Here’s Looking At You Phyllis 2: On The Rocks
Friends. Films. Fortnightly.Three Colours: Brown
What a load of old bobbins Trois couleurs: Rouge was. A bit of a disappointment all round really. Maybe we would have been better off listening to randomly named Brit punkers 3 Colours Red instead.
We are at odds with the critical community on this one, so maybe these two links will illuminate matters a wee bit. Of course, it could be just that the film was a bit on the shit side.
The Film Journal (opening quote unwittingly nails the problem I reckon…)
Here’s how the votes broke down.
Campbell 3
Emma 4
James 4
Kate 4
Matt 3
Nat 5
“That is one nutty hospital”
It’s been on the horizon for quite some time, but finally we got to spend nearly two hours in the company of Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels. And very well it did too, sliding effortlessly into our top ten.
Some thoughts on the last scene here, and a great recap here. And a drinking game for the hardened Tootsiephile here.
And the scores broke down like this:
Campbell 9
Emma 6.5
James 9.5
Kate 7
Matt 7.5
Nat 7
Final score: 7.8
Facts Amazing!
Phew. So, we’ve come to the end of round 4. And, for funs, I’ve been analysing the scores to see what we can learn from having watched 29 films over the past year and a wee bit. Let’s get our percentages on (albeit rounded). Rock n’ roll.
How long are the films?
< 90 mins: 10% Average score 6.4
90-99 mins: 38% Average score 6.7
100-109 mins: 34% Average score 6.6
> 110 mins: 17% Average score 6.4
Be A Thinker, Not A Stinker
Ah, wise words there from Carl “Get a stew goin’” Weathers, and in many ways it tells the story of our last few FC offerings. Okay, I won’t abbreviate Film Club again, it does look creepy. Anyway, since we were last gathered around the warming glow of this here blog, we’ve had our fair share of stinkers and thinkers, ranging from the deliberately shoddy Deepstar Six, to the purposefully Spanish Bad Education. Gracias Pedro, you’re all right by me, and more importantly there’s something of a G8 gathering at the top spot there, we should be careful a North Korean film doesn’t storm in with a 9 and annihilate the lot of ‘em.
Back & Forth. Forever.
If a picture paints a thousand words then my favourite one here is “poop”. Kate and Matt, look what you missed. Film club merchandise available here. Shout out to The Sizzler. Keep your fingers crossed for Team Coleman tonight at BAFTA, if the Academy can finally pony up an Oscar for Marty, surely it’s our time to shine, shine like stars. Shine so bright, like the stars that we are. Aswad!
