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**EdwardCoke** · 26-07-2009, 15:26

Originally Posted by Sparky2339

Hi all.

Not what I've watched, but what I'm about to watch.

I just bought **** and Daywatch at Tescos for a fiver. I'd heard about them but never seen them.

I've used the search function to no avail so I thought I'd ask the oracle that is arrse.

I'm looking forward to watching them. Are they any good?

Nightwatch is fairly enjoyable, daywatch is shit.

**Fang_Farrier** · 26-07-2009, 15:28

Originally Posted by CRmeansCeilingReached

okay, i've actually got a recommendation!

watched a film last night called "Fracture" with Anthony hopkins and Ryan Gosling. it's a mystery / courtroom drama. (not a spoiler, it's on the back of the box) - Hopkins shoots his wife in cold blood, is arrested with gun in hand and confesses verbally and in writing.

Gosling is the hotshot from the DA's department who has to convict him. seems like a slam dunk case - but hopkins is a bit of a sneaky bastard.

my missus figured out the key at about the one hour mark, which impressed the hell out of me actually!

anyway, hopkins is a really amusing character. it's a serious film, but he does make you laugh in places (and not just at his irish accent). it's clever, gets you thinking, and has some good twists.

had never heard of it before, but i'd recommend it for a night in with the missus.

More twisty than a twisty thing if I recall.

**k13eod** · 26-07-2009, 20:21

Just watched Valkyrie. Apart from Cruise being too American, I thought it wasn't that bad apart from the story being sexed up a bit ... Cruise was rarely annoying as well.

**tiger stacker** · 26-07-2009, 20:47

Go for Broke

Most of the squad served in Italy and France. They were known as the Purple Heart Btn due to receiving 9486 Purple Heart medals. Ther imitation of Texans is spot on :D

**Taffnp** · 26-07-2009, 20:54

The boy in the striped pJs

**alib** · 26-07-2009, 21:02

The Grifters, actually pretty good.

**Drummer_Boy** · 26-07-2009, 21:05

Paschendaele - saw it advertised in Caneda earlier this year, and finally got a copy.

There aren't that many WW1 films out there, and this one actually shows a lot of the nastiness.

Love story woven in, but recommended for the action bits, and for showing an element of the war that you wouldn't normally come across, the empire troops.

**BoomShackerLacker** · 26-07-2009, 21:37

Originally Posted by RearWords

Originally Posted by BoomShackerLacker

Originally Posted by RearWords

Had a girlie evening in and saw "The Reader". Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes were exceptional in their roles. The storyline twisted and turned beautifully leaving the viewer satisfied with the end product. Sad on so many levels.....

Stunning film, the idea that Winslet's character was 'innocent' due to her 'limitation' (won't spoil it for those not seen) is worth a conflab over a glass of chablis. To add: See Revolutionary Road as Winslet is equally enjoyable

Now its interesting you say that I had one hand on "The Reader" and the other reached for "Revolutionary Road" until I saw the tub of Haagan Das ice cream. Guess which won!

I'll go back for it next week. Yes, her character was simply portrayed as "innocent" and "naive" and the storyline worked well. Fiennes character was more interesting to me and the reason he didn't go into the prison when he was a law student - like to hear your take on that?

Fiennesâ€™ character was teutonic, an intellectual, if not a bit blank or self-indulgent; given that I wonder if he saw no real value in Hanna, or, could he afford any association with her camp record? But, he recorded for her furiously! What was his motivation for such commitment? Guilt? She certainly had no love for the 15 y-o Fiennes but the words she learnt coloured her in, so to speak. Fascinating.