What movie are you viewing at the moment? - Page 7

**tamsmith** · October 26th, 2009, 10:40 PM

Just saw "Law Abiding Citizen". Very enjoyable. Violent but it makes you understand why no-one likes or trusts Lawyers.

**swimba** · October 27th, 2009, 10:47 AM

Yep, Public Enemies was very good.
Johnny is one of my favourites...

**goonerkev** · October 27th, 2009, 04:26 PM

Recently saw The Boat That Rocked , which is a newish British film
(2009) about the advent of pirate radio stations off the English coast in the mid-sixties. Very well made I thought - with an excellent soundtrack for those who like 60s music.

grunde · November 1st, 2009, 07:49 AM

Jess Franco - Les Nuits Brulantes De Linda

Estreeter · November 1st, 2009, 09:00 AM

Started too watch this a few years ago, till interupted and didn't get a chance too see all of it.

Justed started on cable, thought I'd give it a go again, looks good.
My kind of story line, Rock music and growin' up

**scoundrel** · November 1st, 2009, 05:15 PM

This is the film which almost invented chick flick/romantic weepies as a genre (''Oh Jerry, lets not ask for the moon; we have the stars.'') It depicts the emergence of a repressed and emotionally abused spinster, Bette Davis as Charlotte Vale in one of her greatest outings on celluloid, as an independent spirit. Quite advanced for an early forties film, the film explores the theme of female liberation, the right of an unmarried woman to be an adult and to have her own life, not kept as a child and a chattel by unpleasant, manipulative and controlling relatives. It also deals intelligently with psychological problems centering on low self-esteem, and with the pain of frustrated love.

Perhaps the most lasting and remarkable insight of the film is the simplest: that in order to be loved and integrated as a human being in the company of others, you have to give love in return. The core romance between Charlotte and Jerry Durrance (Paul Henreid, excellent) is the central story, but around it we see Charlotte building viable new relationships with relatives and family friends, to whom she has always previously been a clinging nuisance and embarressment. The only relationship which fails is that with her tyrannical mother: Charlotte tries her best but this woman cannot adjust to no longer being Charlottes owner and pocket tyrant, and in the end dies of a heart attack in the intensity of her thwarted bile. I am reminded of the utterly dysfunctional relationship between Jane Eyre and her guardian, Mrs Reed, in Charlotte Bronte's classic novel Jane Eyre.

The part which I found more moving than the unconsumatable romance was the last section, where, in mourning for the mother who she loved and who never loved her back, and feeling guilty for her part in the quarrel which triggered her mother's fatal heart attack, Charlotte returns to the psychiatric clinic which first helped her and finds that Henreid's emotionally disturbed 12 year old daughter is there, a close facsimile of the 12 year old girl she herself once used to be. There is an instant bond of empathy and, expecting to be receiving treatment and support, Charlotte instead is thrown into the role of therapist and surrogate mother to this girl who is heartbroken and as lonely as could be, because she knows for a fact that her own mother hates her. Charlotte has been there and done that, and is uniquely placed to reach out to and rehabilitate this damaged child. In fact Tina is extremely good for Charlotte as well, banishing the ghosts of Charlotte's guilt and misery completely.

Its not full of cliches: its the film that got copied so much that the ideas which are original and inventive here became the cliches of romantic melodrama, right down to the gloriously OTT musical score by Max Steiner. Definitely a girls film, but I liked it anyway because its also damn good.

**Wendigo** · November 1st, 2009, 06:08 PM

Who can kill a child? - I've not seen this little gem for years.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075462/

**Wendigo** · November 2nd, 2009, 02:23 PM

Jesus Franco's - Mansion of the Living Dead, naked women and Knights Templars, spot on!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089547/
Starring Lina Romay but my favourite here is Mari Carmen Nieto

Estreeter · November 6th, 2009, 11:46 AM

Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back

I think this film should have won every academy award, just some Hollywood elite have no sense of humor,

**Wendigo** · November 6th, 2009, 05:53 PM

Not strictly at the moment but last night at the cinema, and boy was it loud.
Enough strands left for another gore-fest sequel.

October 27th, 2009, 04:26 PM	#63
goonerkev Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 822 Thanks: 614 Thanked 12,263 Times in 639 Posts	Recently saw The Boat That Rocked , which is a newish British film (2009) about the advent of pirate radio stations off the English coast in the mid-sixties. Very well made I thought - with an excellent soundtrack for those who like 60s music. Last edited by goonerkev; October 27th, 2009 at 04:32 PM..

November 1st, 2009, 09:00 AM	#65
Estreeter *Administrator* Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The 19th hole Posts: 58,077 Thanks: 449,288 Thanked 896,433 Times in 60,279 Posts	Almost Famous Started too watch this a few years ago, till interupted and didn't get a chance too see all of it. Justed started on cable, thought I'd give it a go again, looks good. My kind of story line, Rock music and growin' up __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

November 1st, 2009, 05:15 PM	#66
scoundrel Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: England Posts: 26,230 Thanks: 162,362 Thanked 278,308 Times in 26,175 Posts	Now Voyager (1942) This is the film which almost invented chick flick/romantic weepies as a genre (''Oh Jerry, lets not ask for the moon; we have the stars.'') It depicts the emergence of a repressed and emotionally abused spinster, Bette Davis as Charlotte Vale in one of her greatest outings on celluloid, as an independent spirit. Quite advanced for an early forties film, the film explores the theme of female liberation, the right of an unmarried woman to be an adult and to have her own life, not kept as a child and a chattel by unpleasant, manipulative and controlling relatives. It also deals intelligently with psychological problems centering on low self-esteem, and with the pain of frustrated love. Perhaps the most lasting and remarkable insight of the film is the simplest: that in order to be loved and integrated as a human being in the company of others, you have to give love in return. The core romance between Charlotte and Jerry Durrance (Paul Henreid, excellent) is the central story, but around it we see Charlotte building viable new relationships with relatives and family friends, to whom she has always previously been a clinging nuisance and embarressment. The only relationship which fails is that with her tyrannical mother: Charlotte tries her best but this woman cannot adjust to no longer being Charlottes owner and pocket tyrant, and in the end dies of a heart attack in the intensity of her thwarted bile. I am reminded of the utterly dysfunctional relationship between Jane Eyre and her guardian, Mrs Reed, in Charlotte Bronte's classic novel Jane Eyre. The part which I found more moving than the unconsumatable romance was the last section, where, in mourning for the mother who she loved and who never loved her back, and feeling guilty for her part in the quarrel which triggered her mother's fatal heart attack, Charlotte returns to the psychiatric clinic which first helped her and finds that Henreid's emotionally disturbed 12 year old daughter is there, a close facsimile of the 12 year old girl she herself once used to be. There is an instant bond of empathy and, expecting to be receiving treatment and support, Charlotte instead is thrown into the role of therapist and surrogate mother to this girl who is heartbroken and as lonely as could be, because she knows for a fact that her own mother hates her. Charlotte has been there and done that, and is uniquely placed to reach out to and rehabilitate this damaged child. In fact Tina is extremely good for Charlotte as well, banishing the ghosts of Charlotte's guilt and misery completely. Its not full of cliches: its the film that got copied so much that the ideas which are original and inventive here became the cliches of romantic melodrama, right down to the gloriously OTT musical score by Max Steiner. Definitely a girls film, but I liked it anyway because its also damn good. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

November 6th, 2009, 11:46 AM	#69
Estreeter *Administrator* Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The 19th hole Posts: 58,077 Thanks: 449,288 Thanked 896,433 Times in 60,279 Posts	Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back I think this film should have won every academy award, just some Hollywood elite have no sense of humor, __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

November 6th, 2009, 05:53 PM	#70
Wendigo Former Staff Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Blighty Posts: 113,707 Thanks: 259,795 Thanked 1,138,619 Times in 113,829 Posts	SAW VI Not strictly at the moment but last night at the cinema, and boy was it loud. Enough strands left for another gore-fest sequel.

October 26th, 2009, 10:40 PM	#61
tamsmith Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Coming close to the Slippery Slope. Posts: 7,800 Thanks: 77,915 Thanked 280,404 Times in 9,078 Posts	Just saw "Law Abiding Citizen". Very enjoyable. Violent but it makes you understand why no-one likes or trusts Lawyers.

October 27th, 2009, 10:47 AM	#62
swimba Vintage Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 815 Thanks: 3,286 Thanked 19,649 Times in 832 Posts	Yep, Public Enemies was very good. Johnny is one of my favourites...

November 1st, 2009, 07:49 AM	#64
grunde Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 94 Thanks: 1,531 Thanked 653 Times in 81 Posts	Jess Franco - Les Nuits Brulantes De Linda

November 1st, 2009, 06:08 PM	#67
Wendigo Former Staff Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Blighty Posts: 113,707 Thanks: 259,795 Thanked 1,138,619 Times in 113,829 Posts	Who can kill a child? - I've not seen this little gem for years. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075462/

November 2nd, 2009, 02:23 PM	#68
Wendigo Former Staff Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Blighty Posts: 113,707 Thanks: 259,795 Thanked 1,138,619 Times in 113,829 Posts	Jesus Franco's - Mansion of the Living Dead, naked women and Knights Templars, spot on! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089547/ Starring Lina Romay but my favourite here is Mari Carmen Nieto

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