I seem to spend the majority of my spare time watching films... but seeing as I send the rest of my spare time working at and learning to write films I consider it revision 
For no particular reason I thought I'd write a bit about all of the films I've seen over the last couple of weeks... well mainly because I've seen a shit load of them!!!
I went to the 2nd Leeds Zombie Films Festival a couple of weeks back... It was ace, 12 hours solid of zombie films!!!! Next year I'm getting dressed up!!!! Here are the films they showed...
Plan 9 from Outer Space:
A film made in 1959 my Ed Wood. My god this film is hilarious. One of the actors died half way through the film so Wood just replaced him with some random guy who is taller, younger and has a lot darker hair than the original guy. As a half arsed attempt to cover this up, Wood just made the new guy walk around with his cloak over his face. There are so many funny one liners in this film, the plot is ridiculous and the acting and direction is beyond terrible, what makes it great is that the guy thought he was making the best film ever made! It was made completely without irony which is way it is brilliant. This film goes so far past being bad in so many ways into being good, back into being bad then back into being good again! Watch it people, watch it now!
Diary of the Dead:
An American zombie film made a few years ago. I found it too pretentious to be scary. Though there are a few really clever moments in it. Watch out for the mute Quaker guy, he's as good as this films gets!
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue:
Apparently the 3rd proper zombie film from the 70's. I don't remember much about this one except that the woman were just portrayed as screaming pathetics, fainting dramatically into the arms of the nearest male whenever something vaguely scary happened. That isn't to say I didn't enjoy the film.. I did... as far as I remember!!!
[Rec]:
Tense, atmospheric, genuinely creepy. I haven't seen the US remake but I cant see how they will have kept the feel of this film with a massive Hollywood budget. This was the scariest film of the day by far.
Black Sheep:
Zombie sheep... 'nuff said!
Dawn of the Dead (2004):
I like this film... though obviously not as good as the original.. but that goes without saying. I enjoy this film every time i see it.
The next day a new friend came round, we each picked 2 films that we knew the other hadn't seen. My films were BASEketball and Lat Boy Scout. Both excellent choices I'm sure you'll agree! He picked Galaxy Quest, which I though was bloody brilliant and Jaws. God I didn't expect Jaws to be so good! I also hadn't expected it to be so much of just 3 men on a boat with only imminent threat for company. It made it a lot more tense and claustrophobic than I'd expected it to be.
Ha, now my mind has gone blank as to the other films I've watched after that, think think think...
I know there was In Bruges, one of my immediate favorite films. Seen it loads now!
Fido: rubbish twist on a zombie movie.
Crank 2: turn off your brain and pile in the popcorn... fucking brilliant ridiculous fun from start to finish!... well except from the King Kong and talk show bits.
Monsters VS Aliens 3D: LOVED this! SO did my friend's 3 year old who we took to see it.
The Cottage: British comedy horror close to it's best!
X-Men Origins: I quite enjoyed this, the CGI was extremely strange in parts towards the end though, Patrick Stewart's face confused the hell out of me!
I've been talked into seeing the Star Trek film tonight... I'm not a trekkie and I don't really have any desire to see this film... so it better be good! He better be buying the popcorn!
In other news... well kind of... my own writing's going OK at the moment, I have some good ideas to work on. Idea's are never a problem for me, seeing an idea through to the end bloody well is though! I'm working hard on that though. I have one story almost planned out from start to finish so I can move onto script stage on that one soon... ha soon! What I mean is when I get my arse in gear to write the whole thing out in a step outline THEN i can move onto script stage. Am working on another with my cousin, we pretty much have the whole story planned out, just need to work out the kinks together. I also have a kick ass idea for a dark kids film, I have the basic whole story for that one. I'm trying not to work on new ideas until I have at least finished ONE GOD DAMN THING! I will finish a screenplay one day.. I WILL! My friend was upset the other day about the fact that his job isn't going so well, he's in finance and was fretting about being 28, no career and living with his parents. He writes too though, he has some good stuff! He's going to try stay positive under the premise that a career in finance is all well and good for paying the bills, but what will you ever add to the world on that role? As a writer even if what you write is considered shit... at least you've written something! Something for others to read (or if it's a film watch) and dissect and discuss. Even if it's a big bag of wank in their opinion at least you've added something to this world! Well that's what I reckon anyway
Wow that was wordy wasn't it... have this photo of me on my last day of school... I'm not sure if it's hard to guess which is me or not!!!...
For no particular reason I thought I'd write a bit about all of the films I've seen over the last couple of weeks... well mainly because I've seen a shit load of them!!!
I went to the 2nd Leeds Zombie Films Festival a couple of weeks back... It was ace, 12 hours solid of zombie films!!!! Next year I'm getting dressed up!!!! Here are the films they showed...
Plan 9 from Outer Space:
A film made in 1959 my Ed Wood. My god this film is hilarious. One of the actors died half way through the film so Wood just replaced him with some random guy who is taller, younger and has a lot darker hair than the original guy. As a half arsed attempt to cover this up, Wood just made the new guy walk around with his cloak over his face. There are so many funny one liners in this film, the plot is ridiculous and the acting and direction is beyond terrible, what makes it great is that the guy thought he was making the best film ever made! It was made completely without irony which is way it is brilliant. This film goes so far past being bad in so many ways into being good, back into being bad then back into being good again! Watch it people, watch it now!
Diary of the Dead:
An American zombie film made a few years ago. I found it too pretentious to be scary. Though there are a few really clever moments in it. Watch out for the mute Quaker guy, he's as good as this films gets!
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue:
Apparently the 3rd proper zombie film from the 70's. I don't remember much about this one except that the woman were just portrayed as screaming pathetics, fainting dramatically into the arms of the nearest male whenever something vaguely scary happened. That isn't to say I didn't enjoy the film.. I did... as far as I remember!!!
[Rec]:
Tense, atmospheric, genuinely creepy. I haven't seen the US remake but I cant see how they will have kept the feel of this film with a massive Hollywood budget. This was the scariest film of the day by far.
Black Sheep:
Zombie sheep... 'nuff said!
Dawn of the Dead (2004):
I like this film... though obviously not as good as the original.. but that goes without saying. I enjoy this film every time i see it.
The next day a new friend came round, we each picked 2 films that we knew the other hadn't seen. My films were BASEketball and Lat Boy Scout. Both excellent choices I'm sure you'll agree! He picked Galaxy Quest, which I though was bloody brilliant and Jaws. God I didn't expect Jaws to be so good! I also hadn't expected it to be so much of just 3 men on a boat with only imminent threat for company. It made it a lot more tense and claustrophobic than I'd expected it to be.
Ha, now my mind has gone blank as to the other films I've watched after that, think think think...
I know there was In Bruges, one of my immediate favorite films. Seen it loads now!
Fido: rubbish twist on a zombie movie.
Crank 2: turn off your brain and pile in the popcorn... fucking brilliant ridiculous fun from start to finish!... well except from the King Kong and talk show bits.
Monsters VS Aliens 3D: LOVED this! SO did my friend's 3 year old who we took to see it.
The Cottage: British comedy horror close to it's best!
X-Men Origins: I quite enjoyed this, the CGI was extremely strange in parts towards the end though, Patrick Stewart's face confused the hell out of me!
I've been talked into seeing the Star Trek film tonight... I'm not a trekkie and I don't really have any desire to see this film... so it better be good! He better be buying the popcorn!
In other news... well kind of... my own writing's going OK at the moment, I have some good ideas to work on. Idea's are never a problem for me, seeing an idea through to the end bloody well is though! I'm working hard on that though. I have one story almost planned out from start to finish so I can move onto script stage on that one soon... ha soon! What I mean is when I get my arse in gear to write the whole thing out in a step outline THEN i can move onto script stage. Am working on another with my cousin, we pretty much have the whole story planned out, just need to work out the kinks together. I also have a kick ass idea for a dark kids film, I have the basic whole story for that one. I'm trying not to work on new ideas until I have at least finished ONE GOD DAMN THING! I will finish a screenplay one day.. I WILL! My friend was upset the other day about the fact that his job isn't going so well, he's in finance and was fretting about being 28, no career and living with his parents. He writes too though, he has some good stuff! He's going to try stay positive under the premise that a career in finance is all well and good for paying the bills, but what will you ever add to the world on that role? As a writer even if what you write is considered shit... at least you've written something! Something for others to read (or if it's a film watch) and dissect and discuss. Even if it's a big bag of wank in their opinion at least you've added something to this world! Well that's what I reckon anyway
Wow that was wordy wasn't it... have this photo of me on my last day of school... I'm not sure if it's hard to guess which is me or not!!!...
VIEW 7 of 7 COMMENTS
johnnyforeigner:
We're not not going to see In The Loop 
Might go myself instead though
Might go myself instead though
its_matt:
that MPs husband is an idiot. he doesnt even know the internet has much better stuff on it for free than paying 15 for some soft-core shite.