General / Off-Topic Film Club - 07/05/13

[psykokow]

Another interesting week, and some great movies..
big sci fi blockbusters too


Old School (2003)
Certificate 15
BBC3 9:00pm Wed 8 May
An embittered lawyer decides to relive the wild, crazy days of his youth after his girlfriend is unfaithful, and enlists the help of two equally disillusioned friends in setting up a fraternity house next to his former college campus. Comedy, starring Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn and Juliette Lewis
Category Comedy


Lost in Space (1998)
Certificate PG
5* 9:00pm Wed 8 May
A pioneering scientist takes his family out into space to colonise another planet. However, a saboteur has infiltrated their craft, and his meddling leaves them stranded in unknown territory on the other side of the galaxy. Sci-fi adventure based on the 1960s TV show, starring William Hurt, Matt LeBlanc, Gary Oldman, Mimi Rogers and Heather Graham
Category Science Fiction


Surrogates (2009)
Certificate 12
BBC1 London 11:05pm Wed 8 May
In the future, all human activity is performed by robot duplicates mentally controlled by their owners, who live lives of complete isolation. As a mysterious killer begins murdering both humans and their doubles, an FBI agent ventures into the real world for the first time in years to catch the criminal. Sci-fi thriller, starring Bruce Willis and Radha Mitchell
Category Science Fiction


Cat Ballou (1965)
Certificate PG
Film4 12:55pm Thu 9 May
A schoolteacher returns to her home town to find a ruthless railroad developer is trying to take her family's land. When her father is murdered by a hitman for refusing to sell his ranch, she resolves to defend the property, enlisting the aid of two small-time crooks and a drunken gunslinger with an equally inebriated horse. Musical comedy Western, starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin, with music by Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye
Category Comedy


The Anderson Tapes (1971)
Certificate 15
Film4 2:45pm Thu 9 May
A burglar released from prison after 10 years recruits a gang to rob a luxurious apartment block. As he faces adapting to a world where surveillance cameras are commonplace, he fails to realise his partners in crime are being watched by various shadowy organisations. Sidney Lumet's thriller, starring Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Ralph Meeker and Christopher Walken
Category Detective/Thriller


The Four Feathers (1939)
Certificate U
Film4 4:40pm Thu 9 May
A 19th-century British military officer resigns his commission just as his unit goes into battle in the Sudan, and is accused of cowardice as a result. In a bid to redeem himself, he volunteers as an undercover agent. Zoltan Korda's adaptation of AEW Mason's adventure novel, starring John Clements, June Duprez, Ralph Richardson, C Aubrey Smith and Jack Allen
Category Adventure/War


Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Certificate PG
Film4 6:55pm Thu 9 May
Admiral Kirk and his crew hijack the decommissioned Enterprise to recover the body of their fallen comrade Mr Spock from the planet Genesis. Kirk has learnt that Spock's spirit is still alive, and the Vulcan can be resurrected, but he must also battle a Klingon captain determined to control the planet's mysterious energy. Sci-fi sequel, directed by Leonard Nimoy, with William Shatner, DeForest Kelley and Christopher Lloyd
Category Science Fiction


The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
Certificate 15
ITV2 10:50pm Thu 9 May
Fugitive Riddick evades capture by bounty hunters and steals their spacecraft, only to run into an even bigger threat - fanatical cult members on a sinister mission to kill or convert anyone who crosses their path as they seek galactic domination. Sci-fi adventure sequel, with Vin Diesel reprising his role from Pitch Black alongside Judi Dench, Alexa Davalos and Thandie Newton. Including FYI Daily
Category Science Fiction


High Noon (1952)
Certificate U
Film4 1:05pm Fri 10 May
A town marshal is torn between love and duty on his wedding day as he prepares for the arrival of a vengeful adversary on the midday train. Meanwhile, the townsfolk the marshal has so loyally protected are certain he will be killed in the confrontation and abandon him one by one to face his enemy alone. Western, starring Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Lloyd Bridges and Lee Van Cleef
Category Western


Time Bandits (1981)
Certificate PG
Film4 12:30am Sat 11 May
A bemused schoolboy is escorted on a bizarre journey through time by a group of larcenous dwarfs. His adventures lead him to encounters with various characters from history - but none of them are quite what he had imagined. Terry Gilliam's fantasy comedy, starring Craig Warnock, David Rappaport, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Sean Connery, Ian Holm, Ralph Richardson and David Warner
Category Fantasy


It was hard to decide on the cuts this week, some other good movies on...
http://www.tvguide.co.uk/upcomingfilms.asp

 

[psykokow]

i find myself torn this week, even picking the movie list was a toughy...

In the end I would love to relive Time Bandits..

 

[Geraldine]

It has to be Time Bandits!

 

[Frank]

Any reason why you didn't include Primer on the list? It sounds like a good movie; part of Film4's Time Travel Weekend.

I'm recording all the featured movies at the weekend:-
Source Code
Primer
Time Bandits

And then I'll watch them yesterday.

 

[psykokow]

source code is hard to watch.. just... so ..... arrrgh cannot compute... NO this cannot be.... Must not reason... aaach

Primer I missed, you got a synopsis? It would be good to take week turns about to allow a more balanced and varied choice list.. also more likely to find something new for us all..


If you fancy it Frank, you could do next week, and then Alien the week after and If anyone else wants a week thats fine too

 

[Frank]

OK.. I'll take the reins next week. If anyone has any ideas about next weeks options, put them here... A Freeview movie showing around Thursday that's worth watching. Or worth watching again.


Primer (2004)
Premiere. When two computer experts find a bug in their software which allows time travel, they quietly visit the future before returning to invest in the stock market. However, the pair face a dilemma when they realise their discovery could be used to save lives. Sci-fi drama, directed by and starring Shane Carruth. With David Sullivan, Casey Gooden and Anand Upadhyaya

Category Science Fiction
Certificate 15
Film4 10:50pm Fri 10 May
... scores a ten on their scoring system

 

[illu Minti]

OK.. I'll take the reins next week. If anyone has any ideas about next weeks options, put them here... A Freeview movie showing around Thursday that's worth watching. Or worth watching again.


Primer (2004)
Premiere. When two computer experts find a bug in their software which allows time travel, they quietly visit the future before returning to invest in the stock market. However, the pair face a dilemma when they realise their discovery could be used to save lives. Sci-fi drama, directed by and starring Shane Carruth. With David Sullivan, Casey Gooden and Anand Upadhyaya

Category Science Fiction
Certificate 15
Film4 10:50pm Fri 10 May
... scores a ten on their scoring system

Seen this, its a complex and very slow burner, and one that needs watching a few times to fully understand the going back and forth of events. I liked it, but wont be everyones cup of tea, but be intrested to know what others think

 

[Styggron]

ahhhh finally some titles I can recommend

I'd say The Anderson Tapes.

 

[Alien]

I'll be watching Chronicles Of Riddick, seen it before but not for quite a while.

Feedback:
1) Can we please have less film options, maybe only 4 or 5? (and all on the same day?) having too many just means people watch different films. While lots of choice is good, the idea of the "movie club" was that we watch the same film together, hence the poll to choose which film ...
2) Please keep the poll running until the films are on. It is Wednesday morning for me, and I can't vote for Chronicles Of Riddick, which is on Thursday night, because the poll is closed.

 

[psykokow]

Yeah Alien I'd love to keep it down to 4 or 5.. and ideally run the poll till wednesday night and only pick films from Thursday, Friday and Saturday..

BUT DID YOU SEE ALL THE MOVIES ON THE LAST FEW WEEKS???

The Pressure.... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Your vote is noted

OK we can formalise some kind of rules for Frank next week, then you the week after.. But the problem is there are some good movies Weds etc..

So lets say we have a poll of upto 5... Movies on Thursday, Friday and Saturday's only.

Then in the first post add Reccomended watches... for the ones not in the poll.

Does that sound preferable? The Poll can then run till Wednesday without causing issues and the other star movies of the week can be identified and added as a kind of pickers choice for other movies..

 

[Alien]

stuff ...Does that sound preferable? ... more stuff

Only if you NEVER post that picture of you as Frank-N-Furter ever again

 

[Sir.Tj]

Time bandits for me as well, I'll record it and watch it with the kids

 

[DrBaggy]

Great idea this Psykokow!

STIII can't be 1984 . I remember watching it and thinking how old they all looked....

 

[psykokow]

Only if you NEVER post that picture of you as Frank-N-Furter ever again

Not a problem, the following year I went as Adam... I'll put that pic up instead..

 

[Nicodemus]

Have to say some cracking films on that lineup, would have gone for Time Bandits myself as it's not one I've seen in a long long time.

 

[DigitalDuck]

Have to say, as a fan of time travel films I thought Primer was ****. It takes the time travel aspect seriously but gets it so horribly wrong it isn't even consistent with itself, let alone what it claims to be.

Source Code, on the other hand, I thought was fantastic, especially as conflicting time travel theories actually somewhat plays a part in the story.

I've never seen Time Bandits, I should watch that one.

 

[Frank]

I'm a fan of time travel movies as well, but not the ones that take themselves too seriously. The plot holes that time travel generates can make you go cross-eyed. This means that the genre is best suited to comedy films that suggest you don't worry about those things and just enjoy yourself.

My favourite time travel movies are "Back to the Future 2" where McFly goes back into the first movie again and "12 Monkeys". It's a shame that my favourite time machine hasn't made it to the silver screen. It's from Bob Shaw's "Who Goes Here?"; a time machine built into a toilet. It was set so that it would take you back to that point in the past when you first stepped into the toilet. It's for bosses who think their employees are spending too long in there.

So what's your favourite time travel movie?

 

[DigitalDuck]

I'm a fan of time travel movies as well, but not the ones that take themselves too seriously. The plot holes that time travel generates can make you go cross-eyed. This means that the genre is best suited to comedy films that suggest you don't worry about those things and just enjoy yourself.

I don't mind the ones that take themselves too seriously, as long as they take themselves seriously all the way.

So what's your favourite time travel movie?

Thought I'd already posted that in this thread, but apparently not...

Probably FAQ About Time Travel - it's hilarious. Also quite like Back to the Future, Bill & Ted, and other stuff which is generally quite tongue-in-cheek about the time travel aspect and otherwise builds an entertaining film around it instead. (FAQATT and B&T actually do better time travel-wise than Primer, although the one problem in each is actually the thing that sets the films in motion - but then they're not supposed to be taken seriously anyway.)

For more serious stuff, Los Chronocrimines/Timecrimes and 11 Minutes Ago are great, and even The Time Traveller's Wife, aimed at women but entertaining enough (at least for me) to make it one of those films you watch.

 

[psykokow]

The Time travelers wife is a wonderful film from a different perspective.
And is a chick flick too..

I too loved Bill and Ted.. (anyone seen Misfits? the movie?)

Twelve Monkeys A+++++

and for realism vs fantasy idea.. crap crap crap I cant remember it.. Jennifer Connly and they stick these weird things in their belly buttons to join a game world.. Exinstenz... CRACKER!!

 

[Frank]

Two positive votes for the Time Traveller's Wife. I'll watch it next time it comes up.

11 Minutes Ago sounds good as well. Did you ever see the original time bounce film 12:01? Not the Hollywood remake but the original movie short? (IMDB link) It's well worth watching, and as serious as a time travel movie can get.