, 2026 8:50 pm

I watched The Other Guys last night with Will Feral and Marky Mark.

I have very basic tastes.

I enjoyed it.

Post by **dng** » Fri Mar 20, 2026 8:59 pm

I'm not sure I've watched a will ferrell movie

Post by **dng** » Fri Mar 20, 2026 9:00 pm

Except maybe the Lego movie if that counts as he does a voice in that

Post by **blombluss** » Sat Mar 21, 2026 2:27 am

dng wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2026 8:59 pm I'm not sure I've watched a will ferrell movie

If you're not impressed by someone bellowing lolrandom phrases, then he's probably not for you!

Gravid · Post by **Gravid** » Wed Mar 25, 2026 8:34 pm

I'm not sure if Will & Harper really counts as a Will Ferrell film, but I liked it.

Gravid · Post by **Gravid** » Wed Mar 25, 2026 8:34 pm

Also I watched Elf for the first time last Christmas and thought it was surprisingly really good?

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Mar 26, 2026 1:45 am

Elf's definitely one of the better Christmas films, but it's no Holiday In Handcuffs, but then not much is...

Post by **vom** » Thu Mar 26, 2026 7:14 am

I've apparently seen 28 Will Ferrell movies

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Mar 26, 2026 2:24 pm

There are 28 Will Ferrell movies?!?!

So by my reckoning that means that Will Ferrell has appeared in nearly 37% of all films that have ever been made!

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Mar 26, 2026 2:24 pm

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Mar 26, 2026 2:35 pm

My Will Ferrell Top 10

Anchorman
Blades of Glory
Step Brothers
Talladega Nights
Elf
The Other Guys
Semi-Pro
Old School
You're Cordially Invited
The Landlord

All other Ferrell films must be burnt!!!

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Thu Mar 26, 2026 2:47 pm

My sister made me watch Blades of Glory and the one he did about Eurovision. He just has too much face for me, though.

Post by **dng** » Thu Mar 26, 2026 3:32 pm

Ron Perlman's less beautiful brother

Post by **endar** » Thu Mar 26, 2026 4:10 pm

i enjoyed Talladega Nights and Wankerman and Step Brothers, but I think that was due to the other people in them, like John C Reilly, Gary Cole, sacha baron von cohen and the woman news reader (Tits McGee) etc

Post by **Bruce Sato** » Thu Mar 26, 2026 4:13 pm

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(you may remember the sequence; my sister created the infographic)

Post by **dng** » Thu Mar 26, 2026 4:49 pm

Beautiful

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Mar 26, 2026 9:40 pm

WANT THIS ONNA T-SHIRT! *thumbs up*

Post by **Pual** » Thu Mar 26, 2026 10:08 pm

The circle of life