miserableoldgit

Yes. Even my feeling of deja vu is getting a feeling of deja vu!

Irony alert!!!

Tina Fey!!!!

DEADGIRL:- An unsettling and atmospheric horror film, and worth a watch. "Frightening.That’s the best way to describe Deadgirl, an impressive effort by co-directors Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel based on an ingenious script by Trent Haaga that takes an uncomfortably harsh look at gender-sexual dominance. It’s frightening on multiple levels. It's a perennially f--ked up movie. Yes, it’s another zombie film, but like Let the Right One In’s treatment of vampires, Deadgirl lets the horror emerge not from the ghastly ghoulies but from the dark impulses developed by the uncertainty of growing up. The premise alone is pure brilliance, but where the film takes its teenage characters to is a real revelation of both talent and the male psyche. The Deadgirl in question is a sexy naked girl (a brave and sporting Jenny Spain) two aimless boys Rickie (Shiloh Fernandez) and JT (Noah Segan) find chained in the basement of an abandoned asylum. Realizing that she’s undead and unclaimed, JT eagerly makes her a personal sex slave, even inviting their equally idle friend Wheeler (Eric Podnar) to join in on what is essentially rape. Rickie’s refusal to participate in this debauchery is interesting, because in some ways he’s following a moral compass, but it’s also established that he is obsessively in love with a childhood sweetheart who’s grown up to be a girl out of his league. She dates a jock who torments Rickie for his longing looks. The bittersweet ending, which of course I won’t spoil, blurs Rickie’s moral line even more. We don’t know how the Deadgirl came to be or why she was there, but that’s trivial compared to what she is in the eyes of the boys. Unlike most films that deal with teenage sexual curiosity, this film explores the really perverse side, where it’s not the discovery that drives these boys but rather the pure lustful gratification; completely skewing their perception of a healthy sex life. Knowing there’s “free pussy” to be had at any time, JT cuts off his social life, stops going to school, and even holes up in the asylum basement to have sex with the Deadgirl all day. Wheeler, having failed at standing up to jock bullies, boasts to them about the Deadgirl; somehow convinced that having a living sex doll makes him much more of a man than those who have girlfriends. Of course, it’s really screwed up that the jocks kind of buy into Wheeler’s statement and want to have a piece of the Deadgirl themselves to prove their own manhood. In case you haven’t noticed, this film isn’t really sympathetic with us guys. It concludes that the male ego is a carriage drawn by a wild ****. With such a provocative story, it’s a real feat on the directors’ part to keep it from being too exploitative. It’s also stylishly shot and paces itself nicely, deftly sprinkling dark humor here and there. Ultimately, it's how convincing it is at presenting the boys that makes it such a creepy film. Deadgirl acknowledges that base urge in teenage boys to indulge in sexual conquest and the frustration that comes with being rejected by girls when you’re at your most curious about sex. It does so by stripping its protagonists of the responsibilities that young men have to learn at that age. The zombie angle works because it allows them to see the Deadgirl as something inhuman. Take away the personality and the nuisance of having to consider a woman’s feelings, what’s left for the boys to see is opportunity spread-eagled. A teen horror movie that deals with being a teen? What a strange idea! It’s a film that offers an original take on an exhausted genre, using a zombie as a tool to incite dangerous lust. In some ways, the zombie is still a threat, but not just physically. Deadgirl asks a difficult question: "If the victim is a flesh-eating monster, does ethics still apply?" It uses otherworldly elements to perform a horrific probe of the human experience, which is what the best horror films always do."

63 was the worst winter that I remember. Snow/slush around for weeks and weeks.

"Sweet Bells" by Kate Rusby. Excellent! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sweet-Bells-Kate-Rusby/dp/B002S53LZG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260607031&sr=8-1

Have you heard the Hely Hutchinson Carol Symphony? It`s very good. It`s on this CD with Vaughn Williams "Fantasia on Christmas Carols" and a lot of other evocative Christmas stuff. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Orchestral-Music-Christmas-Victor-Hely-Hutchinson/dp/B00000DO9Y/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260551493&sr=8-3

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I read on the official website that tickets for the Norwich game for ST holders would be on sale until (I think) 28th November and that they were guaranteed their own seat if required. After that they would be on general sale. I went on the 28th and got my usual seat. No problem. *Just seen previous post. Memory still good at moment!!!

Whilst I totally agree with everything that`s been said about "Band of Brothers", around this time last year the HBO series "John Adams" was being shown. It a staggering peice of television starring Paul Giamatti as the second President of the US and told his story from just before the Revolution to his death. IMHO a masterpeice and well worth catching up with. http://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Adams-Complete-HBO-DVD/dp/B0017I1GAC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1260436950&sr=8-1 I love "Two and a Half Men". Always maintains a high laugh per episode ratio, and I also currently enjoy "30 Rock". Am I the only one who fancies Tina Fey something rotten??

I know that I`ll probably get flack for this, but the "James Taylor at Christmas" CD is just fantastic! Just a lovely warm brandy slipping down your throat! http://www.amazon.co.uk/James-Taylor-at-Christmas/dp/B000I0QK74/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260436741&sr=8-1

These skates do swim in very murky waters!

This is one of the things that I love about this forum. Within a couple of posts of the original one, things go off on so many, often surreal, tangents! Brilliant!

He was very good in "Last of the Mohicans".

I used to go in there when it was a crumbling (literally!) "backstreet" boozer. Couldn`t believe what they did to it to turn it into the venue that it now is.

It`s a brilliant venue and they always put together a good programme. To think that we nearly lost it a year or two back!!

Well I started this thread with Bellowhead at The Brook, and I have just got back from the same venue having seen the brilliant Oysterband at their best! They had the crowd in the palm of their hands. Terrific night all round.

Not according to this:- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1233267/Portsmouth-chief-Peter-Storrie-confirms-players-paid-wages-full.html

Interesting that the swear filter responded to the "-****" of "u****"! Well I think that you get the idea!!

Watched "Martyrs" last night. It`s a film of the so-called "torture-porn" genre and a bit of a gruelling watch with a denoument that will split viewers into those that think that it`s pretentious clap-trap and those who will hail it as genious. The following from an Empire review sums it up I thought:- Nearly banned in France, u**** over here, Pascal Laugier’s film arrives with a dare-you-see-it? reputation — and it’s a work of rare, raw, brutal brilliance. Martyr’s macabre universe of child abuse, bloody reprisal and death cults is actually three movies in one — grisly revenge picture, visceral ghost story and extreme torture horror; an unflinching intensity, strong performances and a distressing twist cage it all together. Be warned: the final third is a harrowing test of stamina. Stick it out, and the provocative pay-off blends terror with the transcendent. Laugier’s remaking Hellraiser next: be very afraid...

http://video.telegraph.co.uk/services/player/bcpid1529569286?bctid=5524339001

Yeah, me too! Bloody populist crap! Anyway, I think that he just made all those names up.

Whereas?????:confused:

This is actually on the free Shirley Bassey CD given away in the Mail on Sunday last weekend.

No there`s not - and don`t call me Shirley!