Seb Watches Movies! Vol. 1

[azureskies]

I've often been mindful of the fact that, although I occasionally dare to masquerade as a film writer, I never seem to get watching as many films as I should. I often earmark things I want to see at the cinema, but don't get round to them (due to either time or money issues) and while I think I've got a decent scope and knowledge of classic film,

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[charliepanayi]

Annie Hall is indeed brilliant (even the Oscars managed to recognise it as such), and Diane Keaton is gorgeous in it. And it's true as well that Eternal Sunshine is very much its spiritual successor in many ways.

I got the new issue of Empire in the post the other day, enjoyable review of Kick Ass.

I liked Up in the Air a lot too, I felt it lost its way a little towards the end but I'm a big Clooney fan and I was surprised at how disarmingly funny it was in places.

[azureskies]

Empire have already been allowed to publish theirs? Boooo. I note the release date's been brought forward a week, but still, we were told late March before we could publish.

I only know their star rating, haven't read the review, but... I pretty much agree with it. But I didn't say that.

[azureskies]

(ahh, their cover says "first review". They obviously grabbed exclusivity)

[tonight_we_fly]

Just wondering, what do you use to rip from the DVDs (into any format at all, doesn't necessarily have to be mp4)? Someone recommended something called ImToo to me, but it doesn't seem to work; I set the start/finish times of the clip I want to rip, but it just ignores all instructions and rips the first five minutes of the disc instead. Every other free ripper which I've tried out doesn't seem compatible with Vista.

Don't hold your breath over Casino, my recollection from the mid-nineties was that it was disappointingly tiresome...

[azureskies]

I use DVD Catalyst Free - not sure what the current version is like, but I got it on a magazine coverdisc a couple of years ago. It's good, if a little slow (its best point is that it immediately identifies the movie, or the individual episodes of a TV show), but it only rips into a variety of mobile formats (including MP4), so if you want it for viewing on a PC the resolution might not be high enough...

[tonight_we_fly]

Thanks Seb, I'll download that later and try it out. I was only trying to do this previously to download clips from pop videos and films as part of an online quiz to go on Facebook or something, so the resolution isn't likely to be a big issue for me.

Cheers!

[azureskies]

That said, I have just noticed you refer to specifically choosing clips - and I think DVDC just does whole files. However, if the video you want is on a DVD you can always rip it using DVDC (or a program that can do them into AVI), and then trim it using something like VirtualDubMod.

[corlimey]

How the hell does Network end again?

[azureskies]

I'll put it in white text to avoid spoilering anyone who hasn't seen it:

The network execs can't fire Beale but his ratings are terrible, so they arrange to have him assassinated live on air by terrorists. What's weird is the way the film just ends immediately afterwards (except for a brief bit of narration) - there's not really any resolution, aside from the fact that Beale is dead.

[embitteredpoet]

I've tried to watch Annie Hall twice. Both times I actually fell asleep.
I really enjoyed Role Models so then I watched I Love You, Man. It was terrible.
I am obsessed with Sweet Gene Vincent, but didn't manage to see 'Sex & Drugs..'
I'm not sure that this comment has improved anyone's life.