Guillermo del Toro on Film 4 this weekend

afx237vi
afx237vi Posts: 12,630
edited October 2010 in The bottom bracket
Cronos on Friday, the Devil's Backbone on Saturday and Pan's Labyrinth on Sunday. Brilliant! Cronos is not perfect, but an interesting version of a vampire film, but the other two are amazing - if you haven't seen them before, you should!

Still a little disappointed he's not doing the Hobbit too.

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  • dmch2
    dmch2 Posts: 731
    Is film4 free on sky now? What time are they on?
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  • carbonfiend
    carbonfiend Posts: 475
    Genius, Hell Boy 1&2 is a must as well.
    '..all the bad cats in the bad hats..'
  • dmch2
    dmch2 Posts: 731
    Got the hellboys on DVD :)

    And the new Fallout game which has hellboy/Ron Perlman as the narrator has just been released and dispatched from amazon. Now it'll be even harder to force myself to go out in the cold!
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  • carbonfiend
    carbonfiend Posts: 475
    have you seen 'let the right one in'
    '..all the bad cats in the bad hats..'
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    dmch2 wrote:
    Is film4 free on sky now? What time are they on?

    Sky 315, Friday, Saturday, Sunday all 11pm.

    And no I haven't got round to seeing Let the Right One In yet. I know it's supposed to be good.
  • carbonfiend
    carbonfiend Posts: 475
    watched it last night - its awesome I'd recommend it before the hollywood remake hits the screen
    '..all the bad cats in the bad hats..'
  • andy162
    andy162 Posts: 634
    Pan's Labyrinth is stunning. My Mum watched it & was distraught! She expected a happy, gentle fairy tale with a happy ending. Not so here.

    If you remotely enjoy a good film, watch it & prepare to be enchanted, mesmerised & shocked in equal measures.

    Andy162 filmometer rating of 9.92/10.
  • JLM74
    JLM74 Posts: 108
    andy162 wrote:
    Pan's Labyrinth is stunning. My Mum watched it & was distraught! She expected a happy, gentle fairy tale with a happy ending. Not so here.

    It does have some shockingly violent moments. Great movie, have my blu ray copy signed by GDT.
  • crumbschief
    crumbschief Posts: 3,399
    I'd already spotted Cronos but had not noticed Devil's Backbone so cheers for that,i love Pan's and Hellboy,Toro and Perlman working together has been a great,i hope there is more.
  • dmch2
    dmch2 Posts: 731
    Well that was interesting and unexpected! :)

    Sort of like 'The Ninth Gate' which I also liked.

    Looking forward to the next one tonight!
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  • tonyw43
    tonyw43 Posts: 249
    One of the greatest directors of his generation. Pans is one of my favourite films.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    TonyW43 wrote:
    One of the greatest directors of his generation.

    Especially if you shut your eyes and pretend Blade II doesn't exist :wink:

    The only one of his I haven't seen is Mimic.
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    I love his films. But I hate reading subtitles :cry:
  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    Pokerface wrote:
    I love his films. But I hate reading subtitles :cry:

    Subtitles over dubbed everytime.
  • JLM74
    JLM74 Posts: 108
    Stewie Griffin wrote:
    Subtitles over dubbed everytime.

    +1
  • carbonfiend
    carbonfiend Posts: 475
    a really good film will make u forget about subtitles.
    '..all the bad cats in the bad hats..'
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    carbonfiend wrote:
    a really good film will make u forget about subtitles.


    Agreed - it's just frustrating having to look to the bottom of the screen to read what is going on - and missing what is actually happening.


    I won't watch a dubbed film at all and try and avoid subtitles if I can.
  • dmch2
    dmch2 Posts: 731
    I quickly find that i don't notice the subtitles. Then I get really surprised if I look down for my cup of tea and can't understand what someone just said!
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  • andy162
    andy162 Posts: 634
    Pokerface wrote:
    I love his films. But I hate reading subtitles :cry:

    I just imagine it's a very well illustrated 40" book :wink:

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