Quite an interesting week as far as film watching goes, watched a couple of Sonny Chibas in Finsbury, The Street Fighter and The Killing Machine, with Stret Fighter being the better of the two despite both having some amazing choreography and Sonny, or Shinichi as he's known in Japan, being a serious rival to Bruce Lee as baddest muthafuker in 70's asian exploitation.
Series 10 of Family Guy was actually surprisingly funny, but probably because its the uncut version I watched. I never knew that Fox and BBC only air censored versions of the show, not just bleeping out swear words but changing whole jokes for less controversial (funny) material. Apparently on Adult Swim you can watch the uncensored episodes online, but I'm not sure if that US only.
Ended up watching Godfather part 2 on Sunday, due to long time to kill and the discovery that a mate of mine had never seen it. Everytime I watch it I loose a bit more certainty on what I think of it. Its either one of the most overrated films I've seen, or one of the best. For every masterfull scene, which flows with the greatest of ease, there seems to be a clunky, slightly forced feel to another. Regardless of whether its flawless or not, its still damn entertaining.
Larry Crowne was fucking tragic, I havent seen a film that bad in a long long time. I wouldn't be the slightest bit surprised if it stormed the razzies. Well, I wouldn't if didn't shamelessly shove such cliched American family values down your throat, till you choke on the cheesy suburban placidness of the whole affair. If I weren't attending the premier, I would have walked out when it tried showing how cool and film-savy it was with its Quadrophenia throwbacks. What a painfull pile of wank.
Quatermass 2! Yes! The very definition of WINNNING! An awesome oldschool Hammer title from the late fifties complete with gasmasks, conspiracies, aliens and blob monsters. Maybe not as good as the first, probably because theres no performance by Richard Wordsworth undergoing a metamorphosis, but still a classic piece of british horror from its golden age.
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