My vote for best film I saw this year was Dredd. Proof you can make an engaging, exciting action film which makes sense and has a strong protagonist without it being three hours long.

In the year I decided to return to the cinema I rarely saw anything that was really exciting or elevating. But I was surprised how dull and bloated some of the blockbusters turned out. Prometheus followed by Dark Knight were my main disappointments.

I saw some older films. Salt with Angelina Jolie was surprisingly fun. The Proposition with Guy Pearce is an outstanding Aussie Western which does bring me back to Django - it probably isn't as funny but I'll bet it's more powerful. It even survives having Ray Winstone.

This is what they have him doing? He worked to bring the Olympics to London and they've just got him doing PR Bullshit instead of making Stuart Pearce choose him for the team? There's gonna be another tournament catastrophe for England in football, Brazil wasn't even trying in that warm up match, you guys are screwed.

Of course I'm one to talk, we put an NCAA coach in charge and didn't even qualify! Stupid USSoccer.

YAY! Thank-You!!

>> ^lucky760:

Congrats to our winners and thanks to all our participants!
Winner #1 is @critical_d for How to Pour the Perfect Guinness from a Can
Winner #2 is @Boise_Lib for The Making of an Absinthe Glass at Simon Pearce
Winner #3 is @Sarzy for The Simpsons -- You put the beer in the coconut

Congrats to our winners and thanks to all our participants!

Winner #1 is @critical_d for How to Pour the Perfect Guinness from a Can
Winner #2 is @Boise_Lib for The Making of an Absinthe Glass at Simon Pearce
Winner #3 is @Sarzy for The Simpsons -- You put the beer in the coconut

>> ^Auger8:

OK sorry but am I the only sick person out there that wondered at the first of this video at about @1:00 in that somewhere there is some poor guy who's job it is to make blown glass dildo's all day for a living. grins

Absinthe glass crafting has both dong and bong stages.

One more for luck.
http://videosift.com/video/The-Making-of-an-Absinthe-Glass-at-Simon-Pearce

>> ^kymbos:

Guy Pearce is the best. Otherwise, I have no idea what most of you people are on about. Is this some kind of cult book being made into a film, that has you guys shitting all over something that looks pretty good?


Weyland-Yutani was the company Ripley worked for in the Alien movies. They were the shadow company responsible for terraforming the planet where the Aliens were discovered (by Humans, anyways) and the creation of the android Bishop. They also played some smaller role in the shitty AVP/Predator movies.

This video is a promo for the movie Prometheus, a prequel of sorts to the Alien franchise. It's going to be pants creaming.

>> ^kymbos:

Guy Pearce is the best. Otherwise, I have no idea what most of you people are on about. Is this some kind of cult book being made into a film, that has you guys shitting all over something that looks pretty good?


I agree. I think this was a very well delivered monologue. I wouldn't call it hammy. I wouldn't say the special effects held it back. I'm intrigued about the story and the character.

Guy Pearce is the best. Otherwise, I have no idea what most of you people are on about. Is this some kind of cult book being made into a film, that has you guys shitting all over something that looks pretty good?

>> ^NaMeCaF:

>> ^quantumushroom:
He didn't rip his face off and reveal he was a robot? UNIMPRESSIVE, SIR.

Heh, I was expecting something similar. I thought another Guy Pearce would walk out and reveal the one who had just been talking was a robot.


Dems is all robots? Aww, hell no!

>> ^quantumushroom:

He didn't rip his face off and reveal he was a robot? UNIMPRESSIVE, SIR.


Heh, I was expecting something similar. I thought another Guy Pearce would walk out and reveal the one who had just been talking was a robot.

Needs a tag for Guy Pearce...

>> ^budzos:

>> ^buzz:
The problem with Guy Pearce is that you never know whether the film is going to be absolutely awesome (Memento for instance) or an absolute steaming pile of gangrenous, maggot ridden, shit... (errr, lots of his other stuff)

This looks like maggot shit to me. I'm turned off by any scene with a guy being unfazed by a series of merciless punches to the face. That shit will scramble your eggs. It takes me right into "this is a silly movie for Buffy fans" territory.


Found your comment funny, but don't forget that some films are good because of blatantly over trumped characters. I mean, i fucking love Starship Troopers, and it's crap in theory. Overly stoic hero - could work. Arny's pulled it off many times.

>> ^buzz:

The problem with Guy Pearce is that you never know whether the film is going to be absolutely awesome (Memento for instance) or an absolute steaming pile of gangrenous, maggot ridden, shit... (errr, lots of his other stuff)


This looks like maggot shit to me. I'm turned off by any scene with a guy being unfazed by a series of merciless punches to the face. That shit will scramble your eggs. It takes me right into "this is a silly movie for Buffy fans" territory.