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Urban Hat€monger ? · 07-17-2012, 05:45 PM

Liked this a lot more than I was expecting to, but watching biopics of psychopaths in music is always fun. Lots of cameos from the stars of the time too (I.E. The real Jess Conran throwing his younger self out of a club).

The bit where he pulls a shotgun on Mitch Mitchell and tells him to play the song properly was fun too.

Oh and the guy on the far right of the cover is a young Richie Blackmore.

jackhammer · 07-17-2012, 05:52 PM

^^^

Keep meaning to watch this. Have you seen Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll yet Urban? Stunning film.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 07-17-2012, 06:02 PM

Yeah I bought that when it came out.

Andy Serkis is amazing in that film.

jackhammer · 07-17-2012, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger ?

Yeah I bought that when it came out.

Andy Serkis is amazing in that film.

He certainly is. I am surprised it is not talked about more on here.

Alfred · 07-18-2012, 12:21 AM

Bought Memento on Blu-Ray. I'd seen the first 40 minutes or so a while back but never finished it.

Rjinn · 07-18-2012, 08:40 AM

Letters From Iwo Jima - I don't think there has been a more devastatingly poignant movie about the Japanese side of world war II. It was touching and terribly violent at the same time. Clint Eastwood is a ****ing awesome producer here. 10/10

**Frownland** · 07-21-2012, 10:04 AM

My family and I got a Bluray player yesterday and we bought a few great starter movies.

Christopher Nolan Boxset

This was my choice and has all of his best films, but not his early noir piece Following. The set has Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Memento, Inception, and Insomnia. I really wanted to get Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, but my sister's only eleven and I was going for stuff for the whole family (sort of).

The parents got these two, and they're both pretty great as well:

Where the Wild Things Are

Star Trek (2009)

LoathsomePete · 07-29-2012, 02:41 PM

Saw in the paper that Best Buy is doing a sale on HBO shows and that The Wire is marked down to $18.99 each so $40 altogether for the first two seasons. I thought about buying the whole series for $100, but I don't feel like spending the money at this time, especially when I'm going to have another car repair bill coming in next week. Still, it feels nice to actually own the physical copies for a show that I have a very special place in my heart for, plus it means I don't have to bring my external hard drive with me whenever I want to show it to friends.

Rjinn · 08-05-2012, 01:51 PM

I don't think The Wire was ever distributed in Australia so it'll be hard to get a region 4 to play down here. Shame it seems very promising to watch.

LoathsomePete · 08-11-2012, 08:37 PM

Really? That seems odd, I mean I know the Australian government can be a bit draconian when it comes to violent video games mostly because kids want and do play them, but I can't see a 13 year old sitting down to watch The Wire.

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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Liked this a lot more than I was expecting to, but watching biopics of psychopaths in music is always fun. Lots of cameos from the stars of the time too (I.E. The real Jess Conran throwing his younger self out of a club). The bit where he pulls a shotgun on Mitch Mitchell and tells him to play the song properly was fun too. Oh and the guy on the far right of the cover is a young Richie Blackmore. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	^^^ Keep meaning to watch this. Have you seen Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll yet Urban? Stunning film. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Yeah I bought that when it came out. Andy Serkis is amazing in that film. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

07-18-2012, 12:21 AM	#775 (permalink)
Alfred one big soul Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 5,096	Bought Memento on Blu-Ray. I'd seen the first 40 minutes or so a while back but never finished it. __________________ LAST.FM / VINYL COLLECTION / RYM

07-18-2012, 08:40 AM	#776 (permalink)
Rjinn The Aerosol in your Soul Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: New South Wales, Australia Posts: 1,546	Letters From Iwo Jima - I don't think there has been a more devastatingly poignant movie about the Japanese side of world war II. It was touching and terribly violent at the same time. Clint Eastwood is a ****ing awesome producer here. 10/10 __________________ last.fm

07-21-2012, 10:04 AM	#777 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	My family and I got a Bluray player yesterday and we bought a few great starter movies. Christopher Nolan Boxset This was my choice and has all of his best films, but not his early noir piece Following. The set has Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Memento, Inception, and Insomnia. I really wanted to get Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, but my sister's only eleven and I was going for stuff for the whole family (sort of). The parents got these two, and they're both pretty great as well: Where the Wild Things Are Star Trek (2009) __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

07-29-2012, 02:41 PM	#778 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Saw in the paper that Best Buy is doing a sale on HBO shows and that The Wire is marked down to $18.99 each so $40 altogether for the first two seasons. I thought about buying the whole series for $100, but I don't feel like spending the money at this time, especially when I'm going to have another car repair bill coming in next week. Still, it feels nice to actually own the physical copies for a show that I have a very special place in my heart for, plus it means I don't have to bring my external hard drive with me whenever I want to show it to friends. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

08-05-2012, 01:51 PM	#779 (permalink)
Rjinn The Aerosol in your Soul Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: New South Wales, Australia Posts: 1,546	I don't think The Wire was ever distributed in Australia so it'll be hard to get a region 4 to play down here. Shame it seems very promising to watch. __________________ last.fm

08-11-2012, 08:37 PM	#780 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Really? That seems odd, I mean I know the Australian government can be a bit draconian when it comes to violent video games mostly because kids want and do play them, but I can't see a 13 year old sitting down to watch The Wire. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too