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[HollowHorn]

Och, a mere HH will suffice, nae worries, I'm no that bothered.

[harper]

Whit's that? Half man Half biscuit?

[HollowHorn]

Half biscuit?

Aye, Grey & Dunn.

[harper]

[Pat]

[Just back from Gnomeo and Juliet. Ryan adored it. Lots of good messages about the futility of prejudice. And great voices including from James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Ashley Jensen.

I must admit to having 40 winks.

[harper]

True Grit: Not a typical Coen Brothers film but good all the same. Altogether, grittier and more sombre than the 1969 Hathaway and Wayne version and supposedly more true to the original novel by Charles Portis.

Jeff Bridgers is more shambolic and decrepit US Marshall than Wayne. The young Hailee Steinfield plays a wonderful Mattie through to a logical conclusion that I don't remember in the Hathaway/Wayne version.

The film is also funny, without playing to a comedy genre. The humour comes through in a formal dialogue conducted throughout the film, with Mattie's character as the main focus.

I found Jeff Bridges shambolic diaglogue dificult to make out at times but that seems par for the course with most of his recent characters.

True Grit is a good movie but I wouldn't mark it out as one of my favourite Coen Bother's films.

8/10

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=CUiCu-zuAgM

[Pat]

Hailee Steinfield looks great in the clips, harper, and Jeff Bridges seems to make his characters so likeable. I enjoyed the film the first time round so will be interesting to see what the Coen boys make of it.

[harper]

Although based on the same book, this film didn't really have the feel of a remake. The 1969 film was very much a vehicle for John Wayne whereas the Coen version seems to serve the story better, IMV.

Anyone read the book?

[Pat]

Although based on the same book, this film didn't really have the feel of a remake. The 1969 film was very much a vehicle for John Wayne whereas the Coen version seems to serve the story better, IMV.

Anyone read the book?

I've not read the book, harper.
I've got a big movie day tomorrow with 'Fair Game' followed by 'Little White Lies' both at GFT.
I'll have a strong expresso between shows in Cafe Cosmo.

This looks quite interesting: Japanese Hit Comedies

Oganised by Japan Desk Scotland (japandeskscotland@googlemail.com), with support from The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation and The Japan Foundation, and with sponsorship from Kikkoman and Mizkan. The four films most popular at the previous Seasons will be screened with popular demand at GilmorehillG12, University of Glasgow, 9 University Avenue, Glasgow. In Japanese with English subtitles.
Tickets free (issued 30 mins prior to the screening. First come firs served basis, no booking)

More information

[HollowHorn]

3D to me has always smelt of cardboard glasses & crap effects, no way was I going to be taken in by the 'new wave' I ain't easily impressed.
Took my baby to see 'Tangled' in that very format & I have to say I found it a breathtaking experience. The scipt was so so, the animation sublime, the 3D effect was gobsmacking.
Birds & butterflies floated out from the screen & hovered above my head, arrows whizzed past my ear & whacked into the popcorn muncher directly behind me, result!
I'm a fan, I want more.

The downside? The babe got bored halfway through & wanted to leave, so we did. I might sneak back this week & catch the second half, I still have my (sturdy plastic) glasses to hand, they only cost a pound you know.

[Iona Weedug]

..I found it a breathtaking experience. The scipt was so so, the animation sublime, the 3D effect was gobsmacking.
Birds & butterflies floated out from the screen & hovered above my head, arrows whizzed past my ear & whacked into the popcorn muncher directly behind me, result!

I used to get the same effect in Curlers circa '72

[Pat]

I used to get the same effect in Curlers circa '72

Exciting times, IonaW. With or without the special specs.

I agree with HH the 3D is amazing. The glasses don't work on the bus on the way home mind you.

[Pat]

Italian Film Festival in Scotland

Friday 1 - Thursday 14 April
Benvenuti to the Italian Film Festival in Scotland, curated by Glasgow Film Festival co-director Allan Hunter and Richard Mowe. Our 2011 edition includes a focus on actor Toni Servillo, and also highlights a diverse line-up of new and classic Italian cinema including comedies, dramas, thrillers and classics from award-winning directors and actors, as well as spotlighting debut films from exciting new talent.

Programme

[Johnson]

I am happy to know that Toni Servillo is the main actor in Italian Film Festival in Scotland which might be the wonderful to watch on 14th April . Great to see the other categories like comedy, drama . I think there might be a great fun .

[Pat]

I am happy to know that Toni Servillo is the main actor in Italian Film Festival in Scotland which might be the wonderful to watch on 14th April . Great to see the other categories like comedy, drama . I think there might be a great fun .

Welcome to the forum, Johnson. I certainly hope to catch some of the films - or one at least. I fancy Antonioni's - 'The Girlfriends. Although, I think 'A Quiet Life' with Servillo also looks worth a night at the flicks.

Italian Film Festival Programme GFT - if you don't see anything you fancy you can hop on a train to Dundee and Edinburgh the other cities participating in the festival.

I'm trying to find a space on Thursday to see Submarine - it's supposed to be super.
http://www.independe...15-2246871.html

[harper]

Welcome to the forum, Johnson. I certainly hope to catch some of the films - or one at least. I fancy Antonioni's - 'The Girlfriends. Although, I think 'A Quiet Life' with Servillo also looks worth a night at the flicks.

Italian Film Festival Programme GFT - if you don't see anything you fancy you can hop on a train to Dundee and Edinburgh the other cities participating in the festival.

I'm trying to find a space on Thursday to see Submarine - it's supposed to be super.
http://www.independe...15-2246871.html

I'm well gel. I love nothing better than a night at the flicks.

*waves* welcome to the Forum Johnson.

[Pat]

I'm well gel. I love nothing better than a night at the flicks.

*waves* welcome to the Forum Johnson.

Me too, harper. We're spoiled with the GFT. Is it not time you had a week-end up North? We had some blue skies this afternoon.

Not only have we the Italian Film Festival on right now bit this will be swiftly followed by the 9th Polish Film Festival and also Hungarian Film Festival in May.

These look good:

Polish double bill:
Glasgow / Nothing Personal

Sunday 3 April (17.00) Glasgow is the story of a twelve-year-old boy who is convinced that his father is a well-known Celtic football player. During the holidays, the boy tries to earn enough money to afford a trip to Scotland by helping a retired man with his household repairs. But there is much more awaiting the boy...

Followed by Nothing Personal. A young female rebel and an old sage challenge each other in a story about personal freedom and attachment. She is a young Dutch woman who, after throwing away all her possessions, becomes a vagabond and finds the solitude she was looking for in the austere landscape of Irish Connemara. He is an old man who lives a solitary life in a secluded house. What connects them is the solitude they both see as freedom. The old man offers the woman a deal: food in exchange for work. But there is one condition: no personal contact, no questions. As their mutual curiosity grows, who will be first to break the deal?

These films are screening as part of the 9th Polish Film Festival, curated by Kinoteka. Festival Programme

Then on Mother's Day there's another treat with:

Stella Dallas
Sunday 3 April (14.00)
Sprightly and ambitious Stella (Stanwyck) marries wealthy, but rather staid Stephen Dallas (Boles) and they have a daughter Laurel (Shirley). As they move in high society, their differences of background and personality become accentuated, and they drift apart. Wanting what's best for Laurel, Stella realises that she must make the ultimate sacrifice if she wants her to integrate into her father's world.

This is a classic tear-jerker with an unforgettable ending. Be sure to have two boxes of tissues on hand if you choose this movie - one for you, and one for mum!

[Pat]

I'm well gel. I love nothing better than a night at the flicks.

*waves* welcome to the Forum Johnson.

Went to see Submarine today. Great to see something that breaks the mould. A mixture of tender young stuff and comedy from Richard Ayoade. Super acting from the two youngsters Oliver (Craig Roberts) and Jordana (Yasmin Paige).

The Independent describes it as 'charming' - it is.
http://www.independe...15-2246871.html

[harper]

The new Woody Allen film is good.


http://www.thefirstp...est-london-film

[harper]

The Social Network.
Great movie, charting the beginning of Facebook and the lawsuits that followed. The insight into Ivy League fraternity clubs is quite an eye opener. Facebook is now valued at $25billion. Oh, to be a geek.


Good movie worth catching. 8/10