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     Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
On Saturday morning the wife and I took our son and his wee mate to see the new Pixar film UP, and what a rare treat it was. Like every Pixar offering, this was filled to the brim with genuine heart, emotion...and soul. There's a ten-minute sequence near the start of the film, charting the span of a relationship across almost a lifetime, that I defy anyone to watch with a dry eye. Utterly, utterly brilliant - verging on genius, if I'm honest. I adored this film. Adored it. Then, late Saturday night I foolishly watched the Michael Bay produced abortion that is the FRIDAY THE 13th remake. Everything is wrong with this film. No heart, no integrity, no soul. Just empty scene upon empty scene, lacking in even the visiual flair demonstrated by director Marcus Nispel's earlier TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE remake (which I thought wasn't bad at all). | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
Really looking forward to 'Up' and will try to go tomorrow if I can get in. It's been booked out solid since it opened here. 'Wall-E' was a contender for my film of last year and by all accounts this is even better.  | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 147.252.230.126 |
Glad to hear Pixar haven't lost their heart after being gobbled up by Disney. Things are looking Up. | ||
| Karim Ghahwagi (Karim) Username: Karim Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.10.20.129 |
'Up' was amazing- the usual very high standard from Pixar. It was so wonderfully surreal as well. I will make the same non-comment about Friday the 13th remake: no comment. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.250.210 |
I loved the FRIDAY THE 13TH remake. But then, I loved the Snickers snack-sized bar I shoved in my mouth last night (and I really did).... | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.122.107.165 |
I liked UP, but thought it also predictably brilliant. Is that strange? Is it wrong to be a little shruggy about excellence? I wasn't keen on Friday 13th. Like the trailer though, very much. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
Is it wrong to be a little shruggy about excellence? In the current climate of the mundane, yes it is. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.122.107.165 |
I sort of liked the bravely insane Hollywood Chihuahua more than up, even though Up made me cry. Help me, people. Pixar might never lose their heart, but I sort of wish they would... | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.122.107.165 |
I just feel bored by EVERYTHING.  | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
Jesus, Tony, what's wrong with you? That statement is scary... | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.233.137.188 |
Maybe you'd prefer CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS. Mark Kermode said it's seriously weird and edgy, described it as Lynchian, but the characters all feel real. Cheer up, Tone! (not an order, a hope...) | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
That's as succinct a definition of depression as I've ever read. What's up Tony? | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.155.206.8 |
I've heard of that one. Sounds good. For me Up had all the great qualities, but felt a bit 'glass wall'. Pixar need to do 'something', but what? Adapt Bradbury? Do something a little sidelong? (what ever that means). I'm just sadly a little weary of their schtick. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.155.206.8 |
Stephen! Yes, maybe depressed. I'm sort of used to it though, so it's not too bad. Just feel perpetually unexcited. I'm sort of more worried by the fact it's so unexplained... | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.155.206.8 |
Sorry - we crossed threads. sounded like I'd heard od depression and thought it sounded like a good idea... :S A chap I don't know on facebook said we are all subliminally continuously depressed because of global warming. You know, it rang true? | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.155.206.8 |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind back in the seventies was my big wow movie of all time. I've been looking for that feeling ever since, and never found it. Maybe that's what's wrong, movie-wise. | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
I'm not depressed because of global warming. Not even subliminally. See my posts on the subject on the other thread. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.155.206.8 |
Well maybe the natural heavy changes in the weather then, and their scary long-term effects. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.155.206.8 |
That or the chavs. But enough on them! We're talking movies. | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
Maybe a new pet would help? Or a new hobby different from anything you've tried before - white water rafting? Or try losing yourself in a mindless blast-em-up computer game to relieve those tensions! I'm only ever depressed in the immediate aftermath of a relationship break-up and for a while you do lose all interest in your other "loves". Sex with a new person soon kicks it all into gear again though... or is that just me? | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
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| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.155.206.8 |
Barring the fact we've just bought an Xbox 360, some chickens, and don't fancy rafting, that's me fucked, then, option wise. | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
What about beekeeping??? | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.152.229.109 |
"Sex with a new person soon kicks it all into gear again though... or is that just me?" You mean only sex with you works? | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
Lord I hope not!!!! | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106 |
You've corrupted my nice innocent Pixar thread, you dirty bastards. | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.152.202.154 |
Watch it, or I'll type a saucy picture with ASCII characters. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106 |
I'm just thanking my lucky stars there isn't an emoticon for boobies. | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.152.207.206 |
B | ||
| Karim Ghahwagi (Karim) Username: Karim Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.162.59.64 |
@@ | ||
| Chris_morris (Chris_morris) Username: Chris_morris Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 98.220.97.79 |
Older women: UU | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.155.206.8 |
(.)(.) | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.155.206.8 |
CC ? Oh, I give up. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.155.206.8 |
(.(.) Yes! | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
I preferred you first one Tony! | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
Boob Emoticons Perfect Boobs (o)(o) Fake Silicone Boobs ( + )( + ) Perky Boobs (*)(*) Big Nipple Boobs (@)(@) A Cups o o D Cups { O }{ O } Wonder Bra Boobs (oYo) Cold Boobs ( ^ )( ^ ) Lopsided Boobs (o)(O) Pierced Nipple Boobs (Q)(O) Hanging Tassels Boobs (p)(p) Grandma's Boobs \ o /\ o / Against The Shower Door Boobs ( )( ) Android Boobs | o | | o | Mammogram Boobs ___ ___ | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.155.206.8 |
Man's boobs- . . Sorry, Ramsey. Jeez. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.155.206.8 |
Um, went to see Zombieland. It was ok, even quite good. And that cameo by a famous actor playing themself was just so bizarre! | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
You should be a comedy scriptwriter Weber lol. In case you're wondering I haven't had an opportunity to read your story yet as been wild busy in and out of work. But I shall print it out and read it properly never fear! | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
I think moobs (man boobs) would be more like (__:o:__ : __:o:__) except with more hair (and I can't work out how to do that) | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.248.58 |
Let's move on to genitals now. | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
Please God NO!!!!!!!!!! | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.5.3.85 |
Please God NO!!!!!!!!!! Oh, and erect too, I see....  | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
c==8 | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
c======8 Mine's bigger than yours... | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
Sometimes you can be a real ( }o{ ) | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
"You should be a comedy scriptwriter Weber lol" Check www.efilsgod.piczo.com and click on the link for plays and you'll see my attempts at writing for the stage. | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
re... ( }o{ ) How did you know I like sandwiching my head in between large bosoms?!?! | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.230.134 |
It actually looks like two men suspending a donut between their noses.... | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.143.128.243 |
Tie fighter going down a tunnel. | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.0.106.15 |
A psychoanalyst would have a field day on here... | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.152.204.203 |
Down: http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content/id/70797/up.html | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.156.205.23 |
This was my precise view on the film. In fact, I was quite angry while watching it, between the bits where I was crying and being agog with wonder. Yes - the logic of the balloony house just irked me; fantasy HAS to be tinged with reality. This was lazy, as was the plot. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106 |
Totally disagree. But that's the beauty of art. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106 |
It's the start of the inevitable Pixar backlash, if you ask me. We humans (especially Brits) are great at it: love 'em until they get too big for their boots, and then shoot 'em down and poke 'em with sticks. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.156.205.23 |
Oh, I'm not shooting them down - I'm just willing them out of what feels like a scary rut. I love most of their films, I'm just also scared they're able to disguise certain lazy bits with technique and 'aw, bless' stuff. I loved those opening scenes but groaned at 'the man' stuff, and who the bad guy was, and the running about (which while it looked great I could have had half an hour outside smoking a fag - but then that's a lot of films now). But loads of other bits were really good, and it ended well. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.255.134 |
I just have 0 desire to see UP. I have 0 desire to see WALL-E. Or lately, any animated movie - like the upcoming AVATAR. 0 desire on that one too. I liked CARS - was that what it was called? - but it was nothing special. I must be getting older, because the razzle-dazzle does nothing for me. Especially sanitized razzle-dazzle. Imagine if Pixar had animated FUNNY GAMES. It would be... what's the word?... clearly I'm feeling compelled to vomit at the prospect, but I'm not sure why I am.... | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.131.109.69 |
Pixar's mission is accomplished. We don't need to see them again. So too Empire magazine, which each issue is filled with lists of 'best of's' or whatever, or congratulating themselves on however many years they've been around. Every sixth issue is their fucking anniversary or some such bullcrap. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
Bad night's sleep. Tony? ;-) Speak for yourself re: PIXAR. I certainly want to see them again. I agree about Empire, though. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.131.109.69 |
this greyhound we've just found and sort of adopted killed one of our chickens. It devastated me somewhat. | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
Your kindness to animals is a credit to you Tony and don't let this upset you unduely. Nature red in tooth and claw and all that... | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
Erm... unduly. |