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If anyone enjoyed Oldboy and/or the earlier Sympathy For Mr Vengeance then you might be interested in Sympathy for Lady Vengeance which has just come out on DVD in asia link. It's out on limited cinema release in the UK in February.

The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth Only on the first track, but first impression is - different.

I was first tbh not listened to any yet like

After the Exorcist Kermodes second favourite is Brazil, which I've already said I hated. He says "The only thing I'm certain about is that The Exorcist is both my own favourite film and the definitive Best Film Ever Made." Who's he to say what's the definitve best film ever made. Just leave it at "my favourite". I often agree with him though.

OK I just wouldn't feel right slagging off stuff I know fuck all about though.

I hate Mark Kermode, says the Exorcist is the greatest film ever made. He's daft. I recommend this book and then a second viewing of The Descent.

I was hoping you were about 15 and then i could have understood your opinion on this butt plug of a film but now i just feel sorry for you 67056[/snapback] Wacky, did you consider the cave was her mind, that she was fighting insanity brought on by severe trauma, that the expedition never occured in reality, that she was fighting her own demons and it was her choice whether to survive or to wallow in it? It was excellent.

You mightn't like the story, acting, smaltz, Dicaprio or whatever but Titanic pushed film forward in terms of what's possible. The impossible swing around shot over the ocean round 180 degress has been mimicked by everyone. Cameron has been doing this throughout his career with Terminator, The Abyss, T2 and will continue with his current production of Battle Angel. Titanic is overblown and corny, but nowhere near worst film ever.

I've only seen the first episode of the TV series. The whole idea of aliens with humorous names I find deeply unfunny.

I never just took The Descent at face value or I would have been bored shitless like others. Good horror films are only occassionaly to be taken at face value. The Descent left many questions. Most importantly did the monsters exist and did she survive? I only saw it once so the answers might become clear on a second viewing but I think a lot of people miss that the Descent in the title is nothing to do with caving (well a little) but with the descent into madness having suffered huge personal loss. Well, maybe not miss it, but don't consider it enough in terms of subtext. The performances are underwhelming (sometimes funny) and there's some sublimely ridiculous points. Again, you get that in good horrors.

I loved Holy Grail but it was more of a collaborative Python thing I suppose. I've not seen the Fisher King or Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas which I think I'll like but I'm loathe to get because Gilliam fans seem to prefer 12 Monkeys and Brazil. He seems to think his imagination is so craazee, but Brazil was excrutiating. Middle class teenager comedy on a par with Hitchikers Guide to the galaxy and Red Dwarf.

The descent was very good. LA Confidential was very good. Shite like Gigli and Showgirls have no redeeming features whatsoever and it's the likes of those that are in the worst film ever category. A few films that I think were shit that other people seemed to like are... Clockwork Orange Twelve Monkeys Brazil

LFO - Frequencies

I love reading them. The stories are great, apparently the ladies love a man who can accidentally drop a towel.

Jimbo got his own place and was allowed to take them home.

You're wrong but your prose makes up for it. 66114[/snapback] Silent Alarm is better than both FF albums but The Futureheads isn't. Decent Days and Nights is a hell of a song and Hounds Of Love isn't a terrible song (certainly not the song of the year as NME would have you believe) but it's not a great album and I found some of it rather embarassing. Haven't got round to listening to A Certain Trigger yet but it's on my to listen to list for this year along wilth Kate Bush and Kanye West. 66157[/snapback] I'm not a big FF fan, but because they do quality pop more unashamedly than the rest they're the best of that lot by a long way, followed by Kaiser Chiefs. Stuff you can get your dancing shoes on for (pre-emptive to save Gemmill time). Bloc Party, Maximo Park (who I'm going to see tomorrow ) Futureheads, DDIHC, Razorlight, Hot Hot Heat, The Rakes and the rest are all much of a muchness (is that a valid term? ).

Drill flashback The Big Lebowski, again - "That's a great plan, Walter. That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch."

You're wrong but your prose makes up for it.

The Story of Film by Mark Cousins. He's the bloke that used to present Scene by Scene and Moviedrome. Cracking read like.

Cheers Everyone. It seems you can get systems without a monitor from Dell. I got her one from Dell for £179. Bargain (I think) Intel® Celeron® D Processor 325 (2.53GHz, 533fsb, 256K cache) 1024MB Dual Channel DDR400 (2x512MB) 80GB (7,200rpm) Hard Drive I could have got it for £149 with a CDR rather than RW and without a modem, but I thought I'd treat the old dear.

Isolee - Wearemonster Some canny bits.

Fort Minor - The Rising Tied

I've been keeping an eye out for this. Where's it on please? Edit: You're ok cheers, I found it. I hate it when they don't bother with a nationwide cinema release

The Rakes - 22 Grand Job I'm not really a great fan of the album overall, but I'm playing this track none stop. Climbing quickly up my 'most played' chart.

Thanks. I get 7% discount off them through work so it's canny, but they force you to take a monitor, Keyboard anmd mouse. I was hoping to shave off a few quid elsewhere.