TSAJFS 09/01/2011 The Kings Speech/Deliverance/Machete

From the balcony of the New Years Party, Simon and Jo are now able to watch the films released in the US in 2010 - namely Tom Hoopers The King's Speech and Robert Rodriguezs' Machete. Simon additionally watched John Boormans Deliverance as one of 1001 Movies he must see before he dies.

UK Box-Office and New-Releases discussion ensue whilst the News discusses Gareth Edwards taking on Godzilla, Tarantino's Top 10 of 2010 and Frodo Baggins return amongst many other topics.

Links

Facebook-er of the week is Whitney Borup, aka, Whitney from the "Frankly, My Dear" podcast - make sure you listen!

Twitter-er of the week is Peter Bradshow, click here for his Twitter-feed, as he is an esteemed film critic for The Guardian.

Blog of the Week is Mad Hatters The Dark of the Matinee due to the ridiculous amount of films he can watch in a week.

Music

All music is from the soundtrack to The Kings Speech by Alexandre Desplat (same guy who composed the score for Polanski's The Ghost and the odd Harry Potter film!)

The last track is taken from Deliverance and the duelling-banjo sequence. 

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A-Z #4: About A Boy

As we all know, if you want a big film collection, nowadays, it is easy. You can pick up hundreds of DVD's for a buck each - it doesn't matter. But, as a film fan, I'm sure - like every other film fan - the first thing you have a gander at when visiting a new friends house is their film collection - its never about quantity, its about quality. A-Z is my way of going through my collection, from A-Z, and justifying why I own the films...

#4 - About A Boy

Why did I buy it?

I watched this at the cinema with a girl, who promptly dumped me the following day, and despite this tragic finale of the relationship, the film itself has always stuck with me. The soundtrack, by Badly Drawn Boy, was purchased and played many times on my shifts at Woolworths and I remember, having bought it, I was proud that this was one of the very few films my Mum liked.

Why do I still own it?

I think this is one of the best Hugh Grant films - if not, the best. Not to mention, the small fantasy about being him - no job, fashionable pad, London high-life, watching Countdown every day, etc - is something that is great to 'escape' to. Nicholas Hoult, in this, I was not a big fan of, but having watched it many times since, I have become more content with his semi-arrogant attitude. Also a great film to watch with the other-half!

The funniest bit in the entire film does not feature Hugh Grant - it is when Toni Collette, playing Hoult's Mum, is struggling in the kiitchen and you hear the boys voice-over "shes crying in the middle of the day now..." and Collette reaches to get a bowl from the top shelf of a cupboard and it is jammed in ever-so-slightly. As she fails to pull the bowl out, she cries in despair but forcing herself to continue for her son ... she pours the milk and spills a little, another desperate cry. Every time I watch it...

I found a YouTube video which works, so if you are unsure what I am referring to, forward to 3m 23s to remind yourself of that section ... just click here.

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A-Z #3: A:I Artificial Intelligence

As we all know, if you want a big film collection, nowadays, it is easy. You can pick up hundreds of DVD's for a buck each - it doesn't matter. But, as a film fan, I'm sure - like every other film fan - the first thing you have a gander at when visiting a new friends house is their film collection - its never about quantity, its about quality. A-Z is my way of going through my collection, from A-Z, and justifying why I own the films...

#3 - AI: Artificial Intelligence

Why did I buy it?

This is one of the 'early ones'. Back in the early days of DVD's - say, 2000-2002 - it was more about how many you owned. At the time, free DVDs in the newspaper was the thing of dreams. Fact is, I saw it at the cinema and recalled it being 'alright' and - oooo, a cardboard sleeve, a double-disc set... these things used to be special (I say in a grumpy, old-man mood). But, believe me this was nearly on my way out ...

Must've cost £24.99 back in the day, but was bought on a "2 for £30"... in hindsight, the purchase, at that price, was foolish.

Why do I still own it?

But I kept it on a few grounds. One - I was building up a sweet Spielberg collection which would've been complete except I bought 1941... it really is that bad and I knew I wouldn't watch it so cashed it in. The second reason was the Kubrick-connection. I haven't watched all of Stanley Kubricks films, but wholly intend to - and though this ain't a Kubrick, it has alot of his ideas within it. The image above being an idea conceived by Kubrick - verging on HR Giger territory - but it doesn't matter, those visuals alone are incredible and Spielberg + Kubrick + Incredible Visual story = a-keeper.

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A-Z #2: 28 Days Later

As we all know, if you want a big film collection, nowadays, it is easy. You can pick up hundreds of DVD's for a buck each - it doesn't matter. But, as a film fan, I'm sure - like every other film fan - the ifrst thing you have a gander at when visiting a new friends house is their film collection - its never about quantity, its about quality. A-Z is my way of going through my collection, from A-Z, and justifying why I own the films

#2 - 28 Days Later...

Why did I buy it?

Primarily for Danny Boyle. I watched it years ago and was not actually that fussed - zombies being taken seriously? ("I lost my family to ... sob sob ....zombies", I'm sorry, I don't care) but, after I realised that all of Danny Boyle's films are awesome (maybe not A Life Less Ordinary) I thought my initial it-really-isn't-that-good attitude may have been jarred. So, I bought it on the cheap (film-only package...) for £3 and trotted home, happy as Larry.

Why do I still own it?

Obviously, upon rewatching it, I thought it was alot better than I remembered. Not incredible and definitely not in Boyles Top 5 films, but Cillian Murphy is a great actor and I reckon it one which shall be rewatched many times in the future to simply see Boyle-do-Horror. Lastly, I am a completist and, as I own all of Danny Boyle's films ... I'd never have a gap...

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A-Z #1: 12 Angry Men

As we all know, if you want a big film collection, nowadays, it is easy. You can pick up hundreds of DVD's for a buck each - it doesn't matter. But, as a film fan, I'm sure - like every other film fan - the ifrst thing you have a gander at when visiting a new friends house is their film collection - its never about quantity, its about quality. A-Z is my way of going through my collection, from A-Z, and justifying why I own the films

#1 - 12 Angry Men

Why did I buy it?

C'mon! Its a 'classic' - one of those 'you haven't seen 12 Angry Men?'. For a long time, it didn't really phase me ... until I saw Fonda in Once Upon a Time in the West. This established him - for me - and made me more keen to watch it. Not to mention, it cost £3

Why do I still own it?

It is a great film, having watched it. More importantly, I love the one-room films set-ups - 12 Angry Men in a jury room, one guy trapped in a phone booth, a bunch of people in a lift ... a guy trapped in a coffin. They are always really interesting and, if they become really positively-praised, that means that - above all - the acting is great. This is a film, whereby the acting is incredible and the set-up is really interesting. Interesting enough that I know that if someone asks me about it, as its short, I'll simply say - okay! lets have a watch!

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