The WHF Film Club

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

Well you'll definitely be watching 13 Tzameti soon. I'm quite a fan of the film, and it will definitely raise some discussion points.

It is part of those bloody and disturbing films that you where talking about in the beginning of the film club?

No. It's not a horror.

My advice is don't read anything about the film before you watch it, or you'll take a lot of the enjoyment out of it.

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

I think you've got it just about spot on there Ben, though the basic idea for the film is a good one.

It is, I love the idea, just my sort of thing, but the film ultimately was little more than that idea.

Has anyone watched The Hunger Games?

I haven't. Good?

 

[Hi-FiOutlaw]

Well you'll definitely be watching 13 Tzameti soon. I'm quite a fan of the film, and it will definitely raise some discussion points.

It is part of those bloody and disturbing films that you where talking about in the beginning of the film club?

No. It's not a horror.

My advice is don't read anything about the film before you watch it, or you'll take a lot of the enjoyment out of it.

I never DO...!

 

[BenLaw]

I think you've got it just about spot on there Ben, though the basic idea for the film is a good one.

It is, I love the idea, just my sort of thing, but the film ultimately was little more than that idea.

Has anyone watched The Hunger Games?

I haven't. Good?

Very good I thought. If you wanted to like BR more then this is a decent stab at it. It also stars Jennifer Lawrence, who can do very little wrong.

 

[strapped for cash]

Has anyone watched The Hunger Games?

I haven't. Good?

Or Battle Royale for a tweenage audience? (I'm guessing that's what Ben was getting at.)

 

[strapped for cash]

To be fair, the two films watched so far have been quite good candidates for the "what the hell did THAT mean?!?!" conversation above all else...

There could be more of this when we get to my choices. This news may dismay film club members.

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

To be fair, the two films watched so far have been quite good candidates for the "what the hell did THAT mean?!?!" conversation above all else...

There could be more of this when we get to my choices.

Not exactly surprising news.

 

[BenLaw]

Has anyone watched The Hunger Games?

I haven't. Good?

Or Battle Royale for a tweenage audience? (I'm guessing that's what Ben was getting at.)

Obviously less of an original idea but I thought it was pretty slick and definitely preferred it. Anyway, what age is BR for?

 

[BenLaw]

To be fair, the two films watched so far have been quite good candidates for the "what the hell did THAT mean?!?!" conversation above all else...

There could be more of this when we get to my choices. This news may dismay film club members.

I'm dismayed. Truly.

 

[John Duncan]

Has anyone watched The Hunger Games?

I haven't. Good?

Or Battle Royale for a tweenage audience? (I'm guessing that's what Ben was getting at.)

I loved The Hunger Games, and it's one of the reasons that I put Battle Royale on the list. I don't find it tweenage at all, I think it's quite grown up (and the books are as well).

http://orsoncart.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/lets-get-ready-to-rumble/

 

[John Duncan]

It also stars Jennifer Lawrence, who can do very little wrong.

+409

 

[strapped for cash]

Obviously less of an original idea but I thought it was pretty slick and definitely preferred it. Anyway, what age is BR for?

To be honest I haven't seen The Hunger Games, though I have seen Battle Royale.

According to the BBFC, The Hunger Games is for viewers over twelve year's old (or under twelve if accompanied by an adult), while Battle Royale is for over eighteens only.

Based on what I've read, The Hunger Games is Battle Royale without the gore, and a left leaning political message, though I could be wrong, on that last point especially.

I'm not suggesting you're wrong to like The Hunger Games. As I say, I haven't seen the film; and my comments were based on what I've read in reviews and seen of the film's marketing.

 

[strapped for cash]

It also stars Jennifer Lawrence, who can do very little wrong.

+409

I also don't have a problem with Jennifer Lawrence, though she was probably best in her breakthrough role in Winters Bone.

 

[John Duncan]

It also stars Jennifer Lawrence, who can do very little wrong.

+409

I also don't have a problem with Jennifer Lawrence, though she was probably best in her breakthrough role in Winters Bone.

I think she's been absolutely terrific in the three things I've seen her in (WB, THG, Silver Linings Playbook).

 

[BenLaw]

It also stars Jennifer Lawrence, who can do very little wrong.

+409

I also don't have a problem with Jennifer Lawrence, though she was probably best in her breakthrough role in Winters Bone.

I think she's been absolutely terrific in the three things I've seen her in (WB, THG, Silver Linings Playbook).

Those are the three I've seen her in too and I agree. Reasonably diverse catalogue FWIW.

 

[John Duncan]

Indeed. There aren't many actresses who've consistently impressed me as much (albeit from only three films so far). Jodie Foster and Natalie Portman spring to mind.

 

[BenLaw]

Obviously less of an original idea but I thought it was pretty slick and definitely preferred it. Anyway, what age is BR for?

To be honest I haven't seen The Hunger Games, though I have seen Battle Royale.

According to the BBFC, The Hunger Games is for viewers over twelve year's old (or under twelve if accompanied by an adult), while Battle Royale is for over eighteens only.

Based on what I've read, The Hunger Games is Battle Royale without the gore, and a left leaning political message, though I could be wrong, on that last point especially.

I'm not suggesting you're wrong to like The Hunger Games. As I say, I haven't seen the film; and my comments were based on what I've read in reviews and seen of the film's marketing.

The certification is more a reflection of when the films were made I would say. I don't think BR would be an 18 if it came out now, Hunger Games may well have been an 18 then. I found Hunger Games somewhat more troubling; maybe less graphic in the main but more effective because it was done better.

A left leaning political message certainly, but so does BR.

 

[BenLaw]

Indeed. There aren't many actresses who've consistently impressed me as much (albeit from only three films so far). Jodie Foster and Natalie Portman spring to mind.

Portman's been in a lot of crap films though.

 

[John Duncan]

I found Hunger Games somewhat more troubling

Have you read the books?

 

[John Duncan]

Indeed. There aren't many actresses who've consistently impressed me as much (albeit from only three films so far). Jodie Foster and Natalie Portman spring to mind.

Portman's been in a lot of crap films though.

Yes, but she's been terrific in them :-D

 

[BenLaw]

I found Hunger Games somewhat more troubling

Have you read the books?

No. I've a friend at work with teenage children who's a massive film buff and she really likes the books too. I've so many other things that I'm not reading at the moment though that these would be pretty low on the list.

 

[BenLaw]

Indeed. There aren't many actresses who've consistently impressed me as much (albeit from only three films so far). Jodie Foster and Natalie Portman spring to mind.

Portman's been in a lot of crap films though.

Yes, but she's been terrific in them :-D

I guess with some I'll never know (Star Wars, No Strings Attached, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits) and others I wish I didn't (Black Swan, Zoolander).

 

[strapped for cash]

If we're discussing genuinely emotionally articulate young actresses, Carey Mulligan's a pretty good shout.

The attention Portman receives makes me genuinely angry.

I'm not trying to annoy people, but I think Portman's a soulless automaton. Honestly, what was her standout performance? People often point to Black Swan and Garden State, and she was profoundly uninsightful in both. Portman was good in Leon, but as an adult actress she has no range or ability to emote. She's also very bright academically, or so I've read, but emotional and academic intelligence aren't always the same thing.

 

[John Duncan]

Black Swan was alright, it just wasn't as good as it thought it was.

The Hunger Games books are worth a pop, I got through them in a just a few days. The last one in particular is surprising - for what is ostensibly a 'young adult' book - in its moral complexity.

 

[BenLaw]

I tend to agree with that, although my Mulligan exposure is limited to Never Let Me Go and Shame. She was superb in the latter.