22 responses so far.

• 1 The Baron // Jan 15, 2009 at 9:29 am

  Great episode. That Benjamin Button bit made me laugh hard. I am disappointed that of the 2008 films, neither Dear Zachary nor Let the Right One In were mentioned. Great films that, at the very least, deserve honorable mentions. Here's to another year of movies and reviews!

• 2 jettloe // Jan 15, 2009 at 9:34 am

  Hadn't seen 'Let the Right One In' when we record this – though that's a film I'd recommend any lover of vampire pics to see + have seen trailers for Dear Zachary – will check it out when get the chance

• 3 kiley // Jan 15, 2009 at 9:42 pm

  The beginning was awesome! I could see the CGI aged version of you jett so clearly ;) Great intro!

• 4 jettloe // Jan 15, 2009 at 11:47 pm

  Cheers – thanks for listening.

  + maybe I really am old and am just using advanced CGI tech to appear young on the show…
  i mean – after having watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button I certainly felt like i had aged.

• 5 The Baron // Jan 16, 2009 at 8:00 am

  You had aged. Three hours to be exact, and you can never get that time back.

• 6 jettloe // Jan 16, 2009 at 2:36 pm

  You're right – I was never as young as when I entered that cinema.

• 7 Tom // Jan 17, 2009 at 3:20 am

  Enjoyed the Button sketch Jett, but still want to check that one out for myself.

  Hate to say it, but as much as I enjoyed the show this week I felt a little short changed. Gareth had already posted his top 10 (11!) so no suprises there, I was looking forward to your 10. The comments you made were inetersting, but come on – let's have your top 10!

• 8 jettloe // Jan 17, 2009 at 12:49 pm

  Sorry ya feel short-changed Tom – out all the films of the year = the 3 things i mentioned are the ones i think will stand out –

  + if ya want a little sumptin :) 2 most extraordinary films i've seen this year are:

  this one

  and

  this one

• 9 Tom // Jan 17, 2009 at 2:00 pm

  Thanks for that Jett, I'm a little pacified.

  The subject matter of Che didn't really appeal, nor its length, but I've always liked Soderbergh's style, so may have to check this one out anyway. As for Lola Montes, I'm not likely to see it playing anywhere near me, but'll have to track it down over the net.

• 10 TimHeaney // Jan 18, 2009 at 12:28 am

  According to Lovefilm (no Netflix in the UK!) it's due to be released on DVD over here on Feb 23rd.

• 11 jettloe // Jan 18, 2009 at 1:26 am

  I'd really recommend both films – Lola Montes is a heady brew – but so beautiful to look at, and Che has a slow, graceful style that I found hypnotic.

• 12 Matt // Jan 18, 2009 at 6:58 pm

  no disrespect, jett, but i have to agree with tom here. i think you guys made a clip show without indending to do so =)

  loved it nonetheless, the button sketch was/is hilarious. im still going to watch it once i can get a copy from jeff love though.

• 13 jettloe // Jan 18, 2009 at 7:06 pm

  Clip Show!??! Ah, c'mon – especially after all that time spent on the Benjamin Button scenes! ;) and it's certainly not as bad as Shades of Gray – you know – Riker gets whacked by an 'alien parasite' and spends the whole show hallucinating previous shows?!!?

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• 14 Matt // Jan 21, 2009 at 11:19 am

  are you saying im hallucinating past shows? i guess that's possible and perhaps makes sense.

• 15 The Film Talk » Academy Award Oscar Predictions // Jan 22, 2009 at 1:26 pm

  [...] Penn’s got scary skills – but they’ll give it Boxing Boy this year) * Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Well he did hike all the way through the Uncanny Valley) * Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” [...]

• 16 Phil // Jan 24, 2009 at 9:56 am

  Enjoyed the lists – lots I haven't seen. Can't say I enjoyed Jett's taste in soda…if the accent didn't raise questions, the choice of 'Pepsi' certainly cemented that Jett is no southerner….

  Please, in the future, it's “Coke”!

• 17 kiley // Jan 25, 2009 at 12:01 am

  yep, over here everything is 'coke' ! :D even pepsi…try figurin' THAT one out ;)

• 18 The Film Talk » The Best Picture Nominees - Could You Do Better? // Jan 26, 2009 at 2:11 pm

  [...] ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ – the parallels with Gump are obvious and have been well-trodden.  It’s not that I mind film-makers taking another pass at themes they baked earlier; there is, of course, a noble artistic tradition of mining the same seam (you’ll enjoy (and understand), for instance, Van Morrison’s later albums more if you’re familiar with the embryonic stuff; John Irving returns again and again to the same places and people who remind us of characters in a John Irving novel because it’s what he knows – but he finds new things to say).  ‘Button’ and ‘Gump’ both bear the hand of Eric Roth, whose classy work I’ve enjoyed in the past.  I am, indeed, in the minority that finds ‘Forrest Gump’ to be both delightful and serious – with Forrest and Jenny representing the two halves of the US broken apart by the Sixties, and their son the embodiment of what can happen when the best of both worlds integrate.  Forrest Obama, anyone? [...]

• 19 shero // Feb 19, 2009 at 8:00 am

  Just for your information I wrote a new blog about the nominations for the Visual Effects this year :

  http://blog.myspace.com/shero_rauf

• 20 shero // Feb 19, 2009 at 3:00 pm

  Just for your information I wrote a new blog about the nominations for the Visual Effects this year :

  http://blog.myspace.com/shero_rauf

• 21 The Film Talk » The Harold Pinter Sleuth - Unrecognised // Mar 1, 2009 at 4:31 pm

  [...] as remarked here and here, friction is reduced by instant delivery of media; and so…gave it a try on Watch [...]

• 22 The Film Talk » Two Remarkable Animated Films at the Nashville Film Festival You Must See: ‘I Am So Proud of You’ and ‘Slaves’ // Apr 15, 2009 at 8:41 pm

  [...] – ‘I Am So Proud of You’:  It’s everything Benjamin Button wanted to be – an extraordinary meditation on life, childhood, aging, futility and the search for [...]

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