Great British Film

[Invictus_88]

Behatzlacha-S

On another note:
Twilight Debate now open.

It's nice that nobody cares.

None of my friends care, nor anyone I meet in person. I only hear arguments happening overseas.

There's that smug feeling of relief which one might feel on hearing that there is a zombie apocalypse, but that it has been safely isolated in a far-off land.  

[Foetus In Fetu]

Invictus_88

It's nice that nobody cares.

None of my friends care, nor anyone I meet in person. I only hear arguments happening overseas.

There's that smug feeling of relief which one might feel on hearing that there is a zombie apocalypse, but that it has been safely isolated in a far-off land.

I don't care about Twilight in and of itself but there's a tangential issue which I do care about and that's Thom Yorke's involvement with the franchise -- or, more specifically, people's general reaction to his involvement.

Firstly, I don't think that people would have had as extreme a negative reaction to this if he had written a song for Transformers[1], or Sin City[2]. But secondly, I actually don't understand what the problem here is; I don't understand why people seem to think that Radiohead are an obscure band which must be protected from the mainstream and I especially don't understand the accusations of 'selling out' -- because it's pretty obvious that he hasn't compromised on artistic integrity. Besides, I find it hard to begrudge his licensing his music when I know that Radiohead barely break even touring and considering their track record on matters of human rights and environmental awareness. I wouldn't be surprised if he spent the money on like a thousand trees.

tl;dr Radiohead fans bore me a lot.

1: Which is a franchise of equivalent stupidity but aimed at 14 year-old boys rather than 14 year-old girls.
2: Which is exponentially more stupid but aimed at men. (I honestly would have cried if Thom Yorke had written a song for Sin City).

I will get back to you on Why Beauty Matters.  

[Invictus_88]

Not film directly, but Britishy and filmy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00j09r4/Paul_Merton_Looks_at_Alfred_Hitchcock/

And, actually, relatively good.  

[Invictus_88]

Not even slightly British, but Herzog's on iPlayer again! This time it's Nosferatu.

Love Herzog.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00hd0vj/Nosferatu_the_Vampyre/  

[scannersboy]

This is England. Brilliant,moving and awesome acting!  

[n o i r i s t]

scannersboy

This is England. Brilliant,moving and awesome acting!

I made my stepdad watch this with me and he said it was "Alright."

I cried at the end, but when I didn't cry at the end of Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit my stepdad said I was "cold." emotion_facepalm  

[g0th_chick_uk]

if you haven't seen it, i recommend mirror mask. an excellent british surreal film. not enough of then. rob brydon and stephen fry with odd roles. go check it out!  

[DapperJack]

I'd recommend Dead Mans shoes.
So many good films are underrated.
Quite depressing aswell. biggrin  

[JPopShop]

The Hole heart