Why is there no longer interest in the Film Club?

[Foxbat]

Re: April suggestions

Could I suggest Aliens or Starship Troopers for April?

Pick one out of the two please and I'll add it to the list(we had multiple suggestions a while back and we ended up with more films than viewers)

As for nominating a certain theme theme for a certaion month - I like that idea - it might just work

 

[stencyl]

Re: April suggestions

I'll second Solaris. Great movie.

 

[Zeewolf]

Re: April suggestions

Sorry I'll have to go for Aliens this time then! The special edition version of the film.

 

[Foxbat]

Re: April suggestions

The April poll is now up.

 

[Foxbat]

May suggestions

Please stick any suggestions you have for May here. A poll will be run later to decide the winner(s)

While I'm here: a word about themes. It was an idea suggested which I picked up and ran with but, on reflection, I feel it better to abandon the idea (at least for now).

There were only four votes in the poll and no feedback. I don't think four can be seen as a representative sample and I can only deduce from this that there is no real interest in narrowing it down to monthly themes. I know it's not exactly democratic but I feel for now it's the best course to take.

If you disagree with my thoughts then please feel free to let me know (PM me if you do not wish your thoughts on the subject known in public). The object is to give you people what you want so, if there is a clamour for themes then themes there will be. If not, we'll just leave things as they are for now (we can always revisit the subject in the future if that is anybody's wish).

And to reitterate - please stick your ideas here (any theme you like)

Whew! Glad that's done.
Have a nice day

 

[Winters_Sorrow]

Re: May suggestions

blazing saddles

 

[ravenus]

Re: May suggestions

The Living Dead trilogy (George Romero)..I feel a very good discussion could be made of how the trilogy progresses in terms of the settings and the characters and the issues examined.

For the uninitiated the LD trilogy consists of:
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Day of the Dead (1985)

 

[Leto]

Re: May suggestions

I support Ravenus suggestion. Just because I'm a Romero fan

 

[Quokka]

Re: May suggestions

I'm happy with the living dead trilogy, I saw the Night of the living dead just a few months ago for the first time and thoroughly enjoyed it, would be the perfect excuse to hunt down the other two
(think ive seen the 80's one awhile back, mad scientist experimenting on soldier zombies, brain exposed?)

If Metropolis (1927) hasn't been done yet I'll nominate that, another one I keep meaning to watch.

 

[Tsujigiri]

Re: May suggestions

Shaun of the Dead!!!!!

 

[Princess Ivy]

Re: May suggestions

Dune, for a clasic sci fi revisit

 

[ravenus]

Re: May suggestions

Dune, for a clasic sci fi revisit

Not sure o' that. I imagine most of the discussion would be about the book itself. I didn't see the film add anything significant to the book other than emphasize some of the more corny aspects of it.

Also given that there is a huge discrepancy between the alleged director's cut of 5 plus hours, which nobody has seen, and the so far released versions of the film, any discussion on what aspects of the book the film modified/omitted would be pointless.

 

[Lacedaemonian]

Re: May suggestions

Kung Fu Hustle, Chronicles of Riddick, or Napolean Dynamite. Sorry these are the films I have just purchased(?).

 

[Alia]

Re: May suggestions

How about The Goonies?

 

[Lacedaemonian]

Re: May suggestions

I will second the Goonies. Perhaps the greatest movie of my childhood.

 

[ravenus]

Re: May suggestions

Hmm. One thing I hope is that ppl recommend movies where they have definitely identified matter to discuss, not purely nostalgia flashing or general blandishments.

 

[Lacedaemonian]

Re: May suggestions

Hmmm. You want us to recommend something with artistic merit. Not snobbish in the slightest. Plus it really is not up to you how people vote. The Goonies was a great movie.

 

[Princess Ivy]

Re: May suggestions

I'd go for the goonies if it was going, or chronicles cause i've just seen it. my main problem is that i'm not being able to get hold of the films being watched. shut in that i am at the moment.
as for dune being a discussion of the book, why? i saw the film before i read the book and feel that it has enough in it for a discussion in its own right. Although maybe a combined book and film discussion might be an idea one month

 

[ravenus]

Re: May suggestions

@Lace:

The idea being that it's easier to start off and continue a discussion if you have identified something to discuss, especially stuff which allows for different POV's etc.

No it's not up to me how people vote, which is why I hope.

 

[Lacedaemonian]

Re: May suggestions

I apologise for my post Ravenus. I was simply very tired this morning (and still am) and vented on you dude. I agree absolutely with your sentiment. I personally would like to focus discussion on the currently booming Korean film industry but I do not see this discussion interesting enough of our film buffs. At the moment I feel quite alone in a lot of my interests.