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The Favourites: Christmas Edition
by Mark Verstappen- 1 reply
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The Favourites: Christmas Edition Come and join us on Wednesday 28th of december at 20:00 UK Time on PS4* for The Favorites! Just turn up to the Christmas tree on Legion Square in your favorite reable car where we will hopefully drive in the snow. We will determine who has the best nicest car brought to the meet before we start races where each participant can select their car and track combination they like to race! We will all race the car the player selected against eachother. The person choosing the car will have to own the car and share it unless he picks a stock car to race Pick whichever you think people should get a taste of or should suffer i…
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Tulip Redemption & Tahoma Comeback
by Mark Verstappen- 2 replies
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Tulip Redemption & Tahoma Comeback Come and join us on Wednesday 21st of December at 20:00 UK Time on PS4* to give a nice end the the shortest day of the year! Just turn up to the parking garage of the Rockford Mall wither either vehicles to complete your christmas shopping, enjoy some races & company. NOTE: The 18th is the Final day you can get the Tahoma Coupe FOR FREE. We will find out who has the best American 2 door before we start a playlist to determine who gets to play Santa at the mall! We will be using custom Tulip M-100's & Tahoma Coupe against each other, but dont worry if you dont have either as we can share where needed.…
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Yes, your eyes do not deceive you! For one night and one night only, this unconventional driving challenge returns for the first time in almost 2 years for its 5th installment. Join me as I guide you across the wild and challenging terrain of Los Santos' East Coast, with a route that promises to take you and your vehicle to the extremes! While no vehicles are outright banned (except flying / weaponised ones that are pretty obvious), I'd ask that you take something that is not going to be overpowered - in the spirit of the event and for your own enjoyment! I really hope to see some old faces there as this promises to be a pretty nostalgic one! Event s…
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Wide Beemers
by Mark Verstappen- 2 replies
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Wide Beemers Come and join us on Wednesday 6th of December at 20:00 UK Time on PS4* for Wide Beemers! Just turn up to the upper parking lot of the Banner Hotel on Alta Street with your Sentinel Classic Widebody. We will determine who has the best Sentinel Classic Widebody before we start a playlist to determine the winner of the widebodies! We will be using custom Sentinel Classic Widebodies, but dont worry if you dont have one as I do and am willing to share. 😄 Post below to get involved! Verstappen Mulder Warriors *Subject to change depending on people with available platforms & who will all be there. 🙂
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Mystery Car November 2022
by Mark Verstappen- 2 replies
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Come and join us for Mystery Car on Wednesday 16th of November at 20:00 British time. We will start out in free roam from the Horney's Burgers' parking lot from where we will have to follow the clues to find the Mystery Car. Once the car is revealed we will all buy it, if needed, modify it, then spend the night racing it. The price of the car will be less than $100k so don't worry about having to spend millions to join in. The usual rules will apply, don't bring the emergency services along with you in free roam, don't kill other players, race clean and respect the other racers.... Basically don't be a bellend. Post below to get involved with your available…
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Evil Weevil 🎃
by Mark Verstappen- 3 replies
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Evil Weevil 🎃 Come and join us on Wednesday 2nd of November at 20:00 UK Time on PS5* for some Weevil racing! Just turn up to the bottom layer of the western parking garage of LSIA in either a Weevil Custom. We will determine who has the best car before we start a playlist for some fun racing! We will be using custom cars, but dont worry if you dont have one as we will be running the races in GTA mode to be able share cars. Post below to get involved! Verstappen Warriors *Subject to change to PS4 depending on people with available platforms & if Dave will make it. 🙂
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Cinquemila vs Rhinehart
by Mark Verstappen- 1 reply
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Cinquemila vs Rhinehart Come and join us on Wednesday 19th of October at 20:00 UK Time on PS5* for some Sedan racing! Just turn up to the western parking garage of LSIA in either a Cinquemila or Rhinehart. We will determine who has the best car before we start a playlist for some fun racing! We will be using custom cars but dont worry if you dont have one as I do and am willing to share. 😄 Post below to get involved with your preferred car! Verstappen (Rhinehart) Mulder (Cinquemila) Warriors Dave Alex *Subject to change to PS4 depending on people with available platforms & if Dave will make it. 🙂
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Oktoberfest Wed 5th Oktober.
by SkyeDave- 3 replies
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Is it about beer? Is it about German cars? Is it just because it's an even in October and Dave is struggling for a catchy title? Come along and find out this Wednesday 5th at 8pm UK time. PS5 We will be racing a variety of cars on a variety of tracks. Highlights will include the Hao's works prepared Arbiter GT around American Gran Park, The LM87 around the Nurburgring and the new Kanjo SJ around the Kortz Centre. We'll also pit the acceleration and straight line speed of Hao's Vigero ZX against the handling and cornering prowess of the Buffalo STX round the LS Airport Infield Raceway. All this and more.
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ZX!
by Mark Verstappen- 1 reply
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ZX! Come and join us on Wednesday 28th of September at 20:00 UK Time on PS5* for ZX! Just turn up to the parking lot of Mirror Park Tavern with your Vigero ZX. We will determine who has the best ZX before we start a playlist to determine the tamer of the Torero ZX! We are planning on racing with HSW turned off although we might change this somewhere during the night depending on what people would like. We will be using custom Vigero ZX's but dont worry if you dont have one as I do and am willing to share. 😄 Post below to get involved! Verstappen Mulder *Subject to change to PS4 depending on people with available platforms…
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Survive the Hunt 5
by Mark Verstappen- 2 replies
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Survive the Hunt 5 Come and join us in Survive the Hunt, where the aim is to... Well... Survive the hunt! On Wednesday 21st of September 20:00 UK time on PS5 or PS4 depending where the most players are. Starting from the parking lot next to the the Xero Gas warehouse near LSIA. What is Survive The Hunt? Essentially, Survive The Hunt is a freeroam game mode where one player is "hunted" by 8+ other players. There is no radar, HUD or name-tags in order to make this a bit more interesting. While there is no set tactic, the most popular and effective one is for the hunted player to "blend in" with the game AI - either on foot or in a car. This means obeying traffic…
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Cayo Perico Series
by Mark Verstappen- 2 replies
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Cayo Perico Series Come and join us on Wednesday 24th of August at 20:00 UK Time for Cayo Perico Series! Just turn up to the LSIA Cayo Perico terminal with vehicle you'd like to race the move on Cayo Perico. We will determine who has the nicest vehicle before we start the races! We will be using custom Any vehicle of your choice. But dont worry if you dont have one thats chosen as we can share at the start. Post below to get involved! Preferably with your available platforms. Verstappen (PS4 & PS5) Warriors (PS4 & PS5) Mulder (PS4 & PS5)
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XO!
by Mark Verstappen- 1 follower
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XO! Come and join us on Wednesday 17th of August at 20:00 UK Time for XO! Just turn up to the parking lot of Premium deluxe Motorsport with your Torero XO. We will determine who has the best XO before we start a playlist to determine the toreador of the Torero XO! We will be using custom Torero XO's but dont worry if you dont have one as I do and am willing to share. 😄 Post below to get involved! Preferably with your available platforms. Verstappen (PS4 & PS5) Warriors (PS4 & PS5) Mulder (PS4 & PS5)
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Criminal Enterprises Racing
by Mark Verstappen- 1 follower
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Criminal Enterprises Racing Come and join us on Wednesday the 3rd of August at 20:00 UK Time for Criminal Enterprises Racing! Just turn up to the parking lot of the Golf Club in your favorite released newly release or updated car. We will determine who has the best car before we start a playlist to determine the best Criminal Racer! We will race the currently released cars from the Criminal enterprises Update (or updated cars). Each race will feature only one of the cars so we can all try them out equally. Don't worry if you don't own all/any of the eligible cars, we can spawn cars in for you where needed. Post Malone to get involved!…
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Dinky Winky! (PS4)
by Mark Verstappen- 2 replies
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Dinky Winky! Come and join us on Wednesday 6th of July at 20:00 UK Time on PS4 for Dinky Winky! Just turn up to the beach in East Los Santos under the highway Bridge with your Winky. We will determine who has the best Winky before we start a playlist to determine the Winky King! We will be using custom Winky's but dont worry if you dont have one as I do and am willing to share. 😄 This may also involve races which are not regular circuit races. Post below to get involved! Verstappen Warriors Mulder
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Mystery Car June 2022 (PS4)
by Mark Verstappen- 1 follower
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Come and join us for Mystery Car on Wednesday 15th of June at 20:00 British time. We will start out in free roam at the Burger Shot parking lot from where we will have to follow the clues to find the Mystery Car. Once the car is revealed we will all buy it if needed, modify it, then spend the night racing it. The price of the car will be less than $100k so don't worry about having to spend millions to join in. The usual rules will apply, don't bring the emergency services along with you in free roam, don't kill other players, race clean and respect the other racers.... Basically don't be a bellend. Post below to get involved! Verstappen Mulde…
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Rigged Random Car Extravaganza: Rockstar Games Special!
by Mark Verstappen- 3 replies
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Come and join us on Wednesday 20th of October at 8 PM British time for the Rigged Random Car Extravaganza: Rockstar Games Special! After accidentally driving the forgotten Seven-70 last week I thought it was only fitting (and time) to see what wacky, fast, slow, stupid cars the game will give us again. After a meet up in free roam at the tennis courts on Vespucci Beach we will launch into a playlist of races where you will only know what car we will be racing each race when we get to the car selection screen. Each class is determined by a random number generator. After this when we are in the car selection screen i will press the 'random car' button and we will…
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Big Paulie's Budget Car Night!
by SkyeDave- 4 replies
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Tired of all this chat of Liberty City coming to GTA online? Big Paulie is and he says, if you can't come to Liberty City, he's gonna bring Liberty City to you! Come join as at the LS docks this Wednesday where we'll meet a familiar face fresh off the boat from Liberty City who has brought some of the cars from GTA IV over for us to race in LS. We'll be racing OG classics such as the Dukes, Vigero, Primo, Blista Compact, Stallion, Futo, Sabre Turbo, Ruiner, Ingot, Stratum, Intruder, Habanero, Patriot, Oracle XS, and Rhapsody as well as others that I've forgotten and you can remind me about. Hopefully Paulie is going …
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Peashooter! 🟢
by Mark Verstappen- 3 replies
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Peashooter! 🟢 Come and join us on Wednesday 18th of May at 20:00 UK Time on PS4 for Peashooter! Just turn up to the parking lot north of the gas station in Mirror Park. We will be racing Ardents as you before not used to be able to race them. R* only allows stock ones but that means no-one has to buy anything! 🥳 For this event the person in each race to finish lowest in an Ardent will have to drive a stock Turismo Classic. If you win in the Turismo Classic you switch back to the Ardent. This may also involve races which are not regular circuit races. Post below to get involved! Verstappen Dave Warriors Mulder
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The Paleto Bay Tourist Board Presents.....
by SkyeDave- 1 follower
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Come join us this Wednesday 11th May at 8PM uk time on PS4 for the 30th Annual Paleto Festival. It's not just about the the Monster Trucks! We'll be racing Go karts, motorbikes, R/C cars, jet skis, as well as the usual tuners, sports, muscles and classics all in and around the streets, forest and cove of Paleto Bay.
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Sharknose! 🦈
by Mark Verstappen- 1 follower
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Sharknose! 🦈 Come and join us on Wednesday 4th of May at 20:00 UK Time on PS4 for Sharknose! Just turn up to the parking lot behind the Chinese restaurant near the Vespucci Helipad in a Zion Classic. We will determine who has the best taste in cars before we start a playlist in Zion Classics to determine who is the Sharknose King! We will be using custom Zion Classics but dont worry if you dont have one as I do and am willing to share. 😄 This may also involve races which are not regular circuit races. Post below to get involved! Verstappen Mulder Catman Warriors
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Something with Compacts! Wed 27th.
by SkyeDave- 1 follower
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Come join us this Wednesday 27th April 8pm uk time when we'll be doing something imaginative with the compact class. I was holding off because I thought there was some kind of update today but it's turned out to not be very much so I figure we can just race from the oft forgotten compact class round the tight and twisty stuff.
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Survive the Hunt 4
by Mark Verstappen- 2 replies
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Survive the Hunt 4 Come and join us in Survive the Hunt, where the aim is to... Well... survive the hunt! Wednesday 20th of April 20:00 UK time starting from the bottom layer of the eastern LSIA Parking garage. What is Survive The Hunt? Essentially, Survive The Hunt is a freeroam game mode where one player is "hunted" by 8+ other players. There is no radar, HUD or name-tags in order to make this a bit more interesting. While there is no set tactic, the most popular and effective one is for the hunted player to "blend in" with the game AI - either on foot or in a car. This means obeying traffic laws, following the road at an AI-ish pace, stopping at traffic lig…
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Audience Participation Playlist, Wed 13th PS4
by SkyeDave- 1 follower
- 8 replies
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The Wednesday 8PM we'll run an mixed playlist where we take it turns to choose which car and class we race on some of our favourite tracks. We'll run GTA race or stock cars so no matter if you don't own anything specific. (I don't own anything except a Zion because I transferred to PS5).
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The Fastest Car
by Mark Verstappen- 2 replies
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The Fastest Car Come and join us on Wednesday 6th of April at 20:00 UK Time on PS4 for 'The Fastest Car'! Just turn up to the parking lot in the middle of the Vinewood Racetrack in any car. We will determine who has the best taste in cars before we start a playlist in what everyone thought was the fastest car in 2013 to determine who is the Adder King! We will be using stock Adders for this so you dont need to prepare a car. Post below to get involved! Verstappen Mulder Warriors
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Coupé Kings
by Mark Verstappen- 1 follower
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Coupé Kings Come and join us on Wednesday 30th of March at 20:00 UK Time on PS4 for Coupé Kings! Just turn up to the parking lot of the small str*p mall two blocks east of the Rockford Mall in any Coupé. We will determine who has the best taste in cars before we start a playlist to determine who is the Coupé King! This is the list of all Coupés currently ingame. Previon Zion Zion Cabrio Felon Exemplar Jackal Sentinel XS Cognescenti Cabrio F620 Felon GT Sentinel Oracle Oracle XS Windsor Windsor Drop Don't worry if you don't own all/any of the Coupés, we can spawn them in for you. But it would be nice if poss…
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Rate the Last Film you Watched 2: Electric Boogaloo
What I Watched This Week #139 (August 26-Sep 1) The Edge of the World dir. Michael Powell/1937/1h15m The Edge of the World is an early film from Michael Powell and the one that launched his career. It tells the story of a small farming community on an isolated island far off the Scottish coast, the aging population eventually having to evacuate to the mainland, leaving their way of life behind. This is based on the true story of St Kilda. It is told in flashback by one of the three young people on the island at the time it was evacuated, Andrew (Niall MacGinnis). He was best friends with Robbie Manson (Eric Berry) and in love with his sister Ruth Manson (Belle Chrystall), while their father Peter (John Laurie, instantly recognisable to fans of sitcom Dad's Army) was the community leader, desperate to hang on to the old way of life. Tragedy and hardship are a constant here, which the villagers face with stoic pride, with Laurie giving a particularly strong performance. Although the film focuses mainly on the younger characters, this is Peter's story and his grim determination to carry on despite the mounting odds against him is really touching, with the final scenes as he resigns himself to fate and the future hitting hard. This is complimented with some gorgeous photography of the wild landscapes and raging seas. Some of the supporting performances aren't in the same league as Laurie but that doesn't detract too much from this gripping story. 8.5/10 A History of Violence dir. David Cronenberg/2005/1h36m When small-town family man Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) kills a man in self defence as he tries to rob his diner he becomes a local celebrity and his past comes to say hello. What really struck me about this film is how generic it all feels and doesn't seem to fit in at all with Cronenberg's other work like Crash, The Fly, Videodrome or the recent Crimes of the Future. There's nothing particularly subversive here with the plot being very predictable and the characters one-dimensional. Mortensen is a solid lead, and Ed Harris is fun as a mob enforcer - and I can't forget William Hurt who turns up with five minutes to go and steals the whole film - but everyone else is pretty lacklustre, especially Ashton Holmes as Tom's whiny teenage son Jack. It's shot well and there are some scenes of pretty gruesome violence, but it lacks that creeping sense of dread and unease that usually permeates Cronenberg's films. This is still a good film, but in comparison to the director's other work it disappoints. 6/10 The Masque of the Red Death dir. Roger Corman/1964/1h30m This Edgar Allan Poe adaptation from the king of the b-movies Roger Corman stars Vincent Price as Prince Prospero, a sadistic ruler who delights in tormenting the peasants under his rule. When a plague known as the red death starts to sweep the land he locks himself in his castle with a bunch of his rich friends, throwing lavish parties that will end with a masquerade where they will summon Satan himself. Trapped with them is pretty villager Francesca (Jane Asher), who Prospero wants to use as his plaything. This is a lavish, vibrant, colourful production that gets the perfect mix of camp and creepy. I love that the longer we spend in the castle the more otherworldly the lighting and the camera angles become, culminating in a downright surreal ending. Price is captivating in the lead, the role seemingly made just for him. He can turn from playful to threatening in a second, his distinctive voice carrying just the right amount of menace. Just as good is Hazel Court as Prospero's wife Juliana, who is just as cruel and insane as he is. This is exactly the kind of classic horror that I love. 9/10 Lime's Film of the Week! Moana dir. John Musker, Ron Clements/2016/1h47m In ancient Polynesia Moana (Auli'i Cravalho), the adventurous daughter of an island chief, must defy her father and head out on the ocean to make demi-god Maui (The Rock) return the treasure he stole a thousand years ago in order to end a curse that's threatening her island. It's obvious when you watch this just why they chose to tell a story that's set mostly at sea, it's because they have absolutely nailed water animation. The oceans in this film look better than real footage of oceans. There's a real weight and thickness to every drop of water that feels just right. The story is pretty standard Disney princess fare, with the headstrong princess setting out to find her own destiny much like The Little Mermaid (also directed by Musker and Clements), but Moana is a great character, with a strong performance by Cravalho really bringing her to life. The Rock is The Rock, and how much you like his character will depend on how much you like The Rock. The songs are all fine but none really stick in your head. The best one is Shiny, sung by a giant evil gold obsessed crab voiced by Flight of the Conchord's Jermaine Clement. A fun film even if the formula is a bit tired. 7.5/10 Golem dir. Piotr Szulkin/1979/1h33m This Polish sci-fi film inspired by the Jewish folk story stars Marek Walczewski as Pernat, a man being interrogated by the police for murder, but he has no memory of that, or anything else. The film is made up of a series of absurd, Kafkaesque encounters between himself and other people, mostly his neighbours in the apartment building where he thinks he lives. The whole film is bathed in a sickly green light that speaks of a dying, dystopic world that's a mix between the decay of Tarkovsky and the oppression of Orwell. The confined nature of the film, along with the nauseating lighting bought to mind Caro and Jeunet's Delicatessen. Walczewski is a passive lead, understandably so seeing as he has no idea what's going on, reminding me a lot of Anthony Perkins in Orson Welles's The Trial, which begins in much the same way as this film. This is a hard to parse film that I don't fully grasp beyond the big picture of identity and self-discovery and free will, but there is more, alluded to in enigmatic scenes where scientists are being interviewed about Pernat's progress in the outside world, a reject in their genetic experimentation that has taken on a life of its own. A fascinating film with incredible atmosphere. 8/10 Sting dir. Kiah Roache-Turner/2024/1h32m Alyla Brown (who was excellent as the young Furiosa in the most recent Mad Max film) stars as moody 12 year old Charlotte, living with her mother, step-father and baby brother in a New York apartment building. When she finds a cool looking spider – which crash landed from outer space – she decides to keep it. Unfortunately it gets very big very fast and everyone in the building is at risk. This is a generic creature-feature that at times feels like a throwback to 50s giant insect films, but at times tries to reach for something more, and it doesn't always fail. I like the attempt at more character development here than you would usually get in films like this, with the relationship between Charlotte and her step-father Ethan (Ryan Corr) coming across as quite real and natural. Being an arachnophobe this film did creep me out at times, although the bigger and more alien the spider became the less scary it was. When it was still rather small and scurrying around in cupboards and suchlike it felt much more threatening. Not a bad film but I'll probably forget about it sooner rather than later. 5/10 Sunnyside dir. Charlie Chaplin/1919/33m This Chaplin short sees him as both a farmhand and a hotel bellboy who is in love with the local beauty played by his regular co-star Edna Purviance in what is a very typical film of his for this time. He's not really playing The tr*mp here, so he's a little less anarchic, though there are still plenty of pratfalls and slap-fights. What really impressed me here were some of the technical touches, especially the times he fades from one shot to the next with them matching perfectly, it's very well done for the time. This is the point in his career where it feels like he's being restrained by the limits of the shorter runtimes, with it being another couple of years before he releases his first true masterpiece The Kid. He's mastered the short comedy and needs a bigger challenge in his life. That's not to say he is slacking here as he is still performing at a higher level than anyone else at the time and this film is still full of plenty of laughs, but it's still a case of what next? 6/10 @djw180 time for the Kurosawa Shakespeare trilogy next? would love to hear your opinion on them.- 2
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Rate the Last Film you Watched 2: Electric Boogaloo
I have now finished my Laurence Olivier Shakespearian collection. My rating of these, best last is, As You Like It King Lear Richard III The Merchant of Venice Henry V Hamlet He was, without any shadow of a doubt, one of the greatest actors of all time, possibly the greatest. As a director he was not quite so good though.- 2
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Rate the Last Film you Watched 2: Electric Boogaloo
Henry V (1944) dir Laurence Olivier Olivier's version of one of Shakespeare's most famous history plays, about the battle of Agincourt in 1415. It was made and released during the second world war as a morale booster and some of the cuts from the original seem to be with this in mind, removing scenes such as the attempted betrayal of Henry and the hanging of Bardolph who stole from a church. Olivier is of course in the title role. The films starts as if you are watching a performance of the play in early 1600s London, with the characters on a stage all wearing costumes from that era. It then switches to a set and costumes representing early 1400s when the story moves from England to France. It keeps the role of the Chorus (Leslie Banks) who's job was both to narrate between scenes and also encourage the audience to imagine the things they could not do on a stage, like ride horses and fight a massive battle, but those things are portrayed in the film. It's generally very good. The acting is great and as per usual Olivier is outstanding, but I do have some negative criticisms of the battle scenes, which given the point of both the film and the play is portray Henry's victory, are fairly important. As is the case for all adaptations of the story I have seen (this, Kenneth Brannagh's, a BBC TV version and Netflix's The King), they show a battle between mounted knights with the English making use of their longbow men as well. In reality the knights almost all fought on foot. They knew very well that on horse back an enemy archer did not need to shoot you, because if they shot your horse instead, a much bigger and less well armoured target, you would be out of battle. That would not be so bad, after all a battle between mounted knights is what Shakespeare's lines describe, but in this version there is too much of it. It seems to me to have been done to impress the cinema audience, for the spectacle of showing knights in brightly coloured costumes charging across the screen. But it makes the actual battle very confusing. All you see is repeated scenes of mounted knights charging one way, having a bit of a sword fight, then charging off in another direction. I don't think you can tell why it is that an outnumbered English army won this battle. However after the battle, it returns to the previous good form for the final scene of the victorious Henry negotiating his winnings. So overall good, but with one majorflawed scene. 7 / 10- 1
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