Anyone seen 'The Ice Storm' by Ang Lee? Is it good? I've rented it from the library and am curious.

Bitch slap is brilliant. Especially the bit in the caravan

o/

Have seen this, but years ago. Isn't Sigourney Weaver in it? Anyhow, very good as I recall.

Completely fucking punchable characters (apart from Tobey MacGuire) and completely implausible actions committed by characters again and again for no apparent reason. ARGH.

Completely fucking punchable characters (apart from Tobey MacGuire) and completely implausible actions committed by characters again and again for no apparent reason. ARGH.

Sounds like real life to me (apart from Tobey MacGuire)

What the fuck? Message boarding half way through a film? Get watching!

As I say it's years since I watched this, but from memory, I think that most of the characters were hateful was part of the point. Or something like that.

I thought you liked shit like that, you silly David Lynch fanboy.

Sounds like this forum. Wait we've had that joke this page, haven't we?

A review of The Human Centipede 2. Sounds pretty good!

http://collider.com/human-centipede-2-f ... ew/116504/

Rubber is ace.

Just got back from watching Jurassic Park 1 in the cinema. That film has aged so much better than the majority of stuff produced since then. Cracking stuff.

Group of teenagers on the way out: “I thought that was supposed to be the new one?”

A review of The Human Centipede 2. Sounds pretty good!

http://collider.com/human-centipede-2-f ... ew/116504/

BBFC REJECTS THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE II (FULL SEQUENCE)

June 6th, 2011
The BBFC has rejected the sexually violent, and potentially obscene DVD, The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) This means that it cannot be legally supplied anywhere in the UK. The decision was taken by the Director, David Cooke and the Presidential Team of Sir Quentin Thomas, Alison Hastings and Gerard Lemos.

The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) is a sequel to the film The Human Centipede (First Sequence), which was classified ‘18’ uncut for cinema and DVD release by the BBFC in 2010. The first film dealt with a mad doctor who sews together three kidnapped people in order to produce the ‘human centipede’of the title. Although the concept of the film was undoubtedly tasteless and disgusting it was a relatively traditional and conventional horror film and the Board concluded that it was not in breach of our Guidelines at ‘18’. This new work, The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence), tells the story of a man who becomes sexually obsessed with a DVD recording of the first film and who imagines putting the ‘centipede’ idea into practice. Unlike the first film, the sequel presents graphic images of sexual violence, forced defecation, and mutilation, and the viewer is invited to witness events from the perspective of the protagonist. Whereas in the first film the ‘centipede’ idea is presented as a revolting medical experiment, with the focus on whether the victims will be able to escape, this sequel presents the ‘centipede’ idea as the object of the protagonist’s depraved sexual fantasy.

The principal focus of The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) is the sexual arousal of the central character at both the idea and the spectacle of the total degradation, humiliation, mutilation, torture, and murder of his naked victims. Examples of this include a scene early in the film in which he masturbates whilst he watches a DVD of the original Human Centipede film, with sandpaper wrapped around his penis, and a sequence later in the film in which he becomes aroused at the sight of the members of the ‘centipede’ being forced to defecate into one another’s mouths, culminating in sight of the man wrapping barbed wire around his penis and raping the woman at the rear of the ‘centipede’. There is little attempt to portray any of the victims in the film as anything other than objects to be brutalised, degraded and mutilated for the amusement and arousal of the central character, as well as for the pleasure of the audience. There is a strong focus throughout on the link between sexual arousal and sexual violence and a clear association between pain, perversity and sexual pleasure. It is the Board’s conclusion that the explicit presentation of the central character’s obsessive sexually violent fantasies is in breach of its Classification Guidelines and poses a real, as opposed to a fanciful, risk that harm is likely to be caused to potential viewers.

David Cooke, Director of the BBFC said:

“It is the Board’s carefully considered view that to issue a certificate to this work, even if confined to adults, would be inconsistent with the Board’s Guidelines, would risk potential harm within the terms of the VRA, and would be unacceptable to the public.

“The Board also seeks to avoid classifying material that may be in breach of the Obscene Publications Acts 1959 and 1964 (OPA) or any other relevant legislation. The OPA prohibits the publication of works that have a tendency to deprave or corrupt a significant proportion of those likely to see them. In order to avoid classifying potentially obscene material, the Board engages in regular discussions with the relevant enforcement agencies, including the CPS, the police, and the Ministry of Justice. It is the Board’s view that there is a genuine risk that this video work, The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence), may be considered obscene within the terms of the OPA, for the reasons given above.

“The Board considered whether its concerns could be dealt with through cuts. However, given that the unacceptable content runs throughout the work, cuts are not a viable option in this case and the work is therefore refused a classification.”

Note to Editors

1. Under the terms of the Video Recordings Act, the distributor has the right to appeal to the Video Appeals Committee against this decision within six weeks.
2. The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) has not been submitted for cinema release.

Why is it back at the cinema again?

LEWIE SPEAKS THE TRUTH. Rubber is fucking amazing.

I thought Rubber was utter utter bollocks of the worst kind. Annoyingly knowing and deliberately trying to appeal to the b-movie crowd. It made me a bit angry.

This was my assumption.

How...how do they work?

The first thing that aggravated me was the opening speech. Which was along the lines of "Why does stuff happen? Because it does!" while citing things such as (I can't remember the specific things) "why does the sea have a tide? BECAUSE IT DOES".

It felt like ICP with "MAGNETS MAN! HOW DO THEY WORK?"

Magnets are objects which exhibit magnetism. Magnetism is the quality exhibited by magnets. Simple.

It was making the point that stuff happens in films that we accept unquestioningly, but if we DID stop to ask the question, the answer would be "no reason". It's the director's way of saying "Don't worry about WHY there's a killer car tyre on the loose, just go with it."

Super is an odd film.

Just watched the new Karate Kid with the Fresh Princelet. That was also better than I expected, perhaps because my "DVD" didn't have any subtitles so I merrily made it all up in my head.
Although there wasn't any Karate in it, which was odd. Scary Chinese kid was good, even though all the twelve year-olds were hitting each other with more strength than a Kung Fu bulldozer.

Also, it led to this, which is fantastic:

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Super is an odd film.

The pieces of magnet on Earth are all trying to reform into the interstellar egg that impacted here and which the dinosaurs heroically tore apart to save us from the bionic embryo contained inside. The amount of priests killed by the Vatican trying to make this public is astounding.