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Harrowing? - Yes, just as much as Shindlers list. Sometimes a film needs to be made to remind the human race what they are capable of. A must see this year.

In reply to wilkie14c:

I really want to see this . It looks excellent .
Have you watched it already ? I thought it was released on Friday the 10th ?

In reply to SethChili:
I've been a very, very naughty boy

In reply to wilkie14c:

Me too. It is very good.

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In reply to wilkie14c:

Is it much much much much better than it's been made to look in the trailer? As the trailer makes it look like a manipulative mawkish cheese-fest....BUT it is a Steve McQueen film and he is usually pretty edgy so I am hoping that it's just a misleading trailer designed to attract the masses to a proper "Gritteh Bafta" type affair....

In reply to Blue Straggler:

Brutal, with only one maybe two 'Oscar moments'. It's a small step to or from totalitarianism in human nature. Brad Pitt reprises his role from True Romance. Cleaning Products....

How did you get along with Dallas Buyers Club & Out of the Furnace? Apparently OOTF bombed in the states, I thought the trailer terrible but I enjoyed the film.

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In reply to Dauphin:

Not seen (indeed barely heard of - I recall the first one but not the second). I don't get to "art house" or "independent" cinemas as much as I should. Going a bit more mainstream I did manage to find American Hustle to be a bit "meh" though :-/

I guess I will see 12 Years a Slave.

I am mostly looking forward to Spike Jonze's "Her"

In reply to Dauphin:



Checked imdb. I had heard of OOTF after all. Have they been and gone in the UK already? They never came near my provincial Odeon :-/

I saw "Prisoners" last year and kind of "enjoyed" it but thought "wow, what an uncommercial film" then found that it was no. 1 at the UK box office and had done pretty well in Canada, not sure about USA, but I don't know anyone else that saw it apart from my friend who saw it with me, and a mate in Canada

In reply to Blue Straggler:

I have been a very naughty boy. American Hustle indeed meh. I liked it but it thought is was a lot cleverer than is actually was, not sure the cast was used to their best ability. I liked the character development between the players. Scorsese's best film in a decade

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In reply to wilkie14c:

I thought this was about marriage.

In reply to Dauphin:

I thought only 1, maybe 2, characters actually "developed" in AH. But we digress from the "12 Years" topic.

In reply to Dauphin: Brad Pitt reprises his role from True Romance. Cleaning Products....

wasn't it Fight Club where he was the soap salesman?

In reply to Bjartur i Sumarhus:



I think it was a reference to the sofa-bound Pitt in True Romance asking Dick Ritchie to get some cleaning products while he's out.

In reply to Bjartur i Sumarhus:

No that was Ed Norton

In reply to wilkie14c:

Nice Little Thoughtful Piece here.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/12/bristols-streets-history-hor...

In reply to Dauphin:
OOTF is a good film but either I am going deaf or it had the mumbliest soundtrack ever; it has always been Stacy Affleck's style but he seems to have infected the entire cast.

In reply to wilkie14c:

Good but not great. 7/10.
Calculated Oscar-bait.
Good acting.
All a tad predictable and obvious (yes yes, there's a "plot spoiler" in the title, I know)

In reply to Tom Valentine:


Sister of Ben and Casey?

Doesn't do so well on imdv but the DBC fares much better so may have a look at that.

Prisoners was super-intense but ultimately a very good movie

In reply to Blue Straggler:

that is a 5 star review for you, you're gushing!

In reply to Blue Straggler:


A colleague saw a preview copy of that and said it was great.

In reply to wilkie14c:


Yeah 6 of those 7 points were for the trailer for Dallas Buyers' Club actually :-P