if you like crime dramas, check out this new aussie flick. Excellent stuff.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1313092/ 

nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be and despite moments of Ritchie over-direction, its quite enjoyable thanks to the performances.

And a couple of nice action scenes even though they're in the wrong movie. 

Treme is god damn amazing. Up there with The Wire/Deadwood/Oz/etc.

Seriously, truly amazing. 

 

It's a series set in New Orleans 3-6 months after Katrina. Follows the lives of various people (mostly musicians) in the treme district of the city as they rebuild their lives after the destruction.

By the same guys who made The Wire, with several of the same actors and the same feel/style as that series (ie, very much a character piece).

And it's absolutely fantastic, series 1 just finished, cannot wait for series 2.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treme_%28TV_series%29 

will check it out when it hits dvd. 

Clips from the thankfully cancelled US remake of Spaced:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDsdBB1LUto 

Thankfully cancelled indeed. 

Just wanted to say thanks to whoever it was that recommended Treme season 1, that was fantastic =) 

Underground (1995)
By Emir Kusturica. I love Black Cat, White Cat and I love the soundtrack to Underworld. So what could go wrong?

Well, Underground turned out to be a highly disturbing, depressing and weird movie. Perfect to read a book to and interpret why that horse ran through the scene at that point when that happened. Fuck.

Ultra-unrecommended unless you are an artsy-fartsy person who likes movies like 2001 and anything by Wes Anderson.

But if you like Balkan music, the soundtrack is ace (Goran Bregovic!). I especially like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm1WvshPE8I 

i love 2001 and i'm not at all artsy fartsy. :P
well, i did need to watch a youtube video to understand the ending sequence. 

will check it out :) 

is going to be awesome, I'm pretty sure. fuck the backlash against nolan he rules. 

easily the best commercial director going around at the moment. I cant wait. 

I guess the dark knight wasn't as good as batman begins? I saw half of batman begins again the other week, it really is a very very good movie, although it probably has a bit too much going on. 

TDK was better than BB even though thats a top film in itself. 

That is a subject of hot debate. I would personally err on the side of BB myself. But what's not in question is that are both excellent films and current pinnacles of the action / superhero genre. It's "awesome" vs. "awesome + a bit". 

Stylistically, BB was better (I like the mirrors and hot tub ;), plot/'film' wise I prefer TDK (they make good storage media) 

batman begins had a better car chase sequence with cooler music. the joker/tunnel chase was good too, but batman looks like a bigger badass in begins. 

^ do i sense irony there? :P

i preferred batman begins too, but that may have been down to the insane amount of hype behind TDK in comparison 

... I prefer Superman :P 

superman is a dick 

lawl. But yeh, Superman is a pansy, seriously. 

Altho tbh, Spider Jerusalem would kick both their arses 

it was good. not GREAT, but good. i enjoyed it and would love to watch it again but can't say i was totally blown away by it

the concept was intruiging and explored really well. it keeps you thinking without ever being too confusing or high-brow. some neat ideas and fascinating visuals.. and plenty to talk about when we left the cinema too

on the other hand, some of the action scenes felt a little too strung out, and the main character's sub-plot seemed to interfere a bit too much and wasn't all that satisfying. ellen page's character seemed to only exist to help explain to the audience what was happening (although i have to admit i was grateful for this in places)

definitely worth a watch, particularly if you like nolan's other stuff, but don't expect it to be teh bestest filum evar, although i would probably rank it as my favourite so far this year