Blade 2 was on T.V the other night, so went for the easy option and viewed that. Loads of frenetic action in this one to keep you watching, and pretty good fun really.
"The Alligator People ( 1959) watchable sci- fic hokum but oh that ending. 06/10
I watched Alfred Hitchcockās first film today, The Pleasure Garden (1926). It has a few good moments, but really this is of historical interest only.
[B]The Conversation[/B] - I enjoyed it a whole lot more than when I saw it years ago.
[B]The Hangover part II[/B] - Really really funny, not as funny as the first but still a quality comedy.
[quote=āYodlaf Peterson, post:7124, topic:1923ā][B]The Conversation[/B] - I enjoyed it a whole lot more than when I saw it years ago.
[B]The Hangover part II[/B] - Really really funny, not as funny as the first but still a quality comedy.[/quote]
I enjoyed The Conversation myself very much, have to watch it again some day.
As for Hangover, I really liked the first part (very hilarious), so I guess the second one gonna be equally entertaining, maybe Iāll watch it soon.
[quote=āYodlaf Peterson, post:7124, topic:1923ā][B]The Hangover part II[/B] - Really really funny, not as funny as the first but still a quality comedy.
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Iām glad you liked it. It got pretty bad press and a lot of people were disappointed, but I personally enjoyed it a lot.
The Hangover II
I didnāt even like the first one, so I didnāt bother to watch this sequel
THE DEVILāS TREASURE I found it enjoyable enough. Nora Miao looks lovely as always and it was nice to see Wang Ing-sik and Sammo Hung as the villains as well as Tony Liu in a small role at the start. I really like the early 70ās period for Golden Harvest stuff.
Wild Beasts - Watched it this afternoon for the first time, a whole lot of fun. No way would it get an uncut release over here.
Horse tripping?
Itās 1974 for me so started the week with a couple of classics, Godfather Part II and Chinatown. But '74 was also a big year for disaster movies and Blaxploitation so will be catching up with Towering Inferno and Foxy Brown later today I think.
[size=10pt]YOU CANāT WIN"EM ALL.[/size] Bronson and Curtis in a good old buddy action film. Highly enjoyable with two of the best together. 
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Just curious Philā¦what made you go through the years so to speak. You did a similar thing with the Bonds, did you get the idea from that ?
[quote=āPhil H, post:7131, topic:1923ā]Itās 1974 for me so started the week with a couple of classics, Godfather Part II and Chinatown. But '74 was also a big year for disaster movies and Blaxploitation so will be catching up with Towering Inferno and Foxy Brown later today I think.[/quote]Black Belt Jones is '74 aswell Phil 
[quote=āscherpschutter, post:7130, topic:1923ā]Horse tripping?[/quote]None of that funny enough. But Rats getting set on fire, a Hyena in a pig pen with a live Pig in itās teeth getting dragged along and a Lion getting hold of a Cow like creature (not sure what it was). None of it was archive footage, all done for the film.
Iāve always been a fan of those two, so Iāll search for it now. Truly great actors.
No sensible reason really Ennioo. Just that it occurred to me that I was turning 52 this year and with 52 weeks in a year I could dedicate each week to a different year of my life in films, music and books. (I read a novel a week from each year too)
Iām really enjoying it, especially at the moment because the early 70s was such a great time for films. Not sure how Iāll fare in a few months or so though. :-\
Sticking to the programme has been pretty easy for the most part but I have been trying to keep a written record of everything and that has proved much harder. Iām currently still writing up 1971 whilst experiencing 1974. Hopefully Iāll catch up before too long.
Which do you prefer? I consider both to be masterpieces.
Very difficult to choose between them. They are different kinds of films and, I agree, both are magnificent.
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Daniel Craig is a part-time writer of crime fiction, who decides to quit his job and write the novel that ā he feels ā will be his breakthrough. He moves to New England with his wife (Rachel Weisz) and two little girls, buys a house and starts writing, but then strange things start to happen. Vvvery strange things.
A convoluted, often confused thriller, full of plot holes and foolish twists. It starts like a thriller with some horror influences, then turns into a SHINING clone ā¦ and finally turns back to thriller territory, with a FUGITIVE inspired finale (but with supernatural overtones). Anyway, everything went wrong on and off the set, director Sheridan fell out with his producers, the film was re-edited against his wishes, and the trailer that was made up by the company, revealed the most important twists. Both Craig and Weisz were so unhappy with the movie that they refused to do any promotional activities for it.
In spite of all this, itās not a complete failure. Sheridan (In the Name of the Father, My Left Foot) still knows how to create a mood and there are a few scary moments, mainly in the first half of the movie. The actors arenāt bad (although Craig seems a bit too muscular for the part of a troubled intellectual), but they canāt save the ridiculous scripting and editing. Hard to understand what anybody saw in this derivative stuff in the first place.