What was the last movie you saw?

[GOLLUM]

Noooooooooooooooooo!

Why? Grave Of The Fireflies is one of the most moving pieces of animation I've ever come across. A mini matserpiece of anti-war sentiment irrespective of the medium.

 

[Doug Graves]

Legendary Weapons of China

 

[Thadlerian]

The thing is tho,all the manga/anime I've seen all looks the same,the characters are kids and so have big eyes,a japanese trend I suppose.

Another good thing with Miyazaki/Ghibli - it doesn't look very much like ordinary animé (by the way, animé is cartoons, manga is comics). There is an even child/adult proportionality (Porco Rosso has a middle-aged man as main character), and eye size approaches normal. There are few standard anime cliches present - no cross-eyes, no giant tears or sweat-drops, no speedy-background lines, no pulsating forehead veins or simplified faces to express anger or suprise, no unnaturally proportioned female bodies, and so on. None of the things that are likely to cause antipathy towards animé are present, except perhaps for low framerates and sparse use of gesticulation while talking.

Why? Grave Of The Fireflies is one of the most moving pieces of animation I've ever come across.

I think that was his point, only expressed with fewer words and more spontaneousity

 

[GOLLUM]

I think that was his point, only expressed with fewer words and more spontaneousity

Really?.....This does not compute..

 

[AE35Unit]

Well i just sat thru Taladega Nights and i was left thinking why! Why did i bother,it is a dreadful movie!

 

[Pyan]

Monty Python's Life of Brian...never palls...

 

[AE35Unit]

Pyan,now you're talking class,sheer effin class mate!

 

[HardScienceFan]

*hums "always look on th e bright side of life"*
Buster Keaton's THE GENERAL

 

[Hilarious Joke]

'Death at a Funeral'. Funny.

 

[AE35Unit]

1408
Quite good creepy Stephen King fare,based on a short story apparently.
Anyone know the story and the book containing it?

 

[gully_foyle]

The Great Waldo Pepper was on the box on NYE (sad, I know). Love that movie.

 

[j d worthington]

1408
Quite good creepy Stephen King fare,based on a short story apparently.
Anyone know the story and the book containing it?

1408 (short story - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

 

[HoopyFrood]

Just to add my ten pence worth (it's always more than two pence when concerning King ) the short story in the book is much better than the film (mind you, I'm likely to say that every time). As evil as the room is in the film, it really is an evil freaking room in the book. Absolute, all-out crazy evil. You should definitely check it out, AE35.

Everything's Eventual as a whole is a good read (even though it's been a while since I've done so!)

 

[AE35Unit]

J D that link didn't quite work.
Frood,so its from a collection called Everything's Eventual?

 

[Cayal]

1408
Quite good creepy Stephen King fare,based on a short story apparently.
Anyone know the story and the book containing it?

I liked this movie but I didn't understand why the room was as it was.

Last movie - V for Vendetta. 8/10.

 

[Foxbat]

Angels With Dirty Faces - an absolute classic!

The diminutive Jimmy Cagney is still Hollywood's best tough guy

 

[j d worthington]

J D that link didn't quite work.
Frood,so its from a collection called Everything's Eventual?

Yes, so I noticed, when I just tried it. Yet, when I looked it up under the links provided within that little bit, the first one led me right back to the article I'd originally posted. Must be a fault in the system somewhere...

1408 (short story) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This one seems to be working fine....

 

[HoopyFrood]

Yup, Everything's Eventual, AE35. It's not so hard to miss in bookshops now, because since the film, publishers have taken to printing the book with 1408 in big numbers on the front as if it's the title of the entire collection.

And Jaire, there's no reason given (that I can remember, it's been a while since I've read the story, so forgive me if I'm wrong) for why the room it's like that. You don't always get explanations for things with King, and in this case...it's just an evil room. Perhaps you can just put it down to being on the thirteenth floor, and that the numbers add up to thirteen...

 

[Cayal]

Bah that's no good.

 

[AE35Unit]

Well apparently he was travelling thru time and he sort of did it himself,or his subconscious made him do it. I missed bits of it cos our little one was crying.